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I The INDEPENDENT, Feb. 21,1996 Pag» 5 Health Education awards available to community organizations Community and public or ganizations in eight western Oregon counties can apply now for up to $3,000 each in awards from the Oregon Pa cific Area Health Education Center (AHEC) for training and educating health care professionals. Oregon Pacific AHEC is of fering Educational Scholar ship Awards to help organiza tions pay for training and edu cating traditional health care providers, emergency service personnel, home health and hospice providers, m ental health personnel, long-term care p ro v id e rs and oth e r health care professionals. “ Financial resources for training and education are rarely available, especially in volunteer organizations,” said Oregon Pacific AHEC Educa tion Coordinator Pat Lewis. ‘This is a way to support the community in providing pro- course are limited to $300 per individual. grams that will work locally." O regon Pacific AHEC is one of five private, nonprofit area health education centers acro ss the state that are working with Oregon Health S ciences U niversity, local health professionals and edu cational institutions to attract, train and retain more health care providers in rural and underserved parts of Oregon. The scholarship awards are available to organizations in Benton, Clatsop, Columbia, Lincoln, Linn, Polk, Tillamook and Yamhill counties. All or ganizations applying for an award must be willing to pro vid e a 15 percent m atch (cash or in-kind). Examples of in -kin d m atches would in clude staff or volunteer time in teaching, writing articles, developing health care re sou rces or co o rd in a tin g events, or providing equip ment or facilities for training. Awards for a specific training Oregon Pacific AHEC is particularly interested in pro jects that involve a variety of health professionals or more than one organization, in the hope that awards will become seed money for some new program s, acco rd in g to Lewis. Oregon Pacific AHEC is particularly interested in pro viding awards that will help meet community needs, es pecially in emergemcy ser vices and mental health care. Projects must focus on edu cation, not service delivery, and should reflect the follow ing criteria: • Improve access to and quality of emergency services by adding more trained peo ple to the community or im proving the skills of those al ready practicing there; • Im prove know ledge of There is an Alternative!!! 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(PTA) Wednesdays 10:30 a.m., City Library Preschool Story Hour 1 p.m., Senior Center 1st Friday Senior Center Directors 2nd Thursday City Library, 429-7605 for time Society of Arts & Crafts 6:30 p.m., 627 Adams Tuesdays TOPS 627 Adams, 429-1414 for info. Quarterly Vernonia Cares Directors 7:30 p.m., City Library 1st & 3rd Mondays Vernonia City Council 10:00 a.m., Grange Hall 2nd Saturday Vernonia Grange 7 p.m., 627 Adams Vernonia Preschool Directors 1st Tuesday 7:00 p.m., City Library Vernonia Planning Comm. 1 st & 3rd Thursdays 7 p.m., VHS Library 4th Thursday Vernonia Pride Last Thursday 7:30 p.m., City Library Vernonia Ridge Riders 2nd Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Are Station Vernonia Rural Fire District 2nd Thursday 8 p.m., School District Office Vernonia School Board 7 p.m., Are Station Vernonia Volunteer Firefighters 2nd Monday 7 p.m., WOEC WOEC Directors 3rd Tuesday :00 p.m., Sidetrack Restaurant Women’s Aglow 4th Monday • Raise public awareness of critical health issues and problems affecting a commu nity; •Improve the effectiveness and/or quality of a community health care system. The deadline for applica tions is ApriH, 1996, with re cipients to be notified by June 3. For an application or more information, contact Educa tion Coordinator Pat Lewis, PhD, at O regon P a c ific AHEC, 131 NW 20th, Suite B, Newport, OR 97365; Tele phone: 541-265-8011; Fax: 5 4 1 -2 6 5 -5 9 4 8 ; e -m a il: pat_lewis@class.orednet.org. Pictures sought for video of flood Have you been taking pic tures, either still or video, of this month’s flood? If the answer is yes, your pictures may be suitable for use in a video that will be used as a fund raiser to help people recover from the dam ages of the flood. The video will be professionally edited and produced. Please contact Robb Wil son at the Columbia County H is to ric a l M useum , 429- 3713, if you can p ro vid e some photos. Furse will visit in Vernonia on Friday Congresswoman Elizabeth Furse will be in Vernonia on Friday, from 11:00 a.m . to noon, as she tours parts of the flood-ravaged First Dis trict. ST. 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Wrangler Jackets <S Dusters will start at 9:00 a.m. both days at Vernonia Hardware, 1026 Bridge Street MIST-BIRKENFELP Mist-Birkenfeld Are Bd. 2nd Tuesday 7:30 M-B Firefighters Assoc. 1st, 2nd & 3rd Wednesdays 7 7 M-B Ambulance Assoc. 1 st, 2nd & 3rd Thursdays Natal Grange 2nd Wednesday p.m., Main Are Station p.m., Main Are Station p.m., Main Are Station 7:30 p.m., Grange Hall BANKS Fridays 8 00 p.m., Methodist Church Alcoholics Anonymous 1:00 p.m., Brown Derby Banks Area Merchants Assoc 1st Thursday 7:30 p.m., City Hall 2nd Tuesday Banks City Council 7:00 p.m., City Hall Banks Planning Commission Last Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Jr. High Library 2nd Monday Banks School Board Sundays, Wednesdays 7 :00 p.m., UMC Youth Bldg. Banks Youth Group 7:15 p.m., City Hall 3rd Monday, odd months Citizen Participation Org 10:00 a.m., City Library 1st Saturday Friends of the Library 1st & 3rd Wednesdays 7: 00 p.m., Methodist Church Lions Club 3rd Wednesday 8:00 p.m., Gun Club Sunset Park Assoc. 8:00 p.m., Jr. High Library Wednesdays TOPS 2nd Wednesday 7:00 p.m., Station 13 Tri-City RFPD Board C O LU M BIA C O U N TY (All meet in St. Helens unless otherwise noted.) Wednesdays Board of Commissioners 2nd Tuesday Citizens for Senior Justice COLCO Transportation 2nd Friday County Council of Seniors 2nd Friday 3rd Wednesday Columbia ESD 2nd Tuesday County Fair Board County Parks Commission 2nd Wednesday Emergency Comm. Dist. (9-1-1) 3rd Tuesday Historical Society 4th Wednesday Traffic Safety Commission 1st Wednesday 10 a.m., Courthouse 7 p.m., Sunset Park Church 10:30 a.m., Courthouse 1:00 p.m., Courthouse 7:30 p.m., 800 Port Ave. 7 p.m., 4-H Bldg., Fairgrounds 7 p.m., 1054 Oregon St. 7 p.m., Courthouse Noon, location call 429-3713 7 a.m., Village Inn 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. Ï
