The INDEPENDENT, August 3, 2011
Women’s Resource Ctr. seeks volunteers
Great local agency is seek-
ing one time and ongoing vol-
unteers!
The
Women’s
Resource Center is now
recruiting one-time volunteers
to assist with our annual main-
tenance and has ongoing
opportunities to serve on our
24-Hour Crisis Line and our
Board of Directors. You can
make a difference!
Volunteers for the Resource
Center receive full training and
ongoing support; no one can
do it alone! More information
about these opportunities is
posted on our website, www.
ccwrc.com.
The Women’s Resource
Center is the only agency of its
kind in Columbia County, dedi-
cated to serving survivors of
Domestic Violence and Sexual
Assault.
Summer Facility Mainte-
nance – Brief orientation pro-
vided by the Center. In order to
keep our facility safe and func-
tioning there is a maintenance
closure. Volunteers are needed
to help with cleaning, painting,
carpentry, landscaping and
other repair items. If you have
available time and talent
between August 22 and Sep-
tember 2, we can use the help!
Crisis Line – Formal training
required, provided by Center.
Volunteers carry a cell phone
that the crisis line is transferred
to from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.
weekdays, and from 1:00 p.m.
Friday to 8:00 a.m. Monday
morning, depending on volun-
teer’s schedule. There may be
opportunities for work with
clients in the office and/or on
the telephone (at the Center)
when they call in.
Board Member – Candi-
dates will go through a screen-
ing process. The Board of
Directors meets monthly and is
responsible for the mission,
overall direction and policies of
the Center. Volunteers are
expected to attend a minimum
of nine meetings per year and
other miscellaneous board
functions. Orientation and
training are provided.
Crisis line and Board oppor-
tunities do require a commit-
ment by the individual, a
screening, background check
and a willingness to help indi-
viduals and families start new,
violence-free lives!
For more information and to
request a volunteer application
contact our office at 503-397-
7110 or email volunteer@
ccwrc.com.
50 Years Ago This Month
The August 17, 1961, issue
of the Vernonia Eagle included
the following news story on the
front page:
Columbia county licensed trap-
pers reported a wild fur harvest
valued at $8,518.97 during the
1960-61 trapping season accord-
ing to figures announced this week
by the state game commission.
The state-wide totals list
catches valued at $202,814,89 by
1084 licensed trappers who took a
total of 58,501 animals. Value of
pelts reported from Columbia
county ranked eighth among Ore-
gon’s 36 counties. Top county was
Lane county which also topped the
state in number of trappers with
126. Lane county trappers caught
animal pelts valued at $27,223.
Otter were the most valued
pelts in the listing of 17 fur bear-
ing animals reported caught by the
trappers. Otters had an average
price of $20.47 followed by
beaver $11.02; mink $7.39; wild-
cat $4.93; Martins, $3.57; coyotes,
$2.23; badgers, $1.90; raccoon,
$1.45; ringtail cats, $1.13; skunk
71c; red fox, 93c; muskrat 60c;
nutrias 52c; grey fox and oppos-
sums, 40c; and weasels, 30 cents.
The catch listed for Columbia
county includes 21 otters, 70
mink, 940 muskrat, 34 raccoon, 6
skunk, 1 weasel, 5 wildcat, 2 fox,
625 beaver plus a few miscella-
neous animals.
Oppossums
and
nutrias,
described by the game commis-
sion as resulting from illegal intro-
ductions and escapes into the state
were both noted by the game com-
mission as increasing in western
Oregon including Columbia
county.
The August 31, 1961, issue
of the Vernonia Eagle included
the following news story on the
front page:
Last week, another resident of
Vernonia who had come here with
“the big mill” and had seen it
through every phase of its devel-
opment to its closing and the
details which followed that, left
Vernonia and closed another page
of the history of that industry here.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. (Connie)
Anderson moved to Cedar Hills
last week and he will now take a
more active part in his lumber
yard in Portland which he has had
for a number of years.
Mr. Anderson came to Vernonia
Mariolino’s
from Kansas City in 1924 when
the Oregon American mill began
operations here. He began work as
a timber dock hand and came up
through the departments of the
mill. He once laughingly said that
his employment here had been
continuous with the exception of
the time the mill was closed dur-
ing the depression days and the
two or three times he was fired.
In 1955, when Judd Greenman
retired, Anderson was named as
general manager for the Vernonia
division of the Longbell Lumber
company, the successor to the Ore-
gon-American company. He
served through the transfer of the
company to the International
Paper company and the closure of
the mill. He was still in the office
here until earlier this year when it
was closed entirely and he retired.
Anderson has been interested
in the community in which he
raised his family of three children
and was instrumental in securing
for the community the south park
area which bears his name.
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C OMFORT !
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Dinner and
Ice Cream too
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Page 9
Bits & Bites
By Jacqueline Ramsay
I am an Oregonian (born & bred) but
this is the wettest July I can ever remem-
ber. As a red-headed child I stayed indoors
in July to keep from becoming one big sun-
burn blister, but now I’m covering up to
keep from chilling. You almost need a hov-
ercraft to walk on a lawn. But, the black-
berries are sucking it up – the little green
globulets are getting fatter every day.
Now, I have something on my heart that my mind won’t let go
of. So…It concerns myself and quite a few other folks that lunch
at the V.S.C..
Fact: The Golden Oldies are a God-send to the Vernonia Sr.
Center. They meet there to practice their love of music and enter-
taining the people. Long ago (10 or more years) we, the folk then
in charge of making the place a place people want to come (in
connection with the dining area, that is) decided, as respect for
the band to serve them first at meal time. (They play from 9:00
a.m., break for 30 min. at 10:30, then play til 12, off 1 hr. and
again play until 2.) Serving them first is small payment for the
enjoyment they give the people. You think I ramble on. I could,
but Point – The Kicker, if you will. Two weeks ago, at lunch, as I
was served (and note, the Band sat) I said, “We always served
the Band first.” The lady said, “It’s my prerogative to serve whom
I want, they will be fed.” I beg your pardon. Those around me,
and I, nearly dropped our teeth and popped our eye balls. I may
never be served there again, but so be it. I’ve had my say on How
the Senior Center Servers Should Serve Those Who Serve Us.
This is a Bit & Bite column.
Now on to the lighter side of my life, again.
Finally after some 40 years I found Gooseberry at a Farmer’s
Market. Ahhh…The Gooseberry pie I made was De-lec-ta-ble or
better put “out of this world”. And, to add to gastronomical bliss, I
found a restaurant that serves beautiful “Pan Fried Catfish”, but
no grits, darn.
Bye now.
Have a great time at Vernonia ’ s
Friendship Jamboree and Logging
Show, August 5 - 7
Pet of the Month
Columbia Humane Society in St. Helens has a variety of wonderful pets
available for adoption. Find the pet that’s right for you in the shelter
at 2084 Oregon Street. Phone 503-397-4353
Open Mon - Fri 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 11 am. to 5 pm.
Dixie is a large adult Hound mix
that was transferred to CHS
from another animal shelter in
hopes of finding her a forever
home. Dixie is still young and
has lots of energy. She will be a
wonderful match for an active
family that can continue her
training and give her plenty of
love and attention.
The Columbia Humane Society is a No-Kill non-profit shelter
dedicated to helping friends find each other since 1985.
This Pet of the Month is Sponsored by:
Senator Betsy Johnson