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Reedsport HS
2260 Longwood
Reedsport, OR 97467
FBLA State
by Alison Law

     Basketball has games, golf has matches, and Knowledge Bowl has tournaments, but what about FBLA?  FBLA has the State Business Leadership Conference.   Every year, promising future business leaders from all over Oregon convene at the Doubletree Jantzen Beach Hotel for testing, workshops, and socializing.  Thirty-three students and three advisors attended the conference from Reedsport.  Nearly all student FBLA members had qualified for state through district competitions and were excited about state.
     The weekend started on April 4th with an early morning bus ride to Portland.  The group stopped at Clackamas Town Center for a little shopping, and then was off to their hotel to prepare for opening session.   Once in their business attire (strictly enforced by FBLA), the Reedsport Chapter headed down to the hotel ballroom to learn the schedule of events for the conference and also hear the keynote speaker, Toody Byrd.  After the session, most members attended the District V and VI meeting, where chapter recognition awards were passed out and students heard the candidates for District Vice President.  As District V and VI are merging within the next year, a new region name was voted on.  The new region encompassing most of southern Oregon will be called the Rogue Umpqua Region.  After the meeting, students were able to relax, with the notable exceptions of the Parliamentary Procedures, Entrepreneurship, and Desktop Publishing Teams, who began their testing that night.
   Monday began early for the Entrepreneurship Team, consisting of Jason Epley, Casey Palermo, and Josh Vernon, who won their written test the night before.  They were sequestered at 7:45 for their presentation later that morning.  Meanwhile, the other chapter members began to wake up and get ready for their written tests.  Most finished their testing in the morning and headed over to the Jantzen Beach Mall for some more shopping before the night’s events, which included the delegate dinner and a dance.  Three Reedsport freshmen were chosen for the delegate dinner, where they voted on their Region Vice President, Executive Vice President, and State President.  This year's delegates were Andrea Campbell, Chase Landrey, and Jared Mast.   After the traditional dinner at BJ’s, the rest of the Reedsport students hung around the hotel or went to the dance.  Chapter President Kelly Merschel and Treasurer Abby Harris dyed the hair of all the advisors, Mrs. Tisler, Mrs. Kaufmann, and Mrs. Law.
    The next morning, the awards ceremony was held.  The first person called to the stage from Reedsport was Kelly Merschel, who took third place in Business Law.  The Entrepreneurship Team placed ninth in their event.  Alison Law was first in her two events, Introduction to Business and Introduction to Business Communication.  In Marketing, Andrew Merschel took sixth. 
    To get back for track meets and baseball and softball games, the chapter left early.  Everybody was pretty tired by that time, and the bus ride home was quiet. 
    Still ahead for FBLA are the officer elections.  FBLA officers would also like to remind members to return either their money or coupon booklets to the office.


Math and Skills Day
by Heather Leach

    SOCC has a day every year when they invite schools to compete in various events. This year was no different, SOCC District Math and Skills Day was held on Thursday April, 1st.          Students competing from Reedsport High left school at 8 a.m. and spent the entire day there. 
   Lunch was provided and participants also received a T-shirt.  Many students went, and for those who placed 3rd or better there will be an awards dinner. The dinner is on Thursday April, 22nd for the students, parents, and teachers at SOCC at 5:30 p.m.

Event
Student
Place
GTAW
Joe Mulkey
5
Journalism
Kati Dickson
Honorable Mention
Journalism
Heather Leach
1
Journalism
Alison Law
3
Network Installation
Nick Middleton
3
Network Installation
Ryan Hilterbrant
5
Open 1 (Math)
Leo Castaneda
3
Oral History
Viktoria Schaff
1
Oxy 1
Jon Chan
2
PC Assembly 1
Nick Middleton
3
PC Assembly 1 Jeremy Spencer
4
PC Assembly 1 Tyler Nestor
5
PC Assembly 1 Michael Christofferson
6
PC Assembly 1 Jesse Barnum
8
PC Assembly 1 Mike Clemens
9
PC Assembly 2
Buddy Phibbs
3
PC Assembly 2
Ryan Hilterbrant
5
Pre-Algebra
Sarah Markwick
3
Sculpture
Sara Jesus
3
Sculpture
Allen Powley
6
Sculpture
Skyler Squglio
8
SMAW 1
Butch Cramm
4
SMAW 1 Tyson Smart
7
SMAW 1 EJ Fegles
9
SMAW 2
Joe Mulkey
5
T Shirt Design
Nikki Williams
3
T Shirt Design
Daniel Carles
11