Monday, May 4, 2009
Golf Tournament Results
Friday, May 1, 2009
Golf Tny time
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Godfathers Fundraiser
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Columbian Article
Tuesday, March 24 11:06 p.m.
A high school coach, a good high school coach, is a coach forever.Leta Meyer has been out of the day-in, day-out coaching business for years. She is still very much into sports, of course. She might even be considered the face of Heritage High School’s athletic programs as the school’s athletic coordinator.But once a coach always a coach.This spring, Meyer is helping out a former athlete. Katina Fotiou, Mountain View Class of 1989, is in need of a surgery to rid herself of a non-cancerous tumor pushing against her brain stem.In the days before freshmen were at the high school campus, Fotiou became a nine-letter varsity athlete in her three years with the Thunder, shining in soccer, basketball, and softball. Meyer was the team’s basketball coach back then."She was my starting point guard for three years," said Meyer, proudly pointing out that in 1988, the Thunder won the district title and made it to state. "She was really steady for me, just a great kid in all the sports that she played. She was a steady contributor, all three years."This is a person who gave me a lot," Meyer added. "Now it’s my turn to give back to her."Fotiou, who moved to Texas three years ago, said she has not been feeling like herself for close to five years. At first, doctors told her it was sinus blockage. Then allergies. Yet nothing seemed to alleviate her pain. Then she started getting headaches, which would lead to spells of vomiting. In January, doctors found the tumor.Knowing the problem and fixing it are two separate issues, though. Fotiou does not have insurance, and her doctors will not schedule the surgery until she comes up with $20,000.That’s when her former teammates started talking, which led to getting in touch with their former coach, and now, the Mountain View Thunder of the late 1980s are back together again — in solidarity for one of their own."As coach and teammates, we decided we needed to do something for her," Meyer said.There is a Web site — donatetokat.blogspot.com — that tells Fotiou’s story and allows for donations. Meyer has organized a golf tournament to raise funds, too. The Benefit for Kat Golf Tournament is May 2 at Camas Meadows. The donate-to-kat Web site has all the details."If we get a full field, we can raise $15,000," Meyer said.While Meyer wishes the circumstances were different, she is thrilled to be back in touch with so many of her former players, students. And it’s not just the basketball team, not just the Class of 89. Meyer has heard from several years’ worth of Mountain View graduates, and donations, small and big, are coming in via the Web site.It has made her think of all those years as a coach, before she traded her whistle in for a computer to organize Heritage’s sports. Meyer was a head coach in volleyball for 18 years. She had the basketball job for six years. She had a golf job. Assisted in track and field. And also coached softball. This all happened in the days before girls sports boomed, back when old-school traditions were fighting with new-school attitudes. The female athletes of those years shared a sisterhood."I knew them all, and they knew me," Meyer said. "They just loved each other. I loved them, and they loved me. We worked together to build a championship and build a strong athletic program at Mountain View."That sisterhood is still strong. Sure, Fotiou now lives in Texas, but most of her support group remains in Vancouver. With the help of Web sites such as Facebook, it is easier to stay in touch nowadays."What is neat is the contact from former players I haven’t heard from in 15, 20 years," Meyer said. "They’re offering their help. We’re all one team."So this week, as Meyer sat at her desk, working the phones to make sure a bus would arrive to pick up a team, or to re-schedule a rainout, or any of the myriad things associated with an athletic coordinator’s job, she got to reflect on her former life. Which, in a way, never really went away."I’m still Coach, even though I’m sitting here," she said.And she still loves her job.Paul Valencia covers high school sports for The Columbian. He can be reached at 360-735-4557 or e-mail at paul.valencia@columbian.com
Friday, March 20, 2009
Benefit for Kat Golf Tny Info
This Golf Tournament is a benefit for former Mountain View High School Athlete, Katina Fotiou. Kat graduated in 1989 and was a three year varsity athlete in soccer, basketball and softball. Kat has a non cancerous brain tumor and needs surgery. The proceeds from this
tournament are to help Kat pay for her medical expenses. Thank you for your support and participation in the Tournament.
Format: Four Person Team Scramble
When: Saturday May 2, 2009 8:00 AM Shotgun Start
Where: Camas Meadows Golf Club
4105 NW Camas Meadows Drive
Camas, WA 98607
Fees: $150 Per Player/ $600 Team
Includes range balls, cart, BBQ Luncheon
Prizes: 1st, 2nd, 3rd
Men’s and Ladies Longest Drive & Closest to Pin
Putting Contest, Raffle and Auction
To register, fill out the player information form.
Dress code-soft spikes shoes and collared shirts, no jeans or metal spikes
Price includes range balls, golf, cart, BBQ luncheon and prizes.
Limited to the first 144 people to sign up.
Check in begins at 7:00 AM
To sign up please complete the information below and provide payments by cash, check or credit card make payable to Leta Meyer, Tournament Director.
Mail entries with payment to:
Leta Meyer
3308 NE 116th St.
Vancouver, WA 98686All Credit cards will be run through Camas Meadows by the tournament director
_____Send golfer names and info with your registration and Payment______________
GOLFER NAME
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PHONE
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For more information and hole sponsorship opportunities, call Leta Meyer @ 360-901-4291 or email donatetokat@swwmail.com
Print and cut below line and mail to Leta to reserve your spot.
