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CHILD
SAFETY SEAT CLINIC
Study results released recently concluded that Oregon ranks in the bottom
third of states in keeping kids safe from summer-related injuries such as
drowning, falls, motor vehicle passenger accidents and bicycle and pedestrian
injuries, according to a first-ever report released by Safe Kids USA.
The Columbia County Safe Kids Chapter (CCSKC) is hard at work to reduce
childhood injuries and accidental injury deaths resulting from accidents that
can be prevented in children ages 0-14. Of the top five causes of accidental
injury deaths, motor vehicle crashes came in as the second for Oregon children
with a 21% increase during summer months.
To further the mission of Safe Kids, CCSKC held their first Child Safety
Seat Check-up Clinic in May. Child Safety Seat technicians checked a total of 21
seats during the three-hour event. Among the twelve installed seats that were
checked, ten needed correction, resulting in an 83% misuse rate. Out of six
boosters that were checked, one needed correction, a 17% misuse rate. Three
parent/caregivers were given new seat demonstrations. One parent qualified for
a free seat.
The clinic was made possible by Wal-Mart, Columbia River Fire &
Rescue, Columbia County Commission on Children and Families, ACTS Oregon, Child
Safety Seat Resource Center and ODOT-Transportation Safety Division. Windermere
Foundation also donated six child safety seats.
CCSKC
will hold another child safety seat clinic on June 30, 2007, at the St. Helens
Community Federal Credit Union’s Family Fun Festival. The clinic will be held
from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the St. Helens High School. For more
information about Safe Kids, child safety seats in general and for low-income
families, or how you can get involved, contact Hyla Ridenour at Columbia River
Fire and Rescue by dialing (503) 397-2990.
PLANNING COMMISSION VACANCY
The City is currently accepting
applications to serve on the Planning Commission. Members must reside within
the City or the City's Urban Growth Boundary. The term is for a period of four years,
and the Commission's regular meeting date is the second Tuesday of each month.
The Planning Commission makes recommendations and decisions about current and
long-range planning and development issues within the City. If interested
contact City Hall for additional information.
Enjoy
Mardi Gras music in June at the St. Helens Senior Center. Kick up your heels,
tap your toes, learn Zydeco dance or sit back and enjoy the energetic music of
this Creole Cowboy. On Thursday, June 14th Leroy Thomas & The
Zydeco Roadrunners will be performing at the St. Helens Senior Center. Dance
lessons will be available from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., and music and dancing from 8
p.m. to 11 p.m. Also available will be
polish dogs and water or soda to purchase.
Admission is $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Proceeds go to the Senior Center Building
Fund. For additional information call
the St. Helens Senior Center at (503) 397-3377 or e-mail shsc@columbia-center.org.
ROSE FESTIVAL FLEET WEEK BAZAAR
CAPLES HOUSE/KNAPP SOCIAL CENTER
The Daughters of the American Revolution will host
a Rose Festival Fleet Week Bazaar at the Caples House Museum/Knapp Social
Center on Saturday, June 9, 2007, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Support your local historic museum complex
and rent a space, sell your wares, and/or attend the event! For more
information call (503) 397-5390.
ROSE FESTIVAL FLEET
The Rose Festival Fleet Week is June
6 through June 10. Ships from the United States Navy, Coast Guard, and the
Canadian Maritime Forces sail in from around the world. Fleet visitation has
been an annual tradition for nearly 70 years. The ships usually sail by
Columbia City the first two days of that week, but there are no specific times
for their arrival.
Planning
to hire a contractor to help you with a project around the house this spring or
summer? If so, please be sure to make sure the contractor has a business
license to do work within the City of Columbia City.
Also,
whether you’re hiring a contractor or planning to do the work yourself, please
remember that many types of projects require a permit. For building, plumbing
and mechanical permit information; call City Hall at (503) 397-4010. For
electrical permit information, contact Columbia County Land Development
Services at (503) 397-1501.
