By Kathy Cook Hunter Mt. Angel’s Service to Youth award goes to a group – four coaches who are said to follow their own lead by working as a team. Lance Arritola, Ron Schmidt, Jeff Seiler and Greg Traeger were selected for their many years working with Little League. They were nominated by local league president Bobbi Tryon, who […]
Jason Franz was the boy who went into bike shops with $100 in his pocket and no one would help because he was a kid and didn’t look like a customer.
Get Dora Palmquist in the Silverton Senior Center’s kitchen and she tolerates no distractions from the task at hand as she fills bags for Meals-On-Wheels. She orders everyone out of her way so she can be sure every bag is perfect. Hands on her hips, Palmquist unabashedly admits, “I figure I’m old enough to tell them what to do.”
Laura Wanker and Helen Thomas understand kids. It might take them only a few hours, a couple of weeks or many months, but they invest the time to learn about their students because of their genuine love, understanding, education and passion.
