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Ice tour coming to Pond April 24.Tickets are on sale for the .John Hancock Champions on Ice tour coming April 24 at the Arrowhead Pond. Fresh from international competition at the World Championships in Dortmund, Germany, skaters will be featured as tour founder Tom Collins celebrates his 26th season of Champions on Ice, bringing Olympic-caliber skating and entertainment to are has throughout the United States. The tour will spotlight five-time World Champion Michelle Kwan, Olympian Sasha Cohen, 2003 World Champion Evgeny Plushenko, Olympic bronze medalist and 2003 World Silver medalist Timothy Goebel, World silver medalists Tatiana Totmyanina and Maxim Marinin, as well as other Champions from Olympic and World competition including Victor Petrenko, Rudy Galindo and Philippe Candeloro. All of the skaters will perform to original music and choreography of their choice. Tickets start at. Paint program seeking teams Paint Your Heart Out, Anaheim, is seeking volunteer teams for its 2004 projects. The organization will send out 50 teams to paint the exteriors of 50 homes of low-income Anaheim seniors and residents with disabilities. Paint day is scheduled for May 1. Two prep days to prepare the homes for paintings will be April 17 and 24. Aquatics program seeks applicants The Community Services Department is seeking applicants for lifeguard, swim instructor and assistant and pool supervisor positions for teens this summer. Positions pay between $9.81 and $14.55 depending upon level and experience. The city employs more than 80 aquatic staff members for its three-pool operation each summer. Applications for employment are available for download or interested applicants may apply online. Temple invites religious scholar Jonathan Dobrer, a teacher at the University of Judaism and a specialist in comparative religion with a sub-specialty in Islam, is the 2004 scholar-in-residence at Temple Beth Emet. Dobrer will participate in a study session at 8 p.m. Feb. 6, following a 6:30 p.m. Sabbath service and Sabbath dinner at 7 p.m. Reservations required for the dinner. "What Every Jew Must Know about Islam" during Sabbath services at 9 a.m. Feb. 7. A light lunch will follow the services. Connelly to hold annual benefit Cornelia Connelly High School will honor Tom and Maureen Burney and Sister Susan Slater at its 21st annual Galaxy of Stars benefit concert, dinner and auction on March 20 at The Grove of Anaheim. "The Zippers" will provide tunes from the 1940s plus a full range of dance music. The Burneys have been involved with the Roman Catholic high school for girls for nine years. Tom Burney has served as treasurer of the Parents Association and as a member of the board of trustees. He is now an honorary trustee. Slater is a member of Connelly's first graduating class of 1965. After joining the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, shereturned to Connelly to teach and serve in Campus Ministry. YMCA part of Model UN The Anaheim Family YMCA continues to go global with Model United Nations. This program is designed to help students in seventh through ninth grade learn about global issues. For four months, Model U.N. simulates the activities of a U.N. body, such as the Security Council or the General Assembly. Students from throughout the state will participate. Weekly meetings prepare students for a one-day training seminar at Cal State Fullerton and four-day conference in Visalia. During the months leading up to the conference, students study the foreign policy of their assigned country, research and write country background papers, position papers, draft resolutions and learn the rules of procedure. Once the conference begins, students set aside their own political viewpoints and adopt the positions of their assigned country as they draft resolutions and reports along with other ambassadors. Through this role-playing event, participants develop a greater understanding of world problems and the complexity of international relations. Previous Anaheim Ambassadors have represented such countries as China, Jamaica, Mauritius and Spain and held positions including Security Council president, vice president of General Assembly and members of the press. Upcoming Model United Nations meetings will give more information. Friends of Library schedule book sale Friends of the Anaheim Public Library will hold its first book sale of 2004 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 7 at the Central Library, 500 W. Broadway. The one-day sale, open to the general public, will help the organization reduce its inventory to prepare for a two-day sale in April. First editions and old books will be out front and as many subjects as possible will be accommodated. A donation box is located near the entrance of the library for book sales. School accepts applications St. Justin Martyr Elementary School is accepting applications for the 2004-05 school year. The Roman Catholic school for students in kindergarten through eighth grade, is at 2030 W. Ball Road.