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The INDEPENDENT, July 3,1996
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Harwood will attend national Senior Service Conference in D.C.
Nancy Harwood, Columbia
County RSVP Director, will at
tend the first National Senior
Service Corps Conference,
July 14 to 17, in Washington,
D.C.
She will join 1,300 local
project directors of the Foster
Grandparent, Senior Com
panion and Retired and Se
nior Volunteer Programs,
leaders and experts on senior
issues, national and local
elected officials, and repre
sentatives of the nation’s me
dia participating in the first-of-
its-kind conference to lay the
groundwork, mobilize and
chart new directions for the
growing senior service.
Senior Corps project direc
tors will participate in work
shops designed to strengthen
leadership skills, share strate
gies for expanding resources,
improve communication skills
and increase the ability of
programs to provide quality
volunteer experiences that
address pressing local needs.
Special attention will also be
given to increased collabora
tion with community leaders.
First Lady Hillary Rodham
Clinton will deliver the
keynote address to the con-
ference. Prominent policy ex
perts and members of the na
tional media will conduct
workshops and training ses
sions.
The conference is spon-
sored by the Corporation for
National Service, which ad
ministers the National Senior
Service Corps, AmeriCorps
and Learn and Serve America
programs.
Burch elected president of Vernonia Study Club for the 1996-97 year
The Vernonia Study Club
wound up its 1995-1996 year
with a potluck luncheon at the
home of Frances Lentz. Eight
members were present.
Officers for the upcoming
year have been selected.
Nancy Burch will preside, as
sisted by Irene Christensen
as vice-president, and Bar
bara Bergerson as secretary-
treasurer.
The Vernonia Study Club
has been in active more than
60 years since its organiza
tion in the early 1920s. Self-
improvement and civic better
ment are the dual goals of the
organizatin.
Each year, the group
chooses a specific theme to
follow. During the year, mem
bers present programs relat
ed to the theme. A theme for
1996-97 has not yet been se
lected.
Eight county 4-H members selected as Ambassadors
Eight Columbia County 4-
H Ambassadors attended the
State Ambassador Weekend,
June 21-23, at Linfield Col
lege in McMinnville, where
they participated in leader-
Vilhauer, Betsy Meek, Rick
Sterling, Patrick Velliquette,
Alyssa Gibson, Dawn Pen-
dell, and Keith Pendell. Mari
anne Veliquette also attended
as a member of the State
Recognition Committee.
ship seminars and work
shops. Some interviewed for
possible participation at the
National 4-H Youth Congress.
Ambassadors attending
were Dawn Powell, Jessica
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