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3B THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 2016 Service to the community with a crown and a sash By R.J. MARX Seaside Signal Miss Clatsop County 2016 Ryen Buys was one of four ambassadors of the Miss Clatsop County Scholar- ship Program at a recent Sea- side Chamber of Commerce breakfast. The program provides $6,000 in scholarship funds for higher education. “My platform is early diagnosis for scoliosis,” said Buys, a Seaside High School senior and co-captain of the cheerleading team. “I chose it because I have scoliosis, and I had to wear a back brace the entire sixth-grade year, 20 hours a day.” Buys stressed the impor- tance of early diagnosis. “I believe it’s really important for younger kids in elementary school to get diagnosed early so that they have the opportunity to wear a back brace like I did, instead of having an invasive surgery putting a metal rod in your back, and making it very hard for your everyday life,” she said. Buys and other titleholders were crowned Feb. 20, Chelle Sollars, president of the Miss Clatsop County Scholarship Program said. “These girls are amazing,” Sollars said. “All of these Submitted Photo The General Federation of Women’s Clubs Oregon do- nated comforting toys, books and games for children who have experienced abuse and neglect. The gifts will be distributed by The Lighthouse for Kids and volun- teer Court Appointed Special Advocates. Women’s group donates books and toys to children The Daily Astorian R.J. Marx/The Daily Astorian Nikkole Sasso, Caitlin Hillman, Chelle Sollars, Tess Rund and Ryen Buys. girls have earned scholar- ships. We’ve got eighth-grad- ers sitting with money in scholarship accounts waiting for when they’re ready.” Miss North Coast Teen Tess Rund, 21, studies wom- en’s and gender studies at the University of Oregon. “I had never been in the pageant world before,” Rund said. “I learned so much about interview schools — it’s not just the onstage stuff. It’s the behind-the-scenes, meet- ing people, service, network- ing. That’s deinitely been eye-opening.” Nikkole Sasso, Miss North Coast’s Outstanding Teen 2016, is a 14-year-old fresh- man at Astoria High School. Sasso became involved with the program at age 5 as a Miss Clatsop County prin- cess, and said she loves vol- unteering in the community, a passion she learned from her mother. Eighth-grader Caitlin Hill- man, Miss Clatsop Coun- ty’s Outstanding Teen 2016, attends Broadway Middle School in Seaside. “Dance is really my pas- sion,” Hillman said. “I want to share my love of dance throughout the community, and show how it has many health beneits, not just a reg- ular sport, but many health aspects different from other sports in our community.” “I don’t think we realized how much we impact other people,” Buys said. “Every time I’m in my crown and sash little girls come up to me with their faces lit up and say, ‘Oh my gosh, you’re a prin- cess! You’re what I strive to be.’ I didn’t know that would happen. Every time I go out, someone notices me.” Seaside Masons award bikes to readers The Daily Astorian SEASIDE — Evergreen Masonic Lodge in Seaside sponsored the “Bikes For Books” program to encourage elementary school children to read books. The program is aimed at third, fourth and ifth graders in the Seaside school district. During the month of May, each time a student read a book and reported on it, he or Submitted Photo Marcel Atwi and Lauren Kropf of Seaside Heights Elemen- tary School each won bicycles in a “Bikes for Books” draw- ing. They are pictured with Evergreen Mason Bob Cook. VOLUN T E E R PICK OF THE WEE K Cooper 2.5 year old Treeing Walker Coonhound Outdoor enthusiast extraordinaire, Also affectionate and eager to please. (More on http://Petfinder.com/ ) Sponsored by CLATSOP COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER 1315 SE 19th St., Warrenton • 861- PETS www.dogsncats.org free IN-HOME CONSULTATION! 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In existence since 1899, the group has the motto “Growth Through Service,” and under- takes many projects beneiting people in Oregon. The service project this year provided comforting toys, books and games for children who have experienced abuse and neglect. The gifts will be distributed by The Lighthouse for Kids and volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs) in Clatsop County. “Thank you, GFWC Ore- gon,” Ann Lederer, CASA Program Manager, said. “Through your generosity, our CASA volunteers will have the great pleasure of bringing a new, age-appropriate book to a child in foster care who may have had to leave their belong- ings behind or who perhaps haven’t had access to many books.” Marvin Bermudez, direc- tor of The Lighthouse for Kids, commented, “The good work that the GFWC performs for the families in our communities requires a large army of caring people. That is what this group represents, a large army of ded- icated caring women that take the time to serve those that need the most, our children. Thank you, GFWC.” Wheel Fun Rentals offers free biking for Big Brothers Big Sisters The Daily Astorian SEASIDE — Wheel Fun Rentals, located at 151 Ave- nue A, 407 S. Holladay Drive and 15 First Ave. in Seaside, is participating in the 10th year of the Biking Buddies Pro- gram, which gives free one- hour rentals to Big Broth- ers Big Sisters volunteers and their Little Brothers and Sis- ters. The program is valid for either one multi-rider product that they can ride together, or two single-rider products that they can use side-by-side, and the program is unlimited. For information about Wheel Fun and the Biking Buddies Program, go to http:// bit.ly/1TVvrZ6