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Page 22 The INDEPENDENT, O ctober 18, 2000 The INDEPENDENT action Bds. . . .• BSLP WBNTSO B8&FWBNT8S Blacksmithing Assistant needed, part-time initially. Good attitude, quali ty workmanship required. Welding, metal fab, blue print experience help ful. Wolfgang 503-429-7342 (Made box in Class/Obit) P10/18 Blacksmithing Assistant needed, part-time initially. Good attitude, quality workmanship required. Welding, metal fab, blue print expe rience helpful. Wolfgang 503-429- 7342 Legal Secretary District Attorney’s Office Columbia County, Oregon Position #00-011 DUTIES: Perform secretarial duties for DA's office. QUALIFICATIONS: HS, with add’l le gal secretarial trng.; 3 yrs secretarial exp, with at least 1 yr work exp in legal office required. Know, of computers re quired, pref for exp w/WP for Win dows. Must have adv. know, of legal procedures and judicial terminology. SALARY: $2232-$2687; appt usually at beg. of range. TO APPLY: County application form mandatory. Contact Columbia County Civil Service, County Courthouse, St. Helens, OR; Phone: (503)397-3874 DEADLINE: Must be received by No vember 6, 2000; postmark not accept able; fax apps not acceptable Equal Opportunity Employer B10/18 CNA’s, full/part time, all shifts. Must have nursing assistant certificate. Friendly, self-motivated, organized. Must be able to communicate with pa tients. Please apply in person. Contact Janice Nezbeda at Beaverton Rehab, 11850 SW Allen, Beaverton OR 97005. Vencor is a drug-free environ ment and equal opportunity employer. Phone/fax 503-646-5105. B10/18 Resident Care Manager, Full time, M-F, 8-5pm. Must be a registered nurse with personal knowledge of geront. preferred. One or more years in nursing management desired. DUTIES: Review of care plans, med ications, treatment, etc. Occasional supervision and training of nurses on floor. Please apply in person. Contact Janice Nezbeda at Beaverton Rehab, 11850 SW Allen, Beaverton OR t 97005. Vencor is a drug-free environ ment and equal opportunity employer. Phone/fax 503-646-5105. B10/18 R/N’s and LPN’s, full time/part time, ail shifts. Must have nursing license. Some nursing home experience de sired. Ideal for friendly, self-motivated and organized individual. Please apply in person. Contact Janice Nezbeda at Beaverton Rehab, 11850 SW Allen, Beaverton OR 97005. Vencor is a drug-free environment and equal op portunity employer. Phone/fax 503- 646-5105. B10/18 BUB ( Free Clothing available every Tues day, 10 a.m.-noon. St. Vincent dePaul trailer, St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Vernonia. FTFN Vernonia Cares Emergency Food Bank is open every Tuesday and Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at 627 Adams Avenue. Phone 503- 429-1414. FTFN J * . T I t'P t Lost Pussy C a t Large plush calico. Lost near Washington & A Streets. An swers to the name P. K. Call Carol at 503-429-2543 or Ginger at 503-429- 1010. B10/04 Cosco Wooden Swingset with tree house and circle slide, 2 swings, 2 ladders and rings. $250. 503429- 8080. B10/18 LOST YOUR DOG? Call the Colum bia County Animal Shelter in St. He lens at 1-503-397-3935. Set of 4 Tires - 18.5 x 44” Gumbo mudders on 8 hole x 15” rims, 80% tread. $600.00. 503429-2421 Doug. B10/18 Lazy T Tack is coming to your area. Our mobile unit will be in Ver nonia Thursday, October 26, 7-8 pm. For more info, call 1-888-722- 7774. Lazy T Tack, Longview, Washington. B10/18 3 x 2 point antlers (deer horns) packed off by dog October 9, 2000. Please return (tag attached) or call 503-429-2070. __________________________ P10/18 I BlOfflUXCSBŒfiTS Recycle your magazines at St. Mary’s Church, 2nd & 4th Saturdays, or at Vernonia laundromat daily. Ques tions? Call 503429-8092 or 503429- 8841. E ntertainm ent Center, like new. Ac commodates large screen. $135 obo. 503-649-8814. B10/18 Quality Sandy Loam Top Soil, crushed rock, plus beauty barkdust and grass hay. Steve Hemeon, 503- 755-2767 TFN I | WISCBltUWBPwS M U tl'O T T BKTVnfT< fflU M T P tl WaJfTKU WANTED!! W ill p a y cash for fountain pens, old guns, jewelry, pre-1920 postcards, old toys, sterling silver, old knives, kerosene lamps, old furniture [painted ok], old baskets, old iron banks, old kitchen ware, single pieces or entire estates. 503429-1608. TFN PUBLIC NOTICE .... .............................. .................. 