Q nerth shore news Wednesday, April 28, 1999 - North Shore News - 21 oo BRIGHT TIGHTS. o¢ Odyssey’s journey expands children’s minds NORTH Shore schools, espe cially West Vancouver's, were well represented at the provin- cial finals of the Odyssey of the Mind (OM) tournament held 10 days ago at Sentinel school. The OMeexperience is designed to extend classroom learning inte — cooperative problem solving, creativity and Jateral thinking. ‘Teams show- case their answers to pre-set challenges and also collect points for handling a spontaneous test. Congratulations to all the teams who made it co the provincials and especially to Chartwell’s RatiOMetric team, Westcot’s Over the Mountain team and West Bay's RatiOmetric “B” team who will all represent B.C. at the World Finals to be held in Knoxville, Tennessee. Travel costs will be high and sponsors are needed. Please call the schools if vou can help in any way, The kids worked hard to get there. Martin lerchip bright Lights West Bay's Kendall Gustavson,(clockwise from top left), Kelly Williamson, Kathleen Johnstoii, Luke Moger and Kathleen Johnston proudly display their “Big, Honkin’ Technical Device” used in the CustOMer Service competition. These Chartwell students placed second in Division 2 of the EnvirOMental Challenge and are waiting in the wings for a possible place at the worlds. Clockwise from top left they are: Zahra Hussain, Andrea Lo, Kai Chang, Staesha and Suzanne Rath. West Vancouver Business of the Year 2 Awards: Must be member of the Chamber of Commerce New Business - established 1 - 7 years Established Business - established over 7 years NEWS photes Martin Millerchip These happy students placed first in their division of the RatiOMetric challenge — building an efficient toad-bear- ing structure Gut of specified materials. — and are eligi- ble to go to the “worlds.” They are (from left): Sarah Fan, Angela Cheung, Nerissa Tai, Steph Sandilands, Kelly Ko and Kim Fu. Congratulations. Each school team contributed one piece to a jigsaw puz- zle that was one of several spontaneous challenges that had to be solved cooperatively. Chartwell’s O, My Faire Shakespeare team was (from left): Alexander Kalteis, Alexandra Legzdins, Sandy Chen, Diana Chen, Dorren Lee, Maxwell Chang and Nicholas taba. These happy thespians from Westcot schoo! took the Division 2 bronze medal in O, My Faire Shakespeare for their Eighteenth Night. From left they are: Nayumi Yamamoto, Hilary Lust, Beth Fisher, Kristy Macdonald, Samantha Gandossi and Marian ‘oucault. West Bay's 's team in Over the ‘Mountain, Division 2, fin- ished fourth. From left are: Mika Hemphill, Sash Duggan, Katie O'Neill, Emily Schaeffer, Amanda Francis and Deanna Puttonen. Bronze medai boys from West Bay school in the EnvirOMental Challenge were: {from left) Braden O'Neill, Janie Blair, Patrick O'Neill, Morgan McLean, David Lumb and Geordie Rose. Volunteering their time at the registration desk were Lynne Rose (from leit), Diana Chatik, ‘Terri McGuire and Jayne Petula. Sentinel’s cheertul cook, Marisa Fuscalo, said she expected to fill hundreds of fry orders through the day. It was the first time competing for Ross Road elementary school, but the “Black Widows” placed fifth in the province in RatiOMetric. Congratulations to (clockwise from top left): lan Pitcher, Emma Conway, Samantha Grist, Alexandra Moulton, Alex Boyd, Ryan Andresen and Sophia Moulton. West Vancouver AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE These awards are presented annually to successful nominees who exemplify the spirit of Free Enterprise and have contributed to the quality of life in West Vancouver. West Vancouver Citizen of the Year West Vancouver's highest citaiion for personal community service West Vancouver Community Service Awards Recipient will be a member of West Vancouver Chamber 9f Commerce Nominations close: May 17/99