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Page 24 The INDEPENDENT, September 15, 2005 G R E AT A R E A… G RE A T M AR K ET ! How can you market your product or service to people in east Clatsop County, northwest Washington County and the whole interior of Columbia County? PRESOR TED U.S. Pos STANDARD Vernon tage Paid ia, OR 97064 In the pages of The INDEPENDENT, the only newspaper that goes FREE to the 7,000 people in those elusive markets! FREE Vol. 18 , No. 23 A Chris tmas s wan… “Voice of the Up per Ne halem River Va lley” Decem ber 4, 2003 Trees re mo of disea ved because se, safe ty issue If you are in The INDEPENDENT’S ADVERTISING area or if you need to reach people in the paper’s circulation area, give us a call; we can help you. An addit ion to the on the wildlife lake for but the about fou at Vernonia y were Lake is r week only pa ssing thr s. It has been this graceful swan, joined, ough. Ba which occasio ld eagle nally, by has been fee s have ding also be a en feedin few other sw Madelin ans, g at the O’Leary Vernonia e lake. , , walke of ev d away State All en t, with before -ar taking in the 7-8 ound Champio the around the Champio nship All- age ca age ca nship the Or in that tegory. egon Sta tegory during Twice du te Gymn regular Champio ring se astics ns ished se ason she ha the at the Mu hip, Novemb d cond in er 22 ltnomah the All-ar fin- so she in Portla Athletic sa ou nd. ved her Club nd, ance best pe Madelin rform- for Champio the from the e’s Level 5 State nship. team Oregon Academ Madelin Gymnas y in Be e is the tics Pe averton ished daughte ter and had fin first in r Leslie of - is a se O’Leary meets third gra this seas ven previous . She der in on Gingric remain Ms. Ju h’s cla ed unble . That record dy ss at mished Grade placed Lincoln as they School first ou t of 29 and ha involved the teams s be State wit en h in thr gymnas Champio Gymnas ee years nship. tics ye . This wa tics for ar of co Individu s her firs mpetitiv t e gymn ished firs ally, Madelin astics. e fin- Madelin t in the e bars ev 7-8 ye ent and ar-old smiles after O’Leary is first in the vault around Ch winning the all Al am l- pio 8 year- old Oreg nship for 7- on gymn asts. Young gymna st is sta tewide champ ion In the in 1980 late 1950s an d , Ve students rnonia High again ing to School do with planted species the trees tion. a mixe gro ’ condi- d on camp ve of conif In spite er of repea and for us. Though the trees The es ted ca INDEPE FFA lls, those ye try classes inv NDEN un ab le to olv ars are talk wit T was no longe ed in Supe able to h scho rintende VHS stu r avail- ol nt pine an d spruc dents, the fir, Funderburg Mike e ued to on Mo grow, gra trees contin- Tuesday nd ay or and, pus durin cin Thanks with g the pa g the cam- giving the at the ho st 20-50 up, ca ea lled oth liday coming building st end of the years bers for inform er board me . shop m- ation. No mo Cari Le vensell disease re. Overcrowdin had rec have tak g and eived se er said she and mo dis ve en ral ca trict the st been rem of the trees ir toll the tre residents, as lls from king es ov have n’t be were cut, but sh why One ele ed. en ab e had- ment howeve le to r – acco is troubling, answers from get an board member rding to school either. When the district off y ice, was su Tim Tit asked the bo us, wh pervisin wh ard ether o had ap g were be proved ing felled as the trees wrestling fac Nov. 22 a ilit , they we on Saturday, emphatic: “Th y, she wa “They s at re cut be discuss aren’t cause ed at a has not been doing and we bo Le ard vens anything re ,” miss eller said, “an meeting,” “wrestlin being remov ed any.” d I have ed for g build a n’t asked wh ing.” Da rrell Ha mblet sa ing a wr o approved co When recall id ns ev estling said building truct- sion ab er having an “I don’t “th y discu , Titus out a wr s- [Superin e school estling board, We have a lot tendent bu Funderb that sh of other ilding. urg, ev ou Mi things ld ke ] wres be done erybody. He said tling ” befor ease, roo nothing ab called ba building.” Ha e a out t rot or anything dis- say tha ck the following mblet t board hav- chair Jim day to remind ed Committe him that the Krahn Safety trees an e had discuss ed the d appro them if ve they we d removing Hamblet re dang erous. committe served on the sa e fety along member with Randy Hansen board , Super- GREAT RATES…GREAT RESULTS INDEPENDENT The Phone/Fax: 503 429-9410 725 Bridge Street, Vernonia, OR 97064 Truck Ligh t Christmas Parade Ba School Pr zaars ograms Christmas Co Christmas ncert Dram Toy & Jo a Fairground y s Events See page 9 fo Holiday Ac r these tivities