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40 - Sunday, September 6, 1992 —- North Shore News

Meet us there when it’s not as warm with kids

YOU AND I have a date, Wednesday of this
coming week. Science World is celebrating
seniors, what do you think of that? Starting

on Sept. 8.

We’re to have a cuppa together,

maybe ‘a cookie, on the 9th. I hope you can
come. Two to four. Wear comfortable shoes.

Ordinarily the place is
aswarm with kids, that time
of day. School field trips
bring sixty thousand
children a year into this
bogeling collection of natu-
ral and scientific wonders
— not ail at once, the sixty

thousand, it just looks and.

sounds like that when the

‘place is jumping.

But in the first days of
schools aren’t
quite with it yet and there’s
a serene hiatus for us old
Teachers are fully
concentrated on

preliminaries, which makes

Science ‘World, for the only

_ time in the year, a refuge

and a quiet riot for the
grown-ups.

“A “quiet riot’? is what I
hope. well have. At last

‘we'll have a clear run at

those giant: piano keys —
Pil-bet ‘they’ve never been
challenged: to ‘Annie
‘Laurie’? — and get a chance
for a decent look inside the
- Beaver -house.: And explore
OUT own Discovery Box and

Eleanor
Godley

THE VINTAGE YEARS

stroke some of those
fascinating light and sound
displays.

Can’t get .near them or-
dinary days. Maybe some-
body wili ride that goofy

‘bicycle. .

There’ll be lots of time
and total irresponsibility, no
having .to’ keep track of
cruising childreri, no having
to try to maintain. order,
just mosey around and soak

Office skills course

_ CAPILANO COLLEGE is laun-

ching: a:hands-on program ‘of sure
al skills’ forthe information ‘age
the. Business Communications
rtificate Program (BCCP).
atEne- BCCP enables students to

range of skills that they.

can apply. on the job,’’ said

= Crawford - Kilian, coordinator of

. the: communications . department.

~ {In many cases, their ‘coursework

ili: be actual tasks they bring in

“from the “office: “business © cor-
: Tespondence - .and -reports,
entations they will be making at

pres-

= work, ‘and so forth.’’:

‘Designed. for ‘people already in

- ‘the -working . world, the BCCP’s
“| smorgasbord ° of evening courses

: €an be tailored to a student’s par- .

- ticular needs. Bach class will meet
: one night a week for 15 weeks.
The emphasis in’all. courses ..is

‘niques, -students. can watch’ their
own performances on videotape. |

Stu--

’ Certificate.

According to Kilian, “Many
candidates for the BCCP may .be

‘working in some ‘aspect of : cor-

porate. communications; - others

will simply be trying to upgrade
‘ their writing and speaking skills to:

enhance their employability.”’

This: Sépiernber the - courses
available willbe Communications
170 (Public Speaking) and CMNS
190 (Freelance Articie Writing).  .

In January, students will be

- able to choose between CMNS 152

(Report Writing), CMNS 175
(Speechwriting), CMNS 250
(Technical’ Writing), and the
public speaking and article-writing
courses.

“People who have already taken
some ‘of those courses-can apply
that credit toward a certificate.
Those. who have taken similar
courses elsewhere, or gained ‘skills
on the job, can challenge some of
the course requirements.

Students who complete five
courses will qualify..for the Basic
After taking four
more courses, they receive an Ad-

Balie?: R.A.D.
Jazz, Tap,
Musical Theatre

it all up and goggle freely.

Seniors Week will last
from September 8 to the
18th, and bear in mind
winter hours, 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. weekdays, open till 9
p.m. on Saturdays. They’ve
stretched the ‘‘Seniors’’ tag
temporarily to include 55-
year-olds, and the price for
a day is $4.50.

If you can, bump that up
to $7.00 — that will allow
you not just the run of all
the exhibits and demonstra-
tions and marvels, but will
also let you in to the
amazement of the Omnimax
Theatre.

This is not,-your average
picture-show. It’s an un-
precedented sensation of
knowing you are in a
theatre but feeling you are
actually part of the shoot.
You’re surrounded by the
action. It’s an extraordinary
experience of being
enveloped by the scenery
and caught up in all the
moves. Astonishing.

There is another treat in
that special events

added for our particular in-

terest,: too. You'll find in-
‘formation about travel and-

health and Tai Chi and how
to housebreak a computer
and how to. hang on to your
money and still have a

ailabl
vanced Certificate...

Stadents can acquire ‘ ‘both cer-
tificates in as little as“two years,
but. they can tak
reasonably necessal
a certificate. ~

‘Next ‘year the department plans

complete

‘to add courses in media relations,
interviewing,

newsletter _ editing
and production, and. perhaps
communication theory:

Admission to the program will

be based on an interview and
presentation of written. work:
business letters, a resume, reports,
and so on.

Interested students should apply

‘now for admission to CMNS 170

or 190, and then talk. with Kilian
as soon as possible about applying
their course work towards, a certif-
icate. =

1 and -
special exhibits have been

“as'long as -

little fun.

Not being a grandparent,
I suffer from a narrow view
of the world, and had
always thought ‘“‘lab coats’’
and bunsen burners when
anyone talked about Science
World. Then I was shown it
for the first time a couple
of weeks ago and there were
no funny smells at all, no
mysterious symbols io
memorize, simply a series of
adventures, mental and
physical.

The whole place is so ab-
solutely hands on! What a
place to take children, rain
or shine.

And it’s joyfully accessi-
ble — SkyTrain takes you
to within half a biock of the
entrance. Get off when that
woman says “‘Main Street.”

Once in, you can spend
the entire day. They do
have ‘‘sieep-overs’’ for
guides and cubs sometimes;
you probably can’t crash
one of those, but be leisure-
ly. There’s food on site,
and places to sit and
revitalize, and

tion and directions. ©
Hugh Pickett, . one of our

generation, is. going to tell. «

some tales abcut Van-
couver. Joyce . Resin,

‘‘Best Years’’. lady at CBC,

lots of -
‘helpful ‘staff for informa-

the:

Nicholson and one of the
master gardeners from Van
Dusen will discuss plant
problems and herbs and
dried flower arranging. The
411 Seniors Glee Clud-is go-
ing to be there too, with a
five-piece band.

Something you’ll want to
see will be ‘‘Making
Tracks,’’ the display set. up
by six of the local train-
buff clubs, of which one
feature is a miniature, fully
operational model train. Via
Rail’s restored dining-car
will be on site — remember
when?

Dinner on the train wes a
marvel of dignified dexterity
‘— and antique buses anda
steam locomotive will take
you all the way back to -
yesterday. ;

Being a visitor during. this
special seniors tire gives
you a whack at some nifty
deor-prizes, from a .garden- -
ing course at Van Dusen;to
meals at some nice Testau- ;
rants.

The whopper is as 7
weekend for two at the

Empress, transported’ there.
-on the Royal Sealink, to en--

joy: free--use of a car. and

take> tea at Butchart |

Gardens, the works. Phew!
«Like opening ‘the old trunk.
will be around, and Bob o

in n the attic. Come ands see.

- KARIN A. SCULLY, RM T..

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