Here are your kicks and kisses for the week of July 21!
Kisses to the men on Corlett Road who lent me their phones to contact others when my vehicle broke down in Gibsons. Your thoughtfulness to check on me later was very sweet of you. Thanks.
Kicks to male driver of a black pickup who felt it was necessary to verbally assault customers at Independent Grocer with hate language. There is no room in this community for such viciousness.
Kicks to the woman who verbally assaulted me in front of my 9-year- old daughter! You terrified my child when you attempted to climb in my back window!
Kicks to the man who flipped my 9-year-old off during her walk to school. Absolutely despicable behaviour people!
Kisses to Cst. Whitby for her clever press release reminder to teens about the consequences of underage drinking and noise by-law infractions. With luck it will end the late-night noise and nonsense in our local school yards.
Kisses to “Yo” who came to my rescue after falling over tree roots on a trail in Kinnikinnick Park and then sat with me while my husband went to get the truck. Your calming presence and first aid was much appreciated.
Heartfelt Kisses to the nurses and staff on the Chemo Unit at Sechelt Hospital. Your humour and compassion make a challenging time feel so much easier for your patients and their families.
Big kick with gumboots to the home occupier who left their hose on so long in the middle of Canada Day that water ran a block before tumbling toward the ocean. We need water meters.
Kisses to Gibsons Building Supplies for their generous donation of two watering barrels.
Kisses and giggles for hilarious ‘fake news’ in new Coast gossip tabloid—Coast Confidential. Found it in Strait Coffee. More please.
Kisses to Amber at Sunshine Cook For You at the Harmony Hall - your healthy and delicious frozen meals are so wonderful for our seniors, shift workers, singles and so many others.
Kicks to those landlords and those who condone terrible, unhealthy, mouldy unacceptable rentals, including for our new immigrants who are here and working hard filling many jobs. Shame on you.
Email your Kisses and Kicks to [email protected]. The deadline for submissions is 1 p.m. every Tuesday for a given week.
Coast Reporter will run kisses and kicks entries as space permits on a first-received, first-published basis.
Submissions must be accompanied by a name and phone number for confirmation by the editor. Names will not be printed in the column unless requested by the writer, for kisses only.
A kick is intended to be an anonymous critique between private parties and may in no way publicly identify an individual, group or business directly or indirectly.
Submissions must be no longer than 30 words. If your thanks or critique is longer, consider an ad in our classified section. The editor reserves the right to edit or refuse to run any submission.
