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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
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