The INDEPENDFENT, July 6, 2006
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Business Notes
Groomer ready to make More on beginning of 2006 fire season
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spikes in the fall during dry east 503-755-2710. Banks Fire Dis-
ducted
recently,
especially
any
periods. Fire officials trict, 503-324-6262.
area dogs look beautiful heavy accumulations of piled winds
urge everyone to use good fire
There’s a new business in
Vernonia and it’s already gone
to the dogs. Bandito Grooming
started offering grooming serv-
ices at Creatures on July 1.
Teia Hassey, owner/operator
of Bandito Grooming, has been
grooming dogs “all her life.”
She has two aunts who show
and groom dogs and she start-
ed helping out at an early age.
She has also groomed horses
for dressage, English and west-
ern riding and was a profes-
sional horse trainer until about
six years ago.
Hassey, who will partner with
the owner of Creatures, says
her goal is to increase business
there and to keep taking class-
es to keep her skills up-to-date
to give the best possible serv-
ice to her grooming clients. “I’m
really proud to be able to help
the animals and improve their
health through grooming serv-
ices such as by clipping their
nails,” said Hassey.
Hassey lives just this side of
Mist with her husband, four
dogs, four cats, two horses
(and another on the way), on a
seven acre farm with a large
garden, fruit trees and a hay-
field to keep her busy when she
Teia Hassey
is not grooming dogs.
“Pets are family and I always
treat them that way,” Hassey
says and this is reflected in her
business motto, “Where pets
are family.” In fact, her busi-
ness is named after one of her
family’s dogs. Yes, you
guessed it, the dog’s name is
Bandito.
Bandito Grooming is cur-
rently accepting new clients of
all sizes and breeds. To make
an appointment for your pooch,
stop in Creatures at 736 Bridge
St., Vernonia, or call 503-429-
PETS (7387).
woody debris. These areas are
known to hold hot spots that
can come to life under warm
and windy conditions. Mike
Simek, protection unit forester
with the Department of For-
estry, says our local fire season
is predicted to be average. “It
largely depends on what moth-
er nature hands to us over the
next four months. The current
high temperatures, winds and
low humidity certainly put a kick
start to the fire season,” said
Simek.
Fire season typically builds
to a peak in late summer with
School zone speeds
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Though the law has
changed, the signs have not
been changed yet. The impor-
tant thing is to watch for chil-
dren near schools, and else-
where, and slow down when
children are present.
CCB suspends construction contractor
On July 2, the Construction
Contractors Board (CCB) is-
sued an emergency suspen-
sion to Rob’s Custom Interiors,
Inc. of Portland directing the
business to immediately cease
construction contractor activi-
ties. Rob’s Custom Interiors,
Inc, is operating in the Man-
zanita and Rockaway Beach
area.
The corporate officers of
Rob’s Custom Interiors, Inc.
are Robert D. Moore of Port-
land and Bradley L. Thomas of
West Linn.
Moore and Thomas each
have previous CCB licenses
with outstanding construction
debt. Moore’s dispute resolu-
tion debt is over $5000 and
Thomas owes more than
$13,000 in civil penalties.
The CCB may suspend a li-
cense without hearing if there
are sufficient findings that there
is a serious danger to the pub-
lic welfare, including conduct
as a construction contractor
that is dishonest or fraudulent.
The CCB is a state agency
licensing more than 43,000
contractors. Anyone who is
paid to repair, improve or build
a home must be licensed by
the CCB. Consumers can veri-
fy a contractor’s license and
find information for successful
projects at www.oregon.gov/
CCB or by calling 503-378-
4621.
May unemployment sits at an adjusted 5.9 percent
Columbia County’s season-
ally-adjusted unemployment
rate was essentially unchanged
at 5.9 percent in May. The rate
was about the same as the
statewide rate of 5.6 percent
but higher than the national
rate of 4.6 percent. Total em-
ployment in the county rose by
107 from April and the number
of unemployed people de-
creased by 30. Total employ-
ment was 21,907 in May and
1,278 people were unem-
ployed.
May 2005’s seasonally-ad-
justed unemployment rate was
7.5 percent. Total employment
this May was 559 greater than
one year before and 337 fewer
people were unemployed.
Unemployment rates for oth-
er counties can be found at
http://www.qualityinfo.org/olmis
j/AllRates.
prevention practices whether
working or playing in the forests
or other areas of flammable
vegetation.
For information regarding
current public and industrial
regulations in effect on local
forests, contact the Columbia
City office, Oregon Department
of Forestry at 503-397-2636.
The state declaration is also
enforced in populated areas
served by rural fire districts. For
more information, call the dis-
trict where you reside. Vernon-
ia Fire District, 503-429-8252.
Mist-Birkenfeld Fire District,
Vernonia’s
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