The INDEPENDENT, July 3, 2008
New Farmers Market starting up
An Open Air/Farmers Market
will be held four Monday
evenings in July and August,
on July 7 and 21 and August 4
and 18. The location will be the
Neighborhood (Log Cabin)
Park, at Sunset and Main,
Banks.
The Log Cabin will be open
for visitors on those evenings.
The Banks Historical Society
and the Banks Chamber of
Commerce are developing a
Visitors Information display in
the Cabin. The Friends of the
Banks/Vernonia State Trail will
have a small information dis-
play in the Cabin during these
Monday markets dates.
Come see what’s growing in
Banks at the Open Air/Farmers
Market.
Friendships depend on listening
Friendships are an essential
part of feeling good about your-
self and enjoying positive men-
tal health. But good friendships
take time to develop and re-
quire both parties to make an
effort to build a relationship.
One of the most important
elements in a strong friendship
is communication. That means
not simply being able to talk
with each other, but actually
being able to “communicate”
about important matters. For
such communication to take
place, and a friendship to grow
and develop, being able to lis-
ten is a vital skill most of us
need to develop better.
You can see the effect of
poor listening skills just by ob-
serving how various people lis-
ten to what you have to say.
You’ll soon notice that some
people closely pay attention to
your words and communicate
back that they understand what
you’ve been saying.
On the other hand, poor lis-
teners are often distracted, pay
little attention to your words,
give almost no feedback and
may misinterpret what you
were trying to communicate.
In most cases, you’ll find it’s
the good listener with whom
you have a better relationship.
Developing your own good lis-
tener skills can help improve
friendships, family communica-
tions and even work relation-
ships. Fortunately, developing
such skills isn’t difficult.
One key to good listening is
simply to listen more than you
talk. Avoid the impulse to inter-
rupt with your own stories and
experiences. As a good listener
you want to hear what the oth-
er person has to say, not to try
and top his or her story with a
better one of your own.
As a good listener you also
want to show you’ve under-
stood what’s being said. If
something isn’t totally clear,
ask for clarification. Show
you’re been paying attention by
feeding back key parts of the
conversation, then summarize
what you’ve heard as a way of
ending your conversation.
Learning to be a better lis-
tener is a key skill for building
stronger relationships of every
type. Do you really listen when
your child has a story to tell
about his or her school day?
Do you pay attention when
your spouse wants to summa-
rize the day’s events over din-
ner? Do you only half hear
what a work colleague has to
say?
Learning to listen well can
make every relationship func-
tion better. And it can also help
those closest to you learn to re-
spect and listen to your words
when you have something to
share.
Banks HS Honor Roll full of students
The following students were
named to the Banks High
School academic Honor Roll
for the 2007/2008 second se-
mester. An asterik behind the
name denotes a 4.00 GPA.
Seniors – Michelle Boyk,
Evan Chalupsky*, Anna Clink*,
Thomas Duyck, Ashlee Falkn-
er*, Ammaron Gibson, Brett
Gooding, Ryan Hayden*,
Joshua Heath*, Renee John-
son, Austin Kennedy, Christy
Lazott, Janna Lee, Bradley
Markham, John Martin*, Madi-
son Miller, Ashley Narum*, Jen-
nifer Neely*, Chase Nielson*,
Sadi O’Harrow*, James O’Neil,
Alicia Reaser, Jordan Sand-
wisch, Ariel Schmidlin, Rachel
Slaughter,
and
Sarah
Warkentin*.
Juniors – Lexi Albert, Whit-
ney Blok, Dustin Bone, Amy
Browning*, Robert Browning,
Katherine Burgesser*, Juliean-
na Cantu, Janel Coussens,
Emily Duyck, Sam Edison*,
Gus Evers, Madison Farley,
Alyssa Halls, Ramona Heit-
mann, Jesse Hostynek*, Aman-
da King, Gabe Linehan*, Trevor
Lundsten, Jeffrey Manivanh*,
Katrina Mettee*, Thomas
Moore*, Joanna Murdoch, Re-
becca Narum, Janine Neely*,
Kipp Nielson, Robin Norgren,
Erin O’Mahony*, Ben Prince,
Jared Rue*, Kodi Sandstrom*,
Kendra Shaddon, Cody Shu-
lund, Matt Stone, and Kelsey
Taylor.
Sophomores – Jared Acos-
ta*, Erika Atkinson*, Matt Cu-
tone, Brent Ervin, Jenny Helm,
Tiara Herr*, Tasha Lyda*, Tay-
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