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The INDEPENDENT, July 19, 2000 Between the Bookends Letters to tbe Editor: irons are being added as they choose items that have been entered in the system and will short ly be issued library cards with personal bar “You have to suffer to have fun,” has become codes. With each new step of the process, ex a joke fibout a way of life in our family, since my citement increases with the knowledge that, husband first said it to our children as they were upon completion, checking materials in and out, complaining about all the work associated with record keeping, and patron searching will be so preparations for a camping trip years ago. It much more efficient (and yes, “fun”). seems that everything worth having or doing When Dana Stabenow’s latest Kate Shugak takes effort and inconvenience before it be mystery, Midnight, Come Again, was acquired comes reality. This can be said about the paving and read last month, it became apparent that the of Weed Avenue and the accompanying side story made reference to circumstances of which walk construction. With its completion, we can Vernonia readers knew nothing. This has been now have “fun” or at least have easy and im remedied with the purchase of Hunter’s Moon. proved access to the library and its parking. Be sure to read Hunter’s Moon first. Stabenow Thanks for bearing with this inconvenience dur lives in Anchorage, Alaska, and writes not only ing the past month. the Kate Shugak series, but the Liam Campbell Summer Reading is in full swing. Two dozen mysteries, all of which I highly recommend. youngsters and their accompanying adult super Craig Lesley’s new release, Storm Riders, is visors have enjoyed the space stories and crafts the book that I would recommend this month. It as we celebrate “Ticket to Tomorrow.” Wednes tells of the challenges and tragedies of Clark day, July 19th, and Wednesday, August 2nd, Woods as he raises his Native American foster there will be two special presentations with sto son, Wade. Wade, born with fetal alcohol syn rytellers Anne-Louise Sterry and Tom Mc drome is not only disabled but also disturbed. Cormick, respectively. Tom McCormick’s after Despite doubts concerning Wade’s connection noon of fun will with the be paid for with “ZZZZZZZZxxxxxxxxeeeeeehhhhhpppp-zap!” drowning of a a grant from small girl, as Extra-Terrestrials come to Public Library well the Oregon Li as the brary Associa at 701 Weed Avenue in Vernonia. p r o b le m s tion. July 2nd Wade causes Wednesday, August 2, 2000, 3 p.m will be the last in Clark’s new Master storyteller Tom McCormack will bring aliens to life as of the craft, sto m a r r ia g e , he takes the audience on a rollicking adventure! The “storyfel- ry sessions. Clark vows la” uses his intergalactic tactics beyond the time/space spec We will be not to give up trum. Come & hear the Star-flue open our galaxy to new making space and abandon things. Bring your TICKET-TO-TOMORROW and helmets and Wade. Lesley Read-lnto-The-Future (literally!) c e l e b r a t in g brings to life The Sci-Fi hijinks is followed by a futuristic furry-tale, where with traditional the beauty of the kids will learn the Dirt-work song (to the beat of thunder “float” fun. You Wade’s Tlingit from down-under). This is followed by the rhythmic root-flue as and your chil Alaskan vil the listeners rock-out to chapter’s rapture! dren are wel lage, as well This presentation is made possible by a grant from the Ore come to join us as to pockets gon Library Association and is sponsored by the Craig Berk for this summer of the East man Family, the Wells Fargo Foundation, Oregon Public Broad fun at 3 p.m. in Coast and the casting and the Washington Mutual Foundation. the library. Portland and Progress has been a little slower on the au Oregon City areas of Oregon. A native of Ore tomation of library materials, with vacations tak gon, Lesley’s previous novels, Winterkill and ing precedence for some of the volunteers and The Sky Fisherman, are to be found in the li for me. (Can you imagine that vacations are that brary’s Oregon section. The library collection important?) To date, a total of 2,283 items have had a marvelous beginning with the donation by been entered in the computer and a total of 75 Glenda Jones. Not everything has been correct volunteer hours have been spent on the ly catalogued yet, but do check this section, process. This represents savings of $1095.00 if which will contain selections by Oregon authors the items had been sent to a company to be con and books about Oregon. (The library’s comput verted, or $487.50 if minimum wage had been er search contains an Oregon Visual Search paid for these hours worked. The process is be button too.) Give it a try. coming slower, also, because some items are harder to find and to catalog properly, and be cause a general weeding and repair of materials Vernonia Library 701 Weed Avenue is taking place. Not only are materials being cat Hours: Mon., Wed., Fri. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. alogued from the present collection, but newly Tues., Thur. 2 p.m.«7 p.m. purchased items and donations are being Sat 10 a.m.-2 p.m. processed at the same time. Look on the Preschool Story Time, Mondays, 10:30 a.m. shelves for these new additions and be sure to Phone: (503)429-1818 ............. ............................................................ — use Athena to search the library’s collection. Pa- By Nancy Burch, Librarian Vernonia Public Library Mootilda cow disappeared has To the Editor: Mootilda is a plywood cow, painted black and white, and stands about 4-1/2 feet tall by about 4-1/2 feet wide. She has large round eyes and a peace sign on her back. Her perma nent marker necklace bears her name, “Mootilda.” She was a part of my house and family and has been sitting out in front of my house for the last two years. Sometime be tween the evening of July 2, and July 4, she disappeared from my fenced yard. Maybe whoever took her thought it would be fun to blow her up for Fourth of July festivities, or thought she would make a cool addition to a fort. I hope the lat ter, for it disturbs me to think that she met her demise at the hands of her captor and a fire cracker. What I’d like to tell you about her is that she is about 25 years old. A friend of mine handcrafted Mootilda when he was 10 years old. She acted as a guide to folks visiting his par ents’ vineyard in Yamhill Coun ty. He repainted her a number of times and still couldn’t get her eyes right, as they seem to be in a constant state of sur prise. The peace sign on her back represents how he felt about the 70s. While she might just be a plywood cow with strange googley eyes to whoever took her, she’s a part of my history, and I’d like her back, whole or in pieces, if that’s how she end ed up. If you read this and have Page 3 try Garden, Mike James Horse shoeing, and West Coast Bank. The next Ridge Riders meeting will be held July 27 at 7:00 p.m. in the Vernonia Li brary. For more information, please contact George Belling ham at 429-9523. do I stand where our forest was, in clear cuts and clone fir starts as far as the eye can see, with tears in my eyes, all alone. What once was our water sheds are now vast rapid water delivery systems. Streams and storm sewers for mud and toxic run-off of aerial sprayed poison. Vernonia Ridge Riders Mountain springs, skunk cabbage marshes and delicate cover that keep water July 4th fun great ground pure and clear are crushed by because of you heavy machines, then sprayed to lifeless sterility with the guid To the Editor: ance of our state Forestry De We would like to thank partment or the “Oregon Depart everyone who helped make our ment of Mass Destruction” or 4th of July 2000 a huge suc “Department of Deforestation.” cess. First of all, thank-you to Well-meaning “forestry” stu the weatherman - you didn’t dents are not taught the sci rain on our parade! It’s always ence of what native forests nice to see so many dressed in have for us to learn, but the red, white and blue for the pa junk science of lumberyard rade. We wish to thank every forestry and what Wall Street one who participated. wants them to think. A big thank-you to Ray Pel- So standing amidst collaps ster for putting out the flags ing mountains, the streams and along Main Street. Others to sea filled with mud, I see where thank are Marcie Gwin for the salmon went. They fell vic preparing the letters to solicit tim to a board of forestry made donations, Vernonia Sentry for up of timber company execu printing notices advertising the tives; corporate dictators who Spaghetti Feed at Lew’s, and tell our government what it can for donating the treats that and cannot do, and spend our were handed out to all partici tax money-millions of dollars pants in the parade. Pat and each year-on propaganda. Darlene Knight for holding the A sixth grader could tell you Spaghetti Dinner with all pro this is a constitutional conflict ceeds going to the fireworks of interest, but where have all fund. the lawyers gone? Thank you, also, to Vernonia In June alone, ODF auc Fire Chief Paul Epier and the tioned off 50 acres of public for volunteers from the Fire De est to be ciearcut, closing partment, without them we campgrounds and destroying couldn’t afford to have a fire horse trails largely in slide works display. [Pyrotechnician] prone areas sensitive to threat Kathy Brekken and her crew of ened coho. Ciearcutting isn’t volunteers always do such a multiple use, ODF, it is destruc great job. The ambulance crew tion of public property. and the fire department crew Thank you for standing by and being L.W. Denison ready to help. Our Vernonia po Vernonia lice department for their help in street blocking and making Campuses receive everything run smoothly during beautification help the parade. Have you ever noticed Cub Scout Pack 201, cleaning the To the Editor: The Vernonia Elementary school grounds the morning af School Campus Beautification ter the parade? They do a great job and deserve a special Project took a step toward thank-you. Thank-you to the completion Thursday when a school district for the use of the group of moms painted lines for various games on the pave grounds. The donations were great ment at Washington Grade this year. We have a reserve to School. The moms names are with hold over for next year - who her, please return her to my knows - maybe we can have a the picture on page 1, but also yard. I’m not interested in who bigger display in the years to helping were students Stacy took her or why, I just want her come. and Lindsay Lennen, Kristin back. It is great to live in a town Cota and Lindsay Shaw, who Jamie Jones where we have so many won baby sat for the moms while Vernonia derful volunteers. Last, a they worked. Generous donations from thank-you for the help from all the following also helped make Poker Ride support of our Vernonia Pride mem bers. See a list of fireworks the project possible: Vernonia really appreciated donors elsewhere in the paper. Hardware, Western Auto, Mey Once again, a big 4th of July er’s Auto Body, Vernonia Auto To the Editor: Parts, Holce Logging Co., thank-you to everyone The Vernonia Ridge Riders Sword Logging Co., Buckner Vernonia Pride would like to extend a big thank Land Salvage, Alan Hein Con Enid Parrow you to all its Poker Ride spon struction and the City of Ver sors. Donations were received nonia. from Pacific Harvest, Cascade Where have all the Future plans include a stor Horseman, Boot Hill, One Hour lawyers gone? age unit for outdoor playground Photo, Marilyn’s Tack Shop, equipment at WGS. Simply Delicious Catering, To the Editor: Again, thank you all. Where have all the lawyers Canby Farm & Garden, Lazy T. Kirk Sherrill Tack, Elkhorn Tack, L&J Feed, gone? Where have all the District Project Coordinator Noetic Pet, Frog Valley Ranch, forests gone? Where have all Kala Cota Hanks, Gardeners Supply, the mountains gone? Where Community Coordinator Topnotch Feed, Ohler’s Coun have all the salmon gone? Why
