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About Vernonia's voice. (Vernonia, OR) 2007-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 2013)
12 announcements/classified ads january8 2013 Senior Stars: Ruth Mae Bell continued from page 5 Welcome to the World... Kinley Ann Busch Still she scrapes together enough Jared and Katie Busch of money to care for 12 cats that Mist, along with big brother Kelan, have been left abandoned by their are pleased to announce the arrival of owners. Many of these are wild Kinley Ann Busch on December 18, and Ruth has become a member of 2012. Kinley was born at St. Vincent’s the Feral Cat Coalition and has all Hospital and weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce of her cats spayed or neutered. She and measured 19 inches. Grandparents has a sanctuary outside to contain are Jim and Barb Prpich (Vernonia) and them and keep the cats safe. Ruth Clarissa Kisic (Jackson, NC). Great has also found homes for displaced Grandparents are Fred Busch (Mist) and cats and has adopted some from Rose Dunaway (Beaverton). neighbors who have moved or passed away. Ruth’s special come full circle. Ruth doesn’t need a photo album to friend, Sylvia, has helped her a lot by picking up affordable cat food from out of town and reminisce, she only needs to look around her home, transporting the animals to the vet. Ruth is an animal memories are everywhere. Ruth Maxine Mae Kehrer Smith Bell came to lover for sure and the cats are great company for her. Vernonia, Oregon not knowing what to expect. What So, what are the chances, that a woman who she found was her baby brother George Gans, who was has made peace with the confusion and tragedies of her past, that always has a smile on her face, would make 18 months old when she left her family home, new her home in a small rural community like Vernonia? best friends Stevie Taylor and Bernice Frey, Stevie’s It is because Ruth Bell reaches out to people and the husband Russell Taylor (another great dancer, by the communities she lives in and devotes her time and way) who served in Anzio, Italy at the same time as efforts to filling the needs found there. She is a strong Ruth’s husband Dale, and a new life. So what were the Christian, at one time Catholic, Nazarene, Lutheran but chances of Ruth Mae Bell finding her family and her mostly a devoted believer. Her memories are vivid and roots in our “Pocket of the Woods?” I guess it is a Ruth can spout off the ham radio call numbers like she small world after all… and the story is not over yet … was just operating the radio yesterday. Ruth’s home is as full as her life has been with heirlooms from her husband’s family, old family quilts, dog and cat figurines, gifts from friends continued from page 10 and collectibles from her travels with her son. She keeps safe her daughter’s baby everyone in the building has minor changes to fire drills clothes, her wedding dress and veil, the a name tag on. So if you have and other procedures to wedding couple off her cake, that special a need to come to the school, ensure we know what to do girl scout flag, and the trumpet that has please make sure that you in an emergency. Before check in at the Main Office students arrived in September and get a Visitor’s Badge, the staff spent an entire day Serving since 1953 even if you are only going to discussing and practicing fire Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt be in the building for a short and lockdown drills. We will Funeral Home & Crematory while. be having another lockdown Third Generation In addition, to help drill in January, and we Family Owned & Operated with managing the building will repeatedly announce during sporting events, we that it is a drill over the Jeffrey and Kathryn Hoyt, are going to install gates so intercom. The principals Gregory and Rachel Hoyt, that the commons and gym and I have reviewed our Samantha Humphrey, areas of the building will be security procedures and feel $900/mo. - 3 bed, 1.1 bath remodeled Victorian in-town. Ross Mathews, Peni Flores separated from the offices that they are providing for $600/mo. - 2 bed, 1 bath manufactured on dead end street. 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Ruth has traveled with them to Singapore in 1997, 1999 and 2002. She got to go to Bejing, China and climb a ways up the Great Wall of China. She was 80 years old at the time. In 2009 Ruth went with her son’s family on a trip to New Zealand. She has many stories about her travels abroad. After staying in the Tehachapi canyon for ten years after her husband passed away, Ruth was persuaded to move to Vernonia by her youngest brother George. Vernonia was just an out-of-the way small town in Oregon but close enough to her surviving family members and friends in Washington. Ruth also had friends in the Willamette Valley. So to Vernonia Ruth came in 2001 and found a house to rent. She quickly became involved in the Vernonia Senior Center and continued to instruct the 55 Alive Driving Classes there. In 2002 she was elected as President of the Senior Center and was selected as Queen of the “My Fair Lady” Court for the Columbia County Fair & Rodeo that same year. Ruth eventually had to limit her volunteer time at the Vernonia Senior Center for health reasons but still continues to visit from time to time visiting with friends, dancing and listening to the band. Spending most of her time at home, Ruth studies archaeology and ancient civilizations. She loves gardening and tends to her yard as best she can but it is getting harder each passing year. Vernonia has become an expensive place to live for our low income citizens and seniors. Ruth’s utility bills are now surpassing her monthly rent and she is on a very limited income. Classified Ad Rates $5/month Rideshare/Carpool Ads FREE Schools Update: Building Safety CLASSIFIED ADS To place an ad call: 503-367-0098 email: scott@vernoniasvoice.com FOR RENT SERVICES SERVICES WANTED 3 Bdrm/2 Bath MH in Riverside Meadows $650/mo. $450/dep. 503-793-0921 5 Bdrm/3 Bath Home $750/mo. $500/dep. Call Tom at 503-310-2524 For Rent--3 studios available, 409 Rose Ave, $400 rent $400 deposit. 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