Clatsop Community College
Contact: Judy Zell, 503.338.7670; jzell@clatsopcc.edu
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 20, 2006
Ninth Annual Business Leaders of
Tomorrow Skills Conference
Brings Students Closer To Their Professional Dreams
Over 200 high school students from Rainier, Clatskanie, Knappa, Astoria,
Seaside and Jewell participated in the 9th annual Business Leaders
of Tomorrow Regional Skills Conference March 14, 2006 at the Seaside
Civic & Convention
Center. The event was sponsored by the North Coast Educational Consortium
and Astoria Warrenton Chamber of Commerce and hosted such activities
as: skill competitions including Graphic Arts, Business Practices Team
Test, Applied Business Math, Computer Concepts, Economics, Job Interview,
Marketing, Accounting I & II and Public Speaking; leadership workshops
developed by Astoria High School, and panel discussion groups focusing
on Effective Management and Entrepreneurship and Dress for Success.
The Business Leaders of Tomorrow Skills Conference is an extension
of regional high school business education programs. Its main goal
is to
enhance the building of student self-esteem through achievements in
course work.
This year’s keynote speaker was Patrick George, a motivational
speaker from the Jostens Speakers Bureau. Patrick uses true situations
to teach students that they can make a difference and they can succeed.
He addressed staying positive and choosing to make a difference, choosing
to care about other people, and participate in the “thing” called
LEADERSHIP.
In the skill competition portion of the conference, students competed
in eighteen educational areas. The winners by category are as follows:
10-Key:
1st Place – Melissa King Seaside High School
2nd Place – Scott Homi Astoria High School
3rd Place – Ilsa McEwan Seaside High School
Accounting I:
1st Place – Ilsa McEwan Seaside High School
2nd Place – Joel Smith Clatskanie High School
3rd Place – Justin Rager Rainier High School
Accounting II:
1st Place –Melissa King Seaside High School
2nd Place –Amanda Williams Astoria High School
Applied Business Math:
1st Place – Johnny Wilson Astoria High School
2nd Place – Mari Ramarui Astoria High School
3rd Place – Brittney Ollila Clatskanie High School
Business Practices:
1st Place – Kayla Pugh Clatskanie High School
Britney Moya Clatskanie High School
Ashley Mittone Clatskanie High School
Keith Wemmer Clatskanie High School
2nd Place – Blake Smith Clatskanie High School
Tyler Brace Clatskanie High School
Sam Nolan Clatskanie High School
Kellen Rosenburger Clatskanie High School
3rd Place – Mike Prendergast Jewell High School
Sammy Hancey Jewell High School
Kasey Dugan Jewell High School
Jake Johnston Jewell High School
Graphic Design:
1st Place (tie) – Michael Ashby Seaside High School
Hillary Rush Seaside High School
2nd Place – Daniel Copenhaver Seaside High School
3rd Place – Abbie Huddleston Seaside High School
Economics:
1st Place – Sam Nolan Clatskanie High School
2nd Place – Patrick Maguire Astoria High School
3rd Place – Sammy Hancey Jewell High School
Integrated Computer Applications:
1st Place – Jackie Bermingham Seaside High School
2nd Place – Melissa King Seaside High School
3rd Place – Abby Frank Seaside High School
Job Interview:
1st Place –Andrea Duffy Knappa High School
2nd Place –Ilsa McEwan Seaside High School
3rd Place – Ashley Mittone Clatskanie High School
Keyboarding:
1st Place – Brit Hostetler Seaside High School
2nd Place –Mattie Roush Rainier High School
3rd Place – Katie Higgins Seaside High School
Fastest Typist— Abby Frank Seaside High School
Public Speaking:
1st Place –Jessica Osburn Seaside High School
2nd Place –Autumn Hodges Clatskanie High School
3rd Place—Nate Overholser Seaside High School
Web Page Design:
1st Place– Chad Register Seaside High School
2nd Place – Britt Morrisey Seaside High School
3rd Place (Tie) Wendy Stowers Seaside High School
Lexi Banks Astoria High School
Advanced Web Page Design:
1st Place – David Dougherty Seaside High School
2nd Place –Stacy Baker Seaside High School
3rd Place –Zachary Norton Astoria High School
Word Processing:
1st Place – Randie Falleur Seaside High School
2nd Place – Abby Frank Seaside High School
3rd Place (Tie) Jackie Bermingham Seaside High School
Rachel Staeffler Rainier High School
Promo/Advertising:
1st Place – Daniel Copenhaver Seaside High School
Chad Register Seaside High School
Justin Kreiger Seaside High School
2nd Place – Shelby Hecox Seaside High School
Rosie Perez Seaside High School
Katie Cartwright Seaside High School
3rd Place – Kyle Oathes Seaside High School
Kevin Lewis Seaside High School
Marketing:
1st Place – Blake Smith Clatskanie High School
2nd Place – Keith Wemmer Clatskanie High School
3rd Place – Kayla Pugh Clatskanie High School
Desktop Publishing:
1st Place – Jackie Bermingham Seaside High School
2nd Place – Randie Falleur Seaside High School
3rd Place – Rosie Perez Seaside High School
Computer Concepts:
1st Place – Patrick Maguire Astoria High School
2nd Place – Joel Smith Clatskanie High School
3rd Place – Chad Register Seaside High Schoo
The North Coast Education
Consortium would like to congratulate the winners and all those who participated
in the conference for a job well done.