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The INDEPENDENT, July 5, 2007
VHS announces Honor Roll students
Many named to VMS Honor Roll
The following students were
named to the Vernonia High
School academic Honor Roll
for the 2006-07 4th quarter.
Grade Point Averages (GPA)
are on a scale of 1-4, with 4
equaling a perfect score.
Principal’s Honors, 4.00 –
Michael Calhoun, Mackenzie
Carr, Karly DeWitt, Sarah
Dupree, Adrienne East, Celia
Gendron, Kelsey King, Saman-
tha Lee, Tricia Levenseller, Brit-
tney Lindauer, Souvanny Miller,
Megan Perry, Melissa Sand-
strom, Katie Wilson, and
Nicholas Young.
High Honors, 3.50-3.99 –
Kahli Anderson, Bethany An-
gle, Christopher Bamburg,
Bonnie Birkmaier, Alysa Bruck-
en, Stephanie Carr, Marissa
The following students were
named to the Vernonia Middle
School academic Honor Roll
for the 2006-07 4th quarter.
Grade Point Averages (GPA)
are on a scale of 1-4, with 4
equaling a perfect score.
Principal’s Honors, 4.00 –
Kaytee Burghard, Laura Hein,
Samantha Lindauer, Jackson
Miller,
Madeline
O’Leary,
Vanessa Ortiz Torres, Natalie
Wallace, and Samantha Wal-
lace.
High Honors, 3.50-3.99 –
Ashlee Archer, Kaitlyn Carr,
Holly Cavett, Christopher
Dass, Mackenzie Frantz, Jerrid
Johnston, Sarah McMahon, Ta-
sia Pond, Makayla Roach, Sici-
ly Scott, Amanda Sebring,
Mckenna Stasiak, Kacy Strand,
Nichole Thompson, and Jacob
Clement, John Collins, Ashley
Eastlick, Megan Farmer, John
Fitch, Nicole Frantz, Fabian
Funke, Brandon Gilbertson,
Joreigh Landers, Brittney La-
son, Ashley Paleck, Brittanie
Roberts, Theresa Schuster, Lia
Sebring, Lindsay Shaw, Hee
Yeon Shin, Amanda Sliger,
Ashton Yontz, and Rebekah
Young.
Honors, 3.25-3.49 – Jaycee
Adams, Ben Bamburg, Heather
Bassett, Timothy Brown, Adam
Buchan, Ashley Cavett, Casan-
dra Gunter, Keli Krieger, Alex
Lende, Jessie Long, Phillip
Peerson, Gavin Roberts, Sierra
Roberts, Byron Schorzman,
Sahrina Smith, Josh Tong,
Joshua Vanderzanden, and An-
drew Senn.
8th grade Promotion Awards given
Vernonia Middle School an-
nounced the following eighth
grade Promotion Awards for
the 2006-07 school year:
Paul Gordon Memorial
Award to Kaitlyn Carr; James T.
Johns Award to Kacy Strand;
Outstanding Scholar Awards to
Kaitlyn Carr, Kaytee Burghard,
Samantha Lindauer and Natal-
ie Wallace; Debbie Johnston
Student Award to Kacy Strand
and the Staff Award to Justin
Ward.
Join Summer Running Club now
Summer running club is
back again. All kids entering
fifth grade and older are wel-
come to attend. Younger chil-
dren are welcome, too, with
adult supervision.
Coach James Brookins from
Vernonia High School meets
the runners at Vernonia Lake
A GALIS
N ETWORK
S ERVICES
on Monday and Thursday
mornings at 8:30 a.m. Then
groups of kids go on fun runs
around the lake property. There
is no formal training, this is just
a time when young people can
go jogging with their peers.
For more information, call
Brookins at 503-429-6008.
