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August Meeting
Written by Dick Sherman   
Wednesday, 04 June 2008
SkillsUSA Advisors,

Last night at the June meeting, your Board of Advisors voted to host a meeting in August for all of you to come together before school starts and share in Fall plans and seek your input and participation in them.  It would be a chance to meet the new State Director (hopefully in place by then) and offer some training tips for you to share with your students and maybe to help you organize your chapter earlier in the school year for maximum benefit to your students.

This gathering is scheduled for Monday August 18th at the WESD in Salem, starting at 10 AM –ending about 3 PM and of course would include lunch.  

Please put the date on your calendar and let me know if you can attend, thanks.

Have a great Summer and know that you are appreciated!!

Dick
 
2008 SUSA Advisor End of Year
Written by Dick Sherman   
Thursday, 29 May 2008

 

SkillsUSA Advisors,

WOW!  that was fast—where did the year go? It’s time for school to be out and for you to rest up and get your strength back.(ya, right)

We’ve had another great SkillsUSA year—Our very excited All Girl State Officer Team started the year with State Officer Tours and regional events in each region and a “bursting at the seams” Fall Conference, with participation by our Oregon National Guard and Katie Mooney, the National Staff Person responsible for Alumni.  Then we ended the year with a huge auditorium full of students at Spring Conference and visiting National Officer Shelby Adsero.  Our membership dipped a bit this year to 1054 members, in spite of our efforts early on to significantly increase.  We picked up a few new or reactivated chapters, but lost about the same number, so we are about the same as last year.  Thank you to all of you who enrolled as Professional Members, that number did increase this year. 

This year the Lowe’s Corporation gave National SkillsUSA a million dollars to use in local schools and communities.  After Glendale High School won a  Lowe’s School Improvement Grant last summer, two more advisors applied for grants and got them—Mark Lynch at the Sabin Center and Brad Yates at Santiam High School each received $10,000 for community improvement projects. At the State level we landed a grant to start the Teamworks Contest event and wow what an event it was.  On Saturday April 26th four teams of Construction Students gathered at the Roseburg Lowe’s Store to build a comprehensive structure to demonstrate their skills.  Next year it promises to be bigger and better. If you don’t know what Teamworks is, check it out on your new Tech Standards CD.

Spring Conference and the Skills Championships went well. The State Officers did an outstanding job of running the Sessions and we expanded some events to include a few more students.  Thank you to all who were involved and encouraged students to participate in the Tech Prep Showcase, it was bigger and better.

Now we’re off to Kansas City for Nationals, with individuals and teams entered in 47 different events and 112 total people registered from Oregon.  Niki Clausen will again be leading one of the Chapter Management Seminars at the SkillsUSA University and at least one other seminar, plus assisting in the training at the State Officer 101 Training.  It promises to be an exciting week.

For next year—we need a larger Board of Advisors team to assist in organization  operations and events. We do have a full team of excited State Officers , so watch out, they are planning some exciting events to help you be successful in your Chapter.  On the agenda are Advisor Trainings, Chapter Visitations and Regional Events, as well as Fall and Spring Conferences.  It should be a great year for every Chapter to get involved early and share the SkillsUSA Experience with an even larger group of students.

Have a great Summer and thanks for all you did to make SkillsUSA Oregon what it is for your kids and thanks for helping me all of these 34 years in VICA/SkillsUSA, it’s been a great ride.  Dick

Last Updated ( Thursday, 29 May 2008 )
 
2008 Skills Championships Contest Results
Written by Dick Sherman   
Tuesday, 06 May 2008


3-D Animation:    1st place- Zach Eck/Ian Winter – Roseburg
            2nd Place- Kyle Richardson/Kyler Smith – Roseburg
            3rd Place- Mary Carlson/Heather Ketten-Roseburg
            4th Place- Brad Norton/Brett Taylor- Roseburg
            5th Place- Sam Soto-Saines/Luke Soto- Roseburg
            
Advertising Design:
            1st Place – Michael Velencia –South Salem
            2nd Place – Michelle Pengshung—Benson
            3rd Place – Ryan  Bounedara – Centennial
            4th Place – Ashley Henderson – Eagle Point
            5th Place – Daniel Bueno Jr. --Madras

