The INDEPENDENT, September 6, 2007
Try your hand at Salmon Cook-off
How do you fix Salmon? The
second
Salmon
Festival
Recipe Cookoff is coming!
Ladies and gents are invited to
enter a tried and true family
recipe in one of two categories;
Hot dish or Cold dish.
There will be prizes for first
and second place in each cate-
gory. Dig down deep and find
that “old Salmon recipe every-
one loved.”
Bring your cookoff entry to
the Scout Cabin in Hawkins
Park by noon on October 6.
The judging begins at 12:15
p.m.
Get our your pots, pans,
casseroles and salad bowls
and join the fun!
Quilt Fair from September 20-23
St. Mary’s annual Quilt Fair
is celebrating its 37th year on
September 20, 21, 22 and 23.
The doors are open from 10:00
a.m. to 4:00 p.m. to browse the
beautiful handmade quilts,
some for sale, some for display
only. The yearly event is held at
the church hall, 960 Missouri
Avenue, Vernonia. The theme
this year is “A Stroll Down
Memory Lane.”
The fair is also noted for the
delicious lunches offered, with
daily choices of two homemade
soups, rolls and desserts. Each
year the ‘quilting ladies’ raffle
their Star of Bethlehem quilt.
Rock,Schroeder
plan to marry
Candy Rock and Allen
Schroeder, both of Vernonia,
have announced their engage-
ment. The wedding date has
not been set.
The bride-to-be is the
daughter of Pam Smith and
James Rock of Vernonia. She
currently works at Vernonia
Sentry.
The groom-elect is the son
of Gary and Shirley Schroeder
of Corvallis. He works at Roy
Houck Construction in Salem.
The couple plan to make
their home in Vernonia.
Ridge Riders
to hold Playday
The Vernonia RidgeRiders
will hold their final Playday of
the year on September 15 at
Anderson Park. Gaming will
start at 11:00 a.m. with signups
at 10:00 a.m. Check for flyers
around town.
For more information, call
Deloris Bellingham at 503-429-
9523.
Raffle tickets can be purchased
at the event. The raffle will be
held at 4:00 p.m. on September
23.
A craft bazaar will also be
held in the foyer with hand-
made items, as well as plants,
available.
For more information, call
503-429-8841 or email stmarys
08@agalis.net.
Bits & Bites
By Jacqueline Ramsay
As I
listened
to the 11
O’clock
n e w s
Sunday
evening,
I said to
myself,
“No way
will I be up at 2:00 a.m. to see
the moon disappear.” Good
night, I clicked off the T.V.,
turned off the light and snug-
gled into my feather pillow. Ha,
ha, at 1:59 Mother Nature
called. The full moon shown in
my bedroom window through
the trees. It was a beautiful
sight. I was hooked by 2:15. At
2:50 I was going out my back
door in bare feet and jammies.
Who knows what I stepped in,
who cares, the sight was phe-
nomenal. I’ve not seen that
many stars in the sky since I
First Friday to include local poet
September’s First Friday will
feature Carol Sawyer reading
her own poetry, local artists’
creations on display at the
Gallery in the Vernonia Learn-
ing Center, extended business
hours, street musicians and
other surprises at various mer-
chants and other sites along
Bridge Street. Locations and
times for this month’s First Fri-
day events will be posted at the
Learning Center. First Friday
hours are from 4:00 to 7:00
p.m. Everyone is invited to
come downtown and enjoy the
evening!
Other activities that coincide
with this First Friday include the
Fresh Air Market in the VCLC
Courtyard from 4:00 to 7:00
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p.m. and the Shoestring Play-
ers’ melodrama, “Under Cov-
er,” at the Vernonia Grange
starting at 7:00 p.m.
A planning committee for fu-
ture First Fridays has been es-
tablished under the auspices of
Vernonia Hands-on Art and the
Vernonia Chamber of Com-
merce. Several First Friday re-
lated events are already sched-
uled through December. If you
are interested in performing
music, showing your artwork,
offering extended business
hours or specials, or sending
us your own suggestions,
please email VernoniaArt@aol-
com or call Tobie at 503-705-
2173.
was a teenager on a late date
in the Blue Mountains. It’s now
2:57 and I can just make out a
faint sort of gray orange circle
through the tree (I’m now in
robe and slippers writing this by
bed lamp). Out back now in the
“black of night” (have you ever
been in any down deep in the
earth caves? “Black Hall
Caves” for one.) The stars are
so far away, like pin holes of
light through paper. The clock
now says 3:04, the moon is a
blur, and it looks like a fog has
come in. I can see and hear an
airplane and light moving
through the stars. Also, the
truck crossing the green bridge
even sounds different in the to-
tal darkness. I’m going to slip
back into bed now and if I don’t
fall totally asleep I’ll check back
in later. “G’night again.”
I was going to write this
week of “the life of a lowly
tomato plant” but that will have
to wait till next time.
Sleep thought – in the past
83 years I’ve witnessed three
aurora borealis, several sun
eclipses as well as Mt. St. He-
lens day into night, a Christmas
Flood, a grasshopper swarm
when they ate the paint off of
the Condon, Ore., grade
school, a hail storm that caused
us to re-roof our house, but
none of them can come close
to the feeling I have experi-
enced on this occasion. It’s
now 3:30 a.m. I’m glad I stayed
up for one of the Wonders of
God, no matter what you be-
lieve this isn’t a chance hap-
pening caused by atmospheric
conditions.
I came to again – it’s now
4:05 and although I can’t see
the moon through the trees, I
can see again. There is a fog in
the air.
6:58 a.m – the alarm woke
me up.
7:58 – yes, I’m out of bed
and the day looks no different
for what was beheld in the
night.
In The Service
Trevor R. Farmer
Army National Guard Pvt.
Trevor R. Farmer has graduat-
ed from the Infantryman One
Station Unit Training at Fort
Benning, Columbus, Ga. The
training consists of Basic In-
fantry Training and Advanced
Individual Training.
During the nine weeks of
basic combat training, the sol-
dier received training in drill
and ceremonies, weapons em-
ployment, map reading, tac-
tics, military courtesy, military
justice, physical fitness, first
aid skills, and Army history,
core values and traditions. Ad-
ditional training included devel-
opment of basic combat skills
and battlefield operations and
tactics, and experienced use of
various weapons and weapons
defenses.
Farmer is the son of Marc
and Julie Farmer of Vernonia,
and is a 2007 graduate of the
Vernonia Community Learning
Center.
Vernonia Lions Club presents
No-Limit Texas Hold ‘Em
Tournament
Saturday, Sept. 8th at The Buckhorn Restaurant
Sunday’s Best
Women’s, Misses
& Men’s Clothing
New Fall
Apparel
In Stock!
Featuring Logger Sweatshirts,
Backpacks, Beanies and Ball Caps,
884 Bridge St., Vernonia • 503-429-2530
across the street from the coffee shop
Registration starts at 5:30 pm.
The tournament starts at 6pm
$40 Buy-In No Re-Buys 50% goes to charity
Room for 49 players only, so sign up fast!!!
Projected Pre-paid VISA card Payouts:
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
With 20 players $180 $112 $68 $40 $0
With 40 players $344 $208 $120 $80 $48
Payout structures for other amounts of players available upon request.
To sign up, or get more information, please call
Aaron Miller at 503-429-6049 or George Tice at 503-429-3751.