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community august18 2016 17 Month-long Campaign Will Focus on Buckling Up Law enforcement agencies across Oregon are partnering with ODOT and safety advocates to tackle a trend that needs to end: an increase in injuries among 7 – 11 year old child passengers in crashes. For 2015, preliminary numbers show child passengers killed and injured under age 12 jumped more than 9 percent, from 1,564 to 1,712. Between August 22 and September 24, officers will be on the lookout for travelers who are not using their restraint systems correctly and belted child passengers who should still be using booster seats. “The increase in injuries in the 7 – 11 age group is due in large part to child passengers moving to adult belts too soon,” said Oregon’s Occupant Protection Program Manager Carla Levinski. “When it is too soon, the child’s legs aren’t long enough to bend at the leading edge of their seat or the shoulder belt rides on the neck. To compensate, the child will either put the shoulder belt under their arm or behind their back or slide down in the seat so the lap belt ends up on the stomach instead of the hips where it needs to be. Both of these situations greatly decrease the effectiveness of the belt and put the child at risk of serious injuries.” The enhanced enforcement is funded through U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration with a grant administered by ODOT. National Child Passenger Safety Awareness week follows on the heels of this enforcement, September 22 through 28. Free car seat clinics with trained, certified passenger safety technicians are available during this week and year- round in communities throughout the state. Oregon law requires children less than forty pounds be restrained in a child seat. Children under one year or weighing less than twenty pounds must be restrained in a rear-facing child seat. Bridge Street Bits By Karen Miller I am trying to type this article through all the dust that is still settling from Jamboree weekend here in Vernonia. Hope everyone had a wonderful time with friends and family. DOES YOUR FURNACE NEED TO BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED? Community Action Team may be able to assist with Furnace Repair and Replacements in Columbia, Clatsop, and Tillamook counties. Income limits apply. Please contact Dayle Shulda at (503) 366- 6552. The primary requirement is qualifying for Energy Assistance. In Columbia County contact C.A.T. at (503) 397-3511. (This phone number was incorrect in the last issue of the Voice.) The funding for this program is LIMITED so please respond as quickly as possible. URGENT NEED! The Vernonia Senior Center really could use a couple more meal delivery drivers. The starting point is to pick up an application from Bargains on Bridge Street Thrift Store. You can drop off your completed application with Pam Smith in the store or Pat Ray. Pat is in the office the FIRST and SECOND Mondays of the month, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. The process will also include a background check. You would not be asked to deliver meals every day. The goal is to find more drivers to add to the schedule. THANK YOU for considering this need and for passing this information on. FOR MEAL CERTIFICATES please come in to see Pat Ray at our Thrift Store office on Bridge Street, the FIRST and SECOND Monday of the month from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. She will be glad to assist you. DONATIONS are gladly appreciated for our Meals on Wheels recipients here in the Vernonia vicinity. Send them to: 939 Bridge Street or come in to see Pat. HAIL TO THE QUEEN: CLAUDIA OBLACK representing the Vernonia Senior Center was named My Fair Lady at the Columbia County Fair on Wednesday, July 20. Exciting news for us all and congratulations to Claudia! TWO UPCOMING EVENTS: Senior Picnic Friday, AUGUST 19 at noon. Come join us! Hot dogs and hamburgers provided, bring a side dish. Anderson Park. Old Grads/former O-A Mill employees/ Vernonia Society Picnic Sunday, AUGUST 21, registration begins at 10:00 am. Also at Anderson Park. NOTEWORTHY NOTES and NUMBERS: FOOTCARE: Make your appointment at the Vernonia Health Center. Last Wednesday of the month. (503) 429-0622 VETERANS SERVICES: First Tuesday of the Month. Learning Center 1 to 6 pm. MEALS ON WHEELS: Pat Ray. (503) 429 3912 MONTHLY BOARD MEETING: All are invited. Second Friday of the month, 10:00 am at the Food Bank Bldg. SENIOR SERVICES: Community Action Team/ Juliann Davis (503) 366-6584 NEWSLETTER NEWS: Karen (503) 429-0273 See ya’ around town... Vernonia Senior Center • 939 Bridge Street • 503-429-3912 Church Directory 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 503-819-892 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 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 503-702-3553 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
