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2020
Sister’s Memorial
Scholarship and Fun Run
Super Scorers!
A big shout out to Cathy Ward
and Karen Roberts for their dedication
to the Vernonia Schools Athletic
programs, helping run the scoreboard,
clocks, and keeping stats for the teams.
Karen has been helping with statistics
Dana Hyde and Jana Titus, two
Vernonia School District employees, are
again seeking contributions for the Sister’s
Memorial Scholarship, to be given to de-
serving Vernonia High School graduating
seniors this spring.
The Sister’s Memorial Scholar-
ship was started in 2014 and honors Hyde’s
sister Sheri Wilson and Titus’s sister Kari
Titus, who both lost battles with cancer.
This year the scholarship is start-
ing what they hope will be a new tradition
with the Sister’s Memorial Fun Run, a 5k
walk/run and 10k run, on June 6, 2020.
The run is being organized by VHS junior
Jenna Handgard (right) for her senior proj-
ect next year.
To support the Sister’s Memorial
Scholarship and this year’s Fun Run, send
checks to Vernonia High School, c/o Dana
Hyde, 1000 Missouri Avenue, Vernonia,
OR 97064. Tax ID # 93-6000336
and scoring for volleyball, basketball,
and baseball for over 30 years, and says
in all those years she’s only missed
one game. Cathy has been helping out
for about 15 years. Let’s give a big
Vernonia “Thank You” to these two!
ASSE Seeks Host Families for
High School Exchange Students
ASSE Student Exchange
Programs is now looking for Ameri-
can families to host high school stu-
dents from Eurasia, Germany, and
countries with significant Muslim
population. All these exceptional
students have received scholar-
ships through the U.S. State De-
partment-sponsored programs: Fu-
ture Leaders Exchange Pro-
gram (FLEX), Congress Bundestag
Youth Exchange Program (CBYX),
and Kennedy Lugar Youth Ex-
change and Study Program (YES).
These scholarship recipients will
spend an academic year in the U.S.
The historic U.S. State Department
programs seek to foster democracy
and values inherent in a free mar-
ket economy. Your support of these
students and programs like this re-
inforces the United States’ commit-
ment to education and opportunity
throughout the world.
ASSE is currently seeking
host families for these well-qual-
ified, bright, motivated and well-
screened students coming from vari-
ous parts of the world, including;
Latvia, Ukraine, Poland, Egypt, Jor-
dan, Ghana, and Germany. By living
with local host families and attend-
ing local high schools, these scholar-
ship students acquire an understand-
ing of American values and build on
leadership skills.
If you are interested in
opening your home and sharing your
family life with a young person from
abroad, please contact ASSE today
for more information, call (800)
733-2773, go online at www.ASSE-
hosts.com or email asseusawest@
asse.com.
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Vernonia School Board
Meetings are held on
the second Thursday of
each month. The next
meeting is scheduled
for Thursday,
April 9, 6:00 pm
at the Mist School.
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