Wowzers! It is clear the mural in Mary’s Lodge at Camp Howard will finish the building in grand style! The dedication on August 11th will show off the new state of the art food preparation and dining facility, a dream come true for staff at Camp Howard!
Wayne Chin is a well known local artist and art instructor. It is a joy to watch him at work!
ps – He moved the raccoons!
Also, listen to Stephanie Piering on KBVM last week talking about her experience in CYO Swimming and her choice to join the Faith!
https://materdeiradio.com/morning-drive-guest-stephanie-piering-cyo/
As Mary’s Lodge, the new dining hall at Camp Howard continues to wrap up construction, the final phases of preparation are in the works including the painting of a mural by Wayne Chin. He came early in the afternoon last week and said he would like to get it blocked out. He prepped his lines on the wall and laid out the under painting. It was amazing to watch!
I need to remember to tell him a refrigerator will go where his ladders are and can he move the raccoons? 🙂
In addition to the bright shiny packaged activities at the camp, creative play in places like Greenwood Village are hard to beat! As is evidenced by the pictures, the kids have been hard at work building forts and experiencing the wonder of the area.
Every year we wonder, how could we get a better staff than this…somehow, God provides! We have a first class group of young men and women at Camp Howard this summer doing some very special work. They are MAKING GREAT MEMORIES FOR KIDS!
Our Staff Members this Year:
Youth Program Leader: Paige Alie (She is the leader of the pack!)
Unit Directors: Anthony “Fergie” Ferguson, Emily Cochran, Madeline Parvankin, Maggie Miller & Hannah Duffey.
Program Staff: Anthony Cioeta, Colleen Rooney, Gabe Klinger, Kay Greene, Kayla Hoston, Kenna Reid, Latece Brown, Gabe King, Erik Gravengaard.
Counselors: Amanda Weddle, Amber Parkins, Andreas Markantonatos, Carlie Leach, Elijah Ward, Elle Vodden, Gianna Sullivan, Jeremy Clark, Kelly Gentry, Kelsey Stankye, Kenna Sandblast, Mads Gwynn, Margo Stermer, Mariah Graham, Marquis Cruz, Meg Gilbert, Natalie Andersen, Olivia Worley, Phillip Kent Jr., Ryan Ohm, Skylar “Sky” Deitch, Sofie Dobberfuhl, Thomas Gray.
Year Around Leadership: Nora Gravengaard, Camp Director, Shawna King, Asst. Camp Director, Leila Blakely, Health and Safety Director, Sr. Michael Francine, Camp Store, Karen von Borstel, Property Director, Sr. Krista Exec. Dir.
We are also most grateful for the support we receive daily from the CYO/CH office in Portland where the staff do all possible to help make camp run smoothly!
News reports of sightings of Owen Wilson in Portland were correct as he was here to shoot a segment for Documentary Now shot at Camp Howard June 14 – 18, 2018. The film will be shown in January. If you are not familiar with Documentary Now, they put short spoofs together of real documentaries where they poke a little fun (kindly) on various themes.
The segment shot at Camp Howard has to do with a cult coming to a small town, similar to what happened in Central Oregon in the early 1980’s. See if you can figure out the role Wilson played.
After the “shoot” he came to the camp dining hall to meet the leadership staff of Camp Howard which was a very kind gesture! The staff was thrilled to say the least to have the opportunity to meet Owen Wilson and I am sure it will be one of the top highlights of their summer!
5.30.2018 Camp Howard – Check out the latest drone footage of the Mary’s Lodge construction at Camp Howard.
The 100 Meter Dash is the shortest, fastest race in the books. The winners of this race are considered the quickest kids in the program. Here are this year’s “Fastest Kids in CYO!”
Kiana Johnson (Cathedral) wins for the Roadrunner girls after posting the only mark in the 14 second category at 14.82. The record for this event is 14.39 by Martha Cabrera (Holy Trinity) in 2005. Kiana edged out Sadie Fletcher (St. Anthony) 15.04 and Lily Mae Buerkle (Madeleine) 15.29. Johnson also won the 200 meter dash.
