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Readers Lend Their Voices...
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First let me say that being the
chairman only means that I try to keep
everyone connected and that each
individual who heads up a project is the
one doing all the work. I would like to
thank a few individuals that without,
we would not have had a Jamboree. I
want to express the utmost thanks to
Alicia Normand, who’s family has
been in Vernonia for many, many years,
but she doesn’t even live here and she
has done and is still doing so much
for this community. Randy Carlton,
who is involved in almost everything
that goes on in Vernonia. Jesse Taylor,
without her we would not have the
advertising we have had, posters,
banners, logo, etc. Lance Kemper,
who was a big part of every project
from start to finish. Kelly and Lindsay
Baska, who have the daunting task of
making the logging show successful.
Kim (Bernardi) Hargrave, who took on
the parade and did such a wonderful
job. Sarah (Tatman) Rumbolz who
took on the almost impossible job of
providing music, with a very small
budget. Melissa Zavales, who took on
the kids zone and provided our children
with some great fun, while raising
money for the Freshman and Junior
classes. Bill Hawkins, this is the guy
who has been involved in the Jamboree
longer than most of our members have
been alive. Bill has shared so much
knowledge with us, and helped us to
not make some mistakes that have
happened before, and has shared things
that really worked in the past. Scott
Laird, who made sure the word got out,
did advertising, and helped us in so
many other ways. A big thanks to the
Vernonia High School Cheer team, their
coach and the Vernonia High School
Wrestling team for taking care of all the
garbage in town. I know I have missed
people, because there are so many that
have contributed. Most of all I want to
send out the biggest thank you to our
sponsors for all their support and we
look forward to working with you in the
future.
Now last but most importantly
I want to thank all the spouses and
significant others of all these people, as
they have supported, helped and put up
with all of us over that past 12 months
of meeting, planning, being frustrated
and being away from home.
I hope you all enjoyed this
year’s Jamboree, and please if you
see these people around town, take a
second to say thank you, because that’s
all they do this for. Also, know that we
are only taking about a week off before
we start working towards next year’s
event. If you have ideas, concerns, or
issues, please let one of these people
or myself know and we will take
everything into consideration in the
planning of next year’s Jamboree.
Ernie Smith
Jamboree Chairman
The Council should have
known they would alienate one of the
City’s strongest proponents in Mitchell
when they chose someone else, yet they
seemed unprepared for Mitchell’s re-
sponse.
Mitchell’s contract as Interim
expired on August 1st. She declined to
extend it, leaving the City with no Ad-
ministrator until September 1.
Councilor Bruce McNair had
previously stated his displeasure with
Council’s decision, speaking out on the
matter at the July 21 City Council meet-
ing. He acted obviously disgruntled at
the August 4 meeting as well. I wouldn’t
go so far as to say that things are unrav-
eling on the City Council, but I would
say things are shaky. The Council meet-
ing on August 4 was filled with tension.
What will be the end result of
this City Council decision? My hope
was that everyone involved would ac-
cept the final Council decision on who
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2014
School Bus Routes
Announced for Fall
13
This is a summary of all main bus routes; these are estimated
times. There will be a 5 minute window of time allowed for
pickups on routes and all route times are subject to change due
to additional stops and unforeseen traffic issues.
Special needs and in town small buses will be determined at
the start of school pending notification of riders.
Special needs and out of town small bus will be determined
at the start of school pending notification of riders.
Small bus routes change all during the school year as they
carry all of our smallest riders and they vary daily.
Timber Route AM
7:09AM Clear Ck Rd.
7:11AM near 55670 Timber Rd.
7:15AM near 57139 Timber Rd.
7:20AM Kirk Rd.
7:21AM Airport Rd.
7:24AM Hwy 47/Timber Rd.
7:26AM Storage Too
7:30AM 1 st /Cougar St.
7:32AM Maple St.
7:33AM Columbia Ave/Rose Ave.
