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About The independent. (Vernonia, Or.) 1986-current | View Entire Issue (March 22, 1995)
< *s» State spelling contest get underway with local competition first Preparation for the nine te e n th a n n u a l s ta te w id e spelling contest is underway The actual competition will be at th re e le ve ls: lo ca l school d istrict, county and state. At each level of the competition, students will be expected to write all spelling words. An oral spelling bee is not part of this program. Spelling words will be pro nounced, used correctly in a complete sentence and pro nounced again, then the stu dents will be allowed approxi mately ten seconds to write the word down on paper. The contest at the state level includes three divisions: Division I for elementary stu dents through grade 5; Divi sion II for students in grades 6-8; and Division III for stu dents in grades 9-12. The Columbia Education Service District also has a division for students in primary grades 1- 3 for competition at the coun ty level. However, the county re p re s e n ta tiv e sent to the state contest will be selected GUN SHOW LONGVIÉW FAIRGROLNDS March 25-26. I995 A diìiission S4 Antique & M o d e l li r i r e n r i n s Knives, Animo, M ilitaria BLV-SEEE-TRADE Sai. 9-5. Sun 9-4 ,503, 644-5952 C olledois Wesl. Ine. from the e n tire grade 1-5 group. Both p riv a te and public school students are encour aged to join the competition. Home-schoolers may partici pate in their local district. Lo cal district competition should be completed by May 3. The county spelling con test will be conducted in the Loo Wit Room at St. Helens High School on May 12, be ginning at 9:00 a.m. The top three winners of each group will receive certificates and cash awards from the ESD. Visitors are welcome to ob serve the competition at the county level. State com petition will be held in Salem during the Ore gon State Fair. This year, it w ill be held on S aturday, Septem ber 2. Plaques and U.S. Savings Bonds will be presented to the first place winners of each division. Cer- tificates of achievement and U.S. Savings Bonds will be presented to second and third place winners of each divi sion. The Oregon Department of Education and the Oregon Association of Education Ser vice Districts are jointly spon soring the event. AOL scholarship available for grads in certain fields Competition for a $1,000 scholarship from Associated Oregon Loggers is open to all high school seniors in Oregon who plan to pursue a college education in a forest-indus- trie s-re la te d field of study. Through grant renewal for ad ditional years of study, this award can total up to $4,000. Financial need is not a criteri on for scholarship eligibility. Interested students must send completed applications Meet set for those interested in soccer A ll th o s e in te re s te d in forming soccer clubs in Ver nonia are encouraged to at tend a meeting next Tuesday, March 28 at 7:30 p.m. at the Colum bia County Historical S o cie ty M useum , 511 E. Bridge Street. The purpose of the meet ing is to find out how many people are interested in soc cer and in forming clubs. Men and women of all ages are encouraged to attend. G uidelines from the Ore gon Youth Soccer Association will be studied and discussed, but potential soccer clubs are not confined to youth. For information phone 429- 3713. If you are interested and can’t attend the meeting, please call with your name and phone number for future contact. to the AOL, PO Box 12339, Salem, OR 97309-0339, by April 17. The winner will be selected through judging of a short essay, an evaluation of the student's application, and his or her interest in the forest industry for future study and employment. This is the fourteenth year Associated Oregon Log gers will again offer awards of up to $1,000 for improvement of student/teacher education in Forest Resources. This will be the th ird y e a r th a t the statewide association of inde pendent, contract loggers has offered the awards to o u t standing teachers in Oregon. Rod Bixler of Duniway Mid dle School in M cM innville, Carol Cree of Santiam High School in Mill City and Carol A. M oody of B ellview E le mentary Schoo, in Ashland, were presented with awards as Educators of the Year at the AOL Annua, Convention in January. Their schools re ceived a total of $2,500 in funding for th e ir forest re source programs. Applications will be judged on techniques used to pro vide information and develop programs that improve stu d e nt and e d u ca to r u n d e r standing of forest resources. Nominations for Educator pher Sevig, son of Daniel and Kathleen Sevig of Vernonia and a