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Trinity Tigers take top trophy
Volleyball players from Trinity Lutheran show off their first place trophy and championship bracket for the 36-team Coos Bay Lions Club Invitational Volleyball Tournament in October.
COURTESY LISA NOREEN
Trinity Lutheran Lady Tigers volleyball traveled to Coos Bay in October for a 36-team Lions Club Tournament. On the strength of their serving and hustle, the girls played some of their best volleyball of the season. Trinity topped King's View School 25-7, 25-13 to get set up for bracket play. In the first round, Trinity defeated Powers 25-13, 15-25, 15-11. In the semifinals, the Lady Tigers came out on top against Coquille 25-16, 25-6. In the championship match, the girls won a very tough set against North Bend 25-19. That seemed to take the life out of North Bend and the Tigers won the final set 25-11.

Parkrose senior earns trip to Washington D.C. and college scholarship
Max Denning, a Parkrose High senior, was selected to represent Oregon in the United States Senate Youth Program.

Volleyball players from Trinity Lutheran show off their first place trophy and championship bracket for the 36-team Coos Bay Lions Club Invitational Volleyball Tournament in October.
COURTESY LISA NOREEN
The program, which has been in existence since 1962, provides two students from each state an opportunity to experience national government in action. Outstanding high school students interested in pursuing careers in public service are selected to spend a week in Washington D.C., all expenses paid. In addition, each student will receive a $5,000 college scholarship, with encouragement to pursue coursework in history and political science. The other Oregon representative is Molly Olsen from McMinnville High School.

Denning has been involved in student government activities since his first year. This year he serves as student body president, editor-in-chief of the student newspaper, and captain of the mock trial, football, and baseball teams. He also served as the state president of the Oregon Association of Student Councils. His experiences in school government sparked a passion for politics and he plans to major in political science when he enters college next fall.

“I have a passion for education and social justice,” he said. “I am striving to someday be in a position where I can promote equality in education and the social-class structure.”

During his week in Washington, D.C., Denning will attend major policy addresses by senators, cabinet members, officials from the Departments of State and Defense, and directors of other federal agencies, and he will participate in a meeting with a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Enhancing education for immigrant students
Youth in the LearnLinks program at Human Solutions have fun sporting Lorax mustaches in honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday.
COURTESY AVERY-KIIRA ABNEY
Human Solutions has received a grant from the Oregon Community Foundation that will be used to enhance and expand its LearnLinks program over the next three years.

LearnLinks is a comprehensive after-school tutoring and mentoring program at Park Vista and Lincoln Woods, two Human Solutions housing properties with very high numbers of refugee and immigrant families.

The LearnLinks program works to meet both the educational and psychosocial needs of children and families by creating a supportive learning environment that promotes academic success. Staff and volunteers provide students with two to four hours of critical one-on-one attention weekly. They assist with homework and reinforce basic skills. In addition, LearnLinks works with parents to increase involvement in their children's education by organizing family activities that provide opportunities for parents and children to spend thinking and learning time together.

Honors roll in for choir members
Parkrose High School choir members selected to perform with the Oregon Music Educators All State Honor Choir in February are Anh Doan and Ria Walter, altos; Timmy Nguyen, tenor; Ezra Garcia, baritone; and Joe Vongsay¸ bass. Garcia and Jonathan Almasan have been selected to perform in the American Choral Directors Association All-NW Men's Choir and All-NW Youth Choir, held in conjunction with the NW ACDA Convention in Seattle in March.

Art now warms homeless
Tyler Mackie readies a pile of blankets for distribution to folks who need them this winter. The blankets were part of an art installation on the Broadway Bridge this summer.
COURTESY CHARLIE VAWTER
The temporary art installation created by Parkrose native Tyler Mackie for display on the Broadway Bridge during the PDX Bridge Festival last summer has been dismantled (See Bridge for blankets, Mid-county Memo, August 2013). The individual blankets created by more than 150 area knitters-one 12-inch square at a time-have been cleaned, folded, tied with a bow and distributed to homeless shelters, hospitals and community charity facilities.
Mackie is a 1999 Parkrose High graduate.
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