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The INDEPENDENT, Feb. 21,1996
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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
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7:30 p.m., VHS Library
AFS
1st Wednesday
8 p.m.,1st Baptist Church
Fridays
Alcoholics Anonymous
Call Carolyn Keasey, 429-2021
American Cancer Society
2nd
Wednesday
7:30 p.m., VHS Library
Boosters
7:00 p.m., LDS Church
Boy Scouts
Wednesdays
8-9:00 p.m. WGS Cafeteria
4th Thursday
Boy Scout Parents
Cemetery Beautification Comm. 2nd Thursday
7:00 p.m., Crazy Charlie’s
2nd
Wednesday
7:30
a.m., Country Kitchen
Chamber of Commerce
7:00 VHS Library
Community Center Board
2nd Wednesday
7:00 p.m., WGS Gym
Tuesdays
Cub Scouts
1:00 p.m., Senior Center
3rd Wednesday
Doll Club
6:30-8 p.m., Christian Church
Thursdays
Girl Scouts
7:00 p.m., City Library
3rd Wednesday
Izaak Walton League
7 p.m., VHS library
1st Tuesday
Jamboree Committee
6:30
p.m., Lew’s Place
1st
&
3rd
Tuesdays
Lions Club
-2:00 p.m., School District Ofc.
2nd Thursday
MTC Training & Placement
7 p.m., Sidetrack Restaurant
1st Tuesday
Nehalem Valley Car Club
7:30 p.m., WGS Library
1st Monday
Parent-Teacher Assoc. (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.
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health care pro vid ers and
emergency services person
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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.
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