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Where Do You Read the Hands-On Art to Host Event
Junior Salmon Auction to be held at VCLC
Voice?
Do
you
travel? Do you want
the folks in Vernonia
to see where you’ve
visited? Next time
you head out of town
don’t forget to take
along the latest issue
of Vernonia’s Voice.
Then send us a photo
of you reading The
Voice near a famous
landmark or scenic
spot, along with a
brief description of
where you were.
Vernonia City
Councilor
Donna
Webb recently traveled to
Las Vegas and stopped by
the Cosmopolitan Hotel and
Casino. Although she didn’t
gamble in the casino, Donna
did take a few minutes to read
the Vernonia’s Voice. Donna
was in Vegas to meet her
daughter’s host parents from
Germany who were celebrating
their 25 th wedding anniversary.
Email your photo from
your next trip outside Vernonia
to: scott@vernoniasvoice.com.
On Friday May 18 th Vernonia Hands-
On Art Center, the local non-profit arts and
heritage organization, presents an evening of
art and community at the Vernonia Community
Learning Center and the Blue House Café
starting at 6:00 PM.
We are excited to present the fourth
annual Junior Salmon Auction. This event
is a fundraiser for the Vernonia School Arts
programs that features customized salmon by
Vernonia art students. The students are supplied
with a nine by fourteen inch blank pressboard
salmon that they use to create their own unique
vision.
At 7:00 PM they will be
auctioned off in the VCLC by
local auctioneering legend Bill
Yeo with a minimum starting bid
of $10.00. Also up for auction
are several chairs and tables that
the students decorated using
themes from popular artwork.
Profits go to support Vernonia
School Arts and Hands-On Art
programs.
In addition
to the auction,
we will have an
art exhibit and
sale at the Blue House Café. This
will include art from Vernonia
artist Nathan Bower and Vernonia
students.
Nathan is a recent transplant to Vernonia
who specializes in oversized, brightly colored,
joyful paintings. He has recently exhibited
in the Columbia County
Courthouse, JCafe in Portland,
and with Activate sponsored by
RAWartists.org.
We welcome you to come at
6:00 PM, browse, enjoy hors
d’oeuvres at the Blue House,
chat up the artists, and preview
the salmon and furniture to be
auctioned. Please come early
to sign up and be ready to bid
at 7:00 PM. For pictures and
more info, please check out our
Facebook pages, Vernonia Jr.
Salmon Auction and Vernonia
Hands-On Art Center.
For more information contact Kathy
Larsen at: 503-449-3591 or Erika Paleck at:
503-704-5970.
Vernonia Grange News
The Vernonia Grange will hold
its second annual Spring Rummage Sale
on Saturday, May 12, from 10:00 AM
to 4:00 PM, at the Grange Hall, 375
North Street. All proceeds will go to the
Grange for its programs and continuing
building improvements. If you have
items to donate, please bring them to the
Grange between 7 :00 and 9:00 PM on
Mariolino’s
Pizza & Grill
Open for
breakfast,
lunch & dinner
We have ice cream!
Serving Vernonia since 1970
721 Madison Avenue, Vernonia
(503) 429-5018
Friday, May 11. We have several lovely
items already donated and know of others
that will be coming in, so plan to stop
by. You might even find that unique but
affordable item for Mom!
Questions? Call Grange Master
Julie Prohaska, 503.429.7055, or Tobie
Finzel, 503.705.2173.
