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community bulletin board/letters to the editor
june26
2012
2012 Summer Canning Class Schedule
Have you thought about learning
to can this summer? Are you an experi-
enced canner who would like an update on
the latest USDA recommendations? Plan to
attend one or more of the canning classes
offered by the Columbia County Extension
Service. Classes will be held at the First
Lutheran Church, 360 Wyeth St., St. Hel-
ens. Each class will cost $20.00 or $70.00
for all four. A small number of scholar-
ships are available. Payment must be made
in advance to hold your spot. Class size is
limited.
• Wednesday, July 11th, 5:30 to 8:30 PM -
Canning Jams & Jellies
• Wednesday, July 25th, 5:30 to 8:30 PM –
Canning Fruits and Pie Fillings
• Wednesday, August 8th, 5:30 to 8:30 PM
– Pressure Canning Vegetables & Meats
• Wednesday, August 22nd, 5:30 to 8:30
PM - Canning Pickles, Tomatoes and Salsa
For more information and to regis-
ter for classes, please call or visit the OSU
Extension Service office at: 505 N. Colum-
bia River Highway, St. Helens, OR 97051.
503-397-3462
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Upcoming Events
Upper Nehalem Watershed Council
Steering Committee meeting, June
28, 6:30 PM-- at the Fishhawk Lake
meeting hall. The public is welcome.
For more information see our website
http://unwc.nehalem.org, call the
UNWC at 503-429-0869 or email
steve@nehalem.org.
Annual Community Wide Garage
Sale, August 25, 9:00 AM-5:00 PM.
All residents & businesses wanting
to be included on the maps can sign
up by calling Helen Bateman @503-
429-6203, last day to sign up is
August 21st . Maps of all participating
4th of July Celebration, 5:00 PM, locations will be available Friday
at Greenman Field. Featuring Jesse before the sale. In the past years over
Cain concert and other family fun 45 locations have held a sale.
To the Editor,
The VHS Class of 2012 All Night Party
Committee would like to thank the
sponsors, donors and chaperones for
your support of the June 2 event. 51
seniors attended and all reported having
a good time. The all-night graduation
party is a drug and alcohol free event
sponsored by the Vernonia Prevention
Coalition. It is organized each year by
parents, host families and guardians of
high school seniors.
Sponsors:
Vernonia Prevention Coalition &
DeAnna Pearl, VHS Class of 2012,
Curl’s Transportation & Shelley Cota,
Vernonia Christian Church
Chaperones: Scott Rethwill , Aaron
Bill Blank
Scappoose Community Club Farmers’ Miller, Christina Morgan, Torie Fallau,
DeAnna Pearl, Lisa Edgar, LeeAnne
Market
Krause, Darby Dooley, MaryAnn Shaw,
Jennifer Butcher, Kelley Murphy-Shaw
HOW TO SEND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
and Betsy Miller
Vernonia’s Voice welcomes and requests your thoughts, opinions and ideas.
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and Betsy Miller, Vernonia Florist -
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Mini Mart, Black Bear, Napa Auto Parts,
Vernonia Golf Course and Blue House
Cafe
To the Editor,
As a member of the Columbia
Health Coalition (CHC), I would
like to extend a special thanks and
acknowledgment to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
for sponsoring ACHIEVE (Action
Communities for Health, Innovation,
and EnVironmental changE). Their
trickle down and direct funding grants
to the National Association of County
and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
and other organizations played a
integral role in the transition to what
is now known as the Columbia Health
Coalition, comprised chiefly of front line
volunteers. Through this partnership and
the various local, community programs,
CHC has been able to play an important
part in implementing strategies that
support and sustain healthy lifestyles
where people live, work, learn, and
play in Columbia County, which is
also represented by our logo, and goals
of CHC. I think I speak for the other
volunteers when I say, the volunteers
would like to especially thank the Public
Health Foundation for the invaluable
help of Ashley Swanson and Sherrie
Ford of Public Health. Their leadership
has been instrumental in sustaining and
creating a successful, long term, county
and community coalition of dedicated
volunteers.
