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-
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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.
INFORMATION NUMBERS
Senior Advocate...429-9112
Senior Center.......429-3912
Transportation......429-4304
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