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PAYMENT INFORMATION
Credit card payment for teams only.
Make Checks to Camas Meadows Golf Club
Check Enclosed. Check # _________ Check Amt.__________
Credit Card: ____ MC ____ VISA ____ AMEX Exp Date: ___ /____
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Print Card Holder Name:______________________________________
Card Holder Signature:_______________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
A good friend and former player needs our help
Katina Fotiou
One of my friends and former player, Katina Fotiou needs our help. Kat was my point guard during the 87, 88 and 89 Basketball seasons at Mountain View High School in Vancouver, WA. Kat also played soccer and softball at MV and is an 1989 graduate. Kat has a non cancerous brain tumor that has to be removed as soon as possible. Kat does not have medical insurance to cover the cost of the surgery. As her former Coach, I and her former teammates are asking for your generosity to help Kat out. This site is for donations to Kat.
UPDATE...BENEFIT FOR KAT GOLF TOURNAMENT DATE MAY 2ND
CAMAS MEADOWS GOLF COURSE, CAMAS, WA.
8 AM SHOTGUN $150 PER PERSON
INCLUDES BBQ LUNCH AFTER GOLF
BENEFIT AUCTION, PUTTING CONTEST AND MORE
GET YOUR TEAM TOGETHER AND CALL 360-901-4291 TO SIGN UP!
in memo line put donation or benefit
Or you can use the Paypal donate buttons below.
About Kat from Kat
My name is Katina "KAT" Fotiou I spent more than half of my life in Vancouver Washington than any other place in my life. We moved to Vancouver in 1975, and could be the easiest people in Vancouver to find. Still in the same house, same address, same phone number! I attended Fircrest Elementary, Cascade Jr. High, and Mountain View High School. I was a 9 time varsity letter men, lettering in Soccer '86-'89, Basketball '86-'89, and Softball '86-'89. I was active in club soccer in the Evergreen soccer club, and made the Olympic Developmental traveling soccer team a few years running as a high school student. I attended Mt. Hood Community College on a Basketball scholarship out of high school. Sports have been my life-line and my source of entertainment, and life long friendships. My roots are deep in Vancouver and the proof is in this blog site and involvement from all those connections and friends I'm made through the years.
3 years ago I moved to Georgetown Texas, about 28 miles North of Austin Texas. About 5 years ago I started to notice that my sense of balance was starting to take a hit. I was getting the early stages of vertigo. It took awhile for the room to catch up with me, and I was starting to fall over and run into things. Something that was very foreign to someone who's eye-hand coordination was her life line. I was just told it was sinus blockage and it would pass. I moved to TX in 2005, and started practicing massage therapy. I've been a massage therapist for 7.5 years and today I run the physical medicine department for a local G.P Doctor. I've been working for this local doctor for 2.5 years and in that time I've been pursuing a career in law enforcement. One major reason I am seeking other employment is for retirement and medical benefits which I am without as of now. I am treated for acute things in office but if anything happened that was beyond general help I would be in trouble. Well about 2 years ago I started losing hearing hearing in my right ear. Again I was told it was just Texas allergies and they treated me for allergies and fluid behind the ear. In October I started getting randomly sick with dizziness, nausea, vomiting, wicked headaches, and optical migraines. I would just start throwing-up for no reason, and it would last for a few hours and then it would pass just to be sick again in a few hours. These episodes would grow more and more frequent and last longer and longer. It was just after the first of the year that my symptoms started getting worse. I had an episode that left me in the doctors office trying to control the nausea with lots of anti-nausea medicine. It was after this visit that the doctor I work for told me it was time to rule out the uglies. I was scheduled for a Cat scan that following day. It was there that they found a legion on the right side of my brain. There would need to be a MRI to confirm the findings. That CT scan was Jan 16Th , 2009. The following Monday, Jan. 20Th, 2009 I went in for an MRI. In the last month I have had appointments with and ENT/Neurosurgeon tag team. This is the only surgical team in Austin who performs this very specialized surgery. It's a straight forward surgery with 85% success rate.The bad side of this scenario is that I will lose complete hearing in my right ear. They hope to be able to save my facial nerve, good news! They have me on a low grade steroid to help control the swelling of the brain tumor. It is pushing on my brain stem and that is the reason for the dizziness, nausea, headaches, etc.The doctors have said they will work with us, but there is no payment plan for the physician part of the surgery. This surgery is gonna take 8-10 hours. The ENT will be doing all of the deconstruction/reconstruction, and will do the majority of the surgery. The neurosurgeon will be in maybe a max of 2-3 hours to remove the tumor. I've been told that the ENT will cost $6000.00, and my neurosurgeon will cost me $12, 875.00. So when I can pay them $20,000.00 they will put me on the schedule for surgery. They know I have NO INSURANCE!! That is the reason for this bio and this blog site. I'm gonna need major brain surgery that is gonna cost hundred of thousands of dollars. Thank you Coach Meyer, Dan, Sheri, Willie, and the team. You are appreciated in ways words can never express
Thank You from the bottom our all our hearts!
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