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The INDEPENDENT, April 5, 2000
Catering is “Simply Delicious
Whether you want a wed
ding reception for for 200 peo
ple, or a small, intimate sit-
down dinner, Simply Delicious
catering service is available in
Vernonia.
Patti Ogden, with 20 years
of top-flight experience in
catering and event planning, is
now a Vernonia resident. Og
den and her family - husband
John, and three children at
Washington Grade School -
have moved into the home
where her late parents, Bob
and Mary Bright, lived for many
years.
Ogden’s catering experi
ence started in the Portland-
Beaverton area and expanded
from there. As a matter of fact,
it expanded all the way to
Kuala Lumpur, Maylasia, when
her husband was manufactur
ing pay phones for the interna
tional market.
In Kuala Lumpur, in addition
to catering functions for all of
the embassies, Ogden provid
ed catering services for inter
national corporations in South
east Asia.
Back in the U.S., she contin-
Food handlers’ class
next week in Vernonia
A food handlers class will be
held Wednesday, April 12 at
4:00 p.m., at Sunnyside Deli,
58360 Nehalem Hwy. S. Co
lumbia County Sanitarian Mark
Edington wil conduct the class.
Participants will study a
booklet, watch a film and will
have the opportunity to ask
questions. The class will take
approximately 1-1/2 hours.
Those who successfully
pass the food handlers test will
receive a food handlers permit.
The fee for the test is $10.
Booklets are available for
check-out at the Vernonia Pub
lic Library, or can be purchased
for $2 from Columbia County
Public Health. Test questions
are formulated from material in
the Food Handlers booklets.
For further information, call
Edington at Columbia County
Public Health, (503) 366-3828.
Preregistration is not required.
Participants should bring a pen
or pencil to complete the test.
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New USDA home loans available
ued catering, including one
rather large event — for 500
police officers at a retirement
party in Pioneer Square. Until
moving to Vernonia, she was
also catering manager at the
Lake Grove (Lake Oswego)
Safeway.
Ogden’s extensive experi
ence includes weddings, grad
uation parties, business meet
ings, birthdays, anniversaries,
receptions, grand openings, in
fact, just about any occasion
that brings people together.
She also specializes in “theme
dinners” with ethnic cuisine or
custom menus selected by
Patti Ogden
clients.
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Simply Delicious provides There is only one thing about
free consultation and event which I am certain, and that is
planning services. If you have that there is very little about
questions or need more infor- which one can be certain,
mation, call Patti Ogden at
— W. Somerset Maugham
Simply Delicious, 429-2020.
The Rural Housing Service
of USDA Rural Development
has more than 38 million in
loan guarantees available to
qualified buyers ready to pur
chase a home in rural Oregon.
Under the program, loans
may be made by any lender
approved to participate in the
program, including Oregon
Housing and Community Ser
vices. USDA Rural Develop
ment guarantees the lender
against a percentage of possi
ble loss, allowing the lender to
make a loan up to 100 percent
of a home’s market value.
Mortgages are 30 years at
fixed market interest rates.
Costs associated with re
pairs, closing, establishing an
escrow account, and guaran
tee fees may be included in the
loan, provided there is ade-
Salmon Safe agricultural program working in area
Salmon-Safe, a Pacific Riv
ers Council agricultural pro
gram, is now working in the Tu-
alitin Basin, promoting ecologi
cally sustainable farming prac
tices that help restore water
quality and fish habitat.
Salmon-Safe is a voluntary,
cooperative effort that has
worked with more than 60
farms, orchards, dairies and
vineyards to reduce water
quality impacts in northwest
salmon watersheds.
Working with farmers and
scientists, Salmon-Safe has
created guidelines to help
farmers restore salmon habi
tats on farmland. These guide
lines promote planting trees in
riparian areas, improving irri
gation, growing cover crops,
and applying natural methods
to control weeds and farm
pests.
Operations endorsed by in
dependent professional veri
fiers are promoted with the
Salmon-Safe label. To date,
more than 10,000 acres have
been certified Salmon-Safe, in
cluding both conventional and
organic farms.
Participation in Salmon-Safe
has provided farmers with im
portant marketplace benefits
including access to new buyers
and market share growth. ‘The
food companies that buy our
vegetables want to know that
our crops are grown in an eco
logically sustainable manner,”
said the owner of a large Cor-
vallis-area vegetable farm.
“Salmon-Safe is our proof.”
Salmon-Safe welcomes the
participation of farmers in the
program. Thanks to a grant
from the Oregon Community
Foundation, there is no cost to
participate. For more informa
tion, call 503-232-3750 or visit
Salmon-Safe on the web at
<wwww.pacrivers.org.>
All should have Census forms now
All households should have
received 2000 census forms by
now. It is important to fill out the
information and return the
questionnaire because the in
formation gathered is used to
determine how to distribute
more than $185 billion in feder
al funds annually to the na
tion’s communities.
If you have not received
your questionnaire, or if you
have any questions, call the
U.S. Census at 503-626-6786.
All census information is confi
dential and protected by law.
quate value between the pur
chase price and the market val
ue of the property.
Rural areas include open
country and communities with
populations of not more than
10,000, if located within a Met
ropolitan
Statistical
Area
(MSA), or up to 20,000 popula
tion if outside an MSA. All ar
eas in the counties of Colum
bia, Clatsop, and Tillamook are
eligible. The areas of Banks,
and North Plains in Washing
ton County are eligible.
To be eligible, applicants
must have a dependable in
come that cannot exceed the
moderate-income limits estab
lished for the area in which
they live. An example of an eli
gible income for a household of
four living in Washington or Co
lumbia County would be
$60,250 annually.
The maximum mortgage
loan amount depends on the
repayment ability of the pro
spective homebuyer. Principal,
interest, taxes and insurance
(PITI) divided by the gross
monthly income must be equal
to, or less than, 29 percent. To
tal debt cannot exceed 41 per
cent of monthly gross income.
The ratio is determined by di
viding all monthly debts by
gross income.
For more information, inter
ested homebuyers should con
tact either local lenders, or the
USDA Rural Development Of
fice at 2528 Sykes Road in St.
Helens. By phone, call (503)
397-1432, and ask for Martha
Chamberlain or Mary Jo Simp
son.
These are your tax dollars,
and the best way to make sure
your money will return to local
governments is to fill out and
mail your census form. Each
person does make a differ
ence.
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