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Page 6 The INDEPENDENT, March 1, 2000 Community Volunteers help at Senior Center Senior Naws our Valentine Dinner, but all en joyed a good, hearty chicken dinner with all the trimmin’s. Just a sample of what we enjoy every day. We are sorry to hear of the loss of Jerry Sharar. Our hearts go out to Gladys and her fami ly. We also hear that Marge Trahan has been hospitalized recently, but hope she is get ting better now. The craft and jewelry depart ment is finally open for busi ness. We had to close it tem porarily to get the new floor down, and re-establishing it turned out to be a major chore. I would like to remind you of the drop box near the dumpster for after-hours drop off. More and more things are showing up at the entry doors or on the By Patricia Olson Spring seems to have ar rived, although some days we feel we are standing IN the spring. But drier days are just ahead and the air definitely smells different, don’t you agree? Our lunch crowd seems to be growing a bit and I think word is out about our terrific cook. The menu has more vari ety and even soup and sand wich day is special. Jac’s crochet class seems to be growing, as well. We recent ly saw four people waiting for her to come teach the class. They meet twice a week. Our Saturday crowd is slow ly growing as more people find we are open until 1:00 pm. We also are open Friday evenings ‘til 5:00 pm. Great time for the after-school or the working A $1000 scholarship fund crowd to come shop. has been established by Car Our chairman, Fred Oviatt, is away for awhile but things ing Options of St. Helens to as continue, as usual. We contin sist eligible child care providers ue to plan and make new im in Columbia and Clatsop coun provements in the way we con ties. duct business. I think you will Child care providers may be like the changes. We had a small turn-out for eligible to receive up to $35 to ward the cost of required train ing and/or other related fees associated with becoming a state registered child care There will be no charge for provider. adult-supervised youth activi To be eligible, a provider ties in the newly-renovated must have attended a Child Scout Cabin, according to fees and regulations recently adopt ed by Friends of the Scout The Oregon Pacific HIV/ Cabin. If a youth organization uses the Cabin on a regular AIDS Network is beginning its fundraising drive, basis, however, they will be spring asked to do one fund raiser a “Spring Into Action". Donation request letters will be sent to year. area residents beginning Prices for people with a Ver nonia address will be $25/hour, March 1. Formed in 1999, the Net or $125 for six hours with 75 or work is a new approach to fewer people. Groups with over 75 people will be charged $200 HIV/AIDS support. The collab for six hours. There is also a re oration of under-funded com munity-based organizations in fundable deposit charge. eight rural northwest Oregon Since the cabin became available for public use, there counties facilitates resource has been a family reunion, a sharing and strengthens serv wedding reception and several ices as a whole. This includes birthday parties. A public “open developing outreach programs house” will be held later this year, when weather permits use of the deck. New members are welcome to the Friends of the Scout Cabin. The board meets in the cabin at 7:00 p.m. on the fourth Monday of each month. For further information, call Shirlee Daughtry at 429-9002. porch. If these items get wet, At the Vernonia Senior Cen community while getting to they go straight to the dump ter, lunch is offered to seniors know a population that has ster, as we have no way of dry in the local area. For this, the much to share. ing them. In this climate, mil Center requires the help of vol Allison Dinger, volunteer co dew sets in fast. Please don’t unteers to set up, serve, and leave your unusable or broken clean up after lunch. ordinator from the Church of items. We do appreciate all the For some time now, various Jesus Christ of Latter-day very nice things we have re church groups and other or Saints said, “The work is easy ceived. ganizations have provided the and those who participate al We need someone to do needed assistance. It takes ways enjoy it." Jim Waters, one Meals On Wheels, help in the only about an hour, but the of her volunteers said of his ex Thrift Shop, be a back-up cook pay-off is great on all sides. For perience, “The seniors are just or general chores. We have the employees at the Center, it like kids; always so happy and dirty vans, unswept sidewalks grateful for what we are doing. takes away some of the stress or any number of other chores I would recommend it to every of trying to accomplish the task that ean be done. Any help you alone. For the seniors, it is a one.” can give us is appreciated. chance to get prompt, quality The Vernonia Senior Center Watch closely! That first Tril service, and the opportunity to can still use volunteers to help lium is due any day now. Let’s visit with members of the com with lunch and various other see who can spot the first one. munity of all ages, who they things. If you or your organiza Call and let us know when and might not otherwise meet. The tion is interested, call Wilma where you found it. 429-3912. volunteers, share the joy of do- Brewer at 429-3912 for more Happy hunting! inq something positive in the information. Training reimbursements for child care providers Rental rates set for Scout Cabin Care Division (CCD) overview and plan to become an active provider on the Caring Options database. Four eligible classes are First Aid, Infant/Child CPR, Re porting Child Abuse and Ne glect, and Food Handlers. Fees that may be eligible for reimbursement through this fund are CCD registration fees, Portland State University Pro fessional Development regis tration fees and Criminal Back ground Check fingerprint check fees. HIV/AIDS netw ork seeking funds to individuals most at risk, working to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS and improving care to persons living with the dis ease. Donors will receive Collabo rations, the Network’s quarterly newsletter, and donations of $15 will garner a cloisonne AIDS ribbon held together by a star. For information or to donate, call the AIDS Prevention Team of Columbia County at 503- 366-2839, or Oregon Pacific Area Health Education Center toll free at 1-877-877-3477 To apply, write a letter detail ing classes/fees for which as sistance is needed; a timeline for proposed registration appli cation; and a brief explanation of why financial help is needed. Include copies of certificates of attendance, along with receipts for the amounts paid. Send the letter to the attention of Ginger Johnson, Fiscal Director, Com munity Action Team, Inc., 310 Columbia Blvd., St. Helens, Oregon 97051. For further information, call- Barbara McKenney at 503- 397-3511, or toll free 1-800- 404-3511. (¡/isaiion Qmfudui fapM&Ao fioA HOT, ICED & BLENDED DRINKS & TEA PASTRIES, MUFFINS, COOKIES, BAGELS S P E C IA L O N A L L T A N N IN G ACCELERANTS!!! 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