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The INDEPENDENT, May 16, 2012
VHS Forestry Team takes 4th place at Camp 18 logging exhibition
The Vernonia High School
Forestry Team was one of six
high school teams competing
at the third annual Camp 18
Logging Exhibition, on May 12.
The other teams included two
from Knappa, two from Sweet-
home, and one from Scio.
Competition was a relay
starting with the axe toss, and
moving on to power bucking,
cross-cut sawing, choker set-
ting, and high climbing. The
Vernonia team, in its first com-
petition, was helped with the
loan of high climber Dylan Sut-
ton, from one of the Knappa
teams. Knappa also loaned the
VHS team a cross-cut saw to
use in the competition.
The skies were sunny and
the attendance good and,
when the sawdust settled, the
Vernonia team finished in
fourth place.
Prior to the start of competi-
tion, ten new memorials were
dedicated at the Loggers
Memorial. The memorial is
looking for volunteers to open
the memorial and greet the
public. To volunteer, contact
Mark Standley at 503-434-
0148, logsafeinc@yahoo.com,
or Darlene Wilcoxen at 503-
728-2050, darlene.wilcoxen@
yahoo.com. Camp 18 is locat-
ed at 42362 U.S. Highway 26
(milepost 18) east of Seaside.
The 2012 Vernonia High School Forestry Team including, above from left, Jared Whitton,
Cole Harbor, John Dass, Dakota Henson, Bo Clark, Tyler Kent, Justin Wolf and Kanan Olsen,
placed fourth last weekend at the Camp 18 Logging Exhibition.
May is Motorcycle Awareness Month
From page 13
tions before changing lanes or
merging with traffic.
• Don’t speed.
Motorcycle rider training and
education save lives. TEAM
OREGON offers classes for
beginner to advanced riders.
Oregon is a national leader
in motorcycle safety education,
program administration and li-
censing practices. ODOT-ap-
proved motorcycle safety
courses are provided by the
TEAM OREGON Motorcycle
Safety Program. Since 1997,
Oregon law has required all rid-
ers under 21 to complete a
TEAM OREGON Basic Rider
Training course as part of the
endorsement process. In 2009,
the Oregon Legislature passed
a phased-in mandatory training
requirement for new riders.
Currently, new riders between
the ages of 21 and 40 must
take either the Basic or Inter-
mediate Rider Training course.
Those under 21 must take the
Basic Rider Training course.
Additional age groups will be
phased in as follows:
• Jan. 1, 2013 – All new rid-
ers under age 51
• Jan. 1, 2014 – All new rid-
ers under age 61
• Jan. 1, 2015 – All new rid-
ers no matter what age.