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The INDEPENDENT, January 17, 2001
Community
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Senior News
By Karen Miller
If there is one thing my
teenaged daughter has drilled
into me, it’s this: “Mom, I don’t
care what you wear, just don’t
wear the same things I do!” It
was just last week I swung
through the door like Loretta
Young sporting my “new” knit
top. “Where did you get that?”
“Down at the senior center”, I
bragged, awaiting a sweet, mu-
sic-to-my-ears
compliment.
Senior Citizens set
business meeting
The annual meeting of the
Vernonia Senior Citizens will
be held February 2 at 1:00 p.m.
at the Vernonia Senior Center.
On the agenda are election
of officers and yearly budget.
All members are urged to at
tend.
Singers and actors
needed for cantata
Easter will be here before
you know it, and the Vernonia
community choir has begun
practicing for the annual Easter
Cantata (a musical drama).
Choir practices are on Sunday
afternoons from 3:00 to 5:00
p.m. at the First Baptist Church
on the corner of “A” and Wash
ington. Especially needed are
tenors and basses, and there
are a few acting parts that don’t
require singing talents. For
more information, call Lynda
Cahill, 503-429-1161, or Sandy
Welch at 503-429-9602.
Fund allocated for
emergency needs
Four agencies providing
services to Columbia County
residents will share $33,712
from the National Emergency
Food and Shelter Program
(EFSP).
Operating through United
Way of Columbia County, the
volunteer EFSP board made
the following allocations:
• Women’s Resource Cen
ter, $8,200 to defray cost of
shelter for homeless families
• Community Action Team,
$6,700 for emergency home
less assistance and emer
gency utility assistance
• Columbia Pacific Food
Bank: $14,012 to purchase
high protein and emergency
food products
• Turning Point Community
Center, $4,800 for emergency
homeless assistance and
emergency utility assistance
The money will be distrib
uted directly from the national
board to each agency in two
equal payments during 2001.
The
Columbia
County
EFSP board includes repre
sentatives of the American Red
Cross, City of Rainier, VFW,
City of Vernonia, Homeless,
Veterans, Columbia County
Emergency Services, Colum
bia River PUD and PGE.
“That was mine!”, she stared at Join us for the meeting on Feb.
me in disguist. Sweet music 2nd.
Planning is under way for a
turned to sour notes in an in
stant. How was I to know she special Health Fair, February
had just taken a bag of her nice 10 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
clothes down to the center. I sponsored by the Nehalem Val
slinked into my bedroom to ley Community Corporation
change. “Next time,” came her and the Mist-Birkenfeld RFPD.
haunting words, “I’ll let you pick Free medically related servic
es, diabetes testing, choles
through them first!”
terol testing and blood pres
We appreciate everyone’s
sure checks will be available
quality items, furniture and
throughout the day. The Health
clothes, here at the senior thrift
Fair will be held at the Main
center. Come see us for some
Station,
12125 Hwy. 202, Mist.
great buys. (Well, at least she
Call our office for further de
can’t say I don’t have good
tails.
taste!)
The Senior Centers 5 Area
The Senior Center will be
Lunch will be held at the new
electing new board members
Scappoose Senior Center on
soon. We are seeking fresh
Monday, January 29. If you
faces with a heart to work with
seniors. To be elected for a haven’t been there, come
board position, you must be at along!
least 50 years old. In addition
INFORMATION NUMBERS
to other positions, we will be
COLCO Transportation
needing a new treasurer, as
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our current treasurer, Jacque
Senior Advocate.. 429-9112
line Ramsay, has announced
Senior Center..... 429-3912
her retirement, effective July 1.
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Episcopal and Lutheran churches
, a
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agree to shared worship services
A common mission was de
clared by the Episcopal Church
and the Evangelical Lutheran
Church in America (ELCA),
and celebrated by members of
both churches at a service in
the National Cathedral in
Washington, D.C., on January
1, 2001.
While entering into full com
munion with each other, each
church will retain its own tradi
tions, liturgy, clergy and identi
ty. They are neither merging
nor consolidating, but are wel
come to participate fully in the
sacraments and activities of
both churches.
