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community news
april10
2012
Vernonia Health Board Passes the Torch
The Vernonia Health Center Board held a
Town Hall Meeting on April 4 th and took time to thank
Providence Health Services for their years of service to
the Vernonia community, as well as welcome Dr. Bryan
Miller and Verdura Family Wellness as the new pro-
vider for medical services.
many years of service here in our community,” said Ke- cussed the opportunities that still exist for the Rose
asey. “Although we have enjoyed being with them, it Avenue Project which could be developed by the City
was a time for change. We are very thankful Dr. Miller of Vernonia and potentially be the home for a new med-
and his staff have agreed to come to Vernonia and we ical clinic, Senior Center and Food Bank.
Also on hand was Catherine Mater from
are very happy to have them here.”
On hand for the event were State Senator Betsy the Pinchot Institute who announced that the Forest
Johnson, Columbia County Commis- Health—Human Health Initiative that she has been
sioner Tony Hyde, and staff members working on for over two years was launched nationally
from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and a few weeks ago and that Vernonia will be the pilot for
U.S. Congresswoman Susan Bonami- the program. The project aims to keep family owned
woodlands intact by helping to meet health care costs
ci’s offices.
The Town Hall also included not through the sale or conversion of forests, but by
a panel discussion about the future of turning the value of the public benefits these lands pro-
medical services in rural communities vide—such as carbon sequestration, habitat for wild-
and specifically in Vernonia. Rep- life, and water resource protection—into credits that
resentatives from Pacific University family woodland owners can use to pay for health care
and Western University joined the services. Mater also announced that Public Broadcast
panel and discussed potential part- Services will be in Vernonia in late April filming an
nerships for student interns to work in original documentary about the project.
rural communities. Dr. Carol McIntyre
who runs the
Vernonia Health Center Board member Carolyn Keasey and board chair
Natural Path
Marie Krahn.
Health Ser-
The Health Board also took time to recognize vices Clinic in Vernonia and
A public meeting of the Budget Committee of the Columbia County 4-H &
both Debbie Snook and Heather Lewis for their as- Dr. Miller joined the panel to
Extension Service District, Columbia County, State of Oregon, to discuss
sistance during the recent transition and also honored discuss other potential part-
the budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013, will be held
long time board member Carolyn Keasey for her years nerships in the community.
at the OSU Extension Service office, 505 N. Columbia River Hwy, St.
of service.
Vernonia City Ad-
Helens, OR. The meeting will take place on May 9, 2012 at 12:15 p.m.
“I would like to thank Providence for their ministrator Bill Haack dis-
The purpose of the meeting is to receive the budget message and to receive
Notice of Budget Committee Meeting
Columbia County Fair
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com. They also have a Facebook page:
Columbia County Fair and Rodeo. Con-
tact information for volunteers, vendors
and just about anything else you might
need to know about the Fair is available
on the website.
Bellingham has been on the Fair
Board for seven years. The Board expand-
ed recently from five to seven members.
“We have several new members includ-
ing some young ladies who bring a lot of
enthusiasm and energy,” says Bellingham.
The Board currently includes Columbia
County Commissioner Henry Heimuller,
Vice Chair Michael Warren, secretary
Randall Hansen, Kyle Stroda, Jillian Ol-
sen, and Amanda McFeron.
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comment from the public on the budget. A copy of the budget document
may be inspected or obtained on or after May 7, 2012 at the OSU
Extension Service office, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
This is a public meeting where deliberation of the Budget Committee will
take place. Any person may appear at the meeting and discuss the proposed
programs with the Budget Committee.
On the Shelves: What’s
Happening at the Vernonia Library
Craig Lesley, author of
four novels and a memoir, along
with numerous other works, will
be reading from and discussing
his books—especially The Sky
Fisherman—on Saturday, April
14 at 4:00 PM at the Vernonia
Library.
Mr. Lesley has received
three
Pacific
Northwest
Booksellers
Association
Awards, the Western Writers
of American Golden Spur
Award for Best Novel, and an
Oregon Book Award.
Two
of his novels, Storm Riders
and The Sky Fisherman, were
nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.
This will be the concluding event
of the adult portion of this year’s
Vernonia Reads for 2012 which has
been made possible through a grant
to the Friends of the Library from
Columbia County Cultural Coalition.
Refreshments will be served
and the public is invited to attend this
free event.
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