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Florenoe to host ATV grant subooccittee next week
Oregon Parks and Recreation
Department (OPRD) All-Terrain
Vehicle (ATV) Grant subcommit-
tee will hold a business meeting
from 9 to 11 a.m. in Florence on
Wednesday, June 13.
The meeting will be on the sec-
ond floor of the Siuslaw Valley Fire
Little
& Rescue building, 2625 Highway
101, in Florence.
The public is invited to attend.
The agenda will include an intro-
duction of three new ATV com-
mittee members, as well as diiscus-
sions on the ATV Grant processes,
budgetting for the next biennium,
confi dence in his decisions
about players and their posi-
tions.
During my second season at
Pacifi c, a transfer quarterback
from Arizona State University
convinced me my quarterback
days were numbered.
Coach called me into his
offi ce aft er three games and in-
formed me I was moving to the
other side of the ball to the safe-
ty position. Our next opponent,
from 1B
yelled, “Hey Warrenton Flash!
I thought you were a quarter-
back!” My senior, year I threw
more than 20 interceptions and
was not so sure quarterback
would be my college position.
Yet he was confi dent in my
abilities and I became the No. 2
quarterback. I also started sev-
eral games that fall.
He left no doubt as to his
Special Pricing thru June
(Flooring must be ordered by June 29th to qualify for discount)
and provide updates on recently
passed ATV legislation (SB344).
No grant applications will be
reviewed at the meeting.
New member orientation will be
from 8 to 9 a.m.
The ATV Grant Program pro-
vides funding statewide for
the Linfi eld Wildcats, was the
league favorite each year — and
Coach made changes to try for
an upset win.
Eventually, a missed fi eld
goal as time expired preserved
that upset victory; it was his be-
lief in us that carried the day.
When we played College of
Idaho my junior season, Coach
called me into his offi ce; there
wasn’t enough room to take all
special team players, so I was
assigned the kicking duties. I
was not sure why he asked me
because I hadn’t kicked in more
than two years, while at War-
off-highway vehicle (OHV) recre-
ation. Grant funds come from ATV
user permit sales and a percentage
of gasoline tax money.
More information about the
grant program is available online at
w w w. ore gon . gov / oprd / AT V /
Pages/Grants.aspx.
renton.
In the end, I made 7-of-8
and, later that season, I was
5-for-5 against Southern Ore-
gon University.
Coach had ways to challenge
my competitive nature.
With my fi rst six football
coaches, we ran six diff erent
off enses. Because of this, I
thought I knew football. As it
turned out, I knew very little.
Coach taught me the game of
football. I not only learned of-
fense and defense, I learned the
“why” in calling plays from of-
fense and defense perspectives.
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Individuals that require special
accomodations to attend the meet-
ing should contact Mike Law,
Grant and Community Programs
Representative, at 541-991-1989 or
mike.law@oregon.gov at least three
days in advance.
When I graduated from Pa-
cifi c, Coach helped me secure a
head football position at Spray
High School. For those of you
thinking it was “just” an eight-
man football school, Coach
would say: “Nothing is ‘just’
unless you let it be.”
Because of him, I understood
I was not “just” an eight-man
football coach; I was Spray’s
eight-man football coach.
Coach allowed me to have
my Spray players be inside the
locker room to hear his pre-
game talk before the Whitman
game in 1975. He also traveled
to Spray to speak at the Spray
athletic awards night. He knew
there were no recruits for Pacif-
ic University, yet he made every
athlete in attendance feel like
they were important.
I think the emotional inten-
sity of Coach may have rubbed
off on me. During the South-
ern Oregon University game,
Coach was given three un-
sportsman-like penalties in a
row when the offi cials called a
deceptive play illegal.
I, on the other hand, was
once removed from the Cot-
tage Grove gym during a girls
JV basketball game when I, too,
disagreed with an offi cials’ call.
Coach passed away last year
but his legacy of character
building lives on through his
wife, four children, me and my
four children, and the hundreds
of players and opponents he in-
fl uenced.
Not a day goes by that I don’t
thank him for the extra layers of
competitiveness and determi-
nation to win he showed me.
My toughest opponent today
is Multiple Sclerosis. When I
was diagnosed in 1986, MS be-
came my challenge.
I use the same determination
Coach used as, week aft er week
in 1970, he prepared us for vic-
tory that never came. He did
not quit on us.
Two years later, we were
ranked sixth in the nation. My
strength to fi ght MS was for-
mulated from my days at Pacifi c
University, and the time I spent
around the most intense and
competitive person there.
Today, my team is my wife,
family and friends. Th ey sup-
port me without sympathy;
they allow me to struggle in
some everyday activities that
were once easy — and yet know
when it is time to help me. So
far, this attitude assists me in re-
taining my own independence.
MS is my lifetime opponent.
I may not win but I am giving
MS one tough game.
If there is a coach in your
past that greatly infl uenced you,
write them a letter and let them
know how you are doing — and
what their example meant to
you.
Rotary Club of Florence Youth Exchange
NEREA TREJO-CANOS
17 year old • Junior at Siuslaw High School • From Picanya Spain
Her sister in Spain is Yaiza and her host sister in Florence is Brooklyn
She loves to Travel and to learn all new languages.
She is a wonderful student and is enjoying her time here in Florence
Meeting Location: Tuesday - 12:00 PM
Florence Events Center, 715 Quince Street, Florence, OR 97439
(541) 997-1994, President Craig Sanders