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The INDEPENDENT. February 20. 2003 WOEC meter readings completed; Hursch leaving By Jim Buxton At the regular February West Oregon Electric Coopera tive board meeting, Operations Manager Steve Hursch report ed that all of the meters will be read this month so that the billing will be back on track. In January, only about a third of the meters were read and the rest of the accounts were estimated because of the heavy workload due to recent storms. WOEC is currently re placing the older, manually- read meters with new remotely- read “Turtle" meters. Hursch re ported that 165 meters had been replaced this month in the Fishhawk Lake area. Town Hall Meeting Legislative Update With Representative Betsy Johnson He also reported that WOEC members experienced 21 pow er outages in January, resulting in 1,414 outage hours. Trees falling on the power lines caused the majority of the out ages. Hursch, who has been with WOEC for approximately five years as Engineering and Op erations Manager, has accept ed a similar position at Colum bia River Public Utility District in St. Helens. A former Portland General Electric employee, Steve Scott, has been hired. HAWAII The Oregon State Legislature is dealing with the largest budget problem in 20 years. The issues are complex - from PERS reform, to public safety, human services and educa tion. Please join us for a discussion of these important issues and their potential effect on our State's financial future. SPECIALIST - WAYNE - PLUS WORLD ________ PACKAGES Mexico • Las Vegas • Disney • Europe Scout Cabin 901 Park Drive, Vernonia Saturday, March 8th 1:00 - 2:00PM Now in your neighborhood Travel Packages by Wayne 1 -8 8 8 -2 9 7 -1 2 9 8 Tell Free er No public funds were used for this advertisement - Paid for by Rep. Betsy Johnson 5 8 3 -7 5 5 -2 1 9 8 Paae 5 Property tax exemption deadline near for disabled war veterans, surviving spouses The deadline for disabled war veterans and surviving spouses of war veterans to ap ply for the veterans’ property tax exemption is April 1. Quali fied veterans or their surviving spouses may be entitled to ex empt either $9,860 or $13,130 of their property’s assessed value from property taxes. The $9,860 exemption ap plies to war veterans with dis abilities of 40 percent or more and to war veterans’ surviving spouses who have not remar- ried. The $13,130 exemption applies to war veterans with service-connected disabilities of 40 percent or more. It also applies to the surviving spous es of war veterans who died because of service-connected illness or injury, or who had re ceived at least one year of the maximum exemption. For more information, call the Columbia County Tax As sessor’s Office at 503-397- 2240 or visit <www.dor.state. or.us> under Publications. Slide program set on Vernonia history Ann Fulton, Ph.D., author of Vernonia, A Pocket in the Woods, will present a slide pro gram and lecture on Saturday, March 8 at 3:00 p.m. in the li brary. Entitled, “Vernonia’s His- toric Buildings, The Stories Be- hind the Facades”, the after noon’s presentation will offer a lighthearted look at Vernonia. This will be free to the public and refreshm ents will be served. Donkey basketball coming up on Feb. 21 Don’t miss an evening of hi larious fun with Donkey Bas ketball at Vernonia High School on February 21 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets may be purchased at the door. This is a fund rais er for Vernonia Pride. — FEBRUARY s u r w r r ndar VERNONIA Alcoholics Anonymous Mondays Alcoholics Anonymous Saturdays American Legion Post #119 2nd Thursday Arts & Crafts Society 2nd Thursday Boosters 2nd Wednesday Boy Scout Troop 201 Tuesdays Boy Scout Troop 860 Wednesdays Cemetery Beautification Comm 2nd Thursday Chamber of Commerce 2nd Wednesday Cub Scout Pack 201 Scout Cabin Doll Club 4th Tuesday Friends of the Library 1st Tuesday Hands On Art Committee 3rd Wednesday Izaak Walton League 3rd Thursday Lions Club 1st & 3rd Tuesdays Nehalem Valley Car Club Preschool Story Hour Mondays 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 1 st Friday Vem. Volunteer Ambulance Assoc. 1st Thursday Vernonia Volunteer Firefighters 2nd Monday WOEC Directors 3rd Tuesday 2 9 16 23 3 10 1 7 24 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 S 7 8 14 15 21 22 28 î M 3 10 16 17 23 24 30 31 MARCH T W T F 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 22 28 29 5 6 13 20 27 APRIL M T W T F S 7 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 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., Scout Cabin 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 7:00 p.m., Head Start Bldg. 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 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 TO PS. Upr Nehalem Watershed Council 2nd Tuesday 7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station 4th Tuesday 7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station 1st & 2nd Thurs. 7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station 1st & 2nd Wed. 7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station 3rd Wednesday 7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station 2nd Wednesday 10:00 am, 755-2346 for info. 2nd Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Grange Hall Sundays 7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station For date call 429-2401 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 CPO14 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. 1 st 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 Historical Society Wednesdays 2nd Tuesday 2nd Friday 2nd Friday 2nd Monday 3rd Monday 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. Noon, location call 429-3713 Organizations and meeting dates not listed may be included by calling 429-9410 O£b]<mail to rhgJNDEPENDENTL 725 Bridgg^treet, Vernonia, OR 97064
