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Young iyrnpian plan
reaches into district
A small part of the 1976
Olympic Games' comes to
Goderich this- stimmer as local
reete,ation director, Mike
Dymond, enthusiastically
received June 3, a new national
fitness program.
A The Young Olympians
program, sponsored by the
Canadian Olympic Association,
is aimed at girls and boys aged
between 9 and 14. It will be in-
corporated into the town's
playground activities, Mr.
Dymond said.
Across Canada, about 80,000
youngsters are enrolled in the
program already, according to
the program's director, Pierre
Labelle of Ottawa.
Ideally it will involye about
r,480,000, the number of young
Canadians in the designated
age group. The program is
flexible, however, as children
older than 14 and younger than
9 can .participate, he added.
The concept stresses par-
ticipation rather than com-
petition, as the youngsters will
strive for physical fitness at
their own paces. Their
achievements will be
recognized by the Canadian
Olympic Association which will
present them ,with badges and
certificates of merit.
The badges and ,certificates
will be presented over a three
year program; ending in 1976,
Canada's Olympic year. The
fir:st year ,bade is red, the
second year white and the third
year blue.
ThePlyrnpic association will,
also confer wreaths to the
young .olympians who gain
points necessary to earn them.
The program will also help,
build character, along with
healthy bodes' since par-
ticipating youngsters have the
responsibility of keeping their
own activity records, Mr.
Labelle said.
The records can cover a wide
variety of physical activities
which include swimming, run-.
ning, bicycling, archery,
pingpong, and unorganized san-
dlot baseball games.
The program is flexible
enough to ,include almost -any
activity which will help a
youngster keep fit.
Under the heading of
humanitarian projects, the list
includes projects .such as walk-
a-thons, skate-a-thons and
bike-a-thons which raise money
for charitable causes.
The fee for entering the
program is small, 50 cents, per
year Mr. Labelle said. It par-
tially covers the cost of the
badges and certificates.
Community involvement is a
priority for the summer, John
McCarroll, physical education
consultant for the Huron -Perth
Separate School system said. t,
He plans to introducethe.
Young Olympians system .of
physical fitness to area schools
in the school term starting next
September.
The you'ngstees at St.
Joseph's School in Kingsbridge
already have received thp
Young Olympians idea en-
thusiastically. Almost every
studentjoined the program, he
said.
Nationally, the program is
gakning acceptance with, the
greatest participation tn
Quebec, Ontario and British
Columbia. The Minister', 'of
Education in the last province,
gave it official approval.
Organizations such as the
YMCA,. YWCA, Girl Guides
and Boy Scouts have in-
trodueed their members to the
'Young Olympians program.
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PUBLIC MEETING
TUESDAY, JUNE 1 8, 8:00 P.M,
ASHFIELD TWP, HALL
TO CONSIDER
AMENDMENT No. 5
TO THE
HURON COUNTY OFFICIAL PLAN
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Part of Lot 3 (S.T.P.) Front Concession
Ashfield Township.
Pierre Labelle, left, nation@lco-ordinator of the Canadian"'—,-
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Olyrnpic!„Assoclations Yot.ing Olympian program) and John )
McCarron, physical education consultant, for the Huron
Park Separate School system, display °rests- their '
organizations offer to youngsters participating in physical
fitness programs. (staff photo)
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