Nine Oregon high school graduates are recipients of the 2018 Workers’ Memorial Scholarship awards, the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division (Oregon OSHA) announced. The awards program helps finance higher education for family members of Oregon workers who have been fatally injured or permanently disabled on the job. Oregon OSHA will honor the recipients during a public ceremony at 1 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 10, in Room 260 of the Labor and Industries Building in Salem. Each of the recipients has different dreams and career aspirations. All of them have experienced the personal and financial hardships that result when a parent is lost to a workplace death or permanently disabled while on the job. The recipients include: Cheyenne Datan, North Bend, Datan is a 2018 graduate of North Bend Senior High School. She plans to study criminal justice at Pacific University. Datan’s father, a deputy sheriff, died in an on-duty ATV accident. She is receiving a $1,500 award. Jessica Ross, Coquille, Ross is a 2018 graduate of Coquille High School. In the fall, she will begin studies at Southwestern Oregon Community College. She plans to complete her school work at Oregon Institute of Technology, with a goal of becoming an ultrasound technician. A work-related accident involving a fall from a scaffold left her father a quadriplegic. Ross is receiving a $1,000 award.
