VHS Timberline—Page two
Letters to the Editor,
Dear Editor:
All I would like to say is that what the
school is doing about semester tests is
great.
I like having them one period instead of
two hours. I don’t think they will be as
hard to study for since they won’t be as
long, and I don’t , think they will be as
nerve racking.-
To the Editor:
To the Editor:
To the Editor:
There has not been any sports coverage in
the Timberline or the Vernonia Freedom
for quite a long time. There have been all
kinds of sports in Vernonia and not one
has been in either paper. I think we need
a new sports writer.
I would like to congratulate you and your
staff on the Timberline.
I think the coverage of school events is
good. The articles are interesting and well
written. The pictures so far haven’t been
very clear, but they do add a lot to the
paper.
As a member of the Vernonia High School
student body, I would like to congratulate
the cast members and anyone else who
had anything to do with the production of
Winnie the Pooh.
Each member did an excellent job
performing his/her character which made
a play that could have been boring very
interesting and funny.
They should keep up the good work and
the excellent performances and present us
with more plays in the future.
Thank-you for the well done play.
Yours Truly,
Ralph Ashcraft
Sincerely Yours,
Kristi Reinsch
To the Editor and Staff:
To the Editor:
I would like to compliment you on your
variety of stories and your coverage of
each one.
I also would like to''say that I like the
Timberline inside the Vernonia Freedom.
Now it seems like a real paper or part of
one.
In my opinion, the sports editor of this
paper is doing a very poor job of covering
the sports events of this school. I also feel
that he or she should either get something
done to cover every sport event in this
school or quit and give the position to
someone else that will get something
done.
Sincerely,
Mary Denckla
Nolan Stems
To the Editor:
To the Editor:
To the Editor:
Last month in the Aloha High School
newspaper, there was an article printed
about school sports. It said that schools
and communities put a lot of emphasis on
football and basketball and very little on
the other sports. I would like to comment
on it.
I agree with the article. What it said is
true. Too much emphasis is put on
football and basketball. What about
cross-county, volleyball, wrestling and
track?
These sports are equally
important to the students who are
participating in them.
However, the only time they get real
recognition is when they achieve superior
accomplishments and/or are On their way
to state.
Their input is just as important to them
as football and basketball. They need our
support too.
The sports editor, in my mind, is not
doing anything to help the sports section
of our paper.
I think he should resign and let one young
lady have the job. This young lady has
done interviews for girls’ and boys’
varsity basketball, and done them well.
Sincerely,
Karen Pitt
Editor:
I am writing on the matter of semester
tests.
Although I myself do not
particularly enjoy taking semester tests,
I agree with the teachers that are for
them. Most students don’t like these half-
yearly tests because it means that they
have to know everything that they were
supposed to have learned up to that point.
But isn’t this the whole point of going to
school? Many students do well on the
sectional tests, but what good does a
perfect score do if they don’t remember
how to do anything they learned? How
would you feel if you went to a lawyer who
got excellent scores but never had to take
semester tests, and when you got to the
courtroom, you find out he can’t
remember anything he was supposed to
learn?
Signed,
Kurt Dunaway
(Editor’s note: I would like to call your
attention to the coverage of cross-country
and JV football in the first issue, and
the coverage of JV and ‘C’ team
volleyball, varsity volleyball, freshmen
basketball, varsity football, JV boys’
basketball, and cross-country awards in
the second issue.) .
To the Editor:
I am writing about your article on dumb
jocks. It does not state very clearly who
you are pointing the blame at. Also, is
this pertaining to our high school, other
schools, or both?
I don’t think that this has much to do
with our school because some of the
athletes might not be smart, but they are
definitely not illiterates.
Sincerely yours,
EricWilcoxen
(Editors note. I’ll call your attention to
the last six words in paragraph 5. They
state ‘our nations high schools and
universities.’ This is a generalization, not
pointing a finger at any specific
institution.)
Editor. .............................. Kathi Rinks
Assistant Editor..................... Vickie Pitt
Reporters.........................Thorgen Brown
..................................... Brooke Crowston
April Durst
Polli Goodman
Lila Harrison
.............................................. Kelly.. Kyser
..................................... Salena. McDonald
....................................... Tracy. Wilkerson
.......................................... Brenda..Wuest
Advisor......................... Mrs. Kathy Sevig
Since the coming of Mr. Aultman, this
school has started to respond to
discipline which has never been enforced
before. It seems to me that former
principals just were in for the job and
didn’t care much about the actions of the
kids. But when [MrJ Aultman came into
office and laid down the rules, they were
enforced.
