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Page 4—Vernonia Freedom Thursday April 23,1981 Poison control class successful Advanced school transportation costs discussed The Vernonia School District 47J Budget Committee held its second meeting on Thursday, April 16,1981. Chairman Howard Hopkins called the meeting to order and the minutes ’ were approved as read. District Superintendent, Art Parrow, Horse logging olive and well continued from page 1 has a positive effect on wildlife as well. Horses and mules, it was explained, use smaller trails and paths, and are more maneuverable creating less damage to the wood you’re moving and the trees left standing. They don’t tear up vital seedlings and undergrowth or compact soil as badly either. Horses cost less to operate but are a lot slower we were told. According to Ott “The machinery logger can move three to four times the wood that a horse can.” On one job, Ott says, it took him seven hours to move one big “hunk of wood” to a landing, whereas a machine could have done it in no time, but a machine couldn’t get in and move it without tearing up trees and landscape. Thinning is nothing new as a forestry practice. Many private woods owners and local tree farmers have used this and other methods for years. There have always been horse loggers, about ten in northwest Oregon mostly doing work in national forests and water sheds, for obvious reasons. If you have a backyard or hundreds of acres of trees that you ' need advice on managing or thinning contact any of these men for help and information. For the date of the next “Woodland Tour” contact your county forestry agent. It was a most infonnative tour and enjoyed by all attending, don’t miss the next one. Timber Electric NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS Commercial & Residential Licensed 429-7622 proceeded to explain the District Center expenditure proposals. Within the District Center expenditures, two items were discussed in length by the committee. The first was the transportation costs to and from Portland Community College for advanced classes for high school students. Several committee members spoke in favor of this program while some committee’ members questioned the expense of the program in a year when District receipts have been drastically. reduced from the state arid federal levels. The second heavily discussed item in the District portion of the budget was the proposed transfer of funds from the District to the School Lunch Program. The subsidy from the District is proposed at $28,000, an increase of $23,000. Superintendent Parrow explained that this increase is due to reduced subsidy in this program from the federal level. Currently, those students that pay full price for a meal are subsidized through federal reimbursement at approximately 474 per lunch. This subsidy is in the form of cash and commodity food. The federal government has totally eliminated this subsidy for 1981-82. Those students that are on reduced-price lunch would lose Vs of the current subsidy of cash and commodities. The District increased subsidy of the school lunch program also assumes that the students would pay increased prices for lunches. The proposed increased lunch prices for elementary students would be 904 and high school students would pay 954 for their lunch. At present 67 percent of students eating lunch in the cafeteria pay full price, 6 percent pay reduced-price and the remainder are on the free lunch program. There has been no reduction in subsidy from the federal level for the free lunch students. The total loss of funds from federal sources in the lunch program is estimated to be in excess of $48,000 for the next school year, Parrow said. The budget committee continued by taking a detailed look at the High School Center expenditures. Questions were raised on equipment for the home economics, shop, business and math departments. The possibility of charging students a fee I DRUG ABUSE MEETING | APRIL 27,1981 7:30 pm j MB 100 F HALL | ADULTS ONLY | i ! | LEGAL SYSTEM COME ANO MEET & talk to them Vernonia Police Juvenile Dept. for driver education was also considered. The committee voted to Mike Johnson and Steven Katz remove $600 for instructional held a Poison Control class on April services in the high school health and 16 for interested members of the physical education department, community. eliminating the fees for bowling and Johnson, Forest Grove Hospital emergency room supervisor, and golf. The budget as proposed to the Katz, a Forest Grove pharmacist, Budget Committee has deleted the paid special attention to safe high school forest products program. guarding the home from accidental A number of individuals from the poisoning and pointing out poisons, community spoke in favor of this such as garden supplies and program and requested its household cleaners, we often reinstatement in the budget. overlook. Numerous budget committee Emergency care for poison victims, members voiced their concern that including when to induce vomiting this program had been deleted as they and when not to and methods of felt that it served a great value in a flushing irritants from skin surfaces community whose principal were also discussed. occupation is the timber industry. An ample supply of “Mr. Yuck!” Discussion was held regarding the identification stickers to warn your athletic program. A recommendation children of poisons are available at that several sports (cross crountry, the Vernonia Freedom office. wrestling, golf and track) be cut, leaving only boy’s football and WOMEN‘S CITY BOWLING basketball and girl’s volleyball and TOURNAMENT basketball, was made. It was also Team—True Value 2723 proposed that the J V football Marita Woods program be reduced by one game and Rose Weissenbuehler that football games be held only on Donna Reynolds Saturday afternoons. The total Salee Marion elimination of interscholastic athletic Florence Newton competition at the elementary school Singles * Carol Hogan 511 scratch level was also proposed. Corisiderable Bette Weaver 608 hdcp. discussion was held on these Doubles - proposals by members of the Joyce Johnson & Pat Eager 1068 scratch committee and the audience. Bess Moser & Dot White 1118 hdcp. The budget committee will meet I Hi Series - Joyce Johnson 578 scratch Salee Marion 631 hdcp. again on April 21 and 23 at 7:30 pm in Hi Game - Joyce Johnson 220 scratch the School district office. All Jennifer Ragsdale 239 hdcp. interested members of the All Events - Joyce Johnson 1627 scratch community are invited to attend Freda Pederson 1690 hdcp. t Triple Score - Helen Clarke these meetings. i I i | I Chief Gordon McLaughlin Officer Tuksberry District Attorney Office Representatives Circuit Court District Court Judge John Hunnicut Judge Berkeley Smith | Sponsored by Vernonia Chamber of Commerce This space provided as a public service by Vernonia Freedom ( i 1 i SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT 90 local jobs open for youths The Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) which in past years has provided federal funds (CETA) for youth 14 to 21 years to work for the summer months (Jurie through August) will be administered this year by the State Employment Division (St. Helens). Employment Specialist for this summer’s SYEP, Mrs. Kit Lucey, announced this week that up to 90 summer jobs will be offered in the Scappoose, Vernonia, St. Heleris, Clatskanie and Rainier areas. She will be meeting with employers during the month of April and May to develop the positions and to provide guidelines for supervision as well as current information regarding minors and labor laws. Private, non-profit employers who are interested in providing safe, well supervised positions for up to 32 hours per week are invited to contact Mrs. Lucey (397-1233) to complete job description forms for jobs beginning in June (after the end of school).. Federal minimum wages are $3.35 per hour. Youth who are eligible will be interviewed in the schools by Intake Representative, Ms. Jane Martinez beginning in May. Eligibility is determined by two factors: low incoriie and learning disability. 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