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The INDEPENDENT, June 3, 2004
Business Notes
Bridge, culvert repairs will close
Glencoe and Gales Creek roads
Event for L&C Bridge project completion
Major construction on the
Lewis and Clark Bridge (Long-
view/Rainier Bridge) deck re-
placement project will be com-
pleted this month, announced
the Washington State Depart-
ment of Transportation (WS-
DOT).
To help celebrate, WSDOT
and the Oregon Department of
Transportation (ODOT) will
host a special event at 5:00
p.m. on Tuesday, June 15 at
Riverfront Park in Rainier. The
event is open to the public and
will feature speakers from both
states including WSDOT Sec-
retary
Doug
MacDonald,
ODOT Region 1 Area Manager
Charlie Sciscione, Rainier May-
or Jerry Cole and Port of
Longview Commissioner and
Rainier businessman Larry Lar-
son.
The brief speeches will high-
light both the challenges faced
and the innovative techniques
used to design and build the
project. A short video showing
an actual deck panel replace-
ment on the bridge will be avail-
able for viewing throughout the
event, and information about
various aspects of the project
will be on display.
Commemorative boxes con-
taining concrete from the origi-
nal bridge deck, first built in
1930, will be given out to the
first 100 event attendees.
State highway maps from Ore-
gon and Washington, balloons
for the kids and other goodies
also will be available.
Construction on the project
began in January 2003, and will
be functionally complete in
June – six months ahead of
schedule. The last night of sin-
gle lane closures won't be
known for certain until about a
week ahead of time, but is esti-
mated to be in mid-June.
The project replaced the
bridge’s 103 concrete deck
panels, replaced the existing 3-
foot wide sidewalks with 5-foot
wide shoulders, smoothed out
the dip on the Oregon side of
the bridge, widened the Wash-
ington approach, improved
lighting and guardrails and im-
proved the bridge’s ability to
withstand an earthquake. This
project will extend the life of the
74-year-old bridge by another
25 years.
For more information, visit
the Web page: <http://www.ws
dot.wa.gov/projects/lewisclark
bridge>.
Glencoe Road will be closed
between
Evergreen
and
Scotch Church roads from
June 14 through June 18 for
bridge repairs, which will in-
clude grinding down the exist-
ing pavement surface and
repaving.
The Washington County De-
partment of Land Use and
Transportation advises mo-
torists to use alternate routes,
such as Jackson School Road
for cars and Shute Road for
trucks.
Gales Creek Road will also
be closed, between David Hill
and Roderick roads, from June
More hands are needed to put on a great
2004 Vernonia Friendship Jamboree
Please attend June 10, 6:30 p.m. at Leonetti’s Pizza
and June 24, 6:30 p.m. at the Buckhorn Restaurant
Community Calendar
VERNONIA
Alcoholics Anonymous
Mondays
6:30 p.m., Head Start Bldg.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Saturdays
7:00 p.m., Head Start Bldg.
American Legion Post #119
2nd Thursday
627 Adams Ave./ 503-429-4000
Arts & Crafts Society
2nd Thursday
2:00 p.m., City Library
Boosters
2nd Wednesday
7:30 p.m., VHS Library
Boy Scout Troop 201
Tuesdays
7:00 p.m., Scout Cabin
Boy Scout Troop 860
Wednesdays
7:00 p.m., LDS Church
Cemetery Beautification Comm.
2nd Thursday
7:00 p.m., Leonetti’s Grill
Chamber of Commerce
2nd Wednesday
Noon, Lew’s Place
Cub Scout Pack 201
Scout Cabin
For Info Call 503-429-0188
Doll Club
4th Tuesday
1:00 p.m., Senior Center
Friends of the Library
1st Tuesday
7:00 p.m., Vernonia Library
Hands On Art Committee
3rd Wednesday
7:00 p.m., Head Start Bldg.
Home Extension Club
3rd Thursday
10:30 a.m., Christian Church
Izaak Walton League
3rd Thursday
For location call 503-429-7193
Lions Club
1st & 3rd Tuesdays
6:30 p.m., Lew's Place
Nehalem Valley Car Club
For Info Call 503-429-4074
Pioneer Museum
For Info Call 503-429-8134
Preschool Story Hour
Mondays
10:30 a.m., City Library
Upper Nehalem C.P.A.C.
