The INDEPENDENT, January 4, 2012
Community Theater will hold auditions
Attention all actors, actress-
es and fans of the theater! Your
last chance to appear in a play
on the Washington Grade
School stage is coming soon.
Vernonia Community The-
ater (VCT) is pleased to an-
nounce that it will be holding
auditions for its next play,
Vaudeville’s My Home, on two
nights: Tuesday, January 24,
and Wednesday, January 25,
both at 7 p.m. in the Washing-
ton Grade School gym. Adults
and youth aged 13 and up are
welcome to audition for one of
20 adult and youth parts; there
are one to two parts for actors
under 13. Callbacks, if needed,
will be held at WGS Tuesday,
January 31, at 7 p.m. If you’d
rather help behind the scenes
with directing, stage manage-
ment, sets, lighting, props, or
costumes, please come on the
either the 24th or 25th to let us
know about your skills and in-
terest in helping.
The play, written by Ken
Bradbury, is a semi-musical
comedy set in the 1920s. It
starts out with two vaudeville
troupers who are fleeing New
York following their robbery of a
theater box office. They be-
come stranded in a rural village
that needs a new school (does
this sound familiar?). Broke
and hungry, the men devise a
plan to swindle the local popu-
lace by convincing them they
have enough talent to produce
their own vaudeville show to
raise money for that new
school.
Rehearsals will begin the
week of February 6, specific
nights per week to be deter-
mined, from 7 – 9 p.m. Perfor-
mances are slated for Friday,
April 13, at 7 p.m. and Satur-
day, April 14, at 7 p.m. at
Washington Grade School. To
help cover expenses of the pro-
duction, there is a $20 registra-
tion fee for all participants. A
limited number of scholarships
to cover this fee are available
by request at sign-up.
The VCT was established in
2010 by Kinnell Steward and
Mark Brown. Its first offering,
Robin Hood, was a youth pro-
duction. The second play, Ex-
posé: Holiday Celebrities Tell
All featured teens and adults.
Both were well-received by the
many people who attended the
performances. VCT operates
under the auspices of Vernonia
Hands-on Art, a non-profit or-
ganization whose mission in-
cludes the performing arts.
Contact Kinnell Steward at
503-819-0143 or by email at
mtskys@frontier.com if you
have questions.
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Senior Center News
As 2012 gets underway, it’s time to renew your membership in
the Vernonia Senior Center. If you are not currently a member,
you’re eligible if you have reached the age of 50 and live in the
Vernonia area. The annual membership fee is just $15.00.
The center’s board of directors will hold its first meeting of the
year on Friday, January 13, at 10 a.m. Officers will be elected,
and this meeting will also be a good time to present ideas and
suggestions for programs and activities in the new year. Remem-
ber, the more active you are, the more activity there will be for all
senior citizens in the Vernonia area.
Vernonia Senior Citizens Center: 446 Bridge Street
Hours: Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Thrift Shop Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Phone: 503-429-3912
An Oops, Santa Trailer and equipment stolen at
Forgot Bazaar set Stub Stewart has been recovered
An “OOPS, Santa Forgot
Bazaar” will be held Saturday,
January 14, from 9:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. in the Vernonia cafe-
teria building (green building).
This will be a school fund
raiser. Tables are available for
$20 per cafeteria table plus 10
percent of sales. Contact Lee
Anne Krause at 503-816-9810
to reserve space or make a do-
nation to the school.
The construction machinery
and trailer stolen at Stub Stew-
art Park in November has been
recovered, thanks to an anony-
mous tip reported to the Crime
Stoppers program.
On December 30, based on
the tip received, OSP troopers
went to a Forest Grove area
property, contacted the owner
and received consent to search
the property. The machinery
was found in a heavily forested
area and the trailer was also lo-
cated. Northwest Trail Alliance,
the owners of the stolen prop-
erty have been notified.
A suspect has been identi-
fied though no arrests have yet
occurred.
Want information on Wash. Co. roads?
You Have Been Asking...?
How do I Let Washington
County Know About a Road or
Traffic Problem?
Do you know how to let offi-
cials in Washington County
know about a road or traffic
problem? Here’s how:
• Road Problems – If you
have concerns about a traffic or
school zone signal not func-
tioning correctly, street lighting
that is out, traffic signs, speed
bumps, or vegetation obstruct-
ing a roadway or sidewalk,
there are several ways to let
the county know about your
concern. Request road-related
services or report road-related
issues to the Washington
County Department of Land
Use and Transportation: Call
503-846-ROAD (846-7623),
email lutops@co.washington.
or.us, or submit an online serv-
ice request at http://www.co.
washington.or.us/LUT/Divi
sions/Operations/request-serv
ice.cfm (or Google search
“washington county request a
service”).
Provide the location and a
brief description of your con-
cern. In the online form, check
the type of problem. Please re-
member to provide your con-
tact information if you want a
response. If you aren’t sure if it
is a county, city or state road-
way, don’t worry. The county
coordinates with other jurisdic-
tions and will sort out which
agency has the responsibility to
address your concern. If nec-
essary, the county will pass
your request along to the ap-
propriate agency.
To report a hazardous road
condition outside of normal
business hours, call the Wash-
ington County 911 non-emer-
gency response number: 503-
629-0111.
• Traffic Concerns – To alert
the Washington County Sher-
iff’s Office to potential traffic
problems in your neighborhood
or a particular location in the
county you can contact the
Sheriff’s Office Traffic Safety
Team. They respond to com-
plaints such as drivers who re-
peatedly disobey a stop sign at
an intersection, fail to slow
down in school zones, or rou-
tinely speed at a particular lo-
cation. To fill out the online
Sheriff’s Office traffic complaint
form go to: http://www.co.wash
ington.or.us/Sheriff/Fighting
Crime/Patrols/online-traffic-
complaint-form.cfm . It is help-
ful if you can provide detailed
information about the specific
location and the time(s) of day
you observe the problem you
are concerned about.
See Want on page 10
Bridge Street Mini Mart Manager Toni Barton, left, hands a
donation check in the amount of $1,000 to Sandy Welch of
Vernonia Cares Food Bank.
Ambassadors of Gospel set date
for next music concert
The Ambassadors of Gospel
Music is hosting an All Day
Singing with your favorite AGM
members on January 21, start-
ing at 1:00 p.m. The singing will
be held at Woodland Assembly
of God located at 360 Gun
Club Road Woodland, Wash-
ington.
A number of artists from
soloists to groups will be per-
forming a variety of music
styles from traditional hymns to
southern gospel, country gos-
pel. There is no charge but a
love offering donation will be
taken. Concessions will be
available for a nominal charge.
Please visit the website for di-
rections to the church at
www.ambassadorsofgospel
music.com For more informa-
tion call 360-225-6332 or 360-
658-1922. Load up the car and
come for a very exciting and
enjoyable day of worshiping
the Lord through good, old time
foot stomping, hand clapping
music.
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