Thursday. January 29. 1981
Page 2 — Vernonia Freedom
Nongame wildlife f ûnd needs taxpayer support to succeed
Although most of us will
procrastinate until the last minute,
there are a number of efficient
taxpayers who will collect their W-2
slips, fill out the short or long tax
form and file a return well before the
end of January.
We’d like to take this opportunity
to remind all taxpayers that the
option to check off a contribution for
nongame wildlife will again appear on
the state income tax form, and we
hope those who were so generous last
year will “do something wild” again
on this year’s form.
Those who contributed last year
may well wonder what’s become of
that more than $337,000 that was
collected. If you’ve been expecting
great accomplishments on behalf of
the nongame creatures of the state, be
patient just a little longer. Under the
laws and system within which we
operate, the monies contributed last
year (as well as a guestimated amount
from this year’s filings) have to be
incorporated into the Department’s
Frank Newton was appointed to head
a more vigorous program for
assisting the unhunted wildlife of the
state and one of his first jobs was to
begin budgeting for the biennial
period which will begin July 1 this
year. His budget will include funds
from the nongame tax checkoff,
PUBLIC FORUM
budget and that budget approved by
the State Legislature before any
money can be spent.
A year agQ, Department biologist
contributions
throughout
the
“Watchable Wildlife” program, and
an allocation from the state wildlife
funds
similar to what was
apportioned prior to creation of either
of these first mentioned two
programs.
A citizen’s nongame advisory
committee
was
named
by
Department
Director
Jack
Donaldson,
with
members
representing a wide range of expertise
and interest in wildlife matters. That
group has met several times with
Newton and a much expanded
nongame program will get underway
beginning with the new budget
period.
A healthy program depends on a
steady source of funding and we hope
our state’s taxpayers will again
choose to “Do Something Wild”.
MOVIE REVIEW
"Resurrection"looks at life after death with sensitivity
by Randy Stevens
There must be hundreds of films
that deal with the hereafter, but
most all have dealt with the darker
side of “life” after death. It is,
therefore, particularly refreshing to
discover that Daniel Petrie and Ellen
Burstyn
have
brought
us
“Resurrection”, which opened locally
last weekend. While opening-night
audiences were thin, this picture
should take off as word gets around.
Ellen* Burstyn plays a woman so
severely injured in a car wreck that
she “dies” for a few minutes. Because
of technical advances in medicine, she
is revived, though. Because of
creative advances in film making, we
see what she saw during those few
minutes.
Her life is changed dramatically
afterwards and the balance of the film
consists of a remarkably powerful
performance from Ms. Burstyn as she
shares her experience with her family
and their neighbors. One of the effects
of her accident is the gift of healing.
For some reason she is able to cure
people of sickness and injury. Unlike
many modern-day “healers”, her
GETA seeks position requests
RCA Service Co.-Ore. CETA
Programs is now soliciting requests
for positions and projects from public
and non-profit agencies that provide
public service.
Request Packets may be obtained
by contacting local CETA office,
RCA Service Co.-Ore. CETA, 135 N
19th ST. Helens, Ore.
Requests should be in RCA-CETA
office no later than Jan. 30,1981.
Vernonia fire district to fill vacant
director seats in March
Notice is hereby given that on
March 31, 1981, an election will be
held for the purpose of electing two
directors to fill the following
positions and terms, including any
vacancy which may exist on the
Board of Vernonia Rural Fire
Protection District: Director-position
number one for a four year term and
Director-position number five for a
four year term. The polls will be open
from 8 am to 8 pm.
Each candidate for an office listed
above must file a declaration of
candidacy or petition for nomination
for office with the Elections
Department of Columbia County,
Oregon, not later than the 35th day
before the date of th$ election. The
filing deadline is 5 pm on February
24,1981.
Richard D. Fletcher
Sec/Treas.
Vernonia Freedom
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work is carried out for love, not profit.
It is not long before her motives are
soon challenged by the religious
fundamentalists who demand that
Ms. Burstyn credit Christianity for
her gift. Although there is little doubt
of her personal beliefs, she refuses.
Rather, as her character becomes
stronger, she continues to heal all
who come to her. When her gift is
verified in scientific experiments the
battle lines are drawn. Either her
work is the work of the Lord, or it is
the work of Satan. She is eventually
driven from the town. The conflict in
the entire movie is summed up by her
grandmother (Eva La Gallienne)
when she bids Ms. Burstyn good
bye. “It is love, isn’t it? If we could
just love each other as much as say
we love Him.”
Petrie receives excellent supporting
work from Sam Shepherd, who plays
Cal, the preacher’s son whose
relationship with Ms. Burstyn is a
barometer of the town’s reaction to
her powers. It is he who finally cracks
and attempts to shoot her.
After a year that brought such
shabby films as “The Awakening”, it
is a pleasure to see a film that is
beautiful to watch and provocative to
think about. The next time you’re in
Portland, take a couple of hours to see
this-before the crowds start noticing.
“Resurrection”, rated PG, is
playing at the Valley (Beaverton),
Broadway and Village theaters.
Timber export law scheduled for review
An Oregon law that forbids timber
purchasers from exporting logs
grown on state or county lands unless
there is no profitable market for them
in this country will be discussed by
the state Board of Forestry’s State
Lands Committee in Salem, Feb. 5.
The public meeting begins 11 am in
the State Department of Forestry’s
Conference Room, 2600 State St.
The Committee will discuss
Jamboree committee meets
The Vernonia Friendship Jamboree
Committee will hold their first
meeting of the year on Feb. 4 at 7 pm
in the 47 J School District offices.
It is hoped that someone from area
organizations and other interested
individuals will attend so as to ensure
that our Silver Jamboree is the best
one ever.
If the turn-out is large enough,
election of officers will be held.
Although we have several volunteers
for office, a quorum is needed to vote.
whether it wants the board to
recommend that the legislature
change the law. Options before the
committee will include leaving the
law as it is, tightening it to make it
absolutely forbidden to export the
logs, or loosening it to give the State
Forester more discretion in deciding
whether to grant export permits.
The current law requires the State
Forester to grant a timber buyer a
permit to export logs if the buyer can
prove no profit is possible by selling
the logs in this country, considering
business expenses and the price at
which the timber was offered.
Since the law went into effect in
1963, there have been only 12
requests to the State Forester to
permit timber exporting. Of those,
only four were approved, the most
recent one in October, 1980 involving
Decker Logging Company of Grande
Ronde. The law was designed to
protect jobs in this country by
usually requiring the logs to
processed in this country; finished
products can then be exported.
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