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Boosters Buzz
Youth Basketball- Vernonia Youth
Basketball held their 5th annual
“Kick-Off the Season” basketball
tournament on Saturday January
5, 2013, hosting 13 teams. It was a fun and exciting
tournament, especially for our own 2 Vernonia teams.
The boys 5/6 grade team, coached by Jay Holmes and
Derek Handegard, took first place! The girls 5/6 grade
team, coached by Amanda Wolf and Jasen Shaw, took
second place! All teams had an MVP awarded at the end,
which was voted on by the referees and scorekeepers.
The MVP for Vernonia girls was Sofia Wolf and MVP
for Vernonia boys was Jake Handegard. Great job to
our youth; they are both very talented teams!
Attention Vernonia Pie Makers!- Here is a Volunteer
Opportunity. Boosters provides healthy homemade
soup and scrumptious pie for the participants of the
Vernonia Marathon. If
you are a pie maker and
want to lend a pie, mark
you calendar for Sunday,
April 14, 2013 and
contact Allison McLeod
(503)
429.0734
/
allisonmcleod@me.com
to be counted in!
Keep your eye on the
Booster Buzz for more
details and also more
Volunteer Opportunities!
The Vernonia Girls 5/6 team took second place and the Boys 5/6 team took first place
at the “Kick-Off the Season” basketball tournament.
T-Ball, Junior Baseball
and Softball Sign-ups- It is time to get ready for the
boys and girls of summer to take the fields. Sign-ups
will be held Monday, February 11th from 6:00-8:00
PM in the Vernonia School Commons and Wednesday,
February 27th from 6:00-8:00 PM in the Vernonia
School Lobby
For more information: Baseball/T-ball
questions please call Brooke Morrison (503) 726-8427
or Amy Cieloha (503) 429-0745; Softball questions
please call Katie Poetter (503) 429-0700 or Amanda
Wolf (503)429-0745.
WANTED: Umpires for youth baseball. Paid
training!!! Paid position!!! Have fun, earn money,
help the youth in our community! Please call Brooke
Morrison (503) 726-8427 or Amy Cieloha (503) 429-
0745 if interested.
Also WANTED: Parents of Kindergarten and First
Graders, we need parents to step up for T-Ball. We
need a T-Ball board, coaches and parents willing to
help. Please call Lisa Brewer at (503)475-1803 for
information.
Natural Path to Health: Chinese Organs ~ The Complete Clock Cycle
By Dr. Carol McIntyre
This will be the first of a series
that will describe each organ system
according to Chinese medicine and
its attributes. I think it is important
to understand the complexity of this
medical system. I hope it will enlighten
some of you as to my method of
treatment I provide for you. The overall
system of Chinese medicine incorporates
directions, animals, elements, emotions,
organs/organ systems and time. This
will become clearer as I elaborate. First,
I will give a basic outline and then I will
describe each organ system in future
articles.
The center of the clock is the
balance of yin and yang. This is further
divided into three additional segments;
heaven, earth and human being. The core
of the center is EARTH. To the East is
WOOD; South is FIRE; West is METAL
and North is WATER. In the East, there is
a relationship to the sunrise, the element
of Wood, science, post-natal energy (this
is the energy that you obtain from food
and drink) and the Earth (Di). The West is
associated with the element of Metal, the
sunset, religion, pre-natal energy (this is
the energy given to you by your parents
at the time of conception and while in
the mother’s womb) and Heaven (Tian).
East and West have stronger association
to other attributes because this is where
the sun rises and sets.
There is also a Trigram
associated with each direction. To the
East: Fire; SE: Wind; South: Heaven;
SW: Lake; West: Water; NW: Mountain;
North: Earth; NE: Thunder. The Trigrams
were professed by the legendary Fu Xi,
an ancient ruler of China around the time
of 2800 BC. He then wrote one of the
most ancient texts called the “Yi Jing”
or “I Ching” translated as the Classic of
Changes or The Book of Changes which
contains 64 hexagrams that are built
from combining the 8 Trigrams. Each
organ is also associated with a hexagram
as you will learn.
In Five Element Theory, there is
an engendering cycle and a controlling
cycle. The engendering or promoting
cycle is: Wood→ Fire→ Earth→
Metal→ Water→ Wood… and the
controlling cycle is: Water→ Fire; Fire→
Metal; Metal→ Wood; Wood→ Earth;
Earth→ Water. If you think about this
logically it will give you great insight to
the philosophy of Chinese medicine.
The engendering cycle: Wood
can be burned→ Fire. Fire makes wood
turn into ash and builds Earth. Earth
in great abundance creates mountains
which is where the resources of Metal
are found. Metal, as being associated
with the mountain is where Water
originates as the mountain spring. Water
helps the trees/Wood to grow… and so
the cycle continues.
The controlling cycle: Water
controls Fire- we all know that. Fire
controls Metal- we can ask Wolfgang
Forge about that. Metal controls wood
because the metal can encase the wood
and contain it. Wood controls Earth-
Vernonia’s Voice
is changing publication dates!
Starting in February we will publish twice each month
on the 1st and 3rd Thursday.
Our next issues will be February 7 & 21.
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we can ask Maggie Peyton, director of
the Upper Nehalem Watershed Counsel
about that as she works diligently to
plant trees to maintain the slope of the
river bank. Earth controls water- now
this may be hard for some to believe
during flood season, but we generally
see the banks of the river guiding the
water along.
This is just a very brief
introduction to the ever encompassing
philosophy of Chinese medicine. Each
piece intertwines with another aspect
of another theory. I would suggest that
if you are interested, you keep track of
each of these articles so you can piece
things together as the series progresses.
The series will go all year. The next
article will discuss each element in
further detail.
Another friendly reminder that
Qigong started Monday, January 7 th at
7:30 AM. It is being held at the Vernonia
Community Grange located at 375
North Street. Turn Left onto Washington
from Bridge Street (just after the Senior
Center) and it is the large grey/maroon
building on the Right (at the corner of
North and Washington). I hope to see
many new faces in attendance in addition
to my loyal followers! (Thank you!)
During practice you will invigorate your
body and mind as well as learning more
in depth aspects of Chinese medicine.
Hope to see you there. Happy New Year
to you all.
~ Be Well.
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