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Page 10 The INDEPENDENT, February 6, 2003 Students must have immunizations up to date in order to stay in school Oregon public health officials at the Department of Human Services predict that a greater number of children than usual may be sent home on February 19, school exclusion day. Last year, there was a na tional shortage of tetanus-diph theria (Td) and chickenpox vac cines, according to Grant Hig ginson, M.D., state public health officer in DHS. “Now we expect to issue more exclusion orders than usual, because children who missed getting those immunizations need to get caught up.” . * G1 ' • fc ' ‘ , Firefighters plan annual breakfast The Banks Volunteer Fire fighter Associations annual breakfast will be held Sunday, March 2, in the Banks High School Cafeteria. Breakfast will be served from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and tickets are avail able at the door. The menu includes pan cakes, ham or sausage, eggs, fruit, coffee, milk or orange juice. Tickets are $20 per fami ly, $5 for adults, $3 for children ¿indpr ,12 years and $4 for sen iors 62+. In addition to breakfast, there will be free fire engine rides for children and free blood pressure checks for adults. For more information, call 503-324-6262. 4^04 Z4te S p e c ia l All vaccines are widely avail able, now, he added. School exclusions have in creased in the past few years because of additional require ments for Hepatitis B, second measles and chickenpox shots. In 2002, 37,283 exclusion orders were issued to children who were found to be missing immunizations. Of those, 8,263 children were unable to go to school or day care on exclusion day because they had not yet received the required immu nizations, according to Higgin son. This year, school exclusion day will be February 19th. Chil dren whose school or day care records have not been updat ed, or who do not have a med ical or religious exemption, will be sent home. They cannot re turn until their immunization records have been updated. Columbia County Public Health Immunization Program has sent out exclusion letters to the parents of 422 students in Columbia County, which in cludes 67 students in the Ver nonia School District. This is up from last year’s 288 letters. Uninsured families can call Public Health at 503-397-4651 or 1-800-244-4870 to arrange for immunizations. The records are kept at the school, not Pub lic Health, and updated infor mation needs to go to the school. Pe/iAo+t u t 'IfouA New Banks councilors take their places With the swearing in of new members Brock Banks, Pete Edison and Kirk Andrews to re place retiring councilors Gary Coffey, Judy Clifford and Tim Hardie, the Banks City Council changed dramatically at the January 14 meeting. Bob Or- lowski was also sworn in, for a second term as mayor, and Teri Branstitre was elected council president. After a presentation by for mer Mayor Ray Deeth about the historical society time cap sule, which was to be buried at the Scout Cabin January 21 at a dedication ceremony, most of the meeting was consumed by three separate public hearings. Police Chief Daryl Crandall reported during a hearing on a Recliners starting at $299°° w ith Coupon Sofas starting at 34900 o+t * '•’I *4 with Coupon Offer Expires Feb. 17, 2003 5 Piece edroom Sets < Q oa A^ Englander ■V Starting at T h e m a ttr e s s o f c h o ic e Twin Size from '■„'ft' 660 S. Main St., Banks • 503-324-2171 X r.^ÿ. T upper ' s H ome F urnishings tf-lau/e/iA, Sentry Super Mari et .'«3 ¿ . í w ith C o u p o n Deli & Bakery Gawdhf, Nuisance Abatement H ome F urnishings Plan your favorite meal with help from our in-store Wine Beer Liquor <£’ Champagne nuisance abatement at 140 De pot Street that the responsible person has been working dili gently to clean up the property, although tires, metals and yard debris remain to be cleaned up. The property owner was in formed of the nuisance in Octo ber and of responsibility to clean up all trash, high weeds, trailers and abandoned cars lo cated on the site. In November, council agreed to a continu ance because the property re verted to a prior owner. However, because the prop erty is now for sale, city attor ney Jim Lucas suggested that council file a lis pendens, a le- Please see page 11 After many months of work by the planning commission, there was no public comment at a public hearing on the revi sion of the city’s fence ordi nance. Fencing standards were last amended in 1999. The cur rent revision was undertaken to make the provisions more eas ily understood by clarifying def initions and adding illustrations throughout the ordinance. The revision will be subject to a final vote for inclusion in the city’s zoning ordinance at the Febru ary meeting. T upper ' s 'UaleMtitteb jbau, J Fence Ordinance «' ï Full Sizelraa»* Size f r o m , $ 1 9 8 WithCoupon with Coupon fa-, .«.« e, . . .eo Posturepeofc T upper ' s H ome F urnishings 19"'AVENUE I’LAZA • 2835 19th Ave., Suite 600 Forest Grove • 359-7760 ¿s. r
