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The INDEPENDENT, May 3, 2000 Page 5 Photographic exhibit focuses on Martin Luther King, civil rights Martin Luther King, Jr. and the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s is the subject of a photographic exhibit on dis play until May 24 at the Colum- bia Center in St. Helens. The exhibit covers the civil rights movement from King’s emergence as a regional leader in 1955 to his death as an international figure in 1968. It includes 65 black and white photographs, copies of land mark documents, quotations from the speeches and writings A NEW VOICE FOR COLUMBIA COUNTY * ivm COMMISSIONER * POSITION 1 « DEMOCRAT A v e n i s u p p o rts cle an in d u s try w ith fa m ily w a g e jo b s: “We need good jobs here so we can work where we live and so our children can stay in Columbia County when they graduate from school/ A v e n t s u p p o rts p ro g ra m s fo r s e n io r c itize n s: “We will be judged, as a society, by how we take care of the people who took care of us. Our older citizens are important and the programs that help them are, as well.” A v e n t s u p p o rts so u n d fis c a l p ra c tic e s : “As a small businessman, I know money must be managed wisely. Experience has taught me to set priorities and made me tough enough to stick to them.” NIIKE AVENT for Columbia County Commissioner, Position 1 Paid for by the Committee to Elect Mike Avent, P.O. Box 1236, Rainier, OR 97048 Boy Scout Troop 201 will host a Mothers’ Day Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, May 14, from 8:00 a.m. to 12 noon at the newly renovated Scout Cabin in Hawkins Park. The menu will include pancakes, sausage, fresh fruit and bever ages. The cost will be $4 per per son; children 3 and under are free. A complimentary corsage will be given to all mothers at tending whose families have M A Y 2000 8 M T W T VERNONIA Al-Anon Mondays 6:30 p.m., Head Start Bldg. Mondays 6:30 p.m., Head Start Bldg. Alcoholics Anonymous 7:00 p.m., Head Start Bldg. Saturdays Alcoholics Anonymous 2nd Thursday 1:00 p.m., New Hong Kong Arts & Crafts Society 7:30 p.m., VHS Library Boosters 2nd Wednesday Tuesdays 7:00 p.m., Head Start Bldg. Boy Scout Troop 201 7:00 p.m., LDS Church Boy Scout Troop 860 Wednesdays 7:00 p.m., City Library Cemetery Beautification Comm. 2nd Thursday Noon, Lew’s Place Chamber of Commerce 2nd Wed. 1:00 p.m., Senior Center Doll Club 4th Tuesday 7:00 p.m., City Library Friends of the Scout Cabin 4th Monday Girl Scouts 6:30-8 p.m., Christian Church Thursdays Izaak Walton League For location call 429-7193 3rd Thursday Lions Club 6:30 p.m., Lew's Place 1st & 3rd Tuesdays For Info Call 429-4074 Nehalem Valley Car Club 10:30 a.m., City Library Preschool Story Hour Mondays 6:30 p.m., 1st Baptist Church TOPS Thursdays For location call 429-2401 Upr Nehalem Watershed Council 4th Thursday 7:00 p.m., City Library Vernonia Airport Committee 3rd Wednesday For location call 429-1414 Vernonia Cares Directors 1st Thursday 6:30 p.m., City Hall Vernonia City Council 1 st & 3rd Mondays 7:00 p.m., Head Start Bldg. Vernonia Comm. Dev. Corp. 2nd Monday 7:00 p.m., Grange Hall Vernonia Grange 2nd Friday 6:00 p.m., 510 Bridge St. Vernonia Health Center 2nd Thursday 7:00 p.m., City Hall 1st Thursday Vernonia Planning Comm. For Info Call, 429-1204 Vernonia Pride 7:00 p.m., City Library Last Thursday Vernonia Ridge Riders 7:00 p.m., Fire Station 2nd Tuesday Vernonia RFPD Bo&rd 8:00 p.m., District Office 2nd Thursday Vernonia School Board 1:00 p.m., Senior Center 1st Friday Vernonia Sr. Center Board 7:00 p.m., Fire Station 2nd Monday Vernonia Volunteer Firefighters 7:00 p.m., WOEC 3rd Tuesday WOEC Directors instead, to the indomitable spir it and the cautious good will of persons who believed, with King, that America could rise up and live out the true mean ing of its creed. A companion exhibit, ‘The Road to the Promised Land,” describes the political legacy of the 1960s by tracing labor struggles, feminist activism, Native American activism and the continued struggle against race-biased culture. In conjunction with the ex hibits, Darrell Millner, chairman of the Black Studies Depart ment at Portland State Univer sity, will speak about the rele vance of the civil rights move ment to Columbia County. Mill- ner’s presentation will be at the Columbia Center auditorium May 17 at 7:00 p.m. The public is welcome and there is no charge for any of the events. For more informa tion, contact Columbia County Citizens for Human Dignity (CCCHD) at 