The INDEPENDENT, May 2,2001
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Vernonia’s first Run for the Arts draws many eager participants
Kindergarten students demonstrate that technique isn’t as important as having fun.
Vernonia High School students cheered the participants on
and marked the number of laps each runner completed.
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Participants in the Run for the Arts included students, par
in fa n ts in s tr o lle r s and some senior citizens.
o tite to o r h o r e
Still more work
More than 150 people regis
tered with Vernonia Pride on
Make Vernonia Shine day, and
some people didn’t register,
but worked anyway.
Anyone wanting to help
keep Vernonia looking the way
it did at the end of the day
might want to become part of
the Adopt-A-Block program.
Call Donna Gehrke for infor
mation about Vernonia Pride
or Adopt-A-Block, 503-429-
5201.
One more photo...
Please see page 17
Trash receptacles were washed and given a fresh coat of
paint.
A lot of fill and grading was needed at the entrance to town,
where a trail was also added from Hwy. 47 to the Linear Trail.