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The INDEPENDENT, August 19, 2004
Chris Dudley Basketball Camp combines ball skills Puncochar wins street stock main Aug.14
Race car driver Jeremy Mar- Martin. “We’ve been working
with diabetes and exercise education for children
tin of St. Helens and Scap- hard all year, while we’re also
Chris Dudley says the kids
at his Cedar Ridge basketball
camp are “all so exceptional.”
The kids he’s describing are
10 to 17 years old and love
basketball — so what makes
them exceptional? In addition
to loving basketball, they all
have Juvenile Type I (insulin-
dependent) Diabetes.
A 16-year veteran of NBA
Basketball, Dudley was diag-
nosed with diabetes at the age
of 16. He considers himself
lucky that the medical staff he
worked with as a teen encour-
aged him to stay involved with
sports. He continued sports
through college, was drafted
into the NBA in 1987 and
played on several teams, in-
cluding the Portland Trail Blaz-
ers, before retiring in 2003.
According to Dudley, basket-
ball players are always asked
“when are you going to start a
basketball camp?” When Dud-
ley was asked that question, he
decided to design a basketball
camp for diabetic kids (mod-
eled after the Gales Creek Dia-
betes Camp). The result is a
week-long camp for kids be-
tween the ages of 10 and 17
who have diabetes. This is the
ninth year for Dudley’s camp
and there were 73 kids enjoy-
ing the activities, 63 boys and
10 girls. There is already a
waiting list of 80 kids for next
year’s camp.
In addition to Dudley, the
camp is staffed by nine coach-
es, 13 counselors, three nurs-
es, two endocrinologists and
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one dietician. The kids have
their blood sugar levels tested
between four and 10 times a
day, depending on individual
results. On average, insulin use
is cut by one third during the
week due to the high activity
level.
The focus is on basketball,
but Dudley’s goal is to provide
the kids with an understanding
that – with proper care – dia-
betes will not prevent them
from leading a normal life. One
of the camp mottos is “You can
do anything you want to do,
provided that you take care of
yourself.”
According to Dudley, one
major benefit of the camp expe-
rience is that kids aren’t “differ-
ent” at camp. At home, they
Chris Dudley, former NBA Basketball player, giving some
basketball pointers on the court during his camp for basket-
ball loving kids aged 10 to 17 years old with Type 1 diabetes.
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may be the only kid with dia-
betes in their neighborhood or
school. At camp, they are “nor-
mal,” and nobody stares at
them while they are testing
their blood sugar levels. Just
being one of the crowd can
help improve their self-esteem
and confidence. One child’s
mom suggested he pray at
church for a diabetes cure, his
response… “not until I’m too
old for Basketball Camp.”
For more information about
the Chris Dudley Basketball
Camp, including price and
scholarship availability, write
The Dudley Foundation at 5415
NW Saltzman Rd., Suite 789,
Portland, OR 97229, phone
503-626-4007, or e-mail < info
@chrisdudley.org >.
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SPORTSMAN – Fast Time:
16.12 – Randy Allen, Sandy. Tro-
phy Dash: Mike Hagen, Rainier.
Heat 1: Tony Malar, Portland;
Stephen Kaptur, Deer Island; Ron
Williams, Portland. Heat 2: Marty
Holmason, St. Helens; LeRoy
White, Portland; Tim Williams, St.
Helens. Heat 3: Allen; Troy
Schreiner, Longview; Hagen. B
Main: Kaptur; Tommy Elstoen, St.
Helens; Bob Cram, Kelso; Ron
Williams; Malar. A Main: Allen;
Schreiner; Hagen: Doug Hurley,
Castle Rock; White; Lisa Liner, St.
Helens; Clark Tenney, Scappoose;
Tim Williams; Jeff Simons, Port-
land; Don Schott, Portland.
MODIFIED – Fast Time: 14.76
– Shawn Dorie, Scapppoose. Tro-
phy Dash: Ray Elwess, Portland.
Heat
1:
Monique
Benson,
Longview; Mark Hill, Scappoose;
poose drivers Clark Tenney
and Kerry Smith continue en-
joying success as they each
recorded top-10 finishes in the
Columbia County Racing Asso-
ciation Baxter Auto Parts spon-
sored event Saturday, August
14 at River City Speedway. The
trio solidified their positions
near the top of their respective
series standings as they’re
each on track to possibly win a
division championship.
