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community december7 2017 Ten Years After the Flood continued from page 5 Where Do You Read The Voice? CommunityLearning Center hosted the quickly formed Co- lumbia County Flood Relief where residents and businesses received assistance navigating the FEMA system and helped victims with immediate unmet needs. Volunteers came from near and far; one was from Arizona. A load of supplies ar- rived from Wyoming, packed by relatives of a local Vernonia family. Providence Health set up a tempo- rary clinic in tents to meet the medical needs of lo- cal patients. An un- usual assort- ment of volun- teer groups and organizations stepped up to help Vernonia get back on its feet. Vernonia Cares, the lo- cal food bank, a service people would have counted on in an emergency, was a victim of the flood themselves, and lost a good portion of their supply. Local volunteers spearheaded the initial clean up while the Church of Scientology Disaster Relief Program built new shelves to store food. Vernonia Cares was reopened and distributing food in six days. Several other church and religious groups showed up, including the Taiwan Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation. Groups of school children arrived with blankets and picked up garbage. Even inmates from the Oregon Department of Corrections were Adopt a 9 If you think Vernonia Seniors are having fun together now, reading Vernonia’s Voice, just wait until their new Senior Center gets built! Join the Vernonia Senior Center for just $15 for the year and get in on all the fun! on hand for several weeks, unloading supplies, chopping firewood, cleaning up debris and hauling away garbage. After an eight day break and with all three school buildings unusable, Vernonia students were bussed to Scap- poose and shared facilities there for nine days until the Christmas break. As the immediate needs of local residents were met – things like food and shelter – the community be- gan to realized that the full re- covery would take many long years, and things never would be the same. Next issue: Part 2 – The Long Recovery book for the Vernonia Public Library December 4 - December 22, 2017 Choose from a selection of books to purchase for the Library's collection during the month of December. This year, we are focusing on books for children and teens. By request, the Library will put a donation plate inside the book commemorating the gift. Thank you to the Friends of the Library for sponsoring this event. Vernonia Public Library • 701 Weed Avenue • 503-429-1818 • library@vernonia-or.gov O noohmn O `hmshmf 503-429-7101 Shl Onoohmn 19025 Vnncr Qn`c Udqmnmh`, NQ 97064 Khbdmrdc Anmcdc Hmrtqdc BBL#90548 Creatures LLC Pets, Feeds, Supplies, Tack, U-Wash Facility, Childrens Toys, Gifts, Novelies & More... 503-429-PETS (7387) 998 Bridge Street Vernonia, OR 97064 Mon-Fri 10:00am-6:00pm Sat 10:00am-5:00pm Sun 12:00pm-4:00pm Creatures@frontier.com Facebook: Creatures-pet-shop Visit US today for all your financial needs! We saddle shoe. Do you? Muffy’s Josh, Teresa, Juli, Teresa, Margy Josh, Joy, and Lisa 905 Bridge Street 905 Bridge Street (503) (503) 429-6271 429-6271 950 Bridge Street Vernonia, O8 97064 503.429.5050 or 866.524.5050 www.muffys.com World Headquarters Vernonia, Oregon reach thousands of potential customers advertise here! email us: ads@vernoniasvoice.com call us: 503.367.0098 usbank.com Member FDIC
