The INDEPENDENT, June 17, 2010
“Sound of Music” comes to St. Helens
The hills are alive with the
Tony Award winning Rogers
and Hammerstein production
“The Sound of Music” this sum-
mer. Shoestring Community
Players announces the return
of the beloved musical to St.
Helens High School Olmschied
Auditorium this July.
Community members are
currently hard at work, swiftly
bringing pre-World War II era
Salzburg, Austria, to St. He-
lens. With songs such as “My
Favorite Things” and the eter-
nal “The Sound of Music”, audi-
ences are sure to be singing
along by the end of the produc-
tion. Performances will start be-
ginning July 2 and 3 at 7:00
p.m. Performances will contin-
ue with 7:00 p.m. showings on
July 9, 10, 15, 16, and 17. A
2:30 p.m. matinee will be pre-
sented on Sunday, July 11.
Ticket prices are $10.00 for
adults and $8.00 for students
and seniors, and can be pur-
chased at St. Helens Book
Shop, The Buzz salon, online
Fair & Rodeo Court in Rose Parade
The 2010 Columbia County
Fair and Rodeo Court won First
Place for Rodeo or Fair Queen
and Court at the Portland Rose
Festival Grand Floral Parade,
receiving a perfect score. The
Court also was honored to re-
ceive the highly coveted Vern
Hulit Award for Excellence in
Preparation, Organization, and
Presentation.
The Columbia County Fair
and Rodeo Court consists of
Queen Leilani Schmit (Rainier),
Princess Stephanie Esterly
(Scappoose), and Princess
Emily Simpson (Warren). The
In The Service
Timothy R. Williams
Air Force Airman Timothy R.
Williams graduated from basic
military training at Lackland Air
Force Base, San Antonio,
Texas.
The airman completed an
intensive, eight-week program
that included training in military
discipline and studies, Air
Force core values, physical fit-
ness, and basic warfare princi-
ples and skills.
Airmen who complete basic
training earn four credits to-
ward an associate in applied
science degree through the
Community College of the Air
Force.
Williams is the son of Ryan
Williams of Portland and Nora
Williams of Vernonia. He is a
2009 graduate of Hillsboro
High School.
Republican picnic will be June 26
The Columbia County Re-
publicans will be hosting a free
BBQ at their annual Summer
picnic to be held at 1:00 p.m.
on Saturday, June 26, in the
North Shelter House at Trojan
Park on Highway 30 near
Rainier. All Republicans and
other conservatives and fami-
lies are invited to attend. The
theme will follow the Liberty
and Freedom ideals of the Tea
Party movement. This picnic
will be held in lieu of the Re-
publican Friday MeetUp gath-
at www.sscpmusicals.com, and
at the auditorium box office be-
fore each performance. For
general information, as well as
group rates, call 503-366-4406.
ering for June. The regular last
Friday of the month MeetUp
schedule will resume in July.
Special guest speakers will
include candidates who will be
representing the Republican
ticket in the November General
Election.
Hamburgers, hot dogs,
drinks, condiments, tableware,
etc. will be provided. Each fam-
ily should bring a salad or a
dessert to share. For questions
or more information, contact
Fred Yauney at 503-543-6271.
court wore white shirts embroi-
dered with red roses, created
by Double C Custom Cowgirl of
Warren. Their flower arrange-
ments of red roses, white ros-
es, white carnations, and
baby’s breath, were created by
Kacee Joiner of Rainier, with
flowers from Flowers 4 U of St.
Helens.
The Court invites everyone
to attend the Columbia County
Fair and Rodeo held July 14-18
at the Columbia County Event
Complex in St. Helens. Visit
www.columbiacountyeventcom
plex.com for a full schedule of
fair activities.
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Bits & Bites
By Jacqueline Ramsay
Haaaa, my last grandchild has graduat-
ed from high school. Small class 125+. The
most enjoyable part was all the musical
groups. Regular band, pep band, and jazz
band. The choirs, trios and solos – pop and
swing. Music is so important to the round-
ing of an education, so is drama and the
arts. Kindergarten through grade 12.
Joy, joy, the sun shone long enough last
Monday that Jim was able to plant our gar-
den. It is now swinging in the breeze. Tomato; 60 days. Zucchini;
55 days. Cucumber; 60 days. Who knows I may be able to bring
the Golden Oldies zucchini bread this fall. With or without nuts??
Now, if you could only hang radishes, green onions and lettuce.
Weary, weary, weary – that’s me – of the spring rains. I want to
put winter in a box but it seems I’m stuck in winter weight clothes
or I’m becoming fashionable by learning to layer my clothes, so
when necessary I can ‘peel’ without doing a total strip tease or put
some on when the weather chills. Strange thing though, I’ve had
to shed my socks part of the time.
I passed another bridge in my treatment today (June 8). We
started setting up my button hole treatment site (this means no
more tracks on my arm). Yippee – it won’t hurt so much any more.
P.S. As I file this I am becoming a great-grandmother (I think).
50 Years Ago This Month
The June 16, 1960, issue of
the Vernonia Eagle included
the following news story on the
front page:
City residents will have the
opportunity to present their
opinions about the municipal
budget for the coming fiscal
year next Wednesday evening
June 22, the date set for a pub-
lic hearing on the proposed list
of expenditures.
The new budget presents a
figure for total expenditures
that is considerable above the
amount of the 1959-60 cost
sheet, but there is a good reason
for this increase. Also it should
be noted that the item of most
interest to taxpayers, the
amount to be raised by direct
tax, is lower than last year and
does not exceed the six per cent
limitation.
Several small increases and
decreases in regular budget
items are evident when the new
budget is compared with the
old, but none of them account
for the sizeable difference in
the amount of expenditures as
compared with last year.
The big difference is con-
tained in one item, the sewage
lagoon project which must be
constructed this year and which
project the city has already tak-
en steps to get underway. This
one item of $65,000 accounts
for the big increase.
Under the list of estimated
receipts for 1960-61 most items
with the exception of three are
about the same as before, but
those three account for a big
difference.
First, the city will start the
new year on July 1 with an es-
timated cash balance of
$31,000 as compared with
$3,000 last year, this big differ-
ence being accounted for in the
sale of O.A. houses and unex-
pected funds from last year’s
budget. Money from the house
If 'what you see is what you get'
and 'actions speak louder than words'
the golden rule is more important than we realize.
SMILE and treat other people how you want to be treated.
Lee Anne Krause, Future Directer
for the The Pampered Chef
leeannekrause@gmail.com
503-816-9810
www.pamperedchef.biz/leeannekrause
sales has been put aside to pro-
vide part of the funds needed
for the sewer lagoon project.
The second item is an
amount of $19,000 from the
sewer sinking fund and the
third is the figure of $19,500
which will come from a federal
grant to be applied towards the
cost of the sewer lagoon.
These large items of estimat-
ed income provide the offset
for expenditures, leaving the
amount to be raised by taxes at
a lower figure than last year.
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