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The INDEPENDENT, February 21, 2001
Community
Senior News
By Karen Miller
Marion and Jeanette Grant were just two of more than 40
people who used the opportunity to get free blood sugar and
cholesterol checks at the Health Fair sponsored by the Ne
halem Valley Comunity Corporation. The event was held at
the Mist-Birkenfeld Main Fire Station.
LDS w om en’s conference slated
“We are believed spirit
daughters of God, and our lives
have meaning, purpose, and
direction” is the theme for a
Women’s Conference for the
Church of Jesus Christ of Lat-
Local woman named
to UO Dean’s List
Elizabeth Virginia Johnson
of Vernonia, a junior education
al studies major, has been
named to the University of Ore
gon’s Dean’s List for Fall 2000.
To qualify for the list, a stu
dent must be in good academ-
ic standing and must have com-
pleted 12 or more graded cred-
its for the term. The required
minimum grade point average
is 3.75 on a scale of 4.0 as a
straight A average.
Is the Servies
Brad Bricker
Air Force Airman Bradly W.
Bricker has graduated from ba
sic military training at Lackland
Air Force Base, San Antonio,
Texas.
During the six weeks of
training, the airman studied the
Air Force mission, organization
and customs and received
special training in human rela
tions.
In addition, airmen who com
plete basic training earn credits
toward an associate degree
through the Community Col
lege of the Air Force.
Bricker is the son of Teri E.
Greenwood of Birkenfeld and
Larry W. Bricker of Delaware.
Marianne E. Finley
Marianne E. Finley enlisted
in the U.S. Army’s Delayed En
try Program (DEP), and report
ed for active duty on February
20, 2001.
Finley will take initial training
and advanced individual train
ing at Ft. Jackson, S.C. and Ft.
Lee, Va. She has chosen Food
Service Operations for her mil
itary occupational specialty and
has volunteered to serve a
three year tour of duty.
Finley is the daughter of
Leslie Anne Reith of Vernonia.
She attended Portland Com
munity College.
ter-day Saints. Inspirational
and informative classes will be
offered March 3, 9:30 a.m. to
2:30 p.m. at 2220 NE Jackson
School Road in Hillsboro.
The conference is free and
open to visitors, but prior regis
tration is suggested. For further
information, call Sandy Stone
at 503-648-6752
A rchbishop visits
St. Mary’s Church
The Most Reverend John G.
Vlazny, Archbishop of the Port-
*an<^ diocese visited St. Marys
Catholic Church in Vernonia on
Sunday, January 14, at the
12:00 noon mass. Vernonia
was one of two cities in Colum
bia County that the Archbishop
will visited in January.
Archbishop Vlazny was or
dained on December 20, 1961.
He was appointed Auxiliary
Bishop of Chicago in 1983 and,
in 1987, Bishop of Winona,
Minnesota. He was appointed
as the tenth Archbishop of
Portland in December of 1997.
The Archdiocese of Portland
was created July 24,1846, and
“To ‘bee’ or not to ‘bee’?
That is the question”. Now, if I
had spent more time expand
ing my horizons in my English
Lit class with Shakespeare in
stead of Nancy Drew, I might
know the answer. But, in this
case, we are talking about a
spelling bee! We hope you will
decide to be a part of our Se
nior Spelling Bee here at the
center on March 16 at 1:00
p.m. The one and only require
ment is that you are at least 50
years old. And, it is strictly for
FUN, says Audeen Wagner,
coordinator. Audeen is the Na
tional Spelling Bee Champion
of the contest held in Wyoming
in 2000. She also holds the first
place title of Oregon State’s
Bee in 1999. So, all of you sen
ior spellers and crossword puz
zle fans, we hope you save this
date, come and have lunch
with us and join in a little fun
competition. Surely we all at
least know how to spell potato,
or is it potatoe, by now!
As we have mentioned be
fore, we surely do appreciate
your quality donations down
here at the center. We mention
quality because our garbage
bill has become astronomically
(I had to look that up) out of
line, disposing items, particu
larly larger ones, that are un
suitable for resale. We kindly
ask that you check with us first
before dropping off items that
won’t fit into our drop box. Call
us, or bring your items by dur
ing our open hours.
From the desk of Jacqueline
Ramsey:
music, 40s and 50s tunes and
programs. The table is set in
front of the fire ready for you to
relax and visit with friends.
Coffee, tea or hot chocolate
and goodies are furnished by
the kitchen for a drop in the do
nation can.
Quilting is still Tuesdays.
Golden Oldies (live music) is
every Wednesday. Games are
still on Thursdays. Bread days
are Wednesdays and Satur
days. Lunch is served Monday
thru Friday at noon. Meals on
Wheels are available Monday
through Friday.
Best of all, you do not have
to be a senior to enjoy what we
have to offer.
The Senior Center Boutique
would like to acknowledge all
those who have helped us get
our shop in shape. We are still
working to get some of the
corners in top shape.
We are most proud of the
Craft Area’s new look. It con
tains yarn, yardage, patterns,
craft items, jewelry and cards
for all occasions, plus many gift
items.
There is a play area for
small children, a for-sale toy
section, small appliances, dish
es, etc. Clothing on the racks is
individually priced, but we do
still have a 50-cents-a-bag sec
tion.
.
Thank you, again, for all of
The Golden Age radio is
your
caring and sharing.
now installed, and the music is
Sunnyside Cafe
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is the second oldest archdio
cese in the United States. The
metropolitan province of Port
land includes the suffragan
diocese of Baker (Eastern Ore-
gon), Boise (Idaho), Great
Falls-Billings (Montana) and
Helena (Western Montana),
After the mass, the St.
Mary’s parish community pro-
vided an Italian dinner in the
Archbishop’s honor.
The Work of the Church
The work of the church is to help people get right with
God.
There are many ideas of what the church should be
doing. Some say that the church should relieve hunger,
provide for the homeless, fight injustice, or stick up for
the downtrodden. All of these are good, but the work of
the church is far more important.
If a doctor finds a patient writhing in pain, what does he
do? Perhaps the patient is crying for the doctor to "Do
something to relieve the pain!” The doctor could give the
patient a shot of morphine and relieve the pain almost
immediately, but would this be the proper procedure? No.
The doctor would first push and poke around (probably
causing more pain), then run tests to determine the cause
of the pain. The doctor’s first priority would be to deter
mine the cause of the pain and deal with that, then he
would be able to deal with the pain itself.
So it is with the church. The first job is to deal
with the root of man’s problem, his separation from
God. Once that is taken care of, much of the
pain w ill be gone and the rest can be dealt with in
time.
Nehalem Valley Bible Church
5 0 0 California Ave., Vernonia ► 5 0 3 -4 2 9 -5 3 7 8 ► Pastor Jerry James
Currently meeting at the Vernonia Head Start Building
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