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"T h e fib e r g la s s c ra c k le s
lik e b re a k fa s t c e re a l a s it
h a rd e n s ,"
e x p la in e d
In g a
Id z a l a s s h e p re s s e d a n d
s q u e e z e d c a s tin g m a te ria l
o v e r M a ye M o h a m e d ’s right
fo re a rm . W e a rin g s u rg ic a l
g lo v e s a n d a c a s t h e rse lf, it
w a s n o s m a ll fe a t fo r Idzal, a
s e n io r at N e a h -K a h -N ie H igh
S c h o o l, to w ra p a c a s t on
s o m e o n e e lse .
B ut Idzal w a s d e te rm in e d .
T h is w a s h e r first e x p e rie n c e
c a s tin g , a n d it p ro b a b ly w o n ’t
b e h e r last.
Id za l a n d M o h a m e d w e re
H e a lth
E d u c a tio n
C e n te r
(A H E C ), th e a n n u a l H e a lth
C a re e rs C a m p is a w e e k -lo n g
p ro g ra m d e s ig n e d to e xp o se
ru ra l te e n s to a b ro a d range
o f h e a lth c a re e r e x p e rie n ce s.
“ F o r a lo ng tim e , I’v e w a n t­
e d to b e a p e d ia tric ia n ,” said
Id za l. “B u t n o w I’m not so
su re . T h e re a re s o m a n y o th ­
e r c h o ic e s I d id n ’t k n o w a b o u t
b e fo r e .” H e r re a c tio n w a s
c o m m o n a m o n g c a m p goers,
w h o c a m e fro m s m a ll to w n s
in n o rth w e s t a n d c o a s ta l O re ­
a m o n g 41 h ig h ly m o tiv a te d
h ig h s c h o o l s tu d e n ts w h o a t­
te n d e d a n u n u s u a l c a m p th is
g o n a n d e x p re s s e d a m a z e ­
m e n t a t th e n u m b e r o f “new ”
c a re e rs th e y d is c o v e re d .
M o re th a n 2 0 d iffe re n t
h e a lth - re la te d
p ro fe s s io n s
s u m m e r in E u g e n e . O ffe re d
b y th e O re g o n P a c ific A re a
w e re w o v e n in to th e w e e k ’s
c u rric u lu m . S tu d e n ts p lu n g e d
Jamboree parade winners named
W in n e rs o f th e V e rn o n ia
F rie n d s h ip J a m b o re e p a ra d e
I
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;
a re a s fo llo w s :
G ra n d P rize , L o c a l - U p ­
p e r N e h a le m V a lle y D ix ie la n d
B a n d a n d th e R o a rin g *20s
d a n c e rs fro m V e rn o n ia P ride.
G ra n d P rize, e ls e w h e re -
A s to ria R e g a tta .
M a y o r ’s C h o ic e - 1 9 2 9
M odel A ow ned by R oy Pen­
n in g to n .
C h a irm a n ’s C h o ic e - 1st,
A s to ria C lo w n s ; 2 n d , U .S .
B a n k F ire T ruck.
S e rv ic e O rg a n iz a tio n s -
1st p la c e tie b e tw e e n 9-1-1
E m e rg e n cy C o m m u n ic a tio n s
D istrict a n d O re g o n A rm y N a ­
tio n a l G u a rd ; 2 n d , O re g o n
S ta te Forestry.
F lo a ts - 1st, A s to ria R e g a t­
ta ;
2nd,
V e rn o n ia
S u m m e r R e a d in g
3rd, P a u le tte K uiper.
A n tiq u e C a r - 194 9 F ord
o w n e d b y T ra cy P e n n in g to n .
C la s s ic C a r - 1st, 19 6 8
C a m a ro ; 2 n d , 1941 F o rd p ic k ­
up o w n e d b y S c o tt a n d J e n n y
B a ile y; 3 rd, B o b ’s A u to C a re
entry.
O p e n C la s s C a r - 1st,
197 3 C h e v ro le t p ic k u p o w n e d
b y D o c H o o ts; 2 nd , 19 5 3 F o rd
p ic k u p o w n e d b y D a n H o ots;
3 rd, 1 9 8 6 Z im m e r o w n e d b y
Fred W iley.
N o v e lty & H u m o ro u s - 1st,
4
C lo w n s -S a ra ,
J e s s ic a ,
G re g g & K a re n a ; 2 nd , C lo w n
S illy Sally.
K id s N o v e lty - 1st, L ittle
R ed R id in g H en; 2 n d , C lo w n
L e slie P rice; A tla n ta o r B u st.
L ib ra ry
Mitigation
F ro m p a g e 1
WEATHER REPORT
JULY 1996
DATE
o n sch e d u le , th e p la n w ill be
re a d y e a rly in N o v e m b e r;
e v e n th e n , it w ill b e s u b je c t to
re v is io n s if n ece ssary.
M e m b e rs o f th e lo cal H a z ­
a rd M itig a tio n P la n n in g C o m ­
m itte e in c lu d e m e m b e rs of
th e U n m e t N e e d s C o m m itte e ,
w h ic h h a s b e e n d e a lin g w ith
re c o v e ry sin ce its fo rm a tio n in
la te M arch : D a n B ro w n , Jim
a n d K im Tierney, Lan i V a nde-
hey, c ity re c o rd e r J a n a Borst,
city councilor Jim Jacobs and
M a y o r T o n y H y d e ; S te v e
W e lle r a n d P a u l E p le r fro m
th e V e rn o n ia R u ral F ire D is ­
tric t, s u rv e y o r J e rry K e e n o n ,
re a lto r N a n cy D ailey, c ity p e r­
m it c le rk K a th y M o rris o n , w h o
a ls o
re p re s e n ts
flo o d e d
h o m e o w n e rs , a n d jo u rn a lis t
N o n i A n d e rs e n .
