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The INDEPENDENT, January 21,1998
Business Notes
New owners at
V e rn o n ia c a fe
W O EC w eathers snow /ice storm
By Jim Buxton
For the most part, the in
vestment in brush removal paid
off for members of West Ore
gon Electric Cooperative mem
bers during the recent ice
storm.
The line crews followed es
tablished priorities by restoring
power to the greatest number
of people first, repairing the
easiest problems next, then
concentrating on the tough and
isolated outages.
Crazy Charlie's Restaurant
is now the Silver City Café, with
local residents Lynda James
and her son, Shawn Jackson,
taking over operations at the
beginning of the year.
Jackson formerly cooked in
Alaska and in the Galaxy
Restaurant in Portland. James
has many years of experience
in all phases of restaurant
work, although she has been
an accountant in a pipe fabrica
tion business for the past ten
years.
The restaurant is open six
days a week from 6:30 a.m. to
7:30 p.m. and on Wednesdays
from 6:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Silver City Café is located at
866 Bridge Street; the phone
number is 429-2415.
Annual loggers conference slated
Fair B oard seeks public opinion on RV park plan
Local citizens are encour
aged to attend a “Town Hall”
meeting scheduled for Thurs
day, January 22, at 7:00 p.m.
in the Pavilion at the Columbia
County Fairgrounds. The Fair
Board is seeking input on a
proposed RV park develop
ment, development of the adja
cent Asburry Acres, and other
future development needs at
the fairgrounds.
Oral comments may be lim-
Free lesson offered
on ballroom dancing
A free Ballroom Dance
Workshop will be offered Satur
day, February 7, 2:00-3:30 p.m.
at Vernonia High School.
Michael and Cynthia Parent,
owners and dance instructors
of Impressions Dance Club,
will host the workshop. The
couple moved from Phoenix in
1997 to open their dance stu
dio in Tigard. They have hosted
many workshops and are com
mitted to re-vitalize the art and
joy of ballroom dance. The
Parents are expecting their
second child in March.
Depending upon the re-
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Scheduled contract crews
cancelled at the last minute
and setbacks were experi
enced by crews working on the
Elsie transmission line, which
resulted in some members be
ing without power for about two
days.
Nevertheless, the system
was almost fully restored while
Portland General Electric,
WOEC’s neighboring utility, still
had thousands of customers
without power.
ited, depending on attendance P.O. Box 74, St. Helens 97051
and time available at the meet Submit comments by Januar
ing. Written comments are also 31, 1998.
welcome and may be sent to:
For more information call the
Columbia County Fair Board, fairgrounds office at 397-4231.
Update on United Way cam paign
The United Way of Colum
bia County Campaign has
reached 95 percent of the
$300,000 goal. The confirmed
amount to date is $285,110.
The $300,000 goal is 8.4 per
cent above last year’s cam
paign, according to Suzanne
Arnits, executive director.
“We fully expect to reach our
campaign goal of $300,000,”
said Brian Burright, volunteer
campaign chair. “The final total
will be announced on January
30.”
In other United Way busi-
sponse to this workshop, group
lessons may be made avail
able in Vernonia.
Dances featured in the Feb.
7 workshop will be the Swing,
Foxtrot and Waltz. Everyone is
welcome, couples and singles.
For further information, call
Pat Stacklie, 429-7563.
W estern!Fam ily!
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ness, the board of directors
elected Jeff Mihajlov, from Arm
strong World Industries, as a
new member. He is replacing
Armstrong employee Blane Pe
terson who will be leaving the
board after six years.
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University of Montana and for
mer U.S. Forest Service chief;
and Oregon State Forester Jim
Brown.
Other speakers will be AOL
President Mike Wiedeman of
BTP Logging, former Oregon
Representative Larry Campbell
and Bill Sizemore of Oregon
Taxpayers United.
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The theme for the 28th an
nual Associated Oregon Log
gers (AOL) convention will be
“Sound Management For Our
Forests.” More than 400 log
ging business owners will gath
er Jan. 22-24 in Eugene for the
convention.
Speakers will include Sen.
Gordon Smith, Dr. Jack Ward
Thomas, a professor at the
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Your Community Non-Profit Technok
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Various Classes Offered to Meet Yi r Needs)
Call 397-1139 For More Information or
Stop by 3 7 5 S. 118th Street, St. Hetensr-
Columbia Technoiogy Center
On Sale at Sentry:
That They Might Live
By Paul McShane
The book deals with drug abuse and features
the community of Vernonia and the Drug
Testing Program started in 1989.
Price $14.95. A good anti-drug book.
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MEETING!TIME
Election of Officers
Door Prizes • Refreshments
Wednesday, February 18,1998 - 7:30 p.m.
Senior Citizens Center, 446 Bridge Street, Vernonia
Please use side entrance.
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Serving the Nehalem Valley since 1940
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