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Moose, Red River College Kick-Off "I Love to Read" Month at Millenium Library

February 2, 2006 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Manitoba Moose News Release


The Manitoba Moose, in conjunction with Red River College, are proud to announce the organization is once again participating in the annual "I Love To Read Month" program throughout the community in the month of February. Moose players will be visiting 10 different schools on Monday, February 6th, 2006.

The Moose and Red River College are also combining to kick-off the campaign on Monday, as Mike Keane, AlexanderBolduc, and Rick Rypien will join RRC President Jeff Zabudsky in reading to the students from Sister McNamara School, discussing the students' favourite books, and signing autographs at the Millenium Library.

The entire Moose team will be involved in visiting children in their classrooms on February 6th. During the school visits, players will be available to read to the students and sign autographs. A reading workbook created by the students at RRC has been distributed to the classrooms to encourage the students' involvement. There are a number of prizes to be won, including tickets to see the Moose in action - donated by RRC. The students will also be eligible to win an exciting day spent at RRC exploring the Culinary Arts and Broadcast programs.

The Moose organization would like to send out a sincere thank-you to all of the schools that have participated in the program.

Here is the list of schools and players making appearances at the school:

Monday, February 6th, 2006:

Clifton School - Tomas Mojzis & Sven Butenschon 1:30 p.m.

St. John's Ravenscourt - Brett Skinner & Sebastien Centomo 1:30 p.m.

John M. King School - Prestin Ryan & Maxime Fortunus 1:30 p.m.

Prince Edward School - Mike Brown & Jason Jaffray 1:30 p.m.

Beaumont School - Craig Darby & Lee Goren 1:30 p.m.

Pacific Junction School - Jimmy Roy & Adam Keefe 1:30 p.m.

Linwood School - Ryan Bayda & Wade Flaherty 1:30 p.m.

Athlone School - Nathan McIver & James DeMone 1:30 p.m.

Angus McKay School - Jesse Schultz & Jason King 1:30 p.m.

Millenium Library - Mike Keane, Alexander Bolduc, Rick Rypien 1:30 p.m.



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