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June 24, 2011 DTSS ~ Class of 2011 • 1
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The Columbia Valley Pioneer Presents...
David Thompson Secondary School’s Grade 12 students are taking a leap of faith this weekend as they graduate high school and head out into the world. Cassidy Hanke, Katie Milligen, Paul Brown, Rob Minhas, Lucas Putnam and Kassie Colonna (left to right) chatted with The Pioneer about their future plans. See Pages 6 and 7.
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Photo by Kate Irwin
June 24, 20112 • DTSS ~ Class of 2011
Alacoque, Nathan
Brown, Ben
Beingessner, Elijah Belcher, Cherish
D o not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2011!
CONGRATULATIONS CONGRATULATIONS
D o not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
914 – 8th Avenue, PO Box 339, Invermere, BC V0A 1K0
Ph: 250-342-9281 • Fax: 250-342-2934 E-mail: [email protected]
College of the RoCkies - Invermere Campus
Congratulations
2011 Grads!
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Congratulations to all the Grads of 2011!
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Invest in the Future!Congratulations 2011 Grads!
7 Ave., Invermere - (250) 342-9237
250-342-0383 canterbury� [email protected]
Located on Main Street in Invermere
Sandi and Joanne would like to congratulate all the DTSS
graduates of 2011. All the best.
613-12th St.Invermere
250-342-2003
All the best to the grads of 2011!
Have a Fun and SaFe Grad!
GOOD LUCK IN THE FUTURE
GRADS OF 2011!7th Avenue, Invermere • 250-342-9268
Angel, Matthew and Melissa
Congratulations to our Grads! Congratulations
Elijah Beingessneron your high school graduation!
Your family and friends are very proud of you!
You are our “Guitar Hero”!
13th St. Invermere• 250-342-6507Hair and Esthetics
Congratulations Grads!From the Staff and Management at
The Black Forest Restaurant
Congratulations Grads!Congratulations Grads!Congratulations Grads!
Blakley, Julia Boots, Jacob
Bracken, ColbyBoyer, Olivia Braund-Read, Rachelle Breton, Cariann
June 24, 2011 DTSS ~ Class of 2011 • 3
Brown, Paul Brush, Michael Cahill, Joshua Campbell, Bruce
Charette, Brittney
Callaghan, Stevie
From everyone atBeyond the
Melting Pot in Radium Hot Springs
Congratulations to all the Grads of 2011!
Congratulations to the class of 2011!
Bernie Raven MaxWell Realty Invermere926-7th Avenue, Invermere, BC
250-342-7415 • www.teamraven.ca
CongratulationsBraeden Logan“Braeden, you have worked so hard to reach this milestone. We are all very proud of you and know that whatever direction you take in the future, you will be a success.”
CongratulationsCongratulations
With love, Mom, Dad and LaurenBest of luck in the future,
grads of 2011!
A special congratulations toAmanda McLaughlinand the grads of 2011.
K-5 Mechanical 250-342-9316
Congratulations VictoriaLove Mom
1301 - 7th Avenue, Invermere
250-342-6612
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Best wishes to the class of 2011
Invermere Dry Cleaners Ltd.
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All the B� t to the Grads � 2011
Flooring
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Congratulations Ethan McGregorand all the grads of 2011. Main Street, Invermere
250-342-0402
Congratulations to the class of 2011!
Congratulations to the class of 2011!
Invermere Bottle Depot & Recycle Centre
Industrial Rd. #2, Invermere • 250-342-7272926 - 7th Avenue, Invermere • 250-342-4406
Congratulations to the grads of 2011!
Clare, Jennifer Colonna, Kassie Constable, William Crowley, Sean
June 24, 20114 • DTSS ~ Class of 2011
Dolan, Jaimie Dow, Joshua Duncan, Sarah
Ellingboe, Tanner El Wakeel, Adam
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CongratulationsGrads of 2011!
Best wishes to the grads
of 2011 [p] 250.342.7559 [f] 250.342.7558
Congratulations to the class of 2011. Your future is
blooming ahead of you.
