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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).
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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
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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
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