Pebble Ck. Route AM
6:45AM Arctic Way
7:05AM Hwy 47S near tree farm
7:09AM Peterson Rd.
7:12AM Johnson Rd.
7:15AM bottom of McDonald Rd.
7:20AM Seidleman Rd.
7:25AM near 58021 Pebble Ck Rd.
7:30AM Chinese Restaurant
7:33AM Elm St.
7:34AM Grove St.
7:35AM Juniper St.
Birkenfeld Route (big bus)
7:05AM Hwy 202/Hwy 47N
(mainline)
7:08AM Battle Ck Bridge
7:10AM Museum
7:14AM Natal Grange
7:19AM Peterson Station
7:24AM Scap/Vern Hwy junction
7:30AM Sleepy Lane
7:33AM Stoney Point Rd.
7:41AM Heather Lane
7:43AM Cherry St.
An Opinion: Council Needs to Pull Together
tion, just a strong desire to learn and do
what is best for her community.
While all the deliberations con-
cerning the Council’s choice for a new
City Administrator happened in Execu-
tive Session and are therefore unreport-
able, I will say that the Council took quite
a long time reaching a final decision. In
the end a majority of the Council voted
to extend an offer to Mammone.
Now the Vernonia City Council
has to find a way to deal with the fallout
from their decision.
The way the Council handled
the process in regards to Mitchell left
something to be desired and could have
been handled more respectively and with
more sensitivity.
Though understandably disap-
pointed, Mitchell should have known
this result was possible when she de-
clared her intention to apply for the posi-
tion and there could be a difficult transi-
tion if she wasn’t hired.
august7
Keasey Route
7:05AM Fibre mainline
7:07AM Boeck Rd.
7:15AM Burn Rd.
7:20AM Flack Rd.
7:24AM Eden Rd.
7:26 Stoney Point/Lincoln Rd
7:30AM 2 nd /Nehalem Rd.
7:31AM 3 rd /Nehalem Rd.
7:32AM 5 th and 6 th /Nehalem Rd.
7:33AM 5 th /Bridge St.
7:34AM 4 th /Bridge St.
Scappoose Route
7:11AM near 22071 Scap/Vern Hwy
7:17AM Peterson
7:22AM beginning of Stoney Point Rd.
7:26AM Stoney Point/Woods Rd.
7:30AM Stoney Point/Mellinger Rd.
7:31AM G/State St.
7:35AM B/State St.
7:37AM North/State St.
Sm. bus Fishhawk 1 st Route
6:25AM Fishhawk Rd.
6:40AM Hwy 202 near Shalmon Libels
farm supply
6:45AM near Mist School
6:50AM Mist junction
6:55AM Barkanall to transfer students
Sm. bus Fishhawk 2 nd Route
7:10AM end of Fishhawk Rd.
7:35AM near Shalmon Libels
farm supply
7:45AM Burris Rd.
7:55AM near Big Eddy Park
8:00AM Crawford Rd.
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to offer the position to and continue to
work together in a professional manner.
Hopefully Mammone will live up to
his qualifications and be a good choice.
Three of the positions on City Council
are up for election this November; the
Mayor along with McNair’s and Donna
Webb’s Councilor seats. So far both
Webb and McNair have indicated unof-
ficially that they don’t plan to run again.
What Mitchell will do is also up in the
air. According to City Recorder Joann
Glass, no one else has filed paper work
to run.
Only time will tell if Council
made the right decision and Mammone is
the right person for the job. Only Josette
Mitchell knows if she can put aside her
disappointment and continue to lead the
city as Mayor in the way she has proven
herself capable of doing. There appears
to be a need for the Council to find a way
to repair their relationship with Mitchell
since they all need to work together un-
til at least the end of the year. Hopefully
several people step forward and run for
City Council in November. Hopefully
the rest of the City Council can put aside
their differences, help make Mammone
feel welcome, and move forward and to-
gether with the work of the City.
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