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Demonia Eagle 6 THURSDAY, MARCH 7. 1974 THE TIMBERLINE COMPILED BY THE VERNONIA HIGH SCHOOL JOURNALISM CLASS OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOBOOOOOOCCeSfOMBOttOOOOOOOOOOOWOOWBeCiKeBiBiOWOOOBWBWOO Loggers Win Over Royals; To Face Bluejays Saturday REN EE KECK NANCY REYNOLDS Princesses Chosen For 7 4 Spring Prom Monday morning four girls were chosen for the 1974 Spring Prom princesses Those chosen were Carol Evans. Sandy Pope. Renee Reck and Nancy Reynolds who are all seniors at Vernonia High School. On the evening of April 19. one of these girls w ill be chosen as Queen of the Spring Prom »»»»»»»»»»» SAWDUST Mrs Dennis Peterson and Miss Darlene Parrow substitut ed for Mrs Arrant, who was absent last week The shop steam cleaner was flooded when the high water hit Vernonia. Scott Ellis and Dale Webb tried to fix it but to no avail: Don Kabler had to take it to Corvallis to get it fixed The VHS Library is currently being swamped by State Library Books because of students w rit i ng term papers When students came to school last Tuesday. February 26. pro claimed Watergate Bug Day. most students either found their lockers stacked or completely empty as anyone could bug any person they chose Last Monday before school took up. all the lights were off in the Elast Wing of the high school Mr Parrow eliminated the problem before most of the school buses arrived Mrs Carson, the former language teacher of VHS. sub stituted for Miss Frank Monday. The 4: IS bell that normally rings for only about seven seconds, was stuck Monday for about one minute Melvin Nice, the P.E and Biology teacher of VHS. was admitted to the hospital Monday afternoon with a possible pinch ed nerve, in his neck Loggers Log Friday, March 8 — Northwest League playoffs at Oregon City. Vernonia verses Con cordia Lutheran Saturday March 9 — Northwest League playoffs at Oregon City, if Vernonia wins Friday Night Believe it or not, nothing is happening next week, which is the week before spring vacation MORE TIM BERLINE PAGE 5 The old adage of. "The Third Time s the Charm' seemed to be true last Friday night as the VHS Loggers won over the Portland Christian Royals in the first round of the class A. district 1 play-off senes being played in the Oregon City High School gym Superb performances by every player enabled the Loggers to move one step ahead toward State Tourney berth to be played in Pendleton In regular season play, the Vernonia team was defeated both times by the Royals The first time by only one point and the second time by a more substantial margin The Royals, coming off of an upset win over number one. seated Concordia the night be fore, couldn't have played worse if the> had tried Seemingly open shots would not drop for the hapless Royals The game started off with VHS controlling the tip. but found it tough to score against the PC zone However. Gordy Crowston canned a jumper from the foul line to bread the ice with one minute gone in the period The zone defenses and cold shooting by both teams held the score down to a ten to six Vernonia lead The second period would have been the ideal opportunity for the Royals to take a decisive lead being that Vernonia only scored four points But again rigid zones by both teams allowed only 11 points to be scored by the two teams com bined Halftime came with the Loggers s till in the lead, but by only one point The third quarter started on a dismal note for the Loggers For the first time in the game, the Royals took the lead, but a Gordy Crowston jumper put Vernonia back in the lead to stay Hot-handed junior Clint Holsey. tossed in eight for his total 12points in the third stanza, while Randy Ellson ripped t.>e net for seven points In the meantime. PC was only getting eight points Free throws in the period also added to the Royal's dilemma While Portland Chris tian had to depend solely on field goals. Vernonia went to the line eight times and collected seven points Suddenly, to so much as to VHS's surprise as to their delight, the Loggers found them selves basking in a 14 point lead Desperately in need of some points. PC began a tiring full court press that resulted in several Logger turnovers. Un fortunately for the Royals, it was too little too late as the final buzzer brought the game to an end. the final score being Ver nonia 47. Portland Christian 39 Excellent jobs were done on both ends of the court by the team, but perhaps the game's stand out was senior Mike Smith Smith scored nine points and hauled in 14 rebounds Another good job was done by Gordy Crowston who scored 11 points, but more important is that while the other four Vernonia players were playing in a box zone. Gordy had the tough duty of IBA Stars Kill Toppers The way Coach Bill Howard's eighth grade team played last Wednesday afternoon one would never guess that they finished their season undefeated Near the end of each IBA (Intermural Basketball Associ ation i season, a team of all-stars is picked This year they decided to challenge the unbeaten eighth grade team and to try to knock them off their high horse A spokesman for the IBA states, " I t ’s about time those little show -offs were taught a lesson or two” Six representatives, the cream of the crop of the high school noon time team went to the Big