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Blue Mountain Eagle
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Wednesday, May 27, 2015
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Grant Union’s Future
Business Leaders
of America chapter
competed at the April
9-11 State Business
Leadership Conference in
Portland. Front row, Trejan
Speth (left), Blake Stone,
Clay Johnson and James
Mabe; middle row, Ginni
Frazier, Amy Lallatin,
Shiranne Carter, Kelsey
Long, Makenna Adair and
Donna Bishop; back row,
advisor Guy Johnson,
Nick Springer, Sam Bentz
and Alexis Hafer. Not
pictured: Jozie Rude.
Team brings
home honors
from state event
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
Grant Union choir member Kelsey Long receives
the 2015 National Choral Award from director Mary
Ann Vidourek at the May 19 District Concert.
Grant Union band member Auna Waldner, a senior,
is awarded the John Philip Sousa Band Award by
director Mary Ann Vidourek at the May 19 district
concert.
PORTLAND – Members
of Grant Union’s Future Busi-
ness Leaders of America chap-
ter capped a successful year at
FBLA’s annual State Business
Leadership Conference.
The season of hard work is
over for all the members, but
one.
Sophomore Clay Johnson
was elected as an FBLA state
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the local chapter, the team of
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Decision Making.
Amy Lallatin, wrapping up
her year as chapter president,
placed third in Personal Fi-
nance.
Other team members also
placed in the top 10 at the event.
Grant Union’s 14 contend-
ers were among more than
1,000 students at this year’s
conference. Advisor Guy John-
son accompanied the group to
the event.
“I’ve got some great kids,”
he said. “They had a good time
at the Old Spaghetti Factory, ice
skating and shopping – and this
group was more competitive (at
the conference).”
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to set up booths.
“The students helped – it
was a cohesive unit which
Sophomore Clay Johnson, third from right, who is a member of Grant Union’s
FBLA chapter, was named to the state FBLA leadership team during last
month’s state leadership conference.
Contributed photos
Grant Union’s FBLA Entrepreneurship team of
Blake Stone, Clay Johnson and Trejan Speth
won first place at the State Business Leadership
Conference in Portland.
made it fun for everyone,” he
said.
Clay said his duties as an
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ing meetings, helping plan the
spring regional skills confer-
ence held in La Grande and the
state conference.
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the region to see how they op-
erate, and help, if needed.
“What I like about FBLA, is
it gets you out of your comfort
zone,” Clay said. “It stretches
you and gives you an opportu-
nity to see the business world
and get you a head start in it.”
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helps him with public speaking.
“It’s helped me, and it’s
pushing me,” he said. “I’m
looking forward to an exciting
year.”
The FBLA members meet
at Guy Johnson’s comput-
er classroom at Grant Union
during the school year at lunch-
time on Mondays.
For more information, con-
tact Guy at the school at 541-
575-1799.
State Conference results:
Amy Lallatin, Personal Finance, 3rd
Blake Stone, Intro to Business, 4th
Ginni Frazier, Networking Concepts, 8th
Clay Johnson, Networking Concepts, 9th
Teams
Clay Johnson, Trejan Speth, Blake Stone,
Entrepreneurship, 1st
Makenna Adair, Sam Bentz, Alexis Hafer,
Entrepreneurship, 8th
Ginni Frazier, James Mabe, Nick Springer,
Management Decision Making, 4th
Amy Lallatin, Kelsey Long, Jozie Rude,
Management Decision Making, 8th
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