Sechelt Campus opening continued ... Stanley Hagen, presided over by President Doug Jardine, Chairman of the Board Hilda Rizun, Chairman of the Board of the Sunshine Coast Regional District Jim Gurney and the Mayors of Gibsons and Sechelt, Dianne Strom and Bud Koch. Also in attendance will be M.L.A. for the area, Harold Long. After the ribbon cutting there is an Open House where the public is invited to view our new facility. Classes have been running in the new building for several weeks now, and students and staff alike are pretty much settled in. Sechelt Coordinator April Struthers commented: “We are very pleased with the new space, and think the design is going to be really useful in serving the community.” The 6300 gross sq.ft. building is only slightly larger than the leased space it replaces, but the design is more flexible and will allow for some increase in the number of students and programs the campus can serve, and particularly in the kinds of activities that can take place. The design also provides for easy expansion of the facility by 3,000 to 4,000 sq.ft. ata future date. A single-storey, wood frame structure, the building was designed by local architect Kevin Ryan to “complement the Sechelt character and have some distinction as the permanent home of Capilano College on the Sunshine Coast.” The total budget for the project, including purchase of land, was $450,000. Capilano College has been offering programs on the Sunshine Coast since 1977, and has had a Community Services Assistant there since 1980. The Sechelt campus serves the Coast communities of Port Mellon, Gibsons, Robert's Creek, Davis Bay, Sechelt, Halfmoon Bay, Garden Bay, Madeira Park, Egmont, and Earl’s Cove, which stretch over 75 miles and have a combined population of about 16,000. Since 1980 the Sechelt campus has seen a tenfold increase in traffic (visits and phone calls), and from 120 studenis in 1980, enrollment has jumped to 491, not including the 281 taking Aquaculture courses. The campus also houses an Aquaculture Resource Centre, and a Small Business Development Centre. Weavers make tapestry for Cap One of the features that visitors will be admiring, when they attend the official opening of the new building in Sechelt, is a remarkable tapestry hanging in the reception area. The tapestry, which measures 4 ‘ wide by 6’ tall, was a joint effort by a group of ten weavers from the Sechelt Weaving class and Capilano College—the College proviced the wool, and the weavers provided the creativity and industry. Many different materials were chosen to go into this, from handspun wools to cottons, linen and recycled fabrics, with each of the students weaving one strip, and the strips later being joined into a single piece. The textured look of the work, all in white and off- whites, suggests the multiple forms of life and growth on the Sunshine Coast. Music scholarship awarded Second year Vocal student Crystal Hanson is the winner of the Second Year Bachelor of Music Transfer scholarship. This $200 scholarship is presented by the Faculty each year. Get fit at lunchtime Noon hour Fitness ciasses are running again this term. Anyone who wants to improve their fitness level is welcome to drop in on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 12:15 to 12:45 pm in the Fitness Centre. If you have any quesiions (or need a bit of prodding), call Joe lacobellis at 2281. Inviting all spectators The Men’s soccer team will be playing against SFU (Varsity) on our soccer field Wednesday, October 14 at 4:00 pm, but their season starts in earnest on Friday, September 18 when they play Trinity West University on our field at 4:00. Meanwhile, Basketball is also getting underway. The men’s team will be having an Intersquad game on Thursday, October 15 at 5:00 pm at the Delbrook Gym, and on the 28rd they play Columbia Bible College from Clearbrook at 8:15 pm. The first women’s Basketball home game will be against their Grads on October 24 at 6:30. Spectators are more than welcome at all Blues games—if you would like any more details contact Neil Chester of Joe lacobellis in the Athletics department.