543-8417. The exhibit is sponsored by Columbia County Citizens for Human Dignity. It has been made possible by the Oregon Council for the Humanities, an affiliate of the National Endow ment for the Humanities. Scouts plan breakfast for mothers A v e n t s u p p o rts o p e n , a c c e s s ib le g o ve rn m e n t: “I will always maintain an open door and be responsive to your concerns. Good government requires a cooperative effort between citizens, elected officials and public employees.” E X P E R IE N C E D — R E L IA B L E — D E D IC A T E D of Dr. King, and brief narrative texts. The exhibit uses profoundly evocative images to tell the story of the Black struggle for justice and equality. It includes Charles Moore’s unforgettable photographs of the fire hoses and police dogs of Birming ham, Bob Fitch’s haunting view of the nighttime rally where the cry of “Black Power" was raised for the first time, and Flip Schulke's famous image of King, with his hand raised to ward the American flag an nouncing, “I have a dream!” The exhibit conveys not only the major events of the civil rights movement, but also the historical context, extending back to the Declaration of Inde pendence. The skill and per ceptiveness of individual pho tographers illustrates the non violent resistance and the deep religious fervor of the civil rights movement in the early ‘60s. The exhibit also captures the determination and passion of the movement, its moments of triumph in the mid-sixties, and its fragmentation in the lat ter half of the decade. The exhibit is not filled with scenes of hatred or violence. Most of the photographs testify, JUNE 2000 F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 8 7 8 9 1011 1213 14151817 181920 2122 2334 2 52827 28293031 1 2 3 4 5 8 7 8 9 10 11 12 1314 IS 1817 18192021222924 2528 27 28 29 30 MIST t BIRKENFELD M-BRFPD Board M-B Ambulance Assoc. M-B Firefighters Assoc. M-B Rescue M-B Helping Circle Natal Grange JULY 2000 SM T W T F 8 1 2 3 4 5 8 7 8 9 M U 1 2 1 3 1 4 15 18171819202122 23 24 25 28 77 28 29 3031 2nd & 4th Tuesday 1st & 2nd Thurs. 1st & 2nd Wed. 3rd Wednesday 2nd Wednesday 2nd Wednesday purchased tickets in advance. Corsages will also be available to purchase at the breakfast. All proceeds go to benefit Boy Scout Troop 201. Tickets may be purchased from Boy Scouts or by calling Jamie Peura at 429-4035, or Rebec ca Brookins at 429-6008. Limit ed tickets will also be available at the door. Take your mom out to break fast on Mother’s Day this year! Help Troop 201 make this an annual event. AUGUST 2000 S M T W T F 8 1 2 3 4 5 8 7 8 9 1011 12 13 1 4 1 5 1 8 1 7 1 8 1 3 202122 23242526 2 7 2 8 2 9 30 31 SEPTEM BER 2000 S M T W T F 8 1 2 3 4 5 8 7 8 9 1011 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 8 17 18 192021 22 23 24 2 5 2 8 2 7 28 2930 7:30 p.m., Main Fire Station 7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station 7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station 7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station 10:00 am, 755-2346 for info. 7:30 p.m., Grange Hall BANKS Alcoholics Anonymous Fridays 8:00 p.m., Methodist Church Banks City Council 2nd Tuesday 7:30 p.m., City Hall Banks Planning Commission Last Tuesday 7:00 p.m., City Hall Banks School Board 2nd Monday 7:30 p.m., Jr. High Library Banks Youth Group Sundays, Wednesdays 7:00 p.m., UMC Youth Bldg. Chamber of Commerce 1st Thursday 12:30 p.m., Brown Derby Citizen Participation Org 3rd Monday, odd months 7:15 p.m., City Hall Friends of the Library 1st Saturday 10:00 a.m., City Library Lions Club 1st & 3rd Wednesdays 7:00 p.m., Methodist Church Sunset Park Assoc. 3rd Wednesday 8:00 p.m., Gun Club TOPS Wednesdays 7:00 p.m., Jr. High Library Tri-City RFPD Board 2nd Wednesday 7:00 p.m., Station 13 COLUMBIA COUNTY (All meet in St. Helens unless otherwise noted.) Board of Commissioners Wednesdays 10 a.m., Courthouse Citizens for Senior Justice 2nd Tuesday 7:00 p.m., Sunset Park Church COLCO Transportation 2nd Friday 10:30 a.m., Courthouse 2nd Friday County Council of Seniors 1:00 p.m., Courthouse County Fair Board 2nd & 4th Mondays 7:00 p.m., Fairgrounds County Parks Commission 3rd Thursday 6:00 p.m., 1054 Oregon St. Emergency Comm. Dist. (9-1-1) 3rd Tuesday 7:00 p.m., Courthouse Historical Society 4th Wednesday Noon, location call 429-3713 Traffic Safety Commission 1st Wednesday 7:00 a.m., Village Inn Organizations and meeting dates not listed may be included by calling 429-9410 or by mail to The INDEPENDENT, 725 Bridge Street, Vernonia, OR 97064,
