The INDEPENDENT, August 18, 2005
Page 9
Bits & Bites
By Jacqueline Ramsay
Maxine and Vic Jones, blanket vendors at the Vernonia
Friendship Jamboree, are shown with the four blankets they
donated to Vernonia Cares Food Bank. Sandy Welch, of Ver-
nonia Cares, is shown on the right accepting the blankets.
Museum will lose trees and hedge
Volunteers are making
things happen at the Vernonia
Pioneer Museum. New paint
and yard work are a couple of
the changes. The trees and the
hedge are being removed be-
cause of disease. A split rail
fence will replace the hedge
and new trees will replace the
old.
Stella Bellingham-Satern,
Gordon and Mary Ann Cline,
and Jim Johns have given Mu-
seum Talks. The museum will
be open for Cycle Oregon on
September 16 from noon to
6:00 p.m. Don Webb will be
there to answer questions
about logging. Bill Sword will
be giving a Museum Talk on
September 18 from 2:00 to
4:00 p.m. on Logging in the Ne-
halem Valley.
Carol Davis was elected
President at the August meet-
ing. Other officers are Vice-
President Donna Webb, Secre-
tary Barb Larsen, and Treasur-
er Ilene Grady. Caroline
Keasey is arranging for volun-
teers to keep the museum
open. Please call her at 503-
429-2021 if you would like to be
involved.
The museum is open Fri-
days, Saturdays and Sundays
from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
or bring a picnic lunch. Coffee
and cups will be provided.
All former Vernonia resi-
dents and their families are in-
vited to visit with old friends or
meet some new ones.
Wright/Hendrix wed on August 17
Crystal Wright and Kelly
Hendrix were married August
17 at Vernonia City Hall. They
are making their home in the
Portland area.
The bride is the daughter of
Jim and Donna Wright of Pa-
coima, California.
Bob and Fran Hendrix of
Vernonia are the parents of the
groom.
Columbia 9-1-1 meeting cancelled
There will be no August
Board meeting for the Colum-
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hopefully no more folks march-
ing off to war to never return
again. I hope they return next
year.
A mouse told me some of
the folks from Jamboree
Cruisin’ said they may not be
back next year because of
where they were stuck, off the
main road – no one could find
them – another overheard re-
mark up and down the street,
“why so many little booths –
this isn’t a Saturday Market, is
it?” Personally I could not navi-
gate the crowds so I took off for
the shade of my yard.
Sunday, I went to the Church
services. The message was
delivered in a play, “Beyond the
Passion.” It had humor, as well
as a message for today. Some
of the humor and laughter was
edited into the performance by
a dog roaming in the crowd and
doing only what dogs do when
they see a pole.
I did get an elephant ear.
Yum.
In answer to the question in
the August 4 paper. Yes – there
should be a King and Queen
honored at the 50th Jamboree,
even if the honorees are no
longer living. Look back, think
hard.
Looking forward now; Senior
Picnic August 19, Vernonia
Cares 5K Run August 20, Old
Timers picnic August 21, then
Salmon Festival and school
starts.
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
35th Annual
QUILT FAIR
Sept. 15-18 • 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Open Friday until 9 p.m.
“Old Grad” picnic on August 21
The annual picnic of the Ver-
nonia Society and “Old Grads”
will be held August 21 at Ander-
son Park in Vernonia. Registra-
tion starts at 10:00 a.m.
Hot dogs and soft drinks will
be on sale by Vernonia Pride,
Haaa
– #49 is
gone,
n e x t
comes
#50.
I
had
a
yummy
pancake
and ba-
con breakfast at the Senior
Center cooked by the Sweet
Adelines, but they didn’t sing
again this year because they
didn’t have all four parts of the
harmony present – I’ve never
heard them sing here.
The Jamboree Committee
(the next one) will have to go
some to beat this year’s pa-
rade. Beautiful log trucks full of
logs, 4-wheelers, motorcycles,
horses, a four span of donkeys
with stagecoach, Jazzie Girls,
clowns. Several very special
people honored. The crown of
the parade, in my opinion, how-
ever, was “The Last Regiment”
from Portland. I stood for them
as they passed by. I under-
stood the honor they were pay-
ing to the past, present and
bia 9-1-1 Communications
Board of Directors.
Special Feature
“The Men’s Room”
QUILTS
QUILTS
QUILTS
Fo r
S ALE & D ISPLAY
Lunch
Served
Daily
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C RAFT B AZAAR
D OOR P RIZES
Handicapped Accessible
960 M ISSOURI A VE ., V ERNONIA
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