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About The independent. (Vernonia, Or.) 1986-current | View Entire Issue (July 3, 2003)
r* o Page 8 The INDEPENDENT, July 3, 2003 Sits & Bites By Jacqueline Ramsay Strand’s final meeting adopts budget Performing her final duties as a Vernonia School Board member, Carla Strand chaired a brief meeting, held June 26, to adopt the 2003-04 budget approved by the budget com mittee and discuss the district’s liability insurance. Prior to the resolution adopt ing the budget, a new fund was created to allow for the receipt and expenditure of federal Rain - oh how sweet. Even the bullfrog at the lake was rejoicing - or was he call ing for a friend? Something new to be concerned about at the lake. Someone has “burnt” one of the table tops. Looks like they wanted to make coffee or warm their hands with a “Sterno” pot. It couldn’t have been a small barbecue, unless they just put the bri quets on the table. Please, for heaven's sake, use your heads - you burned into the table. Good thing you had sense enough to put out the fire with lake water, or did you? The transportation m eeting at City Hall had a group from the From page 1 Senior Center asking questions and voicing opinions. No real - Special Education Instructor, answers, though. If Vernonia gets a bus by some means, we $31,500 (meaning anyone that can and will plunk out the $) have to fur - Textbook Adoption, $5,000 nish insurance, upkeep, gas and drivers until and if the mess is - Business/Alternative Educa settled. Bright spot - there is State money available - Bad spot tion, $16,875 - if and only if you serve only the elderly and disabled popula - Athletic Transportation tion. So, where does that leave us? No comment. The funding $12,300 comes from the cigarette tax - two cents per pack. A comment - Assistant coaches, $25,500 made - So, we need more smokers in Oregon? - Custodian, $18,000 - Fiscal Assistant, $21,000 Chapter 2 on the S & H stamp saga - - Food Service Transfer, On the fishing dock one afternoon, I was able to share the $7,000 joy of my so-to-speak windfall with a lady from Wilsonville. Fol - Lincoln School Lunch Trans lowing the info I gave her, she has become several $$ richer. portation, $5,000 The nice thing is, they are going to invest in a season pass to - Secretarial days, $5,000 Vernonia Lake because they love it out here. - Middle School Teacher, If you’ve got the answer to som eone’s quandary - share $29,000 your knowledge with them. Make a new friendship. It feels - Additional food service good. trans Walked just before the rain this a.m. Crows cawing, birds do fer, $3,000 ing their thing - twitter tweeting. Janice pruned berry vine suck - Technology Equipment, ers com ing onto the path to attack walkers and etc. $5,000 - Contingency, $36,500 We noticed all the lake (planted) trees have “Leaf Curl”, even some of the old trees on the back side of the lake have curl or The budget committee is wilting - someone should investigate. com posed of Chair Robyn If you are a runner, Vernonia Cares 5K run is heading up the Bassett, Noni Andersen, Jeff Jam boree this year, August 1,2 , & 3. Come join us - check out Blum, Tobie Finzel, Greg the reader board at the mini golf course. Kintz, Cindy Naillon and Vicky Strange things, strange thought processes. I admonished Rice, plus school board mem some children not to throw rocks in or at the lilies in the lake bers Darrell Hamblet, Randy one day - father said, “W hat’s it going to hurt?” - said I, “Ducks Hansen, Jim Krahn (budget and fish” - says he, “How can you hit a fish? Don’t see any com m ittee vice-chair), Cari ducks.” - They did stop, though. Strange, the ducks came back Levenseller, Leslie O ’Leary, to swimming at the boat ramp for all to enjoy watching. Carla Strand and Tim Titus. A fellow asked, “Now that I’m retired, what should I do (re tired about five years) with my time? My answer, “ Fishing’s good, walking’s healthy - work in your yard with a teaspoon, but, for heavens sake, get out of the house - don’t sit and drive your wife crazy. Here’s a bit of news to ponder - IQ scores may rise by 10 percent just before a storm. Wake up call, there’s a phone scam afoot: A friend got a call - “You’ve won a “free” rug cleaning. Oh? I’ve not entered any contest and lady, nothing is free. I’m not interested. The caller said “I can send som eone today” (Saturday). Answer: No - “How about Sunday?” - No, got church. “Monday?” - No, not interested and not home - “We can come on Tues.” My friend Subscribe to finally said - Guarantee it’s free, but I’m not buying, nothing is The INDEPENDENT given for free, 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, fine. I was there as a wit ness. End of story, a man showed up at 10:40 selling vacuum fo r ju s t $15 per year. cleaners all the way from Vancouver. He was, shall I say, upset. Call 503-429-9410 The lady caller never said who she was, what company she represented, and definitely didn’t say it was a pitch for a vacu to sta rt your subscription um cleaner. So “Be Aware.” There’s always a tail on the cat. Special Ed position given top priority Don’t miss the grant funds for public charter schools. There was no public comment on the budget. The board also approved a resolution needed to balance the budget for the 2002-2003 fiscal year and allowed for an additional transfer of funds from the general fund to food service. Superintendent Mike Fun- derburg told the board that the proposal from J.B.L.&K., the district’s insurance agent, indi cated that the cost to maintain coverage at the current level would be $6,545 above the $87,000 budgeted for 2003- 2004. An alternative carrier, Zurich, was reviewed and, at first, appeared to have a signif icantly lower premium than J.B.L.&K. However, Funder- burg added, Zurich does not provide coverage for any form of child/sexual abuse, an area where liability coverage is criti cal. The board agreed that Zurich did not represent a vi able alternative. As part of the effort to de crease expenditures last year, the district dropped earthquake coverage that was previously U N LIM ITE D 5 6 K INTERNET For in fo r m a tio n call 5 0 3 -4 2 9 -2 7 0 1 included in the district’s liability package. Since the cost of the current package rose so dra matically, Deputy Clerk Dawn Plews requested proposals for restoring earthquake coverage and reducing the premium by increasing the district’s de ductible. According to Plews, there are adequate funds in contingency to increase the de ductible to $5,000. The board agreed to increase the de ductible from $1,000 to $5,000 and include earthquake cover age for an additional $8,371. The increase, beyond what is already budgeted for 2003- 2004, will be $14,916. 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