American Spirit:
            1st Place –Tikka Svendsen – North Valley

Architectural Drafting:
            1st Place – Rachel Dickison – North Medford
            2nd Place – Caleb Couch --Roseburg
            3rd Place – Chris Wright - Roseburg
            4th Place – Geoff Somnitz – Roseburg
            5th Place – Amber Willhite – Benson
            6th Place – Mikayla Brown – North Medford

Automated Manufacturing Technology Team:
            1st Place – St. Helens –Hughson, Gump, Melton
            2nd Place- Crook County–Collins, Hulett, Harris
            3rd Place – Yamhill Carlton – Clark, Madrid, Shannon
            4th Place – Redmond – Baumgartner, Crabtree, Gilbert
            5th Place – Benson – Glenn, Johnson, McCain
            6th Place – Sabin Schellenberg – Bricker, Liphyagov,
Salgado

Automotive Refinishing Technology (Secondary)
            3rd Place – Matt Mendoza – Eagle Point
            4th Place – Kirsten Anthony – Redmond

Automotive Refinishing Technology (Post Secondary)
            1st Place – Benjamin Black – Linn Benton CC

Auto Service Technology (secondary):
            1st Place- Esteban Gamboa– Redmond
            2nd Place- Jordan Cartwright – Mountain View
            3rd Place- Carl Henning – Mountain View
        4th Place- Skyler Card – Capital Center
            5th Place – Derek Ward – Capital Center
        6th Place- Jerad McClennen - Redmond

Auto Service Technology (post-secondary):
            1st Place – Matthew Dubanoski – Linn-Benton
            2nd Place – Gary Fox –Umpqua
            3rd Place – Mitch Chenoweth– Umpqua
            4th Place – Mathew Sheeley – Linn-Benton
            5th Place – Mark Standifer – Umpqua
            6th Place – Josh Jones – Linn Benton

Cabinetmaking:
            1st Place – Bo Petrie - Redmond
            2nd Place – Francisco Robles - Redmond
            3rd Place – Blake Durkee – North Medford
            4th Place – Riley Shaver – Yamhill-Carlton
            5th Place – Robert Perry -- Glendale
            
Cake Decorating:
            1st Place- Katie Lee - Glendale
            2nd Place- Alma Torres –Grants Pass
            3rd Place –  Ryan Hogrebe- Corvallis
            4th Place – Kailyn Smith – Reynolds
            5th Place – Amanda Steinbeck –South Salem
            6th Place – Stephanie Kerns - Mazama

Carpentry:
            1st Place – Tygh Tarlton -- Reynolds
            2nd Place – Edward Gayewski - Marshfield
            3rd Place – Kyle Beehner – Yamhill-Carlton
            4th Place – David Warberg --Benson
            5th Place – Brad Londo -- Marshfield
            6th Place –  Austin Snelling – Glendale

Chapter Display:
            1st Place – Mazama (Megan Thomas, Elizabeth Ervine
 and Katelin Boenning)
                    2nd Place –Benson (Vicki Lam)
            3rd Place – St. Helens (Nicole Craft, Stephen Halligan
                                and Justin McMullen)

Collision Repair Technology: (Secondary)
            2nd Place – Avery Bell - Redmond
            3rd Place – Brandon Griffith – Eagle Point
            4th Place – Sammy Stafford – Eagle Point
            5th Place – Brandon Knox – Estacada
            
Collision Repair Technology: (Post Secondary)
            1st Place –Richard Peterson – Linn-Benton
            2nd Place – Gary Howard –Linn-Benton

Commercial Baking:
            1st Place –Melanie Roberts -Gladstone
            2nd Place – Samantha Clark – Gladstone
3rd Place – Ashley Riley –Sabin Schellenberg        
4thPlace – Lisa Parker – South Salem
            5th Place – Mickilyne Simpson –St. Helens
            6th Place – Nicole Fluge - Gladstone

Community Service:
            1st Place –Centennial (Willen Sin & Angela Xiong)
            2nd Place – North Valley (Jeff Johnson &Vicki Klumpp)

Computer Maintenance Technology:
            1st Place –Christian Nelson – Benson
            2nd Place – Keenon Ono -- Benson
            3rd Place –Sean Dow – North Medford
            4th Place – Vincent Dow --Centennial
            5th Place – Erik Bartly – St. Helens
            
