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About The independent. (Vernonia, Or.) 1986-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 19, 2006)
The INDEPENDENT, January 19, 2006 Community Davis is new museum president Carol Davis was elected president of the Vernonia Pio- neer Museum Association at their January business meet- ing. Ralph Keasey will serve as vice-present, Barbara Larsen as secretary and Ilene Grady as temporary treasurer. Items from the Lois Clark and Malmsten estate were re- ceived for the museum. Includ- ed are news articles about births, marriages and deaths of Vernonia people dating back to the 40s and earlier, plus some very old year books from Ver- nonia High School, and very old toys and clothes. The items also include a quilt that came with the Malmsten family to Vernonia in the 1870s. Museum talks are scheduled for most of the year. On Janu- ary 29, Nancy Dailey will speak about her grandmother, Nettie Lloyd, who was a midwife in Vernonia. The media center is ready for use. The computer has arti- cles previously printed by for- mer Vernonian Bob New. The television and DVD player can be used to watch museum talks and oral histories. New will give a presentation and introduce the media center during his talk on February 26. Because this year will see the 50th Jamboree, the muse- um committee will be putting together a display of what Ver- nonia looked like 50 years ago. If anyone has pictures to give or loan, they would be wel- come. The public is invited to visit the museum and enjoy the mu- seum talks. During the January 29 museum talk, you can ex- pect to hear the story of the small, small baby that was kept warm on the oven door. Outgoing Senior Center president, Bill James, shown with the birdhouse the cen- ter presented him in thanks for his service. The bird- house is a replica of the Se- nior Center made by Jim Coen. Old voter cards worth 1¢ apiece Secretary of State Bill Brad- bury announced on January 11, the release on new voter registration cards and a pro- gram to collect old voter regis- tration cards and benefit schools. The Secretary of State will pay each Oregon public K-12 school one penny for every old voter registration card it col- lects. An easy way to tell the difference between the old and the new cards is that the new cards have a bar code on them, while the old cards do not. Old voter registration cards collect- ed by schools can be from phone books, donations from voter registration organizations (such as students, unions, and nonprofits), or anywhere else that old voter registration cards may be found. “I call on Oregonians to bring old voter registration cards to their favorite Oregon public school, and I will pay each school one penny for every old registration card it collects.” said Bradbury. “This is an easy way to provide a few extra pennies for Oregon edu- cation, while making sure that voter registrations are accurate and up-to-date.” The penny- per-card payments will use fed- eral Help America Vote Act funds, not state funds. Under the federal Help America Vote Act, voter regis- See page 21 Page 7 Senior News By Karen Miller As of this writ- ing, lat- e s t breaking news in town: If you own an am- phibian car you might be in luck with all this rain. Speaking of… I’ll nev- er forget, I was with a friend on a drive, only he drove right into Lake Washington up in Seattle, was that ever a startling event! After we paddled around for awhile, we drove up the ramp, and on down the road we went. More “break”ing news: Join us for “break”fast every Friday morning at 7:30 a.m. for pan- cakes and eggs and more trim- mins’. Only $2.50. What a deal! Thanks and a hat tip to more helpers around here at the Center: Bill Yeo, our auctioneer, and I mean REAL auctioneer, does a great job when we need him, and for others also. Bill has been overseer of our bread donation days for a long time, and is MetroWest dispatcher. Thank you to board member Jim Coen for taking a load of excess items over the hill for us every Wednesday; the thrift area gals are most apprecia- tive. If anyone is in need of rags, personal or for business, please call or come in here. We get an excess of rags which come in handy for many things. Programs form Community Action Team: PEER COUNSELING: This is designed to give supportive mentoring to anyone age 60 and over living in Columbia County. Currently, here in Ver- nonia, we have one very capa- ble person volunteering to be trained with Columbia Mental Health. Call my office if you know of anyone who may be in need of this confidential service. RESPITE CARE: If you are caring for anyone 60 and up, we have a program of relief care for the caregivers. Also, if you are a grandparent taking care of grandkids; this program might be for you! OPI (Oregon Project Inde- pendence): This is a program for seniors who meet the guide- lines for receiving help in the home. Please call my office for in- formation on any of these pro- grams. FOOTCARE: Judy, our foot- care nurse, is now coming to Vernonia twice a week when clients dictate. Judy does a great job for only $15. MEDICARE PART D: Call my office if you need guidance through this maze of informa- tion. We would like to remind the community of the illegal dump- ing of certain items like T.V.’s, appliances, mattresses, etc. in our parking lot and request your help in policing this any time of day. Informants will re- main confidential. Call my office to sign up for the next AARP Safe Driving class. If you know of a senior who would like a visit from the Se- nior Advocate or has any senior needs and concerns, call our office. REMEMBER: • Pastries and bread Wednesday and Saturday a.m. • Bingo, Mondays at lunch. • Music with the Golden Oldies on Wednesdays. • Games on Thursdays. • Willoughby Hearing every second Friday at 11:00 a.m. • Sign language class at 9:00 a.m. on Mondays. 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