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The INDEPENDENT, April 1, 2004
Free SOLV training offered Garcia Center, Pacific combine for health fair
Volunteer Action Training will
be offered by SOLV in Astoria
on April 9. Participants should
sign up in advance for this pop-
ular and effective training work-
shop. To register, call 800-333-
SOLV, or use the SOLV web-
site at <www.solv. org>.
Volunteer Action Training is
a free workshop that teaches
the skills needed to organize
volunteer projects to help Ore-
gon communities. Topics in-
clude volunteer recruitment
and management, coordinating
volunteer projects, fundraising,
and media relations.
In exchange for the free
training, participants promise to
organize a SOLV project in
their community, such as park
restoration, stream restoration,
or litter cleanup.
The training will be Friday,
April 9, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
at Alderbrook Hall in Astoria.
Participants will include a
broad mix of citizens, business-
es, community groups, public
agencies, or anyone who
wants to organize a volunteer
project in their community.
SOLV started Volunteer Ac-
tion Training in response to re-
quests for help in organizing
projects and engaging volun-
teers in their communities.
“Across Oregon, there’s a
growing hunger to keep Ore-
gon livable,” said Neil Schul-
man, SOLV’s Outreach Coordi-
B•B•Q
Pork Rib
Dinner
*$7 50
nator. “Oregonians know that in
this day and age, we can’t sit
back and expect our communi-
ties to remain places we can be
proud of if we don’t act. We
train people to be volunteer
leaders, and that creates a rip-
ple effect that helps every com-
munity for years to come.”
Volunteer Action Training is
funded by The Collins Founda-
tion, the Jeld-Wen Foundation,
the PGE Foundation, and U.S.
Bank. The City of Astoria is
hosting the workshop.
Health professionals, stu-
dents, educators and a com-
munity organization will come
together to celebrate National
Public Health Week on Satur-
day, April 10, when Pacific Uni-
versity and the Virginia Garcia
Memorial Health Center spon-
sor a community health fair
from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at
Echo
Shaw
Elementary
School, 914 S. Linden St. in
Cornelius. Free health care
benefit from the work of volun-
teers during an Earth Day
restoration event sponsored by
Tualatin Riverkeepers, on Sat-
urday, April 24, from 9:00 a.m.
to 1:00 p.m. Work on the wet-
land will include planting native
trees and shrubs in order to re-
store habitat for wildlife and
water quality. The work site is
located in Banks, off Highway
6 at the intersection of Cedar
Canyon Road and Killin Road.
The event is supported by
SOLV-IT and volunteers may
register through either the Tu-
alatin Riverkeepers or SOLV-IT
web sites. For further informa-
tion contact Amie Diffenauer at
503-590-5813, or <amie@tua
latinriverkeepers.org>.
Banks Jr. High will host their
14th annual Fine Arts Festival
on Wednesday, April 7, from
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
The festival will feature a
large visual arts display, as
well as musical performances
by students from both schools.
These works reflect most of a
year’s worth of dedication to
learning, developing and per-
fecting skills in the visual and
performing arts.
The event will take place on
the BHS campus with live per-
formances in the cafetorium
and the Art Show in the dis-
trict’s beautifully remodeled
“Community Board Room.”
Pottery and painting demon-
strations, solo musical per-
formance and light refresh-
ments will all be part of the
evening. Mark your calendars
for a wonderful opportunity to
enjoy the talents of many of the
school district’s young people.
blood glucose testing.
The School of Professional
Psychology will provide infor-
mation to help parents raise re-
silient children to be optimistic
and effective in coping with
stressors.
Practitioners from the Virgin-
ia Garcia Memorial Health Cen-
ter and mobile dental service
are participating in the health
fair by providing nutritional
counseling and dental hygiene
education via the Center’s mo-
bile dental service.
For more information, call
503-352-2144.
When Banks High School
Future Business Leaders of
America (FBLA) competed at
the District FBLA competition at
St. Helens High School, all
eight competitors qualified for
the FBLA State Convention
scheduled for April 4–6.
Amanda Petti placed third in
Impromptu Speaking at the
District competition, and the
Desktop Publishing team of
Vanessa Hancock and Hannah
Williams finished fifth. The En-
trepreneurship Team of Kristen
Schmidlin, Annie Wood and
Hancock took third place.
In Job Interview, Amber
Wheelock placed sixth and
Wood was fifth. Corwin Ediger
came in sixth in Technology
Concepts, while Stephanie An-
dersen placed fourth in Creed
Speaking.
There will be some changes
at State FBLA, which limits stu-
dents to one event each, so
everyone can compete. Ediger
and Hannah Williams will com-
pete as the Desktop Publishing
Team. The Entrepreneurship
Team will consist of Wood,
Vanessa Hancock and Kristen
Schmidlin. Amber Wheelock
will enter in Job Interview, while
Stephanie Andersen will com-
pete in Creed Speaking. Aman-
da Petti will compete in Im-
promptu Speaking.
About 1,200 students will
compete at the convention,
which will be held at the
Jantzen Beach Double Tree
Hotel.
Banks students
Earth Day event exhibit skills in
at Killin Wetland arts and music FBLA students qualify for state
Banks High School and
Killin Wetland in Banks will
1/2 Chicken or German
Sausage
Beef Rib
On a Stick
$1.25
Dinner
*$5.50
* Dinner includes: Potato Salad,
BBQ Beans & a Dinner Roll
screenings will be available
and a Spanish language inter-
preter will be on site.
Pacific’s College of Optome-
try will offer vision screenings
that provide information about
clarity of vision, eye health, and
eye coordination.
Health screenings useful for
the whole family will be offered
by the School of Occupational
Therapy, along with sugges-
tions for healthy work habits
and practices.
The School of Physician As-
sistant Studies will perform
blood pressure readings and
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