community
august18
2016
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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
