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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.
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Our Breakfast Buffet will resume in Spring.
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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
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