Toasting 100

Helping former Kingfisher Cove resident Ron Wood (seated in the middle of the bottom row) celebrate his 100th birthday are, from left in the top row, Marlene Rice, Donna Edwards, Greg Edwards, Terry Simard, Ellen Mae Simmonds and Lorne Shantz; and from left in the bottom row, Caroline Mouat, Colette Hale, Wood, Linda Woodley and Colleen Shantz. Wood’s birthday is on Jan. 13, when celebrations took place at Meadowbrook where he now lives. The Kingfisher event was held the next day. Milestone birthdays for Kingfisher residents are traditionally marked with a get-together.

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