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community news
june7
2018
Update on the VernoniaSK8 Park
By Jeremy Simmons
As one of the elements of Spen-
cer Park, the VernoniaSK8 Park will be
located directly across from the mini
mart encompassing the area between the
sidewalk to the end of the cement plat-
form. A large poster board was erected
by volunteers in Vernonia at the SK8
Park site and includes a thermometer
showing the level of donations needed
and received.
An Oregon State Park Grant
has been applied for with monies to be
awarded in October. The funding for the
grant comes from lottery dollars, not
tax payer dollars. As part of the grant’s
funding mandate, they give out 80% of
the requested dollars with the other 20%
coming from the project applicant. This
committee is working hard towards fun-
draising for the 20% that is needed - ap-
proximately $60,000.
The VernoniaSK8 Park will be
inclusive of skate boarders, BMX bikes,
scooters, and inline skaters. It will have
a section for beginners and a section for
pros that will include both a concrete
What’s Happening
at the Vernonia Library
Summer Reading 2018:
Libraries Rock!
Sign-up between June 11 and July
14. For children, birth through
age 14. Receive a free book, book
bag, and Oregon State Fair tickets.
Return your time log between July
23 and August 11 to enter prize
drawings and earn a free Oregon
Zoo ticket.
Flip Book Animation Workshop
Family Movie Night
Thursday, June 28, 6 pm
Relax and enjoy a free movie and
popcorn. Featuring Flushed Away
(PG) 85 min.
Ongoing Programs
Writers Workshop
Thursday, June 21, 6 - 7:30 pm
Third Thursday of every month. For
writers with all experience levels.
Thursday, June 21, 1 - 3 pm
Learn the art of Flip Book animation
with Crystal Tabaldo of Laika
Studios. For children going into 1 st
grade and up. Reserve a spot by
contacting the Library. Sponsored
by the Columbia County Cultural
Coalition.
Book Discussion Group
Summer Meals Book Giveaway
Wednesdays, 11 am
June 20 - August 22
Snack served at 10:45 am, provided
by the Summer Meals program,
followed by stories, activities, and a
craft.
Friday, June 22, 11:30 am - 1 pm
at the Summer Meals site. Go to
Summer Meals for lunch and pick
out a free book. For children, 0-18.
Sponsored by All Together Now.
Red Yarn:
Folk Music and Puppetry
Tuesday, June 26, 6:30 pm
Andy Ferguson “Red Yarn” puts
on a great show! For all ages. Red
Yarn has five musical albums, with
a new release “Red Yarn’s Old Barn.”
Sponsored by the Ready to Read
Grant.
Monday, June 25, 5:30 pm
Selection for June 25: The Readers
of Broken Wheel Recommend by
Katarina Bivald.
Storytimes
on having a spaghetti feed and/or chili
cook-off contest with the youth doing
the cooking!
We have been interviewed by
KATU TV about Vernonia’s own skate
park, posted on January 24, 2018; we
have recently been contacted by a pro-
duction company that is interested in
doing a documentary on how the com-
mittee was formed and background on
working with the City to fund a skate
park for the youth of Vernonia. We are
also in close discussions with the Tony
Hawk Foundation who has been helping
our committee from the start and will
have a grant available for us to apply
for in January. We have three skate park
builders excited to bid to build it here,
in our town, Vernonia’s very own skate
park!
We need your help! It does take
a village to make all this happen. This is
about gifting our youth a healthy activ-
ity! It’s about getting them off the couch,
making friends, learning a new activity,
and having a place to go! This will also
give them a sense of pride in the Vernoni-
aSK8 Park because they will be involved
in its creation and maintenance. We have
discussed with the School Principal the
option of including the skate park main-
tenance as part of the senior’s commu-
nity service and/or senior project. We
truly hope to break ground spring 2019
with your help. We need cool stuff to
raffle, too. Right now we are at $12,000
in donations. Our committee has Verno-
niaSK8 Park T-Shirts always available
for sale at the Bridge Street Mini-Mart;
please stop by and get one! We also have
several ways to donate money:
• Wauna Credit Union - The Vernonia
Booster Club is our fiscal sponsor. All
donations will go thru their account.
Please be sure your check is made out to
“Boosters/SK8 Park.” You can also ask
the Wauna teller how you can help the
VernoniaSK8 Park movement.
• Boosters - Send check made out to
“Boosters/SK8 Park” to: Vernonia
Boosters Club, PO Box 62, Vernonia,
OR 97064
• Facebook - easy donation form on our
Facebook page. www.facebook.com/
groups/vernoniask8
•
Benevity
Corporate
Giv-
ing
Tool:
https://intel.benev-
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Any questions or comments;
please email the VernoniaSK8 Park
Committee: VernoniaSK8@gmail.com.
bowl and street skate elements. We are
still in the planning phase and will in-
clude the youth in specific architectural
aspects of the skate park itself.
Part of the planning phase is to
keep the large tree and have several ta-
bles with umbrellas underneath for fami-
lies to have picnics and watch the fun at
the SK8 Park. Our committee plans on
having donated picnic tables that are
dedicated to whomever purchases them.
We also plan on having a cool covering
for the park and are looking at a type of
sails rather than a huge covered roof.
And yes, the SK8 Park will have drain-
age.
As part of our fundraising ac-
tivities, we are planning a big BBQ at
Hawkins Park on a Saturday soon af-
ter the Nehalem River is dammed up
(date tbd). We hope to have a raffle, sell
SK8 T-shirts and raise a few more dol-
lars from your purchases of food and
drink. On July 7 we will be at Vernonia
Springs for the Vernonia Music Festival
selling T-shirts and hoodies, as well as
holding a really cool raffle. We are also
planning a BIG day during Jamboree on
August 4. We are in discussions with a
live band for the evening specifically
for the youth. During the day we hope
to have several SK8 shows to promote
the healthy benefits of skating and the
cool stuff skaters can do. We have other
things being planned for the day, such as
bouncy house, snow cones, and more.
And then in the fall, just before school
starts, we will have another fundraiser
with a water slip-n-slide at Anderson
Park and a BBQ. We are also working
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