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JEWISH WESTERN BULLETIN'
VICTORIA WELCOmS ISRAEL AMBASSADOR TUESDAY
First visit of an Israeli Ambassador to Victoria will highlight May 6 when Ephraim Evron will address the Victoria community on behalf of the United
Jewish Appeal. The rapidly approaching visit of the Israeli Ambassador to Canada is generating enthusiasm and excitement among   the  Vancouver Island
Jewish community.
Reservations are pouring in for the U.J.A.. dinner which will be held at the Empress hotel Tuesday evening, May 6.
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A hard-working Victoria committee is reported making all final preparations for the Ambassador's Dinner. The committee includes: Dr. Samuel Ruskin, L. Bloomfield, Mrs. B. Levitz Pack-ford, Mrs. Sonia Rose, Karel de Roo, Shalom Kalfon, Dr. Stanley
Friday, May 2, 196&
Fisher.
All members of the Victoria community who have not made
their reservations for the Victoria
Dinner, are being asked to do so
immediately by contacting the
residence of S. Kalfon.
The people of British Columbia are invited to participate in
The British G)lumbia Festival of
I he feats of Nancy Greene, Elaine Tanner, Harry Jerome, Ratpfi Hutton, Debbie Brill, Karen Magnussen, and many others in the; Afield of individual athletics in recent years have thrilled every British Cdiumbian. Nineteen Canadian Champions and three World Record holders come from our Province. Our rowers and other teams of young people on playing fields and courts far from home have been an inspiration to us all.
This year, your government has announced a broad program to encourage British Columbians in all forms of sport activity. As part of this program the Department of Travel Industry has been charged with helping to organize and promote " The British Columbia Festival of Sports", an annual event which I hope will gain participation in every community of the province and become a great source of ehcouragemerit to the youth of British Columbia.
The time period chosen for the Festival, ranging between our "Victoria Day" weekend and the U.S. "Memorial Day", was selected initially because it . included or was adjacent to the broadest spectrum of athletic activity.
The importance of this event to the visitor industry in every region of the province is vital as well. I hope that fans and families of athletes will take the opportunity to visit communities throughout the province, make new friends, enjoy the fine recreational facilities and see first hand the great develop^ ments in the province. I hope, too, that these communities will help give the Festival international stature. These Festival events, falling in advance of the peak of our visitor season, will receive major promotion by the Department of Travel Industry in nearby states and provinces.
You are invited, through your constituted municipal and regional organizations and through
the British Columbia Sports Federation and the British Columbia Recreation Association, to plan and participate in this great province-wide event.
Honorary President, Columbia Festival of Sports
May 18-30,1970
The British Columbia Festival of Sports ist to be organized at the community level. It is estimated that there are more than seiventy communities fn the province, In the eight tourist reg|o/)s, which are capable of staging one or, more sports tourna-ments and related events.
A Directorate and Selection Commiftee wilt be made up of representatives of the British Columbia Sports Federation, the Provincial Government, the Provincial Tourist Advisory Council and other segments of our population. This committee will arrange with interested communities, and the province-wide amateur Sports Associations to allocate events equitably throughout the province.
The Festival Is primarily interested in promoting amateur athletics, but professional and semi-professional organizations will be encouraged, to stage events at the same time and thus benefit from the British Columbia Government promotion.
Cities that already have historic pageants, carnivals, parades and similar events during the summer months will be encouraged to stage some parts of their program at this earlier time in order to gain additional benefits from the "offseason" promotion.
Athletics in British Columbia
The following sports are organized into the British Columbia Sports Federation. Federation members have been asked to submit proposals for their sports on a provincial basis.,
Archery • Badminton • Baseball • Basket-bail • Bowling, 5 & 10 pin • Boxing • Camping • Canoeing • Cricket • Curling • Cycling
• Fencing • Field Hockey • Figure Skating • Football • Golf • Gymkhanas • Gymnastics
• Handball • Hard Court Tennis • Ice Hockey • Judo * Lacrosse • Lawn Bowling
• Lawn Tennis • Life Saving • Marksmanship • Parapalegic Sports • Rowing • Rugby
• Skiing • Soccer • Softball • Speed Skating
• Swimming and Diving • Synchronized Swimming • Table Tennis • Track & Field, Indoor • Track & Field, Outdoor • Volleyball • Water Polo • Water Skiing • Weight-lifting • Wrestling • Yachting.
Other sports which should be considered although not presently members of the Federation are: ■ Auto Rallies * Bird Watching • Dune buggies • Falconry • Fishing Derbies •
Frost Bite Races • Logger Sports • Marathon Swimming • Mountaineering • Predicted Log Powerboat Races • Rodeos & - Starhpedes • SCUBA &Skin Diving> Skeet' Shooting • Sky Diving • Soaring •Speedboat Races • Sports Car Races • Squash • Surfing • Trail Riding.
How your community can participate in the British Columbia Festival of Sports
Written submissions are being requested from municipal councils and/or whatever group (Chamber of Commerce, School Board. Fair or Rodeo Committee, Athletic Association, etc.) is designated to be the constituted body representing the community. These submissions are requested on or before Monday^ June 23, 1969, and should be addressed to:
Dr. Robert Hindmarch, President, , British Columbia Sports Federation, 1336 West Broadway, Vancouver, British Columbia.
During the summer and early fall, field representatives of the Selection Committee will then visit your community for further discussion. Announcement of Festival locations will be made soon afterward.
The written submissions will form a catalogue of community interests and facilities with the ide^ that it will be upgraded in years to come.
These submissions should include:
1. The make-up of your Festival Committee • (names, addresses, positions or particular sports interests).
2. A list of sports facilities that would be available during the Festival period ... stadia, arenas, playing fields, swini-ming pools, etc. (giving dimensions, seating capacity and other pertinent features).
3. A brief statement outlining what sports events your community has staged in the past and how you might be prepared to stage an event in conjunction with members of the British Columbia Sports Federation. Each event should be designed to be self-sustaining.
4. An indication of how many extra visitors could be handled in your community and environs during this period.
5. A list of ancillary events that might be. organized in your community during
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b. Fsirades, pageants and extravaganzas
c. Cultural displays, festivals .
d. Historical and commemorative events
6. An indication of the eariiest%oiivehient dates your committee could meet in your community with our field repror sentative.
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In order to give regional balance to the assignment of events, the Directorate of the British Columbia Festival of Sports, will be made up in part by one representative from each of the eight constituted provincial tourist regions. This director should be selected by the interested communities in conjunction with their respective tourist promotional body:
"A" Vancouver Island and the
Gulf islands "B" Greater Vancouver, Fraser Valley,
Sunshine Coast "C" Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys
"D" East and West Kootenays
"E" Trans-Canada, Yellowhead and Nicola Highways
Cariboo-Chilcotin Country
Highway 16 (Prince Rupert to Alberta)
Peace River and Northern Districts
Names of these Regional Directors should be submitted to the Deputy Minister of Travel Industry, Mr. R. B. Worley, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, by May 30, 1969, by the President of the Regional Travel organization. Approximately four directors' meetings will be held during the year and these directors will receive travel allowance.
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Like our highly successful centennial, this is a great challenge to British Columbians everywhere. From the interest, the healthy environment and the sports facilities developed locally will come the athletic champions of the world. This annual event could become British Columbia's foremost single visitor attraction.
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The British Columbia Festival of Sports is sponored by the
GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
DEPARTMENT OF TRAVEj. INDUSTRY.
Hon. W. K. Kiernan, Minister
R. B. Worley, Deputy Minister