vernonia’s
voice schools
april
09
2009
Bucks for Bas-
kets! Randy Par-
row from the
Vernonia Sentry
hands over a
check for $1105 to
Byron Schorzman
and
Gillian
Cheney
repre-
senting Vernonia
Hgh School Boys
and girls Basket-
ball
Programs.
to help suport
the school sports
program, Sentry
donates one dol-
lar for every point
the teams score
during the sea-
son.
Second Annual Poetry Writing Contest
Mrs. Hoerauf’s third grade class at Washington Grade School has been fine-tuning their writing skills by craft-
ing poetry to celebrate April’s National Poetry Month. After studying some silly examples of limericks and
learning the AABBA pattern, each student composed and illustrated a limerick to display. Next the students
wrote descriptive poems about their favorite color while focusing on creating a clear image in the reader’s mind.
The following week, the students wrote a poem about their favorite thing to “tell a story” succinctly and finished
the week with a definition poem about a feeling. Here are a few examples from the Young Writer’s Club:
Green
Green is the color of what you call grass
And what I call silk sprouts of green
Like a pattern on an elegant dress
Or the color of my house
The famous Irish color
The Scottish love it too
And that’s why I like green
By Lily
Swimming
I love swimming when I glide across the
water
It feels like smooth cool air
I am a dolphin gliding across the waves
Cool cold water going over my skin
Water is not a mystery
By Emma
Pink
Pink as in the Pink Panther
Pink like a kitten’s nose
Pink like an eraser on a pencil
Pink like the moon at night
Pink like strawberry ice cream or shakes
By Seth
Safe
Safe is an eagle in a nest
Safe is holding your legs up
Safe is helpful
Safe is not dangerous
By Mekhi
Lily was being very silly
While she was riding a filly
She stopped in the road
And almost hit a toad
She named the toad Billy
By Malynna
Students at Washington
Grade School Participat-
ed in a jump rope fund-
raiser to help purchase
a climbing Wall for their
PE Classes. Students who
raised the most money
received prizes donated
by the Clever Cricket
Toy Store. The top three
fundraisers were: Wil-
liam Schuerman $270,
Emma Campos $151,
and Blake Clark $129.
Those students earned
two free games of bowl-
ing and free shoe rental at
Rainbow Lanes in Forest
Grove in addition to the
regular prizes. Over all
37 students participated
in the month long event, earning a total of $1618.10. The top fundraising class was Mrs. Hoer-
auf’s 3rd Grade class who get to chose their favorite PE activity for a week!
Winter Finally Says Goodbye
Winter Sport Awards
By Brandy Fosdick
The following Student Athletes were recognized at the Vernonia High School Winter Sports Desert:
On Sunday, March 1st, our small town woke up to yet more snow. Some people just
grumbled and went on with their day. Some of them were a bit squeamish after December,
and decided to stay in. Others, mostly kids like myself, decided to get up early and take
advantage of the late storm with some end of the season sledding and snowball fights.
Wrestling
Caleb Rice
Calvin Barnes
Tylor Owen
Trever Gwin
By about 11:00 AM, the snow was pretty much gone, leaving everyone worry-free. But,
the next morning, the snowfall had picked back up. It was decided that the storm would
probably blow over and school was started at its regular time. But this was regretted
when the storm only got worse, causing several school buses to be anywhere from 5 to 25
minutes later than usual. It was announced that teachers were to excuse tardies for first
period.
If students thought getting to school wasn’t fun, they didn’t have any idea how bad their
day could get. The students bundled up as best they could, just praying there would be
a break in the storm
in time for them to
run from the mods to
the school and to the
shop, though not nec-
essarily in that order.
If there was any day
our old school was
missed, it was that one. I overheard one middle school student make a good point-- at least
when it rains, all you get is wet.
...at least when it rains,
all you get is wet.
Most Inspirational
Most Improved
Most Valuable
Most Valuable
Boys JV Basketball
Paul Whiteman Most Inspirational
Tanner Faber
Most Improved
Craig Weller
Most Outstanding
Boys Varsity Basketball
Chris Bamburg
Most Improved
Jason Weller
The Stallion
Byron Schorzman
Most Inspirational
Byron Schorzman
Most Outstanding
Girls Varsity Basketball
Gillian Cheney
4 Year Certificate and Plaque
Tricia Levenseller
4 Year Certificate and Plaque
Vernonia Wrestling Wrap-Up
Two Vernonia High School wrestlers took third place in Division 3A at the State Tourna-
ment in late February. Tylor Owen, at 160 pounds, and Trever Gwin, at 189, both lost in
the semi-finals but returned to win their last match to place third. Gwin, seeded fourth, lost
a close match 3-2 to eventual state champ and number one seeded Travis Moore from Gold
Beach, before defeating Carlos Villa from Bandon. Owen, seeded third, lost to eventual
Champion Joe Drinkwater of Burns in the semi’s before defeating Travis Wood of Har-
risburg to take third place. Unseeded senior co-captain Justin Caputo won his first round
match at 152 pounds 13-6 before being eliminated in the second round by fourth seeded
Anthony Martin from Amity.
That Monday, not only did you get wet, but you were freezing, slipping on the ice, and
getting pelted in the face by sleet, all at the same time! Then the wind decided to pick up
just in time for everyone to drag themselves back to the cafeteria for lunch. I really felt
sorry for a couple of kids I saw wearing nothing but a t-shirt. At around 12:30 PM, it got
just warm enough to melt the snow and then went back to storming. So, for the rest of the
day, everyone’s bodies felt split in half. The top half was in the arctic and the bottom was
wading through a slush-topped lake.
In other High School wrestling news, Trever Gwin took first place at 189 pounds in the Cul-
tural Exchange Qualifying Tournament, earning a trip to Japan this June. Gwin defeated Jes-
se Oblack from Clatskanie for the third time this season and Aaron Barichio from Tillamook,
who was this year’s 4A State Champ at 215 pounds, en route to the championship.
Finally, the bell rang at the end of the day and everyone sloshed home. After a long day
of Oregon weather, the students almost wished another day had been taken off summer
vacation rather than having to go through that. And now that winter has said its good-
bye-- hopefully, anyway-- everyone is saying hurry up with our new schools before it has
a chance to say hello again.
The Vernonia Middle School wrestling program had a successful fourth season. Sixteen
students participated throughout the year and nine made the trip to the district meet. High
school head coach James Brookins praised Cory Eason and T. John Wolf as being ready to
step in and help the high school team next year. Four wrestlers attended the regional meet:
Bridger Steward, Ethan Johnston, Natia Potter, and Sophia Gore.
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