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The INDEPENDENT, July 5, 2000
Pokémon, Star Wars items fill Merchant Palace.com
Don’t be surprised if your
children or grandchildren want
to go to the Bridge Street Mall.
They know there’s something
special at Merchant Palace.com.
W hether it’s Pokémon trad
ing cards or Star Wars col
lectibles, kids are drawn to the
small shop packed with spe-
cialty items.
Andrea Alexander also car
ries Beanie Babies, Furbys,
posters and art prints. More
merchandise is on the way, in
cluding greeting cards, tee-
shirts, CDs, candles and a vari
ety of gifts.
Tuesday is card trading day
at Merchant Palace.com and
Alexander is setting up m onth
ly tournaments for both begin
ners and advanced players.
Store hours are Tuesday
through Saturday from Noon to
6:00 p.m.
Granny’s Crafty selections sure to please shoppers
Granny’s Crafts is now open
in the Bridge Street Mall, with
“Granny” Susan Huit expand
ing her own repertoire of hand
crafted items by including spe
cialties made by her mother,
Carol Box (Mom sells hand
crafts in Missouri under the la-
bel “Granny Did It”).
Hult’s tole work on planters
and flower pots makes unique
containers from plain clay or
wood, and she is designing gift
bags with special holidays or
events in mind, in addition to
her all-purpose gift bags.
There will also be books for
crafters and fat quarters for
quilters in addition to a wide va
riety of hand made or hand
painted merchandise.
G ra n n y’s C rafts is open
Tuesday through S aturday
from 10 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Fire Season rules in effect; open burning banned
The 2000 fire season for
Northwest Oregon began July
1. The fire season designation
includes lands protected by the
Departments of Forestry within
Columbia, Clatsop, Multnom
ah, Washington, Tillam ook and
Yamhill counties. Regulations
affecting forest operations and
open burning go into effect with
the declaration of fire season.
W oods workers are required to
have fire prevention and fire
fighting equipment on the job
site. In addition, a fire watch is
required to be on the operation
site after the shutdown of
equipment. The first level of
precaution for woods workers
is called an “Industrial Fire Pre
caution Level 1.” This is the
first level of a four level system
that regulates fire risks associ
ated with industrial equipment
operating in the forest protec
tion district.
In C olum bia County, the
declaration of fire season also
means that open burning is
prohibited until
significant
rains occur in the fall.
As we enter fire season, fire
officials w ant to alert all
landow ners to check areas
where burning has been con
ducted recently, especially any
heavy accumulations of piled
woody debris. These old burn
areas are known to hold hot
spots that can come to life un
der warm and w indy condi
tions.
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Mike Simek, protection unit
forester with the Department of
Forestry, indicates that the long
range forecast calls for overall
higher temperatures than last
year’s fire season. The fore
cast also indicates a longer
than normal fire season that
might last well into October.
Fire officials urge everyone to
use good fire prevention prac
tices whether working or play
Andrea Alexander enjoys her young customers.
ing in the forests or other areas
of flam mable vegetation.
No outdoor burning will be
allowed in the Vernonia Rural
Fire Protection D istrict until
rains start again in the fall.
To find out what burning is
allow ed and when, call the
burn day information line at
429-8004. For other questions,
call 429-8252.
Physical therapist now keeping
regular clinic hours in Vernonia
Kristine Samuelson, MSPT
When your back (or knees/
neck/shoulders/etc.) is really
hurting, it’s no fun to drive 30 or
more miles for physical thera
py. Well, relief is here.
Physical Therapist Kristine
Samuelson is at Providence
Fam ily M edicine - Vernonia
twice each week and can ac
cept clients who are not pa
tients at the local clinic. Since
earning her degree in Physical
Therapy at Pacific University,
Samuelson has broad experi
ence working with orthopedic
conditions, sports injuries and
maternity problems.
She is in Vernonia on Mon
days and W ednesdays from
1:00 to 6:00 p.m. Most insur
ance companies are accepted,
Samuelson says, but the one
thing that is required is a physi
cian’s referral.
Samuelson may be contact
ed at the Vernonia Clinic, 429-
9191, or at St. Vincent Medical
Center, 216-2004. The phone
numbers are also in her ad in
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