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Page 4 The INDEPENDENT, January 17, 2001 Business Notes Bridge Street Automotive now open at Meyer’s Auto Providing quality automotive care in the Vernonia vicinity is the goal of Bridge Street Auto motive, a newly formed part nership located in Meyer’s Auto Body building. Partners Dean Smith and Mike McBride are already serv ing customers and have plans for a Grand Opening early in February. While the shop is be coming established, it will be open five days a week, with the partners sharing a schedule of three-day and two-day shifts. In the meantime, they each will spend their alternate days working at their present jobs at Chrysler and Jeep garages in the Hillsboro/Beaverton area. Smith moved to Vernonia in 1987 and is a 1989 Vernonia ody shop High School graduate. He has completed two years in Auto motive and Diesel at University Technical Institute in Phoenix. He has accumulated eleven years of professional experi ence in addition to working in his grandfather’s Rock Creek shop as a youth. Mike McBride was not avail able for this interview, but is an experienced mechanic and is working at a Jeep shop in the valley. The partners have the equipment necessary to trou ble shoot and repair most cars, including the hi-tech systems in today’s vehicles. Bridge Street Automotive can be reached at 503-429- 4809. Dukes named to Ways & Means Oregon District 1 Senator Joan Dukes, D-Svensen, has been appointed to the powerful budget-writing Joint Ways and Means Committee and the Public Safety and Natural Re sources subcommittees of Ways and Means. Beginning her eighth ses sion in the Senate, Senator Dukes represents Clatsop, Co lumbia, Tillamook and a portion of northern Washington County in the Oregon State Senate. She is one of only three Senate Democrats to be appointed to the Joint Ways and Means Committee. “I am very pleased to be ap pointed to Ways and Means,” Sen. Dukes said. “It will give me the opportunity to have strong input into funding deci sions that will impact Senate District 1. The Public Safety Subcommittee will establish di rection in the development of Oregon prisons and Oregon State Police funding levels in the beginning of the new mil lennium,” she added. “The subcommitttee on Nat ural Resources wiil potentially have a great impact on issues of Salmon enhancement, hatcheries, the controversial Columbia River channel deep ening project, restoration of es tuaries and wildlife habitat," Dukes concluded. Sen. Dukes will meet in sub committee every morning and afternoon, Monday through Thursday, and each Friday morning in the full Joint Ways and Means Committee to delib erate on work passed by the seven subcommittees. Senate floor sessions will begin in mid morning and will be altered to an earlier starting time as the flow of committee passed leg islative bills increases. Sen. Dukes may be reached in her Oregon State Capitol of fice toll free at 1-800-332-2313, directly at 503-986-1701, by fax at 503-986-1080 or by e- mail at dukes.sen@state.or.us. Dean Smith V-BAT gets grant $$ for business education classes The Vernonia Business As Royce Hagelstein at West Ore sistance Team (V-BAT) has gon Electric Cooperative, 503- been awarded funds to provide 429-3021. training for the owners of exist SBDC will offer more busi ing and potential businesses in ness courses in the fall, with a the Vernonia area. focus on local businesses that The award from the North need to expand or are in the west Oregon Economic Al process of expanding. liance (NOEA) will underwrite Additional business training the cost of two 12-week busi will be provided by MTC, which ness courses, taught by Mario will be offering computer cours Pedraza of the Portland Com es for businesses and comput munity College’s Small Busi erized accounting. There will ness Development Center be no charge for the MTC (SBDC). With this funding, courses. each $200 course will cost par ticipants only $50 each and, on The grant application, on completion, participants will behalf of both the Clatskanie each have a business plan de and Vernonia BATs, was writ veloped to their own specifica ten by Vernonia City Adminis tions. The evening classes will trator Mike Sykes. The two be taught in Vernonia, probably Business Assistance Teams at the Scout Cabin, and will be joined together for the funding on a first-come, first-served ba process and will continue to sis. Anyone wanting to register work together in order to elimi- is urged to do so quickly as class slots are filling rapidly. To be included, call V-BAT mem bers Mike Sykes at Vernonia City Hall, 503-429-5291, or ANNUAL MEETING TIME Election of Officers Door Prizes • Refreshments Wednesday, January 31, 2001 - 7:30 p.m. Senior Citizens Center, 446 Bridge Street, Vernonia Please use side entrance. 503 429-8031 VERNONIA FEDERAL CREDIT UNION Serving the Nehalem Valley since 1940 622 Bridge Street. Vernonia nate unnecessary duplication of effort. Clatskanie BAT is working with Clatsop Community Col- lege to develop business train- ing. For information on C-BAT, call Randy Larson, 503-728- 2622. DEADLINE 2001 i DOG ' LICENSE Elizabeth E. Huser, Columbia County Clerk, reports that the deadline for licensing dogs in Columbia County is MARCH 3, 2001 You may mail your rabies vaccination certificate (if not on file in our office) along with the appropriate fee to Columbia County Clerk’s Office, Courthouse, St. Helens, OR 97051. Commercial and non commercial kennel licenses are available. Contact Clerk’s Office for information. To All Columbia County Dog Owners $10 Penalty after March 3, 2001 $25 Penalty after April 2, 2001 (Without Citation) $50 PENALTY IF CITATION IS ISSUED Dog License Fees are due on all dogs with permanent teeth or that are six month of age for year of 2000. FEES ARE AS FOLLOWS: On or Before March 3, 2001 REGULAR, NOT SPAYED OR NEUTERED........................$26.00 DOG SPAYED OR NEUTERED............................................. $10.00 SENIOR CITIZEN-DOG NOT SPAYED OR NEUTERED...$15.00 SENIOR CITIZEN-DOG SPAYED OR NEUTERED..............$5.00 (Senior Citizen is 65 Years or Older - 1 per Household) REPLACEMENT TABS..............................................................$5.00 ASK ABOUT OUR OPTIONAL THREE-YEAR LICENSE i " ~200l"APPLICATION FOR DOG LICENSE" ’ ’ i i ■ Owner:______________________________________________ * ■ Residential Address:___________________________________ ' 1 Mailing Address:______________________________________ * ; _____________________________z ip :________________; J 2000 License N o.:_____________ Phone:________________ J ■ Dog’s Nam e:_________________________________________ J Breed:_______________________________________________ J J Sex (Check one): M ale_____ Female_____ ■ Neutered:_____ Spayed:_____ I I I I A V A L ID (Good through Oct. 31, 2002) Rabies Vaccination Certificate MUST ‘ accompany this application or be ON F IL E in the Courthouse, along w ith a ■ spayed/neutered certificate i f applicable. I WE W ILL RETURN YOUR LICENSE AND DOG TAG TO YOU BY RETURN MAIL. • k — — — — . J
