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The INDEPENDENT, January 2, 2002 Page 3 B atw ssn the Bookends By Cindy Stanley, Library Assistant Banks Public Library Library representatives delivered an outstand ing presentation November 13th to the Banks City Council, reviewing the library’s history, fund ing and programs. Presenters were Banks Li brary Commission Chairperson Jacque Her- mens, Library Administrator Denise Holmes, Li brary Commissioner Laurie Schlegel, and Ann Krutsinger, president of the Friends of the Banks Public Library. The Library’s story is a fascinating one that is far too lengthy to cover here, howev er, one major point stands out. The steps that brought the library from humble beginnings in the WCCLS bookmobile to its current facility demonstrate enormous amounts of hard work and dedication by a relatively small, core group of people. Without them, we might not be here today. Special thanks go to Sheila Day - our un official historian - who spent hours working with Denise and Judy to create a photo history dis play that may be viewed at the library. The library will host a free presentation by sto ryteller and singer Anne-Louse Sterry on Satur day, January 12th, from 1-2 p.m. This delightful performer entertained children during the sum mer reading program and we've invited her back for a program for both young and old. This pre sentation is sponsored by the Regional Arts and Culture Council, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Washington County Cooperative Li brary-Services. January 12th is also Recycling Saturday, sponsored by the Friends of the Banks Library. Bring all those holiday wrappings (and more) down to the Swatco Service Yard on Sellers Road just south of Hwy. 26, between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Recycle Saturday is held on the second Saturday of each month. New books have been rolling in! More than 200 volumes of new juvenile and young adult non-fiction materials have been received during the past month and the library staff is working Letton to tbs Editor Does “KKK” have any other meaning? To the Editor: Being new to Vernonia has many benefits for me. Small town feeling, pretty parks and friendly people. But, I saw something here the other day that makes me questions the validity of these benefits. Please support the advertisers who make yo u r free com m unity newspaper possible. W ith o u t them, there could be no newspaper. favorite, <www.americanwhite- wa ter.org>. The gauge is the one listed as being near Ver nonia. Good boating levels ap pear to be 5-6.5 feet. This gauge will also provide data for making important water usage decisions in the future. Now that water levels have dropped down to boatable lev els in local streams, you can expect to see my friends and me in our kayaks. This year is shaping up to be a good one to boat Rock Creek and the upper Nehalem. Caution should be exercised until you ascertain the whereabouts of new strain ers and log jams created by re cent high winds and water. I have been told that there has been some landslide activity just south of Vernonia, causing a boating obstruction. It is still unclear if this hazard has cleared at this time. I will up date river hazards as soon as I get some paddle time. Speaking of paddle time, where does a bored kayaker who’s not a hair boater go when the rivers are flooded? To Tualatin Hills Park & Recre ation swim center on Walker road! For seven bucks, you and your boat can enjoy two hours of warm water in which to prac tice all your latest moves. I find it much more enjoyable to brush up on my roll wearing only swim trunks and spray skirt. Helpful tips can be picked up from other boaters or help given to beginners doing their first roll. I have come a long way on my roll since I started How New Year is said going to the pool. I now have a bomb proof roll off both sides around the world... and even did my first hand rolls (look Mom, no paddle). I even Chinese: Chu Shen Tan have a funky roll holding the Dutch: Gullukkig Niuw very end of my paddle. I don’t know when I would use it, but it Jaar sure does look weird. Pool times are Sundays from Finnish: Onnellista Uutta 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Call Vuotta 503-645-7454 to be sure the pool is not scheduled for anoth French: Bonne Annee er event. Also, clean your boat thoroughly before going to the German: Prosit Neujahr pool. Leaving a mud slick be Polish: Szczesliwego hind is not tolerated. Have a happy New Year! Nowego Roku like crazy to catalog these items and put them on From page 2 the shelves. Our goal is to meet the academic consequences if this biological needs of our youth, and eliminate the delay that ly unsupported cow harvest occurs when resources must be brought in from continues. There has also been a shift in hunter success to the other libraries. For the big kids, we also have a variety of new first season, 2000 = 16-percent books, including The Best Loved Poems of in the first season, versus 9- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Smoke Jumper by percent in the second season. Nicolas Evans and Black House by Stephen It seemed to happen again this King. Also available are several new books cov year, but we will have to wait for ering issues of terrorism, biological weapons, confirmation from the hunter and the Taliban. Whether you want information, survey results. In the past, entertainment or comfort, the Banks Public Li hunter success rates have run just about even, with the excep brary can meet your needs. This reader has enjoyed two new books re tion of a few years with bad cently that warrant mention. First is Never weather. This concern is run Change by Elizabeth Berg. This is a beautiful ning opposite of what conven and touching story of a visiting nurse whose new tional wisdom would have charge just happens to be her high school heart- been, since the first season throb, who is dying of a brain tumor. Berg writes hunter numbers have been sig about levels of emotion that we seldom allow nificantly cut, which should ourselves to feel, much less express out loud. have meant that more bulls The second book is The Summer House by Jude should have survived into the Devereaux. Since I was expecting a comfort second season. The only plau able, light-hearted love story, I was pleasantly sible answer is that there were surprised by an exciting twist of fantasy in the fewer bulls available to begin form of time travel. What if we could go back, with. Only time will tell on this knowing what we know now, and alter our des issue. Please read the 2002 hunt tiny? As part of our program to meet the needs of ing and fishing regulations very, our community, Preschool Story Time is held very carefully. This may save every Wednesday that school is in session, at you some grief. While I noticed 10:15 a.m. Library materials can also be re few changes for the coming served electronically by patrons with Internet ac year, please read them for cess. Browse the library resources by going to yourself. Upper Nehalem River users www.WILI net.wccls.lib.or.us now have a new tool to mea Banks Public Library: 111 Market Street. sure water depth for fishing and Hours: Tues., Wed., Thurs., 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.; boating. A new stream gauge Fri. and S at 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. has been installed down stream from the confluence Preschool Story Time, Weds., 10:15 a.m. with Clear Creek, next to Tim Phone: (503 ) 324-1382 Internet: www.WILInet.wccls.tlb.or.us. ber Road. The gauge data is also available on-line from ei ther the USGS web page or my » » M is While taking a walk at the lake, I stopped to read the bill board. There is a chronological list of historical development that occurred here as Vernonia grew. Item 20 on this list was the shocker for me. It reads, “First KKK organized 1922”. Assuming “KKK” stands for the obvious and not the Kolum- bia Kounty Kommission or something else, I wondered. Is this really necessary to be on a list for visitors and residents to read? Granted, this is a historical fact, but is this an item worthy of being displayed as an ac complishment in this communi ty? Does the majority still favor the ideals of the KKK? If this were true, then why not list the first lynching or some other crime against peo ple? In this day and age, are these the values we want to teach our children? Vernonia, will you join with me to help correct this embar rassment and continue to have a positive environment in which to raise our children? Thank you. M. Silverman Vernonia POLICY ON LETTERS The INDEPENDENT welcomes readers’ letters and will pub lish as many as possible. All letters must be signed, including those sent by fax, and Include a verifiable address and tele phone number, which will not be printed except at the writer’s request. Unsigned letters will not be published. Portuguese: Novo Feliz Ano Russian: S Novim Godom Irish (Gaelic): Bliain nua fe mhaise dhuit Italian: Buon Capodanno Izaak Walton League Nehalem Valley Chapter meetings are on the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. The public is welcome. For meeting location, call (503) 429-7193.