Computer Programming:
            1st Place – Vinay Bikkina –South Salem
            2nd Place – Drake Bridgewater – Reynolds
            3rd Place – Christian Vandagrift – South Medford
            4th Place – Samuel Partridge –Benson
            5th Place – Mark Koski –Benson
            6th Place – Elizabeth Hills - Benson
Cosmetology:
            1st Place– Rattey Yin –Sabin Schellenberg
            2nd Place –Kodee Brunson– Sabin Schellenberg
            3rd Place – Kady Vaden – Sabin Schellenberg
            4th Place – Roza Khodakovsky – Sabin Schellenberg
            5th Place – Kayla Krska – Sabin Schellenberg

Crime Scene Investigation:
            1st Place - Sabin Schellenberg (Betty Jo Breazeal,
Victoria Scholes and Nicole Donaldson)
            2nd Place –Sabin Schellenberg (Christian Cullen,
                    Andrew Howell and Adam Sherman)
            3rd Place –Sabin Schellenberg (Christopher Thomson,
Sarah Tobey and Michelle Craig)
Criminal Justice:
            1st Place – Starla Kilcup – Sabin Schellenberg
            2nd Place – Min Ku – Sabin Schellenberg
            3rd Place – Ashley Drokin –Sabin Schellenberg
Customer Service (secondary):
            1st Place –Kelsea Stofiel –Sabin Schellenberg
            2nd Place – Kayla Krska - Sabin Schellenberg
            3rd Place – Zulema Prado-Sabin Schellenberg
            4th Place – Roza Khodovsky-Sabin Schellenberg

Culinary Arts:
            1st Place – Brianna Josephson-Bauld – Schellenberg
            2nd Place – Joshua Meyer – South Salem
            3rd Place – Kyle Cregan - Glendale
            4th Place – Wictor Ringstroem – South Salem
            5th Place – Etlyn Kelley - Corvallis
            6th Place – Michelle Pardue – St. Helens

Diesel Equipment Technology (secondary):
            1st Place – Shane White– Estacada
            2nd Place – Soloman Rosen– Capital Center
            3rd Place – Andrew Lumsden – Estacada
            4th Place – Jeff Francis – Capital Center

Diesel Equipment Technology (post-secondary):
            1st Place – Tyler Simmons –Portland CC -Think Big
            2nd Place – Michael Murphy – Portland CC
            3rd Place – Robert Stafford – Portland CC
            4th Place – Juaquin Arriaga – Portland CC
            5th Place – John Solonika – Linn Benton CC
            6th Place – Tyson Smith – Linn Benton CC

Electronics Application Technology:
            2nd Place –Ben Morse – Sabin Schellenberg
            3rd Place – Kyle McCall – Sabin Schellenberg
            
Electronics Technology:  (Secondary )
            2nd Place –Miroslav Vdovich – Sabin Schellenberg
            3rd Place – Mike Buckley– Sabin Schellenberg
            4th Place – Caleb Stultz –Sabin Schellenberg

Engineering Technology:
            1st Place –St. Helens

Esthetics:
            1st Place – Kelsea Stofiel – Sabin Schellenberg

Extemporaneous Speech:
            1st Place – Thomas Gilder – North Medford
            2nd Place –Elliot Fry – North Bend
            3rd Place – Cody Wiley – North Valley
            4th Place –Joshua Surgeon – Benson
            5th Place –Ashley Dehut-McCollum – Sabin Schellenberg
            6th Place – Matthew West - Mazama

First Aid/CPR: (Secondary)
            1st Place – Rose Nabehet -- Benson
            2nd Place –Amanda Jenkins – St. Helens
            3rd Place – Andrew Pulido -- Lebanon
            4th Place – Aylon Pearsall --Lebanon
            5th Place – Shalyn Uhden -- Lebanon
            6th Place – Uyen Nguyen -- Reynolds

Food and Beverage Service:
            1st Place –Katrina Lindsey - Stayton
            2nd Place – Brie Schneider - Gladstone
            3rd Place – Kristin Erwin - Reynolds
            4th Place – Tiffany Russell - Lebanon
            5th Place – Tara Doyle – Stayton

