The INDEPENDENT, August 6, 2009
Have room in your heart to adopt a child?
Kiersten - Bulletin #12933 –
Age 11
Kiersten is a very engaging
and friendly child. She is an
avid reader and states that one
of her hobbies is talking. Kier-
sten also enjoys watching
movies and spending quality
time with people. She is a very
positive and imaginative child
who enjoys creating crafts and
working on projects for others.
Kiersten has a big heart and
tries hard to please everyone
she interacts with. She is very
outgoing and will strike up a
conversation with almost any-
one she encounters.
On the maternal side, she
has an older sister, younger
brother, and younger sister.
Kiersten talks with her older
sister on the phone every few
months and writes her cards
and letters. Kiersten's younger
brother resides with his adop-
tive family. He and Kiersten
were having regular visits until
he was moved to his adoptive
home in May of 2008.
In December of 2008 Kier-
sten’s biological mother gave
birth to another child, Kiersten's
youngest sister. Kiersten has
expressed a strong desire to
meet her newest sibling.
On the paternal side, Kier-
sten has a younger sister that
she does not have contact with.
Kiersten has weekly phone
contact with her father, who re-
sides out of state, and has su-
pervised visits about four times
a year.
Kiersten will thrive in a fami-
ly with a large amount of pa-
tience and one that enjoys
spending time together as a
family. A perfect match for Kier-
sten will be a family that is bub-
bly and outgoing so they can
keep up with her numerous an-
imated conversations. Kiersten
is a wonderful sibling and
would do great in a home with
younger or older children.
For information on adopting
this child or on the agency A
Family For Every Child (AF-
FEC), call 541-343-2856 or vis-
it the website: www.afamily-
foreverychild.org.
20 Years Ago This Month
The August, 1989, issue of
The Independent included the
following news story on the
front page:
The Vernonia City Council
adopted amendments to the
franchise agreement with West
Oregon Electric Cooperative, at
the August 21 council meeting.
The amendments include a
4% franchise fee for WOEC’s
gross revenues in the city, up
from 3%, but extend the term of
the agreement from five to ten
years, a change requested by
the cooperative.
Several other, mostly techni-
cal, changes requested by
WOEC were also incorporated
in the amendments. All condi-
tions were made retroactive to
July 1, 1989.
WOEC’s directors will likely
consider the changes at their
next regularly scheduled meet-
ing on September 19.
A request by the City of Ver-
nonia for consideration as a po-
tential site for a planned medi-
um-security state prison was re-
ceived too late for consideration,
Recorder Don Dunaway was
told by Leona Christensen of
Gov. Neil Goldschmidt’s office.
The city’s inquiry was made
at the suggestion of resident
Lyle Barker, who noted the
community has been looking
for clean industry.
“A prison is clean industry,”
Barker told the council, “and
nobody wants it.” He also re-
minded the council that a feder-
al prison built recently near
Sheridan provided 85 perma-
nent jobs.
Dennis Coates, acting su-
perintendent of public works,
reported that a fire at the City’s
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Bits & Bites
By Jacqueline Ramsay
No chapter, no verse, just a Heart Felt
Thank You to the folks who came to my
Movin’ On Dinner at Vernonia Cares on
July 24.
The flowers, the old memories – some I
had let slip from my mind, but they brought
back good feelings. Some funny, but all
part of life’s ups and downs – no downs re-
membered though, really. Thank you to
each of you. You will all be missed one way
or another.
By the time you are reading this I will have been gone six days.
I picture me still neck deep in boxes (being unpacked). One nice
thing – I will have a dishwasher. Whoopee.
One last memory I will have shared with all of you is 100° for
more than one day.
At this point; thank you also to all of you that came to help pack
my life into the U-haul. It made quick work of a “hot” job.
When I’m settled and into a routine I’ll let you know when I’ll be
around.
Yes, this is short but I’m HOT, tired and getting a little blue at
the final goodbye, folks.
Wednesday, the 29th, 2 p.m., 102 + in the shade. Joyful
thoughts of “it will get cooler (by December).” Yes, I will keep writ-
ing to you all from the Concrete Jungle!
Jacqueline & Shadow
3rd Avenue pumping station
caused serious damage to
equipment that was already in
bad shape.
The
council
approved
Coates’ suggestion that motors
and scrap metal from the city’s
old water plant be sold to raise
money for repair and replace-
ment of equipment in the
pumping station.
Local
business
owner
Howard “Pat” Knight asked the
council to rewrite the city’s
gambling ordinance to make it
compatible with state and
county regulations. City attor-
ney Tom Kohl was instructed to
review the differences between
the various regulations.
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