House to show up the youngsters The all-stars were only behind once early in the game at four to two After that, the stars com pletely dominated the shooting, passing, and rebounding facets of the game The shorter and less experienced grade schoolers were not match for the stars Although the "old men" were out of shape, suffered blistered feet, and had leg cramps they man aged to record a convincing 63 to 4« win over the upstarts In order to get back a littie a t the IBAers, Coach Howerd s team asked to play two extra quarters The fifth period saw the eighth graders beat the stars by one point, and in the sixth and final quarter the oldsters gave up and let the little team win by eight points It is interesting to note that the ‘ unshakeable” Coach Howard lost his cool several times be cause of the poor playing by his team One other thing, a small side bet was made ana the losers of the game had to run the grueling M ill Pond Run See you at the finish line eighth graders and coach playing man on man against PC's leading scorer. Steve Wal ter. who scored only four points on the night Top scorer for the l oggers was Clint Holsey Clint did an excellent job in hitting the hoop for his 12 points and Coach Curtis stated. " I think Clint has become a more complete player at both ends of the court ” His fine play Saturday showed it. Another premiere player is Randy Elison Randy scored 11 points against Portland Chris tian and as Coach Curtis said, “ ...has regained his confidence after suffering a few bad games ” Last but not least is the promising Sophomore B o b Brooks Brooks canned four points Saturday and Mr Curtis is looking to Brooks for the rebounding and inside edge the Loggers need tc defeat Con cordia Friday night In order for VHS to attend the State Tourney this year, they must beat Concordia Lutheran Friday night and then again Saturday evening, by virtue of the Blue ja y ’s first place league finish However, if Vernonia happens to lose Friday, no game w ill be necessary the next night The team greatly appreciates the townspeople who came to support the local quint the other night If the old "Third Time Charm” is really true, the Jays might as well stay home Friday evening, and all Vemonians w ill hope that the charm extends to four Rooks Downed In Final Game Thursday, February 28 the Vernonia Loggers traveled to Tillamook to meet the Tillamook Cheesemakers in the last game of the Season The first quarter Vernonia did poorly with the Cheesemakers dumping in 18 to the Logger's 9 In the second quarter the Loggers did much better, m ak ing 10 points to Tillamook s 12. The half time score was 19-30 Tillamook The third quartc- the Loggers made a valiant comeback, chalking up 15 points to the Cheesemaker's 13. But. the fourth quarter proved to be disasterous for Vernonia, with Tillamook putting in 15 to Ver nonia's 8 The final score was 42-58 in favor of the Cheese makers Scorers for the Loggers were Milton Dennis with 13, Gary Ellson with 8, Vince Baker with 7, D.J. Cole and Terry Ellson with 5. and Jeff Bellingham and John Roady with 2 JV Loggers Defeat Warrenton Warriors The Vernonia JV ’s closed out this season with a win against the* Warrenton Warriors at the Vernonia courts with a score of 71 to 49 The Vernonia JV's jumped out a very early lead in the first quarter pulling ahead by three points The Loggers closed out the second quarter with an 11-point lead with a half time score of 31 to 20 The JV Diggers after having a very good first half came out and out did themselves in the second half by out scoring the Warriors by 11 points The Diggers gave an excellent effort for their last game of the season finishing out with a league record of nine wins and one loss The high scorers for the game were Bryan Traylor. 16; Bruce King. 9; Brad Bellingham, 9 "Take A Little; Leave A Little." A special assembly was held for the foreign exchange student. Jaime Reynoso, on Wednesday of last week because he left for Mexico the following day, Thursday Steve Johnston, the student body president, started the assembly Steve spoke of Jaime when a group of Seniors first met him coming off the plane Steve explained that they saw a guy come walking off the plane goofing off and they knew right away that was “ him ” . The Seniors said, “ H i' Ja im ie!” , only to find out it wasn't Jamie but Jaime Dewey Conroy then spoke next He talked on behalf of the Senior class as opposed to the whole student txidy Dewey- stressed that the class was really- going to miss him because Dewey said. "You never really appreciate a foreign exchange student until he's "yours” . Dew ey felt that when the up-coming classes are Seniors and have a foreign exchange student they should miss him or her as much as this year's Seniors w ill miss Jaime Cindy presented a present to Jaime from the Student Body As Jaime walked down the bleech ers to accept his gift the student body and faculty gave him a standing ovation The g ilt was a Saint Christopher's medal with “ We’ll Miss You. VHS” engrav ed on the back Jaime then gave his farewell speech He was lost for words, but he thanked the Hopkins and everybody for "putting up with him " Jaime said also that nobody really knew how he felt but that he would miss every body and Thanks and Good-bye ' M r Parrow spoke next He said that Jaime would leave a vacant