Lincoln School once again joined forces with the Coquille Valley Elks to collect
food for families in our community. This year we gathered 1,277 pounds
of food. Mrs. Norris‘s 2nd grade class brought the most food and will be
rewarded with a pizza party. We would like to thank all the students and families
that donated to this worthy cause.

Saturday, despite the threat of falling snow, varsity and junior varsity chess teams from Southern Oregon converged at Coquille High School for the first Chess League chess tournament. An elementary individual chess tournament was held as well. Varsity teams Marshfield and Coquille battled it out and ended up in a absolute tie, so the trophies were deferred to a future tournament to battle out a tie breaker event.

Due to the lack of varsity teams that were developed at the schools, an adult team made up of coaches and parents was formed to give some variety and hopefully tough competition for the high school teams. Coquille beat Marshfield first round, 3 to 2, Marshfield fell to the adult team during the second round, 2 to 3, Coquille beat the adult team during the third round, 3 to 2 and then Marshfield managed their revenge and beat Coquille during the final round, 3 to 2. So Coquille and Marshfield ended 5 to 5 after the 2 rounds against each other. Coquille’s Varsity team was made up of Jessi Ross, Tasha Keller, Stephen Mast, Deven Johnson and Ivy Hallmark. In the Junior Varsity division with six teams, the Coquille Middle School junior varsity team were undefeated and won the first place trophy. The team was made up of Jasmine Lambson, Hailey Riley, Aaron Grabinsky, Tyler Neuschwander and Jonathan Logan. Coffenberry Junior Varsity team from Myrtle Creek got second place and Marshfield got third.

In the Elementary Division, fourth grader Josiah Perkins continued to dominate as he won all five rounds. Fifth grader Jace Sperling was second place overall with 4 wins. Elementary results: Fifth grade: Jace Sperling first place, Kaden Johnson second place, James Hoper third place. Fourth grade: Josiah Perkins first place, JJ Newman second place, Cooper Page third place. Third grade: Jed Wright first place, Jordan Henderson second place. Second grade: Ethan Zigler from Myrtle Creek first place, Izabella Sperling second place. Kindergarten/First grade: Joshua Grabinsky first place & Gracie Wright second place.¤

6TH GRADE
4.0 GPA - Zachary Breitkreutz, Hannah Elmer, Alaney Gallino (Arriola),
Tristan Larson, Kelsie Lounsbury, Aurora Moss, Kimberly Nichols,
Nicholas Peres, Noelle Peres, Mariah Ray, Trisha Ray, Zachary Ray, Hailey
Riley, Timothy Smith & Ryan Swenson. 3.833 GPA - Takeisha Clawson,
Nancy Ferrer, Marissa Ladig, Kylee Martinez, Tyler Neuschwander &
Macen Swenson. 3.667 GPA - Kyle Bowman, McKenzie Gibson, Madeline
Ingraham, Maria Martinez, Marissa Morrison, Isidro (Gabe) Reab &
Savanna Safi. 3.5 GPA - Elijah Dill, Makala Edgar, Seth Himmelreich,
Bradley romine, Emily Terry & Wyatt Yates.
7TH GRADE
4.0 GPA - Kaitlyn Davidson, Kaitlyn Dixon, Michael Gunther, Cassidy
Hall, Tea Larson-Hetrick, Jessica Schwerdtfeger, Hannah Spencer &
Christina VanLeuven. 3.833 GPA - Brittany Figueroa, Bayli Waddington &
Marina Wilson. 3.8 GPA - Grant Crim. 3.667 GPA - Brandon Bowen,
Gabriela Gonzalez & Taylor Martinez. 3.5 GPA - Hayley Anderson, Lane
Church, Tula Faith, Pio Figueroa, Jessica Hall, Seth Lambson & Corey
Sutphin.
8TH GRADE
4.0 GPA - Terrence Edwards, Christopher Elmer, Thomson Hallmark, Tasia
Hyatt, Griffin Jack, Jasmine Lambson, Jessica McElravey, Emma Owens,
Andrew Piburn, Jessica Ross, Joyce Scolari & Ashley Thompson. 3.833
GPA - McKenzie Church, Dariane Clements, Hunter Delatorre, Tristan
Dixon, Alexis Ladig & Brayden Schmitt. 3.667 GPA - Britney Forbes &
Madison Grant. 3.5 GPA - Kionna Faith, Gavin Landmark & Rachel
Romine.

High School Category (Grades 10-12)

First Place - $100.00 cash prize went to Christie Andy. She is an eleventh grader from Coquille High School, and her essay was titled “Helping Out.” She got her name on a traveling plaque that will stay at the high school for a year.


Second Place - $75.00 cash prize went to Chase Allen Berry from Myrtle Point High School for his essay titled “Water Conservation

Third Place - $50.00 cash prize went to Travis Abbey from Coquille High School, and he wrote about topic 1.

7 – 9 Grades Category


First Place - $75.00 cash prize went to Sara Roman. She is a ninth grader from Myrtle Point High School, and her essay was about conservation practices that benefit salmon habitat.


Second Place - $50.00 cash prize went to Austin Flood from Coquille High School for his essay titled “Saving Salmon.”


Third Place - $25.00 cash prize went to Marcus Allen from Coquille High School, and his essay was titled “Saving the Salmon.”

All winners received their certificates and cash prizes at the Coos Soil and Water Conservation District’s Annual Meeting that was held at the Coquille Community Building on December 2, 2009. The awards were presented by Anne Guerin, daughter of Dorothy Guerin, past Coos SWCD office administrator and the person the contest was originally created to honor.

The Far West League District Cross County Championship was held at Tugman State Park on Saturday, October 24, 2009. The Coquille Valley Middle School may have had only two team members as the season concluded, but Thom Hallmark and Serena Erler had strong finishes and did a great job representing the school. Thom Hallmark placed third over all (out of 62 runners) and third in District in the 8th grade boys division with a time of 11:22 minutes in the 3,000 meter race. Serena Erler placed ninth over all (out of 64 runners) and second in District in the 7th grade girls division with a time of 14:15 in the 3,000 meter race.

Coquille Coach Teresa Mather, Serena Erler, Thom Hallmark and Myrtle Point Coach Doug Veysey at
the District Meet on October 24, 2009.


 Their next race will be at the Junior Olympic Cross Country Meet in Sandy, Oregon on November 14, 2009. The Team would like to thank Coaches Teresa Mather and Debbie Erler for their support and dedication to the team. They would also like to thank the Coquille Safeway for their generous donation to the team; Bob Erler for his help with practices and support during the meets; and Myrtle Point Coach Doug Veysey for his constant encouragement, along with the Myrtle Point School District for providing transportation to all the races. Thom is looking forward to having a Cross Country Team at the High School next year and Serena plans to help build a strong Junior High team for next season.

The Junior Class won the Airband Contest at the Pep Assembly on Friday.
They did a routine featuring Michael Jackson singing his hit song, Thriller.