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february14
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Emergency Preparedness Town Hall
2012
Stepchild Rocks the House

If you are a fan of Classic guitarist Tina S. Marie—having both
Rock and Roll music, you may want to male and female lead vocalists stretches
consider stopping by the All In Pub and the possibilities of bands they can cover.
Eatery on February 18 th and check out Jeff Newman adds a solid back beat on
the band that will be playing live music the drums. Together it’s a fantastic show
that night, Stepchild.
worth checking out..

Stepchild performed at the

th
All in Pub on January 28 and have
received rave reviews from most
everyone who was there. In fact, the
audience liked them so much that
night they convinced the band, and
All In owner Ernie Smith, to let the
band stay on stage and play a couple
extra songs at the end of the night.

Lead Guitarist Derek
Doggett says the band really
enjoyed playing at the All In Pub as
well. “Some places and people are
just really fun to play for--and this is
one of those places,” says Doggett.

Stepchild is what you
would call a “classic” Classic Rock
band. They perform a great set
list of cover versions of all your
favorites—from Pink Floyd to Pearl
Jam, Fleetwood Mac to ZZ Top, and
Aerosmith to The Pretenders—with
a whole bunch in between. It’s good
old fashion rock ‘n roll that gets just Derek Doggett and Stepchild will perform live at
the All in Pub on February 18.
about anyone up and dancing.

“It’s just straight forward rock,” Stepchild has also performed locally at
says Doggett. “The songs we play are The Birk and plays all over the Portland
songs that all of us in the band grew up area.
listening to—songs we all love. We’re
“We just like playing together
all old friends and have been playing for people and we hope they enjoy it as
together for about ten years. But we’re much as we do,” says Doggett. “From
all also involved individually in several the reaction we received here in Vernonia
other musical projects. This band is sort in January, I think they do. We’re really
of our “guilty pleasure,” just four people looking forward to coming back!”
who love to get together, have a few
beers and play some great music!”

Stepchild is scheduled to

Lead guitarist Doggett is perform live at the All in Pub and Eatery
amazing and a real master who knows in Vernonia on February 18 starting at
how to take a solo and do it right, 9:00 PM and again on April 14 th . You
without overdoing it. Bass player Sam can also check them out at myspace.
Manning shares lead vocals with rhythm com/stepchild2008.
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397-1521 or 800-696-7795. Conner
noted that the main Command Center in
the event of a major emergency is the
Vernonia Fire Department. Smith ex-
plained that his department only has one
non-volunteer position, himself, which
sometimes limits their ability to respond
in some situations.

City Councilor Kim Tierney,
who sits on the City Emergency Pre-
paredness Committee, discussed the role
of that committee and the projects they
are working on. Tierney noted that this
is a new Committee and does not have a
lot of history to draw information from.
She discussed the re-activation of the
Citizen Emergency Response Team
(CERT) this past September. Tierney re-
iterated that the role of her committee is
to look at ways for the city to strengthen
themselves and their ability to respond
to emergencies. Tierney noted several
gaps that were identified during the re-
cent snow storm, including vulnerable
citizens needing to be better identified
and the city needing to find better ways
to communicate with citizens. Tierney
discussed a new citizen survey that is
being used to better identify those vul-
nerable citizens and also identify other
concerns and possible resources that
citizens can provide. Tierney also men-
tioned a program called “Map Your
Neighborhood” as a way for citizens to
work together.

Columbia County Commission-
er Tony Hyde briefly explained the role
of state and federal agencies and also
reminded citizens that they need to be
able to look to themselves and be self-
sufficient, including having a 72 hour kit
with needed personal supplies.

During a Question and An-
swer period citizens were reminded
that the Columbia Alert Network sys-
tem is available to notify citizens who
have registered in the event of a severe
emergency situation. Citizens can go
to www.columbia911.com and go to
the C.A.N. Registry link to input their
home and cell phone numbers to receive
an automated message that would alert
them to take action.

Vernonia City Administrator
Haack also discussed how the City pro-
vided access for citizens to purchase
fuel for generators during the last power
outage. Haack and Mayor Mitchell both
noted that the City might need to devel-
op a more accessible and standard way
of getting information to citizens about
emergency situations. Mitchell noted
that this will be a task of the Emergency
Preparedness Committee. Haack also
stated that there is now a City of Ver-
nonia Facebook Page that will share in-
formation and that in an emergency the
City of Vernonia will post information
on the City website.
and the professionals who support them
is intended to help provide a guide in the
first few months after a child is identified
as having an autism spectrum disorder
regardless of whether that diagnosis is
received in a doctor’s office, the child’s
school, or a county developmental
provides families with basic information
about next steps, resources in their area,
and support in their community. To
obtain copies of the navigation map for
your region in English or Spanish, please
visit: www.oregonfamilytofamily.org/
navigation.html
Navigation Map to Services for
Children
with
Autism
Available

This new resource for families disability program. The navigation map
Countywide Rhythm on the River Poster Art Contest

The Blues Committee and United Way of
Columbia County would like to invite you to participate
in a contest to provide the art for the Sixth Annual Blues
Benefit Festival “Rhythm on the River”.

This contest is a benefit for United Way of
Columbia County and is open to all Columbia County
residents. All entries must be original art and suitable
for a family oriented event. All art must be a maximum
of 10” wide by 9” high in size, signed and dated by the
artist.

The theme is “Rhythm on the River” and this
is the 6 th annual--please include the theme in your
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THE DROP
The Vernonia Senior
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donations... BUT they
mmst be left dmring
bmsiness homrs ONLY
Mon-Fri 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Please DO NOT leave
items omtside
For after hours drop-off please
contact Pauline 503-429-5810
art. Artists are encouraged to include event title and
location:

Rhythm on the River 6 th Annual Blues Benefit

Clatskanie City Park

Saturday, July 28, 2012

• Entries must be received by March 23,2012
by 1:00 PM. Send entries to: United Way of Columbia
County, Attention- Blues Festival Art, PO Box 538,
Rainier, OR 97048 or Deliver to:United Way of
Columbia County, Attention- Blues Festival Art, 305
W 3 rd St., Rm 16, Rainier, OR 97048. Please phone
ahead if you are dropping off. Phone: 503-556-3614

• Original art may also be sent in high quality
jpg format suitable for reproduction to uwcc@hotmail.
com: Subject line-- “Blues Poster Contest”

• Please include contact information when
submitting work. All entries become the property
of the Rhythm on the River Blues Committee and
United Way. Entries will be used to raise funds. All
proceeds go to United Way of Columbia County. Event
committee will judge entries. The first place winner
will have their art displayed as the 6 th annual event
poster. There will be a $50 monetary award for first
place and $25 for 2 nd and 3 rd place.
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