The INDEPENDENT, November 18, 2004
Christmas in the Country, Dec 4 & 5
The 25th Annual “Christmas
in the Country” bazaar will be
held December 4 from 10.00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Decem
ber 5 from noon to 5:00 p.m., in
the Washington Grade School
gym, 199 Bridge Street, Ver
nonia.
Santa Claus will be available
for pictures and there will be
crafters from all over Northwest
Oregon displaying hand-made
wares that will include toys, or
naments, ceramics, fabric art,
home decor items, foods, jew
elry, soaps and personal care
items, plus wreaths and much
more. All raffle drawings at the
bazaar will take place near
closing time on Sunday.
Shoppers can enjoy break
fast, lunch and/or for an early
supper at the bazaar, with
home-made soups and fresh
hot rolls, hot cinnamon rolls,
pizza and a large variety of pies
and desserts. Food and bever
ages will be sold in the cafete
ria by the Vernonia Booster
Club, so vendors wishing to sell
food other than cookies, candy,
jams or jellies, need approval
from the Bazaar Committee.
The cost of a table or space
is $20.00 for both days. Ad
vance registration and pay
ment are required. Proceeds
from table/space rentals also
help fund activities of the Ver
nonia Booster Club.
For more information call
Corrie Smith at 503-429-1052
or Jeni Waters at 503-429-
8006.
How to make holidays safe for pets
With the holiday season just
around the corner, here are
some tips for making the holi
days safe for pets.
# Hang breakable and small
ornaments or tinsel out of dog
or cat’s reach.
# Do not place food gifts un
der the tree or popcorn garland
on the tree.
# Do not allow birds near
the tree. They have been
known to bite into tree light
cords and electrocute them
selves.
# Do not put chemicals in
the tree water if pets may be
able to drink from the container.
# Be sure all candles are
out of the way of dog tails and
the reach of cats. Never use
scented candles in the same
room with a parrot. The fumes
can kill them.
# Secure garbage so dogs
cannot get into any harmful
items.
$ Do not give any animal or
bird chocolate. It can cause
seizures and death in large
amounts.
# No alcohol or carbonated
beverages, either. Birds cannot
‘burp’ so bubbles may cause
death.
The best treat for pets is ex
tra attention and love. Keep
pets safe and everyone will
have a better holiday season.
Bits & Bitas
By Jacqueline Ramsay
A
beautiful
Sunday
H a l
lo w e e n
a fte r
noon.
S hadow
s a y s
w a lk .
What a find at the lake. Two
adult eagles performed for over
an hour. Swooping, gliding, div
ing, scaring the ducks and fish.
A sight not all towns are privy
to.
Are you used to the fall
weather yet? No?
I’m afraid this is Bite week.
The sun must have had the af
fect of the full moon syndrome
on people this month. Nov. 3,
noon, after lunch, Senior Cen
ter parking lot. The Center had
received many, many boxes of
oranges. OK. We all know the
foods are not Grade A #1 stock,
but the oranges were good -
just had marred and scruffy
looking rinds. I bought a box
myself. Anyhow - Mr. Citizen
came out with his box, stopped
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FREE boughs & holly with tree purchase
5 1 OFF any tree with
this ad (one per tree) A dd'l $ 1 o ff
(per tree) with 2 cans food for Vernonia Cares
or Mist-Birkenfeld RFD Food Drives
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10 Miles north of Vernonia
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by the dumpster and proceed
ed to sort his box, tossing what
he considered bad not into the
dumpster but on the ground,
gets in his rig and drives off.
Someone else cleaned up his
actions. We who saw you,
know you - I hope it made you
feel Big. You fell way down on
our Image Poll.
Next, schools out, whee,
kids trekking home up O.A hill
walk. That is all but one young
man. He was walking (ho ho)
on the outside of the fence that
was constructed at much cost
to keep him safe while walking
home. Yes, I complained to the
Chief. If a city cares about safe
ty why should this pass as an
OK sport?
Lastly, now that the main
street is nice and smooth and
we don’t have to crowd the
center of the intersection at the
light to miss pot holes and stuff
- so why do out-going cars
have to cut off the incoming
straight up Rose traffic from
their proper stop line? Traffic
coming into town should have
the right to come to their stop
line so they can see the inter
section, not be stopped 12” to
18” back to miss being hit by
left turning cars. Right?
OK, I had a bad hair day or
two so forgive me please, but
that intersection’s going to get
someone if people don’t stop
turning too soon.
23 days until the Christmas
Bazaars in Vernonia. That
means just 45 days to Christ
mas.
We all survived the elec
tions. There will be new faces
in the City Council in January.
Your New Year’s resolution?
Think about it.
I will start attending Council
meeting in 2005 to keep in
formed and to support my
town’s goals.
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