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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
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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.
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