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About The independent. (Vernonia, Or.) 1986-current | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1992)
July 2 9 ,1 9 9 2 , The IN D E PE N D E N T EVER READY WELDING MOBILE & SHOP FABRICATION SPECIALIZING IN REPAIR AND RECONSTUCTION OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT Stick Arc • Pipe • Air Arc • Stainless X-Ray Certified • Hard Facing 429-7231 w CALL GARY 24 HOURS A DAY 7 DAYS A WEEK Wrought Iron • Ornamental Security Gates • Fences Doors • Windows Page 5 Help is needed with Wilkerson repairs Volunteers and co n trib u tion s are needed to rep air Adirondack shelters at Camp Wilkerson before fall, accord ing to Columbia County Park Superintendent Chuck Ash croft. "The shelters have w ith stood twenty years of heavy use with minimal repairs and in recent years there have been more complaints about leaky roofs. Our goal is to have the repairs com pleted by the fall rains, and with the help of volunteers and dona tions, we can do it," Ashcroft said. The repairs consist of re placing worn-out cedar shake roofs w ith d u ra b le m a in te n a n c e -fre e c o lo re d m etal The Rainier Church of God d o n a te d $ 3 7 5 , w hich was enough to cover the cost of repairing one shelter. ro o fin g . S even of the 24 shelters have been repaired by volunteer crews. Columbia County Park Com mission member Del Burnham, of Rainier, is the on-site volun teer supervisor. He has had the help of the St. Helens Ki- wanis, Boy Scouts, county jail inmate workers and his own family. Groups or individuals want ing to contribute time or mon ey for this project may con tact Ashcroft by phone at the Columbia County Parks office in St. Helens, 397-2353. Volunteers prepare to help clean up Shay engine for annual showing during Jamboree V ernonia F rie n d sh ip Ja m boree will be the order of the evening. Everyone is invited to help in the project. For more infor mation, call Tim Anderson at 429-9333. The Vernonia Restoration and Preservation Association will have a work meeting Au gust 6 at Shay Park. Wash ing No. 102 and cleaning up the park for its annual display and open house during the Welcome Additions LEMON' RACQUE BILL'S MENS SHOP The x HUTCH Tor . KIDS y Aug. 13th 7 -10 pm Season Discounts! Refreshments! Door Prize! u FASHION FOUR 16th & Columbia Blvd., St. Helens, across from the Post Office Joshua Leroy Thompson was born July 13, 1992 at Tu- ality Community Hospital in H illsb o ro . He w eighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces. Joshua will join a brother, Gregory, and a sister, Jessi ca, at the Vernonia home of their parents Kyle and Leslie Thompson. Grandparents are Ken and Margot Sutherlin of Vernonia and Ja n ice T hom pson of Castle Rock, Wash. Great-grandparents are Ila Sutherlin-Tuepker of Albany, Ray Gabrielson of Vancouver, Wash., and George and Irene Swart of Willmar, Minn. Makaila L. Woodard M aka ila Lynn W oodard was born July 6, 1992, in O lym p ia , W ash. She weighed 8 pounds and was 20 inches long. Makaila is the first child of 5 12 19 26 Adult Volleyball Aerobics AFS Al-Anon Alcoholics Anonymous American Cancer Society AWANA Clubs Boosters Chamber of Commerce Girt Scouts Home Extension Club Izaak Walton League Jamboree Committee Jaycees Ladies Golf Club Lions Club MTC Job Service Masons Men's Golf Club Narcotics Anonymous Parent-Teacher Club Preschool Story Hour Ridge Riders Senior Center Directors Society of Arts & Crafts TOPS Vernonia Cares Directors Vernonia City Council Vernonia Doll Club Vernonia Grange Vernonia Health Center 7 -9 p .m .,W G S Gym Tuesdays 7 p.m., WGS Gym Mondays, Wednesdays 6 Thursdays 7 :3 0 p .m .,V H S Library 1st Wednesday 7 p.m., Baptist Church Tuesdays 8 p.m.,Baptist Church