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community bulletin board/letters to the editor
april26
2011
Grandparents Raising
Grandchildren
Columbia River Hwy., St. Helens, asking for community input, electing
Oregon. The next meeting is April new Board Members and amending
their Bylaws
Columbia
County 21, 2011.
grandparents are invited to join
Free Job Search Workshops
grandparents from Washington 2011 Spring Garden Fair
Don’t miss the Columbia Forest Grove City Library,
County to share a day of fun and
learning. This is a free event, lunch is County
Master
Gardener™ 2114 Pacific Ave.
included. Friday May 20, 2011, 9:00 Association’s 16th annual fair on (503) 992-3247
AM to 2:00 PM at the former Hillsboro April 30th at St. Helens High School,
PCC Center, 102 SW Washington inside the Commons and outside in Job Search Workshop - In English
St., Hillsboro. Pre-registration the courtyard. The sale starts at 9 am Thursday, May 5 1-3 pm
required—503-846-3089.
and ends at 3 pm. Admission and
parking are free.
Job Search Workshop – In Spanish
New Full Sunday School
Master Gardeners will offer and for limited English speakers
Program!
over 6,000 plants from 34 varieties of Thursday, April 28 1-3pm
Vernonia
Community standard and heirloom tomatoes, still Thursday, May 26 1-3pm
Church announces a long awaited only $1.25 per plant. Come early for
answered prayer! Starting April 3rd the best selection. There will also be Topics include: the application
at 9AM Family Bible Class, nursery certified members on hand to provide process, building a resume, and the
thru adult. Learning God’s Word! general gardening information at the interview process.
Family Bible Class from 9-10AM~ Education table and tomato-specific Register at the Forest Grove City
Family Fellowship 10-10:20~Family information at the tomato sale. Of Library (503) 992-3337 or
Praise & Worship 10:30-11:45~ course, there will also be the raffle, fgl-reference@wccls.org.
Youth Group 4-5:45 PM~Biblical with tickets on sale for $1 each and This program is financed in whole or
Eldership 6-8PM. 957 State Ave. hourly prizes. You don’t need to be in part with funds provided through
503-429-6790. e-mail: saltn_light@ present to win.
Worksystems, Inc. from the U.S.
hotmail.com
Department of Labor.
UNWC Annual Meeting
Columbia County
The
Upper
Nehalem
Commission on Children and Watershed Council’s (UNWC)
Families
Annual Meeting has been changed
The Columbia County
Commission on Children and
Families holds public meetings on
the 3rd Thursday of each month at
5:30 PM. The meetings are held at
the OSU Extension Office, 505 N.
from March 12th to Saturday May
21, 10 AM- 2 PM 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,
Vernonia’s Voice is
published twice each
month on the 2nd
and 4th Tuesday.
Look for our next
issue on May 10th.
Upcoming
Events
Quilt Sale and Show, May 7, 10 AM-
4:00 PM— at the Scappoose Senior Center,
33342 SW Meadow Drive, Scappoose.
Homemade soups, baked goods and desserts also
for sale.
St Mary’s Rummage Sale, April 29, 10-
4, April 30, 10-3— Stop by and shop—they
have a little bit of everything! 960 Missouri Ave.
Vernonia First Friday, May 6, 5:00-
8:00 PM —Maypole Dance, Arts and Crafts,
make a Mother’s Day Card and more! Come
celebrate our community at the Vernonia Scout
Cabin.
Free Community Health Fair, May 7,
9:00 AM-4:00 PM —Free Dental Exams,
Red Cross Blood Mobile, Health screenings, BP
Checks, Prescription Drug Take Back, Kids ID
Kits and more! At Vernonia School Cafeteria.
“Alice In Wonderland,” May 21, 7:00
PM-10:00 PM— Presented by the Vernonia
Ballet. At Washington Grade School.
Banks Brave Run, June 4, 9:00 AM —
Starts at Banks High School track and continues
out and back on the Linear Trail. 5K/10K Walk/
Run. Fundraiser for Banks Elementary School
technology program. For more info contact
Jodi Privatsky 503-747-0188. Register on-
line at: www.signmeup.com/site/online-event-
registration/74523.
Readers Lend Their Voices...
To the Editor
I live in the City, and I support
the Sheriffs Levy.
Crime costs everyone, even
people like me. Our county now has a
reputation for being a great place for
rural crime. We don’t have enough
deputies to patrol our Counties 542
miles of road. We don’t have enough
deputies to handle late night calls or
provide follow-up on criminal activities.
