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The INDEPENDENT, July 5, 2012
Chalk Talk
Chalk Talk is a column of information about Ver-
nonia schools. This column was provided by Su-
perintendent Dr. Ken Cox.
I want to give a huge Thank You to everyone
who had anything to do with the Last Chance
Dance. The event, which was sponsored by the
Vernonia Education Foundation, was chaired by
Vernonia School Board Member Bill Langmaid.
Bill was able to organize it with help from
Janean Shaw Zavales, Lisa Edgar, Sheril
McWhirter, Ronda Lennen, Mark Brown, and
many other students, staff and community mem-
bers. The night of the event even more commu-
nity members showed up to ensure that the
evening was a success. The dinner was deli-
cious and the following auction raised a signifi-
cant part of the more than $10,000 that was
raised that evening.
We of course would not have been able to
raise that much if it had not been for the many
who contributed auction items and those who at-
tended the event. I was introduced to several
Vernonia alumni and enjoyed some of the many
old time photos that
were available to view.
Mrs. Lynn Shaw’s fifth
grade class has creat-
ed a small school his-
tory book that is fantastic and there are still
copies available. In fact we still have wooden
folding chairs available for sale. Please contact
the district office if you are interested.
Finally, I am once again asking for your help
in our move from the existing schools to the new
campus. Next Tuesday, July 10th, we will be
meeting in the covered play area to coordinate
how we can make this happen. We are limiting
the volunteer help to those 12 years old and
above and everyone will need to sign an insur-
ance waiver (or have their parents sign one). I
also want to point out that community members
will not be allowed in the new building. Please
contact the district office (503-429-5891) if you
are planning on volunteering since we will need
to have a count for lunch, which will be provid-
ed.
We look forward to seeing you on the 10th!
Sign up now for British Soccer camp
Vernonia is gearing up for its
second British Soccer camp,
run by Challenger Sports, for
children age 3 to 12. It will be
held July 16-20 at the high
school football field (to be en-
closed by fencing for safety
during construction work), from
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily.
There will be full and half day
options for children age six and
older.
Their will be high-level soc-
cer coaching from British
coaches, with individual foot
skills, technical drills, tactical
practices, games and scrim-
mages. The teaching includes
respect, responsibility, integrity,
sportsmanship and leadership.
Last year’s camp was deemed
a big success.
Signups for camp are done
online: https://registration.chal
lengersports.com/FindACamp/
FindACamp.asp?IdS=00043F3
135400&Method=CampSes
sion&Key=1910557|1|20516&
~= . Soccer signups will be
held July 12 and 19 from 5:00
to 7:00 p.m. at the Vernonia Li-
brary.
The camp is a kick off to the
Vernonia Youth Soccer season
and the club awarded full
scholarships to three of the
players. Practices will begin in
early August for u10 teams and
Clean Teeth are
Happy Teeth!
later in August for u8/u6 teams
so signups are needed prior to
August 1. Every effort is made
to keep the costs as low as
possible.
Call Mark Lemay at 503-
432-7742 with any questions.
WOU Honor Roll
Western Oregon University
has announced that Kelsii Jo
Dana of Banks has been
named to their 4.0 GPA Honor
Roll. Ashlee Joleen Croissant
and Tyler John Grant, both
from Banks, earned a place on
the school’s Honor Roll in the
3.5 - 3.99 GPA category.
The following students were
named to the Vernonia Middle
School academic Honor Roll
for the 2011-12 4rd quarter.
Grade Point Averages (GPA)
are on a scale of 1-4, with 4
equaling a perfect score.
Principal’s Honors, 4.00 –
Tristan Adams, Lily Buchanan,
Kaitlyn Eyrrick, Jessika Good-
man, Storm Henson, Ashley
Jackson, Ariel Masog, Jacob
Patton, Jocie-Ranay Roberts,
Megan Rice, Chase Tolonen,
Ian Torres-Petersen, and Pay-
ton Wolf.
