Three cheers for Egmont! After two years of hard work, the Egmont and District Volunteer Fire Department has been given the green light.
This is a huge announcement for the folks on the upper end of the Coast. The aim is to have the department functioning by 2006.Area residents Dean and Sandra Bosch have donated land for the firehall to be built, regional district director John Rees and Gibsons Mayor Barry Janyk were in New Westminster in December to check out a donated fire engine, and an engineer and architect have donated their services to the cause.
This is a tremendous opportunity for Egmont and the surrounding area.
We are blessed to have great volunteer firefighters all over the Coast, and now Egmont has a chance to continue in that tradition.It's a much-needed service.
We couldn't imagine what life would be like in Sechelt, Gibsons or Roberts Creek without a fire service. It's amazing that Egmont residents have gone this long without one.
Regional district director John Rees has been instrumental in getting the fire department off the ground.
There have been many others, of course, but Rees deserves a lot of credit for keeping the issue going and pushing this through for the residents he represents.
Pool prideIt seems to be a banner week for the upper Coast as the Pender Pool was re-opened last Saturday.
Dignitaries and community members joined to re-open the pool, which had been closed for months after mould was discovered in the building.
The pool is a community hub for Pender Harbour and many residents have been out of luck for several months. We're sure many are breathing a little easier now that it is open again.
The facility looks great. And it's even brighter, thanks to a beautiful mural created by local artists Ken Walters and Emily Gray. It's pictured on the front page of this week's Coast Reporter.
