november13 2012
VERNONIA’S
reflecting the spirit of our community
volume6 issue21
The Cottage: A Co-op Offering
Local Art and More in Scappoose
By Scott Laird
Seth Cutright
to Receive Life
Saving Award
seen before. Which is exactly the point.
The inspiration for The Cottage
storefront came from Mann herself, who
had been developing her personal busi-
ness as a “special events” florist. She
thinking of all the other creative and
talented people that I knew in Columbia
Are you one of those people who
County and the Portland Metro area who
like to buy from local businesses when-
had thought about opening a shop them-
ever possible? Do you like to support
selves, which of course requires a lot of
local artisans, crafts people and
resources.”
small business owners? When
Mann was able to bring
you do your holiday shopping
together a group that bounced
do you look for unique, one-
ideas around and eventually
of-a-kind items that tells the
opened the original store. “The
recipient they are someone
end result you see here is very
special?
different from the rough draft
If you answered yes to
that we initially envisioned,”
any of these questions then you
says Mann. Mann says she
need to stop by and shop at The
originally had a partner when
Cottage in Scappoose.
the business began. “Debra
Based on a coopera-
Miller was hugely instrumental
tive business model, The Cot-
in helping bring all the pieces
tage is a shared space featur-
together and get the doors
ing the work of over twenty
open.”
artists and vendors, similar to
Mann seems to be the
Above: Sarah Mann is the owner of Flora Designs
the Made In Vernonia store that
perfect fit as the face and person-
and the manager of The Cottage.
Below: Pottery by Cody Galvin.
many of our readers may already
ality of The Cottage. Friendly
be familiar with. The Cottage
and engaging, Mann knows
offers locally crafted art, gifts,
something about each of the ven-
flowers and more.
dors she helps represent in the
Located in Old town
store and the story behind their
Scappoose, just a few blocks off
work that is on display. She is
Highway 30, near the Scappoose
extremely knowledgeable about,
City Hall and Library, They Cot-
and excited to talk about each of
tage recently moved to this new
the artists. Her enthusiasm for
location on July 15 th . Prior to
her work and place in the com-
the move, the store had been
munity comes shining through
tucked away by the DEQ office;
as she discusses the cooperative
they opened in that location last
business model and the many
November.
artists and crafts people who are
The new location has been great saw an opportunity to introduce a more represented in the store.
for business, according to store “man- artistic element to floral designing in
So far the concept seems to be
ager” Sarah Mann. “We have most defi- the Scappoose area and was looking to working. Mann’s Flora Designs busi-
nitely seen a difference,” says Mann.
expand into the everyday floral market. ness is the anchor which allows her to
A walk through The Cottage will “I thought, ‘How could I get a retail open the store Wednesday through Sat-
open your eyes to all kinds of local talent space that could maybe support itself and urday. The Cottage contains work and
and gift items that you probably haven’t give me a venue to have a work space,’” products from over twenty artists and
says Mann. “And I started vendors—anything from colorful paint-
inside
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adventure
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sustainability
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trick-or-treat
free
Columbia County Sheriff Jeff
Dickerson announced this week that
the Oregon State Sheriff’s Associa-
tion will be awarding its Life Saving
Award to Seth Cutright, the Vernonia
youth who rescued his grandmother
from their burning home on October
12, 2012, and suffered burns as a re-
sult.
“Seth Cutright’s valor and
fearlessness in braving the inferno to
save his grandmother’s life is an in-
spiring story,” the sheriff said.
Sheriff Dickerson nominated
Cutright, age 12, for the statewide
award after learning of his heroism.
The Oregon State Sheriff’s Associa-
tion represents the 36 elected sheriffs
of Oregon, which recognizes out-
standing achievements by employees
and the citizens they serve during its
annual conference.
This year’s conference is De-
cember 2 through 6, with the awards
banquet scheduled for Wednesday,
December 5 in Bend. Cutright and
members of his family will be on hand
to receive the award that night.
ings and photography to jewelry to hand-
made baby clothes. Mann says the store
originally opened with just five vendors,
so the growth has been tremendous.
Mann showed me around the
store and pointed out some of the high-
lights in the store, although she was
disappointed that she wouldn’t have a
chance to talk about all of them. For
Mann, it is hard to single out any of the
vendors—she thinks they are all fabu-
lous!
Local artist Sally Stevens is from
continued on page 6
Incumbents Win Reelection in Columbia County
Incumbents held the night in
Columbia County on November 6 as
all of the local races tipped in favor of
those running for reelection.
Long
time
County
Commissioner Tony Hyde defeated
challenger Tammy Maygra to retain
his Position 3 seat. Hyde received
over 61 percent of the vote to
Maygra’s 38 percent.
Earl Fisher was also reelected
as County Commissioner, winning
Position 1 in a close race over Wayne
Mayo. Fisher received 50 percent of
the vote; Mayo received 49 percent
of the vote.
Columbia County Sheriff
Jeff Dickerson overcame a challenge
from within his own office, defeating
deputy Dave Fuller by a margin of 59
to 40 percent.
In local races, Josette
Mitchell, Randy Parrow and Kim
Tierney were all reelected in Vernonia
after running unopposed. Mitchell
will retain her seat as Vernonia
Mayor after winning with 87 percent
of the vote; there were 86 write-in
votes. Parrow and Tierney will also
return to the Vernonia City Council;
Parrow received 48 percent of the
vote, Tierney received 39 Percent
and there were 125 write-ins.
Oregon State Representative
Brad Witt held his seat in District 31 in
the Oregon House. Witt, a Democrat,
defeated Republican challenger Lew
Barnes, as Witt garnered 53 percent
of the vote to the 41 percent that
Barnes received.
In the US Congress,
Democrat Representative Suzanne
Bonamici held her seat in the 1 st
Congressional District, receiving 60
percent of the vote.
Nationally, Columbia County
voted with the rest of the state of
Oregon to reelect President Barack
Obama. Columbia County cast 50
percent of their votes in favor of
the Democratic incumbent, trending
below the Oregon number of 54
percent.
Republican challenger
Mitt Romney received 45 percent of
the vote from local voters, Romney
received 42 percent statewide.
There were numerous ballot
measures under consideration in
Oregon this election. Oregonians
voted against several measures
including rejecting Measures 82
and 83 which would have allowed
private ownership of casinos in the
state, including a proposed casino
in Wood Village. Oregonians also
rejected Measure 80 which would
have legalized the possession and
cultivation of marijuana and hemp;
Colorado and Washington State both
passed similar measures. Oregonians
also voted against Measure 84 which
would have phased out the estate tax.
Oregonian’s
approved
several measures including Measure
79, which prohibits additional
property taxes and Measure 85,
which allocates the corporate kicker
refund to education.
