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The INDEPENDENT, May 6, 2004
Letters, cont.
from page 23
Thanks to all for help
with first River Fest
To the Editor:
The Vernonia River Fest
would like to thank all of the
volunteers, vendors, Metro
West Transportation, Country
Market, Oregon Fish & Wildlife,
Sheriff’s Posse, sponsors, non-
profits, and businesses for be-
ing a part of a successful event.
Our estimates were that 500 –
700 people attended the event,
giving them an opportunity to
see our City, parks, shops, and
friendly people. A follow-up
meeting will be on May 12,
2004 at 7:00 p.m. to discuss
the fine-tuning of future events.
Truly yours,
Mark Hall
Vernonia River Fest
Committee
WEATHER REPORT
IT/Earth Day program. Again,
thanks to all of you. It is be-
cause of you that this program
is a success.
Vernonia Pride is always
looking for volunteers. We cur-
rently are in need of a secre-
tary. Meetings are held at 1:00
p.m. on the third Thursday of
each month at City Hall. Please
join us. Our next project will be
fundraising for the 4th of July
fireworks.
We have completed the
bears and coyotes that will go
on the downtown city lamp
posts. They are gorgeous!!! We
must wait to put them out until
ODOT has finished its down-
town street project. This should
be about June, so watch for
those to go up.
Donna Webb
Vernonia Pride
Adopt-a-Soldier time
A great clean-up day, extended into June
on to the next project To the Editor:
To the Editor:
What a perfect day for being
outdoors. The weather was
beautiful and 110 people
showed up to clean our town. It
is truly inspirational to see peo-
ple come together because
they really care about the town
they live in. It is amazing what
can get done with lots of peo-
ple, from young children to old-
er adults, we had it all.
We would like to thank
everyone who helped with food
preparation to feed all these
hungry workers. Gretchen Lin-
dauer did a great job in plan-
ning food preparation. Katie
Peotter did a great job soliciting
food. Thanks to Sentry, Coca
Cola, Pepsi, Frito-Lay and
Franz for donating the food
items. Thanks to Booster club
for use of BBQ.
We spread barkdust, did
yard work at Museum, cleaned
up Linear Trail, weeded at
Hawkins Park, spread wood
chips on OA Hill, planted trees
at lake, picked up litter through
town and much more.
Thanks to Waste Manage-
ment for use of 20 yard dump-
ster. Thanks to City of Vernonia
and its employees for working
and supplying materials for
event. A special thanks to
SOLV for the support financial-
ly and in planning. This event
was put on in conjunction with
SOLV under their SOLV
Thank you first of all to those
who have helped our “Adopt-a-
Soldier” program. If you have
been meaning to stop by US
Bank, Sentry, True Value Hard-
ware, or Vernonia Hardware &
Supply, don’t hesitate any
longer.
It takes just a moment to
make a donation and it will be
greatly appreciated and wel-
comed, I am sure. If you would
like to make a cash donation,
please contact Kinnell Steward
at 503-429-8133.
Are you curious as to what is
an acceptable donation? Sim-
ply stop by one of the above
listed businesses and take a
look on the donation box.
We have extended our do-
nation period through the first
part of June. Also, if you would
like to just write a letter of en-
couragement, those will be
gladly taken as well.
Please help out in any way
you can! Thank you so much
for your support.
Kinnell Steward
Cub Scout Pack 201
Rally co-driver says
thanks for experience
To the Editor:
I wanted to drop a quick note
to the people of Vernonia to say
thank you from myself and the
Performance Rally community.
Being originally from a small
town in Iowa myself, I know
how much a small community
puts itself out there to host an
event such as the one you so
graciously opened yourselves
up to on the Rally weekend.
Being my team's first rally, I
am very glad we could base our
service crew in your town. I
know my crew enjoyed the
grassy area at the school and
your local shops. It was also
uplifting to drive around in the
race car and to see the children
and families wave at us. It
made us feel quite at home. My
only wish was that as a co-driv-
er I had had more time to visit
the businesses and talk with
the residents more myself. I did
get to see quite a lot of the local
country side between stages
and service. What a great part
of the country.
We are all very grateful to
the Vernonia community and
surround areas for opening
their lives to us for a couple
short days and hope that we
can all do it again next year!
