In the Community

The Bowen Island Golf Club is proud to announce the hiring of Canadian Professional Golf Association (CPGA) member Steve Liddicoat as our new head golf professional.

The interior of Jeffrey Simons' yoga studio projects a sense of calm. It has two parts: a raised meditation platform and a space that allows for yoga poses with a full stretch. This dual function reflects Simons' approach to teaching yoga.

Cates Pharmacy plans to make it easier to drop off and pick up subscriptions, start monthly awareness programs and hand out free smoking-cessation aids without taking time away from the personal service its customers have come to expect and cherish.

Perfectly shaped, homemade butter tarts are in the oven filling the kitchen of the Bowen Island Community School with an irresistibly mouthwatering aroma.

The Bowen Island Garden Club kicks up its speaker series on January 16, at 1 p.m. with Bill Terry from the Sunshine Coast who will talk about The lizard of Oz and other stories of plant hunting in Southeast Australia.

If you stopped by at the Snug Cove General Store just before Christmas, you might have been amazed to see a meter-long gingerbread replica of Tir-na-nOg Theatre School, all done up with sugar plums and frosting.

Kip Anastasiou will be speaking on Canadian Nobel laureates at SKY on Monday, January 16, at 11 a.m.

What gifts do you give? What gifts do you hope to receive? Seven-year-old Alissa, daughter of Albert and Bonita Schaly, has set a high standard in gift giving.

Just back from her fourth trip to Cuba in 12 months, Wendy Holm will kick off SKY's 2012 weekly speaker series with a fascinating account of her work in Cuba and why it's important to Bowen Islanders.

Mary Letson, the owner of Positively Fit, has been working as a personal trainer since 1984. She has recently found new inspiration by becoming a yoga instructor.