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About Vernonia's voice. (Vernonia, OR) 2007-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 27, 2011)
4 community bulletin board/letters to the editor september27 2011 First Friday-- September 30th The final First Friday celebration of the season will be held on September 30th at the Scout Cabin in Hawkins Park from 5:00 to 8:00. The last First Friday of the season will be the last Friday of September in order to coordinate with Vernonia’s Salmon Festival. Celebrate a great summer with neighbors and friends by enjoying arts, entertainment, and culture. Visit with local artists and crafters, and enter your name in several sensational raffles that will be drawn before the end of the evening. Children can fish for Salmon (treats) in a fishing game and decorate cookies. First Friday is a revenue generating entity for Vernonia Hands-on Art and is dedicated to celebrating the arts, bringing people together to meet neighbors, exchange information and share skills, and reinforcing a sense of community. And, most importantly, to HAVE A GOOD TIME! Stop by to kick off the Salmon Festival weekend and close the season with an evening out with family, friends and neighbors. Job Selection Process: Tips from Human Resources Get some tips from Barbara Huson, Human Resources expert, on what to do and what not to do when applying for a job, Tuesday, September 27 7:00-8 :00 PM at the Forest Grove City Library. What stands out on a resume? What should you not bring up in an interview? What questions do you have? Barbara Huson has 30 years of experience in Human Resources management and has participated in hundreds of selection processes. No registration required. For more details, contact the Forest Grove City Library 2114 Pacific Ave. (503) 992-3247, fgl-reference@ wccls.org. Vernonia Open Air Market Vernonia Open Air Market is a combination of local farm products, crafts, food and more held every Saturday June through October 1st from 10 AM-2 PM, downtown Vernonia. Upcoming Events WOEC Open House, September 30, 2:00-7:00 PM— Tour the new headquarters facility at 652 Rove Avenue. Salmon Festival, October 1, 10:00 AM-6:00 PM—at Hawkins Park. Kids Trout Pond, Pumpkin Carving, Live Music, Vendors and Great Food, and more! Vernonia Contra Dance, October 7, 8-10:00 PM—at the Vernonia Grange. Join Caller Stephanie Noll for an evening of folk dancing. All levels welcome. $5 per person, $15 per family. Contact Heather Lewis at 503-429-4677 for more info. School Town Hall, October 20, 7:00 PM - at the school cafeteria. Join Lango Hansen as they gather community input for the design of the new Spencer Park. Vernonia Library Receives Grant The Friends of the Vernonia Library have received notification that they are the recipients of a grant from the Columbia County Cultural Coalition. The purpose of this matching grant will be to expand the local 2012 Com- munity Reads event by providing an activity related to each of three selected books. Titles of these books will be announced in January with the activities to take place during April’s National Library Week. Readers Lend Their Voices... Martinez, Tanesha Fowler and Grace Coleman who provided leadership and fun filled child care in the library, To the Editor You all made this successful and out in the play shed, for setting up We want to thank all the for the Vernonia students who need and cleaning up and for stepping up to businesses and other contributors (and supplies to do better in school. Again, help make the Trudy Ludwig parenting you know who you are) who made our thanks a million. session successful. Stuff the Bus school supplies fund raiser a success. We want to thank all of you Sonia Spackman Sonia Spackman who gave cash that came to $191.00 Vernonia Vernonia and school supplies valuing $1,713.83. Stuff the Bus volunteer WGS volunteer Thanks to you, we were able to fill 80 backpacks for the beginning of the To the Editor To the Editor school year. We will also be able to give Thank you Trudy Ludwig On 9/14/11 Sheriff Dickerson supplies to students in k-12 for the rest for coming to Vernonia for 2 days to went public on Fox 12 News stating that of the school year when needed. help school staff, students and parents effective October 1st there will only be Thank you’s to Lilly Buchanan, understand bullying and friendship one Deputy to patrol the entire County. 6 th grade, and Tanesha Fowler, 7 th grade issues. Thanks to the VPC, school staff One deputy to respond to all 9-11 calls for their help sign painting and face and a special thank you to high school, received daily. This Deputy will at his painting August 1 st –3 rd in the Wauna middle school and grade school students or her discretion, choose what calls to Credit Union parking lot for the fund Sara and Paige Smith, Hanna Fleck, respond to. They may not even respond raiser. And a special thank you to those McKenzie Titus, Megan Schiermaister, at all! Sheriff Dickerson was quoted who let us paint and put glitter on you! Hera Hopkins, L.J. Fallau, Katie “If you have a firearm, get trained in the proper use of HOW TO SEND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR that firearm, and be willing to Vernonia’s Voice welcomes and requests your thoughts, opinions and ideas. use it if you need to protect Please include your name, address and phone number, limit your letters to 300 your family”. Sheriff Dickerson, words or less. Vernonia’s Voice reserves the right to edit, omit, respond or ask for you made a very powerful a response to letters submitted. We will print letters, space permitting. Deadline statement in telling the is the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month. Email: scott@vernoniasvoice.com or residents of Columbia mail to: Letters, PO Box 55, Vernonia, OR 97064. County that they may need R PAY OLL PLUS LLC Full Service Payroll Bookkeeping QuickBooks Assistance Income Tax Preparation (Individual & Small Business) N VER ONIA, OR Edi Sheldon 503-429-1819 LTC#29629-C edisheldon@gmail.com to be willing to use deadly force but you failed to tell them that if they don’t follow the letter of the law they will be the ones going to jail! I cringe knowing we are going back to the days of calling 9-11 and being told by C-Com “sorry no one is on duty or available to respond, you can call back tomorrow or we will take a message and a Deputy will call you back when he or she can”. I expected more from you Sheriff Dickerson, that’s why I voted for you! I feel you are all about excuses and nothing about solutions. Are you punishing the residents of this county for not passing the tax levy so you could spend the money as you saw fit? Where is the Sheriff’s Posse and your Reserve Program? Why don’t you hold the County Commissioners responsible for this? The same goes for our Commissioners. Why are you not holding Sheriff Dickerson accountable for his budget that seemed to be adequate prior to the levy? When you focus on nothing but the problems, that is all you will get in return, more problems! In Columbia County Oregon with a population of 49,351 people we continued on page 15 Need body work? Vernonia Coffee Roasters At Meyer’s Auto Body we’ll take your order and give you great service. “QUALITP COFFEE ROASTED TO PERFECTION” 503.429.0850 Meyer’s Auto Body 493 Bridge Street, Vernonia 503-429-0248 503.816.2265 WWW.VERNONIACOFFEEROASTERS.COM