CONGRAULATIONSGRADS!
From the management and staff at…
CONGRAULATIONSGRADS!
Hwy 93/95 and the Crossroads • InvermereHwy 93/95 and the Crossroads • Invermere
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the best in their future endeavours.
Congratulations!
Invermere Industrial Park 250-342-8331
Best wishes to the grads of 2011!
Congratulations!Congratulations!Congratulations!Congratulations!Congratulations!Congratulations!Congratulations!Congratulations!Congratulations!Congratulations!Congratulations!Congratulations!Congratulations!Congratulations!Congratulations!Congratulations!Congratulations!Congratulations!Congratulations!Congratulations!Congratulations!Skookum Inn
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Congratulations to the Grad Class of 2011, we
wish you the best!
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Congratulations Tanner Ellingboe and the rest of the 2011 grad class.
Radium Supermart
Invermere • 250-342-9692
Congratulations Grads of 2011
From Jason, Tanya and all the staff at
Fenton, Ian Fink, Connor Forest, Matthew
Davidson, Leland Delorme, Erica
Congratulations to the class of 2011
From the Akisqnuk First Nation
Congrats Leland!
Love Dave, Kathy and Jake
June 24, 2011 DTSS ~ Class of 2011 • 5
Godlien, Alexander Halverson, Myla Hanke, Cassidy Hawes, Samantha
Heisler, Jessica
[email protected] • Cell: 250-342-5851
Warbrick Towing & Salvage
Best wishes to the grads
of 2011.
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Congratulations to the class of 2011. All the best in your future endeavours.
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All the best to the class of 2011
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Live your dreams, class of 2011!
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Congratulations Graduates!Congratulations Graduates!Congratulations Graduates!Congratulations Graduates!250-688-HAWK
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Have a fun and safe Grad!
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Galligan, Angel
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All the best to the Grads of 2011
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Congratulations TO THE GRADUATES OF 2011
Congratulations to Colby Bracken and the
Grads of 2011
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Congratulations
RachelleWay to go “Schubie!”Love Dad, Mom, Jase, Dagan, Shane & Alex.
Janzen, SkylarHenzig, Darian Jeong, Bobby
June 24, 20116 • DTSS ~ Class of 2011
By Kate IrwinPioneer Staff
Graduating is an exhilarating — and somewhat ter-rifying — experience. School is over; the future beckons, and with a tinge of regret and a healthy dose of excite-ment, the Columbia Valley’s graduating class of 2011 will step out into the wide world.
Their plans are many and varied: some will head straight into college, others into jobs or further training, then there are those who just want to sit back, breathe a sigh of relief and take stock of how far they’ve come.
This weekend is packed with excite-ment for parents and graduates alike. With dry grad already under their belts, today these young adults take to the stage to receive their di-plomas before putting on the ball gowns and tuxedos to take part in the grand parade this Saturday, followed by the parent dinner and dance.
With the end of high school finally here, The Pio-neer sat down with six members of this year’s graduating class to find out what their plans are, how it feels to leave the valley and where they hope to be in the future.
For valedictorian, Paul Brown, the choice of what to
do at university was simple. “I’m really passionate about sports and medicine, I’ve never wanted to do anything other than be a doctor,” said Paul, who is leaving Inver-mere for the University of Calgary to take a Bachelor of Kinesiology degree.
Although excited to head to Calgary, Paul — who joined David Thompson Secondary School in Grade 9 after moving from Waterloo, Ontario — said he will
miss the people he has met here. “The people here are great, I have lots of friends here
and family to come back and visit while I’m working during summers,” he added.
Paul lives with parents Dave Brown and Elizabeth Stuart in Invermere, and after a lifetime of playing a va-riety of sports, wants to turn this passion into a career in sports injury therapy or train as an orthopedic surgeon and work in the United States.
“Most people think of graduating as opening a new chapter or turning the page. I think you’re starting a whole new book,” said Lucas Putnam, who is moving to Vancouver in August to study for a diploma in film production at the Vancouver Film School.
