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2 Vernonia New« Weekly
Thursday, April 21. 1977
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T h e re w e r e a r o u n d 15
p e o p le o n h a n d t o h e lp
c le a n up L a k e V e r n o n ia
S u n d a y — a n d a b o u t 150
c a m e to w a tc h . It w as a
s a d ly d is a p p o in tin g e x ­
a m p le o f civic p r id e .
H o w e v e r , th o s e w h o
d id co m e to w o r k , can
t a k e p r id e in a Job w e ll
done.
W h ile t h e Job is n o t
c o m p le te b y a n y m e a n s
t h e im p r o v e m e n t w it h
Just o n e
a f t e r n o o n ’s
w o r k a n d a h a n d fu l o f
p e o p le , is r e a d ily a p ­
p a r e n t . Those w h o d id
th e Job p ic k e d up b e e r
cans, fis h e d o u t o ld
tir e s — e v e n
a
dead
d o g — s lo p p in g th r o u g h
t h e m u d to g e t th e la k e
r e a d y f o r th is s u m m e r.
A n d h a p p ily , it has
b een announced th a t
t h e la k e w ill b e f ille d
a n d s to c k e d w it h fish
a g a in th is y e a r .
A l­
th o u g h L a k e V e r n o n ia
has n e v e r y e t re a c h e d
t h e d e g r e e o f im p r o v e ­
m e n t t h a t w a s once e n ­
v is io n e d b y th o s e w h o
im p le m e n te d its b u ild ­
in g , a m o n g th e m Lloyd
Q u in n w h o
r e c e n tly
d ie d — it has b e e n a
h a v e n fo r w ild lif e , a
r e f u g e fo r t h e y o u n g
a n d o ld o f V e r n o n ia
w h o co m e to fish a n d
e n jo y th e p e a c e fu l a t ­
m o s p h e re . It's to o b a d
t h e la k e n e v e r s e e m e d
to g e t t h e r e c o g n itio n
it n e e d e d to b e c o m e a
r e a l p la c e o f b e a u t y . I
can r e m e m b e r w h e n a
lo c a l o r g a n iz a t io n h e r e
in V e r n o n ia
c o n te m ­
p la t e d b u ild in g a b o a t
r a m p , t a lk e d o f a c o n ­
cession s ta n d a n d picnic
a r e a b u t s o m e h o w a ll
t h a t w as lo s t in th e
s h u ffle o f e v e r y d a y l iv ­
in g , I guess.
S u re ly s o m e o r g a n i­
z a t io n
in
our
a re a
n e e d s a p r o je c t to w o rk
on a n d w h a t co u ld b e
m o r e w o r t h w h ile t h a t
p r o v id in g a b it o f q u ie t
b e a u t y fo r th o s e w h o
a r e u n a b le to " t a k e
o f f " in to t h e w ild s to
go fis h in g o r to e n jo y a
s p o t o f n a tu r e ?
M a y b e w e c o u ld s t a r t
o u r o w n Job C o rp ; t a k e
up d o n a tio n s , h a v e s a l­
es o f b a k e d g o o d s , r u m ­
m a g e , e t c ., t o r a is e
fu n d in g a n d p u t so m e
o f th e s e ra m b u n c io u s
b o y s w h o ra c e u p a n d
d o w n t h e c ity s tr e e ts ,
s o m e th in g to d o w it h
th a t
excess
e n e rg y .
A n d t h a t re m in d s m e .
A v a s t m a j o r it y o f th e
m a jo r o ffe n d e r s d o n 't
h a v e jo b s. N o w w h e r e
do th e y g e t th e m o n ey
to b u y th o s e cars a n d
t h e g as t o ru n th e m ?
R ig h tl From t h e s a m e
fo lk s w h o s c re a m a b o u t
t h e o t h e r g u y 's
k id
r a is in g
coin
a ro u n d
to w n .
A n d t h e r e w e n t a ll
m y B r o w n ie p o in ts fo r
t h e w e e k . Back t o th e
s u b je c t a t h a n d . H o p e ­
f u lly s o m e o n e o r so m e
o r g a n iz a t io n w ill g e t
on t h e b a ll a n d g e t
th in g s r o llin g fo r L a k e
V e r n o n ia .
