The INDEPENDENT, May 3, 2000
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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
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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
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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,
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M-B Rescue
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Natal Grange
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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.
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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,