Local Arts

The team of volunteers working out of Tsawwassen Alliance Church is gearing up again for the seventh year to file income tax returns for people in South Delta.

Robbin Whitbread will be doing taxes for lowincome individuals and families starting next week at the Ladner Pioneer Library.

CLUBS & GROUPS ?South Delta Newcomers & Alumni meetings are held the third Thursday of each month at 7: 15 p.m. in the Kiwanis Longhouse, 1710-56th St., Tsawwassen.

The Hospice Cottage Thrift Store in Tsawwassen is having its annual collectible sale this Friday and Saturday.

Lined-up on a wooden bench at the side of the staff parking lot are more than a dozen brightly-coloured paper helmets. The mock hockey helmets are a favourite activity of Holly Elementary students as part of their annual hockey celebration.

A group of 19 cadets and staff from the Tsawwassen 828 Hurricane Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron participated in a demanding three-day winter survival exercise earlier this month at Britton Creek near the Coquihalla Summit.

A group of Southpointe Academy students is selling bookmarks to benefit a good cause. The students have designed and created handmade bookmarks to sell by donation with proceeds going to the Delta Hospice Society.

In last Friday's MLA's Report, it stated MSP premiums have increased by 24 per cent since 2001. In fact, with the four per cent increase in last week's budget, premiums have risen by 24 per cent since 2009.

Bird photography enthusiasts have a pair of upcoming Birds on the Bay events to check out in Tsawwassen. Photographers Peter Holmes, John Lowman and Jim Martin will be showing their work at the Tsawwassen Arts Centre on Friday.

Realtors from the Richmond/South Delta/Gulf Islands Division of the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver raised $6,900 for the Delta Hospice Society at their holiday luncheon at the Beach Grove Golf Club.