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The INDEPENDENT, October 16, 2003
Sits & Bites
By Jacqueline Ramsay
You say
you d o n ’t
like
th e
w e a th e r ,
w ell, w ait
ju s t
a
m inu te -
see ,
it
changed,
d id n ’t it?
E xce p t, G o d he a rd o u r
prayers and let it be nice for our
first S alm on Festival. It w as just
rig h t fo r p u m p k in ca rv in g ,
scarecrow building, and e s p e
cially hay rides around tow n
and to S alm on w atching spots
on rivers and creeks. S om e vis
itors to tow n had ne ver seen
such a sight o r tasted such
fresh fish. W h a t a tre a t fo r
them .
K udos to the brave folks that
go t
d u n ke d ,
dunked
and
dunked again - The m usic was
V ER Y good and all listened
w hile en joying the day. But -
I’ve got to stud y up on m y fish
m igration habits and I’m a born
O regon R iver R at (I m ean brat).
I understand there is a group
of folks w an ting to start up a
PTA. G ood fo r them . M y last
hitch w ith th e m w as ba ck in the
7 0 ’s in C ondon. P eople got so
busy, only te a ch e rs w ere at the
m eetings, so th e y folded. N o in
put, no benefits, to scho ol o r
kids - it was Bad.
G ue ss w h a t h a p p e n s this
tim e of year? M ost o rg a n iz a
tions start looking fo r new o ffi
cers - now d o n ’t all of you go
out of tow n. F igure out w ho you
could be a be nefit to, let them
know y o u ’re interested in th e ir
w ork.
H allow e en is ju s t around the
c o rn e r
an d
th e n
com es
T h a n k s g iv in g
and
th e n
-
C hristm as, B a za a r tim e. The
S enior C e n te r w ill be having
theirs on th e ir hom e ground
a g a in . In d iv id u a l ta b le s are
again available, along w ith a
Q uilt raffle and the hom em ade
goodies and “ handiw ork" of a n y
one w ishing to donate to our
cause. A new Senior Center.
T h is tim e of ye a r causes one
to start thin king of w hat to serve
for the holidays. B elieve me, it’s
not too early.
C o n sid e r w h a t it ta ke s to
m ake a m eal fo r fo u r to five
people or m ore.
T u rkey or chicke n o r ham ,
spuds, sw ee t potatoes, d re s s
ing, gravy, a veg eta ble or two,
hot rolls, pie, cake, coffee, tea,
m ilk, pop and, of course, chip s
and dips and veg gie tray, and
d o n ’t fo rg e t th e c ra n b e rry
sauce.
Have you any idea what a
bare bones meal costs if you
have none of the above in your
cupboard? I went shopping - $35
is almost a low figure. (Rem em
ber, there w on’t be many leftovers
for a later snacking either.)
If you can go all out, good for
you. Now, I’m asking you for
som ething you can do to help
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others have a real C hristm as
dinner.
W hen you shop, buy extra.
Put it in a box for Vernonia
C ares fo r the ir C hristm as B ox
es - T hey needed 150 last
year. This year, the clientele
has risen and they figure 200
boxes m ay be low, but pray not.
At som e tim e in all of our
lives, there has probably been
r
a tim e w hen help w as very
m uch needed - now it’s p a y
back time.
Below is a list of w ha t V er
nonia C ares hopes to put in
every box for a “C hristm as D in
ner” - it is not too soon to start.
Turkey o r Ham - 4 cans of
fruit - 3 cans of vegetables - 1
box or 5 pounds of potatoes, 2
packages of gravy mix, 1 box of
stuffing m ix, 1 can of olives, 1
can of cra nbe rries, 2 cans of
pum pkin filling, 1 can of eva p o
rated m ilk, 1 bar of hand soap,
1 bottle of dishsoap, toilet pa
per, pa per tow els, napkins.
R em em ber, this is excluding
a lot all of us take fo r granted,
because it’s stuff around every
day - ju st pull it out of the cu p
board and start eating.
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