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FAMILY

Fun Dynamic talk inspires students
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ENERGY & OIL see page 4

FEATURE:
SPORTS
ENERGY
EDUCATION HRH and
IN ACTION! Parkland
see pages 25-28 teams battle for

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COUNTY


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NEW
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SCENE
Robb Nash (back row middle) with a group of Pine Grove Middle School students who attended the Robb Nash Project
presentation on February 6 held at Parkland School. The presentation included music and humour to help open
An evening of discussions on teen suicide and self harm and making positive life choices. submitted
live music at Robb Nash Project engages students and encourages positive choices
Concert of
Hope... by Deanna Mitchener choices. harm. He tells students the end of the school day, to
Nash spoke at Parkland everyone has choices to be give students the time they
"We live in a world where Composite High School with happy but that it sometimes wanted to have pictures with
see page 11 more and more people are three other schools attending to takes a lot of hard work." him or talk. It ended the day on
suffering from depression and listen to his presentation "His story is about what he a positive note rather than just
COMMENT addiction. Suicide is becoming including Ecole Pine Grove went through in a car accident. cutting it off instantly," said
an all-too common occurrence M i d d l e S c h o o l , H o l y He was declared dead but then Maris. "The students he really
and affecting younger and Redeemer Junior Senior came back. He tells his story resonated with maybe felt they
younger ages. But we believe Catholic High School, and the and doesn't preach at the kids in needed or could find a little
Acts of there is hope as the subject of Edson Learning Connection any way," said Principal Maris. closure by talking with him. We
Kindness... mental health becomes talked School. "I could see all the high school had lots of time planned for
about more and more."
Principal Mark Maris at students were paying close that."
These are the words of the Parkland, said, "The whole attention and enjoying what he Parkland Librarian Tisha
award-winning Robb Nash presentation was well done. was talking about. Keeping the Day, said, "Robb did an
see page 6 Project which is an initiative Robb Nash is very entertaining attention of a gymnasium full amazing presentation for our
that engages young people with his singing and comedy. of students takes a lot of talent." students and played some
through the power of music and He is very dynamic, even while "After Robb was done his songs with his band. When he
REAL ESTATE storytelling to inspire hope and dealing with some pretty tough presentation we did a slow was meeting with students it
encourage positive life subjects of suicide and self filter, about 20 minutes before
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