A d d itio n a l m e m b e rs w ill b e
a p p o in te d to re p re s e n t th e
S o il & W a te r C o n s e rv a tio n
D istrict, W a te rs h e d C o u n c il,
riv e r a d v o c a te s a n d flo o d e d
b u s in e s s o w n e rs.
P ro vid in g s ta ff s u p p o rt fo r
th e c o m m itte e a re c ity a d m in ­
is tra to r V e rg ie R ies a n d c le rk
D e a n n a J a u ro n . O th e r c ity
s ta ff fro m th e D e p a rtm e n t o f
P u b lic W o rks a n d th e P o lice
D e p a rtm e n t w ill a ls o b e c a lle d
TEMPERATURE
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LQ.
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4
5
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80
80
77
67
64
71
80
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9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
88
78
68
77
87
90
96
98
78
69
69
60
65
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77
89
94
42
46
51
44
37
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52
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C o u n c il. If e v e ry th in g s ta y s
upon as needed.
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" e m p e ra tu re and p re c ip ita tio n
amounts are from the official U.S.
w e a th e r station at the Vernonia
w ater plant. P recipitation in July
otalled .38 of an inch.
in to th e a n a to m y lab fo r a le s ­
so n w ith h u m a n c a d a v e rs .
T h e y s ta g e d a m o c k tria g e
o p e ra tio n w ith a te a m o f
EM Ts. T h e y lis te n e d to v is it­
ing p ro fe s s io n a ls g ive ta lk s
on s u rg e ry a n d e y e ca re , v e t­
e rin a ry m e d icin e , ph a rm a cy,
fo re n s ic d e n tis try , p h y s ic a l
th e ra p y, p e d ia tric s , a n d m ore.
S tu d e n ts e v e n to o k th e
M e y e rs -B rig g s te st, a n e x te n ­
s iv e p e rs o n a lity in ventory. “ It
h e lp s u s k n o w o u rs e lv e s b e t­
ter,” c o m m e n te d o n e stu d e n t.
“ I lo v e s p o rts, a n d I w a n t to
b e a ro u n d th e m ,” sa id S a m
Isett, a d e fe n s iv e b a c k in fo o t­
b a ll a n d a h ig h -ju m p e r o n th e
St. H e le n s H ig h S ch o o l tra c k
te a m . Isett has b a ttle d w ith
sh in s p lin ts , a n d fe e ls m o ti­
v a te d to h e lp o th e r a th le te s
o v e rc o m e th e ir in ju rie s . “ I
th in k it w o u ld b e really c o o l to
w o rk w ith P a c-1 0 a th le te s .”
A ls o a tte n d in g th e c a m p
fro m C o lu m b ia C o u n ty w e re
L in d s a y
B a rk e r,
C o lle e n
B ro d e ric k , J a m ie G ra h a m ,
C e le s te L a m b e rt, a n d Lisa
S to ckw e ll, a ll fro m St. H e le n s
H ig h S c h o o l; a n d A s h le y
W e lle r fro m V e rn o n ia H igh
S ch o o l.
O re g o n P a cific A H E C is a
p riv a te n o n p ro fit o rg a n iza tio n
b a se d in N e w po rt. S u p p o rte d
p rim a rily
th ro u g h
fe d e ra l
gra n t m oney, th e o rg a n iza tio n
p ro v id e d m ost o f the $ 1 2 ,0 0 0
n e e d e d to p ro v id e th e ca m p
e x p e rie n c e fo r students.
‘T h e lo n g -te rm m issio n of
th e A H E C ,” s a id E xe cutive D i­
re c to r Dr. K a th y Phipps, “ is to
in c re a s e th e n u m b e r of health
c a re p ro v id e rs in rural c o m ­
m u n itie s .” O re g o n P a c ific
A H E C is o n e o f five s im ila r
c e n te rs a ro u n d O reg on w h ich
a re fo c u s e d o n a ttra ctin g a nd
tra in in g hea lth ca re p ro fe s ­
s io n a ls to w o rk in rural o r o th ­
e r u n d e rs e rv e d a reas.
O f co u rs e , eve n th e m ost
a v id h e a lth c a re e r c a m p e r
h a s got to ta k e a break. In a d ­
d itio n to le a rn in g a b o u t health
ca re e rs, c a m p g o e rs e x p e ri­
e n c e d firs th a n d th e v irtu e s of
b a la n c in g a p ro fe s s io n a l life
w ith fun. T h e w e e k ’s rig o ro u s
s c h e d u le a ls o in c lu d e d re g u ­
lar b re a k s fo r h ikin g , s w im ­
m ing a n d m in ia tu re golf.
F o r in fo rm a tio n a b o u t next
s u m m e r ’s H e a lth C a re e rs
C a m p o r o th e r O re g o n P a c if­
ic A H E C p ro g ra m s , c o n ta ct
S u e E llen S e y d e l, 5 4 1 -8 6 7 -
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69058 Highway 47 • Mist, OR 97016
(503) 755-9431
OPEN HOUSE
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open and the
welcome mat
is out!
Z ^ n Sunday, August 11, from 1:00pm to 5:00pm,
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of our elegant surroundings and invite you to
see it all.
The Grove is a locally owned and family operat­
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who value their independence yet may need addi­
tional support with the details of daily living.
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