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About Vernonia's voice. (Vernonia, OR) 2007-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 27, 2011)
4 community bulletin board/letters to the editor december27 2011 Readers Lend Their Voices... To the Editor I would like to express my thanks to everyone who helped during the last few years with the construction of my new home. So many people from Vernonia and from outside this community made donations, volunteered their time and labor, offered encouragement and helped make this dream a reality for me. I planned to name every person who has assisted with this project, but the list is just too long! I was recently able to move into my new house, which was specially designed to accommodate my needs. It is great to finally be here. I couldn’t have done it without the help of everyone who gave so generously to help me in my time of need. Thank you to all of you! Dean Schaumburg Vernonia To the Editor US Bank, the Vernonia Prevention Coalition and the Vernonia Kiwanis wish to thank everyone who participated in the Giving Tree at US Bank this year. Your donations and caring helped make this holiday season special for many young people take THIS to heart: The Fraternal in our community. Thank you for Order of Police, the voice of our your support. nation’s law enforcement officers states in its “Due Process Rights for Nicole Larke, US Bank Law Enforcement Officers”, to wit, DeAnna Pearl, Vernonia Prevention “The bill does not protect the jobs of Coalition ‘bad cops’ or officers unfit for duty, nor LeeAnne Krause, Vernonia Kiwanis does it apply to allegations of minor violations of internal departmental rules or regulations or employment- To the Editor related performance of officers, I have a love for loopholes. thus preserving the discretion of the These small little openings that allow individual agency in disciplining its for light and air to permit one an employees. This measure does not observation that can be tantamount afford police officers any greater in statutes, contracts, or obligations rights than those possessed by other when looking for an expedited exit citizens; it simply reaffirms the out of a difficult situation. It only existence of those rights in the unique took one time in a court of law for me context of the law enforcement to learn my way around the epic quest community.” http://www.fop.net/ for the perfect loophole. legislative/issues/leobr/index.shtml In 1946, on Christmas Day, Answer me this - why W.C. Fields was on his deathbed in a should those of us in Vernonia have private bungalow at the Los Encinas to undergo some kind of behavioral Sanitarium. He was dying of cirrhosis modification for the sins of Mike Kay, of the liver. John Barrymore paid after all, the DPSST unanimously him a visit. He noted that Fields came to the decision that Mike Kay was intent in some bible passage. was unfit for duty and that he should Barrymore asked Fields if he was never be certified as a police officer getting religion in his last days. Fields again. turned to Barrymore and told him “I am looking for loopholes!”. Indubitably, Mike Kay may want to Mark J. Akers HOW TO SEND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 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: scott@vernoniasvoice.com or mail to: Let- ters, PO Box 55, Vernonia, OR 97064. Terry’s Gym Free Art Program Allows youth to experience the world The St. Helens Arts and Cultural Commission is offering a series of programs called “Free Art and Craft Workshops” to youth. This will be a series of four workshops, one per month, from January to April 2012. The first workshop, “Art Quilting”, for children 8 years and older, will be taught by master quilters and artists from the Columbia River Piecemakers Quilt Guild. It will be on Saturday, January 14 from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM at the Columbia Learning Center’s auditorium, 375 S.18th Street, St. Helens . The class will be a hands-on workshop limited to 15 attendees so that everyone can get ample guidance. The workshop is free of charge. Pre-registration is required; call the St. Helens Public Library at 503-397-4544, ext. 100 to register. The following workshops will be “Leather Carving” in February, “Eastern European Egg Painting” in March, and “Basket Weaving” in April. The goals of the “Free Art and Craft Workshops” program are to provide access to arts and culture and to foster knowledge of cultural heritage to the youth in our community. The program is sponsored by the St. Helens Arts and Cultural Commission through a grant from the Columbia County Cultural Coalition. More information regarding the workshops can be found on the City of St. Helens website under the Essential Resident Resources column at www.ci.st-helens.or.us. For more information regarding the “Free Art and Craft Workshops” program, please contact Arts and Cultural Commissioner Kannikar Petersen at 503-366-3050. Local Properties For Rent TRAIN LIKE A CHAMPION! 184 Bridge Street Vernonia, 2 bdrm, 1 bath, duplex, completely remodeled kitchen & bath, new carpet & paint, garage, w/d hookups. $625/month INBA World Champion Collin Moeller works out at Terry’s Gym - You can too! 503-901-1705 16720 Noakes Rd. Vernonia For more info contact Ted at 503-799-0999 VIP Property Management, Inc. 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