Page 10 — Vernonia Freedom
Wednesday February 21,1979
Spraying an issue?
Recently
well
known
local
environmentalist, Pon Willard, has been
distributing a survey sheet concerning
the use of the controversial herbicides
2,4,5,—T and 2,4,5-^TP. Don says this is
in response to the planned aerial spraying
of the herbicide 2,4,5—T announced by
Allen Kuest of Timber Rt.
Don says the survey is put out by the
Columbia County Environmental Council
and that he is distributing it to his friends
and neighbors in order to get an idea of
the feelings about the upcoming spraying;
This is the first Use of the herbicide
2,4,5—T in Columbia County since the
recent ruling by the Oregon Board of
Forestry.
. Below is a section from the survey by
the Columbia Environmental Council that
gives the piles for spraying as-set forth by
the Oregon Board of Forestry.
In September, 1978, the Oregon Board
of Forestry adopted new rules for the use
of herbicides, 2,4,5—T and 2,4,5—TP
(Silvex) on private and state forest lands
in Oregon. '
1. Users of 2,4,5—T or Silvex must
maintain a 200 foot buffer strip around
Class I streams or areas of open water.
. They must also maintain a 500 foot buffer
strip around inhabited dwellings unless
written permission is received from'the
resident. (Class I streams are those from
which people get drinking water)
2. Landowners aerially applying 2,4,5—T
or Silvex must make every reasonable
effort to notify contiguous landowners
and residents, and downstream water
users who have official water rights
within one-half mile of the intended spray
area, at least \fifteen days prior to the
spray application. Notification must be
by registered letter and or direct personal
communication and by advertising in the
local newspaper.
3. Boundaries of an aerial spray area must
be posted by the landowner with a sign
provided by the State Forester at all
points of regular access.at least five days
prior to spray. Posting must remain at
leasat fifteen days after spraying is
completed.
4. Where road closure is feasible, roads
leading into of next to a spray area must
be closed temporarily to public traffic
during spraying. Where road closures are
not practical, sprayer must leave a buffer
zone of at least one swath width (roughly
60 feet) bn each side of all regularly
travelled public roads.
5. Landowners are responsible, for
determining whether or not chemicals
they apply to forest lands are
contaminating streams or other bodies of
water. This is an old rule that may not be
’ obeyed or enforced.
Chemicals are to be applied only in
accordance with certain temperature,
humidity, wind speed and other factors
specified by the State Forester.
Chemicals shall not be applied:
a. When winds exceed 5 m.p,h.
; b. When temperatures exceed 70
degrees F.
c. When humidity is less that 50
percent.
d. During snow, hail, or rain storms, .
i e. When snow or ice covers target
vegetation.
> f. During foggy weather.
g. When air turbulence is so great that
it seriously affects the normal spray
pattern.
If you have noticed anything that yöu
feel violates any of the rules listed above
please
contact
the
Columbia
Environmental Council..
WGS honor roll
Teachers attend meeting
Mrs. Linda Welch and Mrs. Peggy Pitt
attented a State Title I meeting on
February 7, 8, and 9. The, meeting,
conducted by the OregOiWepW^
Education, serves to acquaint staff and
parents of the state and federal
guidelines. Knowledge of these
regulations ' allows the local school
districts to plan a district program for the
use of the federally allocated funds. Title I
funds in the Vernonia district are used to
; run the skill centers in basic education at
both Vernonia High School and
Washington Grade School.
During the second nine weeks period
there were no 7th or 8th graders receiving
Principal’s Honors.
Those students receiving High Honors,
with a grade point average of 3.50—3.99
included:
Leora
Battrick,
Ross
Bellingham, Chafes DuVall, Monica
Hogan, Wendy Ray, Junior Berge, Karen
Pitt, KristiReinsch, Sonia Aldrich, Jewel
Shetler.
Those students receiving Honors with a
grade point average of 3.25—3.49 were:
Jimmie Deakin, Shana Bodenhamer,
Bruce Carter, Shelly Crabtree, Larary
Rider, Otis Fuller, Becky Nice, Heather
Remsen, Eric Wilcoxsen, Cynthia Reiken,
David Kleinman, Deborah Sharar,
Christina Skinner.
Haiku poems from Washington Grade School
GIRAFFE
There once was a giraffe so tall,
If you climbed upon him,
you could see the whole wide world.
Rodney Devine
SNA^g
There is a fat snake
Who jumped into a small lake
. to eat a big fish. ' /
Jason Nice
COUGAR
I saw a cougar.
I thought he was reaHy dead.
But he was sleeping.
Tina Dean
THE FOX AT THE ZOO
Oh, how the fox howls,
In the moonlight, late at night —
Because he wants food.
Carol Miyasaki
THE LONELY BEAR
A bear in the Zoo,
Withoutyouthere,issad.
Because he's lonely.
Ronnie Rudolph
THE PANTHER
I like the panther
Because he is so shiny,
And because he's black.
Avery Shirley
Melodrama needs
piano player
Lions Club wives night
The Vernonia Lions Club members
entertained their wives at a Ladies Night
on Tuesday, February 13, at the Eagle
Office cafe. The ladies were presented
carnations by President Bob Cadwallader
and dessert was a special cake baked by
Mrs. Cadwallader. Lion Rev. Russ
Vinyard addressed the group on the topic
of marriage.
A letter was read from the Oregon
Lions Sight Foundation Chairman
thanking the Vernonia Lions Club for the
$500 they had contributed to this year’s
drive.
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Remodeling
Commercial
The melodrama committee is sending
out an urgent plea for a person that would
be interested in playing the piano for the
melodrama to please, contact z Pam
McClaflin (429-7361) after 4:00 p.m.
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We can do all your
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Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Sturdevant are
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Noell Sturdevant who is a sophmore at
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