Top shelf
Official Brazil Olympic and Paralympic stamps
Second shelf from the top (left to right):
Goalball goggles:
Goalball is a sport for athletes with visual impairments, consisting of two halves of 12 minutes
each and athletes wear blackout masks on a playing court. The object of the game is to roll the
ball into the opposite goal while opposing players try to block the ball with their bodies. Bells
inside the balls help orient the players, indicating the direction of the on-coming ball.
Therefore, while play is in progress, complete silence is required in the venue to allow the
players to instantly react to the ball. All players must wear plastic black-out goggles on the
court.
Paralympic Order (necklace):
The Paralympic Order is the highest tribute a person connected with the Paralympic Movement
can achieve. It honours someone who has exemplified the Paralympic ideals through their
actions, made remarkable strides in Paralympic Sport or rendered outstanding services the
Paralympic cause. In 2016, the people of Rio and Brazil were awarded the Paralympic Order in
recognition of their outstanding support for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
Canadians who were awarded the Paralympic Order:
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2000 Dr. Robert Steadward, Past President of the International Paralympic Committee
(IPC)
2003 Mr. Donald Royer, President of the Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association
2009 Mr. Jerry Johnston, Founder of the Canadian Association for Disabled Skiing
Athlete’s bib:
1970s ‘bib’ that athletes would put over their uniforms.
Third shelf
Calgary 1988 Olympic mascots, Hidy and Howdy:
The mascots' names represent the Calgary region's hospitality. Thus Hidy is an extension of “hi”,
and Howdy is short for “how do you do”, a typical West American greeting. These names were
chosen by a citizens' jury following a contest organised by Calgary Zoo that attracted almost
7,000 entries.
Hidy and Howdy are polar bears, symbolic of the Arctic regions located in the north of the
American continent. They wear “Western” style hats and outfits.
CREATOR
Sheila Scott, Great Scott Productions
DID YOU KNOW?
A study group made up of representatives of the department stores in Calgary worked on the
choice of mascot. The brown bear was considered, as it was the most popular cuddly toy
animal, but it had already been used as a mascot for the Moscow 1980 Olympic Games. Finally,
it was the polar bear who won: it illustrates the cold season and is active in winter as it does not
hibernate.
Howdy and his sister Hidy were the first mascot couple.
Source: https://www.olympic.org/calgary-1988-mascots
Complete set of Calgary 1988 medals:
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Olympic medals
Paralympic medals
Demonstration Sport medal
Participation medal
Volunteer medal
Arts Festival medal
Bottom shelf
Message from Barb Clark (Parolin) to Canada’s 4x100-metre freestyle relay team
Barb Clark (Parolin) was the first Canadian female to break the one minute mark in the 100m
Freestyle.
She won an Olympic Bronze medal in the 1976 Montreal Olympics with the 4 x 100m Free Relay
team. Barb set Canadian records in the 50m and 100m free, 50m and 100m butterfly, and 50m
and 100m backstroke.
Canada's women's 4x100-metre freestyle relay team in Rio De Janeiro won Canada’s first
bronze medal since Barb Clark, Becky Smith, Gail Amundrud and Anne Jardin won bronze at the
1976 Games in Montreal – 40 years ago. Barb’s quote on the Rio win:
“Congratulations Girls! We know that you put in your best effort and are proud to have another
Bronze Medal in the Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay. Way to go Gals!”
Barb was born in Coronation and swam with the Stettler Centennial Swim Club in Stettler. In
2010 she helped carry the Olympic torch on its way to that year’s Winter Olympics in
Vancouver. She carried the torch for 300 metres on a stretch of road between Stony Plain and
Spruce Grove as it made its way through the capital region to Red Deer.