Local Arts

The Delta Hospice Society was the big winner at the 2013 Beach Grove Envision Amateur. Each year, Envision Financial partners with the Beach Grove Golf Club to offer a top-notch tournament that also benefits a charitable cause.

Tsawwassen author Matt McCoy has a book signing event at the Black Bond Books in Ladner on Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. He'll be signing copies of his debut novel, The Kid Who Missed the Bus.

Delta libraries are hosting a variety of programs and contests this month as each branch celebrates an anniversary. Delta Reads! author Maggie de Vries will read from Fraser Bear: a Cub's Life at the Tsawwassen Library on Saturday, Oct.

The South Delta Probus Club meeting next week will focus on advanced care planning for seniors. The meeting will feature Cari Borenko Hoffmann, project implementation co-ordinator for advanced care planning for the Fraser Health Authority.

A documentary on Lyme disease and the effects of the often-misdiagnosed condition will be screened at the Little House Society tomorrow night.

Ladner's Laura Thomas, who took her annual short story contest global this year, also hosting conferences

Delta libraries were hopping Sept. 28 for the kickoff a month full of programs, contests and activities to mark anniversaries at all three branches.

The Corporation of Delta is helping residents do Halloween the healthy way.

The Delta Secondary Interact Club, sponsored by the Ladner Rotary Club, is now into its second year of volunteer activities.

If you have time to spare, like meeting new people and would like to make a difference in your community, the Hospice Cottage Charity Shoppe would appreciate your help. The Delta Hospice Society is hosting a Cottage Recruitment Tea on Thursday, Oct.