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city/area news january24 2012 5 OSU Extension Service Offers Trees to be Cut and Hydrant Woodland Management Course Moved Near New School The OSU Extension Service will be offering “Woodland Management 101”, a six-session shortcourse for individuals who own forested property. The course will be held Wednesday evenings, February 1st – 29th in St. Helens. The class provides a basic introduction to planning, growing, and caring for a small woodland. Tree and shrub identification, planting and maintenance, fish and wildlife, tax and business basics, harvesting and marketing and other topics will be covered. Registration deadline is January 25th and space is limited. For more information, contact the OSU Extension Service, 503-397-3462. The Columbia County Fair Board has announced that it is conducting a public contest to determine the theme for the 2012 Columbia County Fair and Rodeo’s 97th annual event. The contest is open to all residents of the county. The Grand Prize for the winner of the theme contest is a VIP prize package including one unlimited family season pass to the Columbia County Fair & Rodeo, a free season parking pass, and other special fair prizes to be determined. The 2012 Columbia County Fair and Rodeo runs from July 18th through the 22nd. To contact the Fair Board, call 503-397-4231 and leave a message. Theme entries can be mailed to Columbia County Fair & Rodeo, P.O. Box 74, St. Helens, OR 97051. For Event Complex reservations call 503-397- 2353. Columbia County Announces 2012 Fair & Rodeo Theme Contest On the Shelves: What’s Happening at the Vernonia Library Vernonia Public Library has received a $1,000 grant to improve public library services to children. The Ready to Read Grant funds will be used for supplies, incentives and paid performances for Summer Reading 2012. The Ready to Read Grant was established by the State Legislature in 1993 to assist local libraries in helping to achieve the Oregon Benchmarks for childhood learning and development. This annual grant, funded by the General Fund of the State of Oregon, is administered by the State Library. Oregon libraries may use these funds for the statewide summer reading program for children ages 0-14 and early literacy services for children ages 0-5. The impact of the Ready to Read Grant program is measured annually by the percentage of libraries adopting “best practices” in their services to children. The State Library has identified three best practices in youth services at public libraries: summer reading programs, training for parents and childcare providers in research-based early literacy curriculums, and outreach to children and teens who face barriers getting to the library. Vernonia’s library provides an entertaining, educational reading program each summer for youngsters of the community. This grant helps make this program possible. Upcoming Vernonia City Hall Closures and City Council Meetings City Hall will be closed: February 20, 2012 President’s Day Upcoming City Council Meetings are scheduled for: Monday February 6, 2012 Tuesday February 21, 2012 Monday March 5, 2012 Dates and Times subject to change due to conflicts of schedules Terry’s Gym TRAIN LIKE A CHAMPION! INBA World Champion Collin Moeller works out at Terry’s Gym - You can too! 503-901-1705 16720 Noakes Rd. Vernonia The City of Vernonia and the Vernonia School District are coordinating the development of the Bridge Street Improvement Project that is unfolding in conjunction with the new construction of the K-12 school campus on Missouri Avenue . In December 2010, then Governor Ted Kulongoski made an announcement at the site of the new school that Oregon Department of Transportation had found grant resources to allow an award of $3.8 million toward road improvements on Bridge Street between Texas Avenue and Spencer Avenue and along the length of Missouri Avenue to the then proposed new school campus. Over the next few months, in advance of the road improvements, two projects will unfold: (1) a tree removal project and (2) a hydrant relocation project. ODOT is in the process of putting out a small contract for tree removal. In advance of that project, they will mark all of the trees to be cut. “I know in advance that this change will cause some chagrin, and I am hopeful that we can find a way to accept this modification in the landscape as a sign of progress,” says Vernonia City Administrator Bill Haack. The required movement of the fire hydrant is specifically to allow for the realignment of Bridge Street. However the City also intended to realign it to allow for the eventual modification of Lakeview Terrace to line up with Missouri to make a true intersection. “This future modification will also allow for better access for the Vernonia Rural Fire Protection District trucks to enter their fire station off of Lakeview in the future,” says Haack. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING For Sentry Market on February 2, 2012 This is a proposed variance request by Gordon Smith to construct on overhead awning for Sentry Market in the sidewalk right-of-way along Jefferson Avenue and Maple Street, City File # VAR 12-01 SITE LOCATION: The subject site is an existing building at 735 Jefferson Avenue. The parcel is Tax Lot 1800, Map 4N 4W Section 4 CB. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Vernonia Planning Commission will conduct a Public Hearing in accordance with the following provisions of Vernonia Zoning Code Title 9 and can be found on the city’s website www.vernonia-or.gov: Applicable Criteria: Section 9-01.08 Variances Section 9-01.03-50 Downtown Zone Section 9-02.10-40 Type III Review Procedure Information about the application can be obtained by contacting Joann Glass at City Hall 503-429-5291 ext. 106. The Vernonia Zoning Code requires that if you receive this notice in error promptly forward it to the owner or purchaser. The Public Hearing will be on February 2, 2012 at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 1001 Bridge Street, Vernonia, OR 97064. Public testimony and written statements are welcome at the hearing. A staff report will be available to the public at City Hall one week before the hearing, and may be copied for a nominal fee. Failure to raise an issue, in person or in writing, with sufficient detail to afford the hearing body and parties to the hearing an opportunity to respond to that issue, precludes appeal to City Council or LUBA, or to seek damages in circuit court due to a condition of approval. All meeting locations are accessible to persons with disabilities. A request for an interpreter for the hearing impaired or for other accommodations for persons with disabilities should be made at least 48 hours prior to the public hearing to the City Recorder at 503-429-5291 ext. 106; TTY 1-800-735-2900 or at City Hall, 1001 Bridge St., Vernonia, OR 97064. The City of Vernonia is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer Old, worn out and rusty? Need body work? Call... Meyer’s Auto Body •493 Bridge St• VERNONIA 503-429-0248 Vernonia Coffee Roasters “QUALITP COFFEE ROASTED TO PERFECTION” Now available at vernonia sentry market WWW.VERNONIACOFFEEROASTERS.COM
