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Keeping girls on track New Girls On The Run program seeks volunteer coaches By RIAN ERVIN
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earning how to deal with peer pressure, struggling with body image, and maintaining positive self-esteem are just a few of the many challenges young girls face every day. Girls On The Run, (GOTR), is a national non-profit program that encourages the development of self-respect, a healthy self-image and balanced lifestyle for preteen girls. The organization focuses on addressing the physical, emotional, mental, social and spiritual wellbeing of girls through an af-
ter-school program that consists of weekly meetings led by mentors and a final goal of running a 5k. GOTR of the Wood River Valley has been operating since 2003, and serves about 120 girls. Meetings occur twice a week and cover various topics that have to do with development, including: making healthy eating choices, discussing values, resisting peer pressure, and drugs and alcohol. These meetings help give girls the language and confidence needed to speak their minds, express themselves and identify their feelings. Through the use of fun, interactive games and activities, specific topics are introduced in each meeting. The topic is then discussed in a group and is followed by a workout game or activity centered on the topic. At the beginning of
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The spring session culminates each year with a 5k community run.
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arlier this year, Jigsaw commissioned a “Market Feasibility Study for a Business Incubator in Blaine County.” by: JIMA It was conducted Rice, Ph.D. by Claggett Wolfe Associates in California. The $25,000 report was funded by the United States Department of Agriculture and donors to Jigsaw. We did this because Jigsaw has effectively been a nascent “virtual” incubator since its inception nearly three years ago. But we wanted to know whether we were going in the right direction, i.e. what specific incubation possibilities, if any, might benefit Blaine County’s economy in the long run. (Note: Jigsaw thanks the County Commissioners for their back-up on this project). The informal definition of a “business incubator” is “a set of mentoring and other kinds of business assistance programs, and often a physical space, established to help start-up
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Deborah Commons’ altered book Bookzilla, has elicited a lot of chuckles from passersby. You can see this work of art and many more at The Community Library’s Altered Book exhibition, which is on display this month. Read about it on page 19
inside: dear america, pg 5 | hope for veggies, pg 8 | get low scores high, pg 10