FEATURE
4 • The Clackamas Print • May 14, 2003
Sabin enhances nursing experience
Karen Hill
The Clackamas Print
Knowledge, skill and expertise
are readily seen among many of
the faculty members here at
Clackamas; basking in the prover
bial spotlight today is a gentleman
who I had the pleasure of speaking
with just a short time ago: Greg
Sabin.
Sabin, a nursing and clinical
instructor, has been a member of
the nursing department for five
years. Equipped with a Bachelor’s
degree in nursing from Seattle
Pacific University and a Master’s
in nursing from Oregon Health
Sciences University, he works full
time teaching and assisting nursing
students in achieving their future
goals.
Currently, Sabin is teaching the
clinical section for senior nursing
students, concentrating on “the
development of critical thinking
and assessment skills.”
These skills are indeed neces
sary during nursing clinicals, in
which students have the opportuni-
“(The faculty
members)
here are top
notch.”
Greg Sabin
Nursing Instructor
ty to work in a live hospital setting
tending to patients, watching oper
ations and having a chance to work
alongside doctors and nurses.
Sabin has worked as a commis
sioned officer in the Army Nurse
Corps,/where he worked for eight
years/in neonatal and pediatric
ive care and as a pediatric
nur/e practitioner. Sabin did every
thing from administering shots to
anaging and attending to young
patients based on their diagnoses.
Sabin has also contributed to
the staff of the Doernbecher
Children’s Hospital working as the
director for pediatric critical care,
which included neonatal and pedi
atric intensive care and pediatric
dialysis. In addition, he was a clin
ical nurse specialist for children’s
health at Best Kaiser in Portland
for four years.
, “I’Ve always enjoyed working
with children,” said Sabin with a
smile. During high school he
entertained the possibility of one
of the two future goals: a school
teacher like his father, or a nurse
like his mother. He opted for nurs
ing, attaining his goal of becoming
a pediatric nurse practitioner.
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Prior to com
ing to CCC,
Greg Sabin
worked as a
commisioned
officer in the
Army Nurse
Corps and for
Doernbecher
Children’s
Hospital.
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Clackamas student wears Teen Latina crown
Sadie McCarthy
The Clackamas Print
“I’m Oregon’s Miss Teen Latina of
2003,” Mistymarie Wilks said when
her dream came true on April 27.
In downtown Portland at the
Waterfront Marriott our very own
Clackamas student was crowned.
“It was exactly like the movie
‘Miss Congeniality’!” Wilks said. “I
was overwhelmed with emotions and
couldn’t believe my ears.”
Charisma, commitment, and pas
sion were her qualities that captivated
half a dozen judges throughout the
event.
The beginning of the event was a
chance for each contestant to set a first
impression, so one by one they danced
down the runway and posed flirta
tiously.
Then the casual wear session
began. The girls walked onto the run
way individually and introduced
themselves.
‘“I am 17 years old, in the teen
division, and I am representing the
beautiful country of Spain. Thank you
all for coming.’ I said something like
that,” said Wilks.
After that was a meticulous form
of competition.
The girls danced in their bathing
suits and then posed individually.
“All the girls were pushing the lim
its,” Wilks said. “The bathing suit ses
sion had guidelines: you could only
wear a black one-piece. Mine looked
like a two-piece because the mid-sec
tion was all mesh.”
Finally, the contestants dressed up
in their formal gowns.
“We were supposed to walk really
slow down the runway while our biog
raphy was spoken,” Wilks said. She
demonstrated the walk and laughed, “I
almost fell on my face two or three
times because the shoes are hard to
balance in.
“hi between each segment, [the
contestants] were running around
backstage, climbing into their outfits
and curling their hair. My mom was a
beautician and so she helped me
throughout the whole thing. I love her
pursue their dreams like
she did.
“My goal in life is to
become a successful
singer or business
woman,
whichever
comes
first,”
said
Wilks.
Those future dreams
just may come true with
all the publicity she is
receiving. Wilks has
been featured on La
Zeta Spanish Radio
1230 AM and at the
Cinco de Mayo festival
so far. However, before
she uses her publicity
opportunities to be dis
covered, she plans on
competing at the 2003
National Miss Teen
Latina held in Las
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Vegas July 1-3.
“I just have to be
Mistymarie Wilks sports the sash
prepared to win or lose,” ¿nd crown she won on at the Miss
Wilks said. “I’m so excit- yeen Latina competetion April 27.
ed.”
for that,” Wilks said.
Her younger brother Stephan was
n’t able to attend the Oregon pageant;
however, he said, “Ah, I knew she’d
get it.”
“I was over
whelmed with
emotions and
couldn’t
believe my
ears.”
Mistymarie Wilks
Oregon's Miss Teen
Latina
Wilks wore a hot red, body-fitting
dress. “There were tons of beads on
my dress — I wanted to look really
shiny. Most girls wear dresses to hide
their bodies, but I wanted to show off
my hips.”
Now that she has earned this title,
Wilks wants to represent Latinas as
best she can by encouraging them to
Van Liew composes
for 'Lie of the Mind'
Bekah Finch
The Clackamas Print
“Musician: a professional per
former or composer of music,” states
The Reader’s Digest Encyclopedic
Dictionary.
In the case of Michael Van Liew,
this definition and many more apply.
Michael Van Liew is a freelance
musician who will be joining forces
with David Smith-English, theatre
department head, in creating music to
accompany and enhance the spring
show “A Lie of the Mind.”
This is not the first time Smith-
English and Van Liew have worked
together. In fact,- they have been cre
ating magic on stage together for 15
years.
Van Liew was raised in Florida,
where he first started playing with a
local blues band in the Keys. He is a
self-taught piano, trumpet and flute
player.
In 1977, Van Liew relocated to
Oregon, and in the late 1980s he
started working at Jefferson High
School, where he met Smith-English
and began working with the acting
ensemble at Jefferson.
“Mike has a keen insight for the
theatre. He makes the music part of
the experience,” said Smith-English.
After Jefferson, Van Liew contin
ued to work alongside Smith-English
in productions at Clackamas. Van
Liew has brought his gift of compos
ing. to “Twelfth Night,” “Imaginary
Invalid,” “Much Ado About
Nothing” and more.
“Here we go again,” said Smith-
English when he asked Van Liew to
take part in “A Lie of the Mind.”
Van Liew finds working on “A
Lie of the Mind” to be a really differ
ent and new experience.
“I am really looking forward to
it,” said Van Liew.
Smith-English has no doubt about
Van Liew’s talents. “He is a part of
the cast, which makes his involve
ment special. He really adds to the
experience the audience gets. He is a
joy to work with,” he said.
Van Liew’s musical talents com
bined with Smith-English’s directing
talents are sure to make “A Lie of the
Mind” an amazing performance to
behold.
Although “A Lie of the Mind” is a
main priority for Van Liew right now,
he continues to work as a recording
artist and write music for modem
dance and video productions.
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