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About The times of Willamina. (Willamina, Oregon) 1972-1974 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1973)
Page 2. .WILLAMINA TIMES, WILLAMINA, OREGON, Wednesday, October 17,1973 Board missed survey, according to writer by Bemeiece Soules Apparently none of the Willamina School Board D irectors o r adm inistrators (except one) read the results of the D istrict opinion survey conducted by M rs. Joyce Zimbrick. N or did any of them read the September 19 issue of The Times wherein it told the survey sheets would be on display at the City L ibrary. Nor did they receive the survey result sheet mailed to them by M rs. Zimbrick. One lone director, M rs. E lsie w erth, said she had read all the opinion survey sheets, only she read the Times, and only she received the results mailed to all D irectors and A dm inistrators. It wasn’t made c lea r why she was the only Director who had received h er copy. M rs. Emile Jenne, teacher consultant chairman, said she had received her copy of the results and it was posted in the teachers* room at Willamina Elementary School. School Board D irector Bud Jensen was absent from the meeting. The new teacher tenure law was explained by Supt. Mitchell. He stated that if a teacher has been teaching within the Dis tric t for three years, he now automati cally becomes tenured. This means he would automatically be rehired and only specific reasons such as moral, could be given for not rehiring. In the past Willamina has been able to hire a teacher to r three years, but on a year to year basis and need not rehire that teacher if they desire not to. High school principal, Eugene Mack, pointed out there is no fire alarm in the voc. ag. shop, the wood shov, nor can the alam be heard in the PE locker rooms. He was instructed by Supt. Mitchell to get a cost estim ate on having alarm s in stalled in these areas. In his principal’s report, Mack told of a Sheridan 30 minute activity period this year be tween 11;24 and 11:54 a.m. The student has a choice of activity that includes chess, leathercraft, card playing, and reg ular club meetings. Future plans include basketball, volleyball, and tennis tourna ments, he said. He also pointed out that no district tonds are being used; that stu dent body funds finance these activities. Current high school enrollment is now 331. He announced there will be a joint high school PTO and Booster Club meeting on October 23 at the high school at 8 p.m. Willamina Grade School principal, M rs. Dorothy Paul, reported a new reading program has been initiated at the school. In addition to aides from the high school, students from the upper grades, and stu dent teachers from Linfield, the reading program is assisted by parents that include M rs. Mary P arks, M rs. Jo Mendenhall, and M rs. Barbara Glass. M rs. Paul also reported a split third and fourth grade to relieve the over crowded situation. Other announcements from Willamina Gradé School included an enroll ment of 515 students, their PTO Ham Dinner is sche duled, for Saturday, October 27; achieve ment tests began October 9, grades 2,4,6, and 8 taking reading tests; the book fair sales had reached $400, with 20 per cent going to the school; and there are 45 students in the safety patrol. Ted Hoover, Grand Ronde Elementary School principal, presented a letter which he had received from the State Depart ment of Environmental Quality regarding a ir pollution through fuel burning. The letter stated that a perm it is required if certain kinds of toel aje being burned. t gh the District toel is one that was listed, no action was taken. Hoover reported the Grand Ronde school enrollment is now 118, but it fluctuates almost daily. City Arthur Reid, a local commercial hauler was named to fill the vacancy in the Sher idan city council at the meeting on Tues day, October 9. The vacancy was caused by the resignation of Steve Firestone in August. M r. Reid is well known, having lived here since 1939, except to r time spent in the service during World War 2. Reid has served on the city budget commi ttee in the past. He is m arried and the father of three boys. The council voted to delete the second meeting of the month which was always held the fourth Monday. Having a city manager does away with a lot of the work the council previously had to do. They also moved to. accept a bid of $1,699.85 from the M iracle Recreation Equipment Co. for a metal building tor the city park, providing it meets with the approval of the park board. The total cost with a cement foundation will be about $2,249. An ordinance was passed which deals with vehicular and pedestrian traffic to conform to new state laws. Another o r dinance which passed makes it unlawful to allow storm drains to go into the sew age system , and also forbids harmful debris such as oil, grease, acids, alka- lines and industrial wastes to get into storm drains. The council authorized city manager Bob Hendricks to meet with M rs. Cora Wilbur regarding a lease option on the office Mud flaps took on a dual purpose Mon day on my way over to cheese country the long way. I drove to Portland and de posited Mama to be near doctors sinc6 she’s ’’under the w eather,” and drove over here via the Sunset and Wilson River highways. I had forgotten how fantastically