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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
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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.
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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
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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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