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Olympian spreads love of archery
Fishing
Henry Miller
Guest columnist
What can you say about a dual silver
medalist in archery at the 2011 Pan
American Games who also competed in
the sport at the 2012 Summer Olympics
in London?
“You’re hired!”
Miranda Leek was 23 and just two
months out of getting her B.S degree in
Environmental Science from Iowa State
University in June 2016 and had just
moved to Oregon.
She saw an online job-recruitment
posting for the state’s first-ever archery
education coordinator with the Oregon
Department of Fish and Wildlife.
“The first week … was when I saw the
position,” Leek said with a smile about
her arrival in the Beaver State. “So I was
thinking, ‘Do I apply? Do I apply?’
“I thought that full-time archery was
no longer going to be my primary life
anymore, so I was kind of shocked to see
that. And I said, ‘Yeah, I have to apply for
that.’ ”
If timing is everything, the Des
Moines, Iowa, native’s was impeccable.
She was riding the crest of a huge wave
of popularity for the sport when she
competed at the 2012 London Games.
“I heard that archery was the No. 1
most-watched sport during that Olym-
pic Games, primarily because of ar-
chery’s emergence in pop culture with
movies such as ‘Green Arrow’ and
‘Brave’ and certainly ‘The Hunger
Games.’ Archery got on a lot of peoples’
radar around that time.”
Although there was a standing joke
among those who had been in the sport
for a long time that “I did archery before
Katniss made it cool,” Leek laughed
about Katniss Everdeen, the arrow-
slinging main character in “The Hunger
Games.”
Leek’s two silver medals were in indi-
vidual and team competitions at the
Pan Am Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.
She finished 14th in individual competi-
tion, and the U.S. women’s squad was
eliminated by China in the quarterfinals
at the 2012 Olympics.
Not bad for someone who had picked
up a bow and arrows as a tag-along to
the archery range with her dad, Scott, an
avid archer and her coach, when Leek
was just 5.
Both father and daughter shot com-
pound bows, which are equipped with
pulley systems to make them easier to
draw. But Miranda favored “compound
fingers,” or drawing the bow string with-
out a mechanical release.
That led to her being spotted at a na-
tionals at age 11 by Terry Wunderle, son
of Olympic archer Vic Wunderle.
“Terry talked to my dad when I was
shooting and said, ‘That girl’s got such a
good release. You need to get a recurve
in her hands,’ ” Leek said. “And that sort
of sealed the deal.”
It was her second year at nationals
shooting the recurve bow that she got
on her 12th birthday when she met Kisik
Lee, the coach of the national team.
“After meeting coach Lee, I was put
on the Junior Dream Team, which at the
time was a group of archers under 18
years of age,” Leek said. “And the hopes
were to cultivate a group of archers for
the upcoming Olympic Games.”
She attended camps at the Olympic
Training Center in Chula Vista, Califor-
nia, as well as competing in interna-
tional events in El Salvador, Venezuela
and Columbia as well as the World Cup
events in China and Turkey after mov-
ing up to the Senior Division in 2010 and
being ranked No. 1 in the U.S.
It was heady stuff, and something
that Leek said she hopes to inspire in
others while overseeing Oregon’s new
National Archery in the Schools and
Scholastic 3D Archery programs.
“So now my job is to get archery
around the state of Oregon and get other
young people interested in this and hop-
ing that they get to have some of the ex-
periences that I’ve had,” Leek said.
ODFW Archery Education
NASP schools and Scholastic 3D Ar-
chery Program clubs in Oregon are
listed under “Resources” at the bottom
of the home page, dfw.state.or.us/
education/hunter/archery/index.asp.
Archery offers opportunities for a
wide range of interests and abilities.
“Everyone has to start somewhere,”
she said. “And the one thing that I really
love about archery is it truly is a sport for
all ages and all body types and all levels
of athleticism.
“I use myself as an example,” Leek
added with a laugh. “I am your typical
non-athlete. I was not good in PE class. I
did not excel in sports.
“But archery is where I found my
home.”
Leek is looking for schools and clubs
to sponsor programs with all equipment
provided. Instructor certification also is
available.
Her advice to parents and kids?
“If you think archery is even remotely
cool, you should definitely give it a shot,
pun intended,” Leek said.