And b e fo re a n y o n e
says,
" w e ll ,
w h a t's
w ro n g w it h y o u d o in g
i t , " I w ill s t a t e r ig h t
h e re and n o w , th a t tw o
f u ll - t i m e Jobs a r e a ll I
can h a n d le a n d I f la t
r e fu s e to g iv e up m y
f iv e h o u rs o f s le e p a
n ig h t . B e sid es, m y h u s ­
b a n d w a s o n e o f th o s e
s lo s h in g a r o u n d in th e
m u d S u n d a y — in
his
n ice n a v y b lu e s u i t ! It
lo o k e d lo v e ly w h e n h e
cam e h o m e. And I h a rd ­
ly s c re a m e d a t a l ll
Rec council
The V e r n o n ia R ec­
r e a t io n
C o u n c il w i l l
h o ld a r u m m a g e s a le
A p r i l 21-23. T his s a le
w i l l h i g h l ig h t e d b y a n
a u c t io n A p r i l 23. The
r u m m a g e s a le w i l l b e
fro m
10 a .m -4 p .m .
w i t h t h e a u c t io n s l a t ­
e d fo r 7 :3 0 p .m . a t th e
Teen C ent e r .
The sn a ck b a r w i l l
b e o p e n d u r in g th e s e
e v e n ts " W e w e lc o m e
a ll t o c o m e a n d b r o w ­
se a n d ch e ck o u t y o u r
te e n f a c i l i t i e s a t t h e
T e e n C e n te r "
e
Z S u b s c rip tio n r a t e : 15 in C o lu m
Z b la C o u n ty ; 16 e ls e w h e r e .
• M a ilin g A d d ress:
PO Bx 97
; V e rn o n ia , O r 97064
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accepted
by service
• P u b lis h e r: W m . G . R h o a d e s
; E d ito r: B. W a y n e R h o a d e s
A d v . M g r .:
Z C o rre s p o n d e n ts : G ra c e P e a c h e y ,
Shannon
C ase
has
b e e n a c c e p te d b y th e
U S. A ir F o rc e , e f f e c ­
t iv e A p r i l 7. S he w i l l
le a v e fo r L a c k la n d A ir
F o rc e B a se , San A n t o ­
n io , T e x a s , m S e p te m ­
ber .
S h a n n o n w ill be a
1977
V e r n o n ia
H ig h
S chool g ra d u a t e
Few cases fo r VPD
in t o t h e V P D . The b a ll
w a s f o u n d a t 576 M a d i­
so n A v e n u e . O w n e r is
a s k e d t o p le a s e i d e n t i ­
f y a n d c la im .
It s e e m e d t o b e a
r e la t iv e ly q u ite w e e k
fo r
m e m b e rs o f
th e
V e r n o n ia
P o lic e
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p a rt m e n t.
D ates To
Rem em ber
O n A p r il 8 tw o ju ­
v e n ile s w e r e a r r e s t e d
fo r f ig h tin g
on
h ig h
s c h o o l p r o p e r t y as w e ll
as v io la t in q c u r fe w
T h u rs d a y , A p r il 21
Iz z a k W a lt o n L e a g u e
W e st O r e
E lec C o -o p
b ld g .
8pm .
L a d ie s E x te n s io n - W e st
O r e Elec. C o -o p b ld g
10:30 a m . (p o t lu c k )
C a n d id o D i m i t r i w a s
c it e d f o r a l lo w in g a d o g
t o r u n a t la r g e o n A p r i l
11 A ls o o n t h a t d a t e a
b a s k e t b a ll w a s t u r n e d
A p r i l lO t h e r e w a s a n
a u t o a c c id e n t a t M is t
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at
a p p r o x im a t e ly
8
p m . in v o lv in g t w o v e ­
h ic le s
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H u m b le ,
St H e le n s , w a s h e a d e d
e a s t b o u n d a n d R ic h a rd
V u y ls t e k e ,
P o r t la n d j
w a s t r a v e lin g s o u th on
M is t D r iv e w h e n t h e a c ­
c id e n t o c c u r r e d
S u n d a y , A p r il 24
S q u a re D a n c e - S co ut
c a b in - 3:30 -7:30 p m -
B e n e f it fo r fo o d c o -o p
$2 a d u lt s ; $1 25 u n d e r
18, u n d e r 8 y r s f r e e
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T u e s d a y , A p r il 26
A m e r ic a n L e g io n - ( p o t ­
lu c k ) - 6:30 p .m .
PEO - 8 p .m . - m m e m ­
b e r 's h o m e
W e d n e s d a y , A p r il 27
N a ta l G ra n g e - N a ta l
G r a n g e H a ll - 8 p .m .
T h u rs d a y , A p r il 28
M t. H e a rt R e b e k a h s
IO O F H a ll - 7:30 p .m .
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