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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.
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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
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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