beautiful the fall scenery is and was pleased with the improved roads. I was nearing the Hillsboro exit when I came up behind this heavily loaded hay truck and followed it some distance before oncoming traffic eased up so I could pass. (A form er neighbor used to tell me for ME to pass it had to be clear to r one and one-half miles in all dir ections. He may be rightl) As I got closer I thought one mud flap looked different and as I passed I read the sign which had been attached: ’’Making hay on our Honeymoon.” I gave them a congratulatory beep on my horn and jumped when they answered with a long blast on their noisy a ir homl Well, friends, my very understanding (he must have been) husband has been Council building of the late Dr. W.I. Wilbur, located on N.W. Yamhill Street across from the new library. Acost of $17,000 was quoted for the building. If this property were purchased by the city, it would provide space for the offices of the city manager, city recorder, police chief and water office; plus badly needed storage and filing area. Hendricks proposed using revenue shar ing funds for this purpose. Sheridan will receive approximately $23,000 in revenue tonds tor the current year. Mayor Jordan said he thought there were more urgent needs in the city, but the council men which were present thought the purchase of this building would be a good asset to the city, and provide needed space for city employees. This will come for a vote at the next meeting of the council on November 13. Councilman Wolfenbarger brought up the matter of excessive noise on city streets during nights. It was decided to inter view people living along S. Bridge and Main streets to see how big a problem really existed before going to the ex pense of purchasing a radar gun o r using unmarked police cars. Councilman Hebert, head of the water commission, announced that the water committee would meet with Cam Steke- tee on the 18th. Mayor Jordan proposed a Town Hall type of meeting be held to set people's views on the water situation straight. putting up with me for 29 years now since tying the knot in Vancouver in 1944. How about that? As breakfast was un derway this morning and I was making Ray’s lunch, I pulled out three sandwich bags from a box that was designated as a, handy one-bag-at-a-tim e dispenser. It brought to mind several how comes for me. How come th is ’typewriter which is never supposed to strike two letters in the same spot does for me? (Right, Mrs. Thompson ?) How come my sewing machine even a child can operate still insists on spilling out the bobbin on the floor for me? How come some of you can bake a recipe for cookies out of a cookbook and don't mix two recipes together, but my oatmeal crispies turn out with choc olate? (Chocolate oatmeal mistakes, any one?) No one can say my life is too boring! Our four way birthday (Aunt Dollie, sis te r Jo , son-in-law Manon, and nephew Bub) is here again. Happy birthday, all! And all you Anniversarites have a good shrimp dinner like I. did. God bless all .....................................^The P est..f.. . . v SB f W ': Letter to the Editor T> THE EDITOR: It appears you did it again — printed what ’The Association' wanted the public to know and little more. (You do get credit for verifying that there is a spring — you had to get off your posterior to accomplish that.) Some people attending both Association meetings held to date are amazed that more people apparently haven't noticed that it appears to be a 'Boatwright Ent erp rise’ fronted by an apparently close- knit group of rubber-stamping insiders. Perhaps this observation is not ent irely validbut the entire proposition as presently proposed would appear to merit additional thought — if one takes the time to think about it. Why doesn't the board present some meaningful date for Association consider ation and discussion rather than almost flatly stating, in effect, 'here it i s _ take it o r leave it*? Some question just when pertinent mat te rs will be discussed by the potential membership in an open forum. What penetrating questions have been discussed openly to date? Are the following questions pertinent or irrelevant? 1. How much money was collected for the feasibility study?How has it been spent? 2. What obligation has the Association incurred? 3. What are the salient facets and fi nancial costs of Mr. Boatwright's con tract with the association? 4. Why did the so-called 'average house hold* water needs per month drop from over 23,000 gallons per month on August 20 to 3,000 gallons per month at the last meeting? According to Mr. Boatwright (on Aug. 20), the average household consisted of 3.2 persons with a peak need of 225 gallons of water per day. Calculated out, it appears the average household would pay about $32.69 per month for water. Or is it $10.00 per month for the 3,000 , gallons per month indicated during the last meeting and in your latest article? 5. Why are the rates higher than s u rr ounding areas? There must be a logi cal explanation. 