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Dragon boat Dames 10 Year 45, Issue 23
June 16, 2011 | 44 Pages
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Carrier book rockets home to library Astronaut carries Hockey Sweater book with him into space BEAR NECESSITY Adult black bear discovered wedged in a tree in a Bridlewood backyard.
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I DREAM OF GENIE The villain Jafar (Kayla Mackenzie) attempts to steal the lamp away from Aladdin during the production of Aladdin Kids. The musical was performed by grades 1 to 6 students at John Young Elementary School on June 9 and 10.
The iconic Canadian book that made it into space has now secured a spot at the Library and Archives Canada. Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk brought a copy of The Hockey Sweater by Roch Carrier on his six-month mission to the International Space Station in 2009, to experience “188 days of weightlessness,” as Thirsk described it. Fitting that a book idolizing Richard “The Rocket” Richard took a ride on a real rocket, thanks to Thirsk. On June 13, Thirsk handed over his beloved copy to the Library and Archives Canada in front of students from the Roch Carrier Elementary School in Bridlewood. As for bringing The Hockey Sweater into space, Thirsk said it was a no brainer. He fell in love with the story as an adolescent, and introduced it to his three children when they were old enough. Reading is an important part of his family, Thirsk said, and of his everyday life as well. “Astronaut training is a little like drinking from a fire hose,” he said, meaning there is a lot of information to take in over a short period of time. “We can’t do our job if we don’t have reading skills,” he said. Thirsk shared stories and video footage about his time in space, including being able to spot forest fires and having to call Earth to alert them.
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