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Page 4 The INDEPENDENT, February 16, 2000 Free car seat check-up set for child passenger safety awareness A free child safety seat clinic will be held Saturday, February 19, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Mountain View Motors, 2175 Columbia Blvd., St. He lens. The clinic is sponsored by the local chapter of Oregon Safe Kids, in partnership with the Oregon Child Safety Seat Resource Center and Mountain View Motors. The event is being held in conjunction with Child Passen ger Safety Awareness Week, February 13-19, as part of a national effort to help reduce injuries and loss of life to chil dren who are passengers in motor vehicles. According to Jay Tappan, St. Helens Fire District and spokesperson for the Safe Kids Chapter, spot inspections con ducted recently by the Oregon Department of Transportation showed 43 percent of Oregon’s children under four are still not Time to sign up for crop program The federal Agriculture Ap propriations Act for fiscal year 2000 provided $1.2 billion for assistance to farm producers who have suffered losses of greater than 35 percent on 1999 crops due to natural dis asters. Provisions of this pro gram cover all crops, insured, non-insured and non-insurable. Advance payments of 35 percent will be issued after ap plication approval. Final pay ments will be made after all ap plications, nationwide, are pro cessed and the national pay ment factor is determined. Signup for this program ends Feb. 25, 2000. Potential participants should call the Washington/Columbia Co. FSA office for more information or for an appointment, at (503) 648-3174 Ext. 2. Sew-N-Things changes location Dorothy Sullivan’s Sew-N- Things, has been around for what seems a lifetime — around 25 years — starting in her own home and establishing a downtown presence in Ray Deeth’s Banks business build ing at 180 S. Main. After sever al years in that location she re- turned to her home location, only to reappear in the Marcus & Marcus Antique warehouse on Main and Banks Road. Coming full circle, she is now back in the Deeth building providing the same quality fab rics and professional sewing. Pick up INDEPENDENTS at office ter to pay Paul” phenomenon when, in order to get papers, the missed person “borrows” from another drop, leaving that supplier with less papers than needed for his customers. To prevent this from happen ing, we ask those missed to come to The INDEPENDENT, Occasionally a missed drop 725 Bridge Street, to pick up results in a “borrowing from Pe your papers. Thank you. Over the years, The INDE PENDENT has developed a self-correcting distribution sys tem for a press run of 3,200 pa pers based on the average de mand at each drop, maximizing the readership and minimizing the waste of unused papers. Earned Income Credit may aid you The maximum income for a family with one child is $26,928, with maximum Federal EIC of $2,312, and $116 from state. A family with no children and income under $10,200 may qualify for Federal EIC of up to $347 and State EIC of $17. Directions for both federal and state credits are included with the tax forms. Mentors needed for Wheels Park Youth in Action is looking for adults to act as volunteer con- sultants/mentors with youth working on the campaign to de velop a Wheels Park in Ver nonia. Knowledge of fund rais ing through grants, or other av enues, would be helpful to the youth who will be doing the ac tual work. Anyone who can help is asked to call Lisa Orth at 429- 3018 after 6:00 p m. Doing your income taxes may not be fun but, if you qual ify, could pay you more than it costs you. A family with two or more children and income under $30,580 may receive up to $3,816 from the Federal Earned Income Tax Credit and $191 from the state. riding in an approved safety seat as required by state law. Of those children who are buckled up, four out of five are not restrained properly. Tappan says that this is a big reason why over 2,000 children die and 300,000 are injured nation ally each year in traffic mishaps. “The seat clinic is a great opportunity for families to have their car seats examined by safety specialists for proper in stallation, condition, and to see if there might be a recall on their particular seat,” Tappan said. In a related effort, Oregon State Police Sgt. Mike Dinge- man says that OSP officers will be working with local law en forcement in heightening en forcement of seat belt and child restraint rules during this same time frame. “Our officers will be stepping up enforcement of adult safety belt laws because it’s a proven fact that most adults who don’t buckle themselves also don’t buckle their kids,” said Dinge- man. He added that 23 children under the age of 14 died in 1999 in car crashes in Oregon. Other organizations sup porting the safety seat clinic are St. Helens Fire District, Program honors family businesses Applauding the innovation and hard work of family-owned businesses, Oregon State Uni versity’s Austin Family Busi ness Program has opened nominations for the 2000 Ore gon Family Business of the Year awards. In conjunction with corpo rate partner US Bank and award sponsors MassMutual, Perkjns & Companyi p.c ., and Tar|ow Jordan & Schrader the awards are open to any family business with the exception of prior winners, who may not win again in the same category. Nominations may be made by anyone, including employees and business associates and should be sent by May 15. Once selected, nominees will receive an invitation to ap ply along with instructions for applications due June 30. Ap plications will remain active for three years. Winners in six categories— Large, Medium, Small, Old, New and Women or Couple Owned— will be honored at Family Business Day, an edu cational and award event slot ted for Wednesday, November 15 at the Oregon Zoo, Cas cade Crest Banquet Room, in Portland. For nomination forms or ad ditional information, call the Austin Family Business Pro gram at 1-800-859-7609. Clean-up day plans get underway The sixth annual Vernonia area Beautification/Clean-up/ Earth Day is scheduled for April 29. Vernonia Pride and SOLV (Stop Oregon Litter and Van dalism) are joining forces once again to organize and fund this event, which is a time of pride and fun for all. Beautification areas and sites for litter pick up are being targeted now, and enhance ment projects are being planned. SOLV-lt has already awarded four $250.00 grants for projects, and Vernonia Pride has promised matching funds where needed. The ball is rolling, but it will take groups, organizations, families, individ uals — volunteers of all ages ANNUAL and skill levels to make it hap pen! Call Genny at 429-1204 or Donna, 429-5201, if there is a site you feel needs attention, or for more information. Mean while, plan to set this day aside so everyone can work together and make a difference in this place we call “home." Oregon State Police, Columbia County Public Health, Colum bia County Traffic Safety Com mission, General Motors, Head Start/Even Start, St. Helens Police Dept., Rainier Police Dept., St. Helens High School Parenting Program, St. Helens HIPPY Program, Community Partnership Program, Colum bia County Commission on Children & Families, and Com munity Action Team. R id g e R id e rs elect officers Officers for the coming year were elected at the 1999 Ver nonia Ridge Riders year-end banquet on January 15 at Lew’s Place. Approximately 30 members attended. George Bellingham will serve as president in 2000, as sisted by vice-president Tony Gilbertson, secretary Shelly Lende, treasurer Jeri Cropp, and publicity secretary Liz Brainerd. The trophy for the 1999 All Around Ridge Rider went to Vern & Beth Weaver. For more information about the Ridge Riders, or to join the saddle club, please contact George Bellingham at 503- 429-9523. S’ o ★ FREE INSTALL! 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