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About The independent. (Vernonia, Or.) 1986-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1999)
W elcome to th e Vernonia F riendship Jam boree Ifc 7» 8 BULK RATE U S. Postage Paid Permit No. 37 Vernonia, OR 97064 sB&SS Voi. 14, No. 15 Voice of the Upper Nehalem River Valley’ Annual event filled with activities for all Setting up... The poles for the Jamboree Logging Show were being put in place last weekend, and next Sunday, they’ll come down during the pole falling contest. The logging show starts at noon on Sunday, August 8, and promises to be great entertainment. Meeting set on Coleo changes By Noni Andersen People in Vernonia are sign ing petitions to keep “the coun ty from taking COLCO away.” This won’t happen - with or without petitions - but the fact that people feel so threatened about the only public trans portation available here, makes it obvious that there are some major problems. INSIDE: A little Vernonia history..... pg. 6 Cool summer treats....... pg. 7 An unusual summer project..... pg. 9 Fire Season starts...... pg. 11 Racing news., pg. 8 • ♦ A August 4, 1999 A new director for the coun ty Council of Seniors, Sandy Cooper, and a new COLCO Transportation manager, Shel ley Clauser, are trying to bring some order to an accounting system that, for years, could best be described as “casual.” There has been some resis tance to changes they have made, which is normal, but there is also growing coopera tion in some areas. Most of the county senior centers realize that there was little account ability in the past and that a tightening budget requires more control. Changes directed for Ver nonia COLCO, however, have hit the community harder than they are willing to accept. In addition to cutting the number of hours for drivers, Vernonia COLCO was told that only one trip a week out of county would be allowed, and that had to be on Monday between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Cooper told The INDEPEN DENT that was amisunder- standing, that the only change made was to reduce the num ber of hours for the drivers, in order to keep costs down. "How Vernonia COLCO uses the drivers is up to them,” she said. When read a statement signed by Clauser that said “...This will limit the number of trips out of county to one trip each week during the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on Mondays only...” Cooper said she was unaware of the memo and hadn’t seen it in advance. The Vernonia Senior Citi zens Center has arranged a meeting with Cooper and Clauser for Thursday, August 5 at 1:00 p.m. Vernonia City Ad ministrator Mike Sykes will be at the meeting and Columbia County Commissioner Tony Hyde has said he will try to at tend. This is a public meeting and any interested person may at tend. The Vernonia Friendship Jamboree will get off to a good start at 4:00 p.m. Friday, Aug. 6, with the Kids’ Fishing Derby at Vernonia Lake, under the ca pable hands of members of the Nehalem Valley Chapter of the Izaak Walton League. Free, live entertainment will start at the same time as Curtis “King” Chamberlain and Blind Rootin’ Hogs kick off the 12th annual Alternative Stage. The stage will be behind the Joy Theater this year, once again with a full weekend of enter tainment. If you don’t feel like cooking breakfast on Saturday or Sun day, the Sweet Adelines will entertain you while you have breakfast at the senior citizens center, from 8 a.m. to noon. Of course there will be lots of food vendors around, as well as good food available from local restaurants. Cars and guns Camp. Cedar Ridge is on Keasey Road, north of Vernonia. Equestrian games will pro vide entertainment Sunday morning, starting at 9:00 a.m. at the horse arena in Anderson Park. Sponsored by the Ridge Riders, the gaming show al ways draws lots of contestants and lots of spectators. Religious drama The annual interdenomina tional worship service will be at 10:30 Sunday morning, with a musical drama presented at the Evangelical Bible Church. A full description of the produc tion may be found on page 6. There will be lots of chil dren’s activities throughout the weekend, in addition to the fishing derby - a slug race, haystack game, water games, mutt show, maple leaf contest and more. Check the free Jam boree publication for details. There will Taekwon-do demonstration will be held on Sunday and both men and women will be slugging it out in softball all weekend. Two events start at 10 a.m. Saturday: Jamboree Cruisin’ will fill all available space at the high school and grade school. Logging Show In addition to about 300 cars of The grand finale to the all types, there will be enter weekend will be the Logging tainment throughout the day. Show, starting in Hawkins Park At the same time, the Fast at noon on Sunday. Draw contest will warm things In addition to working saws, up at Hawkins Park, with con there will be unlimited “hot” testants from throughout the saws, some with lawn mower United States and Canada. engines, some with mufflers, The Jamboree Parade, al all loud and all designed to go ways a great favorite, gets un through a log like a hot knife derway at 11:00 a.m. with through butter. Grand Marshall Gordon Crow- Pole falters will be judged for ston. It will start at Weed Av speed and accuracy: women enue and go down Bridge and children will compete in Street toward the grade school. their own events. Highway 47 will be closed for Skill and agility will be the the parade. key to success in this event, Parade which is the fourth in a county Something new this year will wide Logger of the Year con be a show of synchronized test. swimming, Saturday at 7:00 Join the crowds and the fun p.m., at Cedar Ridge Sports at the Friendship Jamboree.
