B3-Wednesday, October 29, 1980 - North Shore News

THESE PRECISION SKATERS from the Vancouver skating club constitute some of the thousands of skaters across

the country celebrating National Figure Skating Week. Their club is hosting an Open House at Karen Magnussen
Arena Saturday from | to 4 pm and at the PNE Sunday from noon to 3 pm. (David Choo photo)

Celebrate skating week

This is National Figure
Skating Week in Canada and
the Vancouver Skating Club
is celebrating with an Open
House at Karen Magnussen
Arena on Saturday (Nov. 1)
and at the PNE on Sunday
(Nov. 2).

The purpose is to promote
one of Canada’s most
popular sports and to inform
the public of what skating is

all about. During the two
days, skaters from the club
will demonstrate the skills
required to pass tests and
achieve proficiency from the
beginner to senior levels.
Dance and _ free-skating
exhibitions are scheduled as
well as a figures demon-
stration. There will also be a
sale of baked goods, skating
dresses, pins, used skates

Nats remain

undefeated

North Shore Nationals ran
their record to five wins and
a draw in 3B soccer over the
weekend with a 2-0 win over
Cliff Avenue.

Gordon Kothlow picked
up the pair of goals working
in front of solid defence and
midfield work after a
scoreless first half.

Steve Watkins received an

assist on the first goal while
Tim Williams aided on the
second market.

Goalies Sam Dyck and
Walter Worsley have
allowed only one goa! this
season while registering five
shutouts.

Nats take on Academicals
on Sunday at 2 pm at
Hillcrest.

Bribed into school

SAN DIEGO (UPI)
Officials at Memonal Junior
High School

are 30° Con:
cerned about the school's
high truancy rate they're

paying students a quarter a
day to come to class

Robert Amparan, the
principal of the school tn San
Diego’s Mexican-Amencan
barno, conceived the idea of
rewarding students a 25-cent
credit for cach day of at
tendance, up to $4 a month

The San [nego Unified
School Distinct has given the
green light for the plan, to go
into effect next Wenesday
Credits will be retroactive to
the start of the school year

BRA

“In the first 20 days of the
school year last year we had
an unexcused absence rate
of 4 percent,” Amparan said
“This year it was down to 2.8
percent just on the basis of
newspaper articles we were
gotng to propose the plan.”

Amparan said truancies
worsened month by month
as last school year
progressed and Memorial
ended up with an unexcused
absence rate of 9 percent,
compared with a city wide

average of less than 3
percent
Fach truancy cost the
school $971) ain lost state
funds

ow,

20,

and guards.
The Vancouver Skating
Club, celebrating its 47th

year at the PNE and its sixth
year at Magnussen Arena, is
one of hundreds of clubs
across the country honoring
the sport this week.

The national highhght
occurs in Calgary where
Skate Canada, the country’s
only annual senior-level
international competition,
begins tomorrow. The
competition will air on CTV
Saturday and Sunday.

West Van Blue Jays
clipped the wings of Cliff
Avenue Firebirds 3-0 in
Division II girls’ field hockey
over the weekend at Hugo
Ray Park behind the three
goal performance of Carolyn
Beradino.

Sandra Cutts earned the
shut out for Blue Jays.

In Division THT action in
Burnaby Elizabeth Butler
scored the lone West Van
goal as Egrets went down 2-1
to Delta.

Despite the loss, Beryl!
Hockey was outstanding in
goal for Egrets.

In Division IV action,
North Vancouver Dolphins
girls’ field hockey team
marked the West Vancouver

Grass results

Redwings for a 2-0 victory,
Sunday at Hugo Ray Park.

Both teams met the
challenge of playing short
team members. Megan
Enga, in her first game this
season was effective on
defense. Laurie Dawson
scored the two Dolphin goals
in the first half.

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NORTH VANCOUVER
Minor Hockey Association
General Meeting
for all Parents
On: Wed. Oct. 29/80 8 p.m.

At: Hamilton School Cafeteria
Correction from Sutherland

Don’t hibernate
this winter ...