To the Editor:
I think that the Timberline is a very good
paper because it shows all opinions, and
talks about people I know. I think it
could have more jokes in it though.
Sincerely,
Matt Kretschmer
Sincerely Yours,
Heidi Gallaty
To the Editor,
Has going to Saturday School as
punishment for tardies really helped the
situation? I feel there could be more done
to prevent tardies.
If there were three bells instead of two, I
feel it would give those who are a few
blocks away, eating at home, more of a
warning. Also, having three bells would
help those who didn’t hear it the first
time.
Saturday School would have a lower
attendance, if some changes took place.
Sincerely,
Sonia Olson
To the Editor:
I would like to comment on the editorial
you wrote on Dating Leads To Labeling.
I’m glad you said something about it. I
agree one-hundred percent. In just the
year I’ve been here, I’ve seen it all too
clearly.
Sincerely,
Dwayne Zadow
To the Editor:
I wish to comment on your article about
Dating Leads To Labeling.
I agree with it a lot. That is the way it is
these days, and it [was] a good article.
Sincerely yours,
Doug Helfer
(Editor’s note: The editorial you refer to
was a class effort, written by the entire
staff, with each member contributing.)
Sincerely,
Heather Remsen
To the Editor:
There are many misconceptions today
about Jehovah’s Witnesses. I would like
to briefly clarify one. This has to do with
competitive sports. There is always a
winner and a loser in a competetive sport.
The winner feels victorious, better than
the other person, and most of all, a feeling
of explicit delight is conquering the
oppressors. The loser experiences a
dismay of, ‘Why didn’t I try harder or
accomplish more?’ Envy is at the top of
the list, then comes grief, and finally a
feeling of down-grading pity for oneself.
Could you imagine Jesus running a foot
race with the apostles, seeing who could
be the greatest? No, you certainly
couldn’t. The Bible at Luke 22:24-27
speaks of Jecius counseling the apostles
because' they were lording it over
themselves; trying to see which* one was
the greatest.
Is it really being kind to your neighbors
when you want to stomp them, wipe them
out, or beat them so it causes the feelings
I mentioned above?
Muscles are awesome. But muscles aren’t
gods. ‘Bodily training is beneficial for a
little, ’ the apostle Paul wrote, ‘but Godly
devotion is beneficial for all things, as it
holds promise of the life now and that
which is to come.’ (1 Tim 4:8) Enjoy
whatever kind of exercise you*do. It can
make you feel better. I personally think
Godly devotion, however, can do what
muscles can never do-make you live
longer, even forever, as the psalmist
sang: ‘the LORD sets no store by the
strength of a horse and takes no pleasure
in a runner’s legs; his pleasure is in those
who fear him.’ Ps 147:10-11.
Sincerely,
Leora Battrick
EDITORIAL
Sincerely,
Ken Hostetler
The Timberline is the official newspaper
publication of the Vernonia High School
student body, published every three
weeks by the VHS journalism class, and
printed in conjunction with the Vernonia
Freedom. ■
Sincerely,
Kim Taylor
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Has effort gone to waste ?
by Kathi Rinks
Now that the new administration has
formulated new policies, defined new
goals, and applied some pressure to
reduce truancy here at VHS, only one
question remains unanswered. It takes
the form of a challenge: ‘How do they
keep reformed skippers in the classroom
AND contributing positively to the
learning environment?’
Re-routing habitual class cutters back
into the classroom is an admirable
undertaking, but what happens when
success in one area leads to failure in
another? What happens when a rebellious
youngster turns into the class clown or
Rip Van Winkle?
Our entire school system is based on the
premise that young adults of high school
age are not yet mature enough to take on
the responsibility of making the correct
decisions concerning attending, or not
attending school. Therefore, the state
entrusts this responsibility to the
parents and, in part, to school
administrators. When one of these two
makes the decision to keep Johnny in
school, despite his bad manners, poor
study habits, obnoxious actions, and
disrespect for others, they consider what
is best for him and what he will benefit
most from.
Unfortunately, you can lead a horse to
water, even throw it in the trough, but
you can’t make it drink, no matter how
hard you try. Luckily the laws of nature
hold that a horse must eventually drink or
else perish, but there is no such rule that
applies to a student disinterested in
attending school.