The INDEPENDENT, July 18, 2012
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Business Notes
Valley Veterinary Clinic announces their new Veterinarians
Valley Veterinary Clinic has
welcomed five new Veterinary
Associates from June 2011
through June 2012. The new
members of the Valley Veteri-
nary team are:
• Dr. Michelle Galbraith is a
2012 Oregon State University
(OSU) graduate of the School
of Veterinary Medicine. She
joined the Valley Veterinary
team this past June. Her inter-
ests are in large and small ani-
mal nutrition and cardiology.
Away from work, she enjoys
riding her horse, “Dotty”, and
spending time with her two
poodles. Her husband, Dustin,
will complete his veterinary de-
gree in 2013.
• Dr. Jennifer Barton is a
2012 graduate of University of
Illinois, School of Veterinary
Medicine and joined this team
in June of this year. Her veteri-
nary interests lie in the area of
large animal surgery and medi-
cine. She grew up on a farm in
the midwest, raising cattle,
hogs, and spending time show-
ing her Arabian horses. She
also enjoys rock climbing and
playing with her yellow lab,
“Rugar”.
• Dr. Sandy Sadowitz is a
2011 OSU, School of Veteri-
nary Medicine graduate who
started at Valley Veterinary in
December 2011. Her interests
are in small animal surgery and
medicine. She loves the mild
climate and plethora of outdoor
opportunities here in Columbia
County.
• Dr. Kenneth VandenBergh
joined the clinic in May of 2012.
He is a 1991 OSU, School of
Veterinary Medicine graduate.
His primary interest is in large
animal medicine, especially
cattle, but he also enjoys small
animals. Away from work, he
enjoys his dogs.
• Dr. Lisa Kellihan joined the
team in June 2011. She is a
Colorado State University,
School of Veterinary Medicine
graduate whose interest is in
mixed animals. She enjoys
working with all sizes and
breeds of animals. Outside of
the office, she likes salsa
dance, bike riding and playing
with her dog.
Dr. VandenBergh has been
the veterinarian serving in the
Vernonia office most recently.
In addition to these relatively
new staff members, Dr. Sally
McNair and Dr. Lynn Taylor are
BOLI offering supervisory training
From page 4
laws or protected leave provi-
sions – but the program also
offers customized training as
well as the New Supervisor
Training Series, which will run
parallel sessions, totaling 18
hours over six months, in Port-
land and Salem. The Salem se-
ries will provide additional in-
sights for public sector employ-
ers like local governments and
state agencies, although nei-
ther set of classes is limited to
one type of employer. Specific
details of the class and regis-
tration information are avail-
able
at
www.oregon.gov/
BOLI/TA.
the clinic’s long time associ-
ates.
Valley Veterinary Clinic also
handles emergency calls for
The
Independent
at 58376 Nehalem Hwy. S.,
and appointments can be
made by calling 1-503-556-
3084 (the Rainier office).
Council looks at downtown parking fees
The Vernonia City Council
meeting of July 16 started with
a public hearing on a parking
amendment that would apply to
downtown businesses. About
eight downtown business own-
ers were in attendance at the
hearing. The Planning Com-
mission had held a public hear-
ing on the matter in June and
recommended reducing some
of the existing off street parking
requirements for downtown
businesses, while creating a
funding mechanism for down-
town parking lots. An existing
ordinance lays out the amount
of off street parking required for
different business types. The
two parking lots discussed will
be the paved area across from
the old West Oregon Electric
Cooperative building (now be-
ing torn down) on the corner of
Maple St. and Adams Ave. and
the site of the building itself,
which will be graveled.
Downtown businesses took
council to task for not doing a
better job of notification, be-
cause it was only by word of
mouth that businesses were
aware of the hearing. Those in
attendance agreed with the re-
duction in parking spaces, but
there was no clear community
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their clients. The Vernonia out-
patient/walk-in clinic hours are
from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on
Thursday. The office is located
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831 Bridge St.
Vernonia, OR
503-429-0214
position on how the funding
mechanism should work.
Council was presented with
three funding options;
1) Only new businesses
would be required to pay a fee
if they did not have the required
off street parking (called annu-
al fee-in-lieu),
2) Every business would pay
the annual fee-in-lieu, or
3) A portion of the existing
business license money would
be earmarked for a parking
fund.
After over two hours of dis-
cussion, Council decided to
continue the hearing to another
night so the wording could be
reworked and additional infor-
mation about the costs that the
fees would bring could be de-
veloped. There was no cost
analysis provided and Council
stated an unwillingness to im-
plement a fee structure without
knowing how much money was
needed.
Council also agreed to notify
each downtown business be-
fore the hearing reconvenes.
In other business, the City
was presented with a picture of
downtown Vernonia, commis-
sioned by Shirlee Daughtry.
The picture will be hung where
it can enjoyed by all.
There was an executive ses-
sion (closed to the public) held
to “review and evaluate the
performance of an officer, em-
ployee or staff member. No ac-
tion was taken in open session
afterwards.
In other business, council:
• Approved Police Chief
Conner’s request to start a Re-
serve Officer program, contin-
gent on his having the neces-
sary funds in his existing budg-
et.
• Approved the first reading
of Ordinance 883, repealing
Ord. 867, and removing word-
ing about “Green River” regard-
ing solicitations, as required by
state and federal laws.
The next regular meeting
will be held August 6 starting at
7:00 p.m. at city hall.