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m uch they appreciated the
Candidates
Fair. T hat’s what
would like to thank the candi
dates, the community, CCTV makes it all worthwhile for the
and the Village Inn for partici League members who volun
pating in the 2000 Prim ary teer their time to coordinate
Candidates Fair. Each of you this event!
Sincerely,
played an im portant role in
B e tty H u s e r, P re s id e n t
helping us provide an opportu
nity for the voters of Colum bia Donations restored
County to ask questions in a
two stolen trees
non partisan format.
A few minutes before the
event started, it was discov To the Editor:
On April 26, two flowering
ered that the stand for the Vil
cherry
trees were stolen from
lage Inn’s flag was missing and
tem porary arrangem ents had the end of the driveway beside
to be made so that the flag was the police station. They were
upright for the evening. Dis part of six trees to be planted at
playing the flag is important to city hall on clean-up day -
us and to many other local three on each side of Bear
groups, so we have decided to Creek. The trees were paid for
donate a flag stand to the Vil with a grant from SOLV.
Thanks to Don and DeDe
lage Inn.
We also want to say a spe W ebb, and to Vernonia Pride
cial thanks to all the people for funds to replace the two
who took time to share how stolen trees. With their support,
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formative, insightful, and even
humorous look into the breast
cancer experience. Nineteen
w om en, all who have been
touched by breast cancer
the thieves who tried to spoil
our beautification project didn’t
win. They’re the kind people
who make Vernonia a great
place to live.
S h irle e D a u g h try
V e rn o n ia
Dear Editor
On A pril 16, over 110
women and men came togeth
er at Time and Again Teahouse
and Ballroom to “Learn, Share
and Savor” their experiences
about breast cancer. The “Step
into Spring” Fashion Show and
Breast Cancer Education Pro
gram was an overw helm ing
success, due to strong com m u
nity support.
Dr. Ray Friedman, of Lega
cy Radiology, provided an in
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