Lucas has been passionate about film-making for years, taking classes in film every year since Grade 8. Af-ter making a seven-minute film for Remembrance Day,
it hit home to Lucas that this was what he wanted to do.
“Seeing a video I had made being watched by and affecting my peers re-ally made the idea of filmmaking more real,” he explained.
Lucas moved to the valley from Vancouver at the age of two, living in Radium with parents Debbie Basker-
ville and Bob Putnam. He attended Edgewater Ele-mentary before joining David Thompson. In the fu-ture, Lucas hopes to work for a production company, possibly as a cinematographer.
Another student heading towards Vancouver is Katie Milligen, who was born and raised in Invermere by parents Maggie and James Milligen. She will attend Simon Fraser University in Burnaby to study Interna-tional Studies.
“Most people think of graduating as opening a new chapter or turning the page. I think you’re starting a whole new book,”
— Lucas Putnam, 2011 graduate
Graduates move forward to new adventuresBRIGHT FUTURES — Cassidy Hanke, Lucas Putnam, Rob Minhas, Paul Brown, Kassie Colonna and Katie Milligen are ready to take the plunge after graduating today.
All photos by Kate Irwin
June 24, 2011 DTSS ~ Class of 2011 • 7
“I’ve always wanted to help people, so my main fo-cus is to become a humanitarian,” she explained. After a tough choice between continuing her studies and travel-ling to Africa to take part in volunteer programs, Katie
is excited to leave for college. Her love for children is leading Katie to-
wards a career working with orphans and young people aff ected by HIV/AIDS in de-veloping countries. Katie hopes to travel the world in her career as a humanitarian and thinks she may end up working for a non-profi t organization or in legislature. “I’d like to tell the community here thank you for a
wonderful childhood,” she added.Rob Minhas, son of Jagtar and Ruman
Minhas of Radium, will be following in the foot-steps of sister Tonie when he departs for the Univer-
sity of Calgary this fall. Playing to his strengths in sciences and math, Rob
will study a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineer-ing. Proximity to his family and hometown of Radium was an important factor in choosing where to study.
“I didn’t want to go to the other side of the country, and Calgary is a nice city,” he said. “I’ll defi nitely miss the people here. Whenever you’re volunteering or fund-raising, everyone comes out and is so supportive of what
you’re doing.” Rob has been involved with the high school’s
leadership class and numerous fundraising and
ling to Africa to take part in volunteer programs, Katie is excited to leave for college.
Her love for children is leading Katie to-wards a career working with orphans and young people aff ected by HIV/AIDS in de-veloping countries. Katie hopes to travel the world in her career as a humanitarian and thinks she may end up working for a non-profi t organization or in legislature. “I’d like to tell the community here thank you for a
wonderful childhood,” she added.Rob Minhas, son of Jagtar and Ruman
Minhas of Radium, will be following in the foot-steps of sister Tonie when he departs for the Univer-
sity of Calgary this fall. Playing to his strengths in sciences and math, Rob
will study a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineer-ing. Proximity to his family and hometown of Radium was an important factor in choosing where to study.
“I didn’t want to go to the other side of the country, and Calgary is a nice city,” he said. “I’ll defi nitely miss the people here. Whenever you’re volunteering or fund-raising, everyone comes out and is so supportive of what raising, everyone comes out and is so supportive of what
you’re doing.” Rob has been involved with the high school’s
leadership class and numerous fundraising and
community events during his time in the valley. He hopes to work for an engineering fi rm in Calgary.
Vancouver-bound Cassidy Hanke has spent her en-tire school career locally, from Eileen Madson Primary School to JA Laird to David Th ompson Secondary. Cassidy is heading to the Vancouver Art Institute where she will take a two year diploma in 3D modelling for animation and games.
“I love movies, games, cartoons and everything art-sy,” she said. “I knew I wanted to do something in games and movies and that I liked designing characters.”
After many years in the valley, the fact that her class is graduating hasn’t quite sunk in yet, Cassidy told Th e Pioneer, adding that she will miss the proximity to na-ture and familiar surroundings. She hopes to forge a career working on major movies and video games.
