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community bulletin board/letters to the editor
january25
2011
Budget Committee Members
Sought
Benefit Concert
A Benefit Concert for the Zack
The City of Vernonia is looking Rumboltz Memorial Scholarship Fund
for volunteers to fill two vacancies on will be held Saturday January 29th at
the City Budget Committee. For more 7:00 PM at the Vernonia Community
information contact City Hall at 503- Church, 957 State Street. Admission
429-5291
is free but cash donation to support the
scholarship and can food donations to
Craft Class Scheduled at
help Vernonia Cares Food Bank will be
Vernonia Florist
accepted. For more information contact
Crochet 101
Mark Brown at 503-961-5281
Susan Mullikin will teach beginners the
basics of crochet. You will leave the first At the Vernonia Grange
class with enough knowledge to crochet
BINGO is Back! Now being
a simple project. The three remaining held at the Vernonia Community
sessions will be adding to your skill with Grange. Starting January 29th at 6:30
a completed project in the end.
PM. FREE popcorn! Come enjoy the
Thurs 7-8:30 PM
fun!
$10 For Intro Session
Also, if you have a New Years
$5 for each additional Session
resolution to clean up and clear out...
think about donating items to the Grange
Knitting 101
for the big fundraiser sale happening on
Kaitlyn Taylor is teaching the basic April 9th...further details to follow ~
knitting with the end result being the Thank you from your local community
knowledge you always wanted to knit Grange members.
many different items.
Tuesday Nights 7-9 PM
Baseball, T-Ball & Softball Sign
$10 For Intro Session
Ups
$5 for each additional session
There will be two separate sign
ups for Vernonia kids on Wednesday,
Sip-N-Knit
February 2nd & Wednesday, February
With Katie Organ, learn to knit while 16th Both from 6:00-8:00 PM. The
enjoying your favorite beverage and sign ups will take place at WGS in room
treat, from Katie’s own kitchen. Great 6. If you have any questions Please call:
selection of yarn and needles available Baseball questions--Brooke Morrison at
at Vernonia Florist.
429-0560, T-Ball questions --Melissa
1 st & 3rd Thurs 10-Noon.
Zavales at 429-2710, Softball questions-
$10 For Intro Session
-Katie Poetter 429-0700
$5 for each additional Session
Please feel free to request any type or
color of yarn.
Kits for each class and patterns will also
be available.
Student Raising Money for Trip
Megan Ely has 3 upcoming
bake sales at the Sentry market to
earn funds for her trip to England and
France as a Student Ambassador with
the People to People program in June
of this year. The dates of these sales
Readers Lend Their Voices...
Even cynics would have to be
impressed by the rapid response to the
recent tragic shooting of Rainier Police
Chief Ralph Painter. Within minutes
of the 911 call(s) police units from
Longview and Clatskanie were on scene
to take control of an unknown situation;
followed very shortly by Portland’s
Incident Command and Employee
Assistant Program grief councilors, in
addition to countless other responders,
including all the Columbia County
Agencies who were able to bring this
tragedy to its quick and (unfortunately)
best possible conclusion.
As a Columbia County resident
and small business owner, I wish to
convey my thanks to and admiration
for these and all the other law
enforcement and fire/rescue agencies
from surrounding districts, especially
- but not limited to - Portland and
Multnomah and Washington Counties
- for their assistance and support to
the city of Rainier during this very
rough time. These and others not
are Friday February 4th, Friday, March
18th and Friday, April 8th; all from 3-7
PM. She is also hoping to collect any
cans and bottles that people are willing
to donate towards the trip. If you have
a donation, please call her mother Susan
at (503)429-5709 and arrange for Megan
to pick them up from your home. The
support from the Vernonia community is
greatly appreciated.
Community
Phase 3
Vernonia’s Voice welcomes and requests your thoughts, opinions and ideas.
Please include your name, address and phone number, limit your letters to
300 words or less. Vernonia’s Voice reserves the right to edit, omit, respond or
ask for a response to letters submitted. We will print letters, space permitting.
Deadline is the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month. Email to: scott@vernoni-
asvoice.com or mail to: Letters, PO Box 55, Vernonia, OR 97064.
Zack Rumbolz Scholarship
Benefit Concert, January 29,
7:00 PM at Vernonia Community
Church, 957 State Ave. Music by the
Hill Road Band.