High Honors, 3.50-3.99 –
Courtney Barklow, Nickolas
Bennett, Emily Bergerson, Ja-
cob Butcher, Bradley Ely,
Megan Ely, Morgan Harral,
Casey Hathcoat, Amanda Jen-
nings, Cheyenne Kemper,
Bryanna Larson, Brendyn Mul-
Castrophony is a very nice girl but
is a little shy. Castrophony was
brought to the shelter because her
owner lost her home and wasn't
able to keep her. According to the
owner Castrophony is a very loving
and sweet girl that gets along well
with other cats. However, we have
found that Castrophony doesn't
really like other cats and therefore
we recommend that she be the only
cat in the household.
The Columbia Humane Society is a No-Kill non-profit shelter
dedicated to helping friends find each other since 1985.
This Month’s Pet is Sponsored by:
THE
benches from trees cut on the
site of the new school. Bench-
es from this project will be used
inside and outside.
The final business for the
board was a list of items to de-
clare as surplus so the district
can dispose of two phone sys-
tems, the high school gymnasi-
um bleachers, a commercial
washer and dryer, lockers from
the cafeteria building and from
the grade school boys’ locker
room, six wall clocks, miscella-
neous TVs and VCRs and an
air scrubber from Washington
Grade School.
VMS 4th quarter Honor Roll
Pet of the Month
Vernonia Veterinary Clinic
Call for appointments
503-429-1612
700 Weed Avenue,Vernonia
The Vernonia School Board
held a special meeting on June
21, with three items on the
agenda.
The board approved a sup-
plemental budget, as required
by state law, that was necessi-
tated by a larger fund balance
and more state timber rev-
enues than expected. As a re-
sult, $532,265 was temporarily
transferred to the Capital Re-
serve Construction Fund.
While the board was there
for the supplemental budget,
they also awarded a contract
for almost $11,000 to Fall
Creek Woodworking to build
Find the pet that’s right for you at the Columbia Humane Society
2084 Oregon Street, St. Helens. Phone 503-397-4353
Open Mon - Fri 1 pm to 5 pm & Saturday, 11 am to 5 pm
We now offer Complete
Dental Ser vices for Dogs & Cats
Monday, Wednesday
Wednesday & & Saturday
Saturday
Monday,
a.m to
to 4 4 p.m.
p.m.
9 9 a.m
School board approves
bid for new benches
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likin, Sheyanne Pedersen,
William Scheuerman, Ben-
jamin Schulte, Clay Sullivan,
and Madison Zavales.
Honors, 3.25-3.49 – Hayden
Cieloha, Benjamin Fleck,
Gabriel Hart-Roberts, Brett
Jones, Zebidiah Kovelda, Hai-
ley Lindsay, Jacob Perry,
Amanda-Rose Sicard, Jamie
Scott, Autumn Sorenson, Jes-
sica Stringfield, Cassidy Whit-
ton, and Jade Young.
Honorable Mention, 3.00-
3.24 – Kenneth Bergstrom, Ty
Brown, Emma Campos, Bran-
don Clapshaw, Grace Cole-
man, Gaven Everett, Justin
Fletcher, Alixander Haney,
Cheyanna March, Katie Mar-
tinez, Jackhenry Masog, Jor-
don McCord, Jared Medearis,
Jarod Shaw, Daniel Smith,
Paige Smith, Mahaila Wilhelm,
and Mekhi Williams.
OSU announces
Honor Roll
Students who made the
spring term Scholastic Honor
Roll have been announced by
Oregon State University.
A total of 732 students
earned straight-A (4.0). Anoth-
er 3,052 earned a B-plus (3.5)
or better to make the listing. To
be on the Honor Roll, students
must carry at least 12 graded
hours of course work.
Local area students on the
Honor Roll included; 3.5 or Bet-
ter: Amber M. Meier, Junior,
General Science from Birken-
feld, and Vernonians Benjamin
T. Bamburg, Senior, Biology;
Brandon M. Gilbertson, Sopho-
more, Athletic Training.