2000 Vernonia Friendship Jamboree - Page 3
Welcome to Vernonia
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Page
Grand Marshals..................... 4
Citizen of the Year................ 5
Preparing for the new
Millennium........................... 6-7
Artist Feature
Dan Brown........................ 8
Logging Show...................... 9-11
Jamboree Program.......... 12-13
Fire Regulations................... 15
Parade............................... 16-17
Water Balloon Catapult....... 18
Singing Breakfast................. 18
Senior Citizen Center.......... 18
Crusin’ 2000......................... 19
Worship Service................... 20
Mutt Show............................ 20
Alternative Stage................ 21
Kids Games......................... 21
Water Show......................... 22
Tae Kwon-do....................... 22
Horse Gaming..................... 22
Fishing Derby...................... 23
Fast Draw............................ 23
Black Powder Rendezvous... 23
Softball Tournaments......... 23
Directory of Advertisers.............. 23
Published by The INDEPENDENT,
725 Bridge Street, Vernonia, OR
97064. Phone (503) 429-9410. All
rights reserved, permission to reprint
may be granted upon request. July,
2000.
Cover by J. Angus McLean
Photos by Judy Hill, Dirk Ander
sen and Noni Andersen
Officers for the 2000 Friendship
Jamboree Committee:
President Treasa Staggenborg
Secretary Mae Lee Hall
Treasurer Randy Parrow
"Full Steam Ahead into the New Millennium”
Please forgive our excitement, but the two photos
on this page illustrate one cause. When you return
next year for Jamboree, the rocky, uneven former
railroad bed below will be as easy to walk or bike on
as the path around Lake Vernonia, shown in- the
photo above. When that is done, a long hoped-for
extension of the Banks-Vernonia Linear Trail will be
completed between Vernonia Lake and the current
trailhead at Anderson Park. In the process,
we will also gain a safe route for bikers and
walkers who now have to use a narrow
path along Hwy. 47. We are both pleased
and excited and want to share that excite
ment with you— our visitors. The Jamboree
theme quoted above is appropriate for
Vernonia.
For even more reasons why we feel so
excited, please see pages six and seven.
A welcome from the mayor
A cheery welcome to all the visitors to
our community and Jamboree. Enjoy all
the civic improvements that have taken
place, new downtown revitalization, side
walks, lights, trees and floral arrange
ments. Visit our new City Hall, new library
and the rebuilt Scout Cabin in Hawkins
Park.
This is our 44th annual Friendship Jam
boree. It was first organized to prevent the
city from dying after the closure of the mill
that was the city’s primary employer in the
fifties. You will find we are alie and vibrant.
Enjoy your visit and come back again
soon.
Mayor Art Parrow