Gulf Islands Horse Association members Sue Higgs, Patricia Lockie, Mary  Ackenhausen, Lynn Bissett and Dan Lennox stand proudly next to a new  eco-friendly electric lawn tractor purchased with funds donated by local  donors to our Sport BC Fund, as well as a generous grant from Horse  Council BC. This purchase will make maintaining the arena's sand footing  and the surrounding grassy areas much easier to achieve. Many thanks to  Daniel Van Konner, Barry Dunster, Sue Higgs, Lucy Sliwowska,  Dan  Lennox, and countless other volunteers, contractors, and donors past and  present for helping to repair and maintain the arena and surrounding  infrastructure in past years. We look forward to many more happy moments  of celebrating improvements to our community riding arena.  

The necessity for dry, safe, and secure tractor storage prompted us to search for a reasonably priced structure of some sort when we purchased the tractor. Volunteers are now constructing a wonderful building that will store our tractor and other equipment, thanks to a kind donation of shed materials from the Barr family. We would especially want to thank Sue and Andy Higgs, Pam Brain, Dan Lennox, Zach Barr, and Jerry Sparshu for their tireless efforts in making this shed watertight and strong.