The INDEPENDENT, March 20, 2002
Page 5
Good guys to the rescue!
It was early on a cold, cold
day and the weather threat
ened to make it a long day, too,
for line crews, but West Oregon
Electric Cooperative em ploy
ees said, “Sure, w e’ll see what
we can do” about getting a fam
ily cat out of a tall fir tree.
The one-year-old cat had
been stuck in the tree for three
days and her owners (if cats
truly have owners), Amber and
Doug Dahl, 6-year-old Sarah,
13-year-old Jessica and grand
ma Vivian Skaggs were getting
very worried.
W hen A m ber Dahl ap
proached W OEC operations
n
manager Steve Hursh, he gave
the okay to talk to the linemen.
Gary Gulleckson and Gunny
Cox agreed to help and
stopped at the Dahl home on
Cherry Street before heading
out on the job.
Gulleckson ran the rescue,
going high into the tree in the
bucket of a lift truck, grabbed
the cat and brought her down.
The job was done before 8:00
a.m. and Grandma was very re
lieved.
“People like to com plain
about West Oregon,” Amber
Dahl said, “ I think they should
be thanked publicly, too.”
eonetti s
Pizza & Grill
Left, Gary Gulleckson maneuvers himself
into position to grab a frightened kitten. He
and Gunny Cox are pleased with the results,
Daisy, the cat, was happy to get down, too.
Great Soup & Sandwiches
C u p ...$1.25 Small B ow l...$2.25
Lg. B ow l...$3.25 Add 1/2 Sandw ich...$1.95
WE DELIVER • PARTY PLATTERS AVAILABLE • FOOD TO GO
O PEN MON-SAT 1 1 - 9 * N O W OPEN SUNDAY 1 2 - 7
721 Madison Ave., Vernonia • 503-429-5018
Please support the advertisers
who make your free community
newspaper possible.
-------- KKKCR--------
S M T w r f s
3 4 5 0
10 11 12 13
17 11 1« 20
24 25 26 27
31
1 2
7 1 «
14 1$ 1«
21 22 23
2« 2» 30
VERNONIA
MIST-BIRKENFELD
Mondays
Alcoholics Anonymous
Saturdays
Alcoholics Anonymous
2nd Thursday
American Legion Post #119
2nd Thursday
Arts & Crafts Society
2nd Wednesday
Boosters
Tuesdays
Boy Scout Troop 201
Wednesdays
Boy Scout Troop 860
2nd Thursday
Cemetery Beautification Comm.
2nd Wednesday
Chamber of Commerce
Scout Cabin
Cub Scout Pack 201
4th Tuesday
Doll Club
1st Tuesday
Friends of the Library
3rd Thursday
Izaak Walton League
1st & 3rd Tuesdays
Lions Club
Nehalem Valley Car Club
Mondays
Preschool Story Hour
Wednesdays
T.O.P.S.
4th
Thursday
Upr Nehalem Watershed Council
3rd Wednesday
Vernonia Airport Committee
Vernonia Cares Directors
1st & 3rd Mondays
Vernonia City Council
2nd Tuesday
Vernonia Comm. Dev. Corp.
4th Saturday
Vernonia Grange
2nd Monday
Vernonia Health Center
1st Thursday
Vernonia Planning Comm.
Vernonia Pride
Last Thursday
Vernonia Ridge Riders
2nd Tuesday
Vernonia RFPD Board
2nd
Thursday
Vernonia School Board
1st Friday
Vernonia Sr. Center Board
Vem. Volunteer Ambulance Assoc. 1st Thursday
2nd Monday
Vernonia Volunteer Firefighters
3rd Tuesday
WOEC Directors
M-BRFPD Board Business IV g.
M-BRFPD Board Workshop
M-B Ambulance Assoc.
M-B Firefighters Assoc.
M-B Rescue
M-B Helping Circle
Natal Grange
T.O.P.S.
6:30 p.m., Head Start Bldg.
7:00 p.m., Head Start Bldg.
