The INDEPENDENT, February 3, 2005
U. Way gives $19,000 to Food Bank
United Way of Columbia agencies.”
The distribution of funds will
County office has announced
how $46,377 in National Emer be as follows:
• Women’s Resource Cen
gency Food and Shelter Pro
gram funds (EFSP) will be dis ter, $10,500 to help defray the
cost of shelter for homeless
tributed.
The local EFSP Board - women and children.
• Community Action Team,
composed of volunteers repre
for
Emergency
senting the American Red $10,000,
Cross, VFW, City of Vernonia, Homeless Assistance and
Columbia County Emergency Emergency Utility Assistance.
• Columbia Pacific Food
Services,
Salvation Army,
Catholic Church, homeless and Bank, $19,000, to purchase
retired individuals - determined high protein and emergency
the distribution for the Phase food products.
• Turning Point Community
23 allocation from requests for
Center, $6,500, for Emergency
a total $57,350.
The EFSP Board stated, Homelessness Assistance and
“Even though we are pleased Emergency Utility Assistance.
• United Way of Columbia
to receive an increase in avail
able funds this year, the need County, $377, for administra
continues to surpass the in tive costs associated with
crease in funding. It is encour EFSP Board support.
The money will be distrib
aging to be able to increase or
at least maintain the level of uted directly from the national
funding to the requesting board to each agency in 2005.
Join comet viewing on February 6
A comet viewing party is
scheduled for Sunday, Febru
ary 6 at 7:00 p.m., weather per
mitting, on the grounds of Lin
coln Grade School.
The Macholz Comet will be
visible near the Cassiopeia
constellation. Bring a telescope
if you have one.
For more information about
the viewing party, contact Robb
Wilson at 503-429-7731.
Bits & Bites
By Jacqueline Ramsay
F ir s t
off - Arf,
Arf and
Q uack,
Q uack
to all you
fo lk s
th a t
gave at
the Se-
n i o r
Center to the Duck Fund last
week. You gave enough to feed
the ducks to the end of Febru
ary if this nice weather holds
and the ducks have the green
grass to munch. Also, they are
working the cattail beds over
for bugs at present.
The freeze is over? The
presidential hoopla is over.
How many of you saw the red,
white and blue #1 ski cap on
the person in the background
as they panned the crowd? Or,
the president’s daughter apply
ing her lip gloss - even the
commentator mentioned that.
My thought - the parade pro
tection was very overdone. It
did not look like we felt like a
free country. I agree other
countries could misinterpret a
Dean and Perle headline McCall Forum
Former Vermont Governor
Howard Dean and conservative
political commentator Richard
Perle will headline the 23rd An
nual Tom McCall Forum on
Thursday, February 17, at 8:00
p.m. in the Arlene Schnitzer
Concert Hall in Portland.
Presented by Pacific Univer
sity and Wells Fargo, with co
sponsors Willamette Week and
750 KXL, the pair will debate
“American Foreign Policy Post
9/11.”
Governor Dean led an influ
ential campaign for the Democ
ratic nomination for President,
focusing the debate on health
care and job creation. He mobi
lized once apathetic voters and
transformed political fundrais
ing via the Internet and then
formed the new organization
Democracy for America, build
ing on his grassroots efforts.
Dean served as governor of
Vermont from 1991 until 2002,
and previously was a member
of the Vermont House of Rep
resentatives and lieutenant
governor. Prior to his political
career, he practiced medicine
in Vermont.
Richard Perle, a political
commentator, writer, and advi
sor, is a resident fellow at the
American Enterprise Institute
for Public Policy Research. He
is a regular guest on televi
sion’s top news programs and
author of Hard Line. Perle
served as assistant secretary
of defense for International Se
curity Policy and on the U.S.
Senate staff. He is frequently
called upon to advise members
of Congress and to testify at
congressional policy hearings
and serves as a consultant to
the Department of Defense and
as director of The Jerusalem
Post.
“September 11, 2001, cast
American foreign policy in a
new light,” said Russ Dondero,
political science professor at
Pacific University and founder
of the Tom McCall Forum. “With
the war in Afghanistan and Iraq,
the U.S. entered a new age of
foreign policy with terrorism as
its centerpiece. What long-term
impact will these events have
on U.S. foreign policy? Tradi
tional alliances such as NATO
and our relations with nations in
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the Middle East and beyond
have changed. No matter who
is in the White House, the cur
rent situation will shape Ameri
can foreign policy for years, if
not for decades.”
Created in 1982 by the stu
dents and faculty of Pacific Uni
versity’s Politics and Law Fo
rum, the Tom McCall Forum
has become the premier public
affairs event in the Northwest,
drawing national political fig
ures each year to Portland for a
spirited debate between a liber
al and a conservative of nation
al interest. Previous debaters
have included Molly Ivins,
William Kristol, Bill Bradley,
David Gergen, Ralph Nader,
Newt Gingrich, Ralph Reed,
Alan Dershowitz, James Car-
ville, Mary Matalin, William
Satire, John Sununu, Pierre
Salinger, Robert Bork, Jesse
Jackson, Mario Cuomo, and
Dan Quayle.
For tickets to the 2005 Tom
McCall Forum, call TicketMas-
ter at 503-224-4400 or the Pa
cific University box office at
503-352-2918. Tickets are $25
and $20.
lot of things said in the Presi
dent’s speech. English speak is
only understood by Americans.
Elsewhere folks translate it
very differently.
Walking the lake muddy
road I met a man with a tripod.
“What now?” I said. Said he,
“Sewer line.” This is progress of
what kind?
Now, to you this may be silly,
but I’ve had fish tanks since the
early 60’s and outside of gup
pies, I’ve never had the pleas
ure of births (that I know of) in
my tanks. But...I saw swim
ming eyes the other morning.
Two days later they had be
come lunch for the larger fish.
Don’t ask why - just read on.
Last Sunday at Church the les
son was based on Luke 10:25-
37. I had the ultimate example
of it around 6:00 p.m. on
Stoney Point Road. Dark, yes it
was. My car died. My compan
ion and I sat, blinkers blinking.
Car #1 came and passed by.
Car #2 came (I was out of the
car trying to flag it down) and
passed by. Two 80+ year-old
ladies with a small flashlight
started up the hill for a house
and finally car #3 came by - I
stood in the road flashing my
candle. Bless you #3, we got to
a phone and help.
Enough said.
Pageant is seeking nominations
for 2005 My Fair Lady Court now
The My Fair Lady Pageant is
seeking nominees for the 2005
My Fair Lady Court. The pag
eant is held each year during
the Columbia County Fair to
recognize senior women for
their outstanding service in our
community. Nominations are
accepted from representatives
in each area of Columbia
County. A panel of judges from
throughout the county reviews
the nominations and makes the
final selections for the court.
If you would like to nominate
someone to be a member of
the 2005 My Fair Lady Court,
contact Nancy Harwood at the
Retired & Senior Volunteer
Program (RSVP), 503-397-
5655, for an application form.
Nominees must be 55 years or
older but do not need to be a
member of RSVP or their local
senior center. Nominations are
due by March 1. The court will
be selected by the My Fair
Lady Pageant Committee and
announced in March.
The My Fair Lady Pageant
will be held Wednesday, July
20, as part of Senior Day activ
ities at the Columbia County
Fair. A panel of judges will se
lect a queen by rating the
women on their community
service and their responses to
questions asked during the
pageant.
Columbia River PUD organ
izes the pageant each year in
conjunction with RSVP and Co
lumbia River Fire and Rescue.
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