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april6
2017
VHS Sports Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
The selection committee of the Vernonia High School Athletic Hall of
Fame met on Tuesday, February 28 and March 7. At those two meetings they
selected the group that will be inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame for this year.
Those that were nominated but did not get selected will be kept on file for
further consideration in future years.
The induction ceremony will take place on Saturday, April 29 at the Cedar
Ridge Conference Center and is open to the public. The event will start at 6:00
pm with a no-host bar and social time. Dinner will be at 6:30 and the induction
ceremony will follow. Tickets may be purchased at the door for $20.00.
Anyone wishing to attend, please contact Vernonia High School at (503)
429-1340 and let Kathi Fetch know you are planning on attending so they can get
a head count.
This year’s Hall of Fame inductees are:
1978 Football Team, (2nd in State), Graduated 1979 +
Ellie Prpich, All State Volleyball, Graduated 1998
Lois Osborne, State Champion Shot Put, Graduated 1990
Fred Busch, Football and Track, Graduated 1944
Dave Siedelman, All State Golf, Graduated 1970
Randy Holce, Community Member, Graduated 1967
Justin Johnson, 2x State Wrestling Champion, Graduated 2000
Terry Nimz, 1978 Football Coach
Mel Nice, 1978 Football Coach
We hope to see everyone support this group’s induction at Cedar Ridge on
April 29.
LoggerBots Win Judges Award at Robotics Competition
It was a crazy couple of
weeks for the LoggerBots, Ver-
nonia’s entry in the FIRST Ro-
botics FRC competitions.
The Loggerbots had
more than a few issues to over-
come during the week of Spring
Break. Even with all their work
modifying “The Wooden Phoe-
nix,” the team still placed low in
the rankings at the competition
during the weekend of March
31-April 1.
Although they did strug-
gle, the LoggerBots did play in
every match and scored in all of
them. They were able to climb the rope,
one of the more difficult challenges in
this year’s competition, in more than one
match and reached the top in two. “They
did awesome!” said Nicole Larke, one of
the team’s adult mentors.
The Wooden Phoenix is so
named because much of the robot is
made from wood, rather than metal, due
to the team only having a wood shop,
Join us to celebrate the birthday of
KENNY SMEJKAL
80
April 8, 2017
11:30 to 3:30
Lunch will be served
Vernonia Scout Cabin
901 Park Drive
and no metal shop, at the school facil-
ity in which to work and build their ro-
bot. For their efforts, the LoggerBots
received a Judges Award at the competi-
tion for overcoming obstacles; the award
was called “I Could, I Wood.”
Vernonia has participated in
First Robotics Competitions for the last
six years. Each year the team faces a
new challenge and older students men-
tor new students. The program provides
a chance to learn teamwork,
collaboration, and skills that will
transfer to almost any field of study.
With an emphasis on engineering, the
students have six weeks to plan, cre-
ate/fabricate, build, program and test
their robot. It’s long hours and a lot of
work, but the end result is a robot that
they created.
In the past some robots have
shot basketballs, Frisbees and yoga
V ernonia C hristian C hurch
Everyone is welcome in our vibrant & active community!
Sunday
Worship Service
11:00 am
We hope to see you on April 8th!
Penny, Susan, Cindy & Sharon
Pastor Sam Hough
410 North St.
Vernonia
• Youth and Adult Sunday School
• Evening Youth Groups
4th-6th Grade
Junior & Senior High
• Home Study Groups
• Outdoor Ministry
Christian Bow Hunters of America
Annual Sportsman’s Banquet
office@VernoniaChristianChurch.org
503-429-6522
MIKE PIHL
LOGGING CO., INC
Free Estimates
Specializing in Private Timber
503-429-1470
cell 503.789.1268
fax 503.429.0252
mplogging@frontier.com
1984 mist drive, po box 321 vernonia, or 97064
balls. Others have climbed ropes, tri-
pods or walls. Some have scaled ob-
stacles, and some have lifted and carried
recycling bins and trash cans. Usually
the challenge the students have to solve
and overcome involves a combination
of several of the above tasks. “If FRC is
one thing, it’s never boring!” says Larke.
Congratulations to the Logger-
Bots on another successful season of
learning, teamwork and perseverance.
Vernonia’s Voice
is published on the 1st and
3rd Thursday. Look for our
next issue out April 20.
Books on Wheels
A NEW SERVICE
AVAILABLE THROUGH THE
VERNONIA PUBLIC LIBRARY
Library volunteers will deliver books to
citizens who are homebound or physically
unable to come to the library.
To apply or find out more details,
call Audeen Wagner (503) 429-9700
or the Library (503) 429-1818.
Vernonia Public Library • 701 Weed Avenue
