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Students receive 2002 scholarships, awards and recognitions
Vernonia High School Principal’s Awards
The following students were
named for Principal’s Awards
for the 2001-02 school year at
Vernonia High School:
Top Five Seniors
Valedictorians - Alex Hayes,
Shawn Hillyer, Alisha Jundt
Salutatorians -
Brass Sears,
Megan Pattison
Athletic
Army Reserve Scholar/Athlete
- Jennifer Bernardi, Antonio Ce-
bola
U.S. Navy ROTC Scholar-Ath
lete - Shawn Hillyer
M ickey Bruer Memorial Golf
Award - Brass Sears
Albert Brunsman Memorial
Vernonia High Class of 2002
Graduates of the Vernonia
High School Class of 2002 re
ceived the following scholar
ships and awards:
Jennifer Bernardi - Vernonia
Credit Union, $600; Booster Club,
$500; VHS Melis Cheerleading,
$500.
Elizabeth Brookins - Holce Log
ging, $1,500.
Krystyn Brucken - Youth Corps
, $1,500.
Miranda Casteel - Youth Corps,
$1,500.
Kyle Cota - Holce Logging,
$1,500.
Melissa Devlaeminck - Holce
Logging, $1,500.
Luke Ellis - Mike Busch Memo
rial, $500; Vernonia Rural Fire
Board of Directors, $500; Booster
Club, $500.
Curtis Fetch - Youth Corps,
$1,500.
Nikki Gwin - NW League Princi
pal’s, $200; PEO Sisterhood
Scholarship, $500.
Alex Hayes - Lion’s, $1,000.
Shawn Hillyer - NAVY ROTC,
Full Tuition and Books for 4 years.
Jeff Holbrook - Mike Busch
Memorial, $500.
Alicia Jundt - Holce Logging,
$900; Lion’s, $1,000; Nelson Fam
ily Scholarship for Academic Excel
lence, $1,000.
Jacob Lee - NW League Princi
pal’s, $200.
Bobby Lokken - Mike Busch
Memorial, $500; Vernonia Rural
Fire Board of Directors, $500;
Gene Weller Memorial, $600.
Nichole Luke - Holce Logging,
$900.
Edith Nelson - Holce Logging,
$1,200; PSU Oregon Laurels,
$4,000.
Alicia Normand - Holce Log
ging, $1,500; Lew’s Place and Rick
Curl, $750.
Megan Pattison - VEA/OSEA,
$800; Alumni, $1,000.
Rose Peets - Holce Logging,
$900; Lew’s Place and Rick Curl,
$1,500; VHS Melis Cheerleading,
$500.
Colin Plews - Holce Logging,
$900.
Megan Peura - Holce Logging -
$1,200.
Brass Sears - Beaverton Parts
Manufacturing, $3,000.
Sarah Sook - Karen Pitt-Kilgore
M emorial, $500; VHS Rentfro-
Knowles-Melis Equestrian Team,
$1,000.
Liana Traylor - Lew’s Place and
Rick Curl, $750.
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Award - Eric Weller
Most Inspirational Underclass
man in Sports - Kortni Hyde
Terry Smith Memorial (most in
spirational Sr.) Bobby Lokken
Outstanding Athlete - Brass
Sears
Student Council
President Megan Peura
Vice-President Jennifer Ber
nardi
Secretary Rose Peets
Treasurer Brittany Kerns
Student Body Mgr. Kendall Gra
ham
Sergeant-at-Arms Nicole Potter
Foreign Exchange Representa
tive Heather Forster
Fire Marshall Brandon Peura
Leadership
Outstanding Leadership - Jen
nifer Bernardi, Nicole Potter
Service Awards
Freshman - Ashley Forster
Sophomore - Megan Baker,
Katy Taylor
Junior - Brittany Kerns
P.E.O. - Alex Hayes, Bobby
Lokken
Senior Project Awards
Best Speech - Veronika Svo-
bodova
Best Physical Project, Honor
able Mention - Shawn Hillyer, Re-
bekka Peller, Dustin Titus, Liana
Traylor
Best Physical Project Nicole
Gwin, Charles Gendron
Over-all Best Senior Project,
Honorable Mention - Rose Peets,
Brandan Dennis, Jack Murphy, Ivi
ca Wirghova, Alex Hayes, Sarah
Pantoja, Megan Pattison
Over-all Best Senior Project -
Antonio Cebola
Mathematics
Algebra I - Caressa Brooks
Geometry - Kim Normand
Algebra II - Carrick Flynn
Informal Algebra - Jennifer
Busch, Samantha Gunther
Advanced Mathematics - Ben
Brookins
Trigonometry - Shawn Hillyer
Pre-Calculus - Emilee Suess
McEntire Math Award - Ben
Brookins & Emilee Suess
Family Living
Sarah Sook, Antonia Montanus
Science
Advanced Biology - Veronika
Svobodova, Rose Peets
Chem istry - Ben Brookins,
Shawn Hillyer, Emilee Suess
Biology - Katy Traylor, Dennis
DeWitt
Physical Science - Jessica
Westlake
