Will Elementary Season 7 Finally Take Place in London?

Oregon native Cody Gotchall is an online accounting student and an active volunteer in the community. During his free time, Cody Gotchall enjoys watching TV series such as Elementary, an American series adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s character Sherlock Holmes.

Over the years, Elementary has gained much-deserved popularity for its refreshing but equally intriguing and exciting take on the central characters’ dynamics and the plot-twisting investigations set in contemporary New York City. As the sixth season ended with both Sherlock and Watson back at Baker Street in London, rumors have risen that the show has finally sent its main characters where they truly belong and off to new adventures.

According to showrunner Rob Doherty, moving the characters to England at the end of the season was primarily due to Sherlock Holmes confessing to murder to protect Joan Watson who was the prime suspect at the time. While there is no finality to the decision of leaving New York permanently, both Sherlock and Joan cannot return without first being acquitted for the murder charge. For now, the characters will find themselves solving mysteries in the streets of London as they face new challenges, both in their personal and professional lives.

Important Reminders Before Making a Blood Donation

An Oregon resident, Cody Gotchall is a student of accounting at the Chemeketa Community College. Cody Gotchall has always been an active and passionate volunteer for several nonprofit organizations including the American Red Cross, where he has donated blood since 2012.

The American Red Cross (ARC) is one of the largest humanitarian organizations that provides emergency assistance, disaster preparedness, and disaster relief in the United States. One of its essential services is blood donation, which supplies approximately half of the donated blood in the country. For new or existing donors, the American Red Cross sets important guidelines that must be met before making a blood donation.

Donors must be in good health condition. ARC will determine donors’ health status by conducting a general health check and learning about their health history. ARC can only accept donors who weigh at least 110 pounds. Moreover, donors must be at least 17 years old. However, some states allow 16-year-old donors as long as they have parental consent.

Teaching Math through Games

Undergraduate Cody Gotchall is pursuing a degree in accounting from Chemeketa Community College in Salem, Oregon. Cody Gotchall has a long-standing love of math, sparked in part by learning the card game cribbage from his father as a child. 

Playing cards and board games are two fun, engaging ways for parents to practice basic math concepts with their children. Some ideas using popular game pieces are described below.

Blackjack - This addition game uses ordinary playing cards and can be played by two to four people. The goal is to draw cards that come the closest to adding up to 21 without going over. In this game, face cards are worth 10, while aces can symbolize 1 or 11, depending on when they are drawn.

Mastermind - Usually played in pairs, one player makes a four-piece pattern containing a combination of six possible colors. The other player attempts to recreate the pattern. After each attempt, the first player uses white and black pieces to show if any of the pieces are in the correct color, in the correct order, or both. This guessing game teaches important logic concepts such as deductive reasoning, pattern recognition, and experimentation.

Rummikub - The goal of Rummikub is to organize tiles numbered from 1-13 into sequential sets. During each player’s first turn, his or her set must add up to 30 or higher. If this isn’t possible, the player must collect tiles from the pool. The round ends when one player can place all of his or her remaining tiles into one set.

Great Organizations Serving People with Special Needs

Former Linn-Benton Community College student Cody Gotchall studies through the eLearn program at Chemeketa Community College. When he’s not busy with schoolwork, Cody Gotchall volunteers with nonprofit organizations that support people with special needs.

Several organizations provide services and programs to people with special needs. Below are a few examples:

Easterseals
A 90-year-old charity, Easter Seals provides high-quality services and resources to adults and children with special needs and disabilities. These are made available on an individualized basis and are designed to help each person overcome the obstacles they face on their way to reaching their goals.

Parents Helping Parents
Since 1976, Parents Helping Parents (PHP) has been providing community services, support groups, and crisis support to families of children with special needs. The agency works with families of children of all backgrounds and ages who require special services to due everything from illness and accidents to mental health issues and learning disabilities.

Allies, Inc.
Dedicated to giving people with special needs the same opportunities and experiences as those without, Allies, Inc. offers programs from music to farming. In addition to recreational programs available through the organization, Allies, Inc. helps members with the housing and healthcare they need to be independent.

How is Cribbage Played?

Cody Gotchall is a student at Chemeketa Community College and a former accounting student at Linn-Benton Community College. His father taught him cribbage in an effort to spark an interest in math, and since then, Cody Gotchall has enjoyed the continuity and pattern recognition needed to win a cribbage match.

Cribbage is usually played by two, using a deck of 52 cards and a cribbage board consisting of several parallel lines and holes. These holes hold different pegs and help players keep score. Individuals without a cribbage board also can keep score using a pencil and paper.

To begin a match, players each cut a shuffled deck and take turns drawing a card. The person with a lowest card is the game’s first dealer and must distribute six face-down cards to each player. Players discard two cards from their hand, sending the cards to the “crib.” This serves as an extra hand that is scored by the dealer. However, the cards in the crib are not used until the other hands have been played.