627 Adams Ave./ 503-429-4000
2:00 p.m., City Library
7:30 p.m., VHS Library
7:00 p.m., Head Start Bldg.
7:00 p.m., LDS Church
7:00 p.m., Leonetti’s Grill
Noon, Lew’s Place
For Info Call 503-429-0188
1:00 p.m., Senior Center
7:00 p.m., Vernonia Library
For location call 503-429-7193
6:30 p.m., Lew’s Place
For Info Call 503-429-4074
10:30 a.m., City Library
6:30 p.m., First Baptist Church
For location call 429-2401
7:00 p.m., City Library
For location call 503-429-1414
7:00 p.m., City Hall
Noon, City Hall
10:30 a.m., Grange Hall
6:00 p.m., 510 Bridge St.
7:00 p.m., City Hall
For Info Call, 503-429-5201
7:00 p.m., City Library
7:00 p.m., Fire Station
8:00 p.m., District Office
1:00 p.m., Senior Center
7:00 p.m., Fire Station
7:00 p.m., Fire Station
7:00 p.m., WOEC
MAY
APRIL
S M
1
7 «
14 15
21 22
2» 29
T
Ì
9
1»
23
30
T F S
3 4 S «
10 11 12 13
17 11 1» 20
24 25 2« 27
W
S M
5
12
1»
20
T W
1
6
7 9
13 14 15
20
21 22
V
24 29
2nd Tuesday
4th Tuesday
1 st & 2nd Thurs.
1st & 2nd Wed.
3rd Wednesday
2nd Wednesday
2nd Wednesday
Sundays
T
JUNE
F S
2
3 4
9 10 11
1« 17 11
23 24 25
30 31
S M
2
9
1«
23
30
T W
3 4
10 11
17 1«
24 25
5
12
19
29
T F S
1
« 7 9
13 14 15
20 21 22
27 21 29
7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station
7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station
7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station
7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station
7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station
10:00 am, 755-2346 for info.
7:30 p.m., Grange Hall
7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station
BANKS
8:00 p.m., Methodist Church
Fridays
Alcoholics Anonymous
7:30 p.m., City Hall
2nd Tuesday
Banks City Council
7:00 p.m., City Hall
Last Tuesday
Banks Planning Commission
7:30 p.m., Jr. High Library
2nd Monday
Banks School Board
7:00
p.m., UMC Youth Bldg.
Sundays,
Wednesdays
Banks Youth Group
12:30 p.m., Brown Derby
1 st Thursday
Chamber of Commerce
7:15 p.m., City Hall
3rd Monday, odd months
Citizen Participation Org.
7:00
p.m., City Library
2nd
Tuesday
Friends of the Library
7:00 p.m., Methodist Church
1st & 3rd Wednesdays
Lions Club
8:00 p.m., Gun Club
3rd Wednesday
Sunset Park Assoc.
:00 p.m., Administration Bldg.
Wednesdays
T.O.P.S.
7:00 p.m., Station 13
2nd Wednesday
Tri-City RFPD Board
COLUMBIA COUNTY (All meet in St. Helens unless otherwise noted.)
Board of Commissioners
Citizens for Senior Justice
COLCO Transportation
County Council of Seniors
County Fair Board
County Parks Commission
Emergency Comm. Dist. (9-1-1)
Historical Society
Wednesdays
2nd Tuesday
2nd Friday
2nd Friday
2nd Monday
3rd Mon day
3rd Tuesday
4th Wednesday
10 a.m., Courthouse
7:00 p.m., Sunset Park Church
10:30 a.m., Courthouse
1:00 p.m., Courthouse
7 .00 p.m., Fairgrounds 4-H Bldg.
6:00 p.m., 1054 Oregon St.
7:00 p.m., Courthouse
Noon, location call 429-3713
Organizations and meeting dates not listed may be included by calling 429-9410
or by mail to The INDEPENDENT, 725 Bridge Street, Vernonia, OR 97064.