The INDEPENDENT, August 7, 2008
Page 7
Community
Senior News
By Karen Miller
Senior Advocate
WOW
– August
already?
Hope
every-
one
is
winding
d o w n
t h e i r
summer vacation with some
fun plans; some of them not too
far from home, I imagine; would
you have ever believed how
excited we would be to see gas
go DOWN to $4 something?!!
And now I hear they might
be weighing you when you
check in for a flight! Well, they
did weigh me up in Anchorage
a few weeks ago before our
flight to Iliamna Lake, much to
my embarrassment – after 5
days of eating, fishing, eating
and fishing, and eating at Rain-
bow River Lodge. I feared they
would stick me in the extra bag-
gage compartment on the way
back.
By the way, Tobi, turning 60
isn’t too bad after all; I reeled in
my first ever fish, a sockeye
salmon. And thank you Betty,
Pauline, Fran and all involved
in your very well hidden birth-
day party surprise at the center.
Thanks for helping my tenure
there be a delightful place to
work!
August 15 is the Senior Pic-
nic at Anderson Park. Golden
Oldies Band will provide the
entertainment; bring side dish-
es; See you there!
On August 19, see you here
at the center for a visit with Bet-
sy Johnson and Brad Witt.
August 20, Attorney Maddy
Vernonia man found dead in vehicle
Sheehan from Scappoose will
be here to consult with seniors
on certain issues. Call my of-
fice for information.
August 21 – Fundraiser BIN-
GO for the Center; 1-3 p.m. 25
cents per card per game. Fun
time, fun prizes.
And don’t forget – the LAST
Friday of every month we have
an ice cream celebration after
lunch for ALL those who have
birthdays that month.
CONGRATULATIONS
to
senior center member Larry
Bernardi who was selected as
Vernonia’s Citizen of the Year.
Thanks Larry and Jan and fam-
ily for being such an integral part
of this Vernonia community.
Please come in and see me
for respite care and veteran’s
services, in-home provider re-
ferrals, and in-home programs
offering assistance for seniors
to stay in their homes as long
as possible; call my office to
see if you qualify.
In 1989, Barry Buch was
standing beside a car that had
two broken windows when a
San Mateo County, California,
deputy sheriff asked him for
identification. Buch absent-
mindedly handed him the one
official-looking document he
had; a copy of an arrest war-
rant sworn out against him for
driving with a suspended li-
cense…oops.
Call my office to sign up for
the next AARP Safe Driving
class, 429-9112.
INFORMATION NUMBERS
Senior Advocate...429-9112
Senior Center.......429-3912
Transportation......429-4304
Don’t miss Logger Golf Classic
The Logger Football Golf
Classic will be held August 16,
at Vernonia Golf Club. All
golfers are invited to come out,
have some fun, and help raise
money for Logger Football
players.
Check in time is at 11:15
a.m. with a shotgun start at
noon. There will be prizes and
a barbeque lunch afterward.
Entry is $60 per person (with-
out cart), $240 per team (with-
out cart), and $24 for a golf
cart.
Registration deadline is Au-
gust 13; forms are available at
the Vernonia School District Of-
fice. Make checks payable to
Vernonia Football and send,
with registration form, to Todd
Hicks, Vernonia Football, 810
NW Lincoln St., Hillsboro, OR
97124.
The death of a Vernonia
man on Friday, July 18, has
been determined by the State
Medical Examiner’s office to be
from a self-inflicted gunshot
wound to the head.
Just minutes after receiving
a report of a man with a gun, at
approximately 11:30 p.m., Ver-
nonia Police Officer Michael
Connor and Sergeant Mike Kay
saw the vehicle associated with
the call and pulled in behind it
on Washington Avenue near B
Street. As the officers arrived, a
20 year-old woman got out the
driver’s side and told officers
there was a man in the car with
a gunshot wound. The officers
confirmed the report and called
for medical response.
The man, identified as
Kolton Owen Graham, 21, Ver-
nonia, was pronounced dead at
the scene. He was in posses-
sion of a handgun.
Graham was an acquain-
tance of the female driver and
reportedly had gone to the res-
idence where she was, then,
armed with a handgun, con-
fronted someone else there re-
garding a personal matter. Gra-
ham left in a vehicle that was
driven by the woman.
The State Medical Examin-
er’s office determined the
cause of death on Sunday, July
20.
Non-profit grants are now available
Nonprofit organizations a-
cross Oregon may now apply
for two types of grants from the
Oregon Council for the Human-
ities (OCH): Public Program
Grants between $1,000 and
$5,000 and Opportunity Grants
up to $1,000. Grant guidelines,
including themes of interest,
are available for download on
the OCH website (www.ore
gonhum.org) or by request
from Development and Pro-
gram Coordinator Annie Dubin-
sky at (503) 241-0543.
Public Program Grants are
awarded once a year. Letters of
intent to apply for Public Pro-
gram Grants must be post-
marked by November 3, 2008.
Plan now for Community-Wide sale
Vernonia’s 10th Annual
Community-Wide Garage Sale
will be on Saturday, Sept 20,
from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. All
residents and businesses
wanting to be included can sign
up by calling Helen Bateman at
503-429-6203.
Maps of all participating lo-
cations will be available on Fri-
day before the Sale. In past
years sales have been held at
over 40 locations. Several
groups have donated all or a
portion of their proceeds to lo-
cal non-profit organizations or
individuals in need of assis-
tance.
Opportunity Grants are award-
ed year-round. Applications for
Opportunity Grants are re-
viewed on a monthly basis and
will be accepted from Novem-
ber 1, 2008, to October 31,
2009.
OCH funds programs that
offer opportunities for civic en-
gagement and humanities
learning, respond to timely is-
sues and ideas in communities
across Oregon, and provide a
broad context for public dia-
logue. Special consideration
will be given to projects that ex-
plore globalism, media and
consumer culture, and place
and community.
Program Director Jennifer
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