Letters
We welcome feedback from our readers. Letters may be edited for length. Letters can be sent to isabelle@prliving.ca, faxed to 604.485.8381, or by post to Powell River Living, 7053E Glacier Street, Powell River, BC V8A 5J7.
Dear Powell River Living,
The Brain Injury Awareness Month article in your June 2010 edition made a good impression with many readers. I received numerous positive comments as recently as late July. Unfortunately, we still observe unsafe riding with regularity. Twice I've seen the same woman barrelling down Alberni Street with her helmet hanging from her handlebars. What concerns me most is the helmet-less parents cycling with their children, setting a bad example. What lesson do they believe they are teaching their youngsters?
Herb Daum
Kudos
Baseball stars!
Congratulations to the Powell River Pee Wee A Mets for winning the BC Minor Baseball Association Provincial Baseball Championships last month. Greg Piccinin, manager, and coaches Dan Dupuis and Ethan Hasler, took the Powell River team to Surrey for the championships, which were held over the BC Day long weekend.
The Pee Wee Mets won the final game 8-7 in the final inning of the game. Jordan Knutson, Colby Shelton, Brandon Rairie, Cody Jackson, Jacob Harper, Hunter Findlater, Jacob Budgell, Jeremy Hopper, Jamie Callaghan, Jayden Saban, Andy Dupuis and Michael Lance are to be congratulated on this outstanding achievement.
Paralympic champion
Powell River's Adam Rahier has proven once again that he's a champion!
Adam competed in the International Paralympic Committee World Championships held in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, in August. He finished 0.22 seconds behind the Silver Medal winner to come in fourth in the 100-metre backstroke. "Fourth is pretty darn fine," said mom April Sweet.
Adam competed in three categories, finishing 13th in 100-metre breaststroke and 8th in 200-metre freestyle. "Hopefully this will put him on the path to be at the Olympics in London in 2012," said April.
Oops!
In last month's issue, we misspelled the name of the swimming hole at the Texada quarry. The popular spot is correctly known as Heisholt Lake, named after Stan Heisholt of Blubber Bay. Apparently, as part of a ongoing good-natured feud between some mine workers about whose lake it was, Stan took the initiative to put up a sign declaring that it was "Heisholt Lake," and it stuck.
We also incorrectly identified the couple relaxing in the Gerharts' garden. Although Cliff and Lena Gerhart are indeed the creators and caretakers of their backyard ocean-theme oasis, the couple in the photo were their good friends Bill and Betty Evans. We apologize for the error and any confusion it caused.
