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The INDEPENDENT, April 16, 2009
Letters
Beaches Art Contest for children
From page 3
to their loved ones and our
communities. Some of our
services include:
• 24 hour crisis line
• Emergency shelter
• On-site counseling
• Support groups
• Court watch
• Domestic violence and
sexual assault advocacy
• Life skills class
• Community presentations
• Training for professionals
• Volunteer training and op-
portunities.
CCWRC welcomes dona-
tions. All donations are tax de-
ductible and can be made by
cash, check, or stock alloca-
tion, through St. Helens Com-
munity Federal Credit Union.
Simply mail your donation to
the address below, or if you
have further questions please
call. We accept donations of
clothing, furniture, tools, and
household items. Please call
our Starting Over Store for do-
nation hours and current
needs.
Volunteers have always
been an integral part of our or-
ganization. Volunteer opportu-
nities include direct service, of-
fice support, fund raising, and
board membership. If you are
interested in volunteering,
please call our business line.
In addition, we offer a num-
ber of presentations and train-
ing on sexual assault, domestic
violence, and stalking. Please
call our business line for more
information.
Please feel free to contact
us at: 503-397-7110 Business
line, 503-397-6161 Crisis line,
503-366-0325 Starting Over
Store, www.noexcuse4abuse.
com, P.O. Box 22, St. He-
lens Or 97051.
Shannon E. Dilley
Sexual Assault Advocate
Columbia County
Women’s Resource Center
Follow God’s word
or repeat history
To the Editor:
It is said that if you don’t
know history, you are bound to
repeat it. It seems to me that
we are on that road in the good
old U.S.A.
Many thousand years ago,
God incubated a nation in
Egypt. He sent Joseph to Egypt
as a slave, and by his blessing
made him second in command
to the Pharaoh.
He brought his family to
Egypt, and they prospered until
they got another Pharaoh, who
made them slaves. After 450
years, things got so grievous
that they cried out to God, who
had spent eighty years prepar-
ing a man. His name was
Moses, and he was to rescue
this nation out of Egypt.
With miracle after miracle
they were led out; crossing the
red sea on dry land, bringing
water out of a rock, feeding
them manna, and clearing all
enemies out of the way. After
40 years in the wilderness,
Moses brought them across the
Jordan River at flood stage on
dry ground, fought their battles
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for them, and gave them cities
already built.
They were ruled by Judges,
and when a Judge died they
went back to idolatry, and were
invaded by their neighbor. Then
God would raise up another
Judge. (ten or twelve times.)
After so many Judges, the
people wanted a King. All but
about eight Kings did evil in the
sight of the Lord.
The fourth King got the King-
dom split, and they turned their
back on God. God told Assyria
to go and conquer them. That
was the last of that nation!
Judah had more Godly
Kings, until the people turned
their back on God, and He fi-
nally said to King Nebuchad-
nezzar, go conquer Judah. This
was the last of their real power
as a nation!
Fast forward to the sixteen
hundreds when the Americas
were being settled. The bulk of
the people came to the new
world to get away from perse-
cution for their trust in Jesus
Christ. The Colonies were
founded and settled by Chris-
tians (Believers in the God of
the Bible). When they had
fought and secured their free-
dom from England, they wrote
the Constitution from the book
of Deuteronomy. God blessed
the U.S.A. like no other nation
in history. Just like Israel did,
when our nation became afflu-
ent, we as a nation turned our
back on God. We have mur-
dered fifty million of our babies,
we have allowed up to twenty
million illegal aliens to invade
our borders, we have turned to
a Homosexual bent, (which has
caused the demise of every civ-
ilization) and we have allowed
pornography to run rampant!
Why would God (Whom many
deny exists) not do the same to
America, in judgement???
America turn back to the
Lord Jesus Christ!!!
Keith Carpenter
Scappoose
From page 11
To be eligible, entries must:
• Be original works of art that
convey the clean beaches
theme, show imagination and
creativity, and have a descrip-
tive title or caption attached;
• Be created on plain white
paper no larger than 11 inches
by 17 inches;
• Have a completed entry
Honor roll, cont.
From page 11
Roberts, Sierra Roberts, Byron
Schorzman,
Sicily
Scott,
Daniel Shaw, Sara Stern, Dal-
ton Stevens, Kacy Strand,
Mckenzie Tarkalson, Nicole
Thompson, Katie Wilson,
Bethany Workman, and Re-
bekah Young.
Honors, 3.25-3.49 – Joseph
Benes, Gillian Cheney, Kaylee
Dalebroux, Jacob Dixon, Jed
Douglas, Jayme Due, Suin
Jang, Brandon Krause, Alyssa
Loggins, Samantha Morgan,
Timothy Pillow, Justin Rainbolt,
Matias
Singers,
Zachary
Smith, Katy Stevens, Levi Tim-
merman, Shyla Tungwenuk,
and Fabian Waldman.
Honorable Mention, 3.00-
3.24 – Kahli Anderson, Jesse
Armstrong, Janda Barber,
Kelsey Brown, Genesis Castro,
Ashley Cavett, Alexandria
Chadek, Zachery Dyer, Amber
Eastlick, Cody Eaton, Robin
Elliott, Danyell Freeman,
Joseph Hales, Brandon Herd,
Megan Hieronimus, Quinlan
Johansen, Christopher John-
ston, Kayleigh Johnston, Oliver
Kocura, Jacob Levenseller,
Breonna Maldonado, Tara Os-
trander, Courtney Paden, Park-
er Roach, Ariel Rock, Megan
Rock, Travis Rosenstiel, Sean
Solberg, Chantel Szlavich, and
Dylan Vaughn.
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form attached to the back of the
artwork; and
• Be received by May 15.
The 2008 winner was Pay-
ton Smith, a fifth-grader at the
Lighthouse School in North
Bend.
Contest details and entry
forms are available on the Web
at http://oregon.gov/DHS/ph/
beaches/artcontest.shtml or
can be obtained by calling Jen-
nifer Ketterman at 971-673-
0431.
Health, cont.
From page 8
costing the state more. She be-
lieves the Oregon legislature
will expand insurance cover-
age for the poor and enact
some of the reforms suggested
by the Oregon Health Care
Board this year, despite the
state budget crisis.
The report, “Americans at
Risk,” is online at www.fami-
liesusa.org.
WEATHER REPORT
MARCH 2009
DATE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
TEMPERATURE
HI
LO
48
56
51
50
45
48
43
40
38
40
46
53
58
44
47
49
49
57
54
57
51
46
40
53
50
53
50
50
49
46
46
36
36
34
31
33
27
28
28
28
29
25
21
22
35
35
32
34
34
40
30
30
30
39
39
30
29
31
35
28
26
33
PRECIP.
AMT.
.39
.26
.01
.21
.20
.03
.44
.17
.15
T
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--
.10
.70
.70
.53
.12
.02
T
.05
.02
.02
.12
.02
.02
T
T
.57
T
.03
.05
Temperature and precipitation
amounts are from the official U.S.
weather station at the Vernonia wa-
ter plant. Measurable precipitation in
March totalled 4.93 inches.