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community news
may22
2012
Vernonia Ballet’s Wizard of OZ
This will be one of the last performances
at Washington Grade School
Jessica Davis has some very
fond memories of performing on the
Washington Grade School stage. In fact,
she performed in her very first ballet on
that stage.
Many years later, as the Vernonia
community prepares to say farewell to
WGS, Davis will be on that stage one final
time before the old building is demolished
in July.
Davis, who runs the Vernonia
Ballet, will produce The Wizard of Oz
on Friday June 1 st at 7:00 PM. The
performance will highlight many young
dancers, several who Davis says she has
been working with since they were very
young girls. The show will feature all
your favorite characters from the story,
including Dorothy, the Scarecrow, Tin
Man and Cowardly Lion, Toto and of
course, the Wizard. There will also be
naughty monkeys, munchkins, poppies
and a tornado dance.
Davis will take to the WGS stage
one final time and play the Wicked Witch
of the West.
“When I was in third grade and
I had just started taking ballet lessons,
we performed the Nutcracker at school,”
says Davis remembering one of her first
appearances on the WGS stage. “I had
only been taking ballet for about four
months and the girl who had the lead part
in the school play got sick the day before
the performance. So I filled in for her and
danced the part of the Sugar Plum Fairy.
So my first ballet performance was on the
WGS stage!”
It’s very sad that it will be gone,”
says Davis about WGS. “There are a
lot of memories for a lot of people. My
Grandma went to school there.”
Davis is already planning for
next year. The spring performance will
be Charlie and Chocolate Factory and
Davis has devised a raffle for a “Golden
Ticket”-- the winner will receive one free
year of ballet lessons. Chances to win
the Golden Ticket will be available at the
upcoming performance of The Wizard of
Oz. This winter Davis says the Vernonia
Ballet will perform Carnival of the
Animals, instead of the Nutcracker.
The
Vernonia
Ballet’s
performance of The Wizard of Oz will be
free of charge and donations are excepted.
2012 4-H Summer Camp
The 4-H Camp committee is
busy working on making the 2012 camp
another great experience for those who
attend. The committee has selected June
17-20, 2012 for the annual 4-H Summer
Camp, held at Camp Kiwanilong on the
North Coast.
Please mark your calendars and
begin now to prepare your 4th through 7th
graders for the 2012 4-H Summer Camp.
Registration forms will be distributed
through the schools as in years past.
Registration forms are due by June 1,
2012 with the $85.00 registration fee.
Wauna FCU Expands
Membership to include
Pacific County, Washington
The National Credit Union
Administration
(NCUA)
has
approved an application submitted
by Wauna Federal Credit Union to
offer membership to the residents
of Pacific County, Washington. The
Credit Union current primary field
of membership includes Clatsop and
Columbia Counties in Oregon.
“We are very pleased to
extend the benefits and services
of Wauna Federal Credit Union to
the residents of Pacific County,”
reported CEO & President Robert
Blumberg, during a recent address to
the membership. “While our regular
field of membership has been limited
to Clatsop and Columbia Counties
(Oregon), a large and growing number
of Pacific County residents make
the short drive to Astoria and nearby
communities to work, shop, and
enjoy entertainment. Our three local
branches and electronic services offer
tremendous convenience to them and
their families.”
Gaining approval from the
NCUA to expand a credit union’s field of
membership is no simple process. The
Credit Union had to first demonstrate
its financial soundness and ability
to serve an additional geographic
territory, plus present a written,
detailed plan to outline the resources
that would be used to effectively serve
Pacific County. “These included an
advertising strategy, public relations
and community outreach, and targeting
specific segments of the population
who may not be served by other
financial institutions,” says Blumberg.
“Our management team and the board
of directors conducted significant
research and analysis to prepare our
plan.”
One of the first objectives
of the Pacific County plan is to
provide low-cost loans to residents,
business owners, and legal entities,
including auto, home, credit card,
and commercial loans. “Providing
affordable loans to our members is one
of our primary objectives, especially
during the continuing sluggish
economy and high unemployment
period,” states Blumberg. “We know
many families and businesses on both
sides of the River could benefit from
this needed financial support.”
Blumberg does state there are
no current plans to build a branch in
Pacific County. “Just like any other
region of our geographic field of
membership, we will monitor member
growth and activity before discussing
branch plans. We do feel our three local
branches in Astoria and Warrention,
plus our electronic services, can be
just as convenient as a physical branch
for most members.”
Wauna
Federal
Credit
Union currently serves nearly three
hundred residents in Pacific County,
Washington. All residents, those
employed, attending school or
worshiping, or a business or legal
entity, in Pacific County, are now
eligible to become a member of Wauna
Federal Credit Union.
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