6. What detailed costs comprise the $605,000 system estimated costs? How valid and accurate are they? Are there alternatives to be considered? Trade offs? Contingencies? How much will the total cost for the loan over the 40-year period, including interest, be? One gentle man voiced his concern about this area during the last meetine and was given a ra th e rterse answer accom panied by a distaintol look. 7. How realistic are estimated oper ating costs? Based upon the $2.50 per month per user, $6,750per year wouldn’t appear adequate to cover personal costs (billing, collections, m eter reading, main/ : tenence men, Etc.) and board expenses. Has a detailed budget been developed and time phased? If so, why isn 't it presented? 7. With all the effort and study expen ded on the project to date (ignoring the expertise of the perticipating engineering firm ), why can't a simple estimate be given to a potential member who asks, , ’Approximately how much will it cost PER FEET to run a service line on our own property?' 9. According to an Association letter, 'ONE of the conditions of being able to obtain the loan is that the Association shall have collected these fees.' Should they be known by the u sers? 10. The water u sers agreement appears extremely one-sided. Some object to the Association coming on their property when the Association line ( and obligations) stops at the users property line. Some object to the 'single use o r occu pancy clause* in principle. Is this clause fair and reasonable? Some object to paying a flat fee ( or so high a fee ) every month even when water is not used. How about extended vacations? What if the property is va cant? Some object to the board soley deter mining 'just cause' for a breatch of contract. Should not the courts determine just cause? Is it reasonable for a subscriber to be required to use water within ten days after water is made available to him when the Association can take a year ,to provide water lines? Some object to signing a contract which has no way out except death, selling one's property o r breaching the contract and forfieting $300 in liquidated damages. One could go on at greater length. I tru st I have accomplished what I set out to do: started a few people to think and question rattled your chain vented my spleen It goes without saying, we need ade quate, reasonably priced water. However, is the need dire enough for one to pay any price and agree to anything? It has.been said — 'A few people make things happen most people watch things happen some people don't know what's happening* Jack Flega^ by Vance Welty This week’s issue of the Times may seem a little different from the usual — because it is. This is the first issue of the Times which has been completely produced right here in Willamina since the paper went offset. It was a long, slow process, converting the Times from a completely out-of- town, hit-and-m iss operation into a com pletely locally owned, locally produced newspaper employing all local people, but it finally made it. A little history: — when Mr. Frank Parchman first bought the paper a little under a year ago, he owned several other newspapers which were all put together in the same facility in Mon mouth. Confusion was the order of the day. With nobody regularly assigned to work toll-time for the Times, it was necess ary to send somebody (whoever was handy) up to Willamina for a day or two a week to gather whatever news could be written up in so short a tim e. Usually, whoever was chosen for Willamina duty any par ticular week (the same person seldom came here two weeks in a row) not only had to hurridly gather news item s, but was expected to sell subscriptions, take classified ads, sell display ads and take photographs, while attempting to keep some kind of records. One week, the newspaper might be the responsibility of one person. Another week, several might have a hand in it — none knowing what the others were doing. Somehow, out of this makeshift hodgepodge/a newspaper emerged which, under the circum stances, was not half bad. Obviously, somebody was needed to try to bring some kind of order out of the confusion; — and that’s where I came in. When I started here last December, Buell Grange officers elected V a n c e V. d t y E d ito r a n d P u b lis h e r Rod Whitesmith Advertising Manager The Willamina Times is published every Wednesday at Willamina. Oregon, entered at the Post Office at_ Willamina as second class matter. The local subscription rate is $2 00’Pe r Y®ar AH correspondence should be addressed to Willamina Times P.O. Box 127, Willamina, Oregon 97396. I The Willamina City Council approved plans for a memorial to Tina Miller dur ing their regular meeting Thursday night. According to the provisions of her will, a plaque o r other suitable m arker was to be placed at the children's park dedicated to Tina M iller's memory. The council rejected the idea of a bronze marker after it was pointed out that such a marker is easy for vandals to remove. The plan that was finally decided on and passed calls for a carved marble m arker set atop gray brickwork. The memorial will cost $425. the possibilities of making the Willa mina Times economically viable looked slim , at best. Armed with the im pres sive sounding titles of Editor and Pub lisher, working out of a little cubbyhole of an office and with no equipment at all except for a cam era, a pen and a notebook, my job was to sell subscrip tions, sell ads and gather news — in that order. Consequently, after a week of frantic ally selling subscriptions and trying to sell ads, I had one o r, if lucky, two days left to run around with