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Meet the Exchange Students
VHS Fall Sports Report
school. “I love Vernonia, says Lauri.
“I love the community feeling and how
everybody supports their Loggers and
school sports. I am proud to be a Log-
ger!”
the colors of the Ukraine flag. Iryna
added that she could keep talking about
Vernonia. “I love Vernonia. I have only
been here two months and I love it here.
I think it will be really hard to leave.”
Iryna Budkevych is from Ukraine and
is living with Jazmine Harper and her
family. Iryna is playing varsity volley-
ball this fall and says she will try out for
basketball in the winter and softball or
track in the spring. This is the first time
Iryna has ever traveled outside of the
Ukraine except for a brief trip to Rus-
sia. She says she has many relatives in
Oregon and has a had a chance to visit
with many of them. She says she loves
all the nature in Oregon and thinks it is
very beautiful. “There are so many for-
ests, it is just magical to us,” says Iryna.
She says she especially loves going to
the ocean, since she had never seen one
before and has visited Seaside several
times. Iryna says she likes that in Ver-
nonia everyone knows everyone else.
“When people talk to you they know
who you are, where you are from and
who you are staying with. We have ev-
erything we need here—we have shops,
we have a place where we can play
sports, we have a place where we can
hang out with our friends. There are
not a lot of cars and trucks and the air is
fresh and there is not a lot of pollution
That’s why I like Vernonia.” Iryna add-
ed that she is proud to be a Lady Logger
and that she likes Vernonia’s school col-
ors of blue and gold because they match
Melanie Bonnefoux is from a suburb
of Paris, France and is spending her
year with the Matt and Susan Blair fam-
ily. Melanie is not participating in any
fall or winter sports but will be part of
the equestrian team in the spring. Mela-
nie has visited the United States twice
before and traveled around visiting the
National Parks; she says Grand Canyon
was her favorite. With her host fam-
ily she has visited Idaho. Melanie has
traveled in Europe to England, Ireland,
Portugal and Italy and also Thailand
and some French Islands like Guade-
loupe. Melanie says that Vernonia is
very small but in France they also have
many small towns.
ule, Jarmin’s team had a 3-1 record and
were coming off a 51-0 thrashing of
Culver on September 28.
The Loggers actually lost their
first two non league games. They lost
a close game to 3A Warrenton, 27-21
and then were defeated in another close
game by 3A Gervais; Gervais subse-
quently had to forfeit the game because
they had used an ineligible player and
Vernonia was awarded a 1-0 victory.
The Loggers finished out non league
play with a 35-14 win over Santiam be-
fore their big win over Culver.
On October 5 the Loggers took
on returning league champions Gaston
in their first league game, losing 66-21,
dropping their overall record to 3-2.
Coach Jarmin says the Loggers
have been able to run the ball effec-
tively so far this season, with Jonathon
Anderson, Mikol Pihl and Bo Clark
leading the way. The offensive line has
been led by Dawson Shay, Jared Whit-
ton, Justin Wolf, Will Parks, Jerimiah
Hammons and DJ Grady. The Loggers
have also used a spread offense at times,
taking advantage of quarterback Tim
Jenning’s ability to throw the ball. The
Loggers have also used Austin Cutright
Stefan Scheer is from the city of Ulm,
Germany and is living with Katie and
Matt Poetter and their family. Stefan is
playing football this fall and will play
basketball in the winter and says he
wants to try something American so he
will try out for baseball in the spring.
Stefan has traveled around Europe and
to Turkey. This is Stefan’s first time in
the U.S. He said he enjoyed the trip with
other exchange students to play paint-
ball. “The people here in Vernonia are
nice and the area is nice,” says Stefan.
Vernonia Students of the Month
Kale Sullivan ,
September 2012
Grade 5
Kale always has a smile on his face, a sign of his great
attitude and good nature. He is a bright and capable
student who works hard to do his best on his assign-
ments. He also gets along well with everyone. He is
definitely an outstanding 5th grader! Kale says his
favorite subject in school is reading and he also enjoys
writing. Kale raised a pig for 4-H this year and won
Grand Champion at the Columbia County Fair. He also
spent some time at outdoor camp this summer. Kale
says he also likes to play basketball.
Hepner Forster ,
Grade 6
Hepner just arrived at the Vernonia School this year
from Mist. He is polite and respectful and takes pride
in his work. His teacher says he is a good all-around
student who has adapted well to his new school.
Hepner says his favorite subject is Band, where he
plays the trombone. He says he will play baseball this
spring. He also says he likes to run and be outdoors.
Jacob Medearis ,
Grade 11
Jacob has been extremely helpful during after school
activities. He has volunteered to help set up and take
down chairs and other equipment. He always jumps in
and asks if he can help even before being asked. Jacob
says his favorite subject in school is Band; he plays the
trombone and last year won first place in the district
competition and was part of the group that won the
State Championship. He is running Cross Country this
year and will run distance events on the track team this
spring. He also participates in Boy Scouts. When not
playing his trombone or running, Jacob says he likes to
read.
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at quarterback who is more of a threat to
run with the ball. When Cutright is not
playing quarterback Jarmin has used
him at tight end where he has been very
effective. Jake Titus and Jesse Edgar
at wideout are both fast and have been
good targets for the Loggers. T John
Wolf has also played extremely well at
tight end, catching the ball and block-
ing and has also excelled at middle line-
backer on defense.
“Against Culver we used the
spread offense in order to get our best
play makers on the field,” said Jarmin
of Jennings and Cutright. “We can’t
have one of them playing quarterback
and the other sitting on the sidelines if
they are both good athletes. So what
we do is put Cutright in as a receiver
and throw him the football where he
is able to use his speed to make some
good plays for us.”
The Loggers will travel to Nes-
tucca on October 12 and then return
home on October 19 to face Knappa
in the Homecoming Game. The Log-
gers finish their regular season with two
away games against Neah-Kah-Nie on
October 26 and at Portland Christian on
November 2.
VHS Homecoming Schedule
Monday Oct 15
Powder-puff Football
7:00 PM@ Football Field
Tuesday Oct 16
Cross Country Meet
4:30 PM @ School Campus
Volley-buff
7:00 PM @ HS Gym
Wednesday Oct 17
Coronation
7:00 PM @ HS Gym
Air Jams
(following Coronation)
Bonfire
(following Airjams)
Thursday Oct 18
Volleyball “Pack the Gym”
5:30 PM JV @ HS Gym
6:30 PM Varsity @ HS Gym
Friday Oct. 19
Parade
4:00 PM @ Vernonia Library
Football Game
7:00 PM @Football Field
Homecoming Dance
10:00 PM @ HS Gym
Vernonia’s Voice is published twice each
month on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday.
Look for our next issue on October 23rd.
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