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Honorable Mention, 3.0-3.24
– Kayla Baughman, Nathan
Bonora, Nicole Bridge, Christi-
na Cavett, Gillian Cheney, Tyler
Clines, Tyler Corey, Brandon
Cota, Colton DeWitt, Yolande
Gendron, Nicole Gray, Megan
Hieronimus, Kelly Howley,
Kevin Johnston, Tarrah John-
ston, Ralee Lanphear, Heather
Maller, Nicole Mitchell, Karina
Nelsen, Rebekahann Peerson,
Amy Rethwill, Preston Roach,
Danielle Robb, Kelly Simpkins,
Kyle Stasiak, Dalton Stevens,
Brent Thompson, Levi Timmer-
man, Nandi VanMeter, and
Brandi Westlake.
Vifquain.
Honors, 3.25-3.49 – Joseph
Benes, Rachel Brown, Sarah
Dahl, Kora Fawver-Hamilton,
Quinlan Johansen, Rebecca
Levenseller, Sarah Miller,
Daniel Shaw, Mckenzie Tarkal-
son, Kelli Thompson, and Shy-
la Tungwenuk.
Honorable Mention, 3.0-3.24
– Jake Barnes, Matthew Be-
vans, Kelsey Brown, Joshua
Butcher, Austin Cutright, Jesse
Edgar, Katie Ellington, Nathan
Fleck, Kristina Halvorson, Cier-
ra Henson, Zachary Hood,
Brandon Krause, Austin Long,
Ashley Loomis, Jacob Love-
land, Brandon Orth, Mikol Pihl,
Mason Roberts, Megan Rock,
Kelly Smith, Chantel Szlavich,
Levi Taylor, and Timothy Titus.
Head Starts seeking 2007-08 students
Head Start, a federally fund-
ed preschool program, is seek-
ing students for the 2007-2008
school year in Columbia Coun-
ty. Applications are being taken
now for all three and four year-
olds in Clatsop and Columbia
Counties. Recruitment for fall
enrollment is now in progress
and will be completed in June.
If parents are interested in en-
rollment information they are
urged to phone immediately.
Prospective students must
be three or four years-old by
September 1, 2007. Eligibility is
based on income, family situa-
tion and needs of the child, in-
cluding whether there is a dis-
ability or serious illness.
Head Start offers a total fam-
ily program that includes nutri-
tion, education, medical and
dental services for the enrolled
child and home visits. Training
on various subjects and on-the-
job training is offered to all en-
rolled families. USDA approved
meals are served. Limited
transportation may be avail-
able.
The Vernonia Center is lo-
cated in the Blue Heron Hous-
ing Complex. Families who live
in the Mist, Birkenfeld and Ver-
nonia areas may phone Kathy
Kelly at 503-429-9243 for in-
come guidelines and enroll-
ment information.
USDA and the State of Ore-
gon prohibit discrimination in all
USDA programs and activities
on the basis of race, color, na-
tional origin, sex, religion, age
or disability.
Don’t remove young animals from the wild
Oregon Department of Fish
and Wildlife (ODFW) biologists
are reminding Oregonians that
removing a young animal from
the wild often results in its ear-
ly death.
Each year about this time,
while Oregonians are heading
outdoors to enjoy the warm
weather, Oregon wildlife are
giving birth to and raising their
young. Also around this time of
year, ODFW often receives
calls from people who have
picked up fawns, fledgling
birds, newborn squirrels and
even seal pups because they
believe the animals have been
abandoned.
These well-intentioned peo-
ple don’t understand that the
newborns are temporarily and
naturally away from their par-
ents. Unfortunately, the majori-
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young wildlife are unable to
provide an appropriate diet and
environment for the animal. As
a result, the animal can suffer
malnourishment and often
death.
For example, a few years
ago a concerned landowner re-
moved a young, apparently or-
phaned western gray squirrel
from the wild and fed it cow’s
milk. When the squirrel became
lethargic, he called ODFW but
the animal, suffering from mal-
nutrition and hypothermia, died
within an hour of ODFW taking
possession of it.
Even if a young animal does
survive human care, it has
been denied the chance to
learn important skills from its
mother such as finding food
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