Wednesday, March 2, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Ham operators train
for emergencies
Girls basketball all-league selections
Central Oregon ham radio
operators continue their train-
ing for emergency communi-
cations this week.
The High Desert Amateur
Radio Club (HIDARG)
and the Deschutes County
Amateur Radio Service
(DCARES) are hosting a
joint meeting that will include
hams and county emergency
managers from the tri-county
region. The meeting will be
on Thursday, March 3, 7 p.m.
Deschutes County Service
Building, 1300 N.W. Wall
St., in the Barnes & Sawyer
Room.
The purpose of the meet-
ing is to introduce Central
Oregon hams to the ARRL
and ARES management
leaders for our section and
to help everyone in the area
concerned with emergency
communications to know all
the people involved so that
further dialogs and coordina-
tion can be directed appropri-
ately. ARES is part of a much
larger national organization
called the American Radio
Relay League (ARRL).
The ARRL provides the
management structure of
ARES, mandates training
The Lady Outlaws had
two players earn spots on all-
league teams. Senior Olivia
Stewart was voted first-team
all-league, and senior Nina
Horner was an honorable-
mention all-leaguer.
Stewart averaged 11 points
per game for the Outlaws. She
shot 49 percent of the team’s
freethrows this season, and
averaged 70 percent from the
line. Her freethrows kept the
Outlaws in games and con-
tributed to their wins.
“Liv is certainly not a tall
post, but she plays much big-
ger because she has a good
combination of determina-
tion, hustle, and technique,”
said Coach Casey Pallister.
“This year she played all
positions, from point guard
to post, and she rarely sat
out. I asked a lot of her, and
she stepped up, giving all
she could and helping lift
us to victories in league
competition.”
Horner led the Outlaws
in rebounds and blocks, and
broke the school record for
single-game rebounds (16).
Nina faced adversity at the
start of the season with an
injury, but bounced back and
standards, and binds local
ARES groups into a national
organization that can provide
mutual aid to other ARES
groups around the country
and around the world when
the need arises.
At the local level, ARES
groups also meet county stan-
dards and take direction from
the agency being served.
The ARRL is sending two
presenters to the meeting:
Everett Curry of Hillsboro
is the Oregon section manager
and is the ARRL top official
for all of Oregon. He directs
all ARRL activities involv-
ing amateur radio, including
emergency communications.
Bruce Bjerke of Florence
is the ARRL Oregon emer-
gency section manager.
He appoints and supervises
various assistants that moni-
tor and evaluate all aspects of
ARRL emergency communi-
cations activities in Oregon.
The goal of the meet-
ing is to ensure that offi-
cials and hams at the local
and state levels are all in
agreement about the roles
of everyone involved in the
emergency communications
effort.
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Correspondent
became a real force in the
post position.
“Nina is physically strong,
and can score in the low post,
but she also has a nice mid-
range shot and drive to the
hoop that gave taller, slower
posts some trouble,” stated
Pallister. “Her post strength
was much needed for our
team. I’m not sure what we
would have done without
that. On top of that, she was
always a vocal presence for
our team, and eager to teach
other players.”
First-year Coach Pallister
knew this season would be a
challenging one in terms of
their record, but he told The
Nugget he wanted to define
the Outlaws’ success in differ-
ent ways – most importantly
by beginning to develop a
mentality as a program that
prided itself in solid, funda-
mental defense.
“I think we took big strides
in certain areas, especially in
defense,” said Pallister. “We
certainly struggled to score,
and finished as one of the
lowest-scoring teams in the
state, but we were 11th over-
all in terms of points allowed.
We were second in our league
in points allowed, and most
teams that allowed less points
were in the top 10.
“We had a challenging pre-
season schedule, so I think
our defensive stats are good
indicators of improvement
from last year. We also had a
younger and less experienced
lineup this year. We will con-
tinue to build a culture of hard
work, grit, and fundamental
defense as we look to up our
scoring numbers.”
Pallister said he was proud
of the effort from both his
varsity and junior varsity
players.
“They could have quit
many times, but chose to
keep fighting, and this is an
attitude I know we can build
on,” he said. “I am especially
excited about he way our
freshmen players improved
through the course of the sea-
son. They stuck together as
a team and became a solid
defensive force.”
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