4 REC NEWS

First of all I would like to take this
opportunity on behalf of Ken Akey, Andy
Yandro and myself, Frank McLean, and the
part time staff of the Rec. Hall to wish
all the readers of the Asbestos Sheet the
very best in the New Year and we sincerely
hope that this will be your year for
participation in some of the activities
at the Rec. Hall.

In the evening of the 22nd, the teen-
agers Christmas Party was held in the form
of a skating party and dance. This was
thoroughly enjoyed by those that came and
thanks to Jerry Greyke and Kenny Peat for
supplying the dance music.

Due to my being informed of the death
of my mother I had to leave for Vancouver
and was unable to attend the New Years Eve
Party and Dance but I would like to thank
Mr. Graham Baker and my staff for taking
over the final organizing of the Dance on
such short notice and also I would like to
apologize to those who have mentioned that
it was rather poorly run, this I believe
was due to my leaving and the staff having
to take over a big job without much warning
so once again my sincere apologies for any
inconveniences I may have caused by my
having to leave.

A games room has been put in operation
in the Rec. Hall for the use of those who
would like to play cards or chess, checkers
etc. Cards are available at the Rec Hall
office with a small deposit required until
returned.

Indoor shooting should take a new twist
this year with the arrival of bows and
arrows and the expected arrival of an in-
door backstop soon, so if interested in
either .22 caliber shooting or bow and
arrow drop down any Monday evening at 8:30
P.M. and see about joining the club.

The Badminton Club has been re-
organized and they play every Tuesday night
starting at 8:00 P.M. there is room for a
lot more players both experienced
who want to learn the game.

Skate sharpening can be done by con-
tacting the staff at the Rec. Hall.

Due to the number of movies held in
the Rec. Hall our time for some activities
is quite limited, but if any of you have
suggestions for some form of recreation
that you think a number would be interested
in please feel free to discuss it with me
at the office and perhaps something can be
worked out. I would like to mention that
we do have carpet bowling equipment on
order which we expect any day now and hope
to form some kind of league when it arrives

A date to remember February 9th. Why?
A Valentines dance will be hald in the Rec.
Hall so line up your favorite Valentine
and come on out for some good times.

We too have a date to keep open that is
February 16th. On that date we will take
over the Rec. Hall and hold a giant bazaar
with games of chance, bingos, raffles, and
best of all fun for the whole family and
those who are living in single quarters.
There will be lots of surprises in store
for you during this gala affair with the
idea being to raise money for artificial
ice in the arena for next winter if every
one gets behind your arena rink associa™
tion and each gives a small nudge this
soon becomes a big push and before you
know it we have the machinery for Ice and
what a joy that will be not to have to
worry about old man weather any more. So
be there on the 16th and be prepared to
give your little nudge.

We have been very fortunate this year,

- first by having the ice in real early so

we have had lots of hockey and public
skating and by the looks of it we should
soon be getting some outside teams in for
the senior men to play against. One thing
to remember is that when it is public
skating time there are to be no sticks or
pucks on the Ice. There is plenty of time
for hockey alloted so please let those
that prefer just to skate have their time
as well.

The Arena lounge has been well used
this year with the sno-machine club holding
a couple of dances and the teenagers as
well and a special thanks go out to the
ladies Mrs. Tischler (both of them) and
Mrs. McLean for a job well done on keeping
it as clean as it fs. This by the way is
on a volunteer basis (all in the cause of
artificial Ice).