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Dear Vernonia Community,
The 2014 exchange students
would like to thank you all for giving us
the opportunity to live this amazing and
immeasurable experience! For all of us
this was the most intense and productive
year of our entire lives, and if we made
it so far it is because you gave us the
chance to be part of your community and
of your lives. We could never thank you
enough for what you did, do and will do
for us!
Now, we would like to say some
special words to the people that made
our experience possible:
There is probably no way
we will ever be able to thank our host
parents enough for taking us into their
houses and treating us like their own
children. It is unbelievable how close
we became to all of you. We crossed the
world, and got here and did not know
much about you, and in a few months we
made the strongest and most authentic
relationship! We are now able to call
you our second home. Without you
we would not be able to have such an
experience. Everything you have done
for us and all the memories we have
made together are just an unforgettable
part of this experience. Thank you for
making us such an important part of
your families and for all the attention
you unconditionally gave us! We found
a family and a second home in another
part of the world, as you found another
kid from a different country. You will
always have a place in our hearts. Thank
you so much. We love you all!
A special thanks to Cathy
Ward and Karen Roberts for being the
best area representatives any exchange
student would love to have. Thank you
for all the guidance you have given
us throughout the year and all the fun
activities you have organized for us.
Thank you for finding the best host
families for each and every one of us
and continuously checking up on us. We
have had a great year because of your
work and dedication. You made this year
memorable for us. You will always be in
our hearts and minds. Thank you once
again!
A special thank you goes also
to Mr. Underwood, our principal. Thank
you for giving us a place in your school
and helping us out any time we needed it.
It has been a fantastic year in Vernonia.
We know how much you care about your
students and we really appreciate your
work and everything you do to benefit
us. We are really glad to be among the
few who got the chance to be a student
at VHS. Thank you also for all the fun
activities you let us do in your school
and all the sports we have done. Thank
you once again.
Thank you, also, to our teachers!
Thank you for letting us be part of your
classes. Thanks for teaching us new stuff
and supporting us when we needed help.
Thank you for being so patient with us,
from the very first day of school, when
we are not able to understand a single
word, to the last day of school, when we
do understand! We appreciate your hard
work and dedication you showed us. We
will always remember you and will miss
you! Thank you sincerely.
We would also like to thank
our awesome coaches. Thank you for
letting us play in the school teams and
pushing us to do our best. It was a great
experience that we will never forget!
Thanks for supporting us, coaching
us and most of all for never stopping
believing in us. You didn’t just give
us the chance to play in the team, you
also gave us a chance to make awesome
memories with our team members and
become part of a family. Thank you for
these unforgettable seasons. Love you
all.
We would also like to thank the
community for being hospitable and
friendly, ensuring our experience to be
the greatest it could be. Thank you very
much for giving us all the opportunity
to see and live and be a part of your
town, thank you for giving us all the
opportunity to be part of this small but
amazing family/community and for
making us a really important part of it!
It is incredible how much love, respect
and care there is among these people that
are not related to each other in any way!
We felt part of your community for 10
months and we will continue feeling part
of it forever. Vernonia will be forever in
our hearts… we love you!
To our school staff members, we
would like to thank you all so much for
the many things you did for us and our
school over this year. From cooking our
lunches every day, cleaning the school
and opening the gym for us! Thank you
for treating us like members of your
community, we really appreciate it a
lot! Thank you for contributing to this
experience!
Thank you so much, also, to all
our bus drivers. We really appreciate all
the time you have put into getting us to
and from school, sports and other events.
We would not have been able to get a
lot of experiences without you guys, so
thank you very much!
The last but not the least thank
you goes to all of the friends that we
have made in these past 10 months. All
the many memories we have had and all
the wonderful people we have met. You
have all left a mark on us that we will
never forget! We love you all so much
and thank you for making our experience
that much better. A piece of our hearts
will stay here with you forever! We love
you all so so very much!
