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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
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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
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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