Jane Emerick
Chief staff writer
Memorials to Ray Peters were seen throughout Squamish this week as the community continues to show its gratitude to the councillor who gave so much of his life to others.
Peters died Thursday (March 30) of throat cancer.
Flowers, a bottle of beer from the Brew Pub, and a picture of Peters on his bike, with the words "you will be missed," mark the beginning of the recently completed Oceanfront Interpretive Trail - a trail Peters helped establish.
Organizers at Balding for Dollars in Squamish on Saturday (April 1), asked participants to join in remembering Peters by signing a banner to be presented to Anne Peters "as a token of our thoughts and feelings towards a man who will be greatly missed by a community" signed by "the many people whose lives he touched."
Peters's name will also become a permanent part of Squamish's trail network. At a council meeting Tuesday night it was unanimously decided to honour the work Peters did for local trail development and maintenance, by renaming the Cheekye Fan trail the Ray Peters Trail. The Ray Peters trail was one he personally spearheaded and continued to work on up until weeks before his passing.
On Sunday April 9, Heels and Wheels will take place, meeting at Don Ross secondary at 3 p.m.
Heels and Wheels is an opportunity for people to remember Peters, an avid athlete, by walking, ridingor running the Ray Peters Trail followed by apotluck dinner on the fields of the high school. Organizers are asking people to bring beverages and something to barbeque to the potluck.
Ray's Life will be celebrated at the Brennan Park Leisure Centre on Friday April 7, beginning at 11 a.m. A funeral service for Peters was held on Tuesday morning at the Holy Trinity Church in North Vancouver.
For more information about Heels and Wheels, contact Peter Hotston 604-898-4270 or Cliff Miller at [email protected].
