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The INDEPENDENT, November 21, 2001
Ridgeriders prepare for another year
Barb Carr, operated the con
cessions at each of the
Ridgeriders’ events, benefiting
from the proceeds of raffles
and auctions.
Sponsors who donated gen
erously throughout the year in
clude Gardners Feed, Western
Auto, Napa Auto Parts, Wilcox
& Flegel, Alston Corner Feed,
Birkenfeld Store, Sentry, Wes
Lubbes, Mike James Horse
shoeing, Boot Hill, Buds and
Blooms, Simply Delicious, Hi-
School Pharmacy, Appleway
Tack and many, many more.
Proceeds from the annual pok-
The Vernonia Ridgeriders, a
non-profit, family-based saddle
club for over 40 years, has
completed activities for 2001,
which was dedicated to youth
in the club and the community.
Young people are an important
part of the Vernonia Ridgerid
ers, constituting about 50 per
cent of the membership. This
year, they were the flag bearers
in parades and provided the
opening ceremonies for the
club’s annual gaming competi
tions.
The Vernonia High School
Equestrian Team, coached by
Faulty insulator causes power
outage to large area of WOEC
at 12:50 a.m., Timber and Elsie
at 2:40 a.m.
BPA replaced the insulator
on Monday and the system was
returned to its usual configura
tion.
On November 20, during a
rain and wind storm, a fallen
tree west of Birkenfeld cut off
power to WOEC customers in
the Mist, Jewell and Birkenfeld
areas at 11:15 a.m. The outage
was slightly more than an hour
long.
Power outages in the Ver
nonia, Timber and Elsie areas,
early Monday, were caused by
a faulty insulator on a switch at
the Bonneville Power Adminis
tration’s Timber Substation.
The failed insulator interrupt
ed service to the West Oregon
Electric Cooperative substation
at Timber, at 12:15 a.m. Mon
day. WOEC responded by re
versing the BPA feed from the
Timber line to the Warren line,
bringing Vernonia back on line
11/21/01
DATE
RRIVE
DISPATCH
er ride and gaming competi
tions are used to improve and
maintain the horse facility at
Anderson Park. This year’s
projects included building cor
rals and improvements at the
gazebo.
The Vernonia Ridgeriders
annual banquet and election of
officers will be held in January.
For more information, call De-
lores Bellingham at 503-429-
9523.
Habitat for Humanity
announces winner
of rose arbor
The winners of a Rose Ar
bor, built and donated to Co
lumbia County Habitat for Hu
manity (CCHfH) were Roy and
Holly Barbar of Scappoose.
The arbor raffle raised over
$650. for CCHfH. President
Boyd Ruby drew the winning
ticket after the Sauerkraut Fes
tival in Scappoose.
Tickets for the raffle were
sold at Rainier Days, The Co
lumbia County Fair, Claskanie
Heritage Days, The Vernonia
Friendship Jamboree and the
Scappoose Sauerkraut Festi
H o lid a y
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□ Replaced
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□ Amps
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“Gadget”
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Serving the area since Jan. 1, 2000 (Y2K)
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