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.
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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.
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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
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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
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