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Clackamas Print
Brother and Sister:
Jeff Sorensen
Competitive family’s I
youngest keeps spirits un
LEFT: Ryan and
Cougar vol
leyball player
Carla Crowder
- were crowned
Canby High
homecoming
royalty in 2005.
King and Queen
reunited at the
NWAACC cham
pionships last
season. RIGHT:
Ryan hangs with
mom Jackie
and dad Bryan
(right).
| The Clackamas Print
Editor’s Note: This is the sec
ond part of a three-part series on
the Kamahoahoa siblings, Ryan
and Malia. The third part will
appear next week.
As the youngest child in a
very competitive family, Ryan
Kamahoahoa - younger brother
of Clackamas freshman volley
ball player Malia Kamahoahoa
- absolutely loves sports. With
two coaches for parents and three
siblings heavily involved in sports,
Ryan has always had a game to
watch and a team to cheer, even if
he couldn’t see them.
Ryan was bom with WAGR
syndrome. As a result of the syn
drome, he was bom without an iris
in either eye, a condition called
aniritea, and is legally blind.
His mother, Jackie, also
explained that he has what is con
sidered “highly functional” mental
retardation, and after two bouts
with kidney cancer (another con
dition of Ryan’s syndrome), Ryan
went under the knife again to have
a kidney transplanted, provided
by Jackie herself when Ryan was
only nine years old.
“We were out of time and put
him on dialysis,” said Jackie. “Not
only were we the fastest work-up
they’d ever done in the history of
OHSU ... but he ended up health
ier than he had been.”
According to a story The
Oregonian printed about Ryan
- which is proudly pinned to the
family’s refrigerator - he has also
survived nearly 60 other surger
ies, and had been in and out of
one hospital or another at least
once or twice a year, every year
of his life.
“I think it was his sopho
more year when we almost lost
him again,” Jackie said. “It was
because of his immune system
deficiency. There’s a parasite they
found in the water that got into his
body ... and he hung in there. We
Feature
Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007
for the story on the
fridge - and likes
hanging out with
his brother and
sister playing ping
pong and spend
ing time with their
friends.
“He cruises with
me
sometimes,”
said Ryan’s older
brother,
Derek.
All photos by Jeff Sorensen Clackamas Print
“[My friends] love
him. He’s hilarious,
kind of look at him like this amaz and he’s so outgoing and funny ...
ing, lucky, little miracle.”
he’s always the life of the party.
Ryan might have had trouble I wish I could take him to more
medically, but his family concedes parties, but my parents won’t let
that - through their efforts as well me.”
as his own - he certainly lives a
Based on statistics alone, Ryan
“highly functional” lifestyle.
Kamahoahoa should not be alive
“He can stay home by himself today. Instead, he’s now 19 years
now,” said his father, Bryan. “He old and has grown to affect the
wasn’t babied or spoiled. He was lives of his family and the people
raised just like [the other kids]. He around him in ways that those
was expected to act correctly and closest to him never expected.
do things properly.”
“Anyone that comes in contact
Another big part of the rea with him, he’s going to change
son Ryan’s family considers him their life to an extent, but when
a blessing is Ryan’s perpetually you’re blood, and you’re going
positive disposition.
to see him for the rest of your
“He’s a pleaser. He wants life ... there’s some serious life
to help people, and he’s always changing things that happen,” said
thinking about others first, which Derek. “Some people call him
is a little different from most peo handicapped, and I just see him
ple,” said Bryan.
on a different level. It’s like God
In his free time, Ryan likes to has given him gifts that very few
play golf - which was the basis people have.”
Catch student ski bus
Matt Olson
The Clackamas Print
With snow still falling on Mt
Hood, the ski and snowboard
season is far from over, and the
Associate Student Government is
ready to provide a ride for frugal
fans of the slopes.
The ASG ski bus is scheduled
for Sat, Feb. 10, and provides
more than just a set of wheels to
get riders up the mountain. Lift
tickets, rentals and even lessons
are available at the ASG office in
the Community Center.
The process of signing up is
much easier than most college
programs.
“The hardest thing is to
have your doctor’s name on the
Meadows form,” said Campus
Activities Officer David Black.
“Your payment reserves your
spot”
All the basic information can
be obtained from flyers and hand
outs in lhe ASG office, and if
there are any questions about the
ski bus, Black is ready to answer
them.
According to the official infor
mation sheet, the bus will leave
the Tri-Met turnaround in front
of Roger Rook at 12:45 p.m. The
bus will leave the mountain at 9
p.m. and be back to the school in
time for riders to run home and
watch Saturday Night Live.
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The ski bus is a yearly tradi
tion. and usually has more than
one run per year.
‘We had one scheduled for the
27, but that was the week of all the
snow,” said Black. “There may be
another one, but we’ll see.”
The ride itself will cost $10
for students and $13 for non-stu-
dents.
“It’s really more of a service
for students,” Black explained.
Lift tickets, rentals and lessons
are all available to those who sigr
up for the ski bus. For a ride and a
lift ticket, it’s only $20 for student!
and $30 for non-students.
The bus is available to nov
ice and veteran skiers and snow,
boarders.
“Once you’re up there, you’«
on your own,” said Black.
‘We’ll be playin’ a movie anc
have snacks for the ride,” said
Black. So, bring a friend, familj
member or ski-buddy for a cheap
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SCHOOL OF
PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
a matter of mind
and spirit
Brian Howarth can tell you
anything you need to know about
the Criminal Justice Department
at Clackamas.
He really should know: he
helped develop a good portion
of the curriculum and has taught
many of the classes offered,
including one of the most popu
lar Criminal Justice classes, Mass
Murders and Homicide.
“It goes with the time; the
Hannibal Lecter side of the world,
CSI things,” said Howarth.
Howarth started his law enforce
ment career at Western Oregon
University as a reserve officer for
Monmouth Police in 1970. He
moved on to work for the Oregon
Liquor Control Commission as an
undercover officer.
“It was crazy,” said Howarth.
When the OLCC suggested he
transfer<0 Klamath Falls, Howarth
took a position at the Canby Police
Department so that he wouldn’t
have to move his family.
Aside from teaching at the
college, Howarth enjoyed a 26-
year career atCPD. Howarth was
responsible for recruiting, hir
ing, reserve officers, Homeland
Security, Human Resources, and
was the Public Information Officer
for the force from 1994 until his
guy,” said John Bergeron! a
retirement in 2005.
“I was very proud of my depart Clackamas Cadet and erm«
ment,” said Howarth. “That’s justice student of Howarth’s!1]
important to know because people would say he’s well-versed inn
I
get unhappy with their jobs and subject matter.”
treat it like a prison cell.”
After Winter Term, Hown
In 1980, Howarth took a and his wife will be movinata
position at the college teach Richland, Wash, to be closer toll
ing Prison, Jail and Detention.
family of three children and sen
Howarth doesn’t take for granted grandchildren.
I
“I’ll just enjoy life,” he saifl
the staff he’s worked with while
at the college. He gives
credit to Jim Brouillette,
former Criminal Justice
Department Chair, who the
Clackamas County Public
Safety Center is named
for, Richard Ashbaugh,
the current Criminal
Justice Department Chair,
Instructor Ida Flippo, and
Tina Kramer, a former
student and now a col
league of Howarth’s here
at the college.
Department Secretary,
Dianna Sheperd is cred
ited by Howarth as the
“real wind in the sails.
She keeps the udder in the
water.”
It’s the students that
make up the best part of
his day, though.
“Any teacher should
take as much out of the
term as the student gets,”
said Howarth.
HOWARTH
“He’s an easy-going