The INDEPENDENT, January 18, 2007
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Business Notes
Vernonia’s new Postmaster already acquainted with most of staff
After starting in the office
here, she found out she had
worked in Beaverton with one
of the Vernonia staff, Peter
O’Leary; her high school Eng-
lish teacher is married to the
Scappoose/Vernonia driver,
Joel Haugen; and she went to
Janet Wedgworth, Vernonia’s new U.S. Postmaster
After months with an Officer
in Charge (OIC), Vernonia has
a postmaster again. Janet
Wedgworth took over the keys
to the Vernonia Post Office on
January 8. OIC is the terminol-
ogy the postal service uses for
a temporary postmaster.
Wedgworth has lived in Scap-
poose all her life, except for five
years away at college. She will
continue to live in Scappoose,
with husband Jeremy, and chil-
dren, Allison (9) and Trevor (8).
After college Wedgworth spent
a few years working in grocery
stores, then started working at
the Beaverton Post Office in
1998. Her last position was six
months as OIC at Canby, be-
fore spending December as
OIC in St. Helens.
Programs continue during winter
at Tillamook Forest Center
Winter hasn’t stopped the
great family fun at the Tillam-
ook Forest Center, although it
has moved some of the pro-
grams indoors. All events are
FREE and open to all ages, un-
less otherwise noted.
Saturday, January 27 at 1:00
p.m., will feature “Owls: Silent
Hunters of the Night.”
Take a close-up look at the
owls of the Tillamook State For-
est. Learn to identify these in-
credible birds of prey and rec-
ognize their calls. Find out the
adaptations that make these
birds some of the most skilled
nocturnal hunters in the forest.
Learn what signs to look for
that will help you find owls in
their natural habitat.
An Open Bluegrass Jam will
be on Sunday, January 28 at
1:00 p.m.
Bluegrass music is a way of
celebrating the settlers who
composed music about day to
day life experiences. It reflect-
ed the lives of those living in
the hills and mountains. The
Tillamook Forest has had its
share of settlers and home-
steaders, and we certainly
have our share of mountains.
Bring your mandolins, fiddles,
guitars and banjos and join in
the fun. All ages and abilities
are welcome.
school in Scappoose with Ni-
cole Conley, one of the Vernon-
ia mail carriers. “I already feel
at home here,” said Wedg-
worth.
Wedgworth said she does
not anticipate making any dras-
tic changes in the Vernonia of-
fice, “From what I’ve seen, it’s a
well run office with a good,
knowledgeable group of em-
ployees.” She has already
joined the Vernonia Area
Chamber of Commerce and
looks forward to being involved
in the community.