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      All
      1991
      Canada
      Games
      registered
      placed
      and
     
     
      unplaced
      volunteers
      from
      the
      Charlottetown
      area
     
     
      with
      their
      last
      name
      beginning
      with
      the
      letter
      M
      to
     
     
      Z
      are
      asked
      to
      come
      to
      the
      Charlottetown
      Canada
     
     
      Games
      Civic
      Centre
      on
      Saturday,
      November
      24,
     
     
      between
      10:00
      am
      and
      3:00
      pm
      for
      accreditation.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Also,
      any
      volunteers
      with
      their
      Ist
      name
      beginning
     
     
      with
      A
      to
      L
      who
      missed
      the
      accreditation
      session
      on
     
     
      November
      17
      are
      asked
      to
      come
      this
      Saturday.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Volunteers
      in
      Prince
      and
      Kings
      County
      will
      be
     
     
      accredited
      on
      the
      following
      dates:
      Summerside,
     
     
      December
      8,
      10:00
      am
      to
      2:00
      pm
      at
      the
     
     
      Summerside
      Recreation
      Centre.
      O’Leary,
      December
     
     
      8,
      10:00
      am
      to
      2:00
      pm
      at
      the
      West
      Prince
      Regional
     
     
      Services
      Centre.
      Cardigan,
      December
      15,
      10:00
      am
     
     
      to
      2:00
      pm
      at
      the
      Cardigan
      Consolidated
      School.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Please
      contact
      the
      Canada
      Games
      office
      for
      more
     
     
      information
      at
      368-1991
      or
      in
      Summerside
      call
      436-
     
     
      1991.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      For
      more
      information,
      please
      contact:
     
     
      Lynn
      MacDonald
     
     
      Media
      Relations
      Officer
     
     
      368-1991
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Canada
      Games
      Facts
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Approximately
      2,500
      athletes
      will
      compete
      in
      the
     
     
      1991
      Winter
      Games.
      A
      total
      of
      30,000
      athletes
     
     
      have
      competed
      during
      the
      24-year
      history
      of
      the
     
     
      Games.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      More
      than
      5,000
      Prince
      Edward
      Islanders
      and
      their
     
     
      families
      will
      be
      involved
      in
      the
      staging
      of
      Games
      in
     
     
      different
      regions
      of
      the
      province.
      Since
      1967,
      45,000
     
     
      Canadians
      have
      donated
      their
      time
      to
      the
      Games.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      There
      are
      16
      summer
      events
      and
      19
      winter
      events
     
     
      spread
      out
      over
      12
      days
      of
      competition.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Athletes
      at
      the
      1991
      Winter
      Games
      will
      compete
      in
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Volunteer
      Accreditation
     
    
   
   
    
     
      the
      following
      sports:
      artistic
      gymnastics,
      badminton,
     
     
      biathlon,
      boxing,
      cross-country
      skiing,
      curling,
     
     
      fencing,
      figure
      skating,
      hockey,
      judo,
      racquetball,
     
     
      ringette,
      rhythmic
      sportive
      gymnastics,
      shooting
      (air
     
    
   
   
    
     
      pistol
      and
      air
      rifle),
      speed
      skating,
      squash,
     
     
      synchronized
      swimming,
      table
      tennis
      and
     
     
      weightlifting.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Games
      occur
      every
      two
      years,
      alternating
     
     
      between
      summer
      and
      winter
      competitions.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Each
      province
      and
      territory
      sends
      a
      team.
      Athletes
     
     
      compete
      for
      individual
      medals
      while
      the
      teams
     
     
      compete
      for
      the
      Canada
      Games
      flag.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      budget
      for
      the
      1991
      Winter
      Games
      is
     
     
      approximately
      $26
      million.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      1993
      Summer
      Games
      will
      be
      held
      in
      Kamloops,
     
     
      British
      Columbia
      and
      Alberta
      was
      recently
      awarded
     
    
   
   
    
     
      the
      1995
      Winter
      Games.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Angela
      Bailey,
      Rob
      Boyd,
      Toller
      Cranston,
      Bob
     
     
      Gainey,
      Diane
      Jones-Konihowski,
      Brian
      Orser,
      Lui
     
     
      Passaglia
      and
      Dave
      Steen
      are
      just
      some
      of
      the
     
     
      Canadians
      who
      have
      competed
      in
      the
      Canada
     
     
      Games.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      UPEI
      X-Press
     
    
   
   
    
     
      November
      22,
      1990