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letters Pioneer Museum is off to a great start To the Editor: W e had a very nice open house at th e m u se u m . W e would like to tha nk the G olden O ldies for playing during the a f ternoon for eve ryo n e ’s e n jo y ment. T h ank you to all that stopped by to visit the m useum and fo r th e d o n a tio n s . W e would like to thank the county for the $500 to help us get sta rt ed on preservation of ou r p h o tos at the m useum . W atch for our new sign, Vernonia P ioneer M useum , to be placed soon, donated by M ichael Snow. Dan B row n p la ce d o u r h is to ric a l plaque on the building. Thanks, D an. Thank you, R alph Keasey, fo r rem oving the dead tree at the m useum . E veryone w orking tog eth er m akes this a special place to live. Enid Parrow, President Vernonia Pioneer Museum Vernonia takes care of cemeteries, too To the Editor: V e rn onia c itiz e n s can be proud of their city parks, the fishing lake and hiking trails. S om ething they may not have th o u g h t a b o u t is th e ir tw o cem eteries - they can be proud of them , also. If you attended the M em orial Day services at the Vernonia Between the Bookends By Nancy Burch, Librarian Vernonia Public Library and anim als It’s hard to believe that July is half over already. T h a t m e a n s th a t the li b ra ry ’s S um m er R eading p ro g ra m s are at the halfw ay point also. Young sters have been “R eading! D is c o v e rin g ! E x p lo rin g !” s c ie n c e , history, m usic, to com e are the topics of M em orial C em etery you would have seen carefully groom ed grounds, a beautiful avenue of flags, a new ly placed granite m o n u m e n t an d c e re m o n ie s that w ere second to none. If you w ere at the Pioneer C em etery you w ould have seen ca re d -fo r grounds, a new chain link fence and gate and an a t tra c tiv e new sign. T h e new fence replaced fencing tha t had been there 100 years. M ost of these w orks and im provem ents w ere done with d o nations and volu ntee r help. The C em etery B eautification C om m ittee is having a raffle of tw o 16-inch c o lle c to r dolls. Tickets are $1.00 each or six for $5.00, and will be on sale July 18 and 19 and July 25 and 26 at U.S. B ank and S entry Market. All m onies w ill be used to m ake m ore ce m e te ry im p ro v e m e n ts w h e re n e e d e d . W inning tickets w ill be draw n and an nounced at the J a m boree Logging show. You need not be present to win. W e hope you w ill support the raffle. Thank you. Ellen Meyer Vernonia Taxes are not used for right purposes To the Editor: The legislature keeps trying to com e up with a new tax that people w ill accept, especially a sales tax. But, they will never take a tax off that they impose upon V.V.V.W .V.V.W .V.V.W .-. us, o r cut off a program that is the ir reading goals. Som e very nice prizes are not cost effective ju s t tax until yet to be claim ed, including certificates fo r y o the ta x p a y e r’s back is broken. yos w hich m ay be redeem ed in S e ntry’s video O ur founding fathers re volt departm ent. Sentry, as a m em ber of U nited G ro ed be cause the king im posed a cers, is one of the sponsors of this s u m m e r’s fraction of w hat o u r g o v e rn program . m ent is im posing upon us in W hitney O tto (author of H ow to M ake an this day and age. T h ey have A m erica n Quilf) and Pat G old (a uthority on Chi- im plem ented program s th a t are nookan N ations and other N ative A m erican peo only m eant to g e nerate votes ples and traditions) recently presented very e n for them selves. tertaining program s at the library. Both are d e O ne of the m ost o rn e ry p ro lightful ladies and it w as a pleasure to have them gram s is the m onies that o u r here in Vernonia. state gives to planned p a re n t The last official book drop for donations to hood for the killing of ou r u n The Friends of the Library Book Sale w ill be S at born children, and recruiting of urday, July 26 from 10-12. The book sale will be our teenagers abortio n industry held on Saturday, A ugust 2nd (Jam boree S atu r for abortions that the parents day) from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m . Many, m any d o n ’t even know about, also the books have been collected, so plan on finding a protecting of phedip hiles (sic) great selection from w hich to choose. All books w ho im pregnate m ino r girls and will be $ .25 each, w ith selected item s selling at take them for ab ortions, and only $1.00 a bag. There w ill also be tw o books to the abortion industry never re be raffled. All m oney from this book sale w ill be ports the sexual activitie s