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COMMUNITY: New trail highlights partnership /A4 NEWS: Smart Home initiative lowers energy bills /A5 SPORTS: Excitement for Belmont hoopsters /A23, 24
Businesses, homeowners adjust to kitchen-scrap rules Page A3
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Furry friend serves an important role Langford Coun. Lilian Szpak, acting mayor for this month, says hello and thank-you to Cully, a post-traumatic stress disorder service dog owned by Royal Canadian Navy sailor Tyson King, who suffers from PTSD. Cully rides in a custom-made seat on King’s motorcycle. The greeting took place outside the Langford Legion, where participants in Wounded Warriors B.C.’s Vancouver Island run stopped to chat with supporters on Friday. See story on page A5. Mike Davies/News Gazette staff
PINK SHIRT DAY: Youth bring antibullying messages to the silver screen Arnold Lim News Gazette staff
West Shore youth and others around the region are combating bullying with film.
The Boys & Girls Club Services of Greater Victoria, City of Victoria and Victoria’s Community Centre Network have partnered for the fourth annual Youth United AntiBullying Film Festival, arming youth with storytelling tools just in time for Pink Shirt Day today (Feb. 25). “I just feel so strongly about the importance of the event. It’s youth speaking about how they view
Youth battle bullying through film
bullying and how it affects them,” said West Shore Boys & Girls Club supervisor Dana Parkes. “They are speaking to peers and it’s a great public awareness event and on par with what they are interested in, and is a great venue to get the message across.” Both the West Shore and the Millstream Boys and Girls clubs are involved, making personal pledges, pink bracelets and deco-
rating pink t-shirts in a show of support against bullying. Meanwhile, filmmaking participants age 18 and under are creating 30-second PSAs that convey a creative or impactful anti-bullying message. “It is quite incredible to see what youth are capable of in the computer, and the production value is really surprising at first and admirable,” Parkes said.
“They put a lot of effort into making it a professional product and they take a lot of pride in the message and production of the video. You wouldn’t know it’s amateur filmmakers and (editors). It’s something a T.V. station would produce.” PlEASE SEE: Filmmaking youth, Page A4 Our View, Page A9
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