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PROUDLY SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF ROSSLAND, WARFIELD, TRAIL, MONTROSE, FRUITVALE & SALMO
Crowe to host Youth Empowerment Summit
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Inspiring workshops for teens BY VALERIE ROSSI Times Staff
Former Harlem Globetrotters' player Lefty Williams will be bringing his message of Dare 2 Dream to local youth Wednesday. He is one of the guest speakers lined up for J. L. Crowe Secondary School's first Youth Empowerment Summit, a half-day workshop for about 700 grades 8-11 students in Greater Trail. “He grew up in the slums of L.A., in the ghetto there, so he's coming to talk to the boys about empowerment, vision and to dare to dream and look beyond what you can achieve,” explained student counsellor Loretta Jones. Many of the topics he will touch on include: substance and alcohol abuse, child abuse, HIV/ AIDS, setting and achieving goals, peer education and mentorship, higher education and healthy lifestyles. The boys, who will gather at the Crowe gym, will also hear from Daniel Vecchio on genderbased violence, abuse and the pressure for boys to conform to the unwritten code of being a male; while therapist Chris Gibson of the Take a Hike Foundation will bring an un-biased presentation on drugs and alcohol and area resident Ian Lockey, member of the Canadian Paralympic team for Sochi 2014, will engage the boys on attitude and believing in yourself. “I'm looking at positive school climate – that's my whole goal with this is to improve the culture and climate of J. L. Crowe,” said Jones. The girls have lined up Kate Whitfield of FearlesslyGirl to host their workshop held at the Trail Memorial Centre's gymnasium. Her presentation offers leadership training for the senior girls, who mentor the younger girls throughout the inspiring and empowering workshop. It's designed to give girls the tools to navigate pressures, expectations, mean girls, groups, cliques, friendships and the girl world fearlessly, while creating a kinder, more supportive school climate. Grade 10 students Matthew McConnachie and James Fike and Grade 11 Andrea Bedin are among the youth who stepped up to help plan the summit, providing feedback on what subjects their peers are interested in. Rossland's grades 8 and 9 students will be coming down the hill to take part in the summit, which Fike hopes will diminish any false pretences the Trail high school carries. See SUMMIT, Page 3
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The Kootenay Chrysler 13th annual Bull-a-Rama attracted a noisy crowd of over 1,000 cowboys and cowgirls on Saturday at the Cominco Arena where Saskatchewan rider Cody Coverchuck (above) bucked and reeled his way to a first place tie with Stettler, Alta., native Miles Pennington. See Page 11 for more on the Bull-a-Rama.
Fears eased slightly as alleged robbers caught Suspects return to court on Wednesday BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
“Hopefully that’s it.” Those words of cautious optimism were said by Dean Civitarese, director of risk management for all 13 branches of Kootenay Savings Credit Union (KSCU) in response to the apprehension and arrest of two alleged suspects following
an armed bank robbery in Nelson Friday afternoon. Two local credit union branches, one in Salmo, the other in Castlegar, were also hit earlier this year by an armed robber who escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash. “Stress levels I am sure are down a bit,” he said. “What will make people feel a lot more comfortable, I imagine, is confirmation whether we are talking about the same people.
“That’s what everyone is waiting to hear.” Charged with one count each of robbery are Andrew Stevenson and Krista Kalmikoff, the two suspects in Friday’s armed robbery of the Nelson and District Credit Union. According to the Nelson Star, Stevenson, 33, was not in court for Monday’s court proceeding, due to the injuries he suffered while See SUSPECT, Page 3
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