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The INDEPENDENT, July 5, 2000
Activities will keep teams busy during 24-hour Prevention Relay
Music, prizes, food, karoke,
and swimming are in store for
participants in the Columbia
County
Prevention
Relay
Around-the-Clock, Aug. 11 at
noon to August 12 at noon at
the Rainier High School track.
Melissa Thorne, Team Par
ticipation Chairman, said that
right now, there are about 15
teams signed up, some adults,
some youth, and some a com
bination of both. “Our goal is to
have 30 relay teams partici
pate,” said Thorne, an Ameri-
Corps Member. “We had ap
proximately 20 teams last year,
and we want to improve on
that.”
This is the third annual Pre
vention Relay sponsored by
Columbia Community Mental
Health. The event is in August
instead of October this year to
take advantage of the good
weather, and has been short
ened to 18 hours from 24
hours. The Relay raises money
for youth prevention activities
for all of Columbia County’s
positive community involve
ment with our youth, “ said
Thorne. “The Relay is a good
time for adults and youth from
all over Columbia County to
come together for a common
goal and to have some fun."
Dinner will be served at 7
p.m., on Friday night, and
breakfast about 12 hours later.
During the night, a deejay will
entertain, there will be karoke,
swimming in the Briarcliff Pool
and a candlelight ceremony in
memory of those who have
died due to alcohol, tobacco or
other drugs. The gates to the
event will be locked from 10
the victim’s name and story of p.m. to 7 a.m. for security, and
how she was killed.
Relay staff will supervise dur-
Womenspace, in conjunc- ¡ng the night. Prizes will be giv-
tion with the Women of Color
Caucus of the Oregon Coali
tion Against Domestic and Sex
ual Violence (OCADSV), made
Oregon the seventeenth state
to create a Silent Witness Ex
hibit. These figures honor the
spirit of Oregon women who
paid the final price in a crime
that kills thousands yearly, do
mestic violence.
Countless volunteers, many
themselves survivors of do
mestic violence, picked up
drills, saws and paintbrushes
to build the figurines. As the 18
figures were sanded and paint
ed, many of the volunteers de
veloped almost personal rela
tionships with women they had
never met but whose names
and wooden silhouettes would
keep their memories alive.
communities.
Teams are comprised of 10
members and a coach. Youth
teams must have two adult
coaches. Each team member
must collect $40 in pledges to
total the $400 registration fee
for the team. The registration
fee covers the cost of two
meals, security, first aid if nec
essary, entertainment, and a T-
shirt. The team must keep one
member moving around the
track for the entire 18 hours.
“There’s a strong need for
Silent Witness exhibition now at Vernonia City Hall
The first Silent Witness Ex
hibit was created in 1990, in
Minnesota, by a group of
women artists and writers. By
the summer of 1997, all 50
states had created exhibits. On
October 18, 1997, 1500 wit
nesses from all 50 states and
several countries joined in the
“March to End the Silence” in
Washington, D.C. to raise
awareness and end domestic
violence. The Silent Witness
National Initiative continues to
work to raise awareness and
end domestic violence.
Seven to ten women are
murdered each day by their in
timate partners. These Silent
Witnesses graphically illustrate
this reality. The Silent Witness
Exhibit will be traveling
throughout the state bringing
this moving and powerful re
minder of the most common
but least reported crime in our
nation.
The exhibit is now at Ver
nonia City Hall, and is open to
the public during normal busi
ness hours through July 12.
The exhibit was brought to Ver
nonia by the Columbia County
Domestic Violence Council and
by the Columbia County Wo
men’s Resource Center.
They present a formidable
presence, these figures. Blood
red, life size wooden cutouts of
women,, silent witnesses rep
resenting women killed by do
mestic violence in Oregon.
Each figure bears a shield with
Canvassers seek unlicensed dogs
Dog owners are being fore
warned that Columbia County
will be looking for unlicensed
dogs in the Vernonia area in
the near future.
Dog license fees range from
$10 to $26, depending on
whether the animal is spayed
or neutered and whether or not
the owner is a senior citizen.
The late fee is $50 additional.
For more information, call
the Columbia Clerk’s office at
503-397-3796.
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Vernonia T.O.P.S. is disbanded
The Vernonia chapter of the
T.O.P.S. (Take Off Pounds
Sensibly) weight-loss oraniza-
tion has been disbanded as of
June 30, 2000. Chapter assets
and member information will be
sent to the area coordinator for
handling.
Current and past members
of the Vernonia chapter may
call Area Coordinator Linda
Maravilla at (503) 981-1791.
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rules, attitude and safety.
en for the most inspirational
team, best decorated tent,
most laps and most money
raised, among others.
“The earlier teams form, the
more time they will have to col
lect the donations required for
the entry fee,” said Thorne.
She is particularly looking
for participants from local busi
nesses, churches and social
service agencies. A letter went
out to area businesses and
churches recently asking for
support for the relay by fielding
a team.
Anyone wishing more infor
mation aboüt the Relay can
contact Thorne at Public
Health,
1-800-244-4870 or
397-4651.
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