as used to benefit the library. the law in every state m a nda tes N ew acquisitions include R unaw ay H e a rt by that they do, which has been do c S tephen C annell, L a st to D ie by Jam es G rippan- umented by Life Dynamics Inc. do, Bare Bones by Kathy Reichs, Living H istory O ur state w ould save m ulti by H illary Rodham Clinton, Death Trap by Sue m illions of dollars if the y did not Henry, and The Lake H ouse by Jam es Patterson. fund this abom ination. Next book discussion group will m eet July Keith Carpenter 22nd at 7:00 p.m. in the library. Books being d is Scappoose cussed will be The G ive r by Lois Low ry and The La nguage o f S isters by A m y Yurk. A nyone w is h ing to attend is w elcom e. The library is a very pleasant place to be on To the Editor: these hot days and evenings. It’s nice to just sit The 4th of J u ly - w ha t a and read a book or m agazine in air-conditioned com fort. The com puters are alw ays available for great turnout w e had for the p a the public. If y o u ’d like to try using the Internet for rade. A ll th o s e little o n e s decked out in red, w hite and the first tim e or need to use a com puter to type a r6sum 6 o r letter, som eone is on hand to help. blue. E very ye a r w e have great The library is a cool place. cooperation and help from the P olice D e p a rtm e n t, M e tro Vernonia Public Library: 701 Weed Ave. W est, Vernonia R ural Fire P ro Hours: Mon., Wed., Fri. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; tection D istrict and th e ir v o lu n Tues., Thur. 2 p.m. - 7 p.m. teers. The fire d istrict v o lu n Sat 10 a.m. ♦ 2 p.m. teers are the ones w h o set up Preschool Story Time: Mondays, 10:00 and set off the fire w o rks fo r us a.m., when school is in session. and they do a great job. T h ank >: (503 ) 429-1818 you to True Value H ardw are ................................................................................ Wonderful turnout for 4th of July events Pat Gold at Vernonia Public Library space, nature, com m unity, and water. Kate C on ley is leading the fun-filled, educational pro gram s fo r ages seven and old er at A nderson Park, w hile youngsters age six and under m eet at the library fo r them e-rela ted stories and a ctiv ities. R eading goals are being m et and prizes are being aw arded for m eeting individual goals. Four children have already m et 100 percent of and W est O regon E lectric for the use of th e ir tre n ch e r for tre nchin g fo r the fire w o rks. Now, a special th a n k you to all the volu ntee rs w ho m ade ou r firew orks display so spe cial. John O ’Leary, Tim Bam - burg, Greg S chaum burg, M att D avis, Tom R am sey, W ayne V aughn, D arrel W olfe, Norm Brow n, Jessica Davis, Brandi Landry, Ben D avis, K ody W atts, Jess B orders and D arryl N or ton. Fire C hief Paul E pier has a lw a y s been a g re a t help w h e n e ve r asked to m ake our firew orks display go sm oothly. Each yea r it seem s to be the b e st d is p la y yet. T h a n k s to eve ryon e w ho donated to the fund, m ailed in donations, d o nating after the fire w o rks or putting m oney in the jars dow n tow n. T h e sp a ghe tti d in n e r w as very good - thanks to L e w ’s. T h a n k you to the school district fo r th e use of th e s c h o o l grounds, and th a n k you Cub S cout Troop 201 fo r cleaning the school grounds of the trash left behind. Last, I w ou ld like to th a n k the th re e you ng ladies w ho helped m e line up the p a rade and ge t it on its way, Jea nnie , S h e lly and D arlene. Enid Parrow for Vernonia Pride Invitation from WRC To the Editor: On T h u rs d a y , J u ly 24, fro m 1 2 :0 0 noon to 2:0 0 p.m ., C olum bia C o u n ty W o m e n ’s R e sou rce C e n te r is sponsoring an O pen H ouse of the shelter, The S tarting P lace. W e w o u ld like to invite the c o m m u n ity to stop by and visit us to s a y “ H e llo ” , have som ethin g to ea t and to to u r the facility. T h e S taff and B oard of D i re ctors at the C olum bia C ounty W o m e n ’s R e s o u rc e C e n te r w o u ld like the c o m m u n ity to kno w tha t w e a p p re c ia te all yo u r con cern and s u p p o rt of the C olum bia C o u n ty W o m e n ’s R esource C e n te r and o u r s h e l ter. T h ank you very m uch for being such c o n ce rn e d an d in v o lv e d c o m m u n ity m e m b e rs . T h e success of the C olum bia C o u n ty W o m e n ’s R e s o u rc e C e n te r d e pen ds on yo u r c o n tin ued s u p p o rt a n d e n c o u ra g e m ent. W e look fo rw a rd to seeing you. If you are u n cle a r as to our location, ple ase call 503-397- 7110 fo r directions. Vickie J. Hagan, Exec. Dir. Women’s Resource Center
