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4 community bulletin board/letters to the editor november21 2013 Hands-on Art Announces Scholarship Hands-on Art, (HoA) a non- profit organization dedicated to supporting arts and heritage in Vernonia since 1996, is pleased to announce the establishment of a scholarship fund for a VHS student pursuing further education in art. Applications will be available shortly through the school. Funding for this year’s $300 scholarship came from the silent auction of salmon-themed art at the Salmon Festival. Hands-on Art thanks all the Vernonia artists who contributed their time and talent, and those members of the community who bid on the items. Without you, this scholarship wouldn’t have been possible. Tax-deductible donations to HoA, earmarked specifically for supplementing the scholarship fund, may be made at any time during the year. We encourage our Vernonia artists to start thinking about salmon-themed art for next October and hope to see our scholarship fund grow not only in value, but into an annual offering. Donations to the scholarship fund may be sent to Hands-on Art, PO Box 195, Vernonia, OR 97064. For further information, contact Diana Peach at peachlee123@gmail.com. Thank you! Book Signing at Made In Vernonia Three local authors will appear for a book signing at Made In Vernonia on December 6, 2013 from 4:00 to 6:00 PM. Diana Wallace Peach will be signing her latest fantasy release, “The Melding of Aeris” along with her first Valley Vet to Close Vernonia Office In 1974, Dr. Jule Plummer opened her office in Vernonia in order to provide the community with affordable, quality veterinary care for their pets and livestock. Since then, things have changed. Other veterinary clinic are now providing needed veterinary care in Vernonia. Dr. Jule retired in 2012, and Valley Veterinary Clinic Vernonia’s last patient care day will be December 26, 2013. We will still be in our Rainier office to serve you. We have a veterinarian on call nights and weekends if you have an emergency and large animal services will still be provided to the area. If you request, we can provide mail service for products. Your animals’ records will be maintained at the clinic in Rainier. Please call us if you need the records transferred. Thank you for 39 great years! We’ve been happy to be your veterinarians! Readers Lend Their Voices... To the Editor, WOEC members, let’s come together to reclaim OUR utility. Are you finally fed up with high utility costs? Do you believe that you and other cooperative members have been misinformed as to why rate increases are necessary and excessive? As a cooperative member, would you like to have a say as to how the utility operates? These questions and more can be answered with your direct support in a quest for lower utility rates. If you want to get to the bottom of these issues, your constructive input is absolutely vital and essential. Please send all communication with your concerns to: woec.unitedmembers@ yahoo.com If you are guilty of contacting WOEC employees personally, via telephone, etc, please stop as you are not helping. Instead you are directing your anger to those who are NOT responsible. Your issues can be resolved using investigative and resourceful methods. Keith Cameron Vernonia Hello Vernonia Community, This is Payton Wolf, a longtime resident of Vernonia and I am almost 15 years old. I have been playing tournament softball for 5 years now. I have reached out to the community many times over the last 5 years, for any kind of support available. I’ve collected bottles/cans, from several regular donors. I’ve held several fundraisers, including; Christmas Wreaths, Pies, Scentsy, Casino trips, Applebee’s breakfast and Krispy Kreme donuts, just to name a few. Every time I’ve reached out to our community, I am amazed at the kind of support I get back. This fall I tried-out and made a very well known and elite traveling softball team out of Salem, called the Oregon Titans. The fees were a lot higher than I’ve ever had to pay in the past and that was just to join the team. In addition, I have to pay out of pocket costs for all traveling tournaments we participate in, which are college exposure tournaments. This fall alone I’ve already been to Seattle, WA; Medford, OR; Redding, CA and getting ready to go to Southern California in 1 week. It costs a lot to participate, but novel “Myths of the Mirror.” Ken Bilderback will be avail- able to sign all three of his books, “Creek With No Name: How the West Was Won (and Lost) in Gaston, Or- egon,” “Wheels on the Bus,” and “Fire in a Small Town.” Stacey L. Rech will be signing her two children’s books, “Miss Della Webb and the Wolf,” and “Miss Della Webb Meets Purdy Hen.” All of these books make great holiday gifts. Re- freshments will be served. Upper Nehalem Watershed Council Meeting 6:30 pm on Thursday December 5, 2013 at the UNWC office 1201 Texas Ave. Suite A, Vernonia (Entrance is around the back of the School District building) For more information call (503) 429-0869 or email maggie@nehalem.org both my parents and I know that the possible reward for doing this is so much greater in the end. I have a goal to play college softball and I know that it takes a great deal of work to get there. I hope to get a scholarship either through my athletics or academics, which I know is a top priority and I maintain a 4.0 GPA. This fall I sent out donation letters to as many local and surrounding area businesses that I could think of, asking for any type of donation. I received several donations back and would like to specifically thank each of those businesses; West Coast Road Construction in Vernonia, Vernonia Dental, Kathi Knowels, West Side Rock in Hillsboro and a huge thank you to the Vernonia Volunteer Firefighters for their generous donation! Thanks to all of these kind and generous people, I am one step closer to achieving my dreams and goals. I couldn’t be more grateful, for such an amazing community who has graciously supported me over the years! Thank You. Payton Wolf Vernonia HOW TO SEND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Vernonia’s Voice welcomes and re- quests your thoughts, opinions and ideas. Please include your name, address and phone number, limit your letters to 300 words or less. Vernonia’s Voice reserves the right to edit, omit, respond or ask for a response to letters submitted. We will print letters space permitting. Deadline is the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month. Email: scott@ver- noniasvoice.com or mail to: Letters, PO Box 55, Vernonia, OR 97064. Vernonia Weather October 2013 HIGH 1 56 2 51 3 57 4 66 5 73 6 71 7 59 8 53 9 59 10 55 11 56 12 55 13 60 14 66 15 66 16 64 17 66 18 72 19 70 20 68 21 79 22 79 23 76 24 70 25 52 26 58 27 55 28 58 29 57 30 56 31 57 Ave/Tot 62.6 LOW PRECIP 38 .19 40 .64 37 T 35 0 35 0 34 T 46 .14 33 .23 33 0 44 0 44 T 33 T 32 0 31 0 33 0 35 0 34 0 33 0 32 0 35 0 33 0 32 0 35 0 41 0 38 T 42 0 31 .02 30 0 27 0 27 0 T 45 35.4 1.22 Weather data is collected at the U.S. Weather station at the Vernonia Water Plant
