The INDEPENDENT, March 16, 2006
How to drive safe
UNWC offers invitation
AARP’s Driver Safety Pro-
gram for all ages is available in
Vernonia. Taking the class can
lead to auto insurance dis-
counts.
Those 70 and over need to
take this class every two years
to get reduced insurance rates.
To find out when the next
$10, no test, program will be
held in Vernonia, call Karen at
503-429-9112.
Calling all people interested
in clean water, saving salmon,
and watershed health.
The Upper Nehalem Water-
shed Council needs volunteers
to serve on the council and the
Board of Directors.
Responsibilities include at-
tending meetings and helping
to steer the future course of
one of the most successful wa-
tershed councils in the state.
During the council’s first ten
years, the priorities have been
streamside tree planting, im-
proving in-stream habitat, re-
moving obstacles to migrating
fish, and monitoring existing
water quality.
Study Club will
have doll show,
so bring a doll
“Treasured Dolls that ‘set-
tled’ the West” will be the topic
of an historic doll show at the
Vernonia Library, on April 4, at
2:00 p.m. presented by the
Vernonia Study Club.
Families crossing the plains,
in the westward trek, often car-
ried with them dolls treasured
by the women and children.
Later, as they prospered and
connections with the eastern
seaboard improved, other dolls
arrived to join them.
Marcia Elliot, a doll collector
from Forest Grove, will present
a slide lecture on these antique
dolls. She describes herself as
“an enthusiastic” collector who
has amassed her collection
over two decades. Her collec-
tion, including more than 100
dolls, ranges from the late 19th
through the 20th century. She
has slides of antique wooden,
rag, china, and bisque dolls,
and will bring several to share.
Elliot encourages everyone
to collect and preserve the
dolls they have; they are part of
general history as well as fam-
ily tradition and heritage.
Those attending are invited
to bring one of their own an-
tique dolls for condition evalua-
tion and information on proper
storage and care.
Daughtry gives
Museum Talk
Shirlee Daughtry will be the
speaker at a Vernonia Pioneer
Museum Talk on Sunday,
March 19, at 2:00 p.m. at the
museum.
Daughtry will speak on the
Vike Family and the Scout
Cabin. The museum is located
at 511 E. Bridge St., Vernonia.
The Council has coopera-
tively partnered with private
landowners in the valley and
many public entities, including
the Oregon Department of
Forestry and the Clatsop State
Forest.
The collaborations have
been rewarded with steadily in-
creasing numbers of returning
chinook and coho salmon.
If you can spare the time,
please consider helping the
council continue these good
works. For more information,
contact Maggie Peyton, Coor-
dinator, at 503-429-2401.
Huntington and Conroy announce
engagement, will marry March 25
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Bits & Bites
By Jacqueline Ramsay
Reu-
b e n ,
Reuben,
I’ve been
thinking
what a
strange
w o r l d
t h i s
would be
if
–
(that’s been running through
my head for a week, so…).
First off, I finally got my head
off the pillow. I thought Spring
was close until this last blast of
rain and wind. Makes me think
of “Leavin’ on a Jet Plane” or
“Freight Train, Freight Train,
goin’ so fast” or perhaps “They
Call the Wind Maria,” maybe
not.
How many of you took time
off last week to go say “hello” to
the new Animal Control officer?
Or drop by the lake to check
out the 3,000 trout they
dumped last week?
How about those Oscar
Awards? What makes a world
of intelligent folk watch four or
five hours of red carpet styles?
I hope you didn’t miss the
program at the Library – Amer-
ican Songs of Protest. Memo-
ries brought up to the front to
ponder.
Want to stir your past mem-
ories? Write the alphabet –
think of a female name that is a
song (A – Alice, for Blue Gown,
B – Bonnie, Lies Over the
Ocean, etc.). Tired of that? Try
it with states in songs, or
towns.
What a shock, March 9,
Snow, 2” of it, no school. The
weatherman said maybe snow
on 26 over the hill to the coast,
maybe. So, that was ‘maybe’?
Some don’t like the change
but that is what I like about
Oregon – period. If I wake up
happy the gray skys can pull
me down and versa visa – if it’s
too hot to work in the yard I can
always go shopping. See you
in two weeks, maybe by then it
will be Spring.
Let’s face it Fred, Medigap premiums
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Michelle Huntington of
Birkenfeld and Thomas Conroy
of Powers, Michigan, have an-
nounced their engagement.
Their wedding is set for March
25 at the Columbia Bible
Church in Rainier.
The bride-to-be is the
daughter of Bob and Debbie
Huntington, Jr. of Birkenfeld.
The groom-elect is the son
of Ron and Connie Conroy of
Powers, Michigan. He is a Se-
nior Airman in the U.S. Air
Force currently stationed in Al-
tus, Oklahoma.
The couple plan to reside in
Altus, Oklahoma.
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