Martin took third in the Mod-
ified A Main while driving the
Superior Torque Convertor
open-wheel racer owned by
Sam Jeffers of Scappoose. It
marked a fifth consecutive top-
five main event finish for Mar-
tin, currently third in the division
behind Portland’s Ray Elwess
and leader Gary Morris of Bor-
ing. Elwess started on the pole
position of the 16-car field and
led from start-to-finish to notch
his first win. Morris was run-
nerup, just inches ahead of
Martin at the conclusion of the
40-lap race.
Shawn Dorie of Scappoose
was fourth, he was the fastest
in qualifying on the quarter-mile
clay oval track at 14.76 sec-
onds and he also won a heat
race. Mark Hill of Scappoose
won the B Main.
“It was a good, exciting race,
we’re solidly holding onto third
and we’re so close to the lead-
ers (Morris, Elwess) that it’s
very likely the championship
will be decided on the last race
of the season (Sept. 25),” said
having fun every week, but the
two frontrunners both have 10-
years more experience in mo-
torsports than me.”
Kerry Smith won her fourth
women’s main and has posted
top-five finishes in six of seven
events with her Alliance Auto-
motive/STC Racing Parts
Chevrolet Camaro. Puncochar
was runnerup and Vancouver’s
Stacey Fordyce was third.
Smith won the heat race and
she was also the fast qualifier
(16.66).
Scott Puncochar led all the
way to capture the street stock
main with his Oly’s Construc-
tion/Goddard Garden Land-
scaping Camaro. Tenney won
the B main to qualify for a last
place A main starting position
and he manuevered up to ninth
in his 1979 Malibu. Tenney,
who leads the street stock
standings, took seventh in the
sportsman main and is ranked
fifth in the series.
Sportsman division leader
Troy Schreiner of Longview, led
36 laps of the A main until
Sandy’s Randy Allen passed
him on the inside of turn four.
Allen led the last four circuits
with his Malar Performance En-
gines Monte Carlo to post his
first win. Schreiner was sec-
ond, followed by Rainier’s Mike
Hagen in third.
Portland’s Kelly Nace won
the mini stock main and
George Dohn of St. Helens
(5th) notched a fifth straight
top-five.
Zoe Minsker, Portland. Heat 2:
Scott Puncochar, Hillsboro; Dan
Fox, Warren; Mike Graham, Port-
land. Heat 3: Dorie; Jeremy Martin,
St. Helens; Elwess. B Main: Hill;
Benson;
Minsker; Paul Folwick,
St. Helens; Sam Jeffers, Scap-
poose. A Main: Elwess; Gary Mor-
ris, Boring; Martin; Dorie; Marc
Sayre, Portland; Ron Greer,
Rainier; Brian Timmons, Scap-
pooes; Eric Deeter, Portland; Hill;
Benson.
STREET STOCK – Fast Time:
16.32 – Scott Puncochar. Trophy
Dash: Ralph Puncochar, Hillsboro.
Heat 1: Gary Meyer, Vernonia;
Robert Sterling, Scappoose; Loren
Thompson, Elsie. Heat 2: Kari
Puncochar; Jon Gladiman, Port-
land; Aaron Bozarth, Rainier. Heat
3: Scott Puncochar; Jon Gillett,
Rainier; Mark Reser, Beaverton. B
Main: Tenney; Meyer; Nathan
Slape, Rainier; Aaron Prettyman,
St. Helens; Thompson. A Main:
Scott Puncochar; John Nusom,
Gresham; Gillett; Reser; Ralph
Puncochar; Robert Duncan, Port-
land; Skip Pillow, Gresham; Kari
Puncochar; Tenney; Don Kelley,
St. Helens.
MINI STOCK – Fast Time:
17.63 – George Dohn, St. Helens.
Trophy Dash: Joe Cherington,
Vancouver. Heat: Cherington;
Dohn; Kelly Nace, Portland. Main:
Nace; Michael Harrison, Portland;
Brad Nusom, Gresham; Ray Perry,
Portland; Dohn; Scott McMullen,
Deer Island; Cherington; Mark Jef-
fries, Beaverton; Kathy McMullen,
Deer Island.
WOMEN'S DIVISION – Fast
Time: 16.66 – Kerry Smith, Scap-
poose. Trophy Dash: Jacki Gra-
ham, Portland. Heat: Smith; Susan
Wallace, Beaverton; Kari Pun-
cochar. Main: Smith; Puncochar;
Stacey Fordyce, Vancouver; Wal-
lace; Graham; Angela Jones, St.
Helens; Carrie Melland, Kelso; Re-
becca Trotter, Portland.