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About The independent. (Vernonia, Or.) 1986-current | View Entire Issue (June 5, 2003)
An inexpensive help for home heating very well. They are a credit and asset to our community. D & R Towing Vernonia To the Editor: Most of us who heat with wood noticed, a few years Be responsible, spay back, when the other paper changed to a paper stock with and neuter your cats less wood pulp and more clay. To the Editor: It doesn’t burn. But The Inde Recently, my family had the pendent has not so changed. opportunity (again) to rescue a In fact, our local paper has kitten. This poor creature is added a new feature, that some about 12 weeks old - a cute lit of the editorials (and the letters tle tortoise shell grey kitty. The about them) are so incendiary little guy’s eyes are stuck shut that one doesn’t need matches with discharge, and it breaths - just roll the paper up and blow with such difficulty, that you can gently - it will light itself! hear each breath rattling its Cordially, lungs. Surprisingly, this sick cat Frazier Rohm has an appetite too - he ate Vernonia like it was his first meal in days. We have four cats - all res Vernonia emergency cues, and cannot add another to our family. No local vets response impressive cat could donate their services to To the Editor: help this kitty - understandably I just wanted to write to ex so, because there are so many press my observations on the strays. The Humane Society in Vernonia Fire Department. St. Helens would not take him, We responded to a rollover since he is sick, and they do not accident last week with our tow have the funds to take care of truck. I was impressed with the sick animals. Apparently, Co professionalism and action tak lumbia County Animal Control en by the EMT/Rescue and does not deal with cats - just Volunteer firefighters. Fire dogs. Kitty is sleeping in a box on Chief Paul Epler and his crew handled the traffic and situation my porch now, with at least some food, milk, and a comfy towel. We can’t let him in the house and risk our other cats’ health. Tomorrow morning we will take him to the Bonnie Hays Animal Shelter in Hills boro. He will probably be euth anized. This could have been avoid ed, if people would take re sponsibility and have pets spayed or neutered. I am sick of seeing people in this town let their animals reproduce when they know that there are not enough homes for all of these animals. Pets are not born to be thrown away - just tossed aside when you are tired of them. Pet ownership is a long term commitment and respon sibility. If you have a cat, get it spayed or neutered - please, don’t just let it reproduce more inbred, ill kittens. I’ve spent a whole day on the phone, trying to find out what could be done for this abandoned, sick cat. My kids are heartbroken to see it suffer. It is very difficult for them to un derstand how people can be so irresponsible. My animals are now at risk of catching whatev er this kitten has - all due to an inconsiderate member of this Between the Bookends just my opinion). We also have three of this se ries - The Princess Diaries, Princess in the Spotlight, and Princess in Love. Sign ups for the Sum In the non-fiction department, try reading the mer Reading Program biography of Tony Hawk called Hawk: Occupa started Tuesday, June 3rd. tion Skateboarder. Tony Hawk has skated for Summer Programs for over 20 years, invented more than 80 tricks and school age children are on won twice as many professional contests as any Thursdays at 2:00 p.m. other skater. This book tells the story of the de starting June 19th. velopment of the sport of skateboarding, and his The schedule is as fol own story as well, from being a hyperactive child lows: with a demon temper and a high IQ, to his acci dental start into skateboarding and the people June 1 9 - Arthur Atsma- magic etc. he considers legends and his mentors in the June 26 - Leapin’ Louie sport. Even for a non-skater, like myself, this is July 1 0 - Reptile Man an interesting book. But if skating is your pas July 17 - BJ the Clown sion, you have to check this book out; it has lots July 24 - Celeste Rose Puppets of photographs, too. Then check out our sub July 31 - Elizabeth Falcon scription to ‘Thrasher,” a skateboard magazine. On Thursday, August 7th, from 2:00-4:00 Need to do some recycling? Take advantage p.m., come to Camp READ. This is the only pro of Recycle Saturday, sponsored by the Friends gram that requires pre-registration due to a limit of the Banks Library on the second Saturday of of 30. It is geared for children grade 3-6. each month, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the The library has been anticipating a lot of sum SWATCO yard on Sellers Road. mer reading by our teens and we have bought many new titles. If you enjoy the television show Banks P ublic Library: 111 Market Street “Alias" you’ll want to read the series of the same Hours: Tues., Wed., Thurs., 11 a.m, - 7 p.m.; name, based on the hit TV series. The library Fri. and Sat. 