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Page 4 The INDEPENDENT, November 7, 2001 Business Notes Antiques, collectibles business opens After many years of interest in antiques and several years spent in collecting them, René Cantu and Gil Tavares opened their own antique store in the Bridge Street Mall in Vernonia, and they will move in mid-No vember to a larger space at 711 René Cantu and Gil Tavares at newly opened business. Seminar set on pre-employment and hiring issues for employers Helen Russon of the Bureau of Labor & Industries will pre sent a compressed, half-day seminar covering Pre-Employ ment Issues and Legal Hiring Practices on Friday, November 9, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Columbia Tech Center Auditorium, 375 S. 18th Street in St. Helens. This seminar will arm em ployers with the skills needed to select the best qualified em ployee candidates while stay ing on the right side of state and federal discrimination laws. Topics include: • General civil rights laws pertaining to the hiring process • Writing detailed job de scriptions • Recruiting techniques • Checking your job applica tion form • Medical inquiries, when you can make them • Conducting the job inter view • Questions you can and cannot ask applicants • Rules for checking refer ences The seminar is sponsored by the St. Helens/Scappoose Chamber of Commerce, Ore gon Employment Department and Management & Training Corporation. Call Diana Riggs at 503-397- 6495 or Jeanette Sharing- housen at 503-397-4995 x 26 to make your reservation as soon as possible. C an 't fin d a copy of The INDEPENDENT? SUBSCRIBE TODAY! To start your subscription, send a check for $15.00, or stop by the office, 725 Bridge Street, Vernonia, OR 97064 Bridge Street, the corner of Bridge and Adams Avenue, in the old theater building. Bridge Street Antiques is jam-packed with an eclectic se lection of antiques and col lectibles. A beautiful, brocade- upholstered Eastlake settee, with an armchair and three side chairs, vies for attention with a time-worn Civil War trunk, a cuckoo clock and other wall clocks, old costume jewelry, Victorian lamps and lamp shades, marble-topped tables, and much more. Consignments are welcome at Bridge Street Antiques and, yes, they have a layaway plan. In addition, if you can’t find that special something you’re look ing for, René and Gil will hunt it out for you. Bridge Street Antiques is open seven days a week from 10 a.m. until 6:00 p.m., or later. The phone is 503-369-1687 or 503-429-0259. Suzanne and Tim Larson re-open restaurant. Spar Tree Restaurant re-opened by Banks couple The Spar Tree, historic restaurant on Nehalem High way north of Vernonia at Pitts burg, has re-opened after a year of being shut down. Chamber will elect officers at Nov. 14 meeting The Vernonia Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its last meeting of the year on Wednesday, November 14. The no-host luncheon meeting will be at noon in the banquet room at Lew’s Place. The chamber does not hold a busi ness meeting in December. In addition to election of offi cers for the coming year, the agenda will include information about the plan to “market” Ver nonia. The plan is being devel oped with the help of the Ore gon Downtown Development Association. All interested peo ple are welcome. PROPERTY TAX LOANS Vernonia Federal Credit Union 5 0 3 -4 2 9 -8 0 3 1 Tim Larson and his wife, Suzanne, of Banks, are retain ing the name, but hope to bring new and vigorous effort to the venture. Their spirit is reflected by the new look of the Spar Tree logo, painted on a wall by Tim’s sister-in-law, Debra Cu- lye, from an old logging photo. The menu will not change dramatically, but will eventually take the shape of customer preferences. Tim and Suzanne have twenty years of experience be tween them and will offer a menu featuring breakfast, lunch and dinner, six days a week. Service will be from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday through Thursday; from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday; and from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Sunday. The restaurant will be closed on Monday. It takes two to speak the truth — one to speak and another to hear. — Henry David Thoreau