Henry Miller is a retired Statesman
Journal outdoor writer/columnist. He
can be reached via email at Hen
ryMillerSJ@gmail.com
ORCA: Helping parents support students
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Jesse Rorvig
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These days, many students cope
with pressures in school — they are wor-
ried about bullies, succeeding on state
tests, and more. For some students,
these feelings are mild anxieties that
may occur throughout the year; for oth-
ers, these feelings could indicate a more
serious mental health issue.
With Mental Health Awareness
Month coming up in May, advocates na-
tionwide are increasing efforts to edu-
cate the public about childhood mental
health disorders.
Without early intervention, child-
hood mental health disorders can lead
to serious issues at school and home. In
fact, in a recent survey by the student-
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led Oregon Student Voice, teens across
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mental disorders as changes in think-
ing, mood and/or behavior. This can in-
clude depression, attention deficit hy-
peractivity disorder, post-traumatic
stress disorder, anxiety, bipolar disor-
der, eating disorders and obsessive-
compulsive disorder.
Have you ever heard someone say
teens don’t have mental health prob-
lems, they’re just moody? Sometimes
that may be the case, but there are chil-
dren whose struggles go beyond moodi-
ness, and those issues deserve consid-
eration and support.
In Oregon, one in four 8th graders
and one in three 11th graders reported
their mental or emotional health was
fair or poor in the state’s latest Healthy
Teens Survey.
The survey found at least 17 percent
of students had considered suicide, an
alarming static considering suicide is
the number two cause of death for Ore-
gon children, next to car accidents (not
counting natural causes).
The brain is complex, so there’s no
parenting guidebook listing all the men-
tal health red flags to consider. Howev-
er, your child may need support if they
exhibit some of these symptoms for
more than a week:
܂ Sudden changes in behavior/mood
܂ Isolating / loss of interest in things
they once enjoyed
܂ Feeling sad/hopeless
܂ Becoming overly anxious/worried
܂ Problems with anger/violence
܂ Being scared/frequent nightmares
܂ Frequent tantrums / intense irrita-
bility
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stomachaches/head-
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eating patterns
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ergy
If you think your student is experi-
encing mental health problems, talk to
your child’s doctor, school health staff,
school counselor, or a mental health
professional.
If you think your child is in imminent
danger of harming themselves or oth-
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to address mental health concerns and
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OBITUARIES
Donald E. Howes
Nov. 21, 1959 — March
30, 2018
Former Ontario Police
Chief Donald E. Howes,
80, passed away on
March 30, 2018, after a
battle with cancer. A
private service was held
Donald
in Silverton on Saturday,
Howes
April 7, 2018, under the
direction of Unger Funeral Chapel.
Don married Theresa Brophy on Nov.
21, 1959 in Burns. They were married
over 58 years. Don retired from Ontario
Police Department in January 1993. He
received commendations in a variety of
areas, especially for his commitment to
children and families, which much of his
focus was around child abuse, including
praise from Governor Barbara Roberts
for his devotion to children. Don and his
wife moved to Silverton in 1996.
Don was preceded in death by his par-
ents and brother Robert. He is survived
by his wife Theresa; daughters Mylisa
(Mark) Holland and Denise Totland; five
grandchildren: Jason Holland, Don (Jill)
Holland, Greg (Brittnie) Holland, Ni-
chole (Jason) Petersen and Kelsey
(Danny) Cross; sisters Dorothea Purdy
and Helen Kennedy; brother John
Howes; and five great grandchildren:
Elliana Petersen, Wyatt Petersen, Reese
Holland, Quinn Holland and Teagan
Holland.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be
made to Children’s Trust Fund of Ore-
gon or a charity of your choice.
Mark D. Hardy
April 20, 1963 — April 3, 2018
Mark Hardy of Scotts Mills passed away
on April 3 from natural causes.
He was born in Hanford, California, and
moved to Scotts Mills with his family in
1969. He attended Scotts Mills Ele-
mentary School and Silverton High
School.
Mark enjoyed hunting with his older
brother, Del, and fishing. He had a
green thumb and grew lots of tomato
plants every year. He also enjoyed gold
panning on occasion. Mark was an in-
dependent soul and never followed the
crowd. He liked to do things his own
way.
He was preceded in death by his father,
Walter Hardy, and his sister, Carol
Chapman. He leaves behind his mother,
Lola Hardy; siblings Del Hardy, Loretta
Mocaby and Tracy Reeves; six nieces
and nephews; and one great nephew.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m.
April 11, 2018, at Molalla Funeral Chapel
in Molalla.
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