COMMUNITY LIBRARY NEWS
Dig Up a Treasure @ Your Library! Columbia City Community Library’s summer
reading program starts June 18. Come in
and register for the Summer Reading Program and pick up a Bingo card to fill in
as you read. Fill up the Bingo card and
win a prize! We will have story time
every Monday at 11:00 throughout the 
summer. Our book log this summer will be written on
gold coins. Read books and fill up our
treasure chest! (Older people, you join in too. Give us some variety in that treasure chest!)
Our kickoff day, Monday June 18,
will feature a writer’s workshop for storytellers and artists of all ages. We’ll start a book, and you finish it! Come at 11:00 and bring your imagination!
Drive by the library this week –
we have our new sign up. Thank you,
Jennifer Anderson, for designing and painting the sign. It is wonderful!
New books are coming in to the
library as fast as we can process them.
Some new award winners this month are Fade Away by Harlan Coben, The
Rake’s Retreat by Nancy Butler, Not
All Tarts Are Apple by Pip Granger and Dating
Dead Men by Harley Jane Kozak. Some
that were requested by patrons are How to
Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwall, and As
I Lay Dying by William Faulkner.
If you have a request, please
let us know. We have a small book
budget, but have some resources that take a bit longer but are inexpensive. If
we have several people that want a book, we will get it!
Story Time: 11 a.m. every Monday
Friends
of the Library Meeting: June 18, 7 p.m. Novel Quilters Meeting: June 20, 6:30 p.m.
Staffed
Library Hours:
Monday,
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Wednesday,
4 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Thursday,
2 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Saturday,
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Phone: (503)
366-8020 Address: 205
"I" Street
E-mail: cclibrary@opusnet.com
THANK
YOU
We'd like to extend a very
special thank you to:
v Marian Calnon,
Jean Carulli, Gloria Chinell, Dolores Heinz, Phyllis Moss, Vera Moeller and
Carol Yarbrough for helping with the newsletter and utility billing in April.
v Norm
Jones for mowing Datis and Pixie Park.
v Sheila
Bauer, John Burdett, Jack and Molly Hruska, Dave Lefler, Sally Ann Marson and
Buddy Rivers for their help during the Columbia City Spring Clean-Up event.
v All
About Mail, Beaver Bark, Columbia County Community Corrections Department,
Columbia County Land Development, Dominoes Pizza, Figaro’s Pizza, Hudson
Garbage Service, Hudson Portable Toilet Services, Les Schwab Tire Center, Red
Apple Market, Waste Management Columbia County Transfer Station, St. Helens
School District, St. Helens/Scappoose Chamber of Commerce, Stan's
Refrigeration, Scappoose Community Club, Scappoose School District, Scappoose
Grocery Outlet and St. Helens Band Patrons for sponsoring the Spring Clean-Up
event.
v Marian
Calnon, Nell Harrison, Harvard Anderson, Stan Hopkins, Bob Schmor, Sally Ann
Marson, John and Janice Burdett, Tom Villoni and Barbara Jones for their help
with the SOLV Down by the Riverside clean up event at Datis and Pixie Parks.
v
Marian Calnon and Vonnie Walker for weeding and working in
the flowerbeds at City Hall.
v
James Bundy for the homemade cookies brought to City Hall.
Between April 15th and
September 30th of any year, weeds and grass cannot exceed 10 inches
in height within the City limits. Additionally, blackberry bushes cannot extend
across property lines or into the City’s right-of-way, including streets,
alleys and sidewalks. Property owners or other persons in charge of the
property must keep weeds, grass and other noxious growth, such as poison oak,
cut and maintained to prevent them from becoming unsightly and a fire hazard,
and to prevent them from maturing and going to seed. Violators can be cited
into Municipal Court. Additionally, the City may abate the nuisance and lien
the property for the costs. To report violations, please contact City Hall.
And
that means the annual fireworks display will light up the night! 
These fireworks are brought to you with the help of
volunteers who donate their time to send letters and make phone calls
requesting donations, plan the event, and orchestrate the display. It is not
too late to help with a donation!
The fireworks committee website is continuously updated with the latest
information on what is going on and where the committee will be: please visit www.sainthelensfireworks.org
or you can drop off a donation at the Bank of the West in St. Helens on the
Columbia River Hwy – please be sure to tell
them it is for the St. Helens Fireworks Fund. Thank you for your continued support
and look forward to seeing each one of you at the riverfront on July 4th!
