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The INDEPENDENT, May 5, 2011
Take mom to the CASA fashion show
Join CASA for Kids, Inc. for a
vintage fashion show and tea
on Saturday, May 7 (the Satur-
day before Mother’s Day). The
fashion show will feature 100
years of fashion.
The event is a fundraiser for
CASA, which provides volun-
teer Court Appointed Special
Advocates for abused and neg-
lected children in the foster-
care system. “We’re starting in
1874, when one of the first sig-
nificant child-protection cases
took place, and ending in 1977,
when the first CASA program
was founded,” said CASA for
Kids executive director Kathryn
Bourn. “So people will get to
see everything from bustle
dresses to flapper dresses to
1970s Gunne Sax.” The fash-
ion show will combine clothing
from each decade from the
1870s through the 1970s, with
tidbits about women’s lives and
how child protection evolved
over time.
Adding to the vintage ambi-
ence will be members of the
Portland Ladies Tea Guild,
wearing mid-20th century vin-
tage dresses and hats. “We’re
really grateful to the tea guild
members for coming out to St.
Helens to help with our tea,”
Bourn said.
The tea also will feature a
balloon raffle and a silent auc-
tion. Additionally, vintage tea
cups will be for sale.
“This is a great way to cele-
brate Mother’s Day with your
mom or enjoy a day out with
girlfriends,” Bourn said.
The multi-course tea begins
at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, May 7,
at the St. Helens Elks Lodge,
350 Belton Road, St. Helens.
Tickets are $20 in advance and
$25 at the door. Tickets may be
purchased from the St. Helens
Book Shop, The Garden Depot
(next to the Peace Candle in
Scappoose), or call or email the
CASA office at 503-366-4133
or info@casa forkidsinc.org.
May is now Transportation Safety
Awareness Month
Governor Kitzhaber is show-
ing his support for a statewide,
month-long focus on trans-
portation safety by proclaiming
May “Transportation Safety
Awareness Month.” Whether
you are driving, walking, riding
or bicycling, you’ll most likely
see some reminder to be safe.
It might be orange cones indi-
cating a work zone; it might be
a flashing crosswalk sign; or it
might be someone on the radio
saying, “Click It or Ticket.”
Whatever the message, the
goal is the same: improve safe-
ty for Oregonians.
Preliminary numbers from
2010 show that Oregon experi-
enced its lowest traffic fatality
rate in decades, but safety ad-
vocates know that’s no reason
to be complacent. The out-
standing work of emergency
medical service providers, first
responders and law enforce-
ment has contributed to the re-
duction in fatalities, as have im-
provements in road design and
traffic management, but most
important are the responsible
actions taken by drivers, riders
and walkers. Still, one loss of
See Traffic on page 18
Just for Fun
Casey and Kyle by Will Robertson
Govern-
ment
can
easily exist
without
law, but law
Solve this Sudoku
cannot ex-
ist without
govern-
ment.
BERTRAND
RUSSELL
British
philosopher
Answer to April 21
Sudoku is on page 22
(1872-1970)