x TE ORO AOI eee ne if & ih wn NP AT UE GMO UM ae MER art de es Registration for Special Olympics will take place next weck and the organization is en- come along and sign up. - Spokesman Joan Cox said Special Olympics is open to anyone with a mental handicap and who is 12 years or older, There is no upper age limit. At the moment, the-Olym- pians will have’ a choice of swimming, bowling: and: floor hockey this year. However, Cox pointed out, more sports could be added if volunteers came for- eh ward .to act as coaches or assistants. _ : Joan Cox —,,,_. A shortage of yolunteers was ~— couraging mew members to . ve i also the reason there was no program in place for those * under-the age of 12, she added. Cox said there will be regular - weekly practices in’ all.-three sports and Special Olympics will again be organizing out-of-town “trips to compete against other teams or inviting those teams to “come to Terrace, There is no registration cost but the athletes will have to pay a ‘minimal’ amount each week ‘towards the cost of the swimm- ing and bowling programs. There is no charge at all for _ floor hockey. Cox said there were 20 Pe athletes registered last year. However, given thembership | was as high as 35 at one point, - she was sure there were other potential Olympians out in the community. ; _ She hoped those individuals .would come to the registration - scheduled for Tuesday, Sept, 24 at 7 p.m. in the Public Library | meeting room. Anyone who wants to volunteer as a coach — “would ‘also be welcome at that time. More information on Special | Olympics can be obtained by contacting Cox at 635-5633, Wendy Killoran (635-3110) or Avril Albright (635-7349), ‘I. and last’ symphonies and |., appeared as a soloist with VSO_ here IN CONCERT. The Terrace ° ". Concert Society kicks off its » 1991-92 season with next _ week's visit by the Vancouver “Symphony Orchestra. The ¥SO will be giving two perfar- _mances for focal students . during .the afternoon of . Thursday, Sept. 26 followed by an evening community _ performance at 8 p.m. in the -.RE.M.’-Lee Theatre. The - ‘evening program will include Canadian composer Glenn * Buhr’s Akasha, Mozart's first Bruch's dazzling violin con- certo No. 1 featuring violinist Scott St.” John (right). St. John, 21, won the 1989 — Young Concert Artists .Inter- - national Auditions and has symphonies and orchestras - in both North America and . Europe. He plays on a Stradivarius violin made in = will be Murray Sidlin. 1717. Conducting the VSO ‘Block Parents Kids need to know about safe place ~ Block Parents is looking for individuals to act as school 6-ordinators for the pro- gram. Norma Bohle, who heads the local group, said the co-ordinators’ job is to en- sure youngsters understand what the pro- gram is all about. Emphasizing the impor- tance of their role, Bohle pointed out the program could not work if children did not understand it. a, The idea behind Block Parents, she ex- plained, was to give young children a safe place to go if they were lost or frightened, “If a kid is afraid, they won’t go to a home they ‘don’t know,’” she pointed out. However, if they know about the program, house displaying the Block Parent sign. ’ A recent incident underlined what a dif- . ference that sign can make. Returning if home one day, Bohle said she came across they will realize help is available at any. alittle boy on her street who was obviously lost and in considerable distress. When she offered to help, the youngster refused to talk to her. However, when her own son ran into their house and put the Block Parent sign in the window, the lost ‘youngster recognized it and everything changed. ; ; The co-ordinator’s job would be to help ensure the students in their primary or elementary school reacted in the same way to the sign. Depending on the preference of. the school to which they were assigned, that - would involve talking to students either at an assembly or class-by-class. ‘It’s a nice way to be involved in your child’s school,”” Bohle suggested." Co-ordinators also deliver Block Parent signs to any new members in the school’s catchment area, answer any queries volunteers might have and attend the regular monthly meeting of the group. But a co-ordinator's job need not be the sole responsibility of one person, she said. Having people share the job was, in fact, a distinct plus because it lightened the load for each individual. . Bohle said local schools in need of a co- ordinator at the moment were Copper Mountain, Thornhill Primary, Thornhill Elementary, Kiti K’Shan, Centennial Christian and Veritas. However, the job sharing idea meant volunteers for other local schools were also welcome. Anyone wishing to offer their help can . contact Bohle (635-4845), the staff at their local school or Cst. Practicante at the local R.C.M.P. detachment (638-0333). - The same applies to anyone who wants to volunteer to be a Block Parent or simply wants to learn more about the program. Special Olympians sought reg SH snr ~ Page B3 SY OMG Psts ODED EM tide cet nD . Tarrace Standart, Wednesday, September 18, 1991 LEASE GO AWAY LOVE BOAT CRUISE MEXICAN RIVIERA 7 days from *695.00 Some Restrictions Apply 4736 LAKELSE AVENUE TERRACE, B.C. 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