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I Page Z Jaftoary 29' 1987 n. INDEPENDENT S erving the U pp er N e h a le m R iver v a lle y P ublished m o n th ly on th<- last T hursday o t eac h m o n th by Public O p in io n la b o r a to r y l t d 120b S tate A v e n u e V e rn o n ia < )R 97064 as a tie r- new spaper I d ito rs and Publishers Ih rk and N orn Andersen. (SOI) 429 9410 Vol. II No. I O p i n i o n _____ Changes have been encouraging during first year’s efforts O n e V*‘ «>f ‘>ki' > t h<* I irst issue ot I he IN D l I’ l N | )f N 1 hit th e streets ,i response to re p e a te d recjuests and urgin gs fro m m a n y w h o te lt th .it a t (im m u n ity c a n n o t su rv iv e .is e ith e r a p o litic al or soc i.il e n tity w ith o u t a m eans o t c o m m u n ic a tio n m o re re lia b le th a n scut tle h u t, ru m o r and gossip O pen le tte r to the C om m uni ty : \ \ e agreed then, and w e agree now th a t there* e o u ld he n e ith e r c onsensus nor progress w ith o u t re lia b le et tec tiv e c o m m u n ic a ,io n W o rs t ot a ll th e re c o u ld he* no sens»* o t c o m n iu m ,y S everal c hanges have* oc c u rre d in the* las, ye a r N o more* businesses have clo se d , in ta c , several new businesses ha ve o p e n e d u p A city wide* p ro p e rty c le a n u p has been s ta rte d to e lim in a te the* eyesores ot de*re*hc t p ro p e rtie s A re v ita liz e d p la n n in g c o m m is sion no lo n g e r ru b b e r stam p s every reejues, to r v a ria n t e A new c ity c oune il is ta k in g a fre sh lo o k at lo c a l g o v e rn m e n t M u tu a l a id a g re e m e n ts have been signed by th e area s em ergene y d istric ts I he* IN I )| I’ l NI )| N I basil t made* these e hanges the* jie o p le * have* made* th e c flange's \ \ h a, we* have* tr ie d to d o is provide* a fo ru m fo r ideas, and p re se n t a lte r native's to "We* trie d th a t one e* and it chdn , w o rk M any more* change’s .ire* ne e d e d While* we* are* e*spe*c ta lly ple a se d th a , the* business c o m m u n ity has g ro w n we* w o u ld like* to see* more* e tfo r , to shop at home* W e* know th e re are* s till s e rv it es a nd goods th a t a re n ’t available* here*, b u , m u c h o , w h a t we* w a n , or need can he* fo u n d lo c a lly I v e ry d o lla r spe*n, tu rn s o v e r seven tim e s in the* loc al e*c o n o m y 1 fie* m oney we* spend p ro v id e s |obs som ew h ere, why n o t here*/ Also, it is th e a d v e rtis e rs w h o provide* a tre e ne*wspape*r to r the* e o m m u n ity A ye a r ago we* said we* d id n ’t expet, to make* a fortune* p u b lis h in g a p a p e r in V e rn o n ia That s g o o d be ca u se we* h a ve n , B u, th e p a p e r has s u rv iv e d and p e rha ps som etim e* d u rin g th is next year, w ith c o n tin u e d s u p p o rt, we* v \ill he* a b le to p u b lis h twice* eac h m o n th In th e m eantim e*, we* w a n , to e*xpre*ss o u r appree i. r tio n to r th e s u p p o rt w e have re c e iv e d fro m the* c o m m u n ity w ith o u t th a t, th e re w o u ld he* n o n e w sp a p e r Policy on Letters J he IN D l Pl N D l N J welcomes letters from readers but only those bearing signatures and ventiab/e addresses w /// be* considered tor p u b lic a tio n Letters are sublet I to editing I effers should he sent to Letters to the Id ito r the IN D l P l N D l N I 120h State Avenue Vernonia PR 9 ”,*>4 Spec i.il th a n ks sh o u ld go o u t to I red K lin g e r and a ll ot those* in v o lv e d in m a k in g the e v e n in g the g re a t success it was A lso a very spec i.d thanks to th ose h o n o re d W ith o u t th e m y o u w o u ld n o, have the tine, fr ie n d ly c o m m u n ity you have* M y wife* and I c o u ld n o, h e lp b u , n o tit e* the ex t r a o r d in a r y w a r m th and frie n d lin e s s p resent and you sh o u ld a ll he p ro u d Y o ur to w n is very special and w e th a n k yo u to r an ex , remedy enjoyable* evening in V e rn o n ia W e th a n k y o u again W a lly and Linda Thom pson St Helens Letters to the Editor T <> the* , chine: letter I svmile, like* to ta ke tins op p o rtu n ity to th a n k the* Ver nom a ( h a m b e r o , ( omme*rce fo r selec tin g