Fridays 12:30 p.m., Golf Course 2nd Wednesday Wednesdays 6 :30-8 p.m., Evangelical Bible Church 7:30 p.m., VHS Library 2nd Wednesday 7:30 a.m., Crazy Charlie s 2nd Wednesday 7 p.m., Farmers & Merchants Bank 2nd Tuesday For location call 429-5533 3rd Thursday For location call 429-7193 3rd Thursday 7 p.m.,WGS Library 2nd Monday 7 p.m., WGS Library Tuesdays 5 p.m., Golf Course Tuesdays 6:30 p.m., Vernonia Cafe 1st & 3rd Tuesdays 1 p.m., City Library 2nd Wednesday 8 p.m., Masonic Temple 1st Thursday 5 p.m., Golf Course Wednesdays 8 p.m., Baptist Church Tuesdays 7 p.m., WGS Library 3rd Thursday 10:30 a.m., City Library Wednesdays 7:30 p.m., City Library Last Tuesday 1 p.m., Senior Center 1st Friday 7 p.m., WGS Library 1st Monday 6:30 p.m., Baptist Church Tuesdays 7:30 p.m., American Legion Hall 2nd Thursday* 7:30 p.m., City Library 1st & 3rd Mondays 1 p.m. Senior Citizens Center 4th Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Grange Hall 2nd Saturday 7:30 p.m., Health Center* 2nd Thursday 6 13 20 27 Vernonia Park/Rec Committee Vernonia Planning Commission Vernonia Preschool Directors Vernonia Recycles (Plastics) Vernonia Rural Fire District Vernonia School District Vernonia Volunteer Firefighters WOEC Directors 7 14 21 28 1 2 8 9 15 16 22 23 29 30 Catherine R. Allen Catherine Rose Allen was born June 20, 1992, at Forest Grove Hospital. She weighed 6 pounds, 15 ou nce s and was 21 inches long. She is the firs t c h ild of M ike and C h ris ty A lle n of North Plains. Grandparents are Don and Nona S k in n e r of Vernonia and Max and Jeanette Allen of San Jose, Calif. G re a t-g ra n d p a re n ts are Woody and LaVancha Wilson of San Jose, C a lif., Helen Skinner Luper of Molalla, Al and Dale Gruber of Stockton, C a lif, and E lsie A lle n of Modesto, Calif. AUG JU LY VERNQH1A Elmer and Pam Woodard, Jr. of Yelm, Wash. G randparents are Elmer and Pauline Woodard of Ver nonia, and John and Lavelle Nipper of Yelm. Joshua L. Thompson 3 « 10 11 17 18 24 25 31 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 31 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 1st Thursday 3rd Thursday 1st Tuesday 1st Saturday 2nd Tuesday 2nd Thursday 2nd Monday 3rd Tuesday SEPT i 6 7 8 13 14 15 20 21 22 27 28 29 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 1 8 IS 22 29 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 2« 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 7 p.m., City Library 7:30 p.m., City Library 7 p.m., American Legion Hall 10 a.m .-2 p.m., City Water Plant 7:30 p.m., Fire Station 7 p.m., School District Office 7 p.m., Fire Station 7 p.m., WOEC MIST-BIRKENFELD 2nd Tuesday Mist-Birkenfeld Fire Bd. of Direct 1st, 2nd & 3rd Wednesdays M-B Firefighters Assoc. 1st, 2nd & 3rd Thursdays M-B Ambulance Assoc. 2nd Wednesday Natal Grange Thursdays TOPS # 0 R 938 7:30 p.m., Main Fire Station 7 p.m., Main Fire Station 7 p.m., Main Fire Station 7:30 p.m., Grange Hall 9:30 a.m., Main Fire Station COLUMBIA COUNTY (All meet in St. Helens unless otherwise noted.) 10 a.m., Courthouse Wednesdays Board of Commissioners 7 p.m., Sunset Park Comm. Church 2nd Tuesday Citizens for Senior Justice 10:30 a.m., Courthouse 2nd Friday COLCO Transportation Committee 1:00 p.m., Courthouse 2nd Friday County Council of Seniors 7:30 p.m., 800 Port Ave. 3rd Wednesday Columbia Educ. Service Dist. 7:30 p.m., Fairgrounds 2nd Tuesday County Fair Board 8 p.m., Courthouse Emergency Communications Dist. 3rd Tuesday Noon, For location call 429-3713 Historical Society 4th Wednesday 7 a.m., Village Inn Traffic Safety Commission 1st Wednesday •January, April, July 4 October only Organizations and meeting dates not listed may be included by calling 429-9410, or by mail to The INDEPENDENT, 1206 State Avenue, Vernonia, OR 97064. I
