The INDEPENDENT, August 20, 2009
Don’t dump stuff at Senior Center
The Vernonia Senior Center
has announced that articles left
at the center at any time other
than their business hours –
Monday through Friday from
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. – will be
considered to have been ille-
gally dumped and the people
who leave them will be subject
to prosecution. The premises
are now under surveillance.
If you are unable to drop off
your donations during regular
business hours, please call
Pauline at 503-429-5810 to
arrange for drop-offs.
Volunteer now to help watershed
The Upper Nehalem Water-
shed Council (UNWC) is seek-
ing volunteers willing to serve
on the Board of Directors.
Duties include attending reg-
ular meetings, helping to devel-
op goals, strategies and poli-
cies designed to promote wa-
tershed health throughout the
Upper Nehalem Valley.
In particular, there is a need
for someone with financial ex-
pertise willing to take on the
role of treasurer. The treasur-
er’s responsibilities include
providing guidance and over-
sight to the Executive Director
and the Bookkeeper.
Any resident of the Nehalem
River watershed is welcome to
participate.
To
volunteer,
please call Maggie Peyton at
503-429-0869.
50 Years Ago This Month
The August 20, 1959, issue
of the Vernonia Eagle included
the following news story on the
front page:
The Vernonia city council at its
meeting Monday evening of this
week authorized the erection of a
fire hall back of the city hall on
ground purchased recently from
James Fuiten. The ground work,
including the pouring of cement
for floor and foundation, will be
done by volunteer work of the
firemen and others who wish to
assist. A contract will be let for the
erection of the concrete block
building.
Authorization was given for the
issuing of a check to the rural Fire
Protection district for balance of
payment due on the truck. They
also granted the request of the Ver-
nonia firemen for some additional
fire fighting equipment. The men
who were present to request this
also reported violations of drivers
at the time of the recent brush fire
on the hillside at the end of A
street. A car which followed too
close behind firemen was hit. The
council reminds citizens of an or-
dinance which provides for arrest
and punishment of persons follow-
ing or parking too close to fire
equipment or in any way interfer-
ing with the fighting of a fire.
Further action of the council
provided for the ordering of pipe
for necessary repair work, the or-
dering of 24 concrete water meter
boxes and the authorizing of pur-
chase of eaves troughs for the
Scout cabin in the park.
Also, the city recorder was or-
dered to close the city hall at noon
on Saturday from now on instead
of 1:00 p.m. as has been done. The
change was made after a check
showed that there was no need for
the additional hour on Saturday,
since residents were not coming to
the city hall at that hour.
A follow-up story on the front
page of the August 27, 1959,
read:
Following the announcement
last week by the Vernonia city
council that a fire hall was to be
built back of the city hall, the
Safeway company announced that
their store here would be closed
due to the lack of parking and un-
loading facilities.
This and other considerations
involved in the proposal for build-
ing the fire hall has caused a
protest on the part of many citi-
zens and a public meeting has
been called at the city hall this
evening, so that citizens may learn
the facts involved in the proposal
and may voice their feelings on
the matter. The meeting is open to
all citizens of Vernonia who wish
to attend and either listen or take
part in the discussion.
A letter addressed to the city
council by the chamber of com-
merce stating some of the consid-
erations involved, along with the
chamber’s request for further con-
sideration of the matter before the
start of the building, was responsi-
ble for the public meeting.
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Bits & Bites
By Jacqueline Ramsay
– not much grass – but oh, the smells. There is
something in the trees that eats the acorns that
are all over. Whatever it is, I haven’t seen it on
the ground so it must not be a rabbit nor a cat.
August 7 – it’s raining. I call it mist, but it
smells of hot asphalt.
Oh, Janice, my granddaughter is hooked on
Mexican Train.
Now about the Horse M. problem after all
these many years: In the beginning there were
trails, made by animals through the woods,
across mountains and over the plains. Then
paths were made by man to get from house to
barn or ? Then road, by-way, highway or lane, all
man-made for transportation of things by wheel,
hoof, sled-runner or foot. “Ways” are man-in-
vented. If any of the above are paved or gravel-
packed they are (I think) intended for man walk-
ing, as horse, bear, deer, cats and dogs don’t
mind stepping on rock or tree fall. Bridle in front
of path means man is allowing a horse to travel
there (unless you spell it “Bridal”). So – I say ig-
nore, walk around, jump over it, carry a broom or
shovel OR walk somewhere else if it really of-
fends your eye and nose.
Bye now.
From the concrete jun-
gle: Ahhhh – the frequent
smell of warm asphalt and
bio-diesel products in a
99° sun is so enjoyable to
a country nose.
But, the trip went off
without a hitch. The un-
loading was faster than
the loading but now my bedroom is in the
kitchen, the storage shed and in one of the oth-
er rooms. Same for the kitchen.
It’s next Wednesday and now I sit among
empty boxes, full boxes and you choose; half-full
of half-empty. I’ve had to buy extra shelves for
the bath and bedrooms. The kitchen – I’m wait-
ing for my pantry to be built. So, which box did I
put the cherries in? Where’s the Mac & Cheese?
Did you know a three bedroom mobile home
has more storage space than a modern apart-
ment? Today’s builders have forgotten “Old
House Dwellers” have gone through two or three
events of hard times, so they save, re-use and
stock up when times are favorable to their
cause, and they do not trot to
the store every day for their
daily needs. The Milwaukie
Goodwill will see me soon –
depositing, not buying.
It’s now Friday. Today I’m
I buy coin collections
“supposed” to get my phone
and old currency
and TV hook-up – ho, ho, it
happened later.
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