FREE SonLife Church honours fathers and daughters— See pages 2 and northnorth 13 for more great pics! Brintondartmouthdartmouth Photography linkingecho our community The kids are Getting down to business: Kiona White, all write Trenell Harriott by Suzanne Rent Photo: contributed and Ishini n our last issue, I told you about a Hewapathirana, Journalism 101 program I taught to Grade 9 adult learners at the Dartmouth Learning students at Network last fall. Well, I now have a new group I John Martin of students to work with. Junior High, Last month, I met with six students from John Martin Junior High. Over the next several took part in the months, I will be working with these students school’s entre- teaching them journalism skills with the inten- preneurship tion of eventually having them work as commu- fair. nity correspondents for the Echo. We already get content from the staff at The article that John Martin. Each issue, they share with us goes with this what’s happening in their school. This is news photo, on page that is important to our students, teachers and 11, was written Echo readers. Now, it will be the students who by Grade 9 will report on the goings-on at John Martin. student Nicole But that’s not all. The goal is to get them out Luis as her into the community reporting on stories from very first Dartmouth North. Echo Together we will talk about research, inter- byline. The Echo viewing, writing, copy editing and proofing. All is pleased to of these skills and more are essential to report- welcome Nicole ing, and I hope the students find them interest- and other John ing and fun. Martin students Our youth have a basic curiosity that makes to the team them natural reporters. They are always asking of youth writ- questions about the world around them. I hope ers that have this program harnesses those innate skills and joined our has these students writing a lot of great stories ranks! See for the Echo. editorial What I love about working with kids is these opposite for are the people who will shape the media of the more details. cont. page 2... Darren Fisher Robert Joanne Councillor, District 6 Chisholm MP Dartmouth-Cole Harbour Harbourview/Burnside/Dartmouth East Bernard MLA Dartmouth North 902-490-4013 Evergreen Place (across from [email protected] Penhorn bus terminal) 260 Wyse Road DarrenFisherNS @DarrenFisherNS 530 Portland St., Suite 204 Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4V6 Unit 102 Dial 311 to reach the HRM Call Centre, 7 am to 11 pm daily. [email protected] | 462-6453 444-9693 • [email protected] volume 12, issue 2 april-may 2015 north dartmouth echo 2 april-may 2015 The bonds that tie: SonLife The kids are Church set out to help fathers and their daughters understand and all write strengthen their relationship by ...cont. from. p.1 organizing a special Valentine’s future. Sure, we can dinner and photo booth back in show them some basic February. Shown below are Delphis and Delaney Caldwell. Photography skills, but as technol- was generously provided by Gary The North Dartmouth Echo is published 5 or 6 times a ogy and social media Brinton of Brinton Photography. changes the way we year by The Dartmouth North Community Newspaper Society. This community newspaper is dedicated to communicate, it will celebrating many good news stories and activities that be the youth of today take place in the community, as well as keeping the who change our media residents informed of activities and issues that impact landscape and how on our community. stories from our com- munity are delivered to EDITOR: CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: those who live in it. SUZANNE RENT I want to thank DORIS BUFFETT- MACDONALD Alana Conrad, vice- AD SALES: LEIGH BEAUCHAMP DAY principal at John SYLVIA ANTHONY KATE WATSON Martin Junior High, GRAPHIC DESIGN: and guidance counsel- NEWSWORTHY PRINTING: lor Daniel Blinn for COMMUNICATIONS ADVOCATE PRINTING & PUBLISHING allowing me to work PHOTOGRAPHER: with these students. I REBECCA DOUGLASS appreciate that they will allow me to be INQUIRIES, SUGGESTIONS AND STORY IDEAS: part of their school (902) 461-0149 career even for a short [email protected] period of time. And I also want to thank the parents, too. These LOOK FOR THE ECHO ON THE FOLLOWING WEBSITES: kids have so many WWW.DARTMOUTHFAMILYCENTRE.CA adults who are encour- WWW.FARRELLHALL.CA aging them to embrace WWW.STAIRSMEMORIAL.CA and learn something WWW.PUBLICGOODSOCIETY.CA new. They are excited WWW.CDHA.NSHEALTH.CA/COMMUNITYHEALTH/ to start reporting, and DARTMOUTH/COMLINks.HTML I am inspired by their Brinton Photography (go to local directories to download a pdf of the latest issue) eagerness. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: We already have Correction: Lottery Licence #AGD-118760-12 the work of one of Letters should not exceed 200 words and must include these students in the In the February Dartmouth the writer’s full name and phone number. Letters are pages of this issue. issue of the subject to editing and are printed at the discretion of the Grade 9 student Nicole Echo, the story Masonic Bingo publisher. Letters will not be returned. Write to: Luis wrote about the “Evergreen Writers’ [email protected] school’s entrepreneur- Group shares a love TUES–THURS–FRI–SAT–SUN OR NORTH DARTMOUTH ECHO ship fair for her first of storytelling” mis- 6:30 pm c/o The Editor Echo byline. Let’s wel- identified two of the #3–644 PORTLAND STREET, SUITE 316 come Nicole and the sources interviewed. FTERNOON INGO NLY DARTMOUTH, N.S. B2W 2M3 rest of the John Martin Janet McGinity is A B O students to the team! I a former reporter THURS–FRI–SAT am sure they will have with the Telegraph 1 pm NOTICE: The publisher assumes no responsibility for the plenty of community Journal while contents of any advertisement or editorial materials. Any warranties or representations made by any printed mate- stories to share for Janet Doleman Considered the BEST bingo atmosphere in Metro! rial contained herein are those of the advertisers or writ- months to come. was recently pub- ers and not those of the publisher. 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He plans to go who in 1946 challenged to Dalhousie or Saint the practice of racial seg- Mary’s University and regation in a New become a social worker. Glasgow, Nova Scotia Katie Black, 16 and movie theatre, was greet- in grade 10, says, “Viola ed like a rock star. Desmond’s story wasn’t Robson has faced heard for the longest similar struggles and has time. Now it is very overcome life’s hard- important. These stories ships, achieving much are told and heard so we success in her life. She can learn from them and shared her story, her not repeat past mistakes. pride and her enthusiasm I was impressed that Dr. with the students. Robson was so strong at 73 years old—the edu- Rosa Parks is the USA’s fulfilling her lifelong (Above, left to right) Grade 12 student that she could talk about cation doesn’t end. Her Viola Desmond.” dream of pursuing a uni- Students Mateo Mateo Ferguson, who her sister and not break story teaches what hav- Beneath her easy versity education. In Ferguson, Katie Black read his poem, down.” Katie wants to be ing a strong family can charm, Wanda Eloise 2010, Robson wrote a and Kawama Kasutu under the Viola Remember History, was a child psychologist, do for you, and how Robson is a hard-work- book about her own life, important family is.” ing, well-respected and Sister of Courage. Desmond mural created especially honoured by focusing on art therapy, by Dartmouth High Kasutu wants to be a inspirational community In 2012, Cape Breton Robson’s visit. to put her love of music School students. “I thought, wow, she and her love of helping pediatric oncology social leader whose determina- University conferred an came all the way from others into one career. worker. tion continues to make a Honorary Doctorate on (Below) Dr. Wanda New Glasgow to do this “Dr. Robson was such “People say Viola difference. Born and her as a woman who Robson, youngest sister for us,” he says. “That’s a strong speaker,” says Desmond is Canada’s raised in Halifax, she was personifies the values of of Viola Desmond, paid pretty awesome. Kawama Kasutu, 15 and Rosa Parks,” says a single mother who a university education, a visit to Dartmouth “Her sharing of her in grade 10.