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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
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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
