THE INFORMER PAGE 7 MARCH 31, 1992 Outdoor Recreation Program 20 Year Bash Planned The Capilano College Outdoor Recreation Program is out of its teens this year, and it’s having a big party to celebrate. Tourism program coordinator Don Basham says the party committee (made up of students and grads) has been planning the April 25 event for the past two years. “They’ve managed to contact almost all of our 400 grads,” says Don, “and at least 50 per cent have said they will attend.” This means there will be over 250 people in the Sportsplex that night, going over old adventures and likely planning new ones. “The committee is very excited. There will be people who haven’t seen each other for 20 years.” The event will be a sit-down dinner dance with a welcome speech from Doug Jardine, and a statement from “elder” spokesman Brian White and a program graduate. A slide show assembled from years of outdoor adventures will provide some visual entertainment, and a disc jockey will put the socializers on their feet. “This is more than a reunion,” says Don. “It will be an op- portunity for us to identify where people are and what they are doing.” Don sees the event as the beginning of an outdoor recreation alumni association, which will expand on an already close network of grads. He says some of their former students are senior park managers now, and they come back to the pro- gram to hire students for practicums. They also advise coordina- tors on program content and employers’ needs. But the key to the reunion is a party, says Don. “We want to have a good time.” Prime Parking Available If you walk by those empty spaces in the car pool area every morning and sigh with frustration, read on. There is something you can do about it. The car pool committee has approved 66 registrants for the 66 available spaces, but there is room for more. ( Many of these were snapped up by clever Elderhostellers Our apologies to Meredeth Mackay, one of the winners of the Provincial Business Computing Simulation Competition. Her name was accidentally misspelled in the last /nformer. Here she is, second from the right, celebrating the win at the awards luncheon at Cap. From left to right: Anne Watson, Bonnie Nelson, Tina Alto, Katie Milligan, Tammy Taylor, Meredeth Mackay and Mike Smith. — students with experience — who come to the College once or twice a week.) “They went to a couple of classes, and bang, in they came,” reports Marianne Ketchen in Purchasing/Stores. “One of several advantages to being in a car pool is not having to panic about when you get here,” she adds. The car pool committee is open to suggestions and is happy to sign up more registrants. They stress, however, that people must display their car pool tag on the rear view mirror or they will be towed. “The tow truck drivers can’t do a search of your car to see if you’ve got the tag,” says Marianne. It’s easy to start your own car pool. The North Shore News will place your ad for free (you can use a box number for replies), so will the Informer, or you can use the College E-Mail, your department bulletin board, or simply, the phone. Call people you know, and ask if they are interested. Even if you can only carpool two to three days a week, it will save you gas, parking frustration, and will help do something about that thick ooze of smog hanging over the city. There are forms to fill out (in room A018 and K101) and disclaimers to sign, but the process is simple. And if you live more than 35 km from the College, you can form a ‘pool of two.