Chase Borden (St. John the Apostle) won the 100 for Roadrunner boys with a time of 14.08 with a close second by Joseph Stimpson (St. Pius X) 14.18 followed up by Kai Kopplin (St. Anthony) posting a time of 14.98. Borden also won the 200 meter dash.
Selah Molden (Our Lady of the Lake) 13.73 edged out Valley Catholic’s Nina Stecher 13.85 in a close Cub division contest. Molden came into the championships as the underdog behind Stecher who had posted a season best of 14.08 to Molden’s 14.33. Both girls improved in the semi-finals and again in the finals to set personal bests for the year. Hanna McAuliffe (St. Anthony) was third posting a time of 14.34.
Townsend Powell (St. Anthony) won the title for the Cub boys posting a time of 13.19 over Hugh Ruttledge’s (St. Clare) 13.76. Grant Valley (Holy Trinity) rounded out the top 3 with a time of 13.81. Powell came into the contest posting the best pre-season time of 13.58 and also won the 200.
Allyson Hammond, (Visitation) an 8th grader from the smallest Catholic School in the Greater Portland area which combines with the other smallest Catholic School in the Greater Portland area, Visitation School (Verboort) and St. Francis (Roy), for the second year in a row dominated the 100 meter dash for Cadet girls winning it with a very fast 13.03 over Sarah Rossetti (St. Matthew) 13.54 and Marissa Daniels (All Saints) 13.83.
Marcus Dillard (Christ the King) 11.87 and Austin Stampflee (St. Matthew) 11.93 continued the battle for speed with Marcus on top in the 100 (Stampflee won the 200). Antony Ganz (St. Pius X) rounded out the top 3 with a time of 12.75. Another fantastic race!
Below: Kiana Johnson, Chase Borden, Selah Molden, Townsend Powell, Allyson Hammond, Marcus Dillard.
Have you wondered why kids are jumping a lot higher these days than 50 years ago? Remember when we didn’t have foam to jump in so we used the softest things we could find like sawdust, at our school! I have heard others speak of straw bales and sand! I was in the eighth grade when we got our first net bag filled with giant foam rectangles. That was a real improvement! What did YOU high jump onto?
Thank you Clayton Smith for your wonderful photography:
Chase Borden from St. John the Apostle won the Roadrunner boys 200 meter dash with a time of 30.24 out pacing Jordan Dillard (Christ the King) and Griffin Nagy (St. Pius X) at the CYO Meet of Champions. In Roadrunner girls division, Kiana Johnson (Cathedral) turned in a time of 31.43 to edge out Lily Mae Buerkle (Madeleine) and Sadie Fletcher (St. Anthony)
In Cub action (5th & 6th grade), Nina Stecher (Valley Catholic) 400 meter champion and record holder, continued her run of golds as she captured the event in a time of 28.89 ahead of Simone Tillman (Madeleine) 29.42 and Hanna McAuliffe (St. Anthony) 29.60. In Cub boys action, Townsend Powell (St. Anthony) with a time of 27.36 overcame Kenton Romano (Valley Catholic) 28.50 and Hugh Ruttledge (St. Clare) 28.58 to claim the championship event.
In the Cadet girls division (7th & 8th), Naomi Alvarez (St. Thomas More) came into the championships with a third place pre-season standing behind Allyson Hammond (St. Francis/Visitation) and Sarah Rossetti (St. Matthew). Alvarez shaved over a second off her 200 meter time with a finals time of 27.57. Her best preseason mark was 28.34.
In the Cadet boys division Austin Stampflee (St. Matthew) came in the underdog with a second place season standing 25.08 behind Marcus Dillard (Christ the King) 24.75.
Below: Chase Borden, Kiana Johnson, Nina Stecher, Townsend Powell, Naomi Alvarez, Austin Stampflee.
CYO/Camp Howard 