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Z Z Page 8 Zzz/Zz/Z The INDEPENDENT, March 20, 2002 S.T.A.R.S. train to help younger students VHS Equestrian Team doing well in district-wide competitions The Vernonia High School Cropp, Jennings and Mack Equestrian Team competed in placing third, while Sook, Alli their second of three district son and Nelson came in fourth. meets in McMinnville. The 14 Clement and Jennings placed high school teams in the dis fifth in Birangle, and the Work trict, in addition to Vernonia, ing Pairs team of Cropp and are Amity, Banks, Century, For Nelson placed tenth. est Grove, Gaston, Glencoe, Individual placings include Hillsboro, Newberg, Rainier, the following: Allison - second Scappoose, Sherwood, St. He in Figure 8, second in Barrels, lens and Tualatin. The VHS seventh in Poles; M ack-fifth in team competed well in both Individual Flags, ninth in Key team and individual events, ac hole; Nelson - eighth in Key cording to coach Barb Carr. hole; Clement - fifth in Steer The eight-person drill team - Daubing; Sook - ninth in Indi Sarah Sook, Jessica Allison, vidual Flags; Jennings - sev Adelaide Schmitt, Torie Cle enth in Reining. ment, Gina Cropp, Sasha The VHS team also works Mack, Kendell Nelson and hard on team spirit and sports Megan Jennings - placed first, manship. At the first meet, they as did the In Hand Obstacle gave homemade cookies to Relay (IHOR) team of Sook, each team and wished them Clement, Cropp and Nelson. good luck; at the last meet, the The IHOR team showed great team delivered goodie bags to improvement, rebounding from all other teams, filled with car a seventh place finish at the rots for the horses. first competition. The final regular competition Other team placings include will be April 19, 20 and 21 in the Canadian Flag team of McMinnville. The team has al Brandi Abney, Clement, Cropp ready qualified for state compe and Jennings, placing third. tition that will be held in Salem Vernonia had two Team Pen at the State Fairgrounds on ning teams in the top 10, with May 10, 11 and 12. Bellingham will lead Ridge Riders “Students Today Aren’t Ready for Sex” is the message these Vernonia High School stu* dents will be taking to sixth graders in Ver- nonia schools. Working in teams, the teen leaders will help the younger students learn how to recognize and deal with peer pres sure, and how to say “no” without losing friends. Training for the state abstinence- based program are, front row l-r, Shawn Robertson, Kortni Hyde, Kendall Graham, Jessica Thornburg and Marcus Kintz. Back row l-r are Jaki King, Alex Moeller, Katy Tay lor and Jessica Sook. School Nurse Cathy Ramsdell leads the local program. Variety of PCC classes in St. Helens and Scappoose Several Portland Community College classes will begin in April at St. Helens High School and Scappoose High School. Spanish Conversation Be ginning: Term I, a non-cred!t course, will meet from 7:15 to 9:15 p.m. on Tuesdays, April 2 through June 11, in Room B56 of St. Helens High School. Cost is $68.50 Introduction to Poetry, a non-credit course, will be held from 6:30 to 9:20 p.m. on Wednesdays, April 3 through June 12 at St. Helens High School. Cost is $120. Beginning Word for Win dows will meet from 6:30 to 8:50 p.m. each Tuesday and Thursday, from April 2 through June 13, in Room B43 at St. Helens High School. Cost is $123, with a $12.50 fee payable at the first class to the high school. Beginning Digital Photogra phy will meet from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. every Monday, April 15 through June 3, in Room B46 at St. Helens High School. Cost if $56.50. Flyfishing 101, a non-credit course, will meet from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9 and from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 13 and 20, in Room C3 of Scappoose High School, 33700 SE High School Way in Scappoose. For more information on any of the above classes, contact PCC Community Education at 503-978-5753. Sunnyside Cafe Our Breakfast Buffet will resume in Spring. Same Hours - Same Great Menu PLUS Daily Specials// ORDERS TO GO: SO3-429-481O Open Daily 5 am-2 pm * 58360 Nehalem Hwy. S„ Vernonia The first meeting of Vernonia Ridge Riders for the year 2002 will be March 28 at 7:00 p.m. at the Vernonia Library. Members are urged to attend because the 2002 calendar of events for the club will be arranged. Elections were held for the 2002 officers at the 2001 year- end banquet held January 19 at Cedar Ridge. Officers for the coming year are President COMPUTER CLASSES in demonia Washington Grade School April 3-June 5 • 6 3 0 -9 3 0 p.m. To register, call Portland Community College, 503-978-5753 or at WGS Library, 6:15 p.m., on night of class. 7 Vernonia Federal Credit Union • 503429-8031 ALL THREE CLASSES...$80 BEGinmnG U linoow s (4 /0 3 -4 /2 4 ) $36 Learn basic mouse, navigation and file management tech niques and how to easily apply these skills to most comput er applications. Prereq: None. BEGinninG WORD (5/01 -5 /2 2 ) $36 Create, save, edit, format and print documents. Work with tables and graphics to create professional looking letters, memos, envelopes, reports. Prereq: Basic typing skills, Win dows familiarity. BEGinmnG InTERnET (5 /2 9 -6 /0 5 ) LOW COST CAR LOANS George Bellingham, Vice-presi dent John Ogden, Secretary Beth Weaver, Treasurer Jeri Cropp, and Publicity Secretary Liz Bellingham. The trophy for the 2001 All Around Ridge Rider was awarded to George and Deloris Bellingham. For more information or to become a member, call George Bellingham at 503-429-9523. $18 Tap into the endless opportunities of the web! Learn how to access, search and research topics for education and en tertainment. Recommended: Windows Skills
