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The INDEPENDENT, October 17, 2002 Farmwoman's Nursery B e s t Little N u rs e ry A r o u n d ! THERE’S STILL TIME FOR FALL PLANTING!! OFF M ALL TREES CHECK OUR LANDSCAPE PLANTS, TOO! 10-6 • 503-429-8200 V ernonia , 7 miles out of V ernonia F all H o u r s : F ri - S at 12891 K easey R d , Tha Health Habit 5O3-429-O5O1 Area property taxes show modest increase There will be some good news, some bad news and lots of questions, when over 28,000 property tax bills are received by Columbia County property owners. A total of $37,842,064 in property taxes is being billed for the county, cities, schools and special districts, 6.76 per cent more than last year. An ad ditional $892,707 will be col lected for such things as drainage district assessments and the Oregon Department of Forestry’s fire patrol special as sessments. Countywide, the market val ue of all taxable property in creased by 4.59 percent from $3.43 billion to $3.58 billion, based on sales prior to January 1, 2002. The market value of most residential properties nei ther increased nor decreased throughout the county. A major exception was a 19 percent in crease for rural Scappoose res idential properties. Com m ercial properties in creased eight percent in St. He lens and Scappoose, four per cent in Vernonia and twenty percent in Clatskanie, while de creasing by five percent in Rainier. However, property tax es are based on assessed val ues, not market value, which Critter Clippers Pet Grooming Complete Co-Ed Gym Facility Personal Training Available "Holidays are approaching!! Make your grooming appointment now for guaranteed service." 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Wednesdays Upr Nehalem Watershed Council 4th Thursday Vernonia Airport Committee 3rd Wednesday Vernonia Cares Directors Vernonia City Council 1st & 3rd Mondays Vernonia Comm. Dev. Corp. 2nd Tuesday Vernonia Grange 4th Saturday Vernonia Health Center 2nd Monday Vernonia Planning Comm. 1st Thursday Vernonia Pride Vernonia Ridge Riders Last Thursday Vernonia RFPD Board 2nd Tuesday Vernonia School Board 2nd Thursday Vernonia Sr. Center Board 1st Friday Vem. Volunteer Ambulance Assoc. 1st Thursday Vernonia Volunteer Firefighters 2nd Monday WOEC Directors 3rd Tuesday Page 5 was reduced by Measure 50 in 1997-98 to the 1995-96 market value, less 10 percent. The typical tax bill will in crease 2.3 percent inside the City of Vernonia and only 1.87 percent in the rural areas of Vernonia. Mist-Birkenfeld Rural Fire District property owners w ill see a 2.36 percent in crease. These increases of less than three percent are due to low er bonded debt for both Portland C om m unity College and Vernonia Rural Fire Dis trict. Under Measure 50, taxing districts have frozen tax rates for operating purposes. At the same time, assessed values of individual properties are limited to a maximum of three percent increase each year, unless the property is improved, subdivid ed, re-zoned or disqualified from special assessment or ex em ption. These are “excep tions” to the three percent in crease in assessed value. The result of these two pro visions of Measure 50 is that most property owners can ex pect a three percent increase in Please see page 17 MIST-BIRKENFELD 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 M-BRFPD Board Business Mtg. 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. 2nd Tuesday 4th Tuesday 1 st & 2nd Thurs. 1st & 2nd Wed. 3rd Wednesday 2nd Wednesday 2nd Wednesday Sundays 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 Alcoholics Anonymous Banks City Council Banks Planning Commission Banks School Board Banks Youth Group Chamber of Commerce CPO 14 Friends of the Library Lions Club Sunset Park Assoc. T.O.P.S. Tri-City RFPD Board Women’s Aglow Fridays 8:00 p.m., Methodist Church 2nd Tuesday 7:30 p.m., City Hall Last Tuesday 7:00 p.m., City Hall 2nd Monday 7:30 p.m., Jr. High Library Sundays, Wednesdays 7:00 p.m., UMC Youth Bldg. 1st Thursday 12:30 p.m., Brown Derby 3rd Monday 7:00 p.m., City Library 2nd Tuesday 7:00 p.m., City Library 1st & 3rd Mondays 7:00 p.m., Schlegel Hall 3rd Wednesday 8:00 p.m., Gun Club Wednesdays 7:00 p.m., Administration Bldg. 2nd Wednesday 7:00 p.m., Station 13 2nd Thursday 7:00 p.m., City Library 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.
