We received the following release. --RL Bell Park Academic Centre will be holding its 7th annual Games Fair during the week of May 20th, 2002. Along with several tournaments in a variety of game genres we will also have our annual Game Inventors Competition. This is a highly successful event with 75 to 100 games entered each year. The use of traditional games (board and card) as opposed to computer games is highly valued in our school. Board, role playing and card games are effectively used to enhance and promote all areas of the curriculum. The benefits of social interaction and problem solving are also key factors in using games in a classroom setting. Over the past 6 years a multitude of companies have supported our event with the donation of games. Some companies that have had a long standing relationship with our event are: Columbia Games, Steve Jackson Games, Kenzer and Company, Laughing Gravy Games, Out Of The Box Games, Geo Hex, and Flying Buffalo. Three companies that have been with us from the beginning and have been very generous are Mayfair Games, Iron Crown Enterprises and our major sponsor last year, Decipher. Bell Park Academic Centre 39 Walker St. Lake Echo, Nova Scotia Canada B3E 1N4 Attention: Paul Logan plogan@staff.ednet.ns.ca Back to 1st Quarter 2002 List of News Items Back to Master List of News Items Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 2002 by Coalition Web, Inc. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com