“People should do what they want to do and what they are passionate about,” she added. “Don’t worry about what other people think.”
Kassie Colonna, who moved to Invermere with par-ents Kerry and Kerry Colonna in Grade 1, is heading across the border into Alberta to continue her schooling at the University of Lethbridge. In the fall, Kassie will begin a fi ve year degree in Social Work and is excited to join the university basketball team.
“Th e decision came down to loving playing bas-ketball and really liking the Lethbridge team,” Kassie revealed. Using her natural height advantage, Kassie got started with basketball in Grade 8 and began playing
competitively in Grade 10. “I will miss the mountains and knowing the
whole graduating class,” added Kassie, who went to Eileen Madson Primary, JA Laird and then David Th ompson Secondary. “It’s cool to have the history with my classmates here, but I’m also looking forward to cre-ating new relationships in a new place.”
Kassie is interested in travelling after college and then working for a school.
Th e Pioneer would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to the en-
tire graduating class of 2011. Good luck to you all in your future endeavours.
JUMP FOR JOY — Katie Milligen (left) hopes to become a humanitarian after col-lege, while Kassie Colonna is thinking of spending some time travelling after college before going to work in the education sector.
June 24, 20118 • DTSS ~ Class of 2011
Jobs, Marissa Johansen, Victoria Johnston, Nadja
Kendal, Shelbie Krebs, Alysha Lang, Cody Larrabee, Melissa Logan, Braeden
Jeong, Daniel Jimmy, Elisha
Congratulations
KassieLove from Mom, Dad and Kailey. We’re very
proud of you!
Congratulations
T-Jay VerweyWe are all so proud, lots of
love Dad, Mom, Kayla and all the family.
CONGRATULATIONS
Connor WilliamsBarb J. Smith, CGA906 8th Avenue, Invermere
250-342-8304 - [email protected]
Katie MacDonald
Congratulations on a job well done, we are
so proud of you.Love Mom, Dad & Jenn
926 7th Ave.,Invermere, B.C. • 250-342-3366
Fairmont Hot Springs Resort congratulates the Class of 2011 and celebrates the achievements of
our graduating student employees:Colby BrackenErica Delorme
Adam El Wakeel
INDERMEREALLEYWVGolf Course
Tee Times (250) 342-3004
Congratulations toDrew Nikirk & Ashley Godlien
and all the grads of 2011
Valley Hair Styling1313 7th Ave., Invermere, BC • 250-342-6355
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Valley Hair Styling1313 7th Ave., Invermere, BC • 250-342-6355
Congratulations toMyla Halverson and all
the grads of 2011
Congratulations Grad 2011
Way to go Alex and Drew!GODLIEN
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Congratulations to Kelsey Wolf
and class!
CongratulationsGrads of 2011
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Congratulations 2011 Grads
Good luck in the future!
Congratulations grads of 2011, and best wishes for the future!
Columbia Valley Pioneer250-341-6299
N E W S P A P E R
June 24, 2011 DTSS ~ Class of 2011 • 9
MacKay, Travis Madden, Naomi-Faye
Marshall, William
MacDonald, Katie
McCarthy, Shannon
Logan, Dalyn Lynch, Justin
McElroy, Jordan McGregor, Ethan McIlwain, Sam
AnglzHAIR & TANNING STUDIO 3rd Avenue, Invermere • 250-342-3227
CongratulationsSamantha SmallLove Mom, Dad & StevenHAIR .
. . a salon250-342-40505-1008 8th Ave.
Congratulations 2011 Grads“Don’t wait for answers... Just take
your chances! Don’t ask me why” - Billy Joel
McKenzie, Heather Miller, Jacklyn Milligen, Katie Minhas, RobMcLaughlin, Amanda
Congratulations grads of 2011, and best wishes for the future! From all the staff at the Columbia Valley Pioneer
June 24, 201110 • DTSS ~ Class of 2011
Rogal, Rebecca Rose, Stephanie
Rosin, Ross Shand, Cameron Shovar, Dorell Small, Samantha Smith, Colton
Nicol-Anderson, Shaunte Nikirk, Drew O’Connor, Dempsey Ott, Winston
Ottmann, Tayler Perdue, Alison Putnam, Lucas
Athalmer Hwy. 250-342-6816
Congrats to the 2011 Class and especiallyto Jaimie Dolan! Good luck in your
continued Art Education.