Advanced Physical Science -
Kyle Suess
English
Introduction to Literature, Out
standing Freshman - Julie Hales,
Jason Hennessley
Survey of Literature, Outstand
ing Sophomore - Katy Traylor, An
drew Brookins
Best Writer - Emilee Suess
Best Literary Discussion -
Stephanie Bobbitt
Alvilda Hearing Award - Shawn
Hillyer
Columbia County Spelling Bee
- Charles Gendron
Music
Best Band Director - Charles
Gendron
Most Valuable Band Member -
Chris Richardson
4-Year Band Member - Alex
Hayes, Darcy Kunkel, Megan Peu
ra, Charles Gendron, Shawn Hilly
er, David McMurtrey, Troy Har
grave
John Philip Sousa Award -
Shawn Hillyer
4-Year Choral Student - Emily
Sohler, Rose Peets
Quiz Bowl Award
Participants - Marshall King,
Ben Brookins, W illiam Hales,
Christopher Richardson, Charles
Gendron,
Physical Education
Female W eightlifter of the Year
- Jennifer Bernardi
Social Studies
U.S. History - Rachel Bentsen
Government - Shawn Hillyer
Psychology - Emilee Suess
Modern Problems - Alex Hayes
Global Studies - Tyler Dougher
ty, Megan Pattision
Drama
Technical Award - Andrew
Brookins, Caitlyn Morrow
Best Supporting Actor - Carrick
Flynn
Best Actor - Shawn Hillyer
Best Supporting Actress - Abby
Nelson
Best Actress - Rachel Bentsen
Tony Dettmer Memorial Award -
Jake Brock
Photography
Ivica Wirghova, Emilee Suess,
Liana Traylor, Katrina Hall
Art
Art I - Bodeine Rumbolz, Anto
nia Montanus
Advanced Art - Jessica Dillon,
Ivica W irghova, Robbie Fether-
ston, Alisha Jundt
LRC Classes
Good Citizenship - Helena
Shafer, Trisha Lee, Tyler Dougherty
Semper Parataus Award
Helena Shafer
Print Shop
Best Over-all Team Member -
Trisha Lee
Most Improved Team Member -
Tyler Dougherty
Mr. Fix-it - Kody Watts
Office Aid
Outstanding Office Aid - Stacy
Lennon
Tech Crew
Outstanding W orker - Nicole
Potter, Billy Leach
WGS Junior High Honor Roll
The following junior high stu
dents at Washington Grade
School were named to the aca
demic honor roll for the fourth
quarter.
Principal’s Honors, 4 .0 0 - B.J.
Linville, Ben Schorzman, Brittanie
Roberts, Brittney Lindauer, Joreigh
Landers, Kristin Kelly, Laura
Brookins, Timothy Hein.
High
Honors,
3.50-3.99-
Akeshia Maldonado, Amber Abney,
Bryan Budge, Christina Sohler,
Danielle Robb, Erin Gehrke,
Heather
Hennessey,
Heather
Mailer, Jacob Hales.
Jessica Dahl, Jessica Long,
Jessica Shaw, Jessica Tarrence,
John Fitch, Kevin Johnston, Kizzie
Peirce, Kristel Norby, Kristin Cota,
Kristina Lamping, Luke Johnston,
Seth Brock.
Mackenzie Bassett, Marisol
Borquez, Melissa Chelby, Nandi
VanMeter, Nicole Frantz, Rhiannon
Meyer, Russell Lende, Sam Thorn-
ton, Tiffany Thayer, Zachary Ser-
afin.
Honors, 3 .2 5 -3.49- Alex Bit-
tinger, Burdette Robb, Cassandra
Gunter, Jacob
Rice,
Janelle
Bashaw, Larinda Botchie, Nicholas
Mohn, Nicole Kozachenko, Skyler
Hoyt, Stella Mailer, Stephanie Carr,
Travis Baker.
Honorable Mention, 3.00-3.24-
Alexander
Townsend,
Brent
Thompson, Cassandra Fogel,
Colton DeWitt, Dean Kozachenko,
Jeffrey Paleck, John Howley.
Jonathan Kintz, Karli Vander-
schelden,
Lindsay
Lennen,
Nicholas Hammons, Sarah Warn
er, Scott Courtney, ShyAnne
Carlile, Stacia Knurek, Travis
Hansen.
Progressive Honors, raised
GPA by .5 or m ore- Amanda Math
ews, Burdette Robb, C hristina
Sohler, Corey Hooker, Dane
Brown, Desiree Martin, Eric Law-
head, Isaac W ilson, Janelle
Bashaw.
Jeffrey Paleck, Jesse Hill,
Jessie G ehrke, Karli Vander-
schelden, Luke Johnston, Michael
Ashby, Mitch Stevens, Nicholas
Sohler, Nicole Kozachenko, Paul
Ogden, Rhiannon Meyer, Stella
Mailer.
Elizabeth Johnson
graduates
with
honors
Elizabeth V. Johnson, a
graduate of Vernonia High,
School, received a degree
June 15 from the University of
Oregon’s College of Education.
Johnson’s honors include the
Dean’s List and membership in
Mortar Board. After working for
“Committed
Partners
for
Youth,” a mentorship program,
she plans to work for not-for-
profit organizations.