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The INDEPENDENT, February 16, 2000 Botween the Bookends Letters to the Editor By Nancy Burch, Librarian Vernonia City Library ble by Councilor Cindy Ball, these are from R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company. One collection em phasizes the diversity of American cultures and It is still so absolutely wonderful to come to is intended for youngsters and young adults. work each day in the new library. Library patrons This collection celebrates Black, Jewish, Chi are continually commenting on the space, open nese, Hungarian, and Mexican cultures in these ness, and attractiveness of the building and its beautifully illustrated and well written works of furnishings. Meetings and demonstrations are fiction. The other collection is a series of true ac being held in the Margaret Thiele Petti Room counts of such people as Wm. S. Hart (his movie (Tracy Fletcher demonstrated rubber stamping roles in the early 1900s), Edward Rickenbacker at the February 9th meeting of Arts and Crafts). (his aerial combat during Ward War I), Tom Horn Free computer classes are being held on a reg (his adventures as a rodeo champion, hired gun ular basis. Cheri Califf and Marge Dunay answer and Pinkerton agent and murderer), and Fanny questions and oversee “hands on” solutions to Kelly (her captivity among the Sioux Indians). computer problems on the 2nd and 4th Tues This is a wonderful series calling attention to days of each month from 2 until 4 pm, and LV persons and events from the past of which you Schoonover volunteers his time to conduct sim may have heard, but cannot recall specifics. ilar classes on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday Another selection of books to watch for has evenings of each month from 7 until 9 pm. If you been donated by Glenda Jones. This features have questions about computers or have skills mostly Oregon authors (with a few from other to share, you are invited to join these sessions sites in the Northwest) and contains both fiction that are open to the public. Youngsters may be and non-fiction material. Only a few of these found many afternoons and evenings doing their have been processed to date, but they are being homework at one of the tables or even on cush placed in a section specially designated for ions on the floor or using the computers for in works by writers from our locality (the Pacific teractive educational games or for reference Northwest). Be sure to watch this area as it is materials from the CD encyclopedias. These are filled with these books. some of the activities that have become possible Of course, new items have been purchased in the new building and are in addition to the reg recently, too. These include John Grisham’s The ular Wednesday morning pre-school story time Brethren; Lillian Jackson Braun’s The Cat Who and of course, there is now space for the popu Robbed a Bank; Nevada Barr’s Firestorm, and lar summer reading programs. If you aren’t Steve Martini’s The Attorney. New audio tapes presently using the library, why not give it a try? recently purchased include Rainbow Six by Tom As one recent new patron commented, she has Clancy, The Hammer of Eden by Ken Follett, found herself “hooked on the library." and Brian’s Winter and Brian’s Return by Gary Be sure and take particular notice of the Paulsen. beautiful, handmade dolls depicting Tom As you can tell, the library is a very busy Sawyer, Huck Finn, and Becky Thatcher. These place, with activities and with new items being have been generously loaned to the library by processed and added for your reading, listening their creator, Barbara Corl. Vernonia’s abun and viewing pleasure. Come on in and get dance of talented citizens continues to amaze “hooked on the library." me and it is such a pleasure to have their cre Yes, we do have tax forms. ations on display in the library for others to en joy. V e rn o n ia Library 701 Weed Avenue Just added for your pleasure are three beau H o u rs : Mon., Wed., Fri, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. tiful watercolors, painted and loaned to us by Tues., Thur. 2 p.m.-7 p.m. Dixie Polvorosa. Be sure to notice these on your S a t 10 a,m.-2 p.m. next visit. Preschool Story Time, Weds, 10:30 a.m. Two outstanding selections of books have re Phone: (503)429-1818 cently been donated to the library. Made possi Users know dangers of hillside path Don’t eliminate truck “splash” guards To the Editor: If you hate to be doused by splash and spray while follow ing or trying to pass truck and trailer rigs, or even triple trailer rigs on Oregon’s wet highways now, just wait, it could get worse, much worse. The Oregon trucking indus try as represented by the For est Products Transportation Association and the Oregon Truckers Association have asked the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) to re peal the rule that requires “splash and spray” devices on all big trucks. A hearing officer has recommended that ODOT accept the proposal of the trucking industry. The Oregon Transportation Commission will consider the recommendation in March. The truckers cite a federal study that finds such