1ST NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON ZONE CHANGE A public hearing has been set before the Vernonia City Council, Monday, No vember 6th at 6:00 p.m. to consider a zone amendment from General Commercial to Light Industrial. The property is a 4.09 acre portion o, Tax Lot #4404-000-00700. The purpose of the public hearing is to discuss the proposed zone change. All in terested parties may testify at the public hearing or may submit written testimony prior to the hearing. Failure to raise an issue in the hearing, in person or by letter, will preclude appeals to LUBA based on that issue. Copies of the application materials and staff report are available at Vernonia City Hall for inspection and may be copied at a reasonable cost. For information, contact Julie Coontz at City Hall, 503-429-5291. The public hearing will be held in the Chamber Rooms, Vernonia City Hall, 1001 Bridge Street, Vernonia, Oregon. Publish October 18, 2000 PUBLIC NOTICE The Vernonia City Council, in conjunc tion with the Parks Committee, will hold a workshop Monday, November 13, in the Chamber Room, Vernonia City Hall, 1001 Bridge Street, Vernonia, Oregon, at 6:30 p.m. The purpose of this workshop is to re view the Anderson Park design, discuss Park ordinances and an RFP for caretak- er/coordinator of activities at Vernonia Lake. The public is welcome to attend the workshop. Publish October 18, 2000 A N I, 'FREE INSTALL! (p Upgrade your modem, and we will install it for you without charge! ‘ Current clients or new accounts, Call TODAY fo r more inform ation! 503-429-4045 Pick up your FREE copy of C om puter Bits at The INDEPENDENT, 725 Bridge 507 Rose Ave., Vernonia DEBORAH A. JOHNSTON Deborah Ann Johnston, 48, Birken- feld, died October 6, 2000. Recitation of the Rosary was October 10. A memorial mass was held October 11 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Vernonia, with the Rev. Ronald Millican of St. Pius X Catholic Church in Cedar Mill, celebrant. Private Interment was held. Mrs. Johnston was born March 3, 1952, in Vernonia, to Robert and Betty J. (Froman) Curl. She attended school in Vernonia, graduating from Vernonia High School in 1970. She graduated Cum Laude from Southern Oregon State College, receiving her Bachelors Degree in Business Education. She married Alan E. Johnston in 1974 and they made their home in Birkenfeld. She taught Business at Clatskanie High School from 1974 to 1980. She was an active member of Our Lady of the Woods Catholic Church in Birkenfeld and St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Vernonia, where she was Director of Religious Educa tion for several years. She was cur rently serving her second term as a Vernonia School Board member. Survivors include her husband, three sons, Aaron M, of Portland; Paul M. and Kevin T., both of Birkenfeld; her parents, Robert F. and Betty J. Curl of Vernonia; six brothers, Joe and Steve of Hillsboro; Rick of Rock Creek; Pat of Louisville, Kentucky; Jeff and Doug of Portland; two sisters, Becky Walton of Camas, Wash., and Angela Hering of Brownsbury, Ind.; 29 nieces and nephews. Remembrances are suggested to Catholic Education Development Fund, c/o St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 960 Missouri Ave., Vernonia, OR 97064, or to the American Cancer So ciety, 0300 SW Curry Street, Portland OR 97201. Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt Funeral Home of Forest Grove was in charge of arrangements. DONALD B. CHAPEL Donald Blaine Chapel, 51, Ocean Park, Wash., died October 4, 2000. No public service was held. Private crema tion has been held. Mr. Chapel was born October 9, 1948, in Portland to Donald and Frances (Frazee) Chapel. He attended school in Vancouver, Wash., and grad uated from Monroe High School in Monroe, Wash.. He then joined the U.S. Army and served in Vietnam. The former Vernonia resident mar ried Patsy McConnel in 1986 and they made their home in Goldendale, Wash. He was a member of Vietnam Vet erans of America Hall-Howell Chapter #512 of Vancouver. Survivors include his wife; three daughters, Donna Bradley of Ocean Park, Wash, Marijane Patrizio of Greenville, S.C., and Amy Wood of Portland; a son, Robert McConnell of Vancouver, Wash.; six grandchildren. Memorial contributions to the family may be made c/o Penttila’s Chapel by The Sea, P.O. Box 417, Long Beach, WA 98631. FLORENCE A. NORBY Florence A. Norby, 63, Vernonia, died October 6, 2000. Funeral Services were held October 11 at Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt Funeral Home in Forest Grove, with the Reverend C. Eugene Sabin, pastor of First Christian Church in For est Grove, officiating. Private Inurn ment followed at the family plot at Longview (Wash.) Memorial Park. Mrs. Norby was born May 2, 1937, in Otis, to Charles W. and Bertha Pearl Elizabeth (Cunningham) Jackson. She attended school in Hoquiam and Ab erdeen, Washington. She married Buz Norby in 1960. They lived in Oregon until 1979, when they were divorced. She returned to Vernonia in 1999. She worked for Gray & Company in Forest Grove for 25 years until retiring in 1996. She