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Page 24 The INDEPENDENT, June 19, 2003 Unattended fire destroys truck “Partners in Education” honored at Vernonia schools assemblies An early m orning fire on S a t urday, Ju n e 8, d e s tro y e d a 2001 Ford-250 parked at the Jeffers residence on Birch St. The ve h icle w a s Turner Logging. ow ned by The fire w as started in a burn barrel that w as too close to the truck and w as left un at tended, according to a V ernon ia Fire D istrict spokesm an. The fire traveled fro m the barrel across the ground and to the truck, a cco rdin g to V ernonia Fire C hief Paul Epier. The person respon sible for starting the fire did not have a burn perm it. A w arning w as is sued and a bill will be p re s e n t ed fo r the costs of fire sup pre s sion. Photo at right: An unidenti fied firefighter continues to spray fire suppressant on hot spots in the remains of a 2001 pickup tuck. 47J administrators make modifications Budget re s tra in ts ha ve caused a reduction in the V er nonia S chool D istrict a d m in is trative team from eight to five em ployees, including S u p e rin tendent M ike Funderburg. Now, w ith appro val by the board of directors, Funderburg has restructured the a d m in is trative team . A fte r consulting the d istrict’s stra teg ic plan for in c re a s in g s tu d e n t a c h ie v e m ent and the staff d e velop m en t plan, the rem aining a d m in is tra tors w ere placed to take a d v a n tage of the ir strengths, a c c o rd ing to Funderburg. The new structure divides in stru ctio n into th re e a re a s - kindergarten to third grade, fou r to eight, and high scho ol - w h ich c o rre s p o n d s to the s ta te ’s b e n c h m a rk a s s e s s m ents and will allow m ore e f fective analyses of state test scores. A new high school principal, C urt S choll, w as hired at a s p e cial school board m eeting Jun e 4. S choll com es to V ernonia from St. H elens H igh S chool, w here he has been v ic e -p rin c i pal and athletic d ire cto r fo r the past year. P reviously, he had been a social stud ies te a c h e r and head baseball co a ch at W est Linn and S ca p p o o se H igh Schools. He sta rte d te a ch in g social studies an d a lte rn a tive school at S iuslaw H igh S chool. S ch o ll’s wife Kelly is head vo l leyball coach at U niversity of P ortland and is expecting their third child. S choll was born and raised in St. H elens and played football and baseball at Linfield C ollege. M ike Durbin has m oved from the high school to W ashington G rade School, w here he w ill be principal fo r grades 4 -8 . Durbin w ill also serve as K -1 2 c u rricu lum director. A n n e K in g s le y w ill serve n e xt y e a r as p rin c ip a l fo r k in d e rg a rte n th ro u g h th ird grade at W ashington and Lin coln S chools and principal of M ist G rade S chool. K ingsley w ill also serve as m iddle s c h o o l1 athletic director. Laurie H arrison will rem ain as d ire ctor of special education and will assum e responsibility fo r d is tric t w ide a sse ssm e n t (state testing). Like o th e r sm a ll high HAWAII SPECIALIST - WAYNE - PLUS WORLD PACKAGES Mexico • Las Vegas • Disney • Europe Now in your neighborhood Travel Packages by Wayne 503-755-2493 schools across the state, Ver- nonia will have a teacher, Tony Pupo, fulfilling the role of athlet- ic director. Vernonia S chool D istrict rec ognized businesses and ind i viduals for the ir help to the d is trict during a special P artners in Education assem bly. T he fo l lowing people and businesses w ere recognized: B u c k n e r La nd S a lv a g e - Use of p ressure w a s h e r fo r VHS stadium Landscape & P roducts S u p ply - Bark dust W estern Farm S ervice, Inc. - Fertilizer fo r athletic fields F a rm w o m e n ’s N u rs e ry - B edding plants M a yo r C in d y B all, M a rie Botchie, M ichelle Blum , Kevin S w ayze and H eather B assett - S trategic P lanning W orkshop Scott G riffith/B oise C ascade - Bark chips to LGS Dass Logging, Mr. & Mrs. D ick G w in, H erb H uso n & S helly Linde, C u rl’s T ransp orta tion, Pihl Logging, H olce Lo g gin g and G w in L o g g in g - S p rin g S p o rts tra n s p o rta tio n cost Tim T itus, M a rk S te ve n s, G unny Cox, G reg S chaum burg /W O E C - P ow er pole rem oval Cafall Bros. Forest P roducts - D onation to HS w restling Mr. & Mrs. Dick G w in - Do- nation to A thletic program s P astor G rant W illiam s - Use of V ernonia C om m unity C hurch Joe B atty - HS B aseball D ugout C onstruction M a rc ie G w in, C a ro lyn K easey and D aw n B uckner - R efreshm ents fo r CIM R ecog nition N ight M a rk S te v e n s and G reg S c h a u m b u rg /W O E C - Set poles fo r H om ecom ing Bonfire O D O T -M a n n in g M a in te nance S tation - P aving Project C ity of V ernonia - Use of W ater Rights D ick Titus, N W E xcavating - B ark D ust D elivery V ernonia R FP D - Use of staff and pum p truck to w ater football field __t o | miss the la te st news... Subscribe to The INDEPENDENT fo r ju s t $15 per year. C a ll 5 0 3 - 4 2 9 - 9 4 1 0 to start your subscription. Been Skinny Pipping Lately? Let your inner child out and visit Restful Haven Health Club, a family-oriented nudist resort located west of Portland. 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