Internetworking:
            1st Place – Aric Coon – Benson
            2nd Place – Devin Murrell -- Benson            
Job Interview:
            1st Place – McKyla Roberts –Stayton
            2nd Place – Megan Thomas –Mazama
            3rd Place – Rachel Dickison – North Medford
            4th Place -
            5th Place – Debora Rio Saucedo- Mazama
            6th Place – Rose Nabehet - Benson

Job Skill Demonstration A:
            1st Place – Christopher Hernandez –Reynolds
            2nd Place – Mike Prill –Eagle Point        
            3rd Place – Michelle Woo – Reynolds
            4th Place – Kailyn Smith – Reynolds        
            5th Place – Daniela Sfuentes – Reynolds
            6th Place – Britney Byington –Mazama

Job Skill Demonstration Open:
            1st Place – Haley Henderson –Mazama
            2nd Place –Brett Henderson –Mazama

Novice CAD:
            1st Place – Michael Racszewski -  St. Helens
            2nd Place – Carson Rubrecht –Roseburg
            3rd Place – Joesph Zimmerman – Redmond
            4th Place – Ruby Latham - Roseburg
            5th Place – Austin Montgomery - Roseburg
            6th Place – Alex Sommerauer—North Medford

Nurse Assisting:
            1st Place – Hang Vuong – Benson
            2nd Place – Ashlyn Voorhees – Eagle Point
            3rd Place – Jennifer Andrews – Roseburg
            4th Place – Brittney Woods – Eagle Point

Opening and Closing Ceremony:
            1st Place – Mazama
            2nd Place –Reynolds
            3rd Place – St. Helens
            4th Place – David Douglas            
Photography:
            1st Place – Tyler Patton -- Benson
            2nd Place – Sarah Chan – Benson    
            3rd Place – Emmy Hall – Grants Pass
            4th Place – Kassie Fimple – Eagle Point
            5th Place – Rob Elmer – Benson
            6th Place – Josie Rosebro – Eagle Point

Power Equipment Technology:
            1st Place – Lane Cartales—Capital Center
            2nd Place – Jarid Koch – Eagle Point
            3rd Place – Leslie Bozich – Capital Center
            4th Place – Parker Gilliam – Eagle Point
            5th Place – Sean Holm -- Estacada
            6th Place – Daniel Boyd – Eagle Point

Precision Machining Technology:
            1st Place – Levi Halverson-- Roseburg
            2nd Place –Kyle Thomas -- Roseburg
            3rd Place – Danny McCan – St. Helens
            4th Place – Logan Nelson – Stayton
            5th Place – Skyler Kent – St. Helens

Precision Machining Technology:
            1st Place –Sam Wickizer—Linn Benton CC
            2nd Place – Blake Harvey – Umpqua CC

Prepared Speech:
            1st Place – Karla Geigle – Eagle Point
            2nd Place – Laura Woo – Reynolds
            3rd Place – Kristin Erwin –Reynolds
            4th Place –Brandon Garfield – Eagle Point

Preschool Teaching Assistant:
            1st Place –Violeta Valdez –South Salem
            2nd Place – Gaby Lopez – South Salem
            3rd Place –Kyla Berger – South Salem
            4th Place – Kaitly Rasmussen – South Salem
            5th Place – Mayra Cortez – South Salem
            6th Place – Imelda Cortez – South Salem

Promotional Bulletin Board:
            1st Place – Benson (Jessica Nguyen)
            2nd Place – North Valley (Sara Gambucci)
            3rd Place – Benson (Sue Yang)
            4th Place – Centennial (Sarah Michalski and Kelly Pham)


Quiz Bowl:
            1st Place – Benson (A.Clarke, B.Clarke, Coon, McKenzie
 &Ono)
            2nd Place – North Medford (Dickison, Gilder, Dow, Kuhs
and Schnetzer)
            3rd Place – Madras (Schogalla, Kenville, Leon,
                            E.Pasikaten and J.Pasikaten)
4th Place – Mazama (Dill, Ervine, Rios Saucedo,
                            Byington)
            5th Place – North Valley (Willing, Johnson, Brinkerhoff,
Kellogg and Wilby)
            6th Place – Reynolds (Dickson, Hernandez, Nguyen,
                                Sfuentes and Tarlton)   

