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The INDEPENDENT, May 20, 2004
Careful food planning will keep the fun in summer
Because foodborne illness is
more common during the sum-
mer, when you plan and pre-
pare summer meals that you’ll
eat outdoors, assume bacteria
will be joining the picnic.
Bacteria grow rapidly in
warm weather, so perishable
foods — including cooked
meat, baked beans, potato and
pasta salads, and cream pies
— shouldn’t be left at warm
temperatures longer than 2-3
hours.
To keep hot foods hot and
cold foods cold, transport them
in insulated containers.
If you can’t control tempera-
tures, use foods that can be
safely held. Good choices are
items that are sold unrefrigerat-
ed in grocery stores. Good ex-
amples are unopened canned
meat and fish, canned beans,
bread products, canned fruit
juices, and whole fresh fruits
and vegetables.
Be sure to cook meat thor-
oughly, too. Ground meat
should be brown throughout.
Plan carefully and enjoy
summer by being safe rather
than sorry.
Vernonia Cares gets donations
from two extra sources in May
Top, as they have done each year since 1996, the Rose City
Motorcycle Club arrived on May 15 with donations for Ver-
nonia Cares. The club escorted a van, donated for the trip by
Bob Lanphere Motors, which carried 1596 pounds of food
and other needed items. Above, on May 8, Letter Carriers
throughout Columbia County collected donations of non-
perishable food items for the Food Banks in the County. Ver-
nonia Letter Carriers collected 620 pounds of food that went
directly to Vernonia Cares.
47J Board will hold next Budget
meeting on May 20 at 6:00 p.m.
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The INDEPENDENT that
WESD recognizes that schools
are the backbone of the com-
munity in smaller districts and
that WESD works to benefit lo-
cal contractors. However, he
added, he would be remiss if
he did not warn the board
about “an element in the pri-
vate sector that believes they
have a right to public money”
and may dispute this use of
public procurement law.
The board unanimously ap-
proved the concept of working
with WESD on a design/build
project and authorized the su-
perintendent to sign the neces-
sary agreements.
Other business
The board approved a modi-
fied superintendent’s contract
allowing the superintendent to
retire due to changes in PERS,
then contract back to the dis-
trict and continue in his current
position.
Approved a change in grad-
uation requirements, eliminat-
ing Family Living though keep-
ing total credits the same.
Announced that the budget
committee would meet Thurs-
day, May 20, at 6:00 p.m.