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The INDEPENDENT, March 1, 2000
Grants available for property owner habitat efforts
Grants are available from a
variety of national organiza
tions for conservation ideas by
landowners and grassroots
community organizations.
Some of the funds are con
tingent on streambank restora
tion aimed at controlling ero
sion and reducing water tem
peratures through tree plant
ing. Others focus on projects
that will be mutually beneficial
to farmers, fish and wildlife.
The common theme in the
grants is the promotion of local
stewardship by supporting
ideas from people who live and
work in the community affect
ed. Grants ranging from $5,000
to $50,000 also provide an op
portunity to funnel natural re
source restoration funds into
Columbia County.
Time is short to apply for
these grants, within deadlines
coming up within the next few
weeks. For more information or
assistance in putting together a
proposal, call Jean Johnson,
Watershed Technical Specialist
at the Columbia Soil & Water
Conservation District in St. Hel
ens, (503)397-4555.
Program by outdoor writer at St. Helens Book Shop
Author Doug Lorain will be
at the St. Helens Book Shop for
a slide presentation and book
signing on Thursday, March 9
at 7:00 pm. Lorain is the author
of Backpacking Oregon, a
comprehensive guide to all of
the best longer backpacking
trips in the state. The book fea
tures 27 detailed hikes with
complete trail descriptions,
route maps, and difficulty rat
ings, as well as tips and advice
from the author’s own experi
ence.
Lorain has been exploring
the back country of Oregon
and the American and Canadi
an west for over 30 years. He
has hiked close to 15,000 miles
in Oregon, and nearly that
many miles in other states and
Wu field office dates announced
Columbia County field office
dates for constituents of Con
gressman David Wu have been
scheduled for March, April and
May. Field representative Ann
Richardson will be available to
discuss concerns or problems
with federal agencies.
An appointment is not re
quired, but may be made by
calling Richardson in Wu’s
Portland office at 326-2901 or
1-800-422-4003.
The field office schedule is
as follows:
• Vernonia City Hall, 10-
Dr. Seuss is on
the loose...I
Students in Vernonia will join
millions of children across the
country in celebrating Dr.
Seuss’s birthday on March 2.
This nationwide birthday party
is part of the National Educa
tion Association’s Read Across
America.
“This year, we are encourag
ing everyone, everywhere to
become involved,” said NEA’s
President Bob Chase. “Our
goal for the day is to place
every child in the company of a
book.”
In Vernonia, students at Lin
coln and Washington Grade
Schools and Mist School will
enjoy green eggs and ham for
breakfast, Happy Birthday cake
and ice cream at lunch, RIF
(Reading Is Fundamental)
books for all students in kinder
garten through sixth grades
and many other events.
There will also be a half
price Book Fair all week at
Washington Grade School and
during parent teacher confer
ences, Wednesday, March 1
from 1:00-3:45 p.m. and Thurs
day, March 2, from 1:00-5:00
p.m and 6:00-8:30 p.m.
L a u ra
Nichols
Thanks for your
devotion to the
Vernonia community.
11:00 a.m., March 7, April 4
and May 2.
The dates for other Colum
bia County cities are March 8,
April 5 and May 3. The loca
tions and sites are as follows:
• Clatskanie PUD, 11:00
a.m.- Noon,
• Rainier City Hall, 1-2:00
p.m.,
•
St. Helens, Columbia
Technology Center, Armstrong
Room, 2:30-3:30 p.m.,
provinces combined. Over time
he has been, in his own words,
“charged by a grizzly bear,
stared down by a mountain
lion, bitten by a rattlesnake,
served as lunch for countless
thousands of ticks and mosqui
toes, nearly washed away at
tempting river fords, and sur
vived enough Pacific North
west storms to turn the Sahara
into a rainforest.”
The slide show, approxi
mately one hour long, will high
light many of his favorite back
packing adventures. Following
the presentation, Lorain will be
on hand to sign books and an
swer questions. Backpacking
Oregon is published by Wilder
ness Press and is available in
paperback at $16.95.
St. Helens Book Shop is lo
cated at 1550 Columbia Blvd.,
St. Helens. For more informa
tion call 503-397-4917.
Volunteers needed to aid census
The Beaverton Local Cen
sus Office is currently recruiting
volunteers to staff the Ques
tionnaire Assistance Center
(QAC) which will be set up at
the Vernonia Senior Center
March 8 through April 14. Vol
unteers will be trained locally to
help seniors, persons with
reading or vision impairment,
non-English speakers or any
one who has difficulty under
standing the Census question
naire.
region, and thus political pow
er, is determined
Volunteering to staff these
centers, if only for a few hours
a week, is a great opportunity
to serve your community. To
volunteer, call the Beaverton
Local Census Office, 626-6786.
Volunteers are also needed
to staff Be Counted sites March
31 through April 11.
The importance of an accu
rate census count in Columbia
County cannot be underesti
mated. The amount of Federal
dollars allotted for road and
bridge maintenance, senior
centers, school resources, esti
mates of future school needs,
grants for emergency medical
services and more, are based
on census figures. The popula
tion count is also the way the
number of representatives per
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