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community bulletin board/letters to the editor
february22
2011
Free Workshops for Job
Seekers at the Forest Grove
City Library
Taught by Worksource
Oregon staff. Registration is
required at the library (503) 992-
3337 or fgl-reference@wccls.org
this program is financed with funds
provided through Worksystems, Inc.
from the U.S. Department of Labor.
Thursday February 24, 1-3:00 PM
Resume Building
Tuesday March 8, 1-3:00 PM Job
Interview Skills
At the Forest Grove City
Library, 2114 Pacific Ave., (503)
992-3247,
http://www.fglibrary.
plinkit.org/
For more info contact:
Shannon Romtvedt
Adult Services Librarian
Forest Grove City Library
shannonr@wccls.org 503.992.3248
UNWC Annual Meeting
Craft Class Scheduled at
Vernonia Florist
Calling All Vernonia Logger
Alumni
The second annual Alumni
Basketball game is scheduled for
Saturday, March 12th at 6:00 PM We
are looking for men and women to
come and show their school spirit. If
you are interested in playing please
contact Julie at 503-869-0211.
This is an OSEA Classified
Employee of the Vernonia School
District fundraiser. Monies go to
support conferences and training
workshops, Scholarship funds, Boys
and Girls Athletic funds and Teacher
Knitting 101
Appreciation Day.
Kaitlyn Taylor is teaching the basic
Admission: $5.00 ~ Adults,
knitting with the end result being the $4.00 ~ 12 years old through HS,
knowledge you always wanted to $3.00 ~ K through 5th Grade.
knit many different items.
Columbia County
Tuesday Nights 7-9 PM
Commission on Children
$10 For Intro Session
and Families
$5 for each additional session
The Columbia County
Commission on Children and
Sip-N-Knit
With Katie Organ, learn to knit while Families holds public meetings on
enjoying your favorite beverage and the 3rd Thursday of each month at
treat, from Katie’s own kitchen. 5:30 PM. The meetings are held at
Great selection of yarn and needles the OSU Extension Office, 505 N.
Columbia River Hwy., St. Helens,
available at Vernonia Florist.
st
Oregon. The next meeting is March
1 & 3rd Thurs 10-Noon.
17, 2011.
$10 For Intro Session
$5 for each additional Session
Crochet 101
Susan Mullikin will teach beginners
the basics of crochet. You will
leave the first class with enough
knowledge to crochet a simple
project. The three remaining
sessions will be adding to your skill
with a completed project in the end.
Thurs 7-8:30 PM
$10 For Intro Session
$5 for each additional Session
The
Upper
Nehalem
Watershed Council’s (UNWC)
Annual Meeting has been changed
from January 28th to Saturday
March 12th. The meeting is open
to the public. UNWC will show
the community what they have
accomplished and what is planned
for the future, explaining their goals,
asking for community input, electing Quilting 101
new Board Members and amending Mary Pense will be teaching the
their Bylaws.
basics of quilting, a kit will be
available, some sewing machines,
VHS CRLE Presentations
bring yours if you have one.
Senior Career Related Monday Nights 7-8:30
Learning Experience (CRLE) $10 For Intro Class
presentations are on Wednesday, $5 For each additional session
March 30, 2011. Times to be
announced but working schedule is: Please feel free to request any type
Senior
arena
style or color of yarn.
presentations in the ‘Logger Dome’ Kits for each class and patterns will
are from 9:00-11:00. Public invited. also be available.
Speeches are at 7:00 PM with
students arriving at 6:30 and At the Vernonia Grange
judges at 6:00 (Student displays
The Grange has a change of
will be available for judges to view date on the April one day rummage
starting at 5:30).
sale - it will now be held on Saturday,
Anyone interested in being April 16 from 10:00-4:00
a judge contact Rachel Wilcoxen
There will also be Bingo at
or Dana Hyde at 503.429.3521 or the Grange on Saturday, Feb 26, at
email dhyde@vernonia.k12.or.us, or 6:30 PM.
rwilcoxen@vernonia.k12.or.us
Skein Slayers Knitting/
Crocheting Group
Sponsored by the Vernonia
Prevention Coalition, the Kiwanis
and community volunteers, Skein
Slayers is a knitting/crocheting
group whose goals are to invite
people of all ages who can knit
or crochet or just want to hang
out and talk on the second and
fourth Mondays at 6:00 PM. The
hope is that this will become a
multi-generational group that talks
about whatever the hot topics are,
particularly teens, and knit or crochet
hats and scarves for our students
in need and for the Community
Closet. We’ll have topics that we’ll
talk about each night and a table of
supporting materials for the topic;
i.e. suicide prevention, bullying, etc.