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. has three of the series - A Secret Life, Recruit Preschool Story Time: Wednesdays, 10:15 ed and Disappeared. All three are original pre a.m., through July. quel novels written by Lynn Mason. Phone: (503 ) 324-1382 If you enjoyed the movie “The Princess Di Internet: www.WILInet.wccls.llb.or.us. aries,’’ try reading the book! Usually the books to browse library resources or to are far superior to the movie (though not always, reserve materials electronically. By Ann Krutsinger, Library Assistant Banks Public Library community. made locally by Farmwoman's Bottom line - If you aren’t Nursery. going to spay your cat, then We hope you are all enjoying you should be the one paying our new garbage receptacles. to care for the sick kittens that These were purchased by Ver result from your negligence. nonia Pride. Some of the busi You should not rely on others to nesses have provided flowers take care of this problem for for their garbage receptacles you. This kitten did not ask to and all of the businesses have come into this world, and it cer agreed to keep them watered tainly did not deserve to be for us. A BIG THANK YOU for abandoned, starving and sick. that time consuming task. The Please give some thought to receptacles were made by Alan pet ownership and spay or Hein and the silhouettes by neuter your dogs and cats. Ani Wolfgang Forge with designs mals are not possessions; they donated by Vernonia Mercan are companions that rely on us tile. for love and care. Donna Webb for Kim Sebring Vernonia Pride Vernonia Special thanks to all Successful day to volunteers, donors Make Vernonia Shine To the Editor: To the Editor: Vernonia Pride would like to thank everyone who showed up on clean up day. Though the weather could have been bet ter, about 150 people showed up to Make Vernonia Shine. There were people all over town picking up litter, planting, sweeping, etc., even a group from Starbucks in St. Helens. It is always nice to see new faces. We would like to thank SOLV and all of the support that they give to this project. Thanks also to all of the food helpers—what is clean up day without good food at the end? Thanks to everyone who donated materi als and time. Farmwoman’s Nursery donated plants for the theme sign. The city public works and city hall employees always put forth lots of help and equipment towards this effort. Thanks to Providence Health Center for the use of the park ing lot for registration. Most of all thanks to all of you Vernoni- ans for caring about your town. We all live here and we can all make it a better place to be. Since the high school could not participate in April, they made their showing on May 22 as part of their Spring Fling. There were kids all over town, sprucing it up. I would like to personally thank the group at the museum.They were totally awesome. They were very or ganized and we were very hap py with their work. Kudos to you all. This year there will be real flowers in the hanging baskets purchased by Vernonia Pride and the Vernonia Chamber of Commerce. The baskets were These are difficult times for our county and state. At no time in recent memory have we faced such difficult choices, and experienced such deep cuts in our public schools, in our helping agencies and in the public safety fabric we have all come to count on. Every day hundreds in our midst go hun gry and hundreds more worry where their next meal will come from. We all worry whether the schools will operate a full year next year and some fear that a crime wave will sweep through our communities now that some types of crimes can no longer be prosecuted or pun ished. In the midst of all the gloom and doom we are facing, I want to take a moment to publicly thank those who continue to volunteer their time and their money to help their communi ties in these trying times. It is fun to be on boards and in lead ership positions when times are good and the money is there to meet most of the needs of the community, and everyone is grateful and happy. It is far more difficult and a lot less fun to volunteer in a leadership role when the hard choices need to be made, when there is not enough money to address even the most basic needs, and when your best efforts are often greeted with unhappiness and even hostility. Recently, we at Riverside re ceived notification of our annu al allocation from the United Way of Columbia County. As you can imagine, it was down significantly from last year, as were the allocations of all of the Please see page 17