Measure 5-210 will allow the
Sheriff’s office to hire 5 more deputies
and three investigators. If this measure
passes, we will have deputies on call in
places where we presently don’t have
any law enforcement.
Sheriff Dickerson says that
these new Deputies will be used to
respond to criminal activities, and
(unless they see an egregious offense)
will not be used to write traffic tickets.
Our county citizens and our children
need police protection. These are public
safety issues and we cannot afford for
Columbia to continue to be considered
a “Lawless” County.
Please vote yes for Measure 5-210.
every citizen to vote in the affirmative
to help guarantee stable funding for
Board of County Commissioners the Columbia County Sheriffs Office.
established a 21 member Law Help to ensure that the hard work of 21
Enforcement Advisory Committee to local citizens becomes reality.
take a hard look at law enforcement
services in Columbia County. The Thank you,
charge from the BOCC was very broad Paul Koch
and encouraged the citizen group to Gresham. OR
look at all the options and to come up
with recommendations that would be
considered by the BOCC. This citizen
effort identified and researched over a
dozen options and came up with two
recommendations that were presented
to the BOCC in April of 2010. Those
recommendations are now the basic
elements of an issue placed on the
ballot for all the citizens of the county
to consider.
The results of that work now
are on the ballot as Measure 5-210, for
a decision by the citizens of the county.
An affirmative vote will greatly enhance
the safety of citizens within the county,
and provide for the proper operation of
the county jail. Taken together, the long
term economic viability of the county
will be enhanced. A safe community
with the ability to lock up criminals is
very important to proper livability and
Bill Eagle
economic development.
St. Helens, OR
Passage of Measure 5-210 will
provide a stable funding source for
county law enforcement and ensure to
To the Editor:
all, that Columbia County is a safe place
In December of 2009, your to live and work. I would encourage
The one day Grange fundraising
rummage sale was a success. Thanks
to everyone who donated so many
nice things, shopped, rounded up their
purchase prices to make a donation, set
up, ran the sale, cleaned up, and hauled
the remaining items to St. Mary’s
for their sale. Special thanks to Julie
Prohaska, Ella Tessitor, Maggie Peyton,
Penny Costley, and Diana Peach for the
hours they put in on the prep, sale day
and clean up. It was a great team effort!
Tobie Finzel
Vernonia, OR
To the Editor:
On behalf of the members of
Verrnonia Pride who helped organize this
year’s Make Vernoina Shine Day event;
Dede Webb, Sally Harrison, Janelle
Cedergreen, Sharron Rockwood, Marge
Lowrence, Rebecca McGaugh, Pat
Phillips and last but certainly not least,
my wonderful mentor Donna Webb.
I’d like to thank the 68 people who
came out to Make Vernonia
HOW TO SEND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Shine last Saturday, April
16. I’d also like to thank
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the grant to purchase native
shrubs. If I’ve missed anyone to thank,
I’ll send in another letter :) Mother
Nature cooperated to give us pretty
wonderful working conditions. So
many projects were completed in just 4
short hours. The rear of the VCLC was
totally cleaned up of 3-years of built
up pine needles and you can see the
asphalt! We also planted the rear area
with Oregon Grape shrubs. The base of
the trees that line downtown were raked
out, debris removed and fresh bark dust
was spread. Litter was removed from
the downtown sidewalks, Shay Park,
Hawkins Park and the Lake. The planter
box behind the restrooms at Hawkins
Park was cleaned out and new shrubs
were planted and bark dust was spread.
A lot of time was spent on the Lake and
debris removal, it looks gorgeous. The
Museum had a great crew that did a
bunch of yard work and a lot of work
was done at the Community Garden. A
couple of business owners spent more
than the 4-hours working on their store
fronts, making them shine. Bark dust
was spread down at Hawkins at the
swimming “pool” area. Bark dust was
also dumped at the Library and will be
spread in the next few days. It was so
great to see so many people; young and
old; residents and non-residents; come
out to make our town look beautiful. For
those of you on Facebook, check out
the Make Vernonia Shine Day page....
photos from the day will be posted there
and on SOLV’s Facebook page in the
next couple of days.
Thank you again for helping to Make
Vernonia Shine!!!
Catherine Helmer
Vernonia Pride Member and
co-coordinator of the 2011 Make
Vernonia Shine Day
