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About The independent. (Vernonia, Or.) 1986-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1995)
County firefighters acquire safety training building The Columbia County Fire fighters Association has com pleted their Fire Safety Es cape T railer project, and it has already been put to the test. The first demonstration was at the Columbia County Fair in July. During the four days of the Fair, nearly 900 children and their families re ceived fire safety training in the Trailer. The main topics taught are how to develop an escape plan, and how to escape if their home catches on fire. After viewing the attention- getting film “ Donald Duck's Fire S urvival” , the children are asked to practice an actu al escape from the upstairs of the trailer. They are taken to a se c o n d -s to ry bedroom , where they are reminded to Cose the bedroom door to keep smoke from filling the room while sleeping. A smoke machine in the trailer produces a synthetic, non-toxic smoke that makes a sim ulated fire seem very real. As discussion continues, a smoke detector begins to sound. The children are in structed to attempt to escape the fire and they find smoke blocking one of the two ways out, the stairway. The children are then asked to find the second way out and quickly escape the smoky trailer. A ladder attached outside the second story bedroom win dow gives them real life prac- C o lu m b ia C o u n ty F a ir a s u c c e s s O ver 20,000 persons a t tended the 1995 Colum bia County Fair and, for the sec ond year in a row, the fair fin ished in the black. “Attendance was down just a bit from 1994,” Fair Board chair Kathy Williamson said. “We had 20,571 attend this year and a record of 23,020 in 1994. Attendance was con siderably better both years from the 11,937 recorded at the rainy 1993 fair.” Williamson said the finan cially-strapped fair, currently being run by volunteers and without a fair manager, has shown a nominal increase in net revenues over the past two fairs and is running in the black. “We've had a very ac tive fair board this year," she pointed out,“and we had very few problems at the fair.” In itia l fin a n c ia l re p o rts show th e fa ir ta k in g in $59,100 th is year with e x penses of $57,195. “While we fin is h e d in th e b la ck, the board is anxious to increase revenues in 1996 and also bring more activities and dis plays to the fair,” she said. “The board will be looking at ways to increase attendance and sponsorships, while also filling the grounds.” “W ith m any new board members this year,” William son added, “our goal was to put on this year’s fair and in vestigate ways to dramatical- ly improve it in 1996. At our last board meeting, we dis cussed numerous things we can do to make next year’s fair better.” The board’s considerations include an increase in the num ber of concessionaires and displays, improvements to the rodeo and carnival, and increasing community spon sorship. Improvements in the fair book and promotions are also being developed. More 4-H Fair results Following are more 4-H re sults from the 1995 Columbia County Fair. POULTRY C hickens, APA S tandard Bred Large Fowl, P ullet, Blue Awards: Maryanne Miller (Champion), Vernon ia; Steven Andersen (Reserve Cham pion), St. Helens. C hickens, APA S tandard Bred Large Fow l, Hen, Blue A w ards: Maryann Miller, Vernonia; Rosanna Cooney, Rainier. Showmanship, Intermediate, Blue Awards: Maryann M iller (C ham pi o n ),V e ro n ic a P e lste r, V e rn o n ia ; Bethany Petersen, Deer Island; Ro sanna Cooney (Reserve Champion), Rainier. O the r Fowl, Old Fem ale, Blue Awards: Maryann Miller, Vernonia. O ld Male, Blue Awards: Maryann Miller (Champion), Vernonia; Patrick V e lliq u e tte (R eserve C h am pion), C latskanie; Rosanna C ooney (2), Rainier. Eggs, Other, Red Awards: Mary ann Miller, Vernonia. tice escaping an upper story bedroom. During the thirty minute class, a new understanding about fire and how to plan for, and escape, fire is taught. Ev ery year over 5,000 Am eri cans die in fires. Eighty-per cent, or nearly 4,000, of those fire deaths take place in the home. In O regon, the pe r centage is even higher at 84 percent. The Firefighters of Columbia County hope to use this trailer to reduce the loss of life by fire in the home. Money for this training pro je c t cam e from d o n a tio n s from in dividu als and b u s i nesses and by an intense co operative effort by all the fire fighters of Columbia County. It required nearly $10,000 in money and materials. Labor and materials were provided mostly by the follow ing: St. Helens Rural Fire Dis tric t Fire P reve ntio n Run committee, W illam ette C ar penters Training Center in Portland, Chevron Chemical St. Helens Plant, Boise Cas cade Paper Plant in St. He lens, Adair Homes of H ills boro, Olympic Forest Prod ucts of Mist, Guardian Mini Storage of St. Helens, Clat skanie Volunteer Firefighter Association, Portland General Electric, Evelyn S. Carroll (in memory of Bill Carroll), PGE Beaver Generating Plant of Clatskanie, Rainier Volunteer Firefighter Association, and Columbia River Carpet One of Rainier. The names of many other people and businesses who made c o n trib u tio n s to the project, are placed on a sign attached to the side of the building, along with the names already mentioned. This has been one of the most rewarding projects in the history of the Columbia County fire service, the fire fighters agree. It provides an opportunity to teach a class and see children’s eyes light up with excitement as they learn new information, then watch the children tug the hands of th e ir p a re n ts or grandparents to come in and learn about fire safety. The firefighters are very thankful for the support they provided. 50th annual anks-Sunset Park Bar-B-Q and Truck Pull drew large, happy crowd once again A grand time was had by both participants and specta tors during the 50th annual Banks Bar-B-Q and Tractor Pull. Derekk and Dillon Vande- hey took Grand Prize for their entry in the parade, a depic tion of a Knight in Shining Ar mor and a Dragon. Following are the parade The volleyball season is fa s t a p p ro a ch in g and th is year has potential to be one of the best in the history of the VHS program. “We are all very excited about the sea son and we hope the commu nity is, too!” said head coach Dan Foss. The varsity team returns every player from last year’s squ ad , th e firs t V ernonia team to reach the state tour nament since 1981. The team finished in a ninth place tie last year and will be setting their goals high for this sea son. The returning players are M ichelle Busch, O pposite; Amber Dennis, Outside Hit te r; Stacy Ochoa, O utside be door prizes, a serving con test and other special activi ties. “The fan support last year was aw esom e,” said Foss. “We all hope you will continue to support the players as they ‘Rock the Gym!’ this year.” Clubs - Washington County Dairy Women with Washing ton County Princess Billie Jo Baune. O ther activities included ho rse sh o e to u rn a m e n ts , greased pole clim b , frog jump, tractor and truck pulls and, of course, lots of barbe cued beef sandwiches. Three former Sunset Mothers, Willa Hayes, 1975; Barbara Anderson, 1980 and Bobbie Parkin, 1982, shared a sunny convertible for the parade. 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