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schools Schools Update: By Aaron Miller SPROUTS is a new group of parents working to partner with the Vernonia El- ementary Staff to positively impact the educational envi- ronment at school. This group of parents would like to invite all interested parties to join them in this work. Some of the projects this group is working on in- clude: setting up a “Class Par- ent” program to support teach- ers in the classroom, reviving the fall festival fundraiser for next year, and connecting par- ent volunteers with needed tasks. The “Class Parent” program will designate one parent (or a group of parents) to coordinate volunteers for the teacher, assist in project/ party planning, collecting do- nated items (snacks, wipes, sanitizer, etc.), and whatever else the teacher may need help with. Their goal for orga- SPROUTS nizing volunteers is to connect parents with a desire to help with certain tasks (copying, cutting out, reading with stu- dents, etc.) to a specific need at school. SPROUTS is also looking for support and in- volvement from community members who are not parents of children at school to help bridge the gap between school and community. The group’s next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, December 7 at 6:30 pm in the Vernonia Schools Library. If you can’t make it, or are solely interest- ed in volunteering in the class- rooms, helping at events, or making a donation and staying updated on current activities, let them know and they will get you signed up to help. For more information please contact Katy Dennis at (360) 472-0046, or send them an email at vefsprouts@ yahoo.com. VEF SPROUTS: “Planting seeds for a brighter future.” VHS Fall Sports Report her best of the season. Pauline Sandweg was 15th overall, finishing 2nd for VHS and also ran her best of the year. Lena Jacobsen, Tessa Bomke, Cassie McFalls, McKenzie Willard and Katy Goodman rounded out the rest of the Vernonia runners. “Cassie really showed physical toughness and courage running the 3.1 miles with a pulled hamstring,” said Brown. “She didn’t have to run, but she chose to because she wanted the team to have a chance to go to state.” The boys team finished 11th, paced by Brett Jones, Jakob Handegard, Clay Sullivan, Jarod Shaw, Sean Coffee and Ben Fleck. According to Brown, “it was their best effort of the season.” “When you put this season into context—that at the start of the season 8 weeks ago, only a couple of them could run a mile without stopping, for them to rise to this level—it was a successful season. Four of our girl runners were at or below 25 minutes for 5K, and four of our Roll Columbia Concerts a Success with Seamons to bring together the mu- sicians that performed on the album and also at the concert at the Old Church. The Old Church is a magnificent small concert venue located in South- west Portland adjacent to the Portland State University campus, with beautiful acoustics and wonderful sight lines. The concert opened with Seamons explaining the project and in- troducing author Greg Vandy who re- cently released his newest book, “26 Songs in 30 Days: Woody Guthrie’s Columbia River Songs & the Planned Promise Land in the Pacific Northwest.” Vandy gave a brief history of Guthrie’s involvement with the BPA and Murlin’s quest to rediscover all 26 songs and have them recorded. Murlin performed with his band Fine Company and played three songs, including the iconic Pastures of Plenty, probably Guthrie’s best known song from the collection. Jon Neufeld and Darrin Craig played next. Neufeld produced the up- coming album for Seamons and Murlin, and is a fixture in the Portland Bluegrass music scene with his band Jackstraw. november3 Craig, whose haunting vocals were a highlight of the concert along with Neufeld’s exquisite guitar work, is the lead singer in Jackstraw, who have been playing together in Portland for over 20 years. Timberbound ended the first set with three songs including an enthusias- tic rendition of Oregon Trail. The band included Seamons on banjo and vocals, Kate Sandgren on vocals, Gavin Duffy on guitar, and Hunter on fiddle. Following an intermission Caitlin Belem Romtvedt and her father David Romtvedt performed. The Rom- tvedt’s hail from rural Wyoming but have spent summers in Port Townsend, Washington teaching fiddle. They have a background in world music and spe- cialize in music from the Basque Coun- try in Europe. They are second cousins to Vernonia resident Brady Romdvedt who had not seen David since he was five years old and met cousin Caitlin for the first time at the concert. The Romtvedts joined guitarist George Rezendes for two songs in his set. Rezendes, originally from Brook- lyn, built Toolshed Soundlabs in Port 2016 11 continued from page 8 boys were right at 20 minutes what he thinks is a very talented and those are very respectable freshman class, that gained a lot times,” said Brown. of experience this season. “I Football - After what appeared looked at one time in our last to be a promising start to their game and we had eight freshman season the Loggers struggled this on the field at the same time.” year, losing all four Northwest said Watson. “We discovered that we have quite a few fighters League games. After back-to-back non- on this team, but they are very league wins over Warrenton and young.” Watson noted the solid Oakridge, Vernonia lost their and steady play on the line of next six games. They were competitive in a 20-18 league Brandon Johnson, Gavin Everett, loss to Nestucca, before closing and James Watson. Watson also out their season with a 50-6 loss said he was impressed by the to Knappa at home and a 46-6 fearless play of Kale Sullivan at cornerback and Jake Patton loss at Neah-kah-Nie. Head coach Reed at linebacker. He also noted the Watson said the team struggled play of freshman running back with injuries to key players and Josh Rice who led the team in some health issues. “There touchdowns with nine and was were also some coaching errors far and away the leading tackler and things I could have taught on the team on defense. “It and instructed them better to wasn’t a surprise; I knew how help the players progress,” said much skill he had and how much Watson. He also said he had heart.” Watson also commended some commitment issues from the leadership shown by Everett during the difficult season. “He some of his players. On the bright side really stayed optimistic and Watson played a lot of young upbeat, and played really hard players and is excited about with a great attitude.” continued from front page Townsend where he now lives. He re- cruited world renowned mandolin player David Grisman, a recent Port Townsend transplant, to play on the Roll Columbia album. The audience for the second show received a special treat when vo- calist Annalisa Tornfelt & the Tornfelt Sisters performed an unannounced version of the previously unrecorded and humorous Eleckatricity And All. Tornfelt is part of the band Black Prai- rie, along with Neufeld and several members of The Decemberists. Hunter and Seamons were the final act and their set featured Seamons joining Hunter for a guitar duo with Hunter providing powerful vocals. They also performed their version of Pastures of Plenty. All the musicians came to- gether on stage for the finale, a rousing version of Roll On, Columbia. The Roll Columbia album will include all of the musicians featured in the concert along with Grisman and his wife Tracy, Peter Buck, formerly of R.E.M., and northwest musicians Michael Hurley, Tony Furtado, Martha VERNONIA Scanlon, and Kate Power & Steve Ein- horn. Renowned artist Eric Sandgren, the father of Timberbound vocalist Kate Sandgren will provide the cover art work for the album. To learn more about the Roll Columbia project go to www.benjoemusic.com. Vernonia Veterinary Clinic Small and Large Animals Open Mon, Wed & Saturday 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Call for Appointments (503) 429-1612 Or 24 hr. Emergency Number (503) 397-6470 700 Weed Ave. Vernonia, OR Baseline Pawn, Inc. C H I RO P R AC T I C C L I N I C, I NC. 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