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The INDEPENDENT, March 6, 2002
Gerry and Etta Russell celebrate 60 years
Gerald and Etta Russell cel
ebrated their 60th wedding an
niversary February 16 at the
Vernonia Community Church.
There were 70 people in atten
dance, including their children,
grandchildren and great-grand
children.
The Russells came to Ver
nonia in January of 1948. The
next day, Gerald acquired two
jobs, as night watchman at the
mill and part time letter carrier.
He worked at the mill until it
closed and carried mail for 27
years, then worked with Nor
man Hilsbery for three years.
They raised three children,
all of whom graduated from
Vernonia High School. They
Sons of the San Joaquin entertain
much like Sons of the Pioneers
The Sons of the San Joa
quin will perform at Columbia
Theatre for the Performing Arts
on Sunday, March 10, at 3:00
p.m. From the heart of Califor
nia’s San Joaquin Valley, the
sweet three-part harmony of
this remarkable singing trio,
consisting of Jack, Joe and Lon
Hannah, pays a melodious trib
ute to all aspects of Western
life and history. From a simple
cowboy song to the Spanish
songs of the vaquero and the
power of old time Gospel mu
sic, the Sons of the San
Joaquin have taken their life’s
love of singing to the interna
tional stage. Their distinctive
sound has carried the family
from local church and commu
nity gatherings to locales such
as Japan, Switzerland and the
Arab peninsula.
“The Sons of the San Joa
quin are the only singing group
alive I feel sound like the origi
nal Sons of the Pioneers,” Roy
Rogers once said.
Opening for the Sons will be
professional cowboy performer
Leapin’ Louie Lichtenstein, “the
most explosive Lithuanian Jew
ish cowboy juggling comedian
to ever come out of Oregon.”
Leapin’ Louie performs a high-
energy comedy show featuring
cowboy tricks, juggling, acro
batics and music.
Corporate sponsor for this
Family Series Event is Fred
Meyer of Longview. Tickets are
$10, $15 and $20. Group rates
are available. Call CTPA’s tick
et office at 360-575-TIXX
(8499) or toll free 888-423-
8499 or visit the website:
www.columbiatheatre.com
Award-winning dance troupe at CTPA
Bodyvox, an award winning
dance theatre company, will
perform Saturday, March 2, at
7:30 p.m. at the Columbia The
atre for the Performing Arts in
longview. BodyVox was formed
in 1997 by choreographers
Jamey Hampton and Ashley
Roland, who have performed
worldwide with their cutting
edge contemporary style for
over two decades. Their work is
characterized by a bold athleti
cism, reminiscent of Momix and
Pilobolus, with a little Cirque du
Soleil. Based in Portland,
BodyVox Theater is construct
ed of movement, color, shape
and sound. Their dance is fu
eled by emotional content, yet
they revel in the simple beauty
of dynamic movement. Body-
Vox projects include choreo
graphing Carmina Burana for
the Portland Opera in 1997, the
1998 Academy Awards, creat
ing works for many dance com
panies and music videos for
Sting and U2, among others,
plus fashion spectacles for de
signers.
The Big Room shows Hamp
ton and Roland’s unfettered
imagination in full force, with
“an infinite number of elegant
movement metaphors and a
good many belly laughs” ac
cording to The Oregonian.
UA finely crafted, frequently
funny,
impeccably danced
have 11 grandchildren and four
great grandsons.
Both Gerald and Etta were
dedicated volunteers at the
Vernonia Senior Center and
filled various positions for 12
years. Gerald was also a Lion’s
Club member for 36 years.
They belonged to the
Nazarene Church until recently,
when it became a hardship to
drive to Forest Grove. They
now attend the Vernonia Com
munity Church.
“Country” theme is wanted for
2002 Vernonia Jamboree contest
The Vernonia Friendship
Jamboree Committee has de
cided this year to have a Coun
try Theme. If you would like to
enter the Jamboree Theme
Contest, mail your suggestion
to, Vernonia Friendship Jam
boree, P.O. Box 244, Vernonia,
OR 97064. April 10 is the
deadline for all entries. The
winning entry will receive a
$50.00 savings bond from U.S.
Bank. The theme will be an
nounced in the April 17 issue of
The Independent.
After the theme is selected,
there will be a contest to design
the 2002 Jamboree T-Shirt.
Details will be included with the
theme announcement.
This year’s Vernonia Friend
ship Jamboree will be held Au
gust 2, 3 and 4. The next meet
ing of the Vernonia Friendship
Jamboree Committee will be
March 14, at 7:00 p.m. in the
Washington Grade School Li
brary.
Seem too good to be true? Probably is!
Con artists are experts at
manipulating people to invest
money in their fraudulent
schemes. Seniors are particu
larly at risk of being targeted
because they usually have an
accumulation of assets, may
live alone, may be interested in
expanding their limited fixed in
come, and are more easily
reached by phone at home.
Six warning signs of a con
artist’s rip off:
1) An offer of something for
nothing.
2) A contract with vague, un
clear or tricky wording.
3) Pressure to sign immedi
ately.
4) Offers of a kick-back that
depends on a future event,
such as a purchase by a friend
whom you have referred.
5) Insistence on cash pay
ment in full before the services
are rendered.
6) Last chance offerings. If
evening-length work” said
Dance Magazine.
Tickets are $18, $23 and
$28. Call CTPA’s ticket office at
360-575-TIXX (8499) or toll
free 888-423-8499 or on line,
visit: www.columbiatheatre.com
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State Fair seeking artists
for “Art in the Garden”
The Oregon State Fair will
feature a new area called “Art
in the Garden" on Labor Day
weekend during the 2002 fair.
Art in the Garden will be locat
ed in the northwest corner of
the fair’s Garden District and
will accommodate up to ten ju
ried booths. It will also feature
entertainment during selected
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An artist prospectus is avail
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plete an entry form and submit
slides for the jurying process.
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March 14, 2002.
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