The INDEPENDENT, November 2, 2011
Child safety seat event in St. Helens
Columbia County Safe Kids
will hold a child safety seat
check-up event on Thursday,
November 10, from 4:00 to
6:00 p.m. at the St. Helens Fire
Station, 105 S. 12th Street. The
clinic is free. The clinic pro-
vides an opportunity to have a
child safety seat checked by a
certified technician, who can
correct misuse, help with instal-
lation and teach you how to
correctly install the seat. Tech-
nicians can also check for seat
recalls. There is no cost to
have a technician check your
child safety seats. Please plan
to spend 30-60 minutes at the
event.
Through a grant funded by
ACTS Oregon, Columbia
County Safe Kids can provide
low-cost child safety seats to
families in need. Families who
receive Temporary Assistance
to Needy Families (TANF)
should contact their worker
about payment for a seat.
For more information about
the clinic or the Columbia
County child safety seat pro-
gram, please contact Natalie at
503-410-3169.
Radio Mystery Hour coming to St. Helens
ShoeString
Community
Players present the “Radio
Mystery Hour Theater” on No-
vember 10, 11, & 12 at 7:00
p.m., plus a matinee on No-
vember 12 at 2:00 p.m. The
show will be presented in the
old St. Vincent DePaul build-
ing, 231 South 1st Street, St.
Helens. The very talented cast
is in character with radio broad-
cast voices, voice impressions,
singing commercials, a singing
quartet, and lots of sound ef-
fects. Radio plays are per-
formed live so audiences can
enjoy the behind-the-scenes
entertainment of a radio pro-
duction. This show is fun for all.
This show is a fundraiser for
the ShoeString Community
Players annual Cheri Adams’
Theater Arts Scholarship, to
assist graduates of St. Helens,
Scappoose, Vernonia, Clatska-
nie and Rainier High Schools
who intend to major or minor in
theater or in a related field
(such as technical theater,
dance performance, or make-
up) at an accredited two- or
four-year college, university, or
conservatory. All proceeds
from ticket sales go to the
scholarship fund.
Tickets will be available at
Bertucci’s, St. Helens Book-
shop, and online at http://
www.sscp-musicals.com. Tick-
et prices are general admission
$8, or $5 with three cans of
food to be donated to the Co-
lumbia Pacific Food Bank. Tick-
ets are now on sale.
For more information email
specialprojects@sscp-musi
cals.com or call 503-366-4406.
Left, this very cute Panda
was spotted on Bridge
Street, in Vernonia, early on
the evening of Halloween.
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Page 11
Chalk Talk
Chalk Talk is a column of information
about Vernonia schools. This column
was provided by Superintendent Dr.
Ken Cox.
I have a couple of pieces of information I would like to share
with you. The first is that we need some volunteers to assist stu-
dents crossing Bridge Street in the morning. While most drivers
do stop at the crosswalks when someone is waiting to cross,
some do not. I have heard about this from one of our board mem-
bers and we actually received a complaint about this last month.
To address the issue we are looking for some adult volunteers
who could help monitor the crosswalks from about 7:30 a.m. un-
til the crossing guards get there at 7:50 each school day morn-
ing. If you are out and about at that time in the morning, going for
a walk or want to start a habit of being up and ready for the day,
please consider helping us out and spending a few minutes pro-
tecting our children. If you are interested please contact Wash-
ington Grade School Principal Aaron Miller or the district office at
503-429-5891.
The other piece of information that I would like to share with
you is that as a District we are NOT going to be asking for anoth-
er general obligation bond that would mean more taxes for our
patrons. It came to my attention recently that this rumor is out
there and I want you to know that the school board has indicated
that this will not be an option as we continue to finalize the fund-
ing for our new schools. In order to keep you up to date, I will be
sharing more on the current status of our new school funding in
my next article. Please come and talk to me if you have questions
or concerns about our schools.
Finally, I hope everyone had an enjoyable Halloween. I know I
will, once I get all the forks and toilet paper off my front lawn!
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Pet of the Month
Find the pet that’s right for you at the Columbia Humane Society
2084 Oregon Street, St. Helens. Phone 503-397-4353
Open Mon - Fri 1 pm to 5 pm & Saturday, 11 am to 5 pm
Hi! My name is Ruxspin and I need a
home. I was rescued from a bad place.
But that’s in the past and I don’t let it keep
me from being friendly. I am a curious
and affectionate girl who loves attention.
Did I also mention I’m playful and purr-
fectly happy to entertain myself if you are
busy or at work. I like other well-behaved
cats but would also be happy as a single
cat. I would be happy just to have a loving
home. Would you please be my family,
take me home and love me?
Pet ID 3533445
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
