Thursday March 5,1981
Page 2— Vernonia Freedom
Resident questions Mist gas field royalty split
To the Editor:
The discovery of natural gas in
Columbia County has created a lot of
problems, one is the distribution of
the windfall lease monies and
royalties.
We, the people of Mist, have not as
yet received one dollar from the gas,
except our own lease money, which is
one dollar an acre per year. As of this
date all the gas has been on county,
Fiber or Crown land, we call this
smart gas, so we attended a meeting
with hopes of a little justice, only to
find that out of a total of
$2,800,556.56, we were to receive only
$518.00, which has now been,
increased to $1,586.
We called a meeting and received
$10,000 to finish our fire hall. The
only one that tried to help us was our
county
commissioners,
Carolyn
Magruder and Ted Bugas, and we
wish to say a special thanks, also for
the bill that they are sponsoring, for
the people of Mist-Birkenfeld and the
county.
We have asked for an amendment
to the bill, No. 2620, to give half of
the money to Clatskanie, Vernonia
and the Mist-Birkenfeld Fire District
to be distributed in accordance to
their needs. The other half would be
divided equally between the schools
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
There will be a Parent Advisory
Council meeting on March 9, 1981 at
7:30 pm in the Washington Grade
School Lounge. We urge all Title I
Parents to please attend this meeting.
We will be electing officers for the
coming school year 1981-82.
PUBLIC NOTICE
in the districts, and the county for a
fair and equal distribution.
At a meeting with State Rep.
Carolyn Magruder on February 27 in
Salem regarding bill No. 2620, which
was attended by five county school
superintendents, Oren Tweet and
business manager from Clatskanie,
Henry Anderegg, Mayor of Vernonia,
Jerri Hemeon, Vivian Reynolds and
PUBLIC FORUM
myself representing Mist-Birkenfeld
the county school superintendents
asked Carolyn Magruder that she
withdraw the bill, which caused very
mixed emotions, especially towards
~ Commissioner Marian Sahagian, who
‘ is defending the bill and the people in
this end of the county, in opposition
to Scappoose, St. Helens and Rainier.
Art Parrow,
Vernonia School
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Reader supports Oregon death penalty-do you ?
To the Editor:
Are Oregon Legislators listening to
their constituents? Do they represent
our interest and will?
In 1979, our State Senators
(Hallock and Fadely) introduced a bill
to repeal capital punishment (SB474).
Just the session before, 68 percent of
the voters - you and me - approved
capital punishment. Even though
SB474 passed in the Senate;
thankfully, it failed by several votes
in the House. Now, capital
punishment has been thrown out by
six persons in the Oregon Court
System.
Is the democratic system of
majority rule no longer working in
our country, or specifically, in
Oregon? The democratic process is
supposed to represent the vote of the
people; yet, the outcome of our vote
for capital punishment is really
PUBLIC NOTICE
Fishhawk annexation meeting set
Under the provisions of ORS 198.850,
notice is hereby given that the Board
of County Commissioners intends to
hold a final public hearing on the 25th
day of March, 1981, at the hour of 10
am in the Extension Meeting Room,
main floor,
Columbia County
Courthouse, St. Helens, Oregon,
regarding Order No. 4-81 declaring its
intent to proceed with the annexation
to the district of Fishhawk Lake
RFPD
Estates-Mist-Birkenfeld
Annexation. The new boundaries as
proposed by the district are to include
Division 1 of Fishhawk Lake Estates
which lies within Clatsop County
described as: T6N, R6W, Sections 1,
12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 25, 26. The area is
shown on the vicinity map below; the
area proposed to be included is that
area which is shaded.
affected by the personal attitudes of a
few elected or appointed officials. If
Oregonians question whether or not
their votes have meaning, I say we
have good cause for concern! The
outcome of capital punishment
legislation,
from
the
present
Legislative Session, will tell.
We have a post office box to receive
letters if you want to be heard
concerning
capital
punishment
reinstatement. It is a proven
deterrent, and you deserve to be
heard! Letters received will be
delivered in Salem to those Senate
Justice Committee members whom
have forgotten the majority vote for
justice. It is their responsibility to
represent us - we elected them for this
purpose!
Dedi Streich
Concerned Oregonians For Justice
POBox26
Sherwood, OR 97140
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
The Mist-Birkenfeld Ambulance
Association is sponsoring a Game
Night on Friday, March 6, from 7-10
pm at the Mist School gym.
MEMORANDUM
The Vernonia City Council invites
interested citizens to attend the
Council meeting on March 16, 1981.
At this meeting the Council will
discuss the probable need of raising
water and/or sewer rates beginning
July 1,1981.
Listed below is a comparative chart
showing water and sewer rates in
other Columbia County cities.
Clatskanie: $9.00 for 3,000 gallons of
water, $7.00 for sewer.
Scappoose: $6.00 for 3,000 gallons of
water, $6.50 for sewer.
Rainier: $8.10 for 3,000 gallons of
water, $7.50 for sewer.
St. Helens: $4.50 for 3,000 gallons of
water, $6.00 for sewer.
Vernonia: $5.50 for 4,000 gallons of
water, $4.00 for sewer.
Don Dunaway
City Recorder
3-5 & 3-12
TO: OEDP Committee members and
Interested persons
FROM: Voris Probst, Chairman
OEDP Committee
There will be a very important
Overall Economic Development
Program (OEDP) Committee meeting
on March 9, 1981 at the Village Inn,
St. Helens, Oregon at 6:30 pm in the
King Arthur Room.
The future of OEDP and the
Economic
Development
Administration (EDA) will be
discussed. Now is the time for the
Committee to get involved in a wider
range of activities.
The public is encouraged to attend.
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PUBLIC NOTICE
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an open meeting for discussion and ‘
suggestions on amendments of the
Vernonia Comprehensive Plan on
March 9,1981 in the City Library at 7
pm.
Don Dunaway
City Recorder
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