Flyers will be posted around town.
Join us Monday, February 28, 6:00
PM. Contact: Catherine Helmer,
503-914-9525.
Readers Lend Their Voices...
Many of you have heard around
the community that Dr. Gilmore is
retiring. The health board was notified
by Providence that the retirement date
will be March 4, 2011. We would like
to take this opportunity to thank her
for her dedication to this community
which was abundantly apparent during
the flood of 2007 and the sacrifices
she made to continue medical services
during and after that disaster.
As stated in our previous letter,
we were hoping to have information
whether our new partnership was
approved by the end of 2010.
Unfortunately, the Federal Government
has informed this board that the date
of notification has been extended to
August of 2011.
We are happy to inform you that
we had a successful meeting between
our new potential partner Coastal Family
Health Center and our current partner
Providence Health & Services to ensure
continuity of care during this time of
transition. An arrangement was agreed
upon by all parties to ensure adequate
staffing in continuing to provide this
community quality services.
You will probably notice some
new faces at the medical center as the
transition unfolds. There are currently
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Upcoming
Events
Hazardous Waste Disposal, February 27,
8:00 AM - Noon at the Waste Transfer Station in
St. Helens.
Spring Event--Buckleberry Cottage and
Out On A Limb, Beginning with Open-
ing Night on Thursday March 3rd, 6:00
to 9:00 PM then Friday, Saturday and
Sunday the 4th, 5th, and 6th 10:00 to 4:00
Columbia County Small Woodlands
Association Tree Sale, March 12, 9:00
AM to 2:00 PM, at Lawrence Oil, 845 N.
Columbia River Hwy, St. Helens. Arrive early for
best selections.
Donkey Basketball, March 18, 7:00 PM --
in the High School Gym
Make Vernonia Shine Day, April 16 -
Vernonia’s annual clean-up day, sponsored by
Vernonia Pride.
Retirement Party for
Dr. Phyllis Gilmore
The Vernonia Health Board would like to
invite the community to attend a retire-
ment reception in honor of Dr. Phyllis
Gilmore on February 27 at 2:00 PM at the
Vernonia Scout Cabin. Dr. Gilmore is
retiring from the full time practice of
medicine in March. Cake, coffee and
punch will be served at the reception and
community members are asked to bring
stories about Dr. Gilmore to share .
Vernonia’s Voice is
published twice each
month on the
2nd and 4th Tuesday.
Look for our next
issue March 8.
positions available for local qualified
applicants that can be accessed at
providence.org. The employees hired
through this process are anticipated
to make the transition to the new
partnership with Coastal Family Health
Center.
We also want to extend our
thanks to the dedicated staff past and
present for the quality service they have
provided this community.
Happy retirement and best
wishes to you, Dr. Gilmore.
Debbie Snook
Barb Ervin
The City of Vernonia Public
Works Department would like to
thank Lonnie Welter at the Columbia
County Road Department for all his
efforts in securing the generator that is
stationed at the City of Vernonia water
treatment plant. This is an asset that
is very comforting to have on site for
emergency power. There have times
Sincerely,
in the past years when we have had
Vernonia Health Center Board of to rent backup power in emergencies.
Directors:
This kind of expense has never been
Carolyn Keasey, President
included in the budget since the plant
Marie Krahn, Vice President
was built in 1996. Lonnie has spent
considerable time with this project and
Bob Wagner, Treasurer
I am sure the rest of Columbia County
Wendy Sears, Secretary
is very appreciative of his time.
Ralph Keasey
Darlene McLeod
Jeff Burch
Phil Darrah
Public Works Foreman
Rebecca McGaugh
City of Vernonia