spot at VHS and that we all w ill miss him very, very much He told of a new project in the gym that w ill involve flags from all the foreign exchange ever at VHS He then asked Jaime if when he got home to send us a flag of Mexico to remember Jaime by Mr Par- row also thanked the HoDkins for being Jaime s guest parents while he was here Mr Parrow also said, "He hopes Jaime w ill take a part of VHS back to Mexico with him because he sure has left a part of Mexico at VHS Class Enjoys Trip To OMSI and Trojan Last Monday, February 25, four high school students, three Juniors and one Freshman, went with the seventh grade class on a field trip to the Trojan Infor mation Center in Rainier and OMSI in Portland The four girls. J ill Beamish. M arilyn Hall. Tammy Smith, and Beth McLean, plus three teachers and three adults, en joyed the trip as much as the seventh graders did The Trojan Information Cen ter consisted of several Nuclear Energy Exhibits which were quite interesting, but the most exciting exhibit w as the Ecosphere The Ecosphere is an exciting unusual film adventure which places the viewer directly into the story By means of mirrored surfaces above, below, and on all sides The students stepped into the atom, went under water with salmon, and into the air in the midst of a flock of swans When the class finished tour ing the Trojan Center they went to the OMSI in Portland where they were on their own to look through the building The group enjoyed the Trojan Information Center over OMSI. but both were very educational Pep Assembly Held For Last Home Game Of Season Last Friday, the Diggers held what could have been their last pep assembly The assembly started off in a different manner this time with the cheerleaders leading a chant instead of a selection by the band The VHS coaches spoke and brought out their players who were given gifts from the cheer leaders The Freshman coach. M r Roberts, brought out his players and he was presented with a carnation boutonniere, and the players received cup cakes with their number on them from the JV Cheerleaders Mr Geist, the JV coach, brought out his players after a speech on their season, and the JV cheerleaders gave their coach a boutonniere, and the players pennants, with their name, number, and year on them Coach Curtis, “ tried” to give a pep talk to the student body of VHS. but when it came down to the seniors playing their last home game of the season, things got a little tough and senti mental The seniors were recognized, along with the coach, and man ager They were given carnation boutonnieres from the Varisty Cheerleaders The rest of the Varsity was brought down and the cheerleaders had made them keychains out of a leather strip and blue and gold beads On the beads were painted VHS. BB, 74 From the entire basketball cheerleading squad. Mrs Hen dryx was presented with a bouquet of carnations, and was thanked for putting up with “ 10 headaches' all season Mr Crowston. the athletic director, was also given a boutonniere for his assistance during the basketball season The Varsity cheerleaders were surprised with corsages, from the Varisty haAetball team, and were worn ta Friday night's game The pep assembly had a number of chants, and com petition. which was won by the senior class The fight song ended the assembly, and the Diggers left wondering if the season was “ over ” We are now happy to announce that it was not ' Rob Hanson Meets Foes at State Meet Loggers End League Play With Victory An aggressive, determined Warrenton team almost pulled one of the biggest upsets of the season in league play last Friday- night in the VHS gym but a second half come-back late in the third quarter by the Ver nonia Diggers put a stop to the surprisinglv tough Warriors who at the end of the game saw Vernonia on top. with the final score reading 47-43 The first quarter of play saw plenty of action, even though few points were scored At the opening tipoff the Diggers got the ball, but couldn't hit the basket Warrenton had their chance to score but also failed Not until there was about four minutes left to play in the quarter, did Vernonia finally break the 0-0 tie with a basket Throughout the rest of the quarter both teams traded a few baskets and at the end of the first quarter Vernonia was on top by only a two point margin with the score reading 8-6 In the second quarter Warren ton burst open the contest with an 18-point lead, sparked by the hot shooting of Wes Soukkala. leaving the cold shooting Log gers dum founded Vernonia was only able to scramble up eight points against the tough Warrenton zone de fense. and at the end of the first half. Warrenton had a com manding 24-16 lead over the lagging Diggers With the hot outside shooting of sophomore Randy Ellson and good playing of Junior Gordy Crowston the Diggers narrowed Warrenton's lead to a measly two points At the end of the third period the score read 32-30 in Warrenton's favor In the final quarter Vernonia got hot and took a commanding eight point lead With about one minute left to play. Warrenton cut the Digger's lead to four points The Diggers wisely kept the ball in their possession until they were assured of a victory. High scorers for VHS were. Holsey 12. Crowston 11, and Ellson 11. Watergate Day Proves To Be Great Success Tuesday, February 26, was "Watergate