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About Vernonia's voice. (Vernonia, OR) 2007-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 2011)
area news september13 2011 Booster’s Buzz From the President-- We as Boosters have had an exciting and busy summer. First, we have new officers, they are as follows: Lisa Brewer – President, Chet Lee – Vice President, Katie Poetter – Secretary, Traci Wolf – Treasurer, Sue Whitton – Membership Chair, Brooke Morrison – Publicity Chair Our meetings are the 2nd Wednesday of the month from September thru June. They are held in WGS Library at 7:00 PM. This summer we sold hamburgers and hot dogs for the 4th of July, Car Show and Logging Show at Jamboree. We are off to a good start with our fundraising! We will be open for all home varsity football games, the Christmas Bazaar, and then our summer events. Upcoming Home football games are September 30 th and October 7th starting at 7 PM. Come out and show your logger spirit for our varsity team and visit the Snack Shack for a hamburger or hot dog with yummy grilled onions! The Boosters help our children in many ways, from scholarships, to being the umbrella for all little guy/gal sports, to supporting events, and trying to make a difference in our community so our children have opportunities to try different sports and have the basics before school sports start. Come to a Meeting, get involved. If you have any questions please call me at 503.475.1803 Thank you very much, Lisa Brewer ~ President of Vernonia Booster Club Youth Basketball—Basketball season is quickly approaching. Vernonia Youth Basketball Registration Dates are :Tuesday, October 4th 6-8 PM at WGS (room # TBD) and Thursday, October 20th 6-8 PM at WGS (room # TBD). We are still looking for 1-2 coaches for 3rd/4th grade boys team. If you have any questions or need information contact Basketball President Gennifer Hanner at 503-888- 7626. Youth Soccer--Soccer started Aug 15th and has U6 teams, a U8 team and a U10 girls team and U10 boys team. We have 20 U6 players – this is HUGE and really shows future growth for the sport. Practices are Mon/Wed for U6 teams at WGS 5:30-6:30 PM Mon/Wed for both U10 teams at Hawkin’s Park 5:30-7 PM with the U8 team practicing Tues/Thurs at Hawkin’s Park 6-7:15 PM. The U8 and U10 teams begin their game schedules starting 9/10. The kids are full of energy and fun and most of all eager to learn and practice new skills. We have one sponsor – Holland Painting, who kindly donated $400 to the club. Our other funding source was $1300 income from Intel through the volunteer matching grants program. Also a shout out to thank all our coaches who are having fun working with the kids. A special thanks to our young adults (middle & high school students) who are stepping up and setting a great example in our community as coaches and mentors to the young players. 7 We do have a need for more coaches. Especially as the number of players increase. Training and clinics are available!! U6 will have games during their allotted time slots against each other (3 v. 3). U8 games are all at Banks (4 v. 4) starting 9/10 and ending 10/22. U10 Boys and U10 girls are part of the Tualatin Valley Youth Soccer League and Hillsboro Soccer League respectively. The following is a list of some home games to be held at Hawkin’s Park: U10 Girls 9/17--12 PM; 10/1—1 PM; 10/15-- 1 PM; 10/29—1 PM U10 Boys 9/17—1 PM; 9/24—1 PM; 10/8—1 PM; 10/22—1 PM Terry’s Gym TRAIN LIKE A CHAMPION! School-based Clinics Get Mental Health Grant Columbia County’s two School- based Health Clinics (SBHC) will get a boost for mental health services for children with a grant from PacificSource Charitable Foundation. Sherrie Ford, SBHC coordinator for The Public Health Foundation of Columbia County, announced Monday that a grant of $30,000 would be divided between Sacagawea Health Center, serving the St. Helens School District, and the Rainier SBHC, that serves students from the Rainier and Clatskanie school districts. Ford said that Sacagawea expanded to include mental health services in 2005 in response to an overwhelming need. This year, without the new grant funding, those services would have to be scaled back. $20,000 of the grant will be used to supplement the Mental Health Therapist position at Sacagawea. Rainier’s SBHC has been operating since 2009 and understands the dire need for mental health service, said Ford. These funds will allow them to add new services to meet the need. At Rainier the grant will also be used to supplement a mental health therapist. Ford said the clinics serve all children within their district boundaries. St. Helens School District has approximately 4,200 students and the Rainier clinic serves 1,960 students from Clatskanie and Rainier combined. INBA World Champion Collin Moeller works out at Terry’s Gym - You can too! 503-901-1705 16720 Noakes Rd. Vernonia