was a member of the Confederated Tribes of Grande Ronde. She was preceded in death by a sister, Clara Spreadborough; a step sister, Vicki Norby; and a brother, Char lie Jackson Wright. Survivors include her companion since 1985, Curt Davis of Vernonia; two sons, Alan D. of Forest Grove and Steve H. of Vernonia; a step-son, Bruce D., two brothers, David Cham bers and Robert Jackson, both of Port land; four sisters, Charlotte O’Berg of Gaston, Jessie of Longview, Wash., Joyce Rutherford of Reno, Nev., and Joann Hadley of Dallas; four grandchil dren; many nieces and nephews. Remembrances are suggested to Community Home Health and Hospice, 1035 11th Avenue, Longview, WA 98632, or the American Cancer Soci ety, 0300 SW Curry Street, Portland, OR 97201. Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt Funeral Home of Vernonia was in charge of arrange ments. ELSA C. F. RICHARDSON Elsa Caroline Frances Richardson, 99, Longview, died October 7, 2000. Mrs. Richardson was the last of nine children of one of the original Birkenfeld families in the Nehalem Val ley. She was born May 16, 1901, on Deep Creek, to Anton and Juliana (Kruse) Birkenfeld. Her parents came from Germany to Pennsylvania in 1880 and homesteaded in the Nehalem Val ley around 1885. In 1913, the family moved to the area that is now the town of Birkenfeld, where her father built a house, a mill, a store and a hotel. In 1919, she married Leonard J. Richardson. They lived in Birkenfeld and Elsie until his death in 1943. She lived in Seaside for 30 years until she moved to Longview in 1993. Mrs. Richardson was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary of Clatskanie. Survivors include a daughter, Marie Bellingham of Birkenfeld; three grand sons, three great-grandchildren and two great-great-granddaughters. She was preceded in death by her husband, a son, George Richardson, two sisters, Julia Vadnais and Mary Williams; and six brothers, Anton, Bill, August, Frank, Louis and Edward Birkenfeld. • Haakinson-Groulx Mortuary of Clatskanie was in charge of arrange ments. THOMAS C. GRAVES Thomas Crawford Graves, 89, For est Grove, died October 14, 2000. Fu neral services were held October 17, with Pastor Dave Giles of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Forest Qrove, officiating. Concluding rites and inter ment were at Crescent Grove Ceme tery in Tigard. Mr. Graves was born February 12, 1911, in Hoquiam, Wash., to Wilbur T. and Mabel (Crawford) Graves. The family moved to Oregon, where he at tended school in Sheridan, Monmouth, Portland and Vernonia. He graduated from Vernonia High School in 1929. He married Millicent M. Driver Stiefer in 1998 and they lived in Ver nonia until 2000, when they moved to Forest Grove. As a teenager, Mr. Graves operated the monorail for the Oregon-American Lumber Company in Vernonia. During World War II, he worked for Kaiser Shipyards constructing Navy escort aircraft carriers. Later, he worked for Willamette Tug and Barge Company. He worked as a dredge captain for thir ty-five years, until he retired. He was a member of the Operating Engineers Local #701. He served as President of the National Steam Asso ciation and was a member of the Steam Fiends, an organization of steam vessel owners and operators. He was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Forest Grove. Survivors include his wife; a daugh ter, Victoria Freeman of McNeal, Ari zona; two sons, Edwin T. of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Reginold H. of Hills boro; three step-daughters, Mary Smith of Scappoose, Linda Trout of North Plains and Cathi Graves of McEwen, Tenn.; three step-sons, Charles Iron of Klamath Falls, Daniel Hunnicut of Nashville, Tenn., and James Stiefer of Canby; a brother, Hale of Hillsboro; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; many step grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Remembrances are suggested to American Lung Association of Oregon, 9320 SW Barbur Blvd., Suite 140, Port land, OR 97219-5481. Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt Funeral Home in Forest Grove was in charge of the arrangements. "A Trustai patrie in furierai Service" fuiten, fose drUioyt funeraitfome S e c o n d g en era tio n fa m i i y O w n e d & O p era ted DERREL & DEANN ROSE JEFFREY & DEBRA ROSE-HOYT TINA ROSE-REYNOLDS AARON DUYCK, ROSS MATHEWS Attendant: RAY PELSTER 2308 Pacific Av. Frst Grv....357-2161 741 Madison Av. Vern.........429-6611 Angel Memorials PRICES START AT $290.00 H EA D STO N ES M ONUM ENTS 1-888-91-ANGEL Vernonia 429-1523 In L o v in g M em o ry o f DEBORAH A. JOHNSTON March 3, 1952 Oct. 6, 2000 Services Held FLORENCE A. NORBY May 2, 1937 Oct. 6, 2000 Services Held THOMAS C. GRAVES Feb. 12, 1911 Oct. 14, 2000
