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The INDEPENDENT, December 21, 2006
Did You Know…
By Chief Mathew Workman
Vernonia Police Department
I nev-
er real-
i z e d
what a
beautiful
site it is
to look
d o w n
from OA
Hill and see the glow of all of
the street lights until you go a
few days in total darkness. It
was quite an experience going
through the power outages,
and our thoughts and prayers
go out to anyone who is still
without power. If you know
someone who is still without
power, be sure to check on
them and let them know they
can call Vernonia Fire,
Mist/Birkenfeld Fire, or the Ver-
nonia Police Department so we
can attempt to get them some
type of assistance. Remember
it does not have to be during an
event, if you or someone you
know needs assistance, call
and we can help or at least
point you in the right direction.
I want to thank Marc Farmer
and all of his employees at
West Oregon Electric Coop. for
their diligent work during the
storm and the work they are
continuing to do. I am amazed,
knowing the widespread dam-
age and destruction caused by
the storm, that we were able to
get power back in the city in
such a short amount of time.
Kudos to the women in the
WOEC front office for being a
reassuring voice to the thou-
sands of callers.
I know there are so many
people who volunteered their
time to help each other out dur-
ing this event, but I want to say
a special recognition to the fol-
lowing people or groups: Chief
Paul Epler for being incident
commander and guiding us
through, all of the fire and EMS
personnel who put in numerous
hours, Helen Johnston for man-
ning the phone lines and logis-
tics desk, Michelle Kay from
Metro/West Ambulance for nu-
merous hours of service, Ver-
nonia CERT, American Red
Cross for helping set up the
shelter, Sgt. Mike Kay for the
numerous hours in Incident
Command as the police repre-
sentative, Vernonia School Dis-
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