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These students know their biz Rotarians help mentor future entreprenuers
TAMARA SHEPHARD tshephard@insidetoronto.com Const. John Zivcic was so eager to get out on the road as a rookie traffic officer, he once squeezed his 6’5” frame into 22 Division’s white traffic safety Volkswagen bug when no patrol cars were available. “He wanted to get out on the road so badly,” recalled Toronto police 22 Division colleague Det. Pat McGrade. “This sixfoot, five-inch giant of a man crammed himself into this VW Beetle to do his work. Imagine >>>division, page 10
CYNTHIA REASON creason@insidetoronto.com Members of the Rotary Club of Etobicoke are putting their business backgrounds to good use at Scarlett Heights Entrepreneurial Academy (SHEA) this month, acting as mentors to students participating in this year’s 16th annual Winter Wonderland student venture showcase. Jack Fleming, chair of Rotary Etobicoke’s vocational services committee, said the mentorship endeavor with SHEA students was designed as a way to “foster and strengthen” the relationship between the club and Etobicoke’s business leaders of tomorrow.
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prepared for the future “They’re coming out of high schools and colleges and they’re going to be leaders in the business community, so we wanted to come up with a process to help those students be better prepared to go into the business community going forward,” he said, noting that he took the idea to SHEA’s principal, Rizwana Jafri, who suggested Rotary mentor those Grade 9
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Members of Rotary of Etobicoke are mentoring business students at Scarlett Heights Entrepreneurial Academy in advance of their Winter Wonderland exhibition. Theresa Sherwood from Rotary helps students, Jenny Truong, Paula Haas, and Abdul Iqbal.
and 11 students heading up this year’s Winter Wonderland event. The annual student venture showcase – which takes place on Dec. 17 this year – is one in which freshman students from the Introduction to Business
class and junior students from the Entrepreneurship: The Venture class get the opportunity to go to retail with Holiday gift-inspired businesses they develop and execute in groups. For Grade 11 students Jenny
Truong, 16, Paula Haas, 16, and Abdul Iqbal, 15 – a.k.a Team Sugary Sweets Shop – the decision to launch a culinary venture was a natural one. “We knew the whole time that we wanted to bake some>>>program, page 15
CYNTHIA REASON creason@insidetoronto.com Police have released the photos of two men and one woman wanted by police for questioning in the shooting death of Neeko Mitchell at North Kipling Community Centre late last month. Mitchell, 25, was gunned down in what police are calling a targeted shooting shortly after arriving at the Kipling and >>>high, page 30
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