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The INDEPENDENT, August 5, 2010
2011 Rodeo Court is announced
The 2011 Columbia County
Fair and Rodeo court was an-
nounced during the Columbia
County Fair. Selected to repre-
sent Columbia County in 2011
are:
• Queen Emily Simpson, 17,
of St. Helens, who won the
Speech, Knowledge, Personal-
ity, and Appearance awards.
• Princess Kelsey Lanphear,
16, of Rainier, who won the
Horsemanship, Sales, Photo-
genics, and Herdsmanship
awards.
Eyrrick to represent county at State Fair
• Princess Emily Nodland,
16, of St. Helens, who won the
Congeniality and Spirit awards.
The pageant included horse-
manship, personal interview,
speech, impromptu questions,
and a written test of rodeo
knowledge.
The court’s official reign be-
gins January 1, 2011. They will
represent Columbia County at
various rodeos, parades, and
civic events throughout 2011.
Run with Extra Confidence
with Chevron
DELO 400 PLUS
MOTOR OIL
™
Kaitlyn Eyrrick holds spelling certificate at the Columbia
County Spelling Bee where she place second in her division.
Kaitlyn Eyrrick, Vernonia,
will be competing in the state-
wide Spelling Bee on Saturday,
September 4, at the Oregon
State Fair and Expo in Salem.
Eyrrick took second place in
the Columbia County Spelling
Bee in the Kindergarten-Grade
5 level. As runner-up to the win-
ner, Eyrrick knew she might be
called on to compete if anything
kept the winner in her division
from being at the State Fair.
Eyrrick received notification
on Tuesday, August 3, asking
her to represent Columbia
County. She is sad for the
county winner who cannot at-
tend, but is very excited to go
and spell as the county run-
ner-up.
The winner at the state level
will receive a $200 savings
bond, second place takes
home a $100 savings bond,
and third place wins a $50 sav-
ings bond. Eyrrick’s portion of
the competition will start at
10:00 a.m. Go cheer her on if
you happen to be at the State
Fair that morning.
Too many toddlers watch too much TV
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Almost 20 percent of Oregon
2-year-olds watch two or more
hours of television in a typical
day, according to an Oregon re-
port published in the Thursday,
July 15 Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC)
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly
Report. The federal report con-
tains the first Oregon-specific
statistics about young children
and TV watching.
Excessive exposure of
young children to television and
videos is associated with im-
paired childhood development
and childhood obesity. The
American Academy of Pedi-
atrics recommended in 2001
that children 2 years of age and
older watch no more than one
to two hours of quality program-
ming per day; infants should
not watch any TV.
“It is important to note that,
even after that recommenda-
tion was made, many 2-year-
olds are watching more than
two hours of TV a day,” said
John Oh, M.D., M.P.H. “We
hope to build awareness of this
issue, especially because of
the emergence of new forms of
media use such as internet TV
and portable DVD players that
can increase a child’s screen-
time viewing.” Oh is a CDC Epi-
demic Intelligence Service offi-
cer assigned to Oregon Public
Health. His work in Oregon, as
well as the Oregon report on
toddler and TV viewing, is fund-
ed by the CDC.
The report found that 19.6
percent of children aged 2
spent two or more hours watch-
ing television or videos. Ap-
proximately 18 percent, almost
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one-fifth of children this age,
had a TV in their bedroom;
these children were twice as
likely to watch excessive TV
compared with children without
a TV in their bedroom. Among
children with a TV in their bed-
room, 34 percent watched it
two or more hours a day, while
among children without a TV in
their bedroom, 16 percent
watched this amount of TV.
“These findings can help
parents, caregivers and health
professionals to support re-
moving televisions from chil-
dren’s rooms, as well as moni-
toring TV viewing time,” Oh
said.
Reading to children and tak-
ing them on frequent outings,
such as going to parks, libraries
or children’s activities, were
also associated with less view-
ing time.
The findings in this report
See Toddlers on page 16
Sign-up for free
school physical
Free school physicals for
Vernonia students who are
uninsured or have no well child
coverage on their health insur-
ance, will be offered on Tues-
day, August 17.
Students who qualify for the
free physical should sign up at
the Vernonia school district of-
fice with Barb Carr.