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The INDEPENDENT, May 3, 2000
S h a rp e n th o s e p e n c ils , g e t rea d y fo r s p e llin g bee
Public, private and home program. Local school districts
school students in Columbia should complete their competi
County are urged to participate tion no later than May 19. Inter
in the 24th Annual Spelling ested home-schoolers may
Contest for the State of Ore make arrangements to partici
gon. The Oregon Department pate in their home school dis
of Education and the Oregon trict.
The
Columbia
County
Association of Education Ser
vice Districts sponsor the con Spelling Contest will be con
test. Laura Couture of the ducted in the Loo Wit Room at
Northwest Regional ESD coor St. Helens High School on May
dinates the Columbia County 25, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Vis
contest.
itors are welcome to view the
competition at the county level.
The competition is held at
Students will be competing for
the local school district, county
the opportunity to go to the
and state levels. At each level,
state competition held during
students are expected to write
all spelling words. An oral the Oregon State Fair. This
spelling bee is not part of this year’s state competition will
take place on Saturday, Sep
tember 2.
The contests at both the
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county and state levels are di
vided into three divisions: Divi
sion one for elementary stu
dents through grade five; Divi
sion two for students in grades
six through eight; and Division
three for students in grades
nine through twelve.
Plaques and U.S. Savings
Bonds will be presented to the
first place winners of each divi
sion; the second and third
place winners of each division
will receive certificates of
achievement and U.S. Savings
Bonds.
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Kindergarten Round-Up in
Vernonia will be held during the
week of May 9-12. The kinder
garten room at Lincoln Grade
School will be available for par-
ent/child visits daily during this
week, from 9:00-10 a.m. and
1:00-2:00 p.m.
Parents need to register at
the Washington Grade School
office during this week, and
bring a copy of their child’s
birth certificate and current im
munization record. The follow
ing immunizations are required
for the 2000-2001 Kindergarten
class are:
D ip h th e ria /T e ta n u s -fiv e
doses (unless fourth dose was
given after four years of age)
Polio-four doses (unless
third dose was given after four
years of age)
- Measles-two doses
- Mumps-one dose
- Rubella-one dose
- Hepatitis B-three doses
- Varicella (Chicken pox)-one
dose or history of the disease
Call the WGS office at 429-
7941 for any questions regard
ing registration, birth certificate,
or immunizations.
It is very important that all
students who will be five years
of age by September 1, 2000,
be enrolled during this week so
the school district will know the
approximate size of next year’s
kindergarten class.
Kindergarten students in
Mist and Birkenfeld may regis
ter at the Mist School during
this week. Call the school, at
755-2486, for an appointment.
Co-ed: Sunday, July 9 - Friday, July 14
Ages 9-16
Boys: Sunday, July 23 - Friday, July 28
Ages 9-16
Girls: Sunday, July 30 - Friday, August 4
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“Oregon Child Care Basics,”
a set of two trainings giving ba
sic child care information suit
able for child care profession
als and parents, will be pre
sented by Caring Options Child
Care Resource and Referral, a
program of Community Action
Team, Inc. (CAT)
Classes will be held Satur
day, May 6, from 8:30 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. at the Columbia
Technology Center in St. He-
lens.
Basics 1, dealing with chil
dren’s health and safety is
sues, will begin at 8:30 a.m.
Basics 2, which presents is
sues connected with children’s
social and emotional health,
begins at 12:30 p.m.
Each class meets four of the
mandatory training hours for
childcare providers.
Pre-registration is required.
A registration fee of $5 per
class ($10 for the full day) cov
ers the cost of materials. Lunch
and snacks will be provided at
no additional charge.
To register, send your name,
address and phone number
along with a check or money
order to: Caring Options, 310
Columbia Blvd., St. Helens,
OR 97051
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Barbara Vi . Tlitzi at 397-3511,
or toll free, 1-800-404-3511.
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Lady Loggers enjoy softball, even w ithout m any wins
Vernonia High School’s soft-
ball team played their first dou
ble header at home against
Portland Lutheran on April 20.
Both games resulted in losses,
11-1 and 8-1.
Jessica Allison scored the
team’s only run in the first
game and pitched the five-in
ning game. The solo run in the
second game was scored by
Nicole Koch.
“The Lady Loggers lack con
fidence when batting, but they
are a positive, fun team,” said
coach Dana Hyde. “They are
happy with the improvements
they’ve made through the sea
son and continue to work on
their batting skills.”
The ladies brought home
their first win of the season
April 18, defeating Knappa 12-
9.
Kim Normand, Kirsten Hyde,
and Jennifer Grady each scor-
ed two runs, while Allison,
Koch, Sarah Luttrell, Nicole
Potter, Nikki Gwin and Abby
Pond had a single run apiece.
Four of the runs came when Al
lison, Hyde, Grady and Nor
mand each stole home.
“In this game, Pond made
two incredible diving catches at
short stop,” said Hyde.
The girls played a double
header last night at home
against Knappa.
Four g am es rem ain in g fo r Log g er baseball season
With 11 baseball games
played and four games left,
Vernonia High School’s league
record stands at 1-8. Overall,
the Loggers are 1-10.
The first doubleheader of
the season was at home April
20 against Portland Lutheran.
The Loggers lost the first game
of the twin bill, 11-4, and the
second by 13-2.
Three of Vernonia’s runs
came in the third inning of the
first game, with Josh Luttrell,
David Koch and Bobby Lokken
crossing the plate. Lokken also
scored in the fourth.
In the second game, Luttrell
and Kohei Nagashio produced Loggers run production was
better, but they still ended up
the team’s only runs.
“The defense is giving up on the wrong side of a 10-6
too many runs compared to score. Curtis Golson and Dus
what they are capable of offen
sively,” said head coach Dave tin Titus were credited with two
runs apiece. Lokken and Kyle
Doubrava.
At Knappa, April 18, the Cota each added another run.
O n e h o m e g o lf m a tc h re m a in in g
The Vernonia High School
girls golf team has made it to
the beginning of district play
offs, which started May 2 at
Quail Valley Golf Course and
will end May 8 at the Astoria
Golf Course.
Previously, the girls traveled
to Mint Valley Golf Course in
Longview to compete in a nine
hole match against St. Helens.
St. Helens came out on top,
with 240 strokes as the Ver-
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