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6 city news august20 2015 On The Shelves By Shannon Romtvedt Upcoming Events Summer Readong was a success thos year woth 104 choldren sogned-up to the program. A record for the lobrary! A few parents commented that the program onspored theor non-reader to read or kods to read more, onspored by the oncentoves (weekly and grand proze drawongs, free book for finosh- ers). A total of 198 kods and 137 adults attended Summer Readong events, oncludong Border Colloes Internatoonal, Story and Craft Tomes, and Stages Youth Academy. Thank you everyone for comong to the lobrary thos summer and checkong out books or partocopatong on programs! Lobrary staff have been busy thos past month traonong a new staff member and new volunteers. Welcome to our new Lobrary Assostant, Brando Fennell. And to new volunteers thos Sum- mer: Nochole Gardner, Navona Marks, Katoe O’Shea, Caotlyn Fennell, Courtney Fennell, MaCayla Fennell, and CoCo Bell. If you are onterested on volunteerong, please contact the Lobrary Dorector, Shannon Romt- vedt (503) 429-1818 or shannonr@vernonoa-or.gov. Volunteers help at the desk, shelve, process new and donated materoals, assost woth or desogn new programs, and help woth the Froends of the Lobrary Booksale. There os plenty to do! Startong on September 11, Preschool Sto- rytome woll resume on ots regular schedule, every Froday, 10:30 – 11:15 am. Storoes, crafts, and actovo- toes for choldren up to 5 years old. Summer Story and Craft Time Tuesday, August 25, 10:30 am Some favorote storoes followed by crafts. Desogned for Pre-K – Grade 3. Movie Night Thursday, August 27, 6 pm Rated PG-13 Relax at the lobrary and enjoy a new movoe and popcorn. Call or vosot the lobrary for the movoe totle. Ongoing Programs Summer Chess Club for Kids and Teens Every Thursday, 4:00 pm through the end of Au- gust. For all kods and teens who want to play and learn more about chess. Chess boards provoded. Writers’ Group Thursday, August 20, 6:00 pm Every 3 rd Thursday of the month, 6 – 7:30 pm. Opportunoty for wroters woth all levels of experoence to get together, wrote, and get feedback. Baby and Toddler Time Mondays, 10:30 – 11:15 am Preschool Storytome woll resume on Frodays, 10:30 am startong September 11. Book Discussion Group Last Monday of every month, 5:30 pm Selectoon for August 31: Mink River by Broan Doyle New and Recommended Titles Adults Circling the Sun by Paula McLaon The Redeemers by Ace Atkons The Oregon Trail: An American zourney by Ronker Buck Young Adults Asylum by Madeleone Roux Older Kids Fuzzy Mud by Louos Sachar The Baby-Sitters Club Graphoc Novels by Raona Telge- meoer Young Kids Choo Choo by Petr Horacek What Pet Should I Get? By Dr. Seuss Did You Know? Regularly vosotong the lobrary, attendong programs, gettong a lobrary card, checkong out books, volun- teerong, donatong, usong the Internet at the lobrary or Wofi are all ways of supportong the lobrary. Our goal os to offer a doverse mox of programs and servoces to meet dofferent needs on the communoty. The value of the lobrary os not ots budget, but how much ot os used and valued by patrons. The lobrary os here for the communoty. Holiday Closures Monday, September 7 for the Labor Day Holoday Hours & Contact Info Mon, Wed, Fro 10 am – 5 pm Tues & Thurs 1 pm – 7pm Sat 10 am – 4 pm Closed Sundays Phone: (503) 429-1818 E-maol: lobrary@vernonoa-or.gov City Department Updates: August 1-7, 2015 Administration/Utility Billing • As of August 7, 2015 the outstanding balances on active accounts are as follows: 90 days $105.58, 60 days $166.21, 30 days $637.89 • 1 Electrical Permit was issued this week. • Organized and filed building/ electrical/ mechanical and plumbing permits. Police Department-VPD • Police Department staff were mostly busy preparing for and patrolling (with the collaboration of other Law Enforcement Agencies) the city/area during the Friendship Jamboree. Finance • The first construction meeting was held for the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). Staff, contractor, site inspectors and project manager met on site to mostly go over how the meetings would be conducted throughout the project. We also went over the preliminary construction schedule which will start with the pipe gallery which will mean trail closure along the backside of the lagoons to the Lake beginning August 24th until sometime in late fall. The goal is to finish this part of the project before the rainy season begins. • Several bid packets have been requested for the Spencer Park Restroom project. We should have several bids to choose from once the bid period closes. • The City’s IT consultant was out to install the backup system for the servers at City Hall. This will allow for offsite storage which will allow for restoration of all City files in the event of a fire or other disaster. Public Works • Public Works crew was hard at work getting ready for the great event. 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Kids had until August 15 to return time logs. • Circulation Statistics: 2,133 items were checked out the month of July 2015. By comparison, 1,949 items were checked out June 2015 and 1,718 items were checked out in July 2014. • Friends of the Library were busy setting up the library for the book sale Jamboree weekend. The book sale was a big success! • Library staff have been processing new and donated material for the collection this week. Also training new staff and volunteers on processing. A lot of work goes into adding books and DVDs to the collection! Parks • Staff made final preparation for the Spencer Park grand opening, removed old chain link fence, and installed new chain link fence by covered basketball playground; defined play area at playground with power poles around perimeter, and leveled out bark chips; swept parking lot with push brooms. American Legion Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament Saturday, September 12th 6:00 pm Prizes • Hot Dogs • Sodas • Repaired five broken picnic tables and delivered them to Shay Park to be used for Jamboree celebration. Also made final improvements at Vernonia Lake: repaired lighting in women’s bathroom, (sensor had gone bad), installed 4x4 posts to stretch cable across fire lane. • Lots of Jamboree preparation citywide including painting street curbs. An excess of garbage was picked up in the 1-ton dump truck and the vault toilets were vacuumed out. • Regular park maintenance, mowing and weed eating is ongoing. City Recorder/Administration • Lots of time spent on preparation for Jamboree and New Spencer Park Grand Opening celebration. Coordinated event with VIPs, vendors, and departments for different tasks and activities. City Administrator • Preparation for Jamboree was the focus of our staff’s activity this week. It really does take a tremendous staff, community and strategic partners’ effort to put together this event and to insure that it runs smoothly, and it is enjoyed by all. Different law enforcement agencies were in assistance to our Police Department as well. • The City Administrator attended the Wastewater Treatment Plant preconstruction meeting. In attendance were representatives from R&G Excavating (contractor), Gordon Munro Engineer (Tetra Tech), and PW Foreman and Finance Director (City of Vernonia). • Together with representative from Community Action Team, and Senior Center Board the City Administrator attended the Senior Center/Food Bank preliminary meeting.
