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The INDEPENDENT, October 2, 2003 First Annual Uemonia Fall Salmon Festival Saturday, October 4 Page 9 GED classes offered in Vernonia Portland Community College will offer G.E.D. Preparation Classes at Vernonia High School in Room 4, Monday and Wednesday, from September 22 through November 26, from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. Fee waivers are available with proof of low income, Ore gon Health Plan, food stamps, etc. Bring documentation on first day of class. For more information, call Diane Thompson, Instructor, at 503-244-6111 ext. 3162 or 503- 728-2443, or 503-709-7793. The window of opportunity for low rates is about to close. Fixed rate for 6 months! U.S. Bank Home Equity Line of Credit Prime + 0% thereafter! U.S. Bank Home Equity Line of Credit Don’t miss out - a rate this low won’t last long! If you act fast, you can still take advantage of our incredibly low rate on a U.S. Bank EquiLine Home Equity Line of Credit - just 2.99% APR for the first six months. And only 4.00% APR after that! 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Would you like to restart your ulcer? or blow your blood pressure sky high? My latest is sue of Senior Citizens League Social Security Medicare Advi sor was chock full of news. 1) More fair COLA’s; 2) Congress is “working” on a drug bill, that might, if passed, go into effect around 2006. Will you be around for the benefits? 3) One more thing: If you get a call telling you to call area code 809 - don’t - it’s located in the Do minican Republic and is a pay per call - Since it isn’t a U.S. prefix, you are not protected from having to PAY. This goes for e-mail calls, also. I see the ODOT crew was back in town with their paint cans - why?? Our streets look like Spray Can Alley now. Got a notice from DMV. Come, get an eye check. I’ll be 80 soon, I hope the new license isn’t good for 10 years. I don’t feel, in this day and time, you’re a safety risk at 90 and above. Now, about subjects on the Ballot on November 4. How can people vote down law en forcement issues? Don’t say money. I flit around quite a bit in a month’s time on the highways. How much patrolling is done, it is almost zilch. People do not control their speed if there isn’t a “presence” once in a while. We need county and city pro tection, even if some don’t think we do. Now - the “refinancing" (not asking you for more $$) for 9-1 - 1. Vote YES - or we can lose it. Then where will we be? Astoria had a protest meet ing last Tuesday at the Column. Why? Faction one for an Inter pretive Center. Faction two said “No,” we need school $, etc. Sorry Folks - that center would teach children more his tory than any classroom could. Astoria and the areas around it are One Big Classroom for Lo cal History that can’t be gotten out of a textbook with tests. Baker City has an Interpreta tive Center. The Dalles has an Interpretative Center. Even this area should have a small one. There is still a lot of history in this area if you knew where to go and who to talk to. 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