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The Christmas season is a short one, but those few extra pounds found in the Christmas cake, turkey dinners and apple pies seem to stick around a little bit longer. With 2010 just underway, the Flin Flon/Creighton in motion committee is hoping to get people active and healthy to start off, what everyone hopes will be, a good year. The deadline to register for the 2010 in motion 'Olympic' Health Challenge is just around the corner. Team registrations will be taken until Friday, January 8 with the challenge beginning on January 11. Fran Labarre, an in motion committee member, says though she has heard a lot of talk of the challenge, she has not had any teams register yet. New to the challenge this year, teams are required to create a team country Ð as the challenge is following suit with the 2010 Winter Olympics. Labarre says she knows teams have been formed and are working on their team names. "Everyone is talking about it, but no one has signed up," said Labarre on Thursday morning. With the New Year just beginning and people slowly getting back to work, Labarre says she doesn't expect to see people registering until this week as offices were slow and schools were closed. "I know they are formed," she says about a few teams. But with the deadline fast approaching, Labarre reminds everyone that "time is running out" to register. Last year, the challenge saw 38 teams and Labarre says she would like to see a few more this year. New this year, the challenge is open to all adults. Although packages were dropped off to businesses in the area, the challenge is not limited to those who are working. As a competitive incentive, Labarre says she contacted Employment Canada Ð the winners from last year Ð to enter the contest again this year. To register a team for the 2010 in motion 'Olympic' Health Challenge, contact Fran Labarre at 687-1355.
