[quote style=”2″]World Record Setter to Speak at Annual UEC Meeting[/quote]
“I looked up and noticed the boat coming back towards me. I yelled, ‘Hey stop the boat!’ But nobody could hear me.”
So begins the tale of Todd Huston of Tulsa, Okla., who knows how to overcome incredible challenges. When his legs got caught in the propeller of a boat at age 14, his life was radically changed.
Huston, who will be the featured speaker at Umatilla Electric’s 77th Annual Meeting, set for 5-7 p.m. Saturday, April 19, became a psychotherapist and clinical director of the Amputee Resource Center in California. He worked in psychiatric hospitals for adults, adolescents and children, using his professional skills and personal experiences to help patients achieve more in their lives.
Then Huston did the unimaginable, to prove that you can overcome challenges – he completed a world record-setting Summit America expedition by climbing to the highest elevations of all 50 states in only 66 days 22 hours and 47 minutes, shattering the original record by 35 days.
Huston has been featured in thousands of publications, including Sports Illustrated, Forbes and the Wall Street Journal, as well as the popular book, Chicken Soup for the Soul, A Second Helping. He has appeared as a special guest on CBS Year in Sports and Robert Schuller’s Hour of Power. He has been interviewed on ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, TNN, Inside Edition, and Extra plus numerous radio programs.
Honors awarded to Huston include U.S. Jaycees’ Ten Outstanding Young Americans, the Henry Iba Award for Outstanding Citizen Athlete, The Power to Dream Achiever Award and American Red Cross Everyday Hero Award. Huston is the author of More Than Mountains: The Todd Huston Story and has hosted inspirational radio and television programs.
Attendance at the annual meeting at the Hermiston Community Center is free to all UEC members. It includes dinner, live entertainment from American Idol contestant Lee Pritchard of Boardman, a business meeting and door prize giveaways.
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