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Meet the Exchange Students
Each year the Vernonia community hosts
a large group of exchange students. This
year nineteen students from all over the
world will make their home in Vernonia
for the school year. Over the next sever-
al issues, Vernonia’s Voice will help in-
troduce these students to our community.
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Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Germany;
this is his first time visiting the United
States. Sam is a junior in school this
year and will return to finish his last year
of high school and then go to university
to study finance.
Maria says her favorite American food is
Subway. Maria is a sophomore this year
and says in the future she might like to
study languages. She likes the people in
Vernonia but says it’s too far away from
places to shop.
Maria Alvarez is from the north of
Ruth Aim is living with the Baska fam- Spain in the city of Gijon. She is stay-
ily. Ruth is from Stuttgart, Germany. ing with Nicole Whiteman and says she
She is running cross country and will try is friends with Alejandro Rubiera who
out for basketball and softball later this was an exchange student in Vernonia last
Davide Bomboi is staying with Kathy
and Reggie Ward. “David” is from the
small town of Nuoro on the coast of the
island of Sardinia in Italy. David says he
loves traveling, learning about new cul-
tures, and loves meeting new people. He
has traveled to France, Spain, Denmark,
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and to London, England where he says
he would like to live someday. David is
running cross country this year; he says
he never did any running before but has
learned since he came here that he likes it
and is good at it. He says he will try out
for basketball this winter and go out for
track in the spring. David says Ameri-
can food is not like Italian food, but he
does like cheese cake and also cheese
burgers. He is a junior this year and will
return to Italy to finish high school. He
says he would like to work in the film
industry making movies.
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L to R: Ruth Aim, Cecilie Burkelund, Sergei Kavaleryan,
Maria Alvarez and Davide Bomboi.
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year. Ruth says the problem with Amer- year. Maria is running cross country and
ica is “...you have too much good food!” says she would like to play basketball in
Ruth is a junior this year and says she the winter and run track in the spring.
is not sure what she wants to do in her
future, but knows she wants to travel all
over the world. Ruth says Vernonia is
“really awesome.” She says she doesn’t
like that there is little public transporta-
tion.
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Cecilie Birkelund is from a small town
in southern Denmark. Cecile is a se-
nior who is running cross country and
is also on the cheer squad this fall. She
is staying with Jeana and Justin Gump
and their family. Cecilie says she may
try track in the spring. She enjoys Ben
and Jerry’s ice cream. Cecilie says next
year she will finish school in Denmark
and then study journalism. She says she
likes Vernonia but says it’s too far away
from the city.
Sergei Kavaleryan is from eastern
Georgia and is living with Kathy and
Reggie Ward. “Sam” is playing foot-
ball this fall and is a defensive lineman
and tight end. He says he would like
to try basketball or wrestling this winter
and baseball in the spring. Sam says he
likes Subway sandwiches.
He has traveled in the past to
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resources they need to create jobs. (2014 SB1563)
Supported bills to create good paying jobs by helping communities rebuild aging
infrastructure and strengthening local economies. (2014 HB4015, HB4111, HB4005)
Sponsored “Buy America” bill that would require certain building materials on large
public projects to be made in America. (2013 HB3473)
Investing in Education
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Helped secure funding for the new Vernonia school after it was devastated by severe
floods in 2007.
In 2014, secured an additional $212,000 to fill a budget gap for the Vernonia School.
(2014 budget allocation)
Fought for $11 million in funding for Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs to
bring shop classes back to our schools and meet the needs of local employers. (2011 HB3362,
2013 HB2913, SB498)
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Protected our gun rights by helping to defeat onerous anti-gun legislation.
Sponsored bills to prevent the introduction of invasive species into Oregon’s waterways. (2007 SB644)
Chief architect of flood recovery legislation to help Vernonia families after the devastating floods of 2007.
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