The INDEPENDENT, November 15, 2007
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Community Action Team offers programs for family caregivers
November is National Family
Caregivers Month, according to
the National Family Caregivers
Association. Over 50 million
Americans are involved in fam-
ily caregiving, according to the
NFCA. The estimated value of
these “free” services provided
by those caring for loved ones
– primarily senior citizens –
who are frail, chronically ill, or
disabled, is conservatively esti-
mated at 306 billion dollars an-
nually.
Sponsored each year by the
NFCA, National Family Care-
giver Month focuses on the
challenges facing family care-
givers. Caregivers provide a
vast array of emotional, finan-
50 Years Ago This Month
The November 28, 1957, is-
sue of the Vernonia Eagle in-
cluded the following news story
on the front page:
Next Tuesday, December 3, the
senior girls at Vernonia high
school will be taking an examina-
tion to select Vernonia’s Home-
maker of Tomorrow who will be
entered in the state contest to se-
lect a candidate for the national ti-
tle. The contest is sponsored by
General Mills and is the Betty
Crocker Search for the Homemak-
ers of Tomorrow.
This is the fourth annual con-
test and Tuesday, senior girls in
high schools all over the nation
will be taking the examination si-
WEATHER REPORT
OCTOBER 2007
DATE
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TEMPERATURE
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PRECIP.
AMT.
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Temperature and precipitation
amounts are from the official U.S.
weather station at the Vernonia wa-
ter plant. Measurable precipitation in
October totalled 3.50 inches.
multaneously. Winner in each
school will receive an award pin
designed by Trifari of New York
and will represent her school in
the state contest. State winner will
receive a $1500 scholarship and
her school will receive a complete
set of Encyclopedia Britannica.
She and her instructor will be giv-
en expense paid trips to New York
to compete in various historical
places. A $5000 scholarship and
other prizes go to the national win-
ner.
Miss Janis Archibald, Home Ec
teacher at Vernonia high school is
the instructor under whose super-
vision the examination is taken
here.
cial, nursing, homemaking, so-
cial, and other services on an
intermittent or daily basis. The
relationship may exist for a
brief period of time or a lifetime.
Community Action Team Se-
nior, Respite and Veteran Ser-
vices Program offers several
suggestions for celebrating Na-
tional Family Caregiver Month:
• Offer a few hours of respite
to a family caregiver so they
can spend time with friends, or
simply relax.
• Send a card of appreciation
or a bouquet of flowers to
brighten their day.
• Encourage local business-
Buying these beads helps people
From page 9
events throughout the United
States and Canada.
Vernonian Liz White has
been selling these beads to
help others and will have a
table at the Christmas in the
Country Bazaar, to be held De-
cember 1-3, in the Vernonia
Middle School cafeteria. You
can help this group of people,
who are working to leave ex-
treme poverty behind, by stop-
ping and buying some beads.
Call for winter road conditions
TRIVIA ANSWERS
From page 15
which studies show to be as ef-
fective as or more effective
than studded tires in most driv-
ing conditions.
When driving conditions are
treacherous, stay home. If you
must leave home, use mass
transit. If you must drive, make
sure you and your vehicle are
Trivia answers
(from page 17)
ready for current driving condi-
tions.
Dial 511 for Oregon and
Washington road and weather
conditions or visit www.trip
check.com. For information
about Washington County
roads, call 503-846-ROAD
(846-7623) or visit www.wc-
roads.com.
Help Vernonia Cares with Xmas boxes
From page 7
supplier of the Oregon Food
Bank. This allows Vernonia
Cares to really stretch cash do-
nations. One hundred percent
of food and cash donations
stay in Vernonia for distribution
to families in the immediate
area. For cash donations,
please designate in the memo
section of your check if it is to
be used for the Christmas box-
Did You Know…
From page 19
graffiti on the Rock Creek
Bridge this past summer. If you
would like to provide informa-
tion, either as a named party or
anonymously, you can contact
the VPD at 503-429-7335 or
City Hall at 503-429-5291, or
you can email the department
at chief@vernonia-or.gov.
A quick reminder that if you
would like your child safety
seats or booster checked,
there will be a check-up event
on November 16, from 9:00
a.m. to 2:00 p.m., in St. Helens
at St. Helens Fire (105 S.
12th). This is a good time to
make sure your child’s safety
seat is in working order and
properly installed.
es to offer a free service to fam-
ily caregivers during the month
of November.
• Help a family caregiver
decorate their home for the hol-
idays, or offer to address en-
velopes for their holiday cards.
• Encourage family care-
givers to find support and infor-
mation at the NFCA website,
www.thefamilycaregiver.org.
For more information about
any of these programs or to in-
quire about volunteer or sup-
port opportunities, contact Se-
nior, Respite and Veteran Ser-
vices at 503-366-6543 or 1-
800-404-3511, ext. 276.
es. Receipts are available and
donations are tax deductible.
Turkeys may also be donat-
ed at the Providence Vernonia
Health Center parking lot, No-
vember 17 or December 1 from
11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. There
will be someone there to take
your donation.
For additional information on
the turkey drive, contact Pat or
Bob Stacklie at 503-429-7563.
1. Hells Canyon, averaging
6,600 feet deep for 40 miles
and measuring 7,993 feet
from He Devil Mountain to
Granite Creek below.
2. Homeward Bound .
3. The nation’s first initiative,
referendum, and repeal
laws, which allowed citizens
to enact and repeal legisla-
tion and remove undesirable
officials from office.
4. Bud Clark, before he be-
came mayor of Portland.
5. E. Robert Quinn of La
Grande.
6. 1887.
Obituary
STEVEN MICHAEL SWEARINGEN
Steven Michael Swearingen, 55,
Mist, died October 28, 2007. A celebra-
tion of life was held November 1 at
Faith Lutheran Church in Clatskanie.
Mr. Swearingen was born March 4,
1952, in Richland, Washington, to Ford
and Cleo Swearingen. He was raised in
Vancouver, graduating from Evergreen
High School in 1970. He was a mem-
ber of Iron Workers Local 29 and
logged for himself and others in the
Vernonia, Mist and Clatskanie areas,
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In 1990, he married Kari Wilson.
They moved to Mist 17 years ago.
Survivors include his wife; children,
Spencer, Janie, Sophie and Luke; his
father of Mist; a brother, Daniel of Van-
couver; two sisters, Beverly Lundeen of
Portland and Virginia Scott of Vancou-
ver; nieces and nephews.
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