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June 17, 2015
BUGS ARE GOOD…
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It’s open season for insect hotels at Davidson Road Elementary. The four kindergarten classes at Davidson Road Elementary held an official opening for the insect hotels as 87 students designed and built them with the help of parents, teachers and the community. The structures are designed to attract bugs to pollinate plants in the area. “The students have evolved from curious to creators, from bystanders to builders and from squishers to savers,” said principal Janet Slaney. “We’re so very proud of our students to take on this responsibility. This has strengthened the connection between the students and their natural environment.” Students gathered around the Bug Oasis are (from bottom left) Emma, Noah, Mitchell, Seth, Olivia and Aliya.
School business The Central Okanagan Board of Education is having another go at re-aligning school catchment areas in Lake Country. ...............................
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Along with the fun comes risk… Summer sun is fun for outdoor activities but being super careful about fires comes with the good times. ...............................
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Flyers ■ Bulk Barn ■ Coopers ■ Home Depot ■ Jysk ■ Rona ■ Shoppers Drug Mart ■ Smart Source ■ Staples
Human rights work a calling for Lake Country’s Alaina KEVIN PARNELL Alaina Podmorow has accomplished a lot during the last nine years. Set to graduate high school this year, Podmorow, 17, has spent almost a decade of her young life committed to building a human rights organization called Little Women for Little Women in Afghanistan. During that time and together with friends, she has built an organization that spreads across Canada and the US and has raised over $500,000 to help educate women and girls in Afghanistan. Quite the accomplishment for someone who is not even out of high school. It even surprises
her a little. “I definitely am surprised in the sense that I never expected to be here, where I am today,” said Podmorow on Friday in an interview with the Lake Country Calendar. “When I was nine years old and holding my first fundraiser to raise enough money for one teacher for a year in Afghanistan I was thinking that would be my contribution. But after that I really knew I had a much bigger job to do. It’s surprising at times but it’s such an amazing feeling. It leaves my heart feeling so full because of the work I have done and other little women have done and the support we
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have received.” Podmorow formed Little Women for Little Women at nine years of age after watching a presentation from human rights activist and author Sally Armstrong about the plight of girls in Afghanistan. There, girls weren’t even allowed to go to school under the reign of the Taliban. Armstrong completed her presentation with eight words that sparked something in Podmorow. And when she heard those words— “The worst thing you can do is nothing” —Podmorow was moved to take action. “That was the night I knew I was going to do something to make
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a change,” she said, recalling the moment when her mission became clear. “There were all these really horrible human rights violations happening to women and girls and they weren’t even given the opportunity to get an education. I knew right away in the pit of my stomach that that was so wrong and shouldn’t be happening in our world. I felt I had a responsibility in the global community to do something to make a change.” And change has happened thanks to Podmorow and her team which includes about 15
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