The INDEPENDENT, August 16, 2007
Community
The Community Orchestra is back
The Vernonia Community
Orchestra is starting up again
in September after several
years’ lapse. Violin, viola, and
cello players will have a chance
to learn and perform music to-
gether under the baton of Brit-
tany Murray, an accomplished
young Vernonia violinist.
The orchestra will offer a
challenge to musicians at many
levels, although they should
have at least one year of expe-
rience with their instruments.
Practices will be held weekly.
Call Carol Pelster at 503-
429-0437 for more information.
Melodrama coming to Grange
The Shoestring Community
Players and the Greenleaf Act-
ing Company will be in Vernon-
ia in September with a perform-
ance of “Under Cover - a Mys-
terious Melodrama!!” a humor-
ous and exciting play for all
ages, featuring smuggling,
priceless jewels and romance.
The performance will be Fri-
day, September 7 at 7:00 p.m.,
in the Vernonia Grange Hall, on
the corner of North and Wash-
ington Streets. Tickets are $5
for adults, $3 for children, chil-
dren 5 and under free.
“Under Cover” will also be
playing in St. Helens and North
Portland. For more information
or to reserve tickets, go to:
www.sscpmusicals.com or call
503-543-8662.
Welcome Additions
Talia Nicole Ramsey
Talia Nicole Ramsey was
born June 30, 2007, to Derek
and Kristin Ramsey of Clat-
skanie. She weighed 8 pounds,
4 ounces and was 21 inches
long.
She joined her brothers,
Caleb and Aiden, at the family
home.
Grandparents are Paul and
Julie Ramsey of Mist, Steve
Hoover of Longview, Washing-
ton, and Randy and Karen
Trass of Clatskanie.
Great-grandparents are He-
len Shelter of Birkenfeld, Violet
Klein of Forest Grove, Les and
Evelyn Pugh, and Richard and
Jean Hoover, all of Clatskanie,
and Bob and Rosemary Trass
of Heppner.
Erma Cross of Oregon City
is the great-great-grandmother.
85 Years Ago This Month
The August 11, 1922 issue
of the Vernonia Eagle included
the following news story on the
front page:
The New High School
The new Union High
School building at Ver-
nonia is nearing com-
pletion. It is a three
story
and
basement,
building
situated
in
the best part of the
city for such an insti-
tution and the cost of
completed building will
run over $30,000.
The next article was (typos
left intact):
Must Attend to This
One splendid sugge-
tion
made by a Port-
land visitor this week
is that Vernonia must
immediately “Clean Up”
Clear the street of old
boards, boxes, brick,
cans, overalls, trash,
weeds, etc, Show some
home pride – We may be
use to it here, but it
is
disgusting
to
strangers and give us a
black eye. Wont the
School boys volunteer
to aid in a clean up
right away. It is very
important and not much
of a job.
Page 7
Senior News
By Karen Miller
Senior Advocate
Sitting
on the
side of
the high-
w a y ,
waiting
to catch
speed-
ing driv-
ers,
a
state trooper saw a car putter-
ing along at 22 miles per hour.
This driver is just as dangerous
as a speeder! So he turned on
his lights and pulled the driver
over. Approaching the car, he
noticed that there were five eld-
erly ladies – two in the front
seat and three in the back –
wide eyed and white as ghosts.
The driver, obviously confused,
said to him, “Officer, I don’t un-
derstand, I was doing exactly
the speed limit, what seems to
be the problem?”
“Ma’am, the officer replied,
“you weren’t speeding, but you
should know that driving slower
than the speed limit can also be
a danger to other drivers.”
“Slower, than the speed lim-
it! I was doing the speed limit!
Exactly 22 miles per hour.
“That marker,” replied the
trooper, “was the route number,
not the speed limit. But before I
let you go ma’am, I have to ask,
is everyone in this car OK?
These women seem awfully
shaken, and haven’t said a
peep this whole time,” the offi-
cer said.
“Oh, they’ll be all right in a
minute, replied the bit embar-
rassed driver. We just got off
Route 95.”
All of us could use a driver’s
refresher course from time to
time! Join us for my next AARP
Safe Driving Class to be held at
the Scappoose Senior Center
Aug 23 and 24. Call my office
to sign up, 429-9112, or the
Scappoose Center, 503-543-
2047.
The date is getting closer for
the fun evening on September
22 for our Hunting and Fishing
Raffle at the Senior Center in
Vernonia. Come one, come all.
Dinner at 6:00 p.m. Dinner tick-
ets $6.00 each. Raffle tickets
$1.00. Be the lucky winner of a
Ruger 300 Magnum rifle, just
one of many prizes to be given
away that night! Tickets are
available in Vernonia at Triple S
Service, Napa Auto Parts, Ver-
nonia Hardware, Vernonia Se-
nior Center and Ol’ Sawmill
Eatery at the Mill Pond, and at
Sporty’s in Clatskanie.
If you read this article before
noon on Friday August 17, be
sure to come join in our senior
picnic at Anderson Park with
the Golden Oldies Band. If you
read this after the picnic, well
we missed you and we all had
a good time!
Congratulations to Tessie
Aldrich and her second place
court float ribbon during this
year’s Vernonia Jamboree Pa-
rade. Thank you to convertible
owner and driver Mike Justice,
better known to some of you as
Kid Justice and his juggling
around town. Young ‘uns got
nothing over us, oh seniors of
many talents!
President Carl Holsey would
like to inform you readers that
we depend on you for network-
ing for and with us, to keep us
informed of senior needs in the
community. If you know of any-
one sick, or in need in any way,
please let us know!
We want to thank The Grove
Assisted Living in Forest Grove
for the past years of the popu-
lar end-of-the-month ice cream
School starts
Sept. 4 & 5
Please drive
carefully!
Come on in
for Dinner!
Fri. Chicken fried Steak
Sat. Prime Rib
Fri. & Sat. Clam Chowder
Mariolino’s
721 Madison Ave.,Vernonia • 503-429-5018
social they most graciously put
on here at the center. Those
days, sadly, have had to come
to an end. But there is good
news! Depending on financial
support, we plan on continuing
this fun ice cream social at
least every other month begin-
ning on Wednesday, Septem-
ber 26.
Still looking for low income
seniors to be a part of a Senior
Companion and Foster Grand-
parent program. Earn a non-
taxable stipend. See me for de-
tails.
Veteran’s Service for Colum-
bia County: Joseph Pyle. Call
his office for assistance at 503-
397-3290.
Who can be the first to tell
me the August name for the full
moon? Free lunch.
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.
• Sign language class at
9:00 a.m. on Mondays.
• Breakfast every Friday,
7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., $3.00.
INFORMATION NUMBERS
Senior Advocate...429-9112
Senior Center.......429-3912
Transportation......429-4304
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