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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" ’ ’
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■ Owner:______________________________________________
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■ Residential Address:___________________________________
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1 Mailing Address:______________________________________
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J 2000 License N o.:_____________
Phone:________________
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■ Dog’s Nam e:_________________________________________
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J Sex (Check one): M ale_____ Female_____
■ Neutered:_____ Spayed:_____
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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.
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WE W ILL RETURN YOUR LICENSE AND DOG TAG TO YOU BY RETURN MAIL. •
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