______ _______________________________ The INDEPENDENT, November 18, 2004
Holiday food and gift help needed
By Karen Miller
T h e
S e n io r
C e n te r
w is h e s
to extend
our sym
p a th ie s
to
the
family of
E n id
Parrow. Enid
with her
husband Art, were very visible
members of this community
and will be missed.
Those of you who missed
the Fire Department’s Veter
an’s Day program honoring our
nation’s past and present veter
ans missed a heartwarming
21-gun salute, taps, and the
singing of our national anthem.
These times of remembrances
are special to me as my own
Dad was a Navy pilot serving in
Would War 11. Take time to
thank your friends, neighbors
and relatives who serve, for it is
because of them that we enjoy
the freedoms that we have to
day. You may also send a mes
sage of support to our service
men by email at the web site
<Ope ration Dear Ab by.net>.
Flu shots: Call our office for
information on signing up for a
Metro West bus trip over to the
Wellness Clinic in Longview for
flu shots. We took a van last
week and will continue to do so
as long as there is a need for
this service. Proof of Medicare
is required or there is a fee.
This service is for those 65 and
over OR any age if you have a
chronic illness OR are a health
care provider OR if caring for a
young one 6 months and un
der. While supplies last.
Again I want to thank Elaine
James for helping us and me
here at the Center as we are
learning new paperwork on the
computer that needs to be sub
mitted each month. We really
appreciate Allen Russell for do
nating this computer. It takes
teamwork around here and we
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have a great bunch to work
with; thanks to our President
Bill James for all your volunteer
time!!
Are there any kind-hearted
souls out there who would be
willing to haul some of our
overload here to Forest Grove
Goodwill or any Fred Meyer
Shopping Center where Good
will parks their donation truck.
Thanks for any help.
Get ready for our Senior Mo
ments Bazaar 2004 here at the
Center on Saturday, Dec. 4
from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
and Sunday, Dec. 5 from 11:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Limited num
ber of tables are available for
$10 each. You may sell gift
items, antiques, or homemade
items. There will be a drawing
every hour. Also quilt tickets on
sale for $1 each for the raffle to
be held on Sunday, Dec. 5 at
4:00 p.m. Call Louise Hamnett
at 503-429-7401 to sign up for
a table.
COME ON IN and take ad
vantage of our storewide half
price sale going on NOW!
Have a safe, enjoyable
Thanksgiving with your friends
and loved ones!!
REMEMBER;
• Pastries and bread
Wednesday and Saturday a.m.
• Bingo, Mondays at lunch.
• Music with the Golden
Oldies on Wednesdays.
• Games on Thursdays.
• Willoughby Hearing every
second Friday at 11:00 a.m.
• Sign language class on
Mondays, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
• Free blood pressure
checks the first and third Tues
days, 10:45 to 11:45 a.m.
If you know of a senior who
would like a visit from the Se
nior Advocate or has any senior
needs and concerns, call our
office.
INFORMATION NUMBERS
Senior Advocate...429-9112
Senior Center..... 429-3912
T ransportation.... 429-4304
System configuration. upgrades and problem resolution
Graphics, ads. brochures and Digital Camera help
In te rn e t connectivity (D S L) and training
Home A business applications
(903) 4 2 9 -0 8 1 7
bnb998emsn.com
Request forms for Nehalem
Valley Christmas Food Baskets
are now available for families in
need of assistance. Forms can
be picked up at the Jewell
School office, Nehalem Valley
Community Church, or Baker’s
Country Store. Application
deadline is December 13 with
delivery on December 21.
Community support is need
ed with donations toward the
meal/gifts, participation through
The Giving Tree at Jewell
School or Elderberry Inn, and
help in putting baskets together
for delivery.
A canned food drive is un
derway at Jewell School
through December 10. Food
may be dropped off in marked
boxes in the main hall. The Giv
ing Tree at Jewell School is
also in the main hall. Deadline
for gifts to be returned is Friday,
December 15.
For more information, call
503-755-2312.
Take a pet H om e 4 th e H o lid ays
Home 4 the Holidays is the
Columbia Humane Societies
holiday pet adoption campaign,
which started November 8 and
runs through January 2. The
Columbia Humane Society, a
non-profit, no-kill shelter in St.
Helens is joining 1,600 other
animal shelters across the na
tion to bring attention to or
phaned animals and to find
them good homes during the
holidays.
The Columbia Humane So
ciety goal is to have every ani
mal that came in before No
vember 8, adopted out to loving
homes before January 2. That
would be approximately 140
animals. There will be specials
running during the campaign,
such as discounts when Home 4
the Holidays is mentioned, and
incentives such as donated
products to be given as adop
tion gifts.
On December 4 and 5, there
will be an Adopt-A-Thon in the
garden section of the St. He
lens Hi-School Pharmacy park
ing lot, 155 S. Columbia River
Hwy. Animals will be available
for adoption Dec. 4 from 10:00
a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and on Dec.
5 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Low-cost pet food, supplies
and pet-related gifts will also be
available for purchase.
The Columbia Humane So
ciety is located at 2084 Oregon
Street in St. Helens. For more
information, call 503-397-4353.
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Pac. Univ. Choral
Union to perform
Pacific University Choral
Union will present a program
by some of history’s greatest
composers - Johann Sebast
ian Bach, Benjamin Britten and
Johannes Brahms. The con
cert will be held Sunday, No
vember 21, at 3:00 p.m. in Mc
Cready Hall at the Taylor-
Meade Performing Arts Center
on the University’s Forest
Grove campus.
The brief first movement of
Brahm’s motet for five-part
choir Schaffe in mir Gott ein rein
Herz (Create in Me a Clean
Heart, O God) will open the
program. It will be followed by
Cantata No. 140 Wachetauf,ruft
uns die Stimme (Sleepers,
Awake, the Night is Flying) by
J. S. Bach, and which in Bach’s
time was appropriate to the
day of this concert - the last
Sunday before the Advent sea
son. The Choral Union will also
sing Benjamin Britten’s A Cere
mony of Carols. Soloists from
both the groups’ students and
community members will be
featured in the performances.
Tickets are available by call
ing 503-352-2918, or at the
door. Admission is $5 general,
and $3 for students and senior
citizens.
‘Morning Mist
(gifts
‘M ore
"
To kick off the Christmas season
Morning Mist and Out on a Umb
will open at 4:00 p.m. on Friday,
November 26 and stay open until 9:00 p.m.
Join us for holiday treats plus complimentary mini massages
provided by New Day Massage & Bodyworks
Be sure to bring your wishlist to put in
the box (then friends and family can
come in and get the ideas you provided)
Find great gifts and ideas and
pick tip Holiday Bucks cards here
and get stamps for your purchases
Purchases include holiday wrapping
919 Bridge St. • Vernonia • 503-429-7003