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Wind-blown chimney flue flew off roof EQIP conservation funds
available through USDA
Chimney flue from The Lyon’s Den was a casualty of last week’s windstorm. This photo, tak
en during the last hour of the storm, also shows a light standard bending in the wind.
PCC Alumni schedule second annual Job Fair
Portland Community College
Alumni Association is hosting
its second annual job fair for
residents of the Portland metro
area and surrounding commu
nities.
The job fair will be from
Food
H a n d l e r ’s
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A Food Handler’s Class will
be held on Tuesday, January
14, 2003, at 7:30 a.m., at Lew’s
Place, 934 Bridge Street, Ver
nonia.
All attendees should bring a
pen or pencil and it is strongly
recommended that anyone
planning to take the test read
the Food Handler’s booklet be
fore test day. The booklet is
available at the Vernonia Pub
lic Library or may be purchased
for $2.00 from Columbia Coun
ty Public Health, 2370 Gable
Road, across from St. Helens
High School.
For more information, call
Mark Edington at 503-366-
3828.
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725 Bridgi St., Tirntnia
503 429-9410
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on
Monday, January 13, in the up
per mall of the CC Building on
the Sylvania Campus, 12000
S.W. 49th Avenue. The fair pro
vides networking opportunities
for students, employers and
people seeking new career op
tions.
Employers who are sched
uled to be on hand include Tri-
Met, Kaiser Permanente, New
Horizons Computer Learning
Centers, W estern Specialty
Products, Inc., Providence
Health Systems, Right Now
PC, Ltd., The Employment
Guide, Oregon Air National
Guard, Albertina Kerr Centers,
PCC Foundation, Associated
Students of PCC, American
Red Cross, Pacific Northwest
Regional Blood Services and
many others.
For more information, call
Ron Sumner, assistant director
of the PCC Foundation at 503-
977-4416.
VERNCMAINN
Applications are now being
accepted by USDA-Natural Re
sources Conservation Service
for the Environmental Quality
Incentives Program (EQIP).
The application deadline for
2003 funding has been set at
January 31, 2003.
EQIP is a voluntary conser
vation program for promoting
agricultural production and en
vironmental quality as compati
ble goals. Through EQIP, agri
cultural producers may receive
financial and technical assis
tance for installing conserva
tion practices that address nat
ural resource concerns on the
land they own or operate.
EQIP can also assist produc
ers in complying with state and
national regulations by address
ing natural resource concerns
about water quality, soil quality,
wildlife habitat or others.
Eligible land for EQIP may
include cropland, pastureland
and non-industrial forestland
that is part of an agricultural op
eration.
If an applicant is eligible and
funding is made available,
NRCS will write contracts rang
ing from two to ten years, de
pending on time needed to car
ry our practice installation and
management. Typical conser
vation issues that have been
addressed with EQIP in Colum
bia County include providing
manure storage that reduces
nutrient runoff, nutrient man
agement on cropland and pas
ture, pasture management im
provements with practices like
cross fencing, water develop
ments and rotational grazing,
stream bank protection with
practices such as tree planting
and bank stabilization meas
ures, wildlife habitat practices
and others.
For more information, con
tact the local Soil and Water
Conservation
District
and
USDA-NRCS office in Colum
bia County at 2514 Sykes
Road, St. Helens, or call 503-
397-4555.
In
Washington
County, SWCD-NRCS is locat
ed at 1080 SW Baseline, Hills
boro, phone 503-648-3014.
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