Vernonia High School graduate. The 133-year-old college is fully accredited and hosts a local chapter of Phi Beta Kap pa, national scholastic honor society. of the Year may be made by calling the AOL Office, 1-800- 45 2-6 02 3. A p p lic a tio n s , The h o u r-lo n g show in cludes a part for each of the c la s s ’s 32 stud en ts. Show time will be 7:30 p.m., March 31, at the W.G.S. gym nasi um. A d u lt tic k e ts w ill be $3.00, students and seniors H our T ravel A gency A gent : J oan B urnsed (503) 429-8104 1-800-813-6225 H ome P hone : (503) 429-0331 Lynn & Penny Michener • 852 Bridge St., Vernonia, OR 970674 r', which must be completed and returned by May 2, will then be sent to the nominees. 47J teachers supported by many Several parents, students and teachers spoke fervently in support of Vernonia High Schoo, teachers Becky Bruns and Forrest Cooper, at the V ernonia S chool D is tric t board meeting March 16, reg istering strenuous objections to negative evaluations of the two by the administration. The speakers supported the skills of both teachers but noted, especially, how the two go well beyond what is re quired, in order to help stu dents. Bruns teaches special education with the added re sponsibility to head the Tal ented & G ifte d pro gra m ; C ooper tea che s m ath and has stepped in to help with drama when the regular dra ma teacher needed a s s is tance. The board, which had met in executive session from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. reconvened the executive session follow ing the public meeting and, the next day, announced that the contracts of all present teachers were renewed, in cluding Bruns and Cooper. According to S up’t. Ellis Mason, there was never any intention of severing the con tracts of Bruns and Cooper, and he was “surprised” at the show of support. Local youth solos with symphony A full evening of symphon ic music will be presented by members of the Metropolitan Youth Symphony Association on S a tu rda y, M arch 25 at 7 :3 0 p.m . in the A rle ne Schnitzer Concert Hall, Port land. In a d d itio n to p e rfo r m ances by the Sym phonic Band and Symphony Orches tra , th e re w ill be seve ral Snow W hite and the Seven “Snarfs” play at W GS Hi ho, hi ho, it’s to Wash ington Grade School you g o .. . . that is to see yet another spoof, Snow White and the Seven Snarfs, created by the students of Cathy Ward’s fifth and sixth grade class. Jake Sapp from Alsea are at tending Oregon State Univer sity. Benjamin Ohman from Yoncalla is attending Western Oregon State College in Mon mouth. Details are available from high school counselors, or by c a llin g th e AO L o ffic e in Salem, 1-800-452-6023. AOL grants for outstanding forest resource teachers VHS grad on college Dean’s List The D ean’s List at G us tavus Adolphus College for the fall semester, 1994-95, com p rise s nearly 650 stu dents earning a 3.5 grade point average (based on a 4 point scale). Am ong th o se ach ie vin g this distinction was Christo- the association of statewide independent, contract loggers has offered a scholarship. Four w inners are currently c o n tin u in g th e ir educa tion with AOL scholarships. Greg Pickens from Roseburg is at tending LeTourneau Universi ty in Longview, Texas. Mark Kincaid from Reedsport and $2.00, children under 4 years are free. Tickets are available from any student in the class or at the door on the night of the show. Proceeds from the perfor m ance w ill go to w a rd the cost of attending an OMSI camp in June. The class goal is to raise $1,000. In the past, funds earned fro m p la y s p re s e n te d by Ward’s classes have helped build cabins and bathrooms at Camp Wilkerson. SELL UNWANTED ITEMS in the classifieds. Call 429-9410 to place your ad. s o lis ts in c lu d in g G a b rie l Schlaiffer, a Vernonia High School freshman. MYSA music director, La- jos Balogh, will conduct the Symphony Orchestra in Rus sian Easter Overture by Rim sky-K o rsa ko v and L ittle Fugue by Bach. The Symphonic Band, Dr. John K. Richards conducting, w ill open the program with March by Them Basses by Hopvine, Armenian Song by Khatchaturian, Overture for a Celebration by Hodges, and Procession o f the Sardar by Ippolitov-Ivanov. The 110- member Band is a new offer ing at MYSA. S c h la iffe r w ill p e rfo rm Spring from The Four Sea sons by Vivaldi. Other soloists will be Bea verton High S chool senior Jon Haek, who will perform Concertino for Piccolo and O rche stra by B o ttje ; L a k eridge High Schoo, senior Kelly Galey, who will perform Elegie by Faur6; Centennial High School junior Andrew Anderson, who will perform Concerto for String Bass and Orchestra by Dragonetti. < >2»'.
