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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 2017
Family
camping
program
provides
equipment
The Daily Astorian
The Oregon Parks and
Recreation
Department
(OPRD) welcomes begin-
ning campers to join in an
overnight guided camping
experience this summer at
an Oregon state park. Reg-
istrations are now being
accepted for the Let’s Go
Camping program. For $30
per family, OPRD provides
tents, sleeping bags and
other gear. Volunteers help
campers set up tents, build
campfires, prepare meals
in the campsite and more.
Activities could include
ranger-led hikes, owl
prowls, bat chats and s’mo-
res. Most events are limited
to 35 people and spots are
filling quickly. The dates
and locations are as fol-
lows: June 16 to 18, L.L.
Stub Stewart State Park,
Buxton; June 30 to July
2, Deschutes River State
Recreation Area, Wasco;
July 7 to 9, Cascadia State
Park, Cascadia; July 14 to
16, Willamette Mission
State Park, Gervais; July
21tp 23, Silver Falls State
Park, Sublimity; July 21 to
23, Prineville Reservoir,
near Prineville; July 28 to
30, Ainsworth State Park,
Cascade Locks; Aug. 11
to 13, Milo McIver State
Park, Estacada; Aug. 25 to
27, Champoeg State Park,
St. Paul; and Sept. 8 to 10,
Memaloose State Park,
Mosier.
Register for an event by
calling 800-551-6949.
SELF-HELP
GROUPS
Narcotics Anonymous —
The Northwest Oregon Area of
Narcotics Anonymous (NWO-
NA) holds meetings in Clatsop
County. For full schedule de-
tails, as well as upcoming spe-
cial events, call the Helpline at
503-717-3702, or go to www.
nworegonna.org
TOPS (Take Off Pounds
Sensibly) (Astoria) — 5 p.m.
weigh-in, 5:30 p.m. meeting
Tuesday, First Lutheran Church,
725 33rd St. For information,
call Trisha Hayrynen at 503-
298-9058.
TOPS (Seaside) — 9:15 to
10:15 a.m. meeting Tuesday,
North Coast Family Fellowship
Church, 2245 N. Wahanna
Road. All are welcome. For in-
formation, call 509-910-0354.
Union workers, management donate blood Visit Washington state
parks for free Sunday
The Daily Astorian
The American Federation
of State, County and Munic-
ipal Employees (AFSCME)
Local 2746 and Clatsop
County management co-spon-
sored an American Red Cross
blood drive on Feb.10 at the
Boyington building in Asto-
ria. Lisa Lindberg, a prop-
erty appraiser in the county
Assessment and Taxation
Department and a union
member, organized the event
in the spirit of the local’s slo-
gan: “Proudly Working for
Our Community.”
The blood drive collected
45 pints of blood — two more
than the goal. Up to three peo-
ple may be able to receive
help from each of those pints
of blood collected, according
to the Red Cross. Forty-seven
people showed up to donate;
11 donating for their first time.
Both management and
union members volunteered
their own time to check in
blood donors and assist at
ILWACO, Wash. —
Washington State Parks turns
104 years old on Sunday, and
visitors are invited to help
celebrate by enjoying a state
park for free that day, and are
not required to display the
daytime use Discover Pass.
Free days are in keeping
with legislation that created
the Discover Pass, which
costs $30 for an annual pass
or $10 for a one-day per-
mit, and is required for vehi-
cle access to state recreation
Submitted Photo
Senior engineering technician and AFSCME union mem-
ber Terry Hendryx enjoys a cookie as he donates blood
for the first time.
the blood drive. They also
donated cookies and bever-
ages for donors, and some
rolled up their sleeves and
donated blood. The event was
good-naturedly dubbed the
“Bloody Challenge — Labor
vs. Bosses!” The “side” with
the greater percentage of
donors, volunteers and food/
beverage donors would win
bragging rights. Labor won.
The union also registered
potential blood stem cell and
bone marrow donors for the
nonprofit DKMS.
Garhofer crowned Miss Clatsop
Scholarships
awarded to
contestants
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SEASIDE — About 450
people watched as three local
young women were crowned
Miss Clatsop County 2017,
Miss Clatsop County’s Out-
standing Teen 2017 and Miss
North Coast’s Outstanding
Teen 2017 March 11 at the
Seaside Convention Center,
where over $6,100 in scholar-
ships was awarded.
Twenty-year-old Hannah
Garhofer of Seaside walked
away with $2,050 in scholar-
ships being named Miss Clat-
sop County 2017, and sweep-
ing all the Preliminary Awards
as well as the Platform Pre-
sentation, Service Above Self,
Marketing and Entrepreneurial
Awards. She is a 2015 graduate
of Seaside High School, and is
currently enrolled at North-
west Christian University.