Radio (Audio) Production:
            1st Place – Benson –(Zack Keirsey)
            2nd Place – Eagle Point – (John Lair and Karla Geigle)

Residential Wiring:
            1st Place – Caleb Frey-Ortega -- Benson
            2nd Place – Josh Surgeon– Benson
            3rd Place – Kyle Cook- Benson
            4th Place – Chris Pixley – Benson
            5th Place – James Nagle – Benson
            6th Place – Ben Shy – Benson

Related Technical Math:
            1st Place – Adam Clarke- Benson
            2nd Place – Blaise Clarke -- Benson
            3rd Place – Josriel Pasikatan -- Madras
            4th Place – Ezra-Mel Pasikatan --Madras
            5th Place – Patrick Salinas --Gladstone
            6th Place – Trevor Schongalla --Madras

Safety Participation:
            1st Place – Chad Mitchell –Stayton
            2nd Place – Spencer Pritchard –Lebanon
            3rd Place – Nate Steele – Stayton
            4th Place – Pat Sundberg –Stayton
            5th Place – Chris Kimbel – Stayton
            6th Place – Katrina Lindsey –Stayton

Sheet Metal:
            1st Place –Garrett Youngberg—St. Helens
            2nd Place – Curtis Thorton – St. Helens
            3rd Place – Darrin Rye –St. Helens
            4th Place – Callen Prettyman – St. Helens
            5th Place – Josh Holz – St. Helens
            6th Place – Julian Gutierrez – St. Helens

Teamworks:        1st Place –Estacada team 1
            2nd Place –Glendale
            3rd Place – Estacada team 2
            4th Place –Estacada team 3

Technical Computer Application:
            1st Place–Shane Shahnow -- Benson
           
Technical Drafting:
            1st Place –Ailrick Holy – Roseburg
            2nd Place – James Brennwald – Roseburg
            3rd Place – Sam Swenson– Roseburg
            4th Place – Zehn Staten – Roseburg
            5th Place – Brent DeManby –North Medford
            6th Place – James Hull -- Redmond

Tech Prep Showcase: Human Services
            Gold Award:  Sabin Schellenberg (Amanda Axtell, Chad
                        Boyd and Ashley Dahut-McCollum)
                       
Tech Prep Showcase: Law and Public Safety
            Gold Award: Sabin Schellenberg (Starla Kilcup,Adam
                            Sherman and Ashley Drokin)
            Silver Award: Sabin Schellenberg (Nicole Donaldson,
                        Betty Jo Breazeal and Michelle Craig)

Tech Prep Showcase: Manufacturing
            Gold Award: St.Helens (Chris Beggio, Andy Perry and
                                    Kayla Roxey)
            Silver Award: Sabin Schellenberg (Andrew Bobst)
            Bronze Award: North Valley (Michael Kellogg, Lucas
 Brinkerhoff and Andrew Badker)

Tech Prep Showcase: Science and Technology
            Gold Award: St.Helens (Brittney Van Buren, Justin
                        McMullen and Steven Halligan)

TV Production: (Secondary)
            1st Place – Eagle Point (Keith Kellogg and Blake Platt)
            2nd Place – Centennial (Kristoffer Escudero and Kevin
                                            Lee)
Video Product Development:
            1st Place – Eagle Point (Hogan and Robertson)
            2nd Place – Benson (Habtemariam and Seeley)
            3rd Place –Crook County (March and Larson)

Web Design:
            1st Place – James Lao – Gresham
            2nd Place – Sergey/Rebekah Demaris – Benson
            3rd Place – Emerald Dumas/Sadie Bell – Gresham
            4th Place – Sara Anderson/Pavel Baranouski-Schellenberg
            5th Place – Katie Kenville/Erik Leon – Madras
            6th Place – Kongmeng Thao/Chang Vue – Reynolds


Welding: MIG (Secondary)
            1st Place – Terry Thurman –North Bend
            2nd Place – Anthony DiNapoli –Estacada
            3rd Place – Matt Kaufmann – David Douglas
            4th Place – Scott Burcham – Glendale
            5th Place – McKenzie Dukes –Klamath Union
            6th Place – Sheldon Barns – St. Helens