BAVIN GLASSWORKS & BAVIN GLASS CABIN
Located in the Skookum InnHwy 93/95 • 250-341-3333
Savour your new adventure
185 Laurier, Invermere • 250-342-2666
Congrats Nathan! From your family, and the management & staff of...Invermere Petro-Can
Jason Elford, CFP • 250-342-5052
Live in the Moment, Plan for the Future
Mousseau, Trina
Congratulations grads of 2011, and best wishes for the future! Columbia Valley Pioneer • 250-341-6299
June 24, 2011 DTSS ~ Class of 2011 • 11
Strand, Tryg T. Tallman, Christie Torma, Adam
Trescher, Hannah Verwey, Terence
Wiebe, Simon Williams, Connor Williams, Kailey
Witt, Katherine Wolfe, Kelsie
Wall, Jessica Wass, Dennis Watson, Daniel
Watson, Dylon Widmer, Cody
Zwiers, Sally
Soles, Vanessa Stiz, Reto-Joseph
Also graduating this
year, but did not
provide photos:
Mary Aucoin
Brook Blain
Kody Carlson
Caleb Perreault-Wipp
Erin Porter
CONGRATULATIONS 2011 GRADS !
I NVERMERE250-342-8877
June 24, 201112 • DTSS ~ Class of 2011
Back row, left to right: Adam El Wakeel, Mohammed Arif, Anthony Pronk, Pierre Jimmy,Faro Burgoyne, Cody Widmer, Selena Dubois and Olivia Boyer. Front row, left to right: Dalyn Logan, Elisha Jimmy, Max Kazakoff , Brock Wortman, Adam Torma, Dorell Shovar, Marissa Jobs, Travis MacKay, Dempsey O’Connor and teacher Jane Fraser.
Back row, left to right: Wendy Brenneman (teacher), Julia Blakley, T.J. Bone, William Constable, Connor Sullivan, Jessie Baker, Colton Smith, Sam McIlwain. Middle row, left to right: Melissa Larrabee, Brianna Hemmelgarn, Kirsten Gobkus, Brodie Mizera, Braeden Logan, Amanda McLaughlin, Erin Porter. Front row, left to right: Jill McCorry (teacher), Cassidy Hanke, Myla Halverson, Samantha Hawes, Sean Crowley, Derrick Wolfe, Joshua Cahill, Dylan Moncer.
Back row, left to right: Justin Lynch, unknown, Brett Grieve, Scott Neitzel, Zach Borle, Ashley Cline, Tony Roy, Isaiah Fast, Erica Delorme, unknown. Front row, left to right: Sierra Sterzer, Shelby Hewitt, Colby Bracken, Jordan Pirz, Harlow Agnew, Braeden White, Brianna Roy, Rhemi Shwartz, Kayla Chadney, Cariann Breton, Ashley Smith. Teacher, Michelle Michaud.
Back row, left to right: Bruce Campbell, Lucas Putnam, Colton Bennedict, Nathalie Villeneuve, Tiff any Comeau, T.J. Verway, Sarah Walker, Darian Henzig. Front row, left to right: Pat Walsh (teaching assistant), Alysha Krebs, Chassity Mohan, Sally Zwiers, Katherine Witt, Nadja Johnston, Angelique Gilligian, Th ai Hendry, Scott Stevens, Michelle Tremblay (teacher).
Windermere Elementary SchoolGrade 1-2, 1999-2000
Eileen Madson Primary SchoolGrade 1A, 1999-2000
Martin Morigeau Elementary SchoolGrade 1-2, 1999-2000
Remember when it all began?
Edgewater Elementary SchoolGrade 1, 1999-2000
It is 12 years since the 2011 graduates packed their bags and headed off to elementary school. Check out their eager faces in their fi rst class photos.