REMINDER
FOR ALL PET OWNERS
We'd
like to remind pet owners that the City's Animal Control Ordinance prohibits
animals from running at large. Pet
owners are required to have control of their pet at all times when it is off of
their private property. Pet owners are
prohibited from allowing their pets to deposit waste upon property not under
their ownership. If their pets do
deposit waste on property other than their own, they are required to
immediately remove it.
FRAUDULANT PHONE CALL ALERT
We would like to once again caution residents to
please be wary of persons soliciting their personal information over the
telephone. Play it safe and refuse to give
any personal information to someone that calls you over the telephone. You should
report any suspicious call activity to C-COM (Dispatch) by calling (503)
397-1521.
THINK
GREEN!
REMOVE
YOURSELF FROM JUNK
MAILING
LISTS!
According to a recent article in The Oregonian, you can remove
yourself from junk-mail lists. Send your name and complete address with a $1
check to: Direct Marketing Association’s Mail Preference Service, PO Box 282,
Carmel, NY 10512, or download the online form at https://www.dmaconsumers.org/cgi/offmailing.
1ST
ANNUAL COLUMBIA COUNTY
CITY WIDE
GARAGE SALE
The 1st Annual City
Wide Garage Sale will be held Saturday, June 23rd, 2007. This event will
include Deer Island, Columbia City, St. Helens, Warren and Scappoose. For the price
of registration, your residential sale will be included on a professionally
printed map with a brief listing of your sale offerings, a numbered sign for
your yard for easy identification, and advertisement to the local and Portland
area. Registration fees are $20 for residential, $100 for businesses, churches,
schools and groups. Registration deadline is June 8th. Applications can be
downloaded from the Chamber website: www.sccchamber.org.
AUCTION ITEMS NEEDED
We're currently collecting items to
auction during the Columbia City Celebration in September. Gift certificates for services and products
and handmade items are just a few examples of items that are popular during the
auction. All of the auction proceeds
are used to fund the Columbia City Community Library. If you'd like to donate an item for the auction, please give us a
call at (503) 397-4010 or stop by City Hall.
Your donations are appreciated!
LOOKING
FOR CELEBRATION VOLUNTEERS!!
The Columbia City Celebration will be Saturday, September 8th,
2007 and we are looking forward to our best Celebration ever. We need your help!
We are looking for a few people who would be able to solicit local businesses,
gather donations and sell raffle tickets. These activities are such a vital
part of the success of the auction and raffle. All proceeds from the
Celebration go to our local library. If you are interested, please contact
Helen at City Hall at (503) 397-4010.
STORM WATER
PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
What is storm water pollution? Rainwater
or even runoff from sprinklers or hoses carries contaminants - such as litter, animal
waste, automobile fluids, fertilizers and pesticides - into the storm drains
and pollutes the City's neighborhoods, creating health risks for children and
polluting our waterways.
What can I do to prevent storm water pollution? Here are a
few tips that can help improve our storm water quality and protect our
environment:
·
Don't
put anything in the storm drains but rainwater. Storm drains can carry surface
runoff directly to streams and rivers without treatment. Make sure runoff carries only rainwater.
·
Remove
litter from the street. Trash-laden gutters increase neighborhood
pollution and clog drains, which may lead to street flooding.
·
Pick up
after your pet. Animal waste, when left on the ground,
washes down storm drains and contaminates waterways and beaches.
·
Recycle
your motor oil. The Columbia County Transfer Station, along
with many gas stations, auto parts stores and repair shops will collect and
recycle used motor oil.
·
Bag,
compost or recylce grass, tree limbs, leaves and other yard waste. Soggy yard
waste is a major contributor to clogged storm drains.
·
Be smart
when you apply pesticides or fertilizers.
Do not apply pesticides or
fertilizers before it rains. Not only
will you lose most of the chemicals through runoff, but you will also be
harming the environment. Do not
over-water after application. Read the
label and do not apply more than recommended.