Day” , better known as "Bug Day,” at VHS This day was one of four days to promote school spirit for the last home game and the North west League Playoffs The idea behind "Bug D ay" was to bug fellow students and teachers Although students w e re bothered with stacked lockers and other troubles, the teachers seemed to be in the poorest shape Most all of the teachers were missing their chairs and other room tielongings but a few were worse off than others Mrs Alvida Hearing's and Chris Boyle's desks and other objects were switched to each others rooms This incident was done early in the morning, but Boyle was also hit later in the afternoon This time practically everything but the floor itself was piled on top of his desk and table Mel Nice's desks were arrang ed in a circle so that students would have to crawl over them to be able to sit down. Blackboards were no except ion either Quite a few had a message saying "Your room's been bugged” , and were follow ed by many political and ex- political figures Evidentally they were all done by the same saboteurs Some teachers had a few comments about “ Bug Day.” One said, "What bugged me most about "Bug D ay" was "Bug Day” . Another said what bugged him most was that a certain student showed up. However both teachers and students seemed to be able to pull through the day, even though it was pretty hard on the nerves at times Dioking back on “ Spirit Week" and it's activities like “ Bug D ay" we can be safe to say that it did it 's job. as the Diggers won both Friday and Saturday night games Sophomore Class Loses On Dance A dance, sponsored by the sophomore class, was held F ri day night after the game from 10 to 12 Due to inflation, band's prices have gone up Previous dances held this year have been able to break even, but due to a lack of turnout the sophomores lost $5 on the dance Dances however, unless they are record or tape, are not used as money-making projects, but more as entertainment and rec reation for the student boyd Students are reminded though when there is an opportunity to go to a band dance, to take it, because not many w ill be held in the future due to coat Playing for the dance were the “ Styx.” J A IM E R EY N O SO , change student. foreign ex- Jaime Writes Letter To Vernonia People To the nice people of Vernonia, 1 would like to thank everyone in the school and the town for everything they have done for me i really don't want to go, but there is a tieginning and an end to everything If I can. I'll be back to see all my friends. I don't know when, hut I w ill be back Thanks again for everything, and remember you always have a friend in me. Yours truly, Jaime Reynoso G Marylhurst College Offers Scholarship The following letter was re ceived by the Timber Line staff “ Each year Marylhurst Col lege. a four-year women's lib eral arts college, awards thou sands of dollars to students on the basis of need This year a new program was developed to award $50n scholarships solely on the basis of scholastic achievement. The purpose of the program is to recognize the scholarly achievements of today's young women. The selection of re cipients w ill be made by the Marylhurst College Scholarship Committee for use at Marylhurst College, located eight miles south of Portland Oregon These scholarships are also renewable each year on the basis of academic standing Young women interested in more information regarding this or any other scholarship offering at Marylhurst College should see their school counselor or w rite; Director of Admissions. M aryl hurst College. Marvlhurst, Ore 97036 Applications must be in by- May 1. 1974 ” Rob Hanson, who attended the State Westling Meet last year as a Sophomore in the 98 pound . weight class, «-turned this year W to compete in the 106 pound class Hanson finished 5th in the state last year, and he placed 6th in this year’s competition Mr Taylor, the VHS Wrestling Coach, his wife. Rob. and James Thompson left for Corvallis Thursday, February 28 They stayed at the Marion Hotel in Salem Rob wrestled Friday at 7:30 p m., and was pinned by Jim Raldwin from Waldport Satur day he wrestled again at 3:30 This match was won by Bruce Mathews in a 10 to 4 decision Mathews represented Riddle, Oregon Baldwin beat Mathews later in the semi-finals Rob has a shot at the champ lonship next year. It w ill be difficult for him to remain in the same weight class He w ill probablv have to move up to 115 They returned to Vernonia late Saturday night The only opportunity left for Vernonia to earn a state champ ionship this year is if the basketball team defeats Concor dia Lutheran twice in the Play offs at Oregon City, March 9 Or if the golf or track team can place high in the league Language Students Will See French Play The French students of Ver nonia High School have revealed some of their future plans The students are planning a trip to Salem to see a play written by Ionesco, which w ill bi1 in French only The date of the event is April 2, and the play w ill begin at 1:00 The title of the plav is “ Le Roi se M eurt." The advisor of the Language students. Miss Frank is also looking forward to the trip A Question “If you don’t know cancer’s Warning Signals, how do you know you haven't got one?” asks the A m erican C ancer Society. 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