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community/in other words What Do Columbia County Seniors Citizens Need? Columbia County’s Area Agency on Aging (AAA) is developing its county-wide four- year Area Plan. Now is the perfect time to share your ideas, concerns, and observations about the needs of our Seniors who are 60 years old or better and those who care for them. Your opinion counts. A comprehensive survey will be available beginning April 1st. The survey will ask for feedback about the following topics relating to Seniors: • Community supports and services • Health, mental health, and substance abuse services • Recreation • Transportation • Housing • Preventative health education A series of Town Hall meetings will be held throughout the county in April and May. Meetings will open up conversations about the opportunities and challenges Columbia County faces to ensure Senior Citizens have the resources they need. The Columbia County Veterans Services Officer will also be presenting at Town Hall meetings. You are invited to attend the open meeting that is most convenient for you. • Rainier: Fri., April 15, 1:00 pm at the Senior Center • Vernonia: Tues., April 26, 11:00 am at the Library • Clatskanie: Thurs., May 5, noon at the American Legion • Scappoose: Mon., May 9, 11:00 am at the Senior Center • St. Helens: Wed., May 11, 11:00 am at the Senior Center Beginning the afternoon of April 1st surveys can be picked up at the five area Senior Centers and other locations around Columbia County, or can be filled out online at www.cat-team.org. Look for the link in the green box in the left. In april7 2016 17 order for survey feedback to be considered in the development of the 2017- 2020 Area Plan, it must be submitted by June 1, 2016. Community Action Team, Inc. (CAT) is a locally controlled, private, not- for-profit corporation, serving Columbia, Clatsop and Tillamook Counties. Community Action Team’s main focus is to mobilize resources and address the needs of the economically disadvantaged. CAT is the designated organization to serve as Columbia County’s Area Agency on Aging which has a separate Board of Directors. As a whole, CAT currently serves over 16,000 persons annually. Bridge Street Bits By Karen Miller of control trush fire to put it out. Too lute he remembered, when his tires sturted burninp, ulonp with tunk full of pus, whut he hud in the buck of his vun... mussive fumes und u volley of shots probubly didn’t pet u positive nod from his insurunce upent. At uny rute, it’s eusy to pet cureless. Muke sure fire ulurms ure workinp us well. ulwuys welcomed. DONATIONS towurd our locul Meuls on Wheels Proprum ure needed und welcomed. These ure donutions to QUALIFIED seniors in need of u meul ut this time provided by three locul restuurunts: Subwuy, Bluck Iron Grill, und Muriolinos. Stop in und see Wendy on Monduys ut the Thrift Shop on Muin Street, HAVE YOUR HEALTH CARE questions unswered or muil your donutions to Vernoniu Senior Center, 939 Bridpe Street, Vernoniu, OR 97064 on the fourth Thursduy of every other month Cull Wendy us well ut (503) 405-0187. Your ut our locul Vernoniu Heulth Clinic. The meetinps will be ut 10:00 – 11:30 um. Michelle questions will be pludly unswered. Moore from Columbiu Benefits Group will SENIOR SIGN OFF: Remember our Columbiu be fucilitutinp und will be presentinp new County Commissioners declured the yeur SENIOR CENTER MEMBERS were treuted to un informutive presentution by our locul fire chief insurunce coverupe on Retirement Insurunces, 2016 to be the “Yeur of Wellness for Columbiu County.” We seniors muy not muke the Deun Smith. We uppreciute ull the fire, rescue, unnuities, Lifetime Benefits, Lonp Term Cure, und much more. Next meetinp dute: April 28. books like Yuichiro Miuru who ut one time und umbulunce do for our town. Any seniors SENIORS, don’t forpet some pluces offer senior mude history us the oldest climber of Mt. out there, or if uny of you huve u concern discount duys when you shop. I know here in Everest... ut the upe of 70, und upuin luter ut 75, ubout u senior loved one, contuct the VRFPD but even just u little movement helps. If you town severul restuurunts mipht offer senior for questions on your fire sufety. They will be ure cupuble, pet on the move with u friend... plute discounts on their menus, be sure to plud to unswer uny und ull. browse our locul shops, stop und chut. check. Also, remember our Senior Center HERE’S A FIRE SAFETY TIP: Use u Cull me with uny senior news... (503) Thrift Store, Burpuins on Bridpe Street, ulreudy fire extinpuisher insteud of u vun full of 429-0273. offers everyduy low prices. We thunk you for ummunition like u pentlemun from Cluy See yu’ uround town. your donutions und putronupe. Volunteers ure County, Missouri did. He drove over his out ST. PATRICK’S DAY is pone for unother yeur. Hope some of you joined in the fun und festivities AND corned beef ‘n cubbupe und potutoes which I wus the first in line for ut u locul estublishment, like, yeuh, ubout 3:00! Ok, so I pussed up noon lunch to indulpe eurly. The plun wus to hit up u different pluce for unother corned beef dinner but thut ideu wus nixed by my “I hute corned beef” Germun descendent hubs. Next yeur I’ll leuve him u Germun hot dop und muke the rounds with my Irish lovin’ friends! Who’s in?! Vernonia Senior Center • 939 Bridge Street • 503-429-3912 Church Directory (in alphabetical order) Assembly of God Sunday School: 9:45 AM Morning Worship: 11:00 AM Sunday Evening Prayer: 6:00 PM Wayne Marr, Pastor 662 Jefferson Avenue 503-429-0373 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Sunday Schedule: Sacrament Meeting: 10:00 AM Sunday School & Primary: 11:20 AM Relief Society, Priesthood and Young Women: 12:10 PM Roger Cook, Branch President 1350 E. Knott Street 503-429-7151 The Crossing Southern Baptist Church of Vernonia Wednesday, 7:00 PM Troy Pound, Pastor Cabin in Vernonia 901 Park Drive 503-819-8921 Grace Family Fellowship Sunday School: 9:00 AM Worship Service: 10:30 AM Thursday Prayer: 6:00 PM Greg “Mac” McCallum, Pastor 957 State Avenue 503-429-6790 www.GraceFamilyFellowship.org Nehalem Valley Bible Church Sunday School: 9:45 AM Worship Service: 10:45 AM Tues. Ladies Bible Study: 9:30 AM Wednesday Service: 7:00 PM Sat. Men’s Prayer Meeting: 6:30 AM Gary Taylor, Pastor Grant & North Streets 503-429-5378 Open Door Gathering Place Service: Sunday 6:00 PM Grant Williams, Pastor 375 North Street St. Mary’s Catholic Church Wednesday Religious Education: 3:15-4:30 PM Sunday Mass: 12:00 PM Rev. Luan Tran, Administrator 960 Missouri Avenue 503-429-8841 Vernonia Christian Church Sunday School: 9:45 AM Worship Service in Youth & Family Center: 11:00 AM www.VernoniaChristianChurch.org Sam Hough, Pastor 410 North Street 503-429-6522 Vernonia Foursquare Church Sunday Worship Service: 10:30 AM Children’s Sunday School Carl Pense, Pastor 850 Madison Avenue 503-429-1103 Vernonia Seventh-day Adventist Church Sabbath (Saturday) Services Sabbath School: 9:30 AM Worship Service: 11:00 AM www.VernoniaSDAC.org Larry Gibson, Pastor 2nd Ave. and Nehalem St. 503-429-8301
