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Page 8 The INDEPENDENT, December 5, 2012 Vernonia High School announces first Honor Roll of 2012-2013 From page 3 Sandstrom, Benjamin Skanes, Quentin Skanes, Summer Snow, Winter Snow, Lane Sulli- van, Dylan Taylor, Helena Veselkova, and Samantha Wal- lace. High Honors, 3.50-3.99 – Lauri Andersson, Ashlee Archer, Emily Bergerson, Sky- lar Binford, Savannah Brown, Zi_Xian Chen, Andrew Cheney, Rowan Cheney, Tanika Cradit, Austin Cutright, Bradley Ely, Jessica Farr-Smith, Hanna Farsch, Nathan Fleck, Nichole Gardner, Nicole Glass, Vardan Grigoryan, Jazmine Harper, Cierra Henson, Hanna Hofer, Slije Jacobsen, Andrew Jen- nings, Timothy Jennings, Con- nor Larke, Alisa Levenseller, Maina Martin, Monika Martin, Nathen McMillen, Kasoma Moss, Paula Oliveros, Heather Patton, Jacob Perry, Daniel Rice, Laura Rice, Ezio Rusti- cali, Stefan Scheer, Meghan Sullivan, Lukas Tartler, Yatlor Titus, Karina Tolmacheva, Ma- haila Wilhelm, Bailey Williams, Sara Wilmot, and Brittany Young. Honors, 3.25-3.49 – Riplee Publisher’s final words From page 2 Leaving the best for last are the people who made your newspa- per a quality publication of immense value and to whom I will be forever grateful: Dale Webb (Ike Says), Noni Andersen (Out of My Mind), Judy Hargis (To Your Health, Schann Nelson (Can You Dig It?), Leslie Barnes (Food for Thought), Nancy Burch (Between the Bookends - Vernonia), Susan Cackler (Between the Bookends - Banks), Ken Cox (Chalk Talk), Marc Farmer (Power of the Peo- ple), Sheriff Jeff Dickerson (From the Sheriff’s Desk), Jodi Boylan (Banks city council reporter), Robb Wilson (Editorial Cartoonist), Will Robertson (Casey and Kyle cartoon), Art and Lulu Lamping (Delivery). From Forest Grove News Times, John Schrag - Pub- lisher, Maureen Zoebelein - Production Manager, Christian Gas- ton - Arts Editor, Chase Allgood - Photo/web editor and Outlook Commercial Printing, Blake Jensen - Printing Manager. Fa r e Th ee W el l Burch, Stephanie Castro, Bran- don Clapshaw, Bo Clark, Jacob Eyrrick, Ruben Fabers, Han- nah Fleck, Breanna Gardner, Jessica Gardner, Mandi Hart- ford, Jennifer Hayes, Courtney Pasko, Sheyanna Pedersen, Paige Smith, Kole Titus, Logan Titus, and Damian Young. Honorable Mention, 3.00- 3.24 – Makenzie Anderson, Melanie Bonnefoux, Jason Bouslaugh, Tori Dalebroux, Macayla Fennell, Victor Garcia, Adonis Hopkins, Ethan John- ston, Reed Jones, Bryanna Larson, Kendrick Leaverton, Brianna Lezama, Lilliann Lind- sley, Makayla McCord, Nikita McCord, Sara McMahon, Mari- ah Miller, Melissa Mulvey, Hope Norton-Pavao, Austin Ragsdale, Nicholas Rainbolt, Felicia Schirmeister, Mikila Sol- berg, Jonna Trabosh, and Sarah Wagner. Founder says goodbye to the paper From page 2 not think it would be approved if all students were included. Some people never did un- derstand our opposition and asked why we wanted to let kids use drugs. I still oppose such a policy because I believe students should be treated like anyone else; if they are sus- pected of using drugs, investi- gate, otherwise, stop treating them like suspects. Most news isn’t earth-shat- tering, but that doesn’t mean it’s unimportant. Birth an- nouncements, weddings and anniversaries, church services, community celebrations, meet- ing notices and more are im- portant to the people involved. I will always remain im- pressed with the wonderful lo- cal people who contributed so much to develop the sense of who we are with cartoons, columns on cooking, library ac- tivities, hunting and fishing, health, gardening, schools and so much other information. They have all enriched my life. Running a newspaper in a small town can be difficult if you are honest enough to report what what is happening. Re- porting the good things is fun, but the rest of it can be boring or disturbing or maddening or heart-breaking. It is unbelievably stressful when you have to report some- thing negative about people you know, even more so when others don’t want certain infor- mation made public. Honesty is required, but we can’t forget that the people involved in what we report are our neighbors. I have been fortunate to be able to work with my late hus- bands, Dana McGaugh, a tough editor and reporter, and Dirk Andersen, who retired from teaching then spent many years working on The Indepen- dent. And I have been truly blessed with the opportunity to work with my son and daugh- ter-in-law, Clark and Rebecca McGaugh, who also let me write whatever I wanted to in my own column. It’s been a great run, and I’m still Out of My Mind… T he 7 th annu al Fr ee C hr is tmas Dinner in Ver nonia In the Sprit of Giving this Christmas Season All Vernonia families and friends are invited Join us for a free Christmas dinner December 25, 1-4 p.m. Vernonia Senior Center Dinner will include Turkey & Dressing, Ham, Cranberries, Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Vegetable, Bread, Beverage, and Choice of Dessert. Dinners To Go Available. No gratuities or donations required. For more information contact Bill James at 503-429-2072 This space provided by The Independent
