Education
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
A3
Teen Health Fair mixes
fun with education
Students
learn to better
manage stress
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
The junior choir sings ‘The Rainbow Connection’ at Friday’s ‘May the Fourth’ concert
held at the John Day United Methodist Church.
37 musicians perform ‘Epic’ concert
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
A crowd of over 100 en-
joyed the “May the Fourth:
A Concert of Epic Propor-
tions” presented by members
of the local Youth Arts Pro-
gram Friday evening at the
John Day United Methodist
Church.
There were 37 musicians
in three choirs, a string en-
semble, a flute duet and two
guitar groups, performing
a variety of selections from
movies and plays such as
“Star Wars,” “Indiana Jones,”
“Brave,” “Tangled” and
“Wicked.”
“I say this every time,
but this was our best concert
yet,” said YAP executive di-
rector Rebecca Bogardus of
Dayville. “I think it will keep
getting better.”
She added, “It was fun to
do this style of a concert, a
pops concert with costumes.”
Bogardus directed the
show choir and youth guitar
groups and performed with
another flutist, and Janine
Goodwin of Prairie City di-
rected the junior and inter-
mediate choirs and the string
ensemble.
The pair also sang a touch-
ing duet “For Good” from the
play “Wicked.”
Some of the lyrics in-
cluded: “I’ve heard it said,
that people come into our
lives for a reason bringing
something we must learn. ...
Because I knew you, I have
been changed for good.”
The duet was fitting as
Bogardus, her husband, Pe-
ter, and their four children
plan to move to McCook, Ne-
braska, after the school year.
Rebecca said her husband
will teach math at a school in
McCook, and she will be in-
volved with music there.
Janine Goodwin, on violin, and Rose Coombs, on cello,
warm up after the intermission at Friday’s concert.
Youth Arts Program executive director Rebecca
Bogardus, center, passes the torch to Janine Goodwin,
left, who will take Bogardus’ spot, and Kathy Sherwood,
who will direct the Summer Youth Arts Program.
“I’m going to miss it, but
I’m absolutely certain that
(YAP) will continue to be at
least as successful as it has
been, if not even better,” she
said.
Bogardus is “passing the
torch” to Goodwin, who will
be YAP executive director,
and Kathy Sherwood of John
Day, who will be director of
the Summer at the YAP pro-
gram for youth.
Bogardus started YAP in
2014 with a vision to create
a quality arts education pro-
gram, reaching everyone in
Grant County.
This school year, she and
Goodwin started a pilot out-
reach program at Dayville
School, where they’ve taught
kindergarten through fifth
grade choir, as well as some
private violin and solo vocal
lessons.
That group will present
a concert at 6 p.m. Monday,
May 14, at the school in one
of the elementary classrooms.
Senior Elijah Humbird
had a big role in the fourth an-
nual Grant Union Teen Health
Fair May 1 at the school.
Humbird, who is the Grant
Union student body activities
director, said he chose the
health fair as his senior proj-
ect.
“I helped plan it and ‘re-
boot’ it,” he said.
Humbird and others in the
leadership class, taught by
Elizabeth Shelley, surveyed
200 students to see what top-
ics they were interested in
learning about this year. Top
choices included skills to
cope with stress and suicide
prevention.
Students in grades 7
through 12 rotated through
eight stations. Humbird said
the workshops for smoothies
and stress-relief balls were
popular, as well as the les-
son on CPR taught by Blue
Mountain Hospital paramed-
ic Mimi Maddess and EMTs.
The teens kept rhythm to
Justin Timberlake’s “Can’t
Stop the Feeling” dance song
while practicing on CPR dum-
mies.
Oregon State Police troop-
er Cody Weaver taught the
dangers of distracted and im-
paired driving, and Assistant
District Attorney Mara Houck
shared the legal repercussions
of sexting, using a Power-
Point.
Dental health and a seg-
ment on using exercise to
cope with stress were also
in the mix.
Humbird also arranged
for a mental health promo-
tion panel, which included
a substance abuse coun-
selor, addiction special-
ist and two mental health
counselors from Commu-
nity Counseling Solutions,
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Grant Union students learn CPR from paramedic Mimi
Maddess, back left.
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Learning to make stress balls was a popular station at
the Teen Health Fair at Grant Union.
where students learned it’s
OK to ask for help when
needed.
He said, overall, the
health fair went well.
“It was fun and good,” he
said. “I feel like I’m giving
back to my community and
my school.”
Other partners in the fair
with Grant Union included
Grant County Health Depart-
ment, OSU Extension and
Body, Fitness & Dance.
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