Welding: TIG (Secondary)
            1st Place – David Mundy –Grants Pass
            2nd Place – Aaron Frei – Klamath Union
            3rd Place – Jeramie Shilts – North Bend
            4th Place – Matty Summers – Marshfield
            5th Place – Brady Menzenberg – North Bend
            6th Place –Cody Hanson – Marshfield



Welding: Shielded Arc (Secondary)
            1st Place – Geoff Franklin – Marshfield
            2nd Place – Tyler Harden – North Bend
            3rd Place – Alex Akin –St. Helens
            4th Place – Kyle Rose – North Bend
            5th Place – Kody Tuthill – Estacada
            6th Place – John Brown – Benson

Welding: Fabrication Team (Secondary)
            1st Place – Stayton (Mollet, Lackner and Stutzman)
            2nd Place –St. Helens (Cyr, Dana and Constantin)
            3rd Place – St. Helens (Badger, Carpenter and Saechin)
            4th Place – St. Helens (Rosier, Kistner and Hackenburg)
            5th Place – Benson (Briles, Houston and Smith)
            6th Place – David Douglas (Thede and Engelsman)

Welding: Fabrication Team (Post Secondary)
            1st Place –Linn Benton (Goodew, Pierce and Sills)

Welding: (General) (Secondary)
            1st Place –Kalen Calia ---North Valley
            2nd Place – Amie McDermott –Sabin Schellenberg
            3rd Place – Curtis Stehle – Sabin Schellenberg
            4th Place – Dillon Sorenson –St. Helens
            5th Place – Melissa Roggasch – North Valley
            6th Place – Scott Zwicker – North Bend

Welding: (General) (Post Secondary)
            1st Place – Joseph Hopkins – Linn Benton
            2nd Place – Sean Pierce – Linn Benton

Welding –Oxy- Acetylene:
            1st Place – Andy Mcrae – North Bend
            2nd Place – Chris Pirtle – North Bend
            3rd Place – Weston Tanner – St. Helens
            4th Place – Nathen Szymanski  --David Douglas
            5th Place – Casey Soreneson – St. Helens
            6th Place – Mason Endicott – St. Helens

 Superior Chapter Awards:

        Reynolds High School
        Mazama High School
        Stayton High School

Advisor of the year:

        High School; Niki Clausen
        College; Kevin Mathweg

Distinguished Advisors:

        Matt Boren –Eagle Point High School
        Carol Edwards –Mazama High School
        Scott Teeples – Mazama High School
        Neva Clausen – Lebanon High School
        Barney McGrady – North Bend High School

2008-2009 State Officer Team

    Nou Vang –Benson High School

    Angeli Kumar  Reynolds High School

    Laura Woo – Reynolds High School

    Amanda Axtell – Sabin Schellenberg Center

    Brett Henderson – Mazama High School

    Stephanie Kerns – Mazama High School

 
Sherman's Second Retirement
Written by John Walker   
Friday, 04 April 2008
Dear Oregon SkillsUSA Advisors

Dick Sherman, our wonderful State Director, will be retiring for the
second time after Nationals 2008.  At State Conference we will have cards
available for you to sign and an envelop if you would like to contribute
to a retirement gift.  Neva Clausen, the Board of Advisors Chair, and Niki
Clausen, the Board of Advisors Secretary and State Officer Trainer, will
both have cards to sign and an envelope to accept your contribution to
thank Dick and Genne for all of their work.  Please contact us with any
questions or suggestions.  See you in a week.

Niki and Neva
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Reynolds High School                                    SkillsUSA State
Officer Advisor
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Last Updated ( Friday, 04 April 2008 )
 
SLC Courtesy Corp Info Before Conf.
Written by Dick Sherman   
Thursday, 03 April 2008

National Leadership Conference Courtesy Corp

Advisors,

If you have students who did not win Gold Medals, but would like to participate in the National Experience---please consider the National Courtesy Corp.  Oregon may send one advisor and two or three students—they must be from the same school.

