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The INDEPENDENT, May 21,1997
Greene offers tax, liability advice
Many business owners are
frustrated by the amount of
taxes they pay, a situation
well understood by Phillip
Greene of Vernonia.
Greene has been working
with business owners since
1989 and since 1993 has
been president of Insured In
vestment Concepts, Inc., a
company that assists small,
closely held businesses.
“Successful business own
ers are involved in the tax
game,” said Greene, “and
they have only one of two
choices: Play or Pay.”
Because of that reality, In
sured Investment Concepts
helps business owners with
proper structuring and posi
tioning of assets in order to
achieve substantial tax sav
ings.
Free, unlimited consulta
tion time is provided by In
sured Investment Concepts to
determine if their service is
appropriate to your business.
Business owners wanting
to talk with Greene may call
him in Vernonia, 429-2310, or
at his Beaverton number, 642-
7671. His ad may be found in
The INDEPENDENT Profes
sional Directory.
Greene and his wife, Pam,
live on Creekview Lane. They
have two grown daughters,
one of whom is a dentist, the
other is a teacher.
Downtown Business group forms
The charter meeting of the
Vernonia Downtown Busi
ness Association was held
May 1. All local businesses
were invited to share their
ideas for revitalization of our
downtown and approximately
20 local businesses were rep
resented.
The initial concern was
whether a downtown busi
ness association was need
ed, and the overwhelming re
sponse was “Yes.” Those in
volved are excited about the
opportunity to help our down
town become a place we all
want to work in, shop in, visit,
and be proud of. The June 7
grand opening of the Vernon
ia Farmers’ Marketplace is a
small step in that direction.
Interested business people
are urged to attend the next
meeting. Watch The INDE-
Culverts are topic
fo r next Nehalem
Watershed meeting
The Upper Nehalem Wa
tershed Council will meet
Thursday, May 22 at 7:00
p.m. in Washington Grade
School, Room 20, Vernonia.
The purpose of the meet
ing will be to identify culverts
in need of repair, removal, re
placement or retrofitting in re
lation to salmon habitat val
ues, and to identify owner
ships.
A brief presentation by
U S. Bureau of Land Manage
ment (BLM) will be followed
by opportunities for state,
county and private landown
ers to share culvert policies in
relation to the Governor’s
Coastal Salmon Restoration
Initiate. Further discussions
will include positive actions to
increase salmon habitat and
grant opportunities.
Public comment is wel
come. For further information
contact Maggie at 429-2401.
PENDENT for meeting time
and location. For more infor
mation, call Kathleen Beier-
schmitt at 429-3232 or Treasa
Staggenborg at 429-4006.
Meeting tonight on
county jail problems
The Columbia County
Board of Commissioners and
Sheriff Phil Derby have been
exploring long term solutions
to overcrowding in the County
Jail. Since it has become ap
parent that a new jail will be
required, they are enlisting
the support of the community
to plan for the new jail. Partic
ipation is requested in a Citi
zens Advisory Task Force.
This is a reminder that the
first meeting of the Task
Force will be Wednesday,
May 21, at 7:00 p.m., in the
Loo Wit Room at St. Helens
High School, 2375 Gable
Road in St. Helens.
For further information,
contact the Board of Commis
sioners' office (503) 397-
4322.
Warren Harris, standing right, project engi
neer for Northwest Natural Gas, presented
information about NNG’s plans to develop
additional underground gas storage capaci-
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ty in th ®
NW RESD regular
M ist gas
fields, to about 90 Mist area people at a pub
lic meeting on May 23. The first phase will
be development of new storage capacity at
Calvin Creek and expansion of the Miller
Station storage facility. Phase one is sched
uled for completion by Nov. 1,1998.
meeting scheduled
The Northwest Regional
Education Service District
Board will meet in regular
session on Wednesday, May
21, at 7:00 p.m. in the Colum
bia Service Center office, 800
Port Avenue, St. Helens. The
budget committee meeting
will commence at 7:30 p.m.
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