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community bulletin board/letters to the editor
december11
2012
Christmas Dinner In Vernonia
Join us in celebrating the Spirit of giving this Christmas
season at the Annual Christmas Dinner. Dinner will be served
from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM on Tuesday, December 25 th at the
Vernonia Senior Center.
Dinner is Free to families and friends in Vernonia. No
gratuities or donations are required. Dinner will include turkey
and dressing, ham, cranberries, mashed potatoes and gravy,
vegetable, bread, choice of dessert, and beverage. Dinners to go
available.
For more information contact Bill James at 503-429-2072.
Readers Lend Their Voices...
Letter the Editor,
I want to take a moment to
reflect on the event, “The Spirit of
Christmas in Vernonia.” This event is so
still so young, but yet has become what
I would consider a success. Yes, there
are things to add, change or improve on,
however given it’s in only its third year,
I would say “Yeah! We did it!!”
Like most events volunteers
are hard to come by. My hope is that in
the future those that do find value in the
event and would like to see it continue
will step forward to help. There are so
many ideas out there, but they need to
be shared in order to come to fruition.
I have no doubt that many of you know
this is true and have ideas even as you
read this. My vision for this event is
to eventually bring in people from
neighboring cities that would like to see
a small town Christmas, and what better
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The Vernonia Dickens Carolers spent the day of December 1, 2012 wander-
ing the streets of Vernonia and performing as part of “The Spirit of Christmas
in Vernonia” celebration. To see a video of these carolers performing a song
about Vernonia go to the Vernonia’s Voice Facebook page.
place to do that than here in Vernonia!
With so many who did help
it’s hard to compile a complete list,
and as I make the following thank you
please know that if I miss you, I truly
appreciate you and everything you did
to help make this event great.
First, thank you to the Vernonia
Chamber of Commerce for taking this
event under its wing this year.
My Committee: Randy Carlton,
Sharon and Randy Parrow, Katie and
Matt Poetter, Allison McLeod, Sharon
Bernal, Sandy Nims, Scott Laird,
Deanna Pearl, Nick Welch and Kathy
Larson.
My Decorators: Randy and
Becky Carlton, Scott Rethwell, Allison
Mcleod, Lance and Kara Kemper,
Brooke Morrison, Amy Ceiloha, Bill
and Henry Langmaid and the Free
Wheelers
To everyone that helped with
the Chili Cookoff, Christmas Cookie
Contest, The Nativity, the Story Tellers,
the Parade, the Face Painting, and the
Lighted House Contest.
To West Oregon Electric for the
Best Lighted House Prizes.
To the businesses that housed
the stories: Subway, True Value, Clever
Cricket, Creatures, Sentry and the All In
Pub.
Thank you to those who joined
our event adding additional activities
to the list: the Ballet, Spaghetti Dinner
and Auction and the Grey Dawn Gallery
Winter Show.
To everyone who took the time
to decorate your car, truck, trailer or
golf cart for the parade.
Thank you to everyone who
came out took part and enjoyed the day!
Let’s make year four even
better!
Nicole Larke
Vernonia
T he C hristmas T ree...
A lasting tradition and part of the warmth
and joy of the holiday season for all of us.
Wishing you
Peace and Harmony
this Holiday Season
Marie Krahn, Licensed Massage Therapist
503-429-5180
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas and
Happy New Year from
Senator Betsy Johnson
from Valley Veterinary Clinic
58376 Nehalem Hwy S.
503-556-3084