·
Don't
wash dirty paintbrushes under an outdoor faucet. This dirty
rinse water flows into the street and down the storm drain.
HOME SECURITY CHECKS ARE AVAILABLE
The
Columbia City Police Department offers periodic home security checks for
citizens who are away from home. To
receive home security checks while you're out of town, please register with the
Columbia City Police Department before you leave. Forms are available at City Hall.
POLICE
REPORT - 04/20/07 TO 05/20/07
04/20 Nuisance call reported in the 200
block of Third Street.
04/20 Citizen assist on Metlako Way.
04/20 Citizen assist at the Post Office.
04/21 Identity theft reported in the 300
block of “L” Street.
04/21 Vacation security checks conducted.
04/21 Citizen assist in the 3600 block of
Park Drive.
04/22 Alarm at a residence in the 1600 block
of Sixth Street.
04/23 Citizen assist at City Hall.
04/23 Nuisance complaint in the 3000 block
of Fifth Street.
04/23 Animal complaint in the 1400 block of
Second Street.
04/23 Suspicious person reported near
Highway 30 and “L” Street.
04/23 Loose dog complaint in the 1500 block
of Fourth Street.
04/25 Parking problem reported on Fifth
Street between “A” and Pacific Streets.
04/25 Suspicious vehicle reported at the
Mini Mart.
04/26 Incomplete 911 call received and
checked okay.
04/27 Vacation security checks conducted.
04/27 Several baby ducks reported on Highway
30 near Chimes Crest.
04/27 Suspicious
circumstances reported near Second and “G” Streets.
04/27 Traffic accident in the 1700 block of
Second Place.
04/27 Domestic dispute near Pixie Park on
The Strand.
04/28 Non-criminal situation in the 500
block of Pacific Street.
04/29 Trespass in progress near The Strand
and “E” Street.
05/01 Unwanted person in the 2100 block of
Third Street.
05/02 Theft reported in the 2700 block of
Fifth Street.
05/02 Citizen assist at City Hall.
05/02 Animal complaint in the 1800 block of
First Street.
05/02 Vacation security checks conducted.
05/02 Threatening call investigated in the
2000 block of Fifth Street.
05/03 Vacation security checks conducted.
05/05 Suspicious circumstance reported in
the 500 block of Pacific Street.
05/09 Follow-up investigation in the 400
block of “A” Street.
05/09 Follow-up investigation on traffic
complaint in the 200 block of Second Street.
05/09 Animal complaint in the 200 block
of “H” Street.
05/09 Nuisance complaint reported in the
2400 block of Fifth Street.
05/09 Premises checked at the Mini Mart.
05/09 Non-criminal situation reported in the
2500 block of Sixth Street.
05/10 Animal complaint at the Columbia City
Grade School.
05/10 Vandalism reported in the 1400 block
of Second Street.
05/10 Citizen assisted in the 3200 block of
Sixth Street.
05/11 Alarm in the 1700 block of First
Street.
05/11 Prowler reported in the 600 block of
“E” Street.
05/12 Lost property reported in the 3600
block of Park Drive.
05/13 Domestic dispute in the 300 block of
Lincoln Street.
05/13 Suspicious circumstances reported in
the 2000 block of Second Street.
05/13 Assisted other agency in the 300 block
of Lincoln Street.
05/14 Welfare check completed in the 2000
block of Third Street.
05/14 Noise complaint in the 2100 block of
Third Street.
05/15 Citizen assist in the 600 block of “K”
Street.
05/15 Incomplete 911 call in the 1900 block
of First Street.
05/15 Vacation security checks conducted.
05/15 Citizen assist in the 1700 block of
Fifth Street.
05/16 Noise complaint in the 3000 block of
Park Drive.
05/16 Incomplete 911 call near Highway 30
and “I” Street.
05/17 Suspicious vehicle near Highway 30 and
“A” Street.
05/17 Follow-up investigation near Third and
“G” Streets.
05/17 Theft reported in the 3000 block of Park
Drive.
05/19 Animal complaint in the 1300 block of
Fourth Street.
05/20 Missing
adult reported near Fourth and “E” Streets.
