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The INDEPENDENT, August 15, 2001
Business Notes
Banks Dance Academy
A professional dance school
in a country setting is available
at Banks Dance Academy on
Sellers Road, just a short dis
tance north of the Hwy.
47/Banks Road intersection.
Owner and head teacher
Dian Punzel, and her staff, of
fer classes in ballet, jazz, tap,
Celtic, hip hop and ballroom
dance. Fall classes will begin
Sept. 18 and run through the
winter, culminating with a
recital in June.
For further details, see their
advertisement in this issue of
The INDEPENDENT, or call
503-324-0112
This was the scene in Hawkins Park Aug. 1 and 2 as General Motors Western Region used
the Scout Cabin as a lunch and recreation break for two groups of automotive writers who
were test driving two new GM utility vehicles. The poles and logs were in place for the Jam
boree Logging Show on Aug. 4.
Dr. Sole and Mr. Heel can mend your shoe problems
Mark and Janice Benson of
“Dr. Sole & Mr. Heel” Shoe Re
pair, have their second location
operating in Banks. They have
another shop in Portland.
“We saw a need for this
service in Banks and the sur
rounding communities," Janice
said. Working his trade for a
quarter of a century, Mark is a
master craftsman in shoe and
boot repair. In addition to re
pairing shoes and boots of all
kinds, Dr. Sole & Mr. Heel of
fers repairs on all types of
leather goods, some non
leather goods and orthopedic
work. All work is guaranteed.
“Our goal is to have satisfied
customers,” Mark said, and
there isn’t much he can’t repair.
He recalled the time when a
customer brought in several
hiking boots that had been dis
play items. All of the boots
were lefts only. The customer
wanted Mark to make pairs out
of them. That meant turning
lefts into rights. Usina hie
supreme skills and some inge
nuity, Mark accomplished the
task.
Dr. Sole & Mr. Heel is locat
ed at 202 S. Main Street,
across the street from Cop’s
Towing.
Janice Benson operates
Benson Realty, L.L.C., from the
same address, and serves as
the designated broker in the lo
cal office. See their ads in the
Service Directory and Real Es
tate section.
Careful preparation underway for
annual Hood-to- ;oast relays
While 20,000 participants in
this year’s Hood to Coast Re
lay Race and Portland to Coast
Relays Walk might be good
news to area businesses, the
addition of that many people -
and up to 2,000 support vehi
cles - means added responsi
bility for local emergency man
agement personnel.
In preparation for this year’s
August 24 and 25 event, law
enforcement, fire, medical and
relay officials have made con
tingency plans to help minimize
the impact on local residents
and
emergency
service
providers, as well as to ensure
the safety of relay partiepants.
“Our number one objective
is to maintain essential emer
gency services for local resi
dents while, at the same time,
providing medical support and
traffic enforcement for those
participating in the event,” said
John Clouse, Columbia County
Emergency Management Co-
In the Service
Ryan C. Eberly
Army Pfc. Ryan C. Eberly
has graduated from the chap
lain assistant advanced individ
ual training course at Fort
Jackson, Columbia, S.C.
The course emphasized reli
gious support, development of
interpersonal skills and unit
ministry support to soldiers and
family members. The support
training provided services in a
battlefield environment and
battle fatigue casualty care.
Religious support classes
taught students to prepare al
tars for Protestant, Catholic,
Jewish and Orthodox worship
services and stressed the im
portance of being knowledge
able of all faith groups repre
sented in the Army.
Eberly earned distrinction as
an honor graduate.
He is the son of Earl C. and
Joan M. Eberly of Banks, and a
1995 graduate of Beaverton
High School.
Young dancers at Banks Dance Academy include Kayla and
Karissa Bentley, Emma Coffey, Laura White, Brianna Shelton
and Clara and Veronica Kiss.
Janice and Mark Benson are doing double duty in Banks as
they open two new businesses.
Country Kitchen & Pizza
BREAKFAST • LUNCH • DINNER
Soup & Salad Bar • Pies & Pastries
“SOFT SERVE” CONES & SHAKES
Borne of the Paul Bunyan Burger
Across from High School
OPEN 7 AM - 8 PM
Orders To Go
503-429-6523
DELIVERY AVAILABLE
ordinator.
St. Helens-Rainier RFPD
and Mist-Birkenfeld RFPD per
sonnel will be manning first aid
stations at various points along
the route, according to Ron
Youngberg, Division Chief with
St. Helens-Rainier RFPD. This
will provide aid for relay partici
pants while minimizing the im
pact on local emergency med
ical services, he added.
As with any large event,
communications is a critical
factor. The county-wide ham
operators group, Amateur Ra
dio
Emergency
Services
(ARES), will be on duty again
this year, to provide timely in
formation to emergency serv
ice providers and relay officials.
The relays, which begin in
the morning on Friday, August
24, will enter Columbia County
on Hwy. 30 and continue
through Scappoose until turn
ing west onto Berg Road, wind-
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