The INDEPENDENT, October 16, 2008
Page 9
Bits & Bites
By Jacqueline Ramsay
On October 10, the Vernonia Lions Club, represented by
Marge Lowrance on left and Larry Snethen on right, hand
over a donation check to Sandy Welch of Vernonia Cares.
Chautauqua scheduled for Library
“Innovators and Traders:
The Indigenous People of the
Columbia River” is the subject
of the next Chautauqua pro-
gram to be presented at the
Vernonia Library, on November
6 at 1:00 p.m.
Pat Courtney Gold will dis-
cuss how the Indigenous Peo-
ple of the Columbia River cre-
ated the first environmentally
friendly model of commerce in
Oregon and why it affects the
way we live today. The people
in the Columbia River area
were trading with Russia,
Spain, England, China and
America by the 1700s, yet their
story is often untold in regional
histories. Gold is an enrolled
member of the Wasco Nation
of the Warm Springs Confeder-
ated Tribes or Oregon.
This Oregon Chautauqua
program is made possible by
funding from the Oregon Coun-
cil for the Humanities and pre-
sented by the Vernonia Study
Club.
Please
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First
off – Br-
rrrr!
Sec-
ond – A
great Big
Thank
You to
Te r r y,
Greg,
Mike and Brenda for replacing
my car cover. It should stand
many wind and rain or snow
storms. Again, Thank You. I
know folks say, “That’s what
friends are for,” but that was a
Big job – not a flash in the pan.
(Am I showing my age with my
jargon?) Also, thank you Polly
for the butterfly.
Have you noticed a glut in
your mail box or over the phone
line? Thank heaven I do not
have any way to receive inter-
net spam – junk or whatever it
is called. My T.V. is off until
evening and so is the radio. I
play cassettes, videos, CDs or
DVDs. Ah – just entertainment.
Or, I and a friend gab, drink tea
and play Rummikub or Mexican
Train. I haven’t resorted to
earplugs yet – but, I might.
What’s going on in town?
What’s City Hall talking about?
Someone asked me these
questions last week. My an-
swer – How should I know? I
observe what’s around me –
I’m not a digger for Bla, Bla
Topics. Sorry, and since it’s
turned cold and rainy I’ve not
been too active. The “Arthritis”
boys have moved in on my
bones.
The hunting season should
be fruitful now the rains have
come but I’ve not heard as
many guns being “lined in” this
year. Last year it was daily tar-
get practice echoing at the
lake.
Not sure what to save your
change for – or spend it on?
Christmas Bazaar time is just
around the corner, so is the
Turkey Drive for the Vernonia
Cares Christmas food baskets.
You know turkey goes on sale
for Thanksgiving if you’ve a
mind to be kind. Cares stores
them up and I’ve a feeling the
count will be at least 200 or bet-
ter this year. If you’ve a feeling,
follow it by doing, not just think-
ing.
50 Years Ago This Month
The October 2, 1958, issue
of the Vernonia Eagle included
the following letter to the editor
on page 4, in response to an
article that was re-run in the
September 18, 2008, issue of
The Independent , page 9:
To The Editor:
After reading the “Rube Gold-
berg” proposal of Hi Scott con-
cerning the damming of the Ne-
halem river and tunneling of the
water to Scoggins (Death) Valley,
one reaches the conclusion that
one of two things must surely have
prompted such a scheme. First:
Please see page 20