The INDEPENDENT, May 6,1998
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Vernonia Pride in operation...
Nobody ever said that the annual Vernonia Clean-up day, sponsored by Vernonia Pride, was easy. Among the more than 100 volunteers who turned out to
spruce up the town were Enid Parrow, who cleaned up the Memorial Park area, and an unidentified family who spent a lot of time on their knees cleaning
weeds and removing daffodil bulbs from around the trees on Bridge Street.
WGS track teams learning by competing against bigger schools
Washington Grade School’s
track teams faced Tillamook,
Neah-Kah-Nie and Scappoose,
in Scappoose, April 30.
Eighth grade girls: Scap
poose 96, Tillamook 20, NKN
11, WGS 4.
Alicia Normand: 80m hurdles,
15.75, third; 200m hurdles, 35.87,
third.
Eighth grade boys: Scap
poose 91, NKN 28, WGS 11.
Brass Sears: shot put, 36'9-1/2",
first; discus, 1127-1/2", second.
Luke Ellis: discus, 99’8-1/2", third.
VHS track records keep on falling
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triple jump. It was a spectacu
lar finish, as he was able to
complete only two of the six
jumps allowed in the prelimi
nary and finals, and finished
only three inches behind sec
ond place. After Woznicki’s
second jump, the heel injury
that has been plaguing him
made it impossible to continue.
His second jump of 43'1-1/2"
stood while the rest of the field
jumped four more times.
April 29 Vernonia co-hosted
a four-school track meet at
Oregon Episcopal School, with
Catlin Gabel. Seven parents,
VHS teacher Gennie Harris,
and athletes who were in be
tween events ran all the field
events. Catlin Gabel volunteers
handled the running events.
Ellie Prpich won the high
jump at 5'. Mary Anne Miller fin
ished first in the 1500 meters.
Records are made to be
broken, a point VHS track and
field athletes have proven
many times this spring.
“W e’ve had six meets and
nine school records, in six sep
arate events— it’s phenome-
Seventh grade girls: Scap
poose 93, NKN 26, Tillamook
19, WGS 7.
Kim Normand: discus, 63'8", third.
Trisha Titus: 200m 33.63, third.
Seventh grade boys: Tillam
ook 46, Scappoose 44, NKN
29. WGS 21.
Shawn Hillyer: 80m hurdles, 14.54,
first; 200m hurdles, 33.47, third.
Shawn Robertson: high jump, 4'4",
second.
Charlie Hanson: shot put, 24‘6",
second.
hurdles (:37), and high jump
(4'), and finished second in the
100m dash (:15.82).
Eighth grade boys: NKN 50,
Astoria 39, WGS 30.
400m relay: WGS team, second
place.
200m hurdles: Keith Rondo, first
place; Charles Gendron second.
80m hurdles: Rondo, first; Gen
dron, second; J.J. Malnerich, third.
Seventh grade boys: Astoria
nal,” said Coach Mel Nice.
78, NKN 41, WGS 20.
“The best I can remember is
five in 1979.”
The
teams
went
to
The team competed with 24 Neah-Kah-Nie April 21, for a
schools in the Lower Columbia three-way meet, along with As
Invitational at St. Helens April toria.
25, some from 3A and 4A lev
Alicia Normand, one-girl
els.
team, finished second in the
Prpich won the high jump Eighth Grade Girls competition.
with her 5'2" jump, and “just Neah-Kah-Nie 55, WGS 18,
Astoria 13.
ticked the bar” at 5'4".
Normand took first place in
Miller began the 1500 at the
rear of the pack but still man the 80m hurdles (:16.5), 200m
aged to finish third, while post
ing a personal and VHS record
time 5:08.4.
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Miller again provided the
One we could not get done
high point, April 23, when the From page 3
team travelled to Oregon Epis things were going. The next and will be rescheduled, an
thing I knew, he was there at other happened by chance. A
copal School.
This time she claimed the the school district parking lot. total of thirteen homes were
school record in the 800 me He took the only “crew” avail helped and a p p ro xim a te ly
ters with her personal best of able and started the car wash. $112 in donations was collect
2:24.91. The old record, set in The “crew" is why I mention ed from the car wash and
this. It was comprised of Calli turned over to Mr. Eric Olson,
1986, was 2:31.94.
In the 5J Invitational in (9) and Hayley (7) Hardwick, President of the Senior Center
Clatskanie, April 18, Denise Ti Elise (8) and Cody (5) Blum Board.
YA! w ishes to thank the
tus took second in the shot put and Christopher (4) Antley. By
(34'5-1/2").
2:00 p.m. they had washed people who supported them
Miller won the 3000 (11:27), nine vehicles and had raised during the “Senior Class Chal
and 800 meters (2:27).
$75.00 in donations. When the lenge” today: Genny Harris,
high school crews returned for my co-advisor for YA! at VHS,
the last time, and as it started for working behind the scenes,
to rain, they took over and fin and Sheri Boyd, Carol Davis,
Chris Rea and Pat Stacklie for
ished up the last few cars.
working with, and/or transport
So, (taking into account an ing youth today (Total Support
away track meet and an OS- hours today = 48).
SOM field trip today) 23 Ver
To Western Auto and Ver
nonia High School students
nonia B o osters, a special
choose to clean gutters, pull thank you for supplies “at cost”
weeds, cut brush, mow grass, and our san dw ich board.
bag clippings, cut back berry Thank you to Vernonia Pride,
plants, plant flow ers, wash who inspired us, and SOLV
dogs, shovel gravel, haul away who supported them.
and burn debris, wash cars
I personally wish to send a
and answ er a phone. Total HUGE thank you to the youth
Youth in Action! (YA!) hours = who participated (and to those
132.
who wanted to but could not
be there), for doing it simply
Originally, I had spoken to because of how it felt when
sixteen senior citizens about you were done! You are all
great role models!
th e ir hom es. Three hom es
To the senior citizens who
cancelled for the 18th, and re
welcomed us to their homes,
quested to be rescheduled.
400m relay: WGS team, second
place.
80m hurdles: Shawn Hillyer, sec
ond, Casey Waltz fourth.
Sahson Dehkordi: long jump,
13'1 -1/2", second.
Seventh grade girls.
Candice Dalebroux: 80m hurdles
16.79, first.
K. Normand: 80m hurdles, 18.95,
second; discus, 59'2", second.
Audrey Looney: high jump, 3'10",
first; 200m, third.
Titus: 200m, second.
P R I N T I N G
P la in or ‘J a n c y
T h e IN D E P E N D E N T
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thanks fo r b e lie vin g in our
youth and supporting them. To
the S enior C lass of ‘98 fo r
“The Challenge” and leading
the crews, you are huge!
And last, but not least, to
my husband Jeff, who super
vised the crews by driving to
each and every home (several
times), did not complain about
the flat tire on his new truck,
(and ignored the checkbook on
this one!) THANK YOU!
With warm regards,
Michelle Blum
Youth in Action!
Vernonia
P.S. The S e nio r class won
“The Senior Class Challenge".
Children should not
play in the road
To the Editor:
I grew up in W arren and
now I am raising my children
here. People have always driv
en fast on all these roads. So
when [Columbia County Com
missioner candidate] Colleen
DeShazer mentioned widening
the roads so our children could
play on them , I was o v e r
whelmed with anger and frus
tration. No child should be al-
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