All up we want to thank
everyone for making our experience of
being an exchange student in Vernonia
a memorable and a great one! Vernonia
and all of you will be part of our lives
forever. We will remember of you
forever and we will love you all our lives
long! THANK YOU VERNONIA, WE
LOVE YOU!
With love,
Exchange Students 2014
Buxton Named
to WOEC Board
Jim Buxton has been named to the West
Oregon Electric Board of Directors.
Buxton replaces Marty Van Dyken as
the Director from District 3 after Van
Dyken resigned his position.
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2014
To the Editor,
I would like to extend a huge
thank you to all who helped make this
years Prom amazing! Our theme this
year was “Pathway to the Stars.” Prom
was held at Meriwether Golf Course
in Hillsboro, Oregon. It was a terrific
venue with good food! Thank you to all
the chaperones! A special thank you to
Stacy Adams for all her hard work and
time planning and organizing! A huge
thank you to Todd and Tammy Sullivan
for all their contributions! Thank you
Lisa Edgar of Vernonia Florist for the
beautiful flowers, and the assortment
of decorations! I appreciate all that
volunteered their time! I think Prom
2014 was a great success!
Thank you!
Sincerely
Junior Class Adviser
Melissa Zavales
To the Editor,
A few people have been seen
volunteering their time doing projects
around our city.
Sally Harrison and Shirlee
Daughtry started a year-long project of
raising funds for their projects. They
made and sold postcards of Vernonia
(there are still some for sale at Sentry)
and bags and T-shirts. These are for sale
at Larry’s at the Lake. With this money
they made a new Vernonia Lake sign.
Sally did the illustrations and then took
it to a sign company for the finished
product.
They also painted the iron gate
at the cemetery. Shirlee has spent many
hours raking leaves at the cemetery.
Donna Webb took on the project
of cleaning and refinishing the wooden
garbage cans and re-doing the log
benches downtown. She had the help
of Skip Goodman who took off the top
layer of the benches; her father Claude
Leriche then sanded them, then Donna
finished them off with three coats of
marine varnish.
Dale Webb swept the sidewalks
from the Lake to the Museum.
People seem to forget that
even if the City puts in the sidewalks
they then become the property owners
responsibility.
Our community needs a lot more
people like these if we want to keep our
city looking neat and attractive.
You don’t have to take on a huge
project, there are small things you could
do like keeping the weeds out of the
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plants at Shay Park or those at Hawkins
Park. There are several garbage cans
that haven’t had flowers planted in them.
Perhaps you could adopt one of those.
Don’t wait to be asked, if you
see something that needs doing, JUST
DO IT!
A big thanks to all of the
people who do volunteer in our city and
hopefully you will inspire others to do
the same.
Dede Webb
Vernonia
Upcoming
Events
Summer Meal Program starts Mon-
day, June 9, 11:30 AM-1:00 PM
at Grace Family Fellowship, 957
State Ave. Free lunches weekdays
for all kids 18 and under.
Bike Friendly Business Workshop -
Tuesday, June 10, 6:00 PM at the
Blue House Café, 919 Bridge St.
To attend contact Drew Barbier at
drewbarbier.columbiacountyore-
gon@outlook.com or call 309-712-
6629.
Vernonia Area Chamber of Com-
merce Meeting - Wednesday, June
11, 6:30-7:30 PM at the WOEC
board room, 652 Rose Ave.
Summer Reading Programs starts
Tuesday, June 17, 10:30-11:30 AM
at the Vernonia Library, 701 Weed
Ave.
Vacation Bible School - June 23rd-
27th, 9:00 AM-12:15 PM at the Ver-
nonia Christian Church, 410 North
St. Ages: Going into K-6th grade.
To register call Susan M. 503-429-
0181 or go to www.vacationbible-
school.com/vernoniavbs.
Mobile Mammography - Wednes-
day, June 25, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
at the Vernonia Health Clinic, 510
Bridge St. Call to schedule an ap-
pointment: 503-681-4035 or 503-
936-7149. Certified women tech-
nologist from Tuality Healthcare.
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