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Page 12 The INDEPENDENT, April 3, 2003 Between the Bookends By Ann Krutsinger, Library Assistant Banks Public Library The Annual Plant & Book Sale sponsored by the Friends of the Banks Public Library will be held Saturday, April 26, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.l There will be a Members Only Preview Sale on Fri day, April 25, 4:00-7:00 p.m.; memberships will be available at the door. This special event will include a selection of ornamental shrubs, bedding plants, small gar den trees, garden art and accessories. New books will be available at 20 percent off list price, Timber Press book donations for sale, used books, periodicals and videos for very reason able prices. Plant and book donations are wel come - call the library for information. What if everyone in our community read the same book? Find out by reading Pay it Forward, by Catherine Ryan Hyde, then participate in book discussion groups scheduled throughout the county in March and April. Local discussion groups are scheduled as follows: English discussion groups: • Centro Cultural, April 3, 7:00-9:00 p.m. • Forest Grove Library, April 10, 7:00-9:00 p.m. /to Says... From page 2 eluding hunting. The pilot program would include portions of the Trask, Mid/Upper Rogue, John Day, North Santiam and South Santiam Rivers, only. It would last four years and a moratorium would be placed on all navigability studies during that time. In addition, property owners would be re lieved of taxes that they may be paying on the streambed and banks, and a mandatory user/ac- cess pass system to fund management and en forcement activities would be put in place. There are many other provisions that hold the landown ers harmless for environmental damages and personal injury to recreational users. - While this plan, at first glance, appears to pull the state out of its quagmire, it must be recog nized it will also give away the public’s rights to land that, by all accounts, is theirs to begin with. The plan also lays all costs solely on the users, which seems fair until you think of the river as being a thoroughfare that people travel...then what is fair about them paying a toll every trip? If • Women’s Biographies will discuss the au thor, Catherine Ryan Hyde, in the Billy Scott Room at McMenamin’s Grand Lodge. April 11 at 6:30 p.m. Book Discussions in Spanish: • Forest Grove Library, April 1, at 7:00 p.m. • Forest Grove Resource Center (women), April 4, at 11 a.m. • Centro Cultural, April 3, 7:00-9:00 p.m. Author visits - Book Discussion • Forest Grove City Library, Coffee and buns with Catherine Ryan Hyde, April 12 at 10 a.m. • Centro Cultural, An evening with Catherine Ryan Hyde, April 12 at 7:00 p.m., presented by the Cornelius Library. Movie viewing with the book’s author • Forest Grove City Library, with McMe namin’s Grand Lodge, will present a free viewing of the movie “Pay it Forward." A discussion will follow with the author. Call the Grand Lodge for schedule information. Banks P ublic Library: 111 Market Street. Hours: Tues., Wed., Thurs., 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.; Fri. and Sat. 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Preschool Story Time: Wednesdays, 10:15 a.m., when school is in session. Phone: (503)324-1382 Internet: www.WILlnet.wccfs.iib.or.us. to browse library resources or to reserve materials electronically. ■ ♦ ......... I live on a public street, I do not insist that every person who drives down that street pay a special fee. We pay for enforcement collectively in this country and rivers should be no different. Most of the offensive acts that a minority of stream users commit are already enforceable by state laws and, once the legal fog is lifted around navigabil ity in our state, the sooner law enforcement will be clear to act. Frankly, I think this whole mess will end up in Federal court, which historically has sided decisively on the people’s rights under the navigability act. It is sad to see this whole mess and it should be a reminder to legislators in this state that putting off the resolution of is sues will only create a bigger mess in the future. — Animal shelter will im plant m icrochips for identification Services and the Bonnie L. Hays Small Animal Shelter will offer pet identification micro chip implants, rabies shots and dog licensing on Saturday, April 5, 2003, from 11 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Shelter in Hillsboro. Microchips for pets will cost $20 and rabies shots will be $10. Dogs must have a valid dog license to receive a mi crochip. The shelter’s veteri narian and animal care staff will be on hand to administer the vaccinations and implant the microchips. “We want to educate com Yard Decor Warehouse NOW OPEN FOR THE SEASON! Saturdays 9-5 thru April Longer Hours starting May 1 st Come see our all new stock Enter your name to win a Table T op Fountain Must be 18 or older. No purchase necessary. Drawing will be held May 3, in time for Mothers’ Day. Need not be present to win. 5 0 3 -3 2 4 -4 0 1 5 20110 NW Pihl Road. Manning Watch for signs on Hwy. 26. S e n try Izaak Walton League Nehalem Valley Chapter meetings are on the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. The public is welcome. For meeting location, call (503) 429-7193. panion pet owners on the ben efits of identifying their animals with license tags or m i crochips," said Karen Riley, an imal care supervisor. In a 1997 study of 1000 ani mal shelters, conducted by the National Council on Pet Popu lation Study and Policy, approx imately one million dogs and half a million cats were taken in as strays. Only 16 percent of the dogs and two percent of cats were returned to their owners. In Washington County, over 3,500 pets were brought in as strays, ■■■SUPIRMAtKFraV 660 So. Main, Banks 1/2 Chicken or Beef Rib ‘ Dinner in cludes Pota to Salad, BBQ Beans and a Dinner Roll community newspaper possible. W ithout them, there could be no newspaper. ? Dinner Friday & Saturday 11 am ta 6 pm April 4&5. 18&19, 28& 29 660 S. Main St., Banks • 503-324-2171
