Community

Customer Appreciation Day

Christopher Hamilton's second-biggest wish is to return to the Comox Valley — to its kind and friendly, community-minded people and to its unique natural beauty.

The oldest car in a recent all-English car show at Filberg Park in Comox was a 1933 MG L1 Magna and the newest was a 2009 Boat Tail Speedster.

The Rotary Club of Cumberland Centennial will sell rhododendrons, azaleas and hydrangeas Sept. 11. More than 300 plants will be offered for sale, most of them rhododendrons, at $10 per one-gallon pot. The sale of the plants, donated by Bob and Adela Smith of Courtenay will happen in the parking lot of the new home of Andrew Sheret at the corner of 29th Street and Kilpatrick Avenue, beginning at 9 a.m.

The Labour Day picnic Sept. 5 at the Halbe Hall in Black Creek will be an opportunity to eat some tasty food, socialize with friends and listen to the music of Gord Carter.

The concert of finalists in the Imagine a World Without Hate song and spoken word poetry contest, which had been scheduled for Aug. 27 in Courtenay, has been postponed. It will now be held Sept. 9 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Duncan Garage Showroom, at 201-330 Duncan St. in Duncan.

Alpha is a non-denominational opportunity for anyone to explore Christianity.

If there’s one thing students have shown in their applications for Coastal Community’s 2011 Scholarship Program, it’s that they have community passion.

With their uniforms pressed and boots polished, more than 500 sea and air cadets from across Canada stood proudly on the parade square for HMCS Quadra's final graduation parade and Ceremonial Divisions.

The K’όmoks First Nation (KFN) and the National Historic Site Committee (NHSC) invite all Comox Valley residents to take part in an historic signing ceremony. The signing is a celebration between KFN and the NHSC to launch a community bid for National Historic Site Status for the ancient aboriginal fish trap systems in the estuary.