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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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council agreed to a continu
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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
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