devices of little safety value and are mere ly a costly nuisance. I don’t think that study was conducted in Oregon! AAA Oregon/ldaho opposes the stand of the trucking indus try and wants splash and spray suppressant devices on all trucks. AAA asked ODOT to deny the truckers’ request to repeal the rule. I think it’s obvious to all of us living in Western Oregon that anything that can reduce splash and spray is a plus for our driving safety. The only way we can make our concerns known is to contact the Oregon Transportation Commission, 135 Transportation Bldg., Salem, OR 97310. Also contact Senator Joan Dukes, Oregon State Capitol, Room S-318, Salem, OR 97310 and Rep. Elaine Hopson, Oregon State Capitol, Salem, OR 97310. Remember, the decision will probably be made in March. Dale Fisher Vernonia United Way thanks all those who helped JUDY HILL/THE INDEPENDENT Among the many people who must use the walk along Hwy. 47 are many school children. Sixth graders Sam Thornton, left, and Randy Normand agree that the trucks are “...scary, it feels like they might roll” over. A frequent complaint of peo ple who use the path along Hwy. 47 is that the traffic goes “way over 20 miles per hour” in the school zone. Winter is the worst time, according to some, when it gets icy and slippery. “I fell more than once,” said a student. An employee at Wash ington Grade School com plained that, with only one street light on the hill, it is even more dangerous on dark and icy winter mornings. The path is bumpy and nar row, it slopes and drops off steeply and, to make it even more difficult to negotiate, there is no sidewalk at the top or the bottom of the hill. The bottom is a special concern be cause the hole for a drainage Page 3 basin goes right to the shoulder of the highway and it’s almost impossible to avoid the road. One mother is concerned about the amount of exhaust fumes her children must inhale on their way to and from school, because cars and trucks are only a few feet away and there is no other way around the hill. To the Editor: United Way of Columbia County has had another fan tastically successful campaign. We had a lovely celebration to thank and recognize the many people who helped to make this campaign successful. We would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank the following businesses for their continued support: Co lumbia River PUD for the loan of Ken Corliss, who was Divi sion chair for the School Dis tricts in Columbia County and the donation of door prize gifts for the celebration. Clatskanie PUD for the loan of Debbie Throop, who was Division Chair for Utilities in Columbia County. Western Bank of St. Helens for the loan of Lori Hul bert as Division Chair for Fi nancial. Armstrong World In dustries, for supporting the vol unteers working on the United Way campaign and donation of office equipment to help main tain our low overhead costs. Boise Cascade, Paper Division and AWPPW #1 as well as Fort James, Wauna Mill and IUPI Local 1097, for the many hours spent by in-house volunteers working on the United Way campaign, the donated paper products that allow us to main tain low overhead costs, and the donation of door prizes for our Celebration Dinner. PGE for the many hours spent by in house volunteers who worked on the United Way campaign and donation of office space and miscellaneous office sup plies. Clark Signs and St. He lens Auto for donation of space on a billboard to hang the Unit ed Way banner during our Campaign. Paulson Printing, for donated printing during 1999. Red Apple Market, for being our Campaign Paceset ter and donations of products for the Celebration and Volun teer Recognition Dinner. Time & Again Ballroom for the use of the ballroom for the Volunteer Recognition Celebration. Fred Meyer, Scappoose and Safe way, Clatskanie and St. He lens, for door prizes. Hi School Pharmacy, St. Helens, for door prize items. Express Lane Espresso for their donation of labor and products during the Volunteer Recognition Cele bration and raffle prize. Bertuc- ci’s, St. Helens for their dona tion of door prizes and raffle prize. Green Mountain Floral & Gift (Kalama), Barnstormer Bed & Breakfast, Oregon Meat Co. (Scappoose), St. Helens Book Shop, Flower & Fluff (Clatskanie), Fultano’s Pizza, Humps Restaurant, Chinook Sales & Rentals, Vernonia Golf Course, Vernonia Inn Bed & Breakfast, and Shilo Inn (Sea side), for the donation of raffle items. To all the United Way mem ber agency staff who took time from their busy schedules to make presentations during our campaign. Thank you! We couldn’t have done it without all of you. Our campaign slogan, “Neighbors Helping Neighbors. It is working in our community” is very true. Cliff Tetreault, Sup’t. St. Helens School District Earl Fisher, Sup’t. Clatskanie 6J School District Year 2000 Campaign Co-Chairs POLICY ON LETTERS The IN D EPEN D ENT welcom es readers’ letters and will pub lish as many as possible. All letters must be signed and in clude a verifiable address and telephone number, although the address and phone number will not be printed except at the w riter’s request. The IN D E PE N D E N T reserves the right to edit submissions for brevity or clarity.
