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C A S A (C ourt A p p o in te d S p e
c ia l A d v o c a te ) o f C o lu m b ia
C o u n ty is a c c e p tin g a p p lic a
tio n s fo r its n e x t v o lu n te e r tra in
ing in O cto b e r. T h e p ro g ra m re
q u ire s 3 0 h o u rs of c la s s ro o m
s e s s io n s ,
in te rv ie w s
w ith
C A S A sta ff a n d o b s e rv a tio n of
c o u rtro o m p ro c e d u re s . P ro
s p e c tiv e v o lu n te e rs m u s t u n
d e rg o a c rim in a l b a c k g ro u n d
c h e c k a n d p ro v id e le tte rs of
re fe re n ce .
A C A S A is a p p o in te d b y a
ju d g e to s p e a k fo r th e b e s t in
te re s ts o f ch ild re n w h o are in
th e c o u rt s y s te m d ue to a b u se
o r n e g le ct. A c c o rd in g to p ro
g ra m d ire c to r P a tric k B irkle ,
C A S A s c a n e x p e c t to sp e n d
a b o u t 1 0 -1 5 hou rs a m o n th on
le cte d c h ild re n ,” he s tre sse d .
T h e re a re te n a ctive C A S A s
in C o lu m b ia C o u n ty re p re s e n t
Com
m u n ic a tio n s D is tric t w ill h o ld an
o p e n h o u se th e w e e k o f S e p
te m b e r 11 to c e le b ra te th e d is
tric t’s new o ffic e a n d c o m p u te r-
a s s is te d c a ll syste m .
T h e c o m m u n ity is in vite d to
to u r th e n e w fa c ility a n d e x p e ri
e n c e “ re a l-life ” s im u la tio n s in
th e c a ll c e n te r on M o n d a y a n d
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p a re n ts
and
g ra n d p a re n ts ,
so m e a re re tire d a n d o th e rs
h old fu ll-tim e jo b s ,” sa id B irkle.
n a tio n w id e . C A S A of C o lu m b ia
C o u n ty is fu n d e d by the C o
lu m b ia C o u n ty C o m m is s io n on
C h ild re n a n d F a m ilie s and th e
N a tio n a l C A S A A ss o c ia tio n .
To a p p ly as a C A S A v o lu n
te e r o r fo r m o re in fo rm a tio n ,
P A S T R IE S • M U F F IN S • C O O K IE S • B A G E L S
“A ll C A S A s m a k e a d iffe re n c e
in th e live s of a b u s e d a n d neg -
c o n ta c t B irkle at 3 9 7 -4 9 8 8 o r
c a s a @ c o lu m b ia -c e n te r.o rg .
a ca se , a fte r c o m p le tio n of th e
tra in in g p ro g ra m .
“C A S A v o lu n te e rs
com e
fro m all w a lk s of life; s o m e are
a .m .-1 :0 0 p .m ., 3 :0 0 p .m .-5 :0 0
p.m . a nd 6 :0 0 p .m .-8 :0 0 p.m .
T h e M a s o n ic L o d g e o f O re
g o n w ill fo rm a lly d e d ic a te th e
n e w o ffic e Friday. S e p te m b e r
15 at 1 2 :0 0 p.m . C a k e a nd
p u n c h w ill be s e rve d . T h e c e re
m o n y w ill b e fo llo w e d b y a Life
F lig h t d e m o n s tra tio n a t 2 :0 0
p .m . a n d th e 9-1-1 “O ff a nd
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c a te d at 56811 M c N u lty W ay,
b e h in d W a l-M a rt. C a ll (5 0 3 )
3 9 7 -7 2 5 5 ext. 2 2 5 fo r m o re in
fo rm a tio n . C o lc o T ra n s p o rta
tio n w ill p ro v id e tra n s p o rta tio n
to th e o p e n h o u s e fro m th e
c o u n ty ’s s e n io r ce n te rs . C o n
ta c t y o u r lo ca l s e n io r c e n te r fo r
in fo rm a tio n .
Vernonia man does well in national radio appearance
T h o s e of y o u w h o tu n e d in
to N a tio n a l P u b lic R a d io ’s
“W a it, W ait, D o n ’t Tell M e ,” a
fe w w e e k s a go , h e a rd V e rn o n
ia re s id e n t M ich a e l R o b e rts “do
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to b a n te r a lo n g w ith th e ho sts.
W h e n g u e s t h o st R o y B lunt,
Jr. a s k e d M ic h a e l h o w o u r to w n
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C o lu m b ia C o u n ty is se e k in g
v o lu n te e rs to s e rv e on th e C o
lu m b ia C o u n ty S o lid W a ste A d
v is o ry C o m m itte e . T h e c u rre n t
o p e n in g on th e C o m m itte e is
fo r an a t-la rg e p u b lic re p re s e n
ta tiv e u n a ffilia te d w ith th e S o lid
W a s te In d u s try . T h e S o lid
W a s te A d v is o ry C o m m itte e is
a p p o in te d b y a n d re s p o n s ib le
to th e C o lu m b ia C o u n ty B o a rd
of C o m m is s io n e rs .
A n y o n e in te re s te d m a y s e n d
a le tte r, in c lu d in g re le v a n t
b a c k g ro u n d in fo rm a tio n , to th e
C o lu m b ia C o u n ty B o a rd o f
C o m m is s io n e rs , C o u n ty C o u rt
h o u s e , St. H e le n s, O R 9 7 0 5 1 .
L e tte rs s h o u ld be s u b m itte d
im m e d ia te ly. A p p o in tm e n t w ill
be m a d e b y th e B o a rd as s o o n
as p o s s ib le b a s e d o n q u a lify in g
le tte rs o f in te re s t. F o r fu rth e r
in fo rm a tio n , c a ll Todd D u g d a le ,
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ing o v e r tw e n ty ch ild re n . T h e y
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w a s n a m e d , M ich a e l p ro u d ly
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th e
firs t
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d a u g h te r.” B lu n t a n d th e o th e r
g u e s t h o sts a m u s in g ly m a d e a
fe w s u g g e s tio n s o f th e ir ow n,
a b o u t h o w w e m u s t h a v e be e n
n a m e d fo r th e d a u g h te r of a
g u y n a m e d Vern!
W e ll, R o b e rts c o rre c tly a n
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w a v e s - P u b lic R a d io d o e s n ’t
h a v e th e b u d g e ts fo r c a s h
a w a rd s o f a n y ty p e , w h a t he re
c e iv e d fo r his e ffo rt is a p e rs o n
alized answ e rin g m achin e g re e t
ing fro m th e b ro a d c a s t’s a n
no u n ce r, C a rl C a stle .
S a tis fie d w ith th e w in and
th e p rize , R o b e rts, w h o is o n a
w in n in g stre a k, s a ys he h o p e s
th a t n e xt tim e “ I g e t to be the
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