Courtesy Corp members:

1. Stay in a special hotel (not with the Oregon Contingent) (Nationals pays for it)

2. Work at setting up contest areas, crowd control and other tasks at least 8 hours each day.

3. Must arrive in Kansas City by noon Sunday the 22nd.

4. Will receive a different special t-shirt for each day.

5. Does not pay the Conference Registration Fee

6. Does not need to buy meals—provided by Courtesy Corp.

7. Does pay for their own airfare and transfers.

If you are interested and after Awards find you are eligible—please contact the State Office right away—503-385-4637

 
Supply Catalog
Written by Dick Sherman   
Tuesday, 01 April 2008

Advisors,

The new Midwest Trophy Supply Catalog is now only available on the Web.  Go to www.mtmrecognition.com/skillsusa/ and print off a copy.

For those of you who go on to Nationals, this may be very valuable information for you when you need to order official contest gear in a hurry.

Also FYI—the toll free number for Midwest is 1-800-324-5995  go to extension 6915 and talk to Ricky.

 
SLC Winners Instructions to advisors
Written by Dick Sherman   
Tuesday, 01 April 2008

Advisors---here’s a bit of heads up information about the National Conference--in case
your student competitor wins the Gold in a National Qualifying event: They will come at you all excited, waving the application that will be attached to their Certificate.

You will need to make the decision to go, or not to go to Nationals, very quickly.

So, please understand the following and maybe ask questions before the awards session:

First: YOU  will need to travel with him/her to Kansas City.

Second: You and your student(s) must each complete the NLSC 1 form which will be attached to their Gold Medal Certificate and you will each need to send the $175 registration fee with the form to the SkillsUSA State Office by April 18th.

Sorry for the short turnaround—delays cause a ripple effect that is unacceptable.

The total cost of this experience varies, but is approximately:

Registration                  $175 each

Lodging                        About $115 per room per night (so, if four students share a two bed room , it works out to about $23 per person per night or $125 for the five nights

Airfare                          Usually about $500 (this year may be higher because of fuel prices) you will need to fly into Kansas City,  MO (MCI) to arrive on Monday June 23.  You will need to depart on Sat. the 28th.

Food                            Most students can eat for about $20 to $25 per day.

 

 

Make Checks payable to: “SkillsUSA Oregon” and please include your T-Shirt size in the appropriate space

On the Application Form.

 

Please return the form and fees by April 18, 2008 to:

                                    SkillsUSA Oregon

                                    2611 Pringle Rd. SE

                                    Salem, OR 97302

 

If  your Second Place Winner becomes eligible to compete at Nationals (because the First Place can’t go)—you will be notified by April 22nd and then need to submit forms and fees by April 30th.

 

Thanks for all you do for your students, Dick

 
Courtesy Corp
Written by Dick Sherman   
Friday, 07 March 2008

SkillsUSA Advisors,

National SkillsUSA has put out the call for Courtesy Corp Members for the 2008 National Conference in Kansas City, June 22-28

Courtesy Corp Members must be SkillsUSA Members who are currently enrolled (or have been enrolled this school year) in a local chapter and who are not competing in a National Contest.  Students of course must be accompanied by their advisor, arrive in KC on Sunday morning the 22nd and stay the week at the Courtesy Corp Hotel (not with the Oregon contingent).  In return for their services, Nationals covers meals and lodging and waives the Conference Registration Fee, plus provides several special shirts for each member.  So this is an opportunity for a few students and an advisor (from one school) to participate in the National experience for only the price of the airfare.

I am telling you this now, so you have opportunity to consider this service before I am  hurriedly  asking for Courtesy Corp people right after awards at State Conference

If Oregon sends members to Nationals as Courtesy Corp---it will be two or more students, with one advisor, all from one school.

Ask questions!!

 
Registration NOTE
Written by Dick Sherman   
Wednesday, 05 March 2008

SkillsUSA Advsiors,

Change is hard, I know---thank you to all of you for being patient with the online contest registration this year.  As I look through the listings, I find that many of you have not yet submitted your registration on the website and I wanted to remind you that the site will close this weekend, so please complete your Conference Registration this week and be sure to click on Save Registration ---there is not a Submit button on this site.

Just to clarify—when you are entering a student to compete in a contest---be sure you select “contestant” as a registration type.  If your student wants to enter a skill contest and a leadership contest, put the skill contest in the “Blue” area and the leadership contest code in the “Grey” area (at the bottom of the page).   And----you can call me anytime for assistance,

 
Advisor Follow Up
Written by Dick Sherman   
Wednesday, 05 March 2008
Advisors
 
Please send me your Superior Chapter forms, your Distinguished Advisor forms and any additional State Officer Applications today.  You can FAX them to me at 503-540-4493.

