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community/classified ads
april4
2019
Get Ready for the 2020 U.S. Census
Census Bureau is now taking
applications for work to begin
in August 2019
The Vernonia City Council
heard a presentation at their March 18
regular meeting on preparations for the
United States 2020 Census, which are
already underway.
Sarah Bushore is a Partner-
ship Specialist with the Census Bureau
who will be working in Oregon during
the process. She is currently visiting all
the cities in Columbia County, explain-
ing the importance of recording accurate
data during the Census and encouraging
communities to help make sure as many
people as possible are counted. She
stressed the importance of identifying
community members who fall into “un-
dercounted” populations, which include
the homeless, senior citizens, and immi-
grants.
Bushore noted that federal funds
are distributed geographically based on
the number of people counted during the
Census, which occurs every 10 years.
More than $675 billion in funds is allo-
cated annually to federal programs guid-
ed by data collected from the Census
process - funding that reaches almost ev-
ery citizen in one way or another. Those
programs include: Highway planning
and construction, Federal Pell Grants,
Medicare Insurance, Section 8 Hous-
ing, Special Education Grants, National
School Breakfast and Lunch Programs,
Head Start, WIC, Rural Electrification
Loans, Vocational Rehabilitation Grants,
Federal Transit Capital Improvements,
Adoption Assistance, Child Care and
Development Block Grants, Water and
Waste Disposal Systems in Rural Com-
munities, Career and Technical Educa-
tion Grants, Homeland Security Grants
Programs, and Special Programs for the
Aging.
Responses to the Census are
confidential and are protected by federal
law and can only be used to produce sta-
tistics. In 1982, the U.S. Supreme Court
confirmed that even addresses are confi-
dential and cannot be disclosed through
legal discovery or the Freedom of Infor-
mation Act (FOIA). In 2010, the U.S.
Justice Department determined that the
Patriot Act does not override the law that
protects the confidentiality of individual
census responses. No court of law can
subpoena census responses. Census Bu-
reau Staff take a lifetime oath to protect
personal information and answers can-
not be used for law enforcement purpos-
CLASSIFIED
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HELP WANTED
9-1-1
COMMUNICATIONS
SPECIALIST
Columbia
9-1-1
Communications District (C911CD)
is conducting a hiring process for
full-time and part-time Dispatchers
(Communications Specialists). Log
on to www.columbia911.com and
click on ‘Careers’. For any questions
call (503) 366-6978.
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I hear they‛re out of this world.
Angel
Memorials
Headstones
es or to determine eligibility for govern-
ment benefits. A violation of this policy
is subject to a $250,000 fine and/or up to
five years in prison.
You will have the option of re-
sponding online, by mail, or by phone.
Households that don’t respond in one of
these ways will be visited by a census
taker to collect the information in per-
son. Regardless of how you respond,
your personal information is protected
by law.
The Census Bureau has begun
taking application for employment at
www.2020census.gov/jobs. Supervisory
and non-supervisory positions are avail-
able in Columbia County, with pay be-
tween $17.50 and $19.50 per hour, offer-
ing flexible hours and paid training. The
Census Bureau will start recruiting sev-
eral months before making job offers.
Depending on when you apply, it may
be several weeks or several months
before they start hiring in a particular
area. Your application will remain in
the applicant pool for the entire 2020
Census operation (unless you ask them
to remove it). This way, your applica-
tion could potentially be considered
whenever they have openings in your
area. You may update the information
on your application at any time. If
you are offered a position you must be
available for 3-5 days of training and
have access to a computer with internet
(to complete training). For more infor-
mation or help applying, call 855-562-
2020.
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Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt
Funeral Home & Crematory
2308 Pacific Ave.,
Forest Grove
503-357-2161
741 Madison Ave.,
Vernonia
503-429-6611
Granite Markers & Monuments
971-344-3110
Locally owned in Vernonia
Serving NW Oregon
All Cemeteries Accepted
Order drawing at no charge online
www.angelmemorialsheadstones.com
Jeff & Kathryn Hoyt
Family Owned & Operated
Formerly Prickett’s Mortuary
Meyer’s
Auto Body
493 Bridge Street
VERNONIA • 503-429-0248
Forest Grove Memorial Chapel
503-357-3126
To sign the online guest book or to send a
condolence to the family go to
www.fuitenrosehoyt.com