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The INDEPENDENT, January 6, 2005 Page 3 tatters_______ Support for Vernonia Cares described as “Overwhelming” To the Editor: Overwhelming! That’s the measure of support Vernonia Cares Food Bank received, es pecially over the holidays. Cares received donations of canned food, turkey and hams, saver shields; purchase of fresh vegetables for the holiday boxes; direct monetary dona tions from private citizens, groups and businesses; food drives like Hoops for the Holi days, Scouting for Food Cam paign, Mike’s Tree Farm, and the VHS Junior Class food drive. All these designated con tributions allowed Cares to give 113 holiday grocery boxes, complete with a turkey. Thank you, one and all, who made this happen! You’ve brightened many people’s holidays and also shown, once again, how great your support is to Vernonia Cares Food Bank. We continue to be your hands extended to the hungry in and around Ver nonia. To date, over fifty responses to our December bulk mailing project (a new effort for Cares) has been very encouraging. (Responses can still be mailed to us). Cares received many generous end-of-the-year con tributions, too, which are stabi lizing our financial situation for 2005. We’re working hard on be half of our clients to plan for the future. Thanks for making that future much brighter! Sandy Welch, Executive Director Vernonia Cares Food Bank Know which United Way you’re helping To the Editor: It’s not the same United Way. Like the residents of Cowlitz By Ann Krutsinger, Library Assistant Banks Public Library The Banks Public Li brary has an extensive collection of magazines available to be checked out. I’ve said this before, but it is worth repeating because we have a plethora of new titles. In the activities or sports department, we now have a subscription :o Sports Illustrated. Our newest titles include Skiing, Ski, Western Horseman, Golf Digest, Golf For Women, Bicycling, Field and Stream, Salmon Trout & Steelhead and Outdoor Life. Other new periodical subscriptions include Portland Monthly, American Patchwork Quilting, Working Mother and Quilter’s Newsletter. For the kids we now have Nickelodeon, which is very Dopular. In addition, we have Dirt Bike, Dirt Rid er, Sports Illustrated for Kids, Thrasher, YM and Teen People. The Banks Public Library is one of the few Washington County Libraries that allows :heckout of the current issue. Our magazines are available for one week checkout. Now that the holidays have passed, many people will be beginning to do their “spring” cleaning. We welcome the materials donations that result. We do have a list of “donation guide lines” that are helpful when you are loading up boxes of books and magazines for donation. Here are the highlights: If you have a large quantity of items to donate (boxes), please contact the library in advance to schedule an appointment when staff has the time to thoroughly go through them. and Wahkiakum Counties, many of you have reported re ceiving solicitation letters from United Way of the Columbia- Willamette in Portland. I want to make sure that everyone un derstands that the United Way of the Columbia-Willamette and the Columbia County United Way are different organiza tions. United Way of Columbia County raises funds in Colum bia County for Columbia Coun ty. United Way of the Columbia- Willamette raises funds for the Portland area only. We have received inquiries from several of you asking if we have changed our name and why is the return address in Portland? We have not changed our name and our re turn address is still in Rainier. If you send a donation to Colum bia-Willamette your money will go to Portland and stay in the Portland area. Columbia- Willamette did a bulk mailing and did not remove the zip codes for our area from this BOOKS: In general, books need to be in good condition. If they are best sellers, they should be fairly recent. • No Reader’s Digest Condensed Books • No text books • No encyclopedias • No yellowed paperbacks MAGAZINES: The Friends are pleased to sell back issues of your subscriptions. • Only most recent 2-3 months of a magazine • No pamphlets • No Reader’s Digest Magazines We do accept some donations of current sub scriptions to be put in our collection; please see library staff about this. VIDEOS & CDs: We do accept video and DVD donations gladly. Please make sure they are in working order. We do not accept music do nations at this time to add to our collection, but will sell them for the Friends benefit. Unfortunately, the library does not have the storage space or the staff time to accept all the donations we are offered. We try to do our best to accommodate most donations. Thanks for all your gifts! Remember, NW Fibers in Hillsboro accepts hardback books for recycling. Banks Public Library: 111 Market Street. Hours: Tues., Wed., Thurs., 12 - 7:00 p.m.; Fri. and Sat. 1 2 - 5 p.m. Preschool Story Time: Wednesdays, 10:15 a.m. Phone: (503)324-1382 Internet: www.WiLlnet.wccis.lib.or.us. to browse library resources or to reserve with lots of ideas for the coming year. A web site is nearing completion and is just about ready to go live. Watch for it at www.vernoniachamber.com. Our meetings for the year will alternate between break fast, lunch and dinner. The first meeting for this year will be January 12 at 7:00 a.m. at the Buckhorn Restaurant. Noni An dersen will present information about the new Visitors’ Guide for Vernonia. This is a perfect meeting for business owners to find out how your business can be in this guide. On January 20, the chamber You made “Holiday is sponsoring a class on finan cial planning for businesses. Bucks” successful The instructor will be a repre sentative from the Portland To the Editor: SCORE office. If you have a On behalf of the Vernonia business and need this service, Chamber of Commerce I would or if you are thinking about like to give a great big THANK opening a business, don’t miss YOU to the local participating this opportunity. The chamber merchants and shoppers of is is offering this class free to Vernonia for making the “Holi anyone in Vernonia. Call the day Bucks” promotion a HUGE number below if you are inter success. Not only did the par ested. The class will be at 6:30 ticipating merchants benefit p.m. in the Scout Cabin. from this program, but the Remember, you do not have shoppers did, too. to be a chamber member to 2,517 entries were turned in, come to a meeting. If you have which means that $125,850 any questions or are interested was spent in Vernonia in a little in joining the chamber, please over 3 weeks. This went way call me at 503-429-5201 or beyond ANYONE’S wildest send a request to Vernonia dreams!! (That’s without con Area Chamber of Commerce, sidering how many cards didn’t P.O. Box 7, Vernonia, OR get filled out and turned in!) 97064. The winners of the $25 cer Donna Webb, President tificates were Kim Tierney, Vernonia Area Marie Krahn and Sue Wren. Chamber of Commerce Winners for the final drawing on December 23 were; Joe Kim - Successful Donut $50 certificate, Pam Smith - $75 certificate and Margaret Day helps food bank Brown - $100 certificate. Con To the Editor: gratulations to all!! On December 18, the sec We will be running this pro gram again next year so look ond annual Donut Day event for it to be announced early in was held at the St. Helens Po lice Department. Donut Day is November 2005. Again, Thanks To All for par an event to benefit the Colum ticipating in this GREAT pro bia Pacific Food Bank. Volun teers at the Police Department gram!!! Sincerely, traded Krispy Kreme donuts for Janie Wasmann perishable and non-perishable Holiday Bucks Promotion food items or sold donuts for Vernonia Area cash. Donut Day was once again Chamber of Commerce very successful, with cash do nations totaling almost $1,650 Vernonia Chamber is and total food donations weigh eager to act in 2005 ing in at 2,575 pounds. All pro ceeds of the event go to bene fit the Columbia Pacific Food To the Editor: The chamber board for 2005 Bank to assist them in combat- Please see page 20 is very excited and energetic mailing. Columbia County United Way has contacted Columbia- Willamette to ensure this does not happen again. We apolo gize for any confusion this may have caused our donors. Please remember, if you wish to support your local Unit ed Way of Columbia County, you may mail your contribution to P.O. Box 538, Rainier, OR 97048, or call 503-556-3614. Kathye Beck, Executive Director Columbia County United Way
