08
june
vernonia’s
voice schools
2009
VHS Spring Sports Round-up
Summer’s Just Around the Corner
Golf-- The Golf Team finished out their season at the District Meet, with sophmore standout
Paul Whiteman struggling through the first round, then shooting the best round of the day
on day two, just missing qualifying for the State Tournament. “I’m proud of him,” said
Coach James Brookins. “Paul is a little disappointed, but he showed what he’s capable
of in the future.” Brookins noted
graduating seniors who helped the
varsity team this year: Tim Prpich
and Josh Vanderzanden.
“I’m
sad to lose those two guys,” said
Brookins. The Junior Varsity team
finished third in the District Tourna-
ment, including a third-place finish
by Dakota Burch. “The whole team
has shown improvement this year,”
said Brookins.
By Brandy Fosdick
Track and Field-- Tim Pillow fin-
ished third in the the 3,000 meter
run at the State meet, running an
exciting race. After running away
from the pack for the first half, Pil-
low faltered and was caught by all
the runners in the race, but then
came back on the last lap to grab
third place. Justin Caputo finished
in the top ten in three events, plac-
ing seventh in the shot put, eighth
in the 100 meters, and ninth in the
200 meters.
Summer’s almost here! If you want to stop and do a little jig, go ahead! Everyone is
happy that the rain has finally started to back off a little and let the sun in. The last few
days have been filled with sunshine and misty skies full of rainbows. It was even nice for
Memorial Day weekend, when it usually just pours.
And all this pretty weather just paves the way for something even more exciting, to kids
and teachers at least-- the end of the school year. This is that special time of year when new
class officers are elected, the eighth grade graduates into high school and the seniors gradu-
ate from high school. The seniors also just returned from their Disneyland trip, fully loaded
down with Mickey Mouse mementos. And they, of course, got back in time for Spring
Fling.
Right now, you could possibly be wondering, what’s Spring Fling? Spring Fling is an
end of the year celebration, a special award to everyone for making it this far and all the hard
work it took to get here. It’s basically just a big play day at the high school. For the entire
day, kids can talk, draw, play games, do pretty much whatever for most of the day. And
students are more than welcome to bring in their X-Boxes, Playstations and Nintendos for
some gaming fun. The fun-filled day was on Friday the 29th, and seemed to be the perfect
antidote for end of the year stress.
Also, our hardworking art and yearbook teacher, Miss Allen, deserves a pat on the back
and a thank you for all her efforts on the yearbook signing party. Speaking of signing year-
books, don’t forget our foreign exchange students. And remember that they will be going
home soon; in fact, Lena already has. I know everyone has become good friends, so spend
as much time with them as you can before they go home. But hey, don’t let me leave you on
a sad note. Remember, summer is just around the corner.
Amy Rethwill gets a good cut for the Lady Loggers. Rethwill
was named Second Team All-League this season, one of many
VHS ball players to receive end of season honors.
Baseball-- Coach Aaron Miller’s team was knocked out in the first round of the playoffs,
when the game was canceled because of rain, and the four starting seniors, Taylor smith, Oli-
ver Kocura, Caleb Rice and Kyle Brixby, had to miss the rescheduled game because of their
Senior Trip to Disneyland. Miller’s young team hung tough against Warrenton but lost 6-3
in the end. Junior Alex Lende was named First Team All- League and Junior Oliver Kocura
and Freshman TJ White were both named to the second team.
Softball-- After an up-and-down season, the girls’ softball team was abruptly eliminated in
a playoff game by Warrenton. The Lady Loggers finished in third place in the league, with
a number of players receiving all league honors. Named to the First Team All-League were
Souvanny Miller at Second Base, Bonnie Birkmier at Third Base, and Karly Dewitt at Utility
Infielder. Seconf Team All-League honors went to Amy Rethwill at First Base, and Honor-
able Mention went to Ariel Rock at Catcher and Chelsea Padden in Center Field.
Washington Grade School
Phys Ed instructor Mr.
Spaulding gets a public
haircut (left) as part of the
students reward for their
Run For The Arts fundraiser.
Students ran a total of 1,954
laps around the school track,
equivalent to 488.5 miles,
and raised $2,553.45 to help
bring cultural assemblies and
artists in residence to WGS.
Free
Training!
Vernonia Community Emergency Response Team is
Recruiting New Members... 4th Class Being Formed Now!
Class will be offered twice each week. Tuesdays 7-8:30pm,
Thursdays 10-11:30am (Thursday class info is the same as Tuesday night).
Eleven weekly training sessions include:
Fire Suppression
Light Search and Recovery
Disaster Medical Operations
To apply: Contact Vernonia Police Department at 503-429-7335.
Must be 16 years of age and have a valid drivers license.
Vernonia
Friendship
Jamboree
Save the Date!
August 7, 8 & 9th, 2009
visit www.vernoniachamber.org for a list of confirmed events