The INDEPENDENT, October 20, 2005
Mist-Birkenfeld Fall Festival, November 5
The Mist-Birkenfeld Helping
Circle Fall Festival will be held
Saturday, November 5, in the
Mist Grade School gymnasi-
um. Dinner will be at 6:00 p.m.
followed by entertainment at
7:00 p.m.
In addition to entertainment,
there will be door prizes, a quilt
raffle, silent and oral auctions,
kids’ grab bags, and more at
this year’s Fall Festival.
Left, the quilt that will be raf-
fled at the Mist-Birkenfeld
Fall Festival on November 5.
AARP Driver program offered in November
AARP’s Driver Safety Pro-
gram is coming to Vernonia in
November. The nation’s first
and largest classroom refresh-
er course for motorists of any
age will teach how to avoid
driving hazards. The course will
cost $10 and there is no test.
For more information, call
Karen Miller at 503-429-4912.
The AARP 55 Safe Driving
course will be offered at Tuality
Education Center at 8th and
Baseline on November 7 and 8,
from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The course will also be offered
November 21 and 22 at the
Hillsboro Senior Center.
The course reviews driving
rules, offers helpful sugges-
tions and covers new rules of
the road.
Auto insurance discounts
may be available after comple-
tion of the course, contact your
agent.
For more information about
the Tuality class, call 503-681-
1700. For the Hillsboro class,
call 503-648-3823.
Boosters raise money for children Time to register
Have you ever wondered,
The Vernonia Boosters have for Xmas Bazaar
“What do the Boosters do with
the money they raise?”
The simple answer is they
raise money for the children. To
expand on that explanation, the
Boosters provide scholarships
to children who need help with
fees for sports. They donate
money to high school sports
programs and also give schol-
arships to seniors for college.
The Booster’s goal is to help
children stay in positive,
healthy activities.
Large Homey
Apartments
Creative
Meals
been planning and raising
money to build a new Snack
Shack for many years. In the
spring of 2004, the dream start-
ed to become a reality. Howev-
er, due to rising construction
costs, their resources have
been inadequate to finish the
job.
Now the Boosters have de-
veloped a plan to raise money
for real bathrooms nearer than
the high school by raffling a
See page 15
Housekeeping
And
Laundry
Transportation
The 27th annual Booster
Christmas Bazaar will be held
in the Vernonia Middle School
cafeteria on December 3 and 4.
Anyone wishing to sellhand-
made items call Corrie Smith at
503-429-1052 for a registration
form or for more information.
Bits & Bites
By Jacqueline Ramsay
D o
you heat
w i t h
N . W .
Natural
G a s ?
Well, I
do.
A
$13.00
hike on
my Equal Pay each month –
ouch, not funny. What is funny
is where you stick the stamp on
the envelope – it says “Haven’t
got a stamp? Pay online.” That
luxury I gave up a long time
ago. My computer is now just a
gameboy and typewriter.
I forgot to bring in the cat
food dish the other night. At
3:00 a.m. Shadow heard a
noise – I didn’t – anyhow she
wanted out so I woke up and let
her out and Gee Whiz broke
loose. No one drew blood but
Shadow won. Whatever it was
retreated so now I have to let
the cat in to eat during the wee
hours or listen to “mew, mew,
mew” the rest of the night.
Is your telephone getting
busier with trash – “You’ve
been chosen for a fantastic of-
fer” – new internet hookup, bet-
ter dish network, get out of
debt, free weekends, free wind-
shield repair, free meals and
Blah, blah, blah and the T.V.
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Keeps your Tums handy, it’s
going to be a long winter. Stock
up on home entertainment,
movies and popcorn.
About the Salmon Festival
music group. I talked to them,
told them what they did was
good, but did they know we
were a Redneck Loggin’ Town?
The drummer agreed they
should expand their type of mu-
sic. Lots of folks commented on
the type of music and the
drums. I can listen to lots of
styles but I like them mixed. For
example:
I’m a “Flat Foot Floozie”
named “Sweet Georgia Brown”
“Just Bummin’ Around” on
“Blueberry Hill” while “Waltzing
Across Texas” “Under the Dou-
ble Eagle” to visit “Ramona”
and “Darling Clementine” at
“The Little Brown Church in the
Wildwood” while waiting for the
“Robert E. Lee” or the “Chat-
tanooga Choo Choo.” “Irene”
heard “Kitten on the Keys”
“Cry”ing “Cockles and Mussels”
while you “Walk on By” looking
for “5’2”, Eyes of Blue” in her
“Alice Blue Gown” going to the
“Dark Town Strutters Ball” while
“Dixie” was about to “Roll Out
the Barrel.” I just want to be a
“Cowboy Sweetheart” on the
“White Cliffs of Dover” watching
“Red Sails in the Sunset.” “Bye,
Bye, Blues.”
Out on a Limb, Morning Mist
and
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