The INDEPENDENT, June 21, 2007
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VHS Sports Report
This column was written by Gor-
don Jarman, Athletic Director, Ver-
nonia High School.
It is not too late to sign up if
students are interested in Vol-
leyball, Football or Cross Coun-
try – just stop by Vernonia High
School and get the proper pa-
perwork.
Free Physicals for next
year’s sports teams will be July
10 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
at the Providence Medical Clin-
ic. Students will have to have
the proper paper work filled out
and have an appointment.
They will sign up and receive
the paper work at the Vernonia
School District office. These
physicals are required for in-
coming ninth graders and in-
coming eleventh graders. They
are also required of any athlete
who does not have a current
physical or are new to the dis-
trict.
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Weight lifting begins June 21
in the high school weight room
from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. The re-
maining sessions will be June
25, 27 and 28. Weight training
will be offered in July from 5:00
to 6:30 on July 2, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13,
16, 18, 20, 23, 25, 26, and 30.
August dates are 1, 2, 6, 8, 9
and 13.
Summer passing league will
be on July 10, 12, 17 and 19.
Vernonia football condition-
ing camp begins on August 15
and will take place August 16
and 17, finishing August 18
with the “Lumberjack Gauntlet.”
There will be a football meet-
ing for parents and players,
with gear issued on Sunday,
August 19 at 5:00 p.m.
Practices will begin Monday,
August 20 and continue from
5:30 -9:00 p.m. through the rest
of the week culminating in the
Blue and Gold Game on Satur-
day, August 25, at 11:00 a.m.
There will be a potluck at the
conclusion of the scrimmage,
and a picture session starting
at 10:00 a.m. on the football
field.
Volleyball Summer activities
start with a conditioning camp
for freshmen and sophomores
on August 13 and 14. All player
conditioning camp will be Au-
gust 15 -17.
Practice begins for all
grades August 20 and contin-
ues through August 24, from
8:00 to 10:00 a.m.
Team selections will be
made on August 24.
August 27 - 31 will see daily
doubles practices from 8:00 to
10:00 a.m. and 4:00 to 6:00
p.m.
Volleyball Team pictures will
be on Saturday, August 25, at
11:00 a.m. Parents are invited
to take pictures at this time, too.
A public hearing on Vernonia
School District’s 2007-08 budg-
et preceded the June 14 meet-
ing of the board of directors.
There were no public com-
ments. Tobie Finzel, chairman
of the budget committee,
thanked Superintendent Ken
Cox and the budget team for
providing a clear, concise
budget and for promptly an-
swering any questions that
were raised.
When the board meeting
started, Cox presented infor-
mation on Student Test Data
Trends and provided a possible
district goal of a 10 percent in-
crease in the number of stu-
dents who meet or exceed the
writing benchmark at each
grade level. The district will
take advantage of state-wide
training to help with staff devel-
opment to implement effective
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Bittinger receives D.A.R. award
Alex Bittinger, recent gradu-
ate of Vernonia High School,
received the Daughters of the
American Revolution (D.A.R.)
Good Citizen Award for leader-
ship involvement and volunteer
work. Bittinger is the son of
Lisa Bittinger of Vernonia.
The D.A.R. Good Citizen
Award has two parts. The first
part is a question on how the
candidate had tried to manifest
the qualities of a good citizen, a
copy of the official grade tran-
script and two letters of recom-
mendation. The second part re-
quires an essay on “Our Amer-
ican Heritage and Our Respon-
sibility for Preserving It.” The
essay must be written under
the supervision of a faculty or
D.A.R. member with no com-
puter help.
A Tea was held in honor of
Bittinger and the other Colum-
bia County teens who received
D.A.R. Service Awards, at
Caples House in Columbia
City.
Left; on June 5, the Vernonia Band marched downtown to
kick off their fundraiser to bring Dallas Brass to Vernonia in
February of 2008. Watch for opportunities to help them raise
the money.
KOG youth forest programs start
Gwin and Owens will wrestle for Oregon
Two Vernonia wrestlers
have qualified for the Oregon
National Wrestling Team. Trev-
er Gwin and Tylor Owens have
been selected to represent the
State of Oregon at the west re-
gional and the national champi-
onships. Both young men train
at USA Cobra Wrestling in
Scappoose.
The national championships
will be held July 21-26 in Fargo,
North Dakota.
Both Gwin and Owens are
seeking sponsors. Call 503-
543-2256 for information on
how to donate. Firewood sales
will also help the young men
raise money. Call 503-705-
4031 to order a cord of fire-
wood for $130 with local deliv-
ery.
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sources Institute, World Fores-
try Center, and the OR Federa-
tion of Garden Clubs devel-
oped that program. David Heil
and Associates of Portland was
the contractor.
Funding for the project was
made possible by the National
Fire Plan, The Weyerhaeuser
Company,
The
Campbell
Group, Friends of Paul Bun-
yan, Salem Women’s Club, and
the Richard Keuhner Trust. The
Sportsman's Warehouse is
partnering with KOG to supply
tee-shirts for those who com-
plete the activities or lessons.
A Certificate of Completion will
also be awarded.
For further information, con-
tact Keep Oregon Green Asso-
ciation at 503-945-7499 or visit
the website.