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About The independent. (Vernonia, Or.) 1986-current | View Entire Issue (March 6, 2008)
The INDEPENDENT, March 6, 2008 20 Years ago this Month The March 31, 1988, issue of The Independent had the fol- lowing article on page 14. A Portland Trail Blazer team autographed basketball, raffle tickets for a bicycle and a portable TV, pizza parties, a field trip, pencils, bookmarks, Gold Medal Certificates, reader buttons, paper-back books, competition between and with- in classrooms and parent in- volvement combined to provide the incentive for the Mist and Vernonia elementary schools’ reading program called “Around the World with Books”. The students read an incred- ible 269,135 pages in the five month program. One half of the amount was recorded by the top twenty students with indi- vidual efforts ranging from 3,146 to 9,509 pages. Leader among the top twen- ty was hard-working 6th grader, Dusty Traylor, who received the treasured Blazer basketball. In addition, each of the top twenty received gold medals and par- ticipation in a field trip to Hills- boro Aquatic Center and play- ground, scheduled for June 3. Members of this select group are: Dusty Traylor, Molly Skidmore, Amber Altenhein, Denise Titus, Nathan Peiren, Kenny Tronson, Jeremy Milton, Jennefer Young, Kerri Allen, Mark Ellis, Katherine Knowlton, Samantha Allen, Laura Schlen- ker, Charlie Elliot, Mark De- Hart, RaeLynn Lubbes, Carissa Milton, Leslie Weller, Adam Eide, Jeff DeHart and Becky Raflian. Winner of the bicycle was Laurie Worley and proud owner of a new portable TV is Gilbert Aguirre. Bits & Bites By Jacqueline Ramsay \ What’s going on in your life to- d a y ? T h e weather c a n ’ t make up it’s mind. Should I allow the people to get on with Spring yardwork or give them a false hope? Freeze or rain at night? Sun or gloom dur- ing the day? Will anyone really notice? Personally for the last week I’ve been hopefully re- claiming DVD flood victims. A friend lost her DVD equipment and all disks went under as well (50 stayed above the water line). She chucked the mess and isn’t going to replace the Meaning of fairy tales topic at Library “The Witch’s Garden: The Hidden Meaning of Fairy Tales”, a Chautauqua program by Curt Yehnert, will be pre- sented at the Vernonia Public Library on Tuesday, March 18, at 7:00 p.m. Yehnert’s research has fo- cused on Native American myths and legends, Grimms’ Fairy Tales, contemporary ur- ban legends, stories of UFO abductions, angel sightings and near death experiences. These stories can not only de- fine groups, but they often can help define the world for us. Such stories represent a uni- versal human response to the mysteries of life. A professor of English at Western Oregon University, Yehnert previously presented a well-received Chautauqua pro- gram on Coyote stories. The program is made possi- ble by funding from the Oregon Council for the Humanities (OCH), and the Friends of the Library. Refreshments will fol- low the presentation. Curt Yehnert We now have Poster board machine. In passing, someone said, “Just dunk them in warm soapy water and rinse off, they will be O.K.” Long story short version – she gave the mess to me. The cabinets are gone. The disks cleaned beautifully. So far all I’ve watched are good as new. The cases have taken hours – remove papers, get out your toothbrush and scrub the indentations and holes, drain, dry and recheck – only those in paper sleeves will require re- placement casts. Very Impor- tant if you try this: Soak paper stuck on disks – don’t try to pull it off – use your finger underwa- ter to wash off the mud. Let the disks air dry on napkins or pa- per towels label side down, playing side up. (If when dry you notice traces of mud – just redo.) Time consuming – yes, • Office Supplies • Ink& Toner Refill • Cell Phones Sales, Repairs & Accessories • Office Supplies Open: Mon - Fri 10 am - 6 pm & Sat 10 am - 5 pm Tel: 503.429.8324 866 Bridge Street, Vernonia but rewarding to save the en- joyment they will regive some- one. Now to my bite of the month. Spring is here – but have you noticed all the gravel and etc. on the sidewalks along Bridge St. (also still thick along the curbs)? I’m sure it was laid down in good faith to help folks walk during the snow and ice. The trucks must have laid it down, but who is to sweep it up and where – I say — Would you walk on rock or out in the street? Thank you Marge for the words to Black Bird. Wrong song. The one I referred to had the line, “Here I go, swinging low, Pack up all my cares and woes, Bye Bye Black Bird. Good to hear from you anyhow. Have a nice day, wherever you are. Rx card free to county residents A discount card program to help consumers cope with the high price of prescription drugs is being introduced by Colum- bia County. The county has signed a contract to make free prescription drug discount cards available under a pro- gram sponsored by the Nation- al Association of Counties (NACo) that offers an average savings of 20-percent off the retail price of commonly pre- scribed drugs. The cards are administered by Caremark Rx, Inc. and are available beginning this week and may be used by all county residents, regardless of age, Loggers Swe atshirts 10% off all sizes! Sunday’s Best • PC Parts & Service We Build New Computers Page 9 Women’s, Misses & Men’s Clothing Winter Clearance Sale!! Save 50 to 75% Wed, Thur, Fri. 10 am - 6 pm Saturdays 10 am - 5 pm 884 Bridge St., Vernonia • 503-429-2530 income or existing health cov- erage. An estimated 10 - 40 percent of the county’s phar- macies will accept the NACo card, and a national network of more than 57,000 participating retail pharmacies will also hon- or it. These cards are being dis- tributed to all city halls within the county, all libraries, most drug stores, all senior centers and the Columbia County Courthouse. “The NACo prescription dis- count card will offer significant savings for the uninsured and under-insured residents of our county and even those fortu- nate enough to have prescrip- tion coverage may use the card to save money on drugs that are not covered by their health plan,” said county spokesper- son Janet Wright, “Residents do not have to be Medicare beneficiaries to be eligible for this program.” There will be no cost to county taxpayers for NACo and Columbia County to make these money-saving cards available to residents. “Using the NACo prescrip- tion discount card is easy,” said Wright, “A cardholder will sim- ply present it at a participating pharmacy. There is no enroll- ment for, no membership fee and no restrictions or limits on frequency of use. Cardholders and their family members may use the card any time their pre- scriptions are not covered by insurance.”
