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CSS welding sign unveiled during assembly Keith McNeill “I can’t describe the level of pride I feel as I walk into the shop,” said Dylana Elliot. The Clearwater Secondary School student was speaking during an unveiling ceremony for a new sign for the welding program at the school. Nearly all the students in the school, plus staff and others from Thompson Rivers University and School District 73 involved in organizing the program, attended the unveiling assembly, which was held last Tuesday during lunch. Elliot said she had never even picked up a torch before joining the welding program but she was enjoying it and learning a lot. She encouraged more students to consider welding or another trade when making their career plans. The Level C welding course that she is taking in the trades trailer operated by TRU and SD73 is a good first step towards getting an apprenticeship in welding. Even if a person doesn’t end up as a welder, having a trade can help pay for an education in another field plus is something to fall back on, Elliot felt. “I was asked to speak because I’m the most mature student in the class,” Jay Butcher joked. The 2011 CSS graduate encouraged the younger students in the audience to consider taking advantage of the TRU/SD 73 trades trailer when it returns to Clearwater in September, 2013. “This program is helping me to get a better future for myself,” said Butcher. “I heard there is a great demand for welders and a chance to make good money.” CSS principal Alan Stel mentioned two other students among the 12 taking the welding program who have shown significant benefit from being involved. Before joining the welding
Students and program organizers gather around a sign identifying the welding trades program at Clearwater Secondary School recently unveiled. Pictured are (back l-r) Tricia Persad (CSS counselor), Sylvia Arduini (CRC), Madeleine DeVooght (Steelworkers Union), Dwayne Thiessen (Canfor), Greg Howard (SD73 trades principal), Kelvin Stelter (Kinder Morgan), Brent Buck (CSS teacher), Rick Hart (TRU instructor), Jim Zsednai (CSS teacher), Tanner Chambers (TRU welding student), Larry Dyck ( TRU manager), (front, l-r) Dane Flegel (TRU welding student), Brody Braaten (TRU welding student), Taylor Alain (TRU welding student), David Piper (TRU welding student), Brett Sunderman (TRU welding student), Ezra Persad (TRU welding student), Alex Butcher (TRU welding student), Dylana Elliot (TRU welding student), Ty Richardson (TRU welding student), Nat Butcher (TRU welding student) and RJ Danchuk (TRU welding student). More photos from the event appear on page A12 inside. Photo by Keith McNeill program both had among the worst records in the school for poor attendance. Since beginning the program in January, neither has missed a day of class. Stel noted that the trades trailer has been located in Clearwater
twice in the past four years and will return in little over a year. “This is a fantastic opportunity. There are no other programs like this for students,” said the principal. Stel said that, thanks to sponsorships, there is relatively little
cost to students to take part in the seven-month program. On hand to receive caps and certificates of appreciation were Dwayne Thiessen from Canfor, which contributed $1,000, Kelvin Stetler representing the Kinder Morgan Foundation, which also
contributed $1,000, and Madeline DeVooght for the Steelworkers Union, Clearwater Sub-local, which put in $200. All three sponsor representatives praised the program and encouraged the students to consider trades as a career.
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