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.
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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