notebook and cam era trying to find something to fill the paper with besides canned press releases. At that tim e, the news stories weren’t even written up o r typed here in Willa mina. All the editors of Mr. Parch man’s newspapers would hit Monmouth at about the same time on Saturday night, cram themselves into a sm all, smoke-filled room with one desk in it, and fight for typewriters and typing paper ( many an early news story for this publication was typed on toilet paper) and stay there as long as it took to type up all the news that would fill all their newspapers. I remember those nights well, but not long ingly. All ads would be turned over to paste up people and not seen again until pub lished. All photographs were turned over to a darkroom man (usually a different person each week) who might or might not make prints of the pictures I wanted to run. Even the newspaper pages them selves were drawn out scale-model on little dummy sheets and turned over to a makeup crew to beput together. The finished product might look exactly like what I had in mind, o r, as usually hap pened, would have no resemblance at all to my layout. Finally, I started pasting the paper to gether myself ( with help from Tony Staley who served briefly as associate editor, and la te r from my wife). So things settled into a routine. We had broken down and bought a typewriter so I was able to type up stories here in town. Correspondents were added to the staff as the slowly expanding budget would allow. All copystill had to be turned in at Monmouth on Saturday nights but since it got typed up during the week as it came in, there was no longer a frantic rush to get it finished at the last minute. Mondays, as I described in an earlier column, my wife and I would arrive in Monmouth, begin with blank make-up pages and leave sometime the next morning 'when we had finally put the paper together. During these months, we were learning new things as we went along. We learned how to run the headline machine, how to set type and how to use the dark room. So we felt pretty smug when I bought the paper last July. We were sure that within a month, we would be m errily setting type, making photographic prints, setting headlines and leisurely putting the paper together during the week on our own equipment. Things seldom work out as planned. No equipment arrived. So we continued using the Monmouth facilities until we wore out our welcome. Still no equip ment. We put the paper together in Stay- ton for a while. Still no equipment. The past two weeks, the paper was put to gether in Mcminnville. We were using our own darkroom by then, but still no other equipment. Then it arrived! We’ve been like kids playing with new toys all week. Probably the forst thing you already noticed is that the type is sm aller. No, you're not losing your eyesight, — it really IS sm aller. We used to use 9- point type, which is easy to read, but takes up a lot of space. We now use 8-point type, which may bring on a bit of eyestrain, but allows us to get more news into the paper each week. Anyway, drop on into the office this Thursday if you can make it, and we’ll be happy to show you how this paper gets thrown together each week — as well as have some coffee and a dough nut o r two. well as have some coffee and a dough nut o r two. in e a rlie r days The Buell Grange , held election of off icers for the coming year at their meet ing October 4. They are: Dean Hunter, m aster; M rs. Mary Tibbits, overseer; Mrs. Loria Mackaben, lecturer; Ray Tib bits, steward; Gordan Lucas, assistant steward; Mrs. Dorothy Lucas, assistant steward; Mrs. Beverly Hunter, chaplain; Mrs. Vi Osborn, trea su rer; M rs. Shir ley Sigrist, secretary; Lem Apple, gate keeper; M rs. Gladys Morse, Ceres; Mrs. Violet Wetzel, Pomona; M rs. Lola As bury, Flora. The executive committee consists of Carl Konoda, M rs. Gladys Bacon and Herman Endres. Fendall unit goes Eastern The home of M rs. Shirley Rogers at Corbett Acres was chosen for the Oc tober meeting of the Fendall Extension Unit. The theme "Japanese cuisine” was presented and demonstrated by tyrs. Vera FiUible and M rs. Eleanor Wedgewood. M rs. Wedgewood gave examples of the Japanese way of life taken from inci dents and experiences during her recent visit to her native isles. Twenty-five members and guests enjoyed the discourse on Japan, the Japanese dishes prepared by the leaders and the buffet luncheon which was served by the Guests who became new members include: M rs. Fraye Zook, Pauline Swanson, Barbara Rider, Ella Kkyberg Swanson, Barbara Rider, Ella Skyberg and Eleanor Wedgewood. After a short business session and lunch, the meeting adjourned until November. earlier days by Lee Perkins . ¡. October 6,1938 Applications for city offices for the coming year should be filed this week at the office of the city recorder, Paul Fundman. Offices for which applicants may file are mayor, recorder, tre a s u re r and marshall. Officers holding these positions are elected for two years. Applications should also be filed this week for two councilmen. Councilmen are elected for a period of four years. Only a month remains before election, so applicants for the above mentioned offices are urged to file for the offices immediately. accurate identification. Monday nightthe following reply was received: "The specimen was rather badly muti lated, making it somewhat difficult to determine the species. However, it had certain characteristics which indicate that it might have been a black widow spider. "I doubt if you o r your community need be alarmed, for you are almost on the edge of the western distribution of these spiders.” The friends and neighbors of the Brown family, who have lived for so many years on the old place east of Willamina, are sorry to have them move away. They have lived the true pioneer spirit as it was lived by their parents and grand parents before them—lending a helping Notice of school meeting, the purpose hand and their belongings whenever needed of which is to discuss the budget for by anyone who called on them. school district No. 30/44 of Yamhill/ Their large cheery old farm house has Total estimated reno. 30/44 of Yamhill/ always been open to all and many will s to discuss the budget for remember the long table which was always Polk counties for the coming year. ready for company and the welcome ex tended to all who happened to stop for BUDGET a visit o r a meal—a place where friends could run in at their pleasure and feel Total estimated receipts............„$4,562.70 sure of a friendly greeting and an in Total estimated receip ts...........$ 4 ,562.70 vitation to remain for a meal o r over Total supervision expense.........$ 250.00 night. The old home will be missed, Total expense of gen. control.....$ 505.00 not only by near neighbors but by many Total expense of teaching..........$3,167.50 who came from farther away to spend Total expense of operation $ 675.00 weekends or longer visits. Auxiliary ag en cies....................$ l,015.00 We are glad to see this unselfish family Last Wednesday morning Buster Church take their long deserved rest from the man was cleaning out his father's shoe labors necessary to care for so large shop, when he chased a large black spider a place, but we shall miss them. a neighbor out of a com er. Being of a curious nature, Buster examined it more closely and found a bright red spot on the ab domen. He promptly put it in a box and Willamina Market has; took it to school with him where he Pink salmon .... 2 tall cans...23 cents inquired of the teachers if he might have T om atoes...............39 cents/bunch found a black wido. As no one seemed to know definitely, the spider was killed Charity used to begin at home; now no and sent to Oregon State College for more body stays home long enough to sta rt it. Third Thoughts I alsays think of myself as rath er self sufficient but I’m going to have to tell myself "except when you try to fix the plumbing.” I tap the papes, play with the wrench and sit down and have a good cry. Then I call the plumber. Sometimes, I call the plumber and at the first of the month, I have another good cry. I Memorial approved 1 behind "The Times" I find opinion polls fascinating. When they agree with me, they are fine ex amples of public feelings and when they don't , I argue with them. One recent poll said the most disliked names for women are Rose, Hazel, Gertrude, Myr tle, and P earl. If those names are so disliked', why do I have good friends named Hazel, Rose, Gertrude and Myr tle? I haven't met a P earl yet, but I am sure I will. And they all are such Albert, Harry, Frank and Henry are the disliked men's names and again, these are the names of some of the nicest men I know. I think I'll write the pollster a le tt... There were those years when Bumpy was our hard luck kid. If anything fell, it fell on him. He was stung by stray bees, stepped on broken glass, fell off fiis bike and even managed snake bite. We were on speaking term s with the entire medical staff and knew the em er gency room processes. I memorized the number for Blue Cross and our band-aid bill was unbelievable. That seem s to have subsided now and it is R .T.'s turn. Only his problems are different. I watched him cocking his head and squinting with his left eye to read the newspapers. Now, he is wearing glasses and reading everything. We went for his annual dental check. No cavities, he got braces. His face is getting crowded. He's complaining about being the only four-eyed tin-grin in the family. And then this week, he was helping his best buddy get some things from the back of the garage. How he did it, no one will ever know, but he dropped a shot put on his foot—all 9 pounds of it and today, he has a cast. R.T. does nothing sm all; when he does something, everyone knows. Makes every day interesting. For years, Captain Kangaroo was bre fast company at our house. Low key ton, each of the boys looked upon hin their special friend. Then the boys went to school and Ci tain became like the relative who li out of state. Thought of frequently affectionately but never seen. I'm not sure how it came about bi Captain and I had a visit Thursday mo ing. The boys may have grown a’ but I find his whimsy as much ton as e\ He has added things but Bunny Rai continues to be his right hand nuisac And Tom Terrific still talks incessai to Manfred the Wonder Dog. i put paper down and watched the whole progr over second and third cups of cofi Granny came in as the Captain was si ing off and I was singing along with hi She laughed and said "At least I'm in MY second childhood.” She doesn’t know what she’s missing.
