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Page 8 The INDEPENDENT, March 18, 2004 Bsalth Notas Bits & Bites By Audeen Wagner By Jacqueline Ramsay Change in Clinic Schedule: The clinic has announced the following schedule changes, effective immediately, as follows: Monday through Thursday, clinic hours will be 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. - Dr. Stephens will be in the clinic on Mondays. - Judy Hargis, P.A. will be in Tuesdays through Thursdays. Friday hours will be 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. - Dr. Mike Rodgers will see patients at the Vernonia clinic on Fridays for a limited time (through April and perhaps beyond). Dr. Rodgers is from the Providence Medical Group Clinic in Newberg, and will serve our community for this interim period. Mammovan Visit: The next Mammovan in Vernonia is scheduled for April 14, 2004. Call the Clinic (503-429-9191) for an appointment. J Patients and friends are cordially invited to share in the celebration o f an Open Mouse ‘Recognition Tarty honoring Laura MicfioCs, T. A. - C. Calm, sunny, quiet water on the lake. Happy faces flipping fish ing lines into the water. Trout being pulled ashore. Ahhhhh, how peaceful. If you feel you are out of the loop and have nothing to do and no place to go the first weekend in April, read on. April 2 - Senior Spelling Bee, 1:00 p.m. at the Senior Center. April 2 - 7:30 p.m., Easter Musical, Behold the Lamb, by the Vernonia Community Choir at Washington Grade School gym. A p ril 3 - P ro v id e n c e C am p is for kids w ith d iab etes Por her years o f dedicated service to Vernonia's Healthcare Community Saturday, 2ipriC3,2004 11:00 a.m, to 2:00 p.m. at the Scout Cabin in Hawkins Parf Presentations and Speakers at Hoon Refreshments w ill be served A memory boo f w ill be available ~ patients and friends are invited to write a short note o f appreciation. > ____________________________________ c C alla L il y S ale ! M ultiple B lossoms on L ong S tea \ s ! 6 S tems for *10° These beautiful Oregon-grown calla lilies will be delivered, fresh, to Vernonia on Friday, April 9, just in time for Easter. Place your order by calling Dolly Keenon at 503- 429-3401, or in person at Vernonia True Value. Please pre-pay all orders at True Value. Lilies offered by the Vernonia Area Chamber o f Commerce. W e re you j n y Children with Diabetes have been receiving help for the past 50 years at the Gales Creek Camp Foundation’s 36-acre camp located on Hwy. 6 near Timber. This is the only dia betes camp serving families in Oregon and SW Washington. Gales Creek Camp provides a seven-week summer camp, plus a middle school family camp and a spring pre-school family camp. At camp, children meet with physicians and nurs es for help mastering injection and blood testing techniques. They learn more about dia betes management. Informal nutrition and diabetes classes are held in the evening after campers have enjoyed a full day of hiking, swimming, play ing games and field sports. The best part about camp for the child is the realization that they are not the only one living with this serious chronic illness. The Vernonia Lions Club has been helping families in fi nancial need pay the $290 camp registration fees for many years. For more information, call Bill James at 503-429-2072 or the Gales Creek Camp office at 503-968-CAMP, or visit their website at <www.galescreek camp.org>. M edical C e n te r from 11:00 a.m . to 2:00 p.m . fo r Laura N ic h o ls ’ re c e p tio n . April 3 - 3:00 and 7:30 p.m., Easter Musical, Behold the Lamb, by the Vernonia Com munity Choir at W ashington Grade School gym. April 3 - NOTE - Be sure to set your clocks ahead one hour before you turn in for the night or you will be late for church or wherever you were planning to go Sunday. Is your battery-driven watch a day ahead like mine? Leap year d id n ’t mean beans to mine. Now I’ve got to dog out the directions to lose a day and maybe gain an hour. I understand there may also be a wedding or two to at tend. There are movies, walk ing the Lake and communing with Nature. Coming up on May 18 is the Election. The 9-1-1 issue will be there. Please, for your own benefit and maybe your neigh- bors, VOTE YES. If the folks don’t pass it this time, in No vember it’s the last chance in Columbia County. I went to The Passion this past week. I went with my eyes and mind wide open. I came away with much to think about. One thing I did learn was where the meaning of such words as Atrocity, Greed, Shame, Fear, Sadism, Mob Hysteria, Love, Compassion, Hate, and Indeci sion were really born. There was so much to learn. Each person there held their own thoughts of what they saw and understood. Reading the Bible, picturing the Old Testament scenes in your mind is one thing, but hav ing it brought to your sight real ly makes you rethink some of your values. How do you view the Easter Message? Ponder this next time you have to de-quill your dog. A porcupine has about 30,000 quills. OUCH! C ar w ash to help d efray co sts of holding E aster C an tata planned A car wash will be held on Saturday, March 20, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. to help raise funds for the Vernonia Commu nity Choir’s annual Easter Can tata. It will be at the Vernonia School District office parking lot In case of heavy rain, the date for the car wash will be changed to Saturday, March 27. This is also an opportunity for the public to drop off any fi nancial donations to support the non-profit volunteer organi zation. “Show your support by bringing us your vehicles to wash!” said choir m em ber Susie Armstrong, ‘Then come the first weekend of April to hear and see the cantata.” Production costs for the can tata - which includes books, music, costum es, sets and lighting rental - are approxi mately $1,000 per year. Under the direction of Lynda Cahill, cantata performances will be Friday, April 2, at 7:30 p.m and Saturday, April 3, at 3:00 pm and 7:30 p.m. in the Washing ton Grade School gymnasium. There is no admission cost; there will be a free will offering. V ernonia Fire Dept. recruiting J a m b o re e $ 5 0 th em e co n test Do you want to help others at times of need? Vernonia Rural Fire Protec tion District is recruiting volun teers over 16 years of age. Daytime volunteers, especially, are needed. For more information or ap plications, stop by the Fire Sta tion at 555 E. Bridge Street or call 503-429-8252. You can make a difference in your com munity. You can win a $50 U.S. Sav ings Bond by submitting the winning entry for this year’s Vernonia Friendship Jamboree theme contest. The committee is looking for a Jamboree theme that shows the spirit of the great people who live in Vernonia. Send theme entries by April 7 to the Vernonia Friendship Jam boree Com m ittee, P.O. Box 244, Vernonia, OR 97064.
