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The INDEPENDENT, March 6, 2002 Page 9 Months of work are required before Easter cantata performance Director Lynda Cahill, right, worked with a small group dur ing rehearsals last week. Rehearsals started during the first week of January and have been held in the Vernonia First Baptist Church. They will move rehearsals to the Washington Grade School gym next week. Car wash will help recover costs The Vernonia Com m unity Choir will hold a car wash on March 9 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Vernonia School District 47J parking lot. Donations will help defray the costs of the annual Easter Cantata, which will be held this year on March 22, 23 and 24. A nnual C olumbia C ounty J ob & C areer F air M arch 20, 2002 • 1-4 PM Sponsored by Management & Training Corporation (MTC) and the Oregon Employment Department (OED), the sixth annual Columbia County Job Fair will be held at the State Office Building, 500 N. Columbia River Hwy. (Hwy. 30), Suites 300-320, in St. Helens. Scheduled businesses include, but are not limited to, the following: AFLAC • Armstrong World Industries • US Navy US Air Force • Columbia County Veterans Assn. Dean Specialty Foods • US Air Force Reserve Columbia Technology Center • Express Personnel Interim Healthcare • Legacy Health System Meadow Park Health Center • Stream International Franz Bakery • Oregon Air National Guard BCTI • Oregon Department of Forestry • Avamere Fred Meyer • Portland Community College Rose Valley Assisted Living Center • Safeway Steamfitters Local 2 9 0 Training Center • US Army Wacker Siltronic Corporation • Wal-Mart Washington Mutual Bank • Western Business College THE JOB FAIR IS FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Taking a break for a picture, the people in this photo are only part of the cast needed for the 2002 Easter Cantata. The Easter Cantata to be performed this year by the Ver nonia Community Choir is The Borrowed Tomb, co-written by Steve Moore and David T. Clydesdale. Actors for this year’s per formance include Allen Vetch, John Cahill, Kellie Murray, An nie Dixon, Mike Skillen, Eric Peterson and Marion Johnston. Featured vocalists w ill be Sandy W elch, Julie Coontz, Phyllis Thornburg, M arcella Seager, Lana Vetch, Susie Armstrong and Kellie Murray. This annual Easter musical of faith and belief is directed by Lynda Cahill, who, like all mem bers of the Vernonia Comm uni ty Choir, is a volunteer. There will be three perform- ances - March 22, 23 and 24 - a week before Easter, in the W ashington G rade School gym. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. on March 22-23; with a matinee performance March 24 at 3:00 p.m. There is no ad mission charge, however, free will offerings will be accepted. VHS Drama Club will perform The Zoo Story, by Al bee, and Anton Checkov’s The Marriage Proposal Two one-act plays, The Zoo Story, by Edward Albee, and The Marriage Proposal, by An ton Chekhov, will be presented by the Vernonia High School Drama Club, March 7, 8 and 9. The Zoo Story opens in New York’s Central Park with Peter, J played by Shawn Hillyer, a m id dle-aged and w ell-dressed man, peacefully reading on a park bench. Jerry, an unkempt young vagrant, played by Jake Brock, enters his world and what follows is a conversation between two characters who B rid g e S tr e e t A n tiq u e s A n tiq u e s Ê? C o lle c tib le s W ere Overcrowded! 10% Off A ll Stock Fri-Sat-Sun • M ar 8-10 B uy - S e ll - Trade - C onsignm ents W elcom e L ayaw ay - G ift C ertificates 711 B rid ge S treet, V ernonia represent themselves not only as individuals, but as opposing aspects of society. W ith a sav age sense of humor and his iron will, Jerry forces Peter to come to grips with his own ra tionalizations and hypocrisies. In The M arriage Proposal, a nervous young farm er comes to propose to his neighbor’s daughter. Instead of making the proposal, the two young people get involved in many comic ar guments. Carrick Flynn stars as Stepan Stepanovitch Tchu- bukov, Rachael Bentsen plays Natalya Stepanovna. The role of Ivan Vassilyevitch Lomov is played by Casey Waltz. Both plays are directed by instructor George Ray. The March 7 and 8 perform ances w ill be at 7:00 p.m; March 9 at 8:00 p.m., in the Vernonia High School gym. There is no charge for admis sion but seating is limited.