2nd Tuesday
7:00 p.m., City Hall
Vernonia Airport Committee
3rd Wednesday
7:00 p.m., City Library
Vernonia Cares Directors
For Info call 503-429-1414
Vernonia City Council
1st & 3rd Mondays
7:00 p.m., City Hall
Vernonia Community PTA
2nd Monday
7:00 p.m., WGS Library
Vernonia Grange
4th Saturday
10:30 a.m., Grange Hall
Vernonia Health Center
2nd Monday
6:00 p.m., 510 Bridge St.
Vernonia Planning Comm.
1st Thursday
7:00 p.m., City Hall
Vernonia Pride
For Info Call, 503-429-5201
Vernonia Ridge Riders
Last Thursday
7:00 p.m., Senior Center
Vernonia RFPD Board
2nd Tuesday
7:00 p.m., Fire Station
Vernonia School Board
2nd Thursday
6:00 p.m., District Office
Vernonia Sr. Center Board
3rd Friday
1:00 p.m., Senior Center
Vern. Volunteer Ambulance Assoc. 1st Thursday
7:00 p.m., Fire Station
Vernonia Volunteer Firefighters
2nd Monday
7:00 p.m., Fire Station
WOEC Directors
3rd Tuesday
7:00 p.m., WOEC
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14 through June 24 for culvert
replacement.
Motorists are advised to use
alternate routes, such as High-
ways 6 and 47.
Several bridges and culverts
are scheduled for repairs or re-
placement this year, with each
one requiring a road closure.
Roads that will be affected in-
clude Conzelman, Meacham,
Mountaindale, Minter Bridge,
Pongratz, South, Courtney,
Lodge, Norwood, Strassel,
Woolen, and Zion Church
roads.
Check the county’s web site
for updated road closure infor-
mation: <www.co.washington.
or.us/roadwork>.
For more information about
these projects, call (503) 846-
ROAD (503-846-7623) or e-
mail <lutops@co.washington.
or.us>.
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MIST-BIRKENFELD
M-BRFPD Board Business Mtg.
2nd Tuesday
M-BRFPD Board Workshop
4th Tuesday
M-B Ambulance Drill
1st & 2nd Thursdays
M-B Fire Drill
1st & 2nd Wednesdays
M-B Helping Circle
2nd Monday
M-B SAR Drill
3rd Wednesday
M-B Volunteer Assoc.
1st Tuesday
Natal Grange
2nd Wednesday
T.O.P.S.
Mondays
Upr Nehalem Watershed Council For date call 429-2401
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7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station
7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station
7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station
7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station
7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station
7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station
7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station
7:30 p.m., Natal Grange Hall
6:00 p.m., Main Fire Station
7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station
BANKS
Alcoholics Anonymous
Fridays
8:00 p.m., Methodist Church
Banks City Council
2nd Tuesday
7:30 p.m., City Hall
Banks Fire District #13
2nd Wednesday
7:00 p.m., Station 13
Banks Planning Commission
Last Tuesday
7:00 p.m., City Hall
Banks School Board
2nd Monday
7:30 p.m., Jr. High Library
Banks Youth Group
Sundays, Wednesdays
7:00 p.m., UMC Youth Bldg.
Chamber of Commerce
1st Thursday
12:30 p.m., Fire District Office
CPO 14
3rd Monday
7:00 p.m., City Library
Friends of the Library
2nd Tuesday
7:00 p.m., City Library
Lions Club
1st & 3rd Mondays
7:00 p.m., Schlegel Hall
Sunset Park Assoc.
3rd Wednesday
8:00 p.m., Gun Club
T.O.P.S.
Wedmesdays
7:00 p.m., Administration Bldg.
Women’s Aglow
2nd Thursday
7:00 p.m., City Library
COLUMBIA COUNTY (All meet in St. Helens unless otherwise noted.)
Board of Commissioners
Wednesdays
10 a.m., Courthouse
Citizens for Senior Justice
2nd Tuesday
7:00 p.m., Sunset Park Church
Columbia Soil & Water District
3rd Wednesday
7:30 p.m., NRCS , 2514 Sykes
County Fair Board
2nd Monday
7:00 p.m., Fairgrounds 4-H Bldg.
County Parks Commission
3rd Monday
6:00 p.m., 1054 Oregon St.
Mental Health Advisory Comm.
3rd Tuesday
10 a.m., 2nd Floor, Courthouse
Comm. on Children & Families
3rd Thursday 5:30 p.m. OSU Ext., 550 N. Hwy. 30
Local Alcohol & Drug Plann. Comm. 2nd Tuesday
3:00 p.m., 2nd Floor, Courthouse
Organizations and meeting dates not listed may be included by calling 429-9410
or by mail to The INDEPENDENT, 725 Bridge Street, Vernonia, OR 97064.