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Page 12 The INDEPENDENT, December 21,19 Oregon Together training scheduled A le a d e rs ’ O rie n ta tio n Training session for the Ore gon Together program will be held Jan ua ry 10, 1995, at 3 :3 0 p.m . in th e V ernonia School District office. Oregon Together is a pro gram that helps communities identify their strengths and weakness, enhance planning and a s s is t in d e ve lo p in g healthy children and families. It is sponsored by the Co- lumbia County Commission on Children & Families (CC- CCF). A major part of Oregon To gether is a program called “Communities That Care”, a risk focused approach to re ducing adolescent problem behaviors. Risk-focused prevention is based on a simple premise: To prevent a problem from happening, we need to identi- M m HUm m HM nm HM KHK fy the factors that increase the opportunity for that prob lem to develop. The program is aimed at reducing adolescent antiso cial behavior such as sub stance abuse, delinquency, violence, teen pregnancy and school drop-out. “ I’ve a lw a ys been im pressed with the creativity and energy in Vernonia,” said Jan Spika, director of CCC- CF. “ I encourage interested people to take part in this training; it will help you keep what you have in place and get to where you would like to be.” For more inform ation on the program and the training session, call Spika in St. He lens, 397-7211. We wish to thank everyone for their cards, flowers, and calls at the loss of my mother, H a rrie tte B ow ers. Your th o u g h tfu ln e s s m eans so much! Tony Hyde draws the winning ticket for an autographed Blazer basketball, closely watched by, from left, Dawn Carr, D’Lisa Watts and Judy King. Anita Peerson was the lucky winner of the Vernonia Preschool fund raiser. 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For Office or Outdoors Denim Shirts in many colors including Blue from $2900 Belt..$35°° ■------ e saw— _ LORETTA & PAT’S Casual Dressing .<*■ * 58230 Adams Road, Vernonia appie valley Banzer indicted in negligent homicide Joseph D. Banzer of Mist w as in d ic te d Dec. 7 on a charge of criminally negligent homicide, after an auto acci dent in October that resulted in the death of a passenger. According to the grand jury indictm ent, the 34-year old Banzer was driving under the influence of intoxicants. A passenger in the back seat of Banzer’s car, Vicki L. Richardson, 26, was killed af ter being ejected from the car when it went off of Hwy. 47 about two miles north of Ver nonia, w ent dow n a bank, and rolled over several times. Richardson’s husband, Jos eph, 30, was a passenger in the front seat. The Richard sons were also residents of Mist. A trial date will be set after the first of the year. J loliday Special JIM WALSH Peterson sentenced for manslaughter Ronald E. Peterson of Ver nonia was sentenced Dec. 2 by Washington County Judge Alan Bonebrake to 180 days in the W ashington C ounty Restitution Center and three years formal probation, in ad dition to paying $13,375 in restitution, $5,000 in victim com p en satio n, $1 53 cou rt costs and $45.30 in witness fees for one count of second- degree manslaughter. The 55 year-old Peterson was involved in a two car ac cident on Highway 47 that re sulted in the death of the oth er driver. He must also obtain m ental health and a lco h o l evaluation, counseling and treatment, and participate in an antabuse program. Pat & Albert Schmidlin Many local authors and artists attended the annual Vernonia Library Open House. CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 1990 TRACKER 4X4, Blue.......... only ’5,795 1983 CHEV BLAZER 4WD v-6 Two-tone, P/S, P/B, tilt wheel, tow pkg.............. ONLY ’3,495 1989 MAZDA 323 Great commuter! P/S, P/B, tape deck............................................ 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