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May your holiday sea
son be bright with joy
and happiness and
may you have a
blessed New Year!
Bob, Julie,
Jenny and Sarah
NEHALEM VALLEY SANITARY SERVICE
917 Madison Ave., Vernonia • 429*8711
Merry Christmas
Happy New Year
from the whole gang
J o in us
New Year’s Day
fo r a
C h a m p a g n e B ru n c h
10 am - 2 pm
The Brown Derby
324-8121 • Banks, Oregon
The Vernonia senior c iti
zens enjoyed one of th e ir
most successful Christmas
dinner gatherings in recent
m em ory, as 87 m em bers
gathered to share the festival
meal. Eight other members,
all shut-ins, had the meal de^
livered to their homes. Cap
ping the o cca sio n was a
Christmas carol concert pre
sented by Vernonia elemen
ta ry school stud en ts, who
a lso bro ug ht an a rra y of
hand-crafted Christmas greet
ing cards for the seniors to
use.
Ja n u a ry w ill be a busy
month, according to Nellie
Tipton, beginning with the first
meeting of the newly consti
tuted board of directors,on
the 6th. On the same day,
other members will take Col-
co to the Forest Grove Resi
dential C enter to v isit and
share lunch.
Anticipated by many is a
gre a t s o cia l event on the
17th, when seniors will enjoy
the opportunity to spend an
afternoon reviving and renew
ing their sense of rhythm, as
a threesome of dancers from
Portland visit the center to
demonstrate and teach both
old and new dance steps.
Posters and invitations will be
sent to other senior centers in
the county, inviting them to
join the party. A minimum do
nation of $3 pe r person is
suggested to cover expenses
for the program.
Seniors will travel to the
H illsboro Senior C enter on
the 20th to share lunch and
visit with members there.
The center will be closed
on S aturday, Sunday and
Monday of both the C hrist
mas and New Year w e e k
ends.
January birthdays are: 9th,
Sib Falconer; 14th, G race
Mathews; 15th, Sandy Frantz;
16th, Ora George and Mary
Lou Harmon; 20th, Pat Olson
and 21st, Myra Baska.
Damien S. Cox
cific and Indian Oceans, with
the amphibious assault ship
USS Peleliu.
SELL UNWANTED ITEMS in the
classifieds. Call 429-9410 to place
your ad.
Air Force Airman Damien
S. Cox has arrived for duty at
the Royal Air Force Alcon-
bu ry base in C am bridge,
England.
Cox, a television and intru
sion detectrion systems ap
p re n tice , is the son of
Gonzales and Dayle Cox of
Vernonia. He is a 1993 grad
uate of Vernonia High School.
Jerry Preston
Navy P etty O ffic e r 2nd
Class Jerry Preston recently
com pleted a six-m onth de
ployment to the western Pa
D uring the deploym ent,
Preston and other crew mem
bers served three months off
the coast of Somalia, helping
in the evacuation of U.S. citi
zens from Rwanda and Bu
rundi.
Preston is the son of Chris
tine Preston of Vernonia. He
graduated from Lakeridge
High School, Lake Oswego,
in 1979 and joined the Navy
in 1983.
Worried about the cost?
At Tuality Healthy Start,
no one is turned away because of inability to pay.
■ Personal visits with a certified nurse-midwife
■ Prenatal care, hospital delivery and follow-up care
■ All-women staff
■ Accepting new clients
Call 429-9191
TA A U
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We appreciate
your business
and look forward
to serving you
in the New Year.
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Heating Oil
Accepting most non-HMO insurance carriers, certain Oregon Health Plan providers
(Tuality Health Alliance, Good Health Plan and CareOregon), and private-pay clients.
Tuality Healthy Start
Vernonia Health Center
854 Grant Avenue
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We will close at
5:00 p.m. Dec. 24th
and remain closed
until Jan. 3,1995.
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WILCOX & FLEGEL
n '■ - 720 Rose Avenue, Vernonia
62465 Nehalem Hwy. N.
Vernonia • 429-1805
A d k îîtlo n S
Nicole J. Greenwood
N icole Jean G reenwood
was born Dec. 6, 1994, at Tu
ality Hospital in Hillsboro. The
d a u g h te r of Lori and G ary
' Greenwood of Vernonia, she
weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces
and was 20-1/2 inches long
at birth.
Her grandparents are Fran
S lo an of B e a ve rto n , Rick
S trom o f E ugene, Jack
Greenwood of Vernonia and
Pennie Sweider of Bend.
E v a n g e lic a l C hurch
Christmas Eve service
A special Christm as Eve
service will be held Saturday
at 6:00 p.m. at the Vernonia
Evangelical Bible Church.
The s p e c ia l s e rv ic e in
cludes singing carols, lighting
the Advent Wreath, Scripture
reading, special music and a
true story about Christm as,
said Pastor Grant Williams.
“ P lease jo in o u r ch u rch
fam ily as we celeb rate the
b irth of C h ris t,” W illia m s
added.
The church is located at
957 State Avenue. For addi
tional inform ation, call 429-
6790.
County United Way
nears goal amount
Through Dec. 14, cash and
pledges for the current United
W ay o f C o lu m b ia C o u n ty
campaign, total $185,669, or
94 percent of the $197,000
goal, according to executive
director Suzanne Arnits.
“W e e x p e c t to c o n tin e
gathering campaign informa
tion until February, which is
typical,” she said. Anyone in
terested in donating can ei
ther mail a contribution to the
United Way office, 310 Co
lumbia Blvd., St. Helens, OR
97051, o r contact A rn its at
(503)397-3511.