 
Announcements
Written by Dick Sherman   
Monday, 18 February 2008

Advisors,

            Your Board of Advisors has asked that I remind (or inform) you that from time to time it is necessary or expedient to hold a particular contest off site at a time other than at the state contest. These contests are usually demonstration events or particular to a school that has a program that none other has and are allowed in order to offer the National Contest experience to more students.

 

Again this year we are holding the Cosmetology, Nail Care and Facial contest events at Sabin Center, because that school is the only one in our association with a program that supports those training areas.  They will be represented at the State Conference in the Techprep Showcase to demonstrate what they do in their program.  Of course students from other chapters would be welcome to compete if they were members and had been properly trained.  A Chapter Advisor would contact the host school and make arrangements for a students participation.

Two other contests this year that are to be held other than on  Conference contest day are: the new Teamworks event (all construction teachers have been involved in that one) and the Engineering Technology Demonstration Event which will be displayed as a Techprep Showcase at the Conference.

An FYI:  the Collision Repair Technology Contest is being split this year at Nationals into a Collision Repair event and a separate Refinishing (painting) event. We will be performance testing students in both of these areas through our usual Collision Repair Contest. So, for instance, if you have a student that is skilled in painting but not in repair, you might enter that student anyway and the Technical Committee will sort out the results.  Call me if you have questions.

Thanks---stay tuned for late breaking news-- 

Last Updated ( Monday, 18 February 2008 )
 
Reminders
Written by Dick Sherman   
Monday, 18 February 2008

Advisors---here’s your second reminder for today---the membership deadline is screaming up on us and I know you don’t like to disappoint your students.  Only half of our active chapters have enrolled so far and our current membership is significantly lower than half of last year,(we have only at 450 students so far) so I hope the next two weeks will be a flurry of membership activity.  If we are to reach our growth goal, we need all of the chapters who have not enrolled yet to come on board with more members than last year and we need those who have already submitted rosters to do an additional roster.  Congratulations to the David Douglas, Saint Helens and Linn Benton Chapters for already enrolling five more members than last year.

 

NEWS FLASH for Welding Instructors!!!!  It’s official—the Welding Fabrication Team event Gold Team will be going to Nationals this Year---let the fundraising begin!!

 

Last Updated ( Monday, 18 February 2008 )
 
State Office!
Written by Dick Sherman   
Monday, 18 February 2008
Advisors,  Today’s reminder is:  Help your student leaders move to the next level of leadership—run for State Office!!  Here’s the application packet again and the deadline for application is fast approaching (Feb.29), don’t let them wait until it’s to late and wish they had done it—sign up now!!
Last Updated ( Monday, 18 February 2008 )
 
Membership
Written by John Walker   
Monday, 28 January 2008
SkillsUSA Advisors---just a reminder that the membership deadline is coming very soon----and that you must submit your roster on line ----and that it requires a login password, so please don’t wait until the last minute.  Many thanks to you who have already registered over 400 total members----we have a long way to go to meet our goal of 1300 + members by March 1st.  Thank you.
 
Spring Conference Package
Written by John Walker   
Thursday, 24 January 2008
Advisors, here is the Spring Confernce Packet --with complete information as of today. Of course I will continue to send you updates as things change or are added.  The big change here is that this year we are opening up Conference and Contest Registration  to Online-- Website submission.  So, please read this entire packet carefully and call if you have questions.  And---please distroy any old registration materials, they are of no value, thanks, Dick
 
Alumni SkillsUSA
Written by John Walker   
Monday, 14 January 2008
Alumni---all former members of SkillsUSA and VICA are invited to join the National Alumni Association (it’s a free membership).  We would like to hear from you and find out what you are doing these days and if you might like to get involved again in this great organization.  At the state level we are always in need of helpers at the State Conference/contests and on advisory committees.  At the National level there are many opportunities to participate on the contest Technical Committees and be a part of the Alumni Association.

Contact the State Alumni Coordinator, Josh Griggs at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , or the State Director Dick Sherman at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it and be sure and register your membership at www.skillsusa.org/supporters/alumni.shtml

 
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