In the Community

Members of the Kirkland family held a reunion last Sunday (Sept. 2) at their ancestral home commissioned by W. A. Kirkland in 1910 and built in 1911. The Kirkland family home is now a heritage site owned by Delta and used for community events.

FRESH START It is that time of year again, time for shopping for pens, pencils, rulers, backpacks and lunchboxes. It's that time of year we line our kids up and take a new school year photo.

Celebrate late summer with the taste of juicy, sweet tomatoes at the Earthwise Tomato Festival Market Day on Saturday, Sept. 15. The Tomato Festival highlights the Earthwise Farm's 35 varieties of heirloom tomatoes.

Ladner's Megan Bonin didn't know when she left for her Katimavik placement earlier this year that she was part of the last group of Canadian youths to benefit from the program.

"Roga" is coming to the KinVillage Community Centre. Bing Zhao, a gymnastics coach with over 30 years of experience, has combined Chinese Tai Ji, Yin Yang theory and North American fitness exercises to form what she calls Roga.

Summer Fun campers got together a couple weeks ago at Memorial Park in Ladner for a wrap-up barbecue.

The Little House Society's second annual Jazz and Dinner event hosted by Sharkey's Seafood Bar and Grille earlier this month raised $3,000.

The Tsawwassen Library is hosting a teen pizza and games day tomorrow.

Edwina Ko (left) and Chelsea Billinkoff with Muscular Dystrophy Canada along with Tsawwassen Safeway store manager Rick Munn and Safeway employee Mark Leighton during a bike-a-thon fundraiser last Friday.

GUESTS OF JESUS This week we have welcomed over 90 children to our Vacation Bible School. We consider them guests of Jesus. Other churches in our community also have summer programs for children; sports camps, music camps, drama and arts camps.