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4 community bulletin board november20 2014 Sentry is Now R&S Market almost thirty-five years and met when Randy was dating Sharon’s sister. “I told her he would be a good catch, but she didn’t keep him!” laughs Sharon. Sharon started working at the market in 1979. Both Randy and Sharon have worked off and on at the market over the years, in fact Randy says he has worked for Gordon Smith five different times during his lifetime. At one time Parrow worked in Garibaldi at a different market for Smith. The Parrows came back to Vernonia to stay in 1992. Over the years the Parrows have seen many changes in the market business. The biggest change according to Randy: going from no UPC codes to fully functional scanning systems. “We used to hand mark each item individually with a price tag when continued from front page the freight came in,” says Parrow. “One nice thing about the old days, with the old, class five NCR registers with the hand crank, was that if the electricity went out they still worked,” says Parrow with a laugh. One of the big benefits for the community in having R&S Market here in town is that it provides local employment. “We hire locally and provide jobs,” says Sharon. “They live here and pay taxes here.” “Our customers who shop here help support over twenty different families in this community,” added Randy. One of the challenges for the Parrows today, operating in the grocery business in a rural area, is competing with large retailers like Costco, Walmart and Target. “Our prices are high, we know that,” says Parrow. “We Santa Photos at WOEC can’t compete with Costco or Winco.” “However, we can compete with Safeway and Thriftway and in some cases with Fred Meyer,” adds Sharon. As far as future changes, Randy says, because of the way people receive their media, he foresees a day when the store will do something different in the video department space. Tourism has also had an impact on business at the local grocery store. The Parrows say customers driving the ten miles from Stub Stewart State Park as well as other summer weekend visitors have really boosted sales. In the end, R&S Market is here to meet the needs of their customers. “One of the reasons that I think Gordon and Chuck survived here for so long is that they didn’t chase fads,” says Parrow. “They just stuck with being a basic grocery store.” Upcoming Events Upper Nehalem Watershed Council Board of Director’s Meeting - Thursday, December 4th, 6:30-8:30 PM at UNWC office, 1201 Texas Ave. www.nehalem.org, 503-429-0869 Friends of the Library Book Sale - Friday, December 5th, 10:00-5:00 & Saturday, December 6th, 10:00-4:00 at the Vernonia Library, 701 Weed Ave. Spirit of Christmas in Vernonia - Saturday, December 6, 10:00 AM- 6:00 PM. See page 10 for details. Grace Fine Arts Exhibit - Friday, December 12, 6:30 - 7:45 PM at Grace Family Fellowship, 957 State Avenue. Student art will include sculpture, acrylic, watercolor and drawing. The choir will be performing and a short film highlighting the behind-the- scenes work of the young artists will be shown. Santa will be available for keepsake photographs on December 4th, from 3:00-7:00 PM, 5th from 2:00-6:00 PM and the 6th from 10:00-2:00 at the WOEC office. Prices: Sitting fee per group $5 (Includes one free photo in card w/envelope) Additional copies in card w/envelope $2 Additional 4x6 copies (no card) $1 The Cabin in Vernonia (formerly the Scout Cabin) is Photo packages with 8x10, 5x7, & wallet available for all your events, including weddings, birthdays, photos also available for purchase. anniversaries, baby and bridal showers, class reunions, Great package prices of $5, $10, or $15. celebrations of life, business meetings or trainings and of All proceeds will go to help families in the West Oregon Electric Co-op community. course holiday parties. It is available free of charge for any youth activities. The facility features a full kitchen, gas fire place and deck. Rates start at $30/hr. For more information go to www.CabinInVernonia.com. Kathy Larsen recently took over scheduling for the facility; contact her at 503-449-3591 for reservations. Cabin in Vernonia Available for the Holidays and More! Vernonia Weather October 2014 DATE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Ave/Tot HIGH 63 68 81 83 82 82 81 73 75 64 67 63 69 58 54 66 58 68 70 64 58 55 59 53 58 56 56 56 60 61 53 65.0 LOW 42 38 38 41 44 47 44 43 49 49 46 44 42 51 47 46 49 52 51 49 49 46 43 43 42 39 40 47 47 49 39 45.0 PRECIP 0 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 .11 .13 0 .26 .21 .54 .03 .23 T .05 .01 .15 1.15 .10 .25 .70 .05 .02 .30 .20 .80 .60 5.89 Weather data is collected at the U.S. Weather station at the Vernonia Water Plant Bentler Family Benefit Rummage Sale The Bentler Family lost all of their belongings including pets in a house fire... Benefit Rummage Sale will be held from 9am-5pm Fri, Nov 21 and Sat, Nov 22, at Grace Family Chapel (old First Baptist Chapel, now part of Grace Family Campus) 359 A St. Tons of great items and all money goes to benefit this family in finding a home. Questions for donations or to work the sale please call, Lisa @ Vernonia Florist 503-429-2000 Where do you read the Voice? Show us where you have traveled. Submit your photo by email to: scott@vernoniasvoice.com 2015 Medical Shuttle Schedule The attached schedule is for Demand Response Services to medical appointments in Portland and Washington County for the 2015 year. If information is needed regarding cost, please call 503-366-0159. Please make appointments between 10:00 AM and 12 noon. January 7, January 21 February 4, February 18 March 4, March 18 April 8, April 22 May 6, May 20 June 3, June 17 PUBLIC NOTICE Need Help? The City of Vernonia will be borrowing funds from the US Department of Agriculture, Rural Development for the purpose of upgrading the City’s Waste Water Treatment Facility. Columbia Community Mental Health Call 503-397-5211 -or- 1-800-294-5211 For after hours Crisis call: 1-866-866-1426 http://www.ccmh1.com/crisis.html HOW TO SEND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Call for meeting times and locations Narcotics Anonymous NW Region 503-345-9839 http://portlandna.com/ Alcohol Anonymous NW Region 503-366-0667 http://www.pdxaa.com/ Vernonia’s Voice welcomes and requests 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@vernoniasvoice.com or mail to: Letters, PO Box 55, Vernonia, OR 97064.
