212 ve ae ta pea RNID 1 Wednesday, March 11, 1992 Staff, students, and par- ents at Twin Rivers continue to work hard together. Our intermediate stu- dents completed their down- hill ski program. Some of our Primary stu- dents had the opportunity to skate. . Other students have trav- elled to the Kootenay Canal. Our basketball teams completed league play and as we write this article our play- ers are now winding up their basketball experience with tournament play. Mr. Tapping, an astro- physicist, spoke to us about the universe. His talk and slide show were of great in- terest. Mr. Hadley, from West Kootenay Power, provided our students with an enter- taining demonstration con- cerning electrical safety. For Open House, we had many parents join us for part of our school day. We discovered that most parents don’t know that they are welcome to visit our schools any day. Simply call the school and arrange a visit. Parents are most welcome. Stanley Humphries stu- dents entertained us with their performance of ‘Ameri- can Before Columbus.’ It was great to have senior students in our school! While all this is going on our students continue to em- phasize learning in areas such as Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Our students receive their | Twin Rivers ready for talent search School CROSSINGS | SD Twin Rivers Elementary School second report cards on march 13 The reports will be fol- lowed by parent interview opportunities right after the spring break. To celebrate the end of our second term we are holding our annual Talent Show. Over 40 students will dis- play their talent in dance, music, theatre, and song. We are looking forward to the Talent Show on March 13. Many of our programs are supported by hard working parents who work behind the scenes. These parents provide } time, energy, and financial support. They also provide encouragement for the staff. Recently our parents sur- prised the staff with a super lunch. All of the staff appre- ciated this thoughtful ges- ture. Thanks, parents! As you can see, Twin Rivers is indeed an example of staff, students, and par- ents working hard together. Full Gospel hosts speaker The area’s Full Gospel Businessmens’ Fellowship Interna- tional, a Christian interdenominational association of men, is pleased to provide another interesting story of Christian life at its March banquet. Curly Fletcher comes as guest speaker for the Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the Sandman Inn at Castlegar. Fletcher’s story is both varied and interesting, as he shares adventures of his journey from a pastor, then a missionary in- ternationally and then back to Radium B.C. with his growing . family. There, a bakery business venture becomes a lighthouse for youth and people in trouble. The banquet is open to both well as businessmen. young and old, and families as For information and reservations, phone 365-5180, 359-7913, 367-6147 or 368-9360. 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Dale Betcher had 32 for the visitors. QUINN STANDS PAT The Vancouver Canucks will head into the playoffs with basically the same team that now sits atop the Smythe Division. Apart from obtaining defenceman Ken Hammond from the San Jose Sharks in exchange for an eighth round draft choice, Canuck GM Pat Quinn left the trading up to his fellow NHL executives. HENDRY HONORED Basketball player Michelle Hendry of the Simon Fraser University Clan was named Monday to the NAIA Division 1 all-America team. Olwyn Ringheim returns from» Alaskan trek with precious medals Jonathan Green NEWS REPORTER Near the turn of the century, a great many adventurists headed north in search of gold, and a lot returned with nothing. Olwyn Ringheim returned from Alaska this week and though she didn’t find gold, she did return with some precious metals — er, medals. “I’m not disappointed, ” she said, adding that competition from the Scandinavian coun- tries is tough: “They’re very good skiers.” __ The 64-year-old Ootischenia resident was in the Alaskan capital of Anchorage to com- pete in the World Masters Cross-Country Ski Champions one. e came home last Sunday, bringing wit her two silver medals and a pronks: _ _ Acompetitor and medal winner in four pre- vious Masters, Ringheim said she was hoping to continue her winning ways. “I was after a medal, I wanted one,” she said. “I didn’t expect to have three.” And though the individual achievement might satisfy a lot of people, Ringheim said she wanted to win on a larger scale. : “You always want to win,” she said. “The big thing is you’re winning for Canada.” An annual. event, Ringheim said she skipped last year’s competition in Italy be- cause of a move from Nelson, though she felt the course conditions had more to do with her success than the extra year off. “] liked the courses,” she said. “They were very well groomed, very wide.” With the course bordering the ocean in places, Ringheim said the arctic winds affect- ed some of the skiers, as did some competitor encounters with Bullwinkle’s buddies. “The moose are considered a natural-phe- noone so there were no re-runs given,” she said. . Competing in a total of four events, Ringheim captured the bronze in a 10 kilome- tre classic-style run, the silvers in a 15 km freestyle race and 3x 5km relay, and finished The Silver Lining fifth in a 20 km classic-style race. : Although this year’s games just ended, Ringheim said she is already looking ahead _to 1993 in Geilo, Norway. ‘Tm looking forward to next year,” she said. “It’s a bit earlier, so I’m having to work hard- er sooner.” Olwyn Ringheim returned home from Alaska this week, one bronze and i i : two silver medals ; Although the 1992 Masters Cross-Country Ski Championships just ended, the 64-year-old ois Ootischenia resident says she is already looking ahead to Norway in 1993. And it’s working harder that Ringheim sa: is needed to stay competitive. 9 : “When you're in among the Finns, Norwe- gians and Swedes, you’ve got your hands full,” she said. , But in Olwyn Ringheim’s case, those hands are full of medals. a ; News photo by Jonathan Green Talk to us today. ‘ weasel — 2 exe elt eoeoresss =