me* as the* tu s t rec ipie*nt o l th e ir M an o t the Year a w a rd It is ve ry d it tic c ilt to r m e Io express the* |o y and p rid e w h ic h a c c o in panic's th is h on or But it is e»asy lo r me to te ll yo u the* ten p o rta n c e ot the frie n d sh ip s and assoc la tto n s I have* ac c,uired o ve r th e years, and boss they have mack* tasks I h ave u n d e rta k e n far easier th a n they appear I he* people* o t V e rn o n ia w h o ssork to make* this a be*, te r c o m m u n ity are* a ll deserv mg o t a title* sue h as this Some* e ffo rts are* visible*, and som e stay tuc ked in the* bac k g ro u n d b u t it is the c om b in a tio n ot these th a t vs ill le*ad to a sue c e ssful < o m m u n ity W e liv e and w o rk in a to w n th a t exists bee ause ot th e s p irit o t frie n d s h ip th a t a b o u n d s fro m a ll o f you I a lso w a n t to say thanks to a ll the* tine* p e o p le ssho have* h e lp e d me* in past proiec ts and to le t yo u knovs th e re are* m any more* o n the h o riz o n l o a ll o t y o u keep u p the* g o o d w o rk to g e th e r we* c an make* this c o m m u n ity a ll th a t sve hope it to be Bill Hawkins Vernonia ! l d Note I he fo llo w in g let ter is as sent to I red Klinger. President ot the Vernonu Area C b.imbe*r ot ( om m erce I D ear M r K ling e r: M y sincere thanks to you. y o u r o rg a n iz a tio n , and the s e le c tio n co m m itte e * ssho selec ,e*d me as W o m a n ot the Year to r 198b I am highly h on ored and w ill strive* to continue* to do the best I ta n to m a in ta in the q u a lity ot this high rew ard th e Firs, A n nu a l ( it iz e n s Assards D inn er was very w e ll p la n n e d and h a n dled by a ll w h o p a rtic ip a te d and thev are to be c o n g ra tu la te d to r service* rendered I have* also sent a e opy ot this le tte r to o u r new spaper 1 he In d e p e n d e n t. so th a t our trie n d s and neighbors ot Ver nom a c an read o t just one ot the m any things o u r ( h am ber does c re a tin g w a rm th and frie n d s h ip in our area W is h in g yo u r o rg a n iz a tio n g ro w th and p ro s p e rity Gratefully yours, Dorothy Yadon Vernonia To the I ditor: th is le tte r is w ritte n in reg ard ,o y o u r firs t ann ua l ( itiz e n s A w ards D in n e r I »eel a good tim e was had by a ll The fo o d , e n te rta in m e n t and b a n q u e t in general w ere tust great M a n y distric t p a tro n s can r e c a ll the* p r o b le m s en c o u n te re d w ith a head lie e in te s ta tio n d u rin g the* 1‘ »H1 82 sc h o o l ye a r I hose* pro ble m s drew a tte n tio n to the need to r a d e q u a te and tim e ly tic-. id lic e scree nin g to r students As a re s u lt o f those* events several years ago. a g ro u p o, v o lu n te e rs , hea de d by Nona Skinner, has p ro v id e d head lic e s c re e n in g on a regular basis th ro u g h o u t the* sc hool ye a r N o rm a lly c o n d u c t'd the se co n d day o t sc h o o l and a fte r th a n k s g iv in g ( hristm as and s p rin g breaks, the* c hecks assist s c h o o l o ffic ia ls and p a re n ts re m e d y p ro b le m s th a t n n g h , otherwise* go un c het ked O n b e h a lf of the* D is tric t I w o u ld like* to c o m m e n d Mrs S k in n e r and th e m any v o lu n te e rs ,h a , have assisted her d u rin g th e pas, tiv e years th e ir task is n o , alw ays a p le a s a n t one* y e , th e y have re s p o n d e d to the* < h alle n g e in a p o s itiv e and c o n fid e n tia l m anner S h o u ld you have* any sp ecific q u e s tio n s or con c erns. o r like* to v o lu n te e r ,O assist, y o u arc* e n c o u ra g e d to c o n ta c t M rs S k in n e r at 429 8401 S incerely, Richard I. Hnryna Superintendent of School* V e rn o n ia To the Iditor W e w o u ld lik e to th a n k all the* people* w h o c ared and shared w ith th ose w h o had less th is ( h ris tm a s season A ll the* < hure hes. V e rno nia Cares, S enior C en te r, so m any w h o gave so u n s e lfis h ly A m e n c a. th e la n d o f p le n ty , is h u rtin g to d a y so many p e o p le w ith o u t |o b s , w ith sickne ss, fa m ilie s w ith o u t sh elte r a nd fo o d We d o have the treedom ,o reach I, we have the w ill to
