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About Vernonia news weekly. (Vernonia, Oregon) 1976-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1978)
2 - V ern o n ia New s W eekly Thursday, January 5. 1978 ■ rT T V Y T T v rrrrrrtT tT rrY fT T v v v v T T T Y T rrrrrrrrrK T v Y Y l JUST THINKING If you noticed the little item at the bottom o f page one of this issue, you w ill have» discovered that we have no coverage of the city council meeting u n til next week The notice o f course, is rather c r y p t i c . “ D u e to t h e holiday ..” doesn’t really say much But it means a lot There was no one to cover the m eeting last night We were all dow n here slaving away because most o f our news wasn't received u ntil Tuesday afternoon This was in part due to the three-day weekend; but the icy roads played the ir part, also M ail was la te f r o m P o r tla n d because o f p o o r ro a d conditions and folks w e re straggling in last night as late as 9 p m w ith items that had to go in, they said W ell, we try to please. So next week we w ill have the council story Hope this d o e s n 't i n c o n v e n i e n c e anyone Speaking of icy roads—d id you go to work Tuesday? Lots of people d id n 't I understand fv e n th is m o r n in g (Wednesday) roads in th e G r e s h a m - T r o u td a le area were still in bad shape I had tro u b le just getting to the car yesterday and I was glad it was my son drivin g and not me What a way to end a holiday weekend! If you get a chance, be sure to read the commissioners report; especially the p a rt about sheep killin g Seems it c o n ta in s s o m e v a lu a b le in form ation that many o f us d id n ’t realize Such as the fact that the clerk's o ffice must be n otifie d in person or by mail less than ten days after the discovery o f loss of d ue to p re d a to rs w h ic h includes dogs ro a m in g at large I gathered from the report that the form is actually an affidavit and m ust be notarized Norm Davis tells me he left some forms at the local police station for anyone w ho has lost livestock, fowls, etc. to predators — bu, even though a form is fille d out here, it must evidently be notarized then m ailed back to the county clerk's o ffice in St H e le ns w ith a p o s tm a rk w ith in the ten-day range You can learn a lot by reading those commissioners reports They keep you up to date on what's happening on the o th e r side o f the hill. I fou n d one little nugget that I d id n 't k n o w . A ll th e in form ation I received o n Troian from the a nti-nuclear people im plied that the worse danger from the plan, was due to the storage of nuclear w a s te . T h a n k s t o t h e commissioners re p ort, I have since fo u n d o u , th a , a, present no nuclear waste at all has been stored at Trojan So here I am, still lo o kin g for tha, im m enen, danger GET SOME BIG TOP BUYS Read the Want Ads ^COLUMBIA COUNTY BOARD The C o lu m b ia C o u n ty Board o f Commissioners me, in regular session December 21 w ith C hairm an R o b e rt Hun, presiding, C o m m is s io n e rs C le o W H o rn and A .J . A h lb o rn , c o u n ty c o u n s e l J o h n H u n n ic u t t , a n d b o a rd s e c r e ta r y G lo r ia S a lv e y (deputy clerk) present Also in attendance was Fred Schall. candidate for commissioner The minutes of the meeting of December 7 and those of the p u b lic hearing on the V a n E e te n a p p e a l h e a rd November 3, were approved W e rn e r S to rk, to g e th e r w ith George Carter, manager of the visitor in fo r m a tio n center a, Trojan, me, w ith the board regarding a previous request for the board to sign a resolution regarding sp en t fuel storage at Trojan Carter presented photographs o f the existing spent fuel storage area, and showed how the racks w o u ld be increased to increase storage space He stated tha, PGE is in the process now of installing the d iffe re n t ra cks, p e n d in g approval by the NCR, because of the fact there is no spent fuel stored a, the present time, thereby elim inating any possibility o f p ro b le m s in changing the racks after the spent fuel has started to be stored C a rte r n o te d the storage capacity increase was necessary b e c a u s e o f a change in federal regulations, which has e lim in a te d the planned storage area u n til 1985, w ith no p ro v is io n s having been made for storage at any other places than the nuclear sites u n til tha, tim e F o llo w in g C a r t e r 's presentation. C o m m issioner H o rn m oved and C o m m is s io n e r A h l b o r n se co n d e d a p ro p o s e d resolution prepared by Stork j be approved, fo llo w in g the V n r o n l J ?A ew s ".S le e k ly ■ P u b lis h e d e v e r y T h u rs d a y a t 705 B rid g e S t., Z • \ e r n o n l a , O r 97064 - 429-4201 Z S econd c la s t p o t t a g e p a id a t V e r n o n ia , O r • 97064 Z S u b s c rip tio n r a t e : $5 in C o iu m Z b ia C o u n ty ; $6 e ls e w h e r e . Z M a ilin g A d d ress: ■ P O B m 97 ; V e r n o n ia , O r 97064 • P u b lis h e r: W m . G . R h o a d e s ; E d ito r: B. W a y n e R h o a d e s Z A d v .'M g r .: W m . C. R h o a d e s Z C o rre s p o n d e n ts : G ra c e P e a c h e y , Z TtAJLAJLXAJLAJLAJLAJLt A • XAJULAJULXAJULAJLAJLAJLAJLAJLAXfi fl fl fi A A I Letter to the Editor To the e d ito r: W ill the person or persons responsible for the dum ping or spilling of oil in to street drains please call a halt to this practice as of now In the las, several weeks oil has reached Bear Creek Creek through these drains in consideragle amounts and has, o f course, made its way on downstream into Rock Creek The am ount of oil involved rules ou, the possibility o f i, being m erely a washing of the streets by heavy rain. Aside fro m the o b v io u s d a n g e rs o f d u m p in g com bustible fluids in to our storm sewers, d um ping or allow ing oil to escape in to our stream s c a rrie s a h e a v y penalty. Used oil filters have also been throw n in to Bear Creek w hich also causes a c o n s id e ra b le o il s lic k to develop We in the Izaaks have always been concerned about water p o llu tio n of all kinds, and are now asking the people of Vernonia to help in keeping our waters clean for the benefit o f all. Rob King Chairman - Fish & Waters C om m ittee Nehalem Valley Chapter Izaak W alton League To The Edit or J To the e dito r; M y husband and I were among the Senior Citizens invited to W ashington Grade School for Christmas d in ne r I, was very delicious and there were plenty of seconds fo r everyone. O u r waitresses were really s o m e th in g a n d w e d id appreciate the good service The s c h o o l s h o u ld be highly com m ended fo r such a meal. To top o ff the dinner we were invited upstairs to the a ud itorium and heard the o rig in of the Christmas carols, the w o n de rfu l band music, and the beautiful singing by the students. We did enjoy the play pu, on and su n g b y th e kindergarten s tu d e n ts and others. I, was a very w o n d e rfu l day and we wan, to thank each and everyone w ho had a par, in i,. Sincerely, and Happy Holidays John and Ida Kudrna VERNONIA HOTEL G a ily -W e e k ly -M o n th l T ra ile r Hook-ups V e rn o n ia - 429-5091 %ew 'N -T h ln g s (t) « 4 -7 0 9 2 A tto r n e y = M a in S tr e e t - S e n k t 224U 65 Dean Alexander 622 B rid g e - V e r n o n ia F o r A p p o in tm e n t 429-5061 223 7009 ' V ern o n ia P o rtlan d 25c OFF on all patterns ■ » , -