Collaborations Financial Peace University,
Starts February 6 at the Vernonia
The Ford Institute Leadership
Program, Community Collaborations
Phase 3 will meet on February 19 from
2:00-6:00 PM at the VCLC. This is
for any Board Members, Council or
Committee members and volunteers
serving the Vernonia community. Discuss
leveraging partnerships, Collaborations,
MOU concepts and learn about some of
the collaborative highlights that have
been accomplished in 2010. RSVP with
Volunteer Coordinator Heather Lewis,
503-429-4677, aletheia@gmail.com.
Christian Church, 410 North Street. Free
Class Preview sessions on January 23rd,
and 30th at 4:00 PM. Learn to manage
your personal finances and become debt
free the Dave Ramsey way! Call 503-
369-3245 for more information.
Community
Collaborations,
February 19, 2-6 PM, at the
VCLC, 939 Bridge Street. This is for
any volunteers serving the Vernonia
Community. Contact Heather Lewis
503-429-4677 to RSVP.
Calling All Vernonia Logger VHS Alumni Basketball Game,
Alumni
The second annual Alumni March 12, 6:00 PM . This is a
Basketball game is scheduled for fundraiser for the OSEA employees of
Saturday, March 12th at 6:00 PM We the Vernonia School District.
are looking for men and women to come
and show their school spirit. If you are
interested in playing please contact Julie
Vernonia’s Voice
at 503-869-0211.
This is an OSEA Classified
is published
Employee of the Vernonia School
twice each
District fundraiser. Monies go to support
conferences and training workshops,
month on the
Scholarship funds, Boys and Girls
2nd and 4th
Athletic funds and Teacher Appreciation
Day.
Tuesday.
Admission: $5.00 ~ Adults,
$4.00 ~ 12 years old through HS, $3.00
Look for our next
~ K through 5th Grade.
issue February 8.
Thanks to the members of
United Steel Workers Local 1097 for
their support of the Holiday Food Box
programs in Clatsop, Columbia, and
Cowlitz Counties.
They donated a total of $4112.
Donations helped here:
1. Turning Point Community
Center, HOPE, Inc, and Vernonia Cares
in Columbia County
2. Community House on
Broadway- Lives in Transition Program
in Cowlitz County
3. Pioneer House in Clatsop
County
Your support helped us put a
smile on the faces of many people in
need in our communities.
Thank you for all you do to
make life better in the communities
where you live and work.
only provided Honor Guard for Chief
Painter while he lay in state in Rainier,
they assumed enforcement and service
positions throughout Columbia County
on Friday, ensuring all officers and
associated personnel within the county
an opportunity to pay tribute to the
Chief by joining the cortege from Kelso
to Portland and attendant services at
UP’s Chiles Center.
Not to be ignored are the
officers and fire/rescue personnel
from far and wide who came to honor
the Chief. Joining virtually every
Oregon law enforcement agency in his
procession were representatives from
at least British Columbia, Chicago, and
much of western Washington.
To all of these we must express
our thanks and gratitude, and our sorrow Kathye Beck
at their loss of a fellow officer.
Executive Director
United Way of Columbia County
Jay T. White
St. Helens, Oregon
Scappoose Muffler
Hello, this is Payton Wolf and
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for those of you who don’t remember
me, I am the girl who is fundraising for
my tournament softball team. I play for
the Oregon Red Heat Fastpitch Softball
team. I was and still am collecting cans
or any other donation you may have.
Since starting my fundraising in Octo-
ber, I have raised almost $500! It has
helped me so much and I am so thankful
to all of you that called me and donated
your cans. I also want to thank those
of you that gave me money and a big
thanks to Sara Wold who donated her
time and profits from a Scentsy Party
that she held for me. I still have a little
over half my money that I need to raise.
I will still be collecting cans
through this spring, so you can call if
you have any for me to pick-up. I have
a couple of new fundraisers coming up
and one of them is selling Krispy Kreme
doughnuts by the dozen. They will cost
$10 per dozen and I am taking orders
anytime. They will be available for
pick-up on Friday, February 4 th at NAPA
Auto Parts from 8am-6pm. If this turns
out to be a successful fundraiser, I am
hoping to do this on the 1 st Friday of
every month. The 2 nd fundraiser I am
doing is selling tickets to a Bunco Tour-
nament. The tickets are $15 each and it
will be held on Sunday, March 13 th from
3-6 PM in Beaverton. Childcare will be
provided by the Red Heat team girls, in-
cluding myself. If you are interested in
either of these fundraisers or just want
to donate your cans, please call me or
my parents, Steve & Amanda Wolf at
503-429-0457 or e-mail amandawo@
msn.com Thanks so much for your sup-
port.
Payton Wolf
Vernonia, OR
