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The INDEPENDENT, April 3, 2008
Tour offered on Horse management
Horse Management on
Small Acreages Farm Tours will
be offered on Saturday, April
12, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00
p.m. at Abbey Creek Stables &
Shadysprings Farm.
This tour is being offered by
Tualatin Soil and Water Con-
servation District (SWCD) in
Quilt and new owner meet for first time
partnership with Columbia,
Clackamas, and West Mult-
nomah SWCDs.
To register for these free
events call the Tualatin SWCD
at 503-648-3174 x102, or e-
mail at lacey.townsend@or.na
cdnet.net
SOLV plans projects for April 19
From page 9
without Internet access may
also call SOLV to register.
“Our projects offer a variety
of volunteer activities and ex-
periences,” says program coor-
dinator Nancy Willmes. “This
year’s list includes tree plant-
ing, roadside litter and illegal
dumpsite cleanups, invasive
vegetation removal in natural
areas, neighborhood cleanups,
landscaping
on
school
grounds, and trail maintenance
in recreation areas.”
SOLV IT is one of the na-
tion’s largest Earth Day events
of its kind. The event focuses
on livability issues as well as
community building, and en-
courages recycling and reuse
of materials wherever possible.
Major sponsors are PGE,
Clackamas County, Clean Wa-
ter Services, Metro, TriMet,
Warn Industries and Waste
Management of Oregon. Small
grants and material support are
provided by the Waste Man-
agement Charitable Founda-
tion. Supporting sponsors are
Hawthorn Farm Athletic Club,
IBM and the Oregon Depart-
ment of Transportation. Media
sponsors are KGW Northwest
NewsChannel 8 and KINK fm
101.9.
right to left: Louise Hamnett, Sue Goodhope and Ann
Cameron at Sue’s Stitch in Time Quilt Shop hold the quilt
Cameron won.
The “Rising Sun” quilt that
the Vernonia Senior Center raf-
fled off in November has now
been delivered. The winner of
the quilt was Anne Cameron of
20 Years ago this Month
The April 28, 1988, issue of
The Independent had the fol-
lowing article on page 24.
The Vernonia City Council
approved expenditures of up to
$4,000 for improvements to the
Vernonia Lake water intake
system, at their April 18 meet-
ing.
Don Webb, representing the
lake committee, said that high
water in the Nehalem River
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The Camerons and friends,
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prevents the pump from work-
ing as it should in the spring-
time, and falling leaves clog the
intake pipe in autumn.
The committee asked for
funds to place a culvert and an
infiltration well into the river,
and put the pump up higher.
According to Webb, that would
eliminate the problem of re-
moving and replacing the pump
each fall and spring.
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bikes when they saw the sign
for Vernonia, stopped and, dur-
ing the visit, purchased the win-
ning raffle ticket. This occurred
during Jamboree. The address
on the ticket that Mrs. Cameron
purchased while here was not
correct, so the search began.
Then the flood hit, followed by
bad weather that stalled the
process further.
Finally, on February 23, at
Sue’s Stitch In Time quilt shop
in Shelton, Washington, the
hand-off was accomplished.
Mrs. Cameron was celebrating
her birthday with friends from
McCleary, Louise Hamnett
(one of the Vernonia quilt
ladies) was celebrating her
birthday with family in Shelton,
and Sue Goodhope (another
Vernonia quilt lady) was visiting
her sister, Sandra, from Ed-
monds, Washington. All the
parties met at the quilt shop
and Mrs. Cameron now has her
quilt.
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At the April 4 meeting, the
parks committee suggested
that the city share an employee
with the cemetery committee.
Under the proposal, the city
would pay half of the salary,
and the cemetery operating
committee, the other half.
A report from the cemetery
committee, on April 18, said
they would prefer hiring a re-
tired person with a pension as
a half-time employee at mini-
mum wage, and allow him to
live in the house at the ceme-
tery rent free.
The council took no action
on either proposal.
The council made two ap-
pointments in April: Joe Riley
was appointed to represent the
city on the Columbia County
Economic Development Coun-
cil, and Don Webb was ap-
pointed to the city budget com-
mittee to replace Martin Baugh-
man, who moved outside the
city limits. City residency isn’t
required for the CCEDC ap-
pointment.
Police Chief Philip Jacobus
met with the council on April 20
to review applications for a pa-
trolman’s position with the city.
He was instructed to arrange
interviews with five applicants,
and hopes to hire an officer by
the middle of May.