A grateful “tourist”,
Terry Woltman
Lynwood, WA
Volunteers again make
it a great Egg Hunt
To the Editor:
We couldn’t have asked for
better weather at this year’s
Easter Egg Hunt. Our bunny
helpers did a fine job of boiling,
coloring and hiding eggs. Ver-
nonia Sentry donated the 120
dozen eggs and food coloring.
I would like to thank Mario
Leonetti for the pizza and 2-fers
coupons. He always calls us to
contribute something for the
kids.
West Oregon Electric, Janean
Zavales of Napa Auto Parts,
True Value Hardware, Keenon
Land Services, Robyn Bassett
of Vernonia Public Works, Ore-
gon Coast Flowers, Amanda
and D’lisa Watts and family, we
appreciate your donations that
helped make the hunt fun and
successful. Weren’t those farm
animals a hit? I hope you all got
to see the baby goats. They
were so cute!
The Chamber of Commerce
thanks everyone who pur-
chased a bouquet of Calla Lil-
lies, and those who made a
cash donation. The bouquet I
bought is just beautiful. The
proceeds from the sales went
to pay for the candy the Bunny
handed out. We had a big turn
out, and Vernonia Ambulance
stayed throughout the whole
event.
Our helpers were:
Donna Webb, Jesse Gehr-
ke, Arnie and Mary Tolonen, Bill
and Mary Cota, Kristen Cota,
Ray, Shelly and Shandy Cota,
Gina Faber, Ken and Helen
Bateman, Mario Leonetti, Mary
Ann Shaw, Brian and Darlene
Mcleod, Brenda Gooch, Dar-
lene Wilcoxen, Nancy Dailey,
Kim Wallace and family, Pam
Monnin and family, Beth Dele-
mos and family, Shawn and
Jennifer Draeger, Randy Par-
row, Jerry and Dolly Keenon
If I forgot anyone, please for-
give me. We couldn’t do this
without volunteers, for you are
the heart of the community.
See you all next year.
Sincerely,
Dolly Keenon
Vernonia Chamber
of Commerce
Donkey Basketball
filled gym with fun
To the Editor:
Thanks to many people, the
Donkey Basketball game filled
the gym and provided a fun
filled evening for all ages.
Both the ball game and the
taco feed for Zack Rumbolz
were financially successful.
We wish to thank the follow-
ing people who volunteered to
ride the donkeys. The teams
were The Volunteer Fire Dept.
Association, high school girls
equestrian club, school em-
ployees and the people who
made up the city team.
Also, Tim Titus, who made a
terrific clown; emcees Randy
Parrow and Mr. Shannon;
pooper scoopers Jerry Cropp
and Bill James; cheerleaders
Tony Hyde, Scott Rethwill,
Luke Enneberg and Paul John-
son; scoreboard operator
Karen Roberts; camera crew
Bud Normand and Adam Buck-
an; custodian Brent Eagleston,
who was stuck working instead
of being one of the cheerlead-
ers.
A special thanks to The Inde-
pendent for the advertisement
they provided.
We sincerely thank all of the
above for making the evening a
huge success and hope you
will all look forward to doing it
again next year.
DeLoris Webb
Vernonia Pride
APRIL 2004
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TEMPERATURE
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PRECIP.
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Temperature and precipitation
amounts are from the official U.S.
weather station at the Vernonia wa-
ter plant. Measurable precipitation
in April totalled 2.52 inches.
CARD OF THANKS
The world is a little nicer because
we share it with you. We want to thank
you for your kindness through support,
flowers, cards, food, and money for
Rick’s childrens education. No words
can ever express how much we appre-
ciate you.
Mike & Ilene Grady
and Famiy
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Thanks to all friends and neighbors
for support, calls, cards, and flowers.
Michael Epling’s Family
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We would like to give out heartfelt
thanks to the Vernonia Volunteer Fire
Department, Paramedics, Rescue
unit, Police Department, and also Co-
lumbia County Sheriff Pat Dean for
their outstanding help on the early
morning hours of April 17th. We would
also like to give thanks to Heidi and
Mickey for the use of their home and
for being so very gracious after the
tragic accident that morning. Thank
you to whomever we may have forgot-
ten to mention. We may have forgot-
ten your names but you will never be
forgotten for your efforts, goodwill, and
help.
In Loving, Wonderful Memories of
Chris Edwards.
Thank you so very much,
Shawn Hartman
Jailee Slaughter
Molly Wolfe
Kerry Schaumburg