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community
december11
2012
PTA Press
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By Melissa Zavales
It is the holiday season and we
are ready to go. We have a fabulous team
on the PTA, whom makes things happen.
I would like to extend a couple of thank
you’s to our members. A very special
thank you to Susan Ely whose extensive
organization and relentless volunteer co-
ordination made our Fall Carnival a huge
success; to Camrin Erryick for bringing
back the carnival and ensuring a good
team was in place to make it fun for com-
munity members of all ages; to the Verno-
nia School Distinct for opening the doors
to the public to aid in the fundraiser; and
an enormous thank you to all the volun-
teers from school staff, to janitorial help,
to moms, dads, kids, teens, and busi-
nesses who made the carnival possible..
THANK YOU! We, the PTA, are look-
ing forward to doing it again next year.
Hopefully “YOU” will join too and bring
bigger and better ideas.
Our PTA is having a giving tree
for the teachers of the Vernonia School
District. This is our way to help the staff in
giving them gifts of supplies they request
to aid in the education of our students. If
you are in a position to give please stop
by the school and pick a tag from the tree
outside the main office. Once you pur-
chase the suggested item please wrap and
attach tag so we know whom to deliver
the gift to.
We are also doing something for
students as well. This year it will be called
SECRET SANTA! We will have a choice
of 3 gifts. One for $.25 cents, one for $.50
cents and one for $1.00. Your child may
choose a friend or teacher to receive a
purchased item of their choice along with
a festive note. This is a fun way for stu-
dents to celebrate the holiday season. The
SECRET SANTA station will be up and
running Monday December 10 th through
Thursday the 13 th . All gifts will be deliv-
ered Friday the 14 th . The stations hours
will be 7:30 AM-8:0 AM and 3:00-3:20
PM. Please stop by and give some holi-
day spirit and support your local PTA.
PTA will be decorating for the
band holiday concert on Thursday De-
cember 13 th at 7:00 PM and the Elemen-
tary Holiday program December 18 th at
7 PM. We hope to see many jolly faces
to support the efforts of Mr. Izzett and his
students.
As PTA promised through fund-
raising and the help of Mr. Spalding, we
have a new “ROCK WALL” in the el-
ementary gym.
We are so excited to be able to
present this to the Vernonia School Dis-
trict. Students are ready to begin their
climbing adventures when they return
from Christmas break. The wall is in-
stalled and looks amazing in the new
gym. Thank you to all whom supported
our fundraising efforts to make the rock
wall a success. Also a special thank you
to the group of volunteers whom gave up
a weekend day to install the wall. Again
we have awesome community support,
and hope that many more will get in-
volved and join our PTA!
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Barnes. “This a great group of kids
who all want to work hard and are real
team oriented.”
Barnes says he is trying to de-
velop a style of wrestling for his team.
“If you watch any solid team they all
kind of wrestle the same way. So we’re
trying to develop a team style this year.
That way when our younger wrestlers
are watching from the stands they can
learn what to do in certain situations.”
The Loggers line-up is filled
with underclassman this year and the
squad is made up of a lot of freshman
and sophomores. But Barnes still has
some key returning wrestlers. He also
has some new wrestlers to the program.
Dawson Shay is senior and will
wrestle in the upper weight classes. He
recently finished 3 rd at the Harrisburg
Tournament at 220 pounds. T John
Wolf is a senior and a first year wres-
tler who is very athletic and also took
3 rd at Harrisburg at 195. Also watch
for Mikol Pihl at the upper end of the
classes. Ethan Johnston is another se-
nior who did well at Harrisburg placing
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5 at 182. Bridger Steward is a junior
with several years of experience, who
finished 6 th at Harrisburg at 170, and
who should fit somewhere in the middle
weights for the team.
Barnes says he is also expecting
good things from freshman Caton Watts
and Jessea Hunt and sophomores An-
drew Jennings, Jeffery Goodman, Da-
mian Young, Michael and Jason Bous-
laugh, and Dylan Taylor. New students
to the school, brothers Zane Green and
David Kovelda have wrestling experi-
ence and will definitely be a strong part
of the team. Also watch for exchange
student Vardan Grigoryan as a first time
wrestler.
Barnes says he expects the
Loggers to be right there challenging
for the District Championship again. “I
told the kids that I don’t care about any
tournament this year except District,”
says Barnes. “Our goal is to win the
District and I don’t care what happens
anywhere else as long as we all wrestle
our hardest all the time.”
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In Memory of... continiued from page 19
of Vancouver, Janet LeSollen and her
husband, Steve, of Saint Helens, Mary
Jane Hackler of Newport and Brother-
Clayton Lynch, as well as many nieces,
nephews, cousins, his extended fam-
ily, including his two furry daughters,
“Maddie” and Gabbie”. A Celebration
of Life Service was held on Thursday,
November 29, 2012 at 11:00 A.M.
at the Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt Funeral
Home, 741 Madison Avenue in Verno-
nia, with Elder Marvin J. Long, of the
Council Creek Ward of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in For-
est Grove, presiding. Dedication of the
grave with Full Military Honors under
the American Veterans Honor Guard
followed at the Vernonia Memorial
Cemetery, 2080 Bridge Street in Ver-
nonia. A celebration of life and dinner
followed at Vernonia Christian Church,
410 North Street in Vernonia.
The family suggests that re-
membrances may be contributions to
one’s local Humane Society, in his
memory.
To sign the online guest book
or to send a condolence to the family go
to www.fuitenrosehoyt.com
Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt Funeral
Home in Vernonia is in charge of the ar-
rangements. (503)-429-6611
Rayford Wayne Allen
Rayford Wayne Allen, 72, July 2, 1941
- November 24th 2012 passed away
peacefully with loved ones at his side.
Ray was born in Hardin, Oklahoma and
spent his younger adult years traveling
around the Midwest working on the oil
fields. He eventually moved to Mist,
Oregon with his family in 1985 and
worked at the mill and as a ranch hand.
Ray will be remembered for his strong
work ethic, quick wit, big stories of
bull-riding and his “Hey Darling” that
he called all the ladies. Ray lived his
life always putting family first and en-
joying every minute of the time he had
here. His legacy will live on through
the great love he had for his family and
friends. Ray is preceded in death by his
wife Judy, and is survived by his sons
Mark Porter and Randy Kotara, daugh-
ters Samantha Francisco and Kerri
Lendgren, sisters Kay McLaughlin and
Wanda Johnson, 14 grandchildren and
many nieces and nephews that he loved
like children of his own. A celebration
of life was held on Saturday, Decem-
ber 1st at 2 pm at The Nehalem Val-
ley Community Church on Hwy 103 in
Jewel, Oregon.
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