From there, an opponent lays one of their four cards face up and states the numerical value of the card. Aces count as one and all royal cards count as 10. After this, the dealer lays a card face-up and announces the total of the cards. Each player continues this until no one can place a card without the total of the pile going over 31. 

At this point, the player who placed the last card pegs one point for piles under 31 and two points for piles at 31. Additional points can be earned depending on whether the player created a specific total, such as 15, when the cards in the pile are added together. Play then continues in this way with the player who made the last move serving as the dealer for the next round.

Players move their peg one hole for each point they earn until one person scores 121 points. The player with 121 points then “pegs out,” which means they won the game.

What to Expect When You Donate Blood for the First Time

A graduate of Oregon's Crescent Valley High School, Cody Gotchall is pursuing a degree in business at Chemeketa Community College. Since he was in high school, Cody Gotchall has donated blood to the American Red Cross.

As much as potential donors might want to support a great cause, not everyone is eligible to give blood. Donors must be at least 17 years old in most states, although some states allow 16-year-olds to donate with parental consent.

Blood donors must also be in good general health and weigh at least 110 pounds. To improve hemoglobin levels in advance of a blood donation, donors are encouraged to eat a well-balanced diet with foods high in vitamin C and rich in iron, such as red meat, fish, and spinach.

Upon arriving at a blood donor clinic, individuals are asked to sign in, present identification, read required information, undergo a general health check, and answer some private interview questions. The blood donation process takes less than 30 minutes, after which donors are given a snack and a drink in a 15-minute resting period. Blood donors need to wait at least 56 days before they donate again.

Longtime Oregon State Head Coach Pat Casey Announces Retirement

An accounting major at Chemeketa Community College, Cody Gotchall previously studied at Oregon State University (OSU). A passionate baseball fan, Cody Gotchall enjoys watching OSU Beavers games and is a fan of former head coach Pat Casey.

After winning back-to-back College World Series titles in 2006 and 2007, Casey won his third championship with OSU this past summer to conclude his 24-year career with the team. Casey, who announced his retirement in September, led the Beavers to five conference championships and 12 NCAA tournament appearances while posting a career record of 900-458-6. 

This past season, Casey's team won 55 of 68 games en route to sweeping the regional and super regional rounds. Ultimately, the Beavers defeated Arkansas in the best-of-three College World Series finals. 

In an emotional press conference, Casey attributed his retirement to the fact that he's unsure if he could continue giving the same effort that he expects of his players. Despite no longer serving as the team's coach, Casey will continue to work at OSU as a senior associate athletic director. In honor of Casey and his accomplishments, the newly installed right-field deck at Goss Stadium will be named Casey's Corner.

OSU Beavers' Luke Heimlich Enjoying Impressive 2018 Season

A lifelong Oregon resident, Cody Gotchall is interested in studying STEM subjects and has attended Linn-Benton Community College and Oregon State University (OSU). While he no longer attends OSU, Cody Gotchall has been a passionate fan of the school's baseball team for more than a decade. 

The OSU Beavers were the top-ranked college baseball team in the country as of March 26, according to D1Baseball.com, and a major reason for the team's success was the play of pitcher Luke Heimlich. A native of Puyallup, Washington, Heimlich earned his fifth career Pac-12 Player of the Week for the week ending March 26 after picking up his fifth win of the year in OSU's 16-1 victory over Washington earlier in the week. In that game, Heimlich struck out a career-high 13 batters while allowing only one run and four hits through 7.33 innings. 

Following that game, the senior ranked first in wins (5) and strikeouts (44) among all Pac-12 pitchers. He also ranked sixth in opposing batting average (.191) and earned run average (2.01). Other pitchers nominated for the award included Juan Aguilera of Arizona, Matt Ladrech of California, and Kris Bubic of Stanford, while OSU's Adley Rutschman was nominated for Player of the Week.

2018 OSU Beavers Baseball - A Chance at Redemption

A former student at Oregon State University (OSU), Cody Gotchall has supported the school’s athletic teams for many years. Cody Gotchall particularly enjoys following the OSU Beavers baseball team.

The 2018 OSU baseball team held the No. 2 ranking in five preseason polls, with 2017 College World Series winner Florida ranked just ahead of it. OSU’s 2017 season was one of the best in college baseball history, with two 23-game winning streaks and a 31-1 record at home, but losses late in the season kept the Beavers from claiming the elusive No. 1 spot. 

OSU’s 2018 season got off to a good start in the early-season tournaments. During both the Sanderson Ford College Baseball Classic and the Spring Training College Baseball Challenge, the Beavers went undefeated against New Mexico, Cal Poly, Gonzaga, Nebraska, and Ohio State. This strong early opening should give OSU plenty of momentum as it continues its quest for a College World Series title in June.