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About Vernonia's voice. (Vernonia, OR) 2007-current | View Entire Issue (July 20, 2017)
4 letters to the editor/community bulletin board july20 2017 Readers Lend Their Voices... To the Editor, Yesterday was Flag Day, and I was dressed in red, white and blue, as I drove downtown to run several errands. I was quite surprised, and also highly “miffed,” as I drove down the main street in town and did NOT see both sides of the street sporting the U. S. flag -- in fact, I saw only one flag in the entire business district. Usually, the national colors are proudly waving all day in the downtown core area of our town, on every Federal holiday, but I was told by a friend that they had not flown the flags last year, on Flag Day, either. I hadn’t been out driving around as much that year because I was still recuperating from an injury, so this was the first I knew of it. What has happened to the patriotism of this town, where we turn out to “parade” for every single holiday that’s ever been made up? Even though there’s no parade for Flag Day, the City should still be flying “Old Glory”! G. K. Worman Vernonia Vernonia Weather June 2017 DATE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 HIGH 66 72 64 65 66 85 78 59 62 59 68 58 62 64 62 62 68 77 85 73 72 80 88 96 100 76 77 71 80 84 LOW 49 52 45 42 34 43 53 46 46 45 43 47 39 40 54 51 59 53 53 42 38 44 43 47 56 54 47 48 49 53 PRECIP T 0 0 0 0 0 .12 T .29 .05 0 .02 T .08 .30 .04 T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 Ave/Tot 72.6 46.9 0.90 Weather data is collected at the U.S. Weather station at the Vernonia Water Plant Dog Park HOW TO SEND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Vernonia’s Voice welcomes and requests your thoughts, opinions and ideas. Please include your name, address and phone number, limit your letters to 300 words or less. Vernonia’s Voice reserves the right to edit, omit, respond or ask for a response to letters submitted. We will print letters space permitting. Deadline is the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month. Email: scott@ vernoniasvoice.com or mail to: Letters, PO Box 55, Vernonia, OR 97064. Upcoming Events Bear Creek Run - Saturday, July 29, 9:00 am at Anderson Park. To register go to https://runsignup.com/race/or/vernonia/ bearcreek. Contact Jeana at (503) 819- 1511 or jeana.gump@gmail.com Vernonia Friendship Jamboree - Friday, August 4 - Sunday, August 6 Vernonia Dog Park Fundraiser - August 19-20 at the Dog Park site on Ivy Street. Contact (503) 970-0554 Community-wide Garage Sale - Saturday, August 26, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm. (503) 429-6081 Sale Friday & Saturday August 19 & 20 The Friends of Vernonia Dog Park are planning a fundraiser “Dog Park Sale” on the site of the park (corner of Ivy Street and Hwy 47/ Mist Drive on August 19-20. We are in need of re-sale items in good condition to be donated. Please call (503) 970-0554 to arrange drop off or pick up. Feel free to call if you would like to help with the sale. Don’t Sell it! Pawn it! AA Meetings For fast cash! Open Meetings Women’s Meeting Mondays & Thursdays 6:30-7:30 pm Vernonia Christian Church 410 North Street Tuesdays 6:30-7:30 pm Grace Family Fellowship Youth Center 957 State Avenue Baseline Pawn, Inc. 2245 Baseline St., Cornelius (Across from Fred Meyer) 503-530-8119 State Licensed PB-0388 Open everyday at 10 a.m. Columbia Humane Society Featured Pet Nadia is a strong confident kid that needs a home that is going to understand dogs and really how wonderful they are. Nadia is about 2 years old and weighs about 60 lbs. She was recently returned back to the shelter. Nadia seems to like other dogs. She has a strong personality and does not appreciate being bossed around or dominated by other dogs. According to her previous owner she does not do great with cats and she does need to have some leash training and basic obedience training. She can be protective of her home and her family. Please note that our adoption kennels are not open to the public. If you would like to meet Nadia please don't hesitate to call the shelter and we would be happy to set up an appointment for you to come in and meet her. This girl is a show stopper for sure. Web: www.columbiahumane.org Phone: 503-397-4353 Email: animalwelfare@columbiahumane.org 2084 Oregon Street St. Helens, OR 97051 Stop in to see what community partners can offer you and your family! For more info contact Teresa Kluthe Self Sufficiency at (971) 757-0573
