September 02, 2002
Monday - 12:05 am

The Ketchikan Youth Court is hosting the 6th Annual State Youth Court Conference October 3rd - 5th, 2002, at the Ted Ferry Civic Center. Approximately 130 youth ages 6th-grade through 12th-grade will be attending the conference from around the state. There will be sessions held on law, restorative justice, courtroom decorum, sustainability and fund

-- Youth Court members take a moment from loading wood to pose for the camera .... Photo courtesy of Ketchikan Youth Court ---

raising, as well as a variety of other learning experiences.

In order to host this conference one of the requirements is that the local Youth Court fund five meals and a band from local donations. The Ketchikan Youth Court has been fortunate to receive generous on-going support from the Ketchikan community for supplies and youth travel over the last four years.

The Ketchikan Youth Court is motivated to raise the funds required for hosting this conference. This is the first time Southeast has had the opportunity to host the state conference and the local members would greatly appreciate any assistance.The Ketchikan Youth Court has worked very hard to keep the local program running. Members realize that everything is not for free and the members are willing to work in the community to raise the funds for the conference.

As one example of a fund raising activity, the Ketchikan Youth Court members have been diligently meeting at the Ketchikan Regional Youth Facility to cut, chop, haul, and stack wood and have delivered 14 cords of wood over the past two months. The wood was generously donated to the fund raising project by the Ketchikan Regional Youth Facility. Rain or shine, members worked and hauled wood each Saturday.

One youth court member said, " I've been working really hard to get to the wood hauling every Saturday and it made me feel good that I worked hard for the community."

The local Youth Court has handled 64 cases, offenders have completed 900 hours of

-- Youth Court members loading wood .... Jessica Bernard, Mindy Klask, Alison Kelly, Brandon Pilcher & Volunteer Steve Sherva... Photo courtesy of Ketchikan Youth Court ---

community service, and youth court members have volunteered over 3,800 hours of their own time to the program. The Ketchikan Youth Court has reported an 83% success rate in offenders not re-offending and 64 students have taken classes to be part of the Youth Court. The Ketchikan Youth Court is off to a great start and wants to sustain this program and the members are looking forward to hosting the up-coming 6th Annual State Youth Court Conference in October.

The Ketchikan Youth Court members have created a web-site, newsletter, and worked to establish good working relationship with the court system. To learn more about the Youth Court, visit their web site.

If you are interested in helping or if you have any jobs the Ketchikan Youth Court members can perform to assist the group with fund raising, contact the local Youth Court at 225-2293.

The Ketchikan Youth Court meets at the Youth Court office each Thursday from 5:00 -7:00 pm at The Plaza #221.

Related Story:

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June 04, 2002

Related Information:

Ketchikan Youth Court
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