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The INDEPENDENT, June 6, 2001 Page 9 S c h o la r s h ip s /tr a n s p o r ta tio n available so kids can learn to swim Attention Parents - Does gram and will fund it for the your child know how to swim? summers of 2001 and 2002. If not, this is the year for them Mike Sykes and the City of Ver nonia, Colco Transportation to learn! and Vernonia Headstart are ex Swimming lessons usually pected to help with transporta cost $40 per child and trans tion again this year. portation is sometimes a prob As a result, the Vernonia lem. As a result, many Vernon Learn to Swim program will ia children have poor or no again be able to provide swim swimming skills. In many com lessons for 40 Vernonia youth. munities, teaching children Priority for these “Swimmer- how to swim is seen as such a ships” will be given to begin priority that swimming lessons ning and non-swimmers who for beginners are offered for are five to 18 years old. free. With all the water around Lessons will be offered Vernonia, our kids need to through Cedar Ridge, one mile know how to swim. out of town on Keasey Road. The Columbia County Com Three sessions are scheduled, mission on Children and Fami allowing lots of opportunity to fit lies (CCCCF), which funded •these important lessons into swim lessons for 40 children the family’s summer calendar, last year, plus necessary trans two weeks. portation, has renewed the pro- Kim Tierney and Dana Hyde are coordinating the program, Walcoma Additions but the Learn to Swim Program has become a community effort Aubrey Luv Crawford Aubrey Luv Crawford was and many people are pitching born June 1, 2001, to Kathy in to make sure that it is a suc Crawford and Josh Leach of cessful program again this Natal. She weighed 5 pounds, year. Applications may be ob 14 ounces and was 19-1/2 tained from Washington Grade inches long. Grandparents are Chuck & School or Vernonia Headstart. Jeina Crawford of Natal and For more information, call Kim Doug & Kim Leach of Vernonia. Tierney at 503-429-0720. Daily BreSkiatt Specials ORDERS TO GO: 503-429-4810 Open Daily 5 am-2 pm • 58360 Nehalem Hwy. S., Vernonia w fa «7045 rorS^ Cedar Chests LEATHERETTE Chair & Ottoman IttTUt SOUR WOOD 95 VHS cheerleaders schedule clinics for children Vernonia High School Cheerleaders will hold their an nual summer clinic for children ages 5 through 12. Clinics will be on Tuesdays from June 19 until Jamboree, at Hawkins Park from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 clinic per student, with family discount available. Spring into Summer at Grange dance Sunnyside Cafe G ifts fo r D ad a n d G rad In December, when this North Street home burned, it was a tragedy that left a family home less. In May, with the family’s needs taken care of, the partially burned home became a train ing ground for Vernonia Rural Fire District volunteer firefighters as the home was alternate ly burned and extinguished. “Spring into Summer” is the theme for the Vernonia Grange community dance. The dance will be held June 15 at 7:30 p.m. to help com memorate and celebrate the 100 year “Golden Anniversary” of the Grange. The local band, Golden Oldies, will be playing, featuring all of your favorite dance tunes for an evening of pure enjoyment and relaxation at the Grange Hall on the cor ner of Washington and North Streets in Vernonia. QUALITY TYPE SETTING The INDEPENDENT 725 Bridge St., Vernonia • 429-9410 imitea to stock on nano lurry while supplies last Hock may vary in each store ■ V A * J -1—' 2962 S. Baseline • Cornelius • 503-640-1124 16126 SE Stark «Portland • 503-252-5434 HOURS: Mon-Sat 10-6‘ Sun 11-5 Father's Day Special 12 T JLlCC ro o C w?Purchase Ö o d I lo G of 2 or more Golden Chain • European White Birch • Little Leaf Linden Good through June 3 0 , 2 0 0 1 A conservative estimate of college costs for a full-time stu dent runs from $10,000 to $30,000; high cost colleges can run from $40,000 to $100,000! Most parents and students think that scholar ships are only for students with excellent grades, low-income families or the athletically in clined. A small example of the numerous scholarships avail able to students include Handi capped Student Scholarships, Members of a Church Scholar ships, Scholarships for “C” Stu dents, Veteran Children’s Scholarships, Scholarships for Minorities and much, much more. Though the majority of scholarships are from the Fed eral Government and are merit and/or need based, billions of dollars are available to stu- QjnpuL&A ¿ApAAAAJD fijOA & (Deli HOT, ICED & BLENDED DRINKS & TEA PASTRIES • MUFFINS • COOKIES • BAGELS SANDWICHES • SALADS • SOUPS • CHILI • CHILI DOGS 6' SUBS • DELI TRAYS AVAILABLE BY SPECIAL ORDER 10““ DELI OPENS 11:00 A.M. dtafifu/ Jath& i A (bay WE W ILL BE CLOSED SUNDAY, JUNE 17TH A nnuals • P erennials • V ines • B erries B ird H ouses • B enches • G ift C ertificates OPEN THURSDAY - SUNDAY, 10 AM - 6 PM 12891 Keasey Road, Vernonia (7 miles out of Vernonia) 503 429-8200 The cheerleaders will also have a bottle/can drive, going door to door, on July 5. For more information, call Nancy Dailey at 503-429-3703. Scholarship information by mail V.B.S. JUNE 18-22 VERNONIA CHRISTIAN CHURCH 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Qmility Wood m id Upholstered l i u uitiire F armw oman ' s N ursery p.m. The children will be taught cheers and chants and will join the cheerleaders in the Ver nonia Jamboree Parade, Au gust 4. The cost is $5.00 per N a ii & Tanning A p p o in tm en ts \ ____ A v a ila b le • W alk-ins W elcom e____ J C REG HOURS: M o n 5a-12:30p • Tu-F 5a-5p • Sa 7a-5p • Su 8 a-2p 854 BRIDGE ST.,VERNONIA • 503-429-9011 dents from private sector scholarships. Much of private sector financial aid goes un used because the parents and students do not know how or where to apply. There are organizations that have spent hundreds of hours in research locating scholar ship sources. The U.S. Com mission for Scholastic Assis tance - College Bound is such an organization and supplies the public with over 700 differ ent private scholarship sources. The scholarship list includes the scholarship names, ad dresses, application deadlines, summaries about the scholar ships and the amount the scholarship will pay your child Many scholarships pay the entire tuition; others can be ap plied toward tuition, living ex penses and/or other fees. Most scholarships can be used at junior colleges, career and vo cational schools, four-year col leges, graduate schools, med ical and law schools. For information on obtaining these scholarship lists, send a self-addressed, stamped, busi ness size #10 envelope to: The U.S. Commission for Scholas tic Assistance, P. O. Box 668, O’Fallon, IL 62269. Student art will be on exhibit at gallery The art works of Vernonia High School students will be on exhibit Friday, June 8, through Sunday, June 10, at Grey Dawn Gallery in Vernonia. The mixed media show will include photography, acrylics, perspec tive, line drawings, watercolors and more. Student artists will be at the exhibit Friday from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. Saturday hours will be 10 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., then on Sunday from after graduation ceremonies until 6:00 p.m. Grey Dawn Gallery is locat ed at 879 Bridge Street.