Overwhelmed with leftovers?
Thank you again.
Betsy Miller
2012 VHS All-night grad party
committee
Paint drop-off site in your area:
VERNoNIA
HARdWARE ANd SUPPLY
1026 BRIdGE ST.
VERNoNIA, oR
Mon–Thurs 9–6,
Fri–Sat 9–7 Sun 12–5
Do you know what to do with leftover cans of
paint? With PaintCare ® , recycling unwanted paint
is simple and convenient.
Here’s how: When you buy a gallon of new paint,
$0.75 of the purchase price funds the cost of
recycling your old leftover paint. (For quarts it’s
$0.35, five gallons is $1.60). When you no longer
need it, simply take it to any of our drop-off sites
for no additional charge. You’re done. We’ll take
it from there.
The program is for both households and businesses.
Please check with the drop-off site before bringing more
than 15 gallons. Please do not bring paint thinner, aerosols
or empty paint cans. Empty cans may be placed in your
regular trash (or recycling if allowed in your area). Remove
lids so your trash collector knows they are empty.
Buy right. Use it up. Recycle the rest.
To learn more: www.paintcare.org
entertainment. Fireworks at dark.
To the Editor,
The Columbia Health Coalition
would like to thank representatives
from OSU Extension, Christ Episcopal
Church, Snoopeeland, and the Vernonia
Community Garden for presenting at
our “Community Gardens in Action”
event June 2nd. Community and
school gardens are of growing interest
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Street
call Kim
Lovable service at
a reasonable price
• Bathing
• Haircuts
• Nail Clipping
• Nail Polishing
• Specialty
Shampoos
in our county and have the potential to
improve nutrition, education, outdoor
involvement, the environment, and
participant empowerment.
In addition to the rise in
community and school garden initiatives,
other policy and programmatic changes
within our county include an increase
in nutrition education due to efforts by
the Columbia Pacific Food Bank and the
Columbia County OSU Extension
Office, the installation of an asphalt
walking trail at Clatskanie Elementary
School to increase physical activity
for students and the community, and
numerous policy changes in Vernonia
focusing on wellness, physical activity,
and tobacco use on school grounds.
Columbia County is a community
that strives for multifaceted health
improvements. Though each community
within the county focuses on health
topics unique to their demographic, the
collaboration of a wide variety of groups
county-wide has strongly influenced
each of the positive health changes and
initiatives. With thanks to the diligent
community agencies and individuals
involved, Columbia County has many
health achievements to be proud of.
For information on the Columbia
Health Coalition, or to join, call Ashley
Swanson at 503-397-4651 extension
2007.
Nicole Grondin
Columbia Health Coalition Member
To the Editor,
I am not happy that Vernonia
Pharmacy is no longer here! Come
on people! As a business owner in
Vernonia for 18 years, I have struggled
to feed my family so that I could stay
in a community where I though people
cared about each other. I have struggled
so that I could raise my children with
the morals I wanted to instill, and be
there for them. It has not been easy. I
hear many say.” I can get it cheaper at
Walmart or Winco. Well does Walmart
donate to your kids sporting events?
Does Walmart make sure you have a
gallon of milk at 8:30 at night so your
kids can have breakfast? Does anyone at
Winco even say Hi to you when you walk
in the door? No, no and no! If I needed
a prescription, and had questions, Phillip
was there to answer my questions. He
made time to make phone calls and
get my prescriptions when I ran out
even though it was my own fault. He
had a face and a family to feed. Now
he is gone because so many felt it was
easier to use the internet or mail order
prescriptions. It might have saved you
some money but what happens when you
run out and you have forgotten to order?
Now you have to take the time and gas
to drive, not such a big savings now….
Do you think those insurance companies
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