Named Runner-Up in the
Miss division was 18-year-
old Hayliehe Bell, also of Sea-
side, who received a $525
scholarship.
Winning the Miss Clatsop
County’s Outstanding Teen
2017 title was 13-year-old Pey-
ton Sims of Gearhart. She will
receive a total of $825 after
also winning the overall Teen
Interview, Talent and Evenin-
gwear Preliminaries. Sims,
who attends Broadway Middle
School, also received the Teen
Entrepreneurial Award.
The Miss North Coast’s
Outstanding Teen title went to
15-year-old Nicole Ramsdell
lands managed by Washing-
ton State Parks, the Wash-
ington Department of Fish
and Wildlife (WDFW) and
the Department of Natural
Resources (DNR). The Dis-
cover Pass legislation pro-
vided that State Parks could
designate up to 12 “free
days” when the pass would
not be required to visit state
parks.
For a list of all the free
days for 2017, go to http://
bit.ly/2nnq9ZB
of Astoria, who will receive
a $525 scholarship for her
efforts.
Sixteen-year-old
Shel-
bylee Rhodes of Gearhart was
named Teen runner-up and
Overall Teen Fitness Win-
ner. She attends Seaside High
School and qualifies for $325
in Scholarships.
The wins by Garhofer,
Sims and Ramsdell will move
them forward to Miss Ore-
gon and Oregon’s Outstand-
ing Teen competition in late
June in Seaside. They will also
serve as official ambassadors
for this area for the year.
Voted by their peers, Han-
nah Garhofer was named Miss
Congeniality and Peyton Sims
was named Miss Teen Conge-
niality. They will both receive
an additional $75 into their
scholarship accounts.
The Teen Service Above
Self Award went to 14-year-
old Lilly Boothe of Clatskanie,
giving her a total of $225 in
scholarships, and the Teen
Marketing Award was given to
14-year- old Riley Mitchell of
Warrenton, raising her schol-
arships to $225. Mitchell’s
basket, titled “Play Ball” and
included six tickets to a Seat-
tle Mariner’s game, generated
the most money at the auction,
raising $600 for the Miss Clat-
sop County Scholarship Pro-
gram. The remaining contes-
tants will receive a minimum
of $125 as nonfinalists.
By random draw, 7-year-
old Taylor Betts of Gear-
hart was named Miss Clatsop
County’s Princess. She will
accompany Garhofer on stage
at Miss Oregon in July and
attend events throughout the
county.
Also on stage Saturday
night were outgoing 2016
title holders, Ryen Buys, Tess
Rund, Caitlin Hillman, Nik-
kole Sasso and Taryn Miller,
as well as Miss Oregon 2016
Alexis Mather. Miss Oregon
2007 Kari Virding Christian-
son and her husband, Eric,
were the emcees. The judges
included Jessica Nelson-Dear-
inger, Miss Clatsop County
2001 and 2003.
The Miss Clatsop County
Scholarship Program is sup-
ported in part by corporate
sponsors. Through the Fri-
day live auction and Satur-
day’s silent auction an addi-
tional $4,000 was raised. The
Miss Clatsop County Scholar-
ship Program is an official pre-
liminary to the Miss Oregon
and Miss America Organiza-
tion. For information, contact
Sandy Newman at 503-717-
3501 or go to www.missclat-
sopcounty.org
Schenbeck named
Student of the Month
WARRENTON — Elle
Schenbeck, a Warrenton
High School senior, has been
selected for the Warrenton
Rotary Club’s February Stu-
dent of the Month award.
The program honors accom-
plished local high school stu-
dents, chosen by the school
administration, who make
a difference in their school
and/or community.
Schenbeck, an outstand-
ing student with a GPA
of 3.9, is a member of the
National Honor Society and
participates in leadership
classes. She plans to attend
a university after graduation.
Each student of the month
receives a printed award
along with gift certificates
from area businesses who
also want to acknowledge
noteworthy student achieve-
ments, including Warrenton
Fultano’s Pizza, GB Jewel-
ers, Warrenton Mini Mart,
Sweet Scoops, Lucky Locks,
Arnie’s Café, Starbucks and
Sandi Kelly.
For information, go to
the Warrenton Rotary Club
Facebook page.
Submitted Photo
Warrenton Rotary Club president, Birch Kelly, left, and
Rotary February Student of the Month, Elle Schenbeck.
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