Tagged Dyslexia

COVER STORIES REVISITED: Cymon Kirsch & Jared Blank

Deborah Moon
Health and Fitness
May 22, 2018

Triathlete Cymon Kirsch finishes strong Cymon Kirsch competed on Team USA in the 2017 World Triathlon Championships in Rotterdam last September. Cymon was featured on the May 2017 cover of Oregon Jewish Life. At the world championships she finished sixth in her age group and was the fastest American in her age group. The…

Jared Blank runs so others can read

Liz Rabiner Lippoff
Charity, Features, Health and Fitness
December 26, 2017

(Photo by Molly Stark/Starklight Photography) Why is Lincoln High graduate Jared Blank, who was director of football operations for two Pac12 football teams, running marathon after marathon after marathon? The partial answer is because he has dyslexia. The whole answer is so much more. Jared might have seemed like your normal Portland kid if you…

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