ELCA clergy may serve in
Episcopal churches and Epis
copal clergy may serve in
ELCA churches. This may be
occasional, such as when the
clergyperson of one church is
on vacation or when two con
gregations worship together, or
it may be temporary, for in
stance, when a parish is with
out a pastor.
This is particularly meaning
ful in small towns and rural ar
eas, for it allows members of
one of the churches to attend
the other church when there is
none of their own available.
For Lutherans in the Ne-
halem Valley, who cannot regu- ’
larly go to Forest Grove, Hills
boro, St. Helens or Rainier, it
provides a practical solution.
They may fully participate in
worship services at St. Augus
tine’s Episcopal Church in Ver
nonia.
An invitation has been ex
tended by the congregation of
St. Augustine’s to join them in
services on Sundays at 10:00
a.m. and participate in the fel
lowship brunch afterwards.
For further information, call
503-429-3700.
Vienna Choir Boys performance
Court. Many celebrated musi
cians have been choristers or
worked with the Choir, includ
ing Mozart, Salieri and Schu
bert. In 1918, the Austrian gov
ernment took over the court
opera, but the Vienna Choir
Boys owes its survival to busi
ness man Josef Schnitt, who
became Dean of the Imperial
Chapel in 1921. Today, the
hundred members are divided
into four touring groups who
travel the world, with two tours
annually in the U.S Their
repertoir spans five centuries
of music, including works from
American masters Leonard
Bernstein and Aaron Copland.
They still perform mass every
Sunday at the Imperial Chapel
in Vienna, as they have since
1498. Their credits range from
Hollywood movie soundtracks
to singing the Coronation Mass
at St. Peter’s in the Vatican in
The current tour, conducted
by Johannes Mertl, offers
March of 2000. In 1999, the
BBC recorded a video of the
motets from the great com
posers including Schubert,
Choir in the pop music video
Haydn and Mozart. Something
style for “2000 Today.” The Vi
new will be the performance of
enna Choir Boys, though
spiritual songs from different
steeped in classical tradition,
cultures, including several • have learned to adapt to an
American pieces, with the
ever-increasing audience by
Choir Boys playing indigenous
embracing new, popular works
instruments. The show will con
while expertly delivering the
clude with the Vienna Choir
classic sounds of Europe.
Boys’ signature sound of rous
For reservations, call 360-
ing Austrian folk songs and
575-8499 or 888-423-TIXX.
polkas and waltzes by Johann
The ticket office at 1538 Com
Strauss.
merce is open 12:30-5:30 p.m.
The Vienna Choir Boys were
Monday through Friday and
formed in 1498 by Hapsburg from 12:30 to curtain time on
Emperor Maximilian I and, for performance days. CTPA’s web
four centuries, they performed
site is <www.kalama.com/~c
exclusively for the Imperial theatre;».
The incomparable Vienna
Choir Boys will perform at Co
lumbia Theatre for the Perform
ing Arts in Longview on Friday,
January 26, at 7:30 p.m. The
Vienna Choir Boys have en
chanted audiences for nearly
five centuries with their unique
charm and exceptional singing..
The choir’s 24 boys, aged
10 to 14, will perform the tradi
tional works they are noted for,
plus folk music from around the
world and contemporary music.
On their Fall 2000 U.S. tour,
they brought down the house
with a surprise rendition of New
York, New York. Expect the un
expected from these classically
trained youngsters in their be
guiling sailor suits.
Ticket prices are $19, $29
and $34, with senior, student
and group discounts available.
Christian Men’s Retreat planned
The eighth annual retreat of
Columbia County Christian
Men will be held February 9 -
10 at Camp Emerald Forest,
near St. Helens. The retreat is
open to all men 16 years and
older. Max Snook will be
speaking on this years theme,
“Encouraged By God’s Grace."
The cost of the retreat is
$40, which includes three
meals and one night’s stay. For
more information call Ron Ross
at 503-397-5165 or e-mail to
omric@juno.com.
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