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About The independent. (Vernonia, Or.) 1986-current | View Entire Issue (June 16, 2011)
The INDEPENDENT, June 16, 2011 WEATHER REPORT MAY 2011 DATE TEMPERATURE HI LO PRECIP. AMT. 1 66 30 T 2 53 40 .16 3 55 31 .07 4 69 30 .11 5 55 39 .02 6 54 44 .28 7 54 44 .09 8 56 41 .10 9 56 39 -- 10 64 39 T 11 52 35 .27 12 59 32 -- 13 69 33 -- 14 68 41 .31 15 54 38 .49 16 57 35 T 17 61 32 T 18 67 38 -- 19 68 31 -- 20 70 31 T 21 58 44 .01 22 57 42 T 23 57 37 .05 24 64 34 .17 25 54 36 .20 26 55 32 .21 27 57 41 .01 28 57 38 .01 29 56 35 T 30 63 42 T 31 55 42 T Temperature and precipitation amounts are from the official U.S. weather station at the Vernonia wa- ter plant. Measurable precipitation in May totalled 2.56 inches. Page 21 Spring sports season saw many at state competition From page 11 team all-league athletes. Good news about this year’s version of the Lady Loggers is that only three seniors graduated, and the rest of the girls will return as the core of next year’s team. The future for softball looks good. Baseball – The boys ended their season on a somewhat disappointing note. They lost their last game, but played very well during the season for such a young group. Their season record was 10-11 and their league record was 10-8. They finished third in league which landed them in the league tour- nament as a home team, host- ing the Nestucca Bobcats, a team they had beaten two out of three times earlier in the sea- son. One bad inning doomed the Loggers, and the Bobcats went on to a victory and the op- portunity to plan Knappa for a berth in the state play-offs. Several players made one of the all-league teams and one was named to the all-state team. TJ White made first team all-league, and honorable men- tion all-state. This is quite an accomplishment for TJ be- cause, when a team doesn’t make the state play-offs, it is very difficult for a member of that team to make an all-state team. Other Loggers making all-league were Jackson Miller and Ryan Lawrence, second team; and Josh Butcher, Jake Titus, Austin Cutright and Bo Clark honorable mention all- league. With all but TJ return- ing for next year, the Loggers look to be very competitive in baseball again next year. Track – The track team did not have enough members to be competitive on the team lev- el, however, they did very well on the individual level. Six ath- letes qualified for the state track meet by placing first or second in the district track meet. All of these six placed at some level at the state meet. Jacob Stevens led the Loggers at the district and state meets, qualifying in three events and placing in three events. Jacob placed sixth in the high jump, sixth in the 200 and, with Dali- bor Kufa, Lane Sullivan, and Tanner Faber, the 4x100 relay team placed fourth. Nathan ELSIE “DONNAMAE” BRINKLY Elsie “Donnamae” Brinkly, 69, Hillsboro, died May 30, 2011. A memorial service was held June 10 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Hillsboro. Mrs. Brinkly was born Janu- ary 8, 1942, in Portland, to Robert and Irene (Stevens) Hartrampf. She graduated from Hillsboro Union High School in 1960, then attended business school in Portland. In 1963, she married David Brinkly. After his military serv- ice, they made their home in Beaverton. In 1972, they moved to her parents farm on Wren Rd. She worked at Tek- tronix, then at Tuality Commu- nity Hospital for 13 years. She enjoyed gardening, shopping and traveling abroad. She was preceded in death by her parents. Survivors include her hus- band; three sons, Dan Brinkly of Hillsboro, Jack Brinkly of Forest Grove, and Doug Brinkly of Manning; and five grandchil- dren. Remembrances are sug- gested to Washington County Hospice. Duyck & VanDeHey Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Fleck was an eighth place fin- isher in the 800 and Samantha Lindauer was fifth in the 200. The track team loses Kufa and Faber but returns the remain- der of the team, and should be competitive for the upcoming year. Equestrian – Brianna Carr and McKenzie Tarkalson led the equestrian team. Brianna set an OSET district record in the keyhole event and also qualified for state in barrel rac- ing. McKenzie and Brianna also went to state in the bi- wrangle event. Both girls re- ceived 4-year awards in Eques- trian. This is given only to those athletes who have lettered in their sport for four years. Golf – For the first time in several years no one on the golf team qualified for state. The golfers were led by Jacob Alf and Paul Whiteman. Paul also received a 4-year award in golf, lettering his freshman through senior years. Middle School – Track is of- fered only in the spring for mid- dle school athletes and the turn-out was very good. Justin Ward, the middle school head coach has always done a fan- tastic job. Justin had seventy athletes compete in Middle School track and field. One of the more outstanding athletes was Jarrett White, who placed first in the district in the 100. At the Middle School state track meet in LaPine, with 55 other schools in attendance, the sev- enth grade White placed sec- ond in the 100. Other outstand- ing middle school athletes in- clude Daniel Rice, second in the 800, and Megan Sullivan, third in the 100 and second in the 200. Megan placed in the top six in every event she en- tered this season. Obituary RICHARD KEITH ALDRICH Richard Keith Aldrich, 69, Vernonia, died May 28, 2011. No services are planned. Mr. Aldrich was born Decem- ber 18, 1941, in Vernonia, to Ralph and Leona (New) Aldrich. He graduated from Vernonia High School in 1959, then attended Oregon State University. In 1988, he married Mary J. (Falconer) Eide. They made their home in Vernonia. He was a letter carrier in Vernonia. He enjoyed bird hunting and trapshooting. He was preceded in death by his parents; and his step- mother, Margaret (Davies) Aldrich. Survivors include his wife; daughters; one brother, Rod- ney; two sisters, Diana Roberts and Marsha McLaughlin; grandchildren; great-grandchil- dren; nieces and nephews. Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt Funeral Home in Vernonia was in charge of arrangements. MARJORIE ELOISE WYSONG Marjorie Eloise Wysong, 84, Portland, died May 23, 2011. A celebration of life was held on June 11. Interment will be at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland. Mrs. Wysong was born March 15, 1927, at the family home in Vernonia, known as Homewood, to Ted and Hilda (Tucker) Keasey. She graduat- ed from Vernonia High School before earning a bachelor’s de- gree in Home Economics from Marjorie Eloise Wysong Oregon State College in 1949. In 1951, she married Richard Lee “Dick” Wysong. They moved up and down the west coast before settling in Lake Grove in 1956. In 1995, they moved to the family home on Keasey Rd. She recently moved to Portland. Survivors include her hus- band, now in Scappoose; three sons, John Wysong of Port- land, Richard Jeffrey “Jeff” Wysong of Mineral, Washing- ton, and Peter Alva Wysong of Charlotte, North Carolina; four daughters, Schann Wysong Nelson of Vernonia, Mary Elaine Haeri, Lisa Crane and Meghan Wysong, all of Port- land; 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Remembrances are sug- gested to the Alzheimer’s Asso- ciation.
