V ernonia N ew s W eekly 9
Thursday, April 11, 1978
I Buxton-Manning
News
W eather Report
An Open
Letter
To the people of city of Bank«
The c o m m o n C o u n c il o f th e
C ity o f Banks has passed tw o
m o n e y m easures to be v o te d
u p o n b y th e q u a lifie d vo te rs o f
, he c ity in the M a y elec tio n
The firs t re s o lu tio n is a r o n
tin u a tio n o f th e pre sen t th re e
year serial le v y passed in 1974
to e n a b le th e C ity o f Banks to
re ta in a p o lic e m a n w h ic h in
c re a s e d
fr o m
$ 1 2 ,0 0 0 to
$15,000
If th is m ea sure is
passed, th e re w o u ld be an in
crease in taxes c u rre n tly b eing
p a id aside fro m the a llo w a b le
six p e rc e n t increase (Turing
th e past th re e years th is levy
has p ro v id e d Banks w ith a fu ll
tim e p o lic e m a n An a d d itio n a l
th re e m en o b ta in e d th ro u g h
th e C o m p re h e n s iv e I m p lo y
m e n t T ra inin g A c t (C f TA), at
n o co st to th e c ity have also
served o n o u r p o lic e fo rc e It is
m y h o p e th a t th is se rial levy
w ill be c o n tin u e d
The se con d re s o lu tio n deals
w ith th e w a te r system o f th e
C ity o f Banks
The fe d e ra l
C le a n W a te r A r t o f 1976
m akes d e m a n d s o n p u b lic
w a te r system s to c o m p ly w ith
c e rta in sta n d a rd s o f w a te r
p u r ity B ecause o f a c o m p la in t
a m o n g s t th e B a nks w a te r
sy s te m
th e F n v ir o n m e n ta l
P ro te c tio n A g e n cy (FPA) has
re q u e s te d c o m p lia n c e w ith the
C lea n W a te r A< t by th e (Tty o f
Banks as soon as p o s s ib le The
fa ste st and least expensive
w ay to a c h ie v e c o m p lia n c e
w o u ld be to in s ta ll a p u m p and
c o n tro ls at th e site o f th e new
w e ll to th e east o f Banks and a
tra n s m is s io n line* b e tw e e n th e
w e ll and th e e xis tin g re se rvo ir
w ith th e e lim in a tio n o f tho
springs as a w a te r so urce and
c lo s u re o f th e w a te r lin e fro m
the c ity o w n e d springs to the
r e s e r v o ir
T h is a c t io n
is
d is ta s te fu l since th e 47 users
on th e lin e fro m th e springs to
the re s e rv o ir w o u ld have to
fin d an a lte rn a te so urce o f
w a te r and th e expense to these
users w o u ld be p ro h ib itiv e
To u p g ra d e th e system w ith
c a p ita l im p ro v e m e n ts to m eet
fP A and o th e r re q u ire m e n ts
w o u ld m ea n a gen eral o b lig a
tio n b o n d o f $100,000 w o u ld
he n e e d e d
The in t e r e s t
Sunset
Grange
941
Sunset G ran ge 941 h e ld its
m o n th ly m e e tin g S a tu rd a y
A p ril ft at 11 a m Twenty-eight
m em be rs, tw o guests and fo u r
lu v e n ile s w ere pre sen t
The
m in u te s o f th e last m e e tin g
w ere rea d and a p p ro v e d The
c h a rte r was d ra p e d in rem em
b ra n c e o f la c k Ju stice
The m e e tin g rec essed at
n o o n to r p o tlu c k lunc h B e fo re
recessing fo r lunc h a m a tte r
o v e rlo o k e d at th e last m e e tin g
was c a lle d to th e a tte n tio n o f
th e M a s te r
lo is S c h illin g
Seems lik e th e b irth d a y o t
W in n ie C ie lo h a . a St P a trick s
day la d y, was o v e rlo o k e d A
large a n g e lfo o d c ake b a k e d
a n d dec o r a te d
by
I o rn a
G a m ro th
w a s p r e s e n te d
Sherri B a rba ra D a rre ll end
B o b b ie Jo G a m ro th c a rrie d the*
ca ke and b irth d a y c a rd in to
th e m e e tin g ro o m
singing
c harges o n a b o n d o t th is size
o ve r a 4(1 ye ar p e rio d w o u ld in
crea se th e co s, to a lm o s t
$7(X)(XX) This is ta r to o m u c h
to ask o f a c ity th e size o f
Banks
A tte r due* d e lib e ra tio n th e
counc il v o te d to h a lv e th e
f ig u r e
to
$150000
T his
a m o u n t w ill b rin g th e system
up to I PA sta n d a rd s b u t w ill
n ot p ro v id e fo r a c o v e re d
re se rvo ir o r to r a d d itio n a l
w a te r sto ra ge It does inc lu d e
a filtr a tio n g a lle ry at th e site*
o f th e sp ring w h ic h w ill e nsure
th a t I PA sta n d a rd s are m e t to r
those users o n the* w a te rlin e
o u ts id e th e c ity and w ill a llo w
the c ity to c o n tin u e to m a ke
fu ll use o f the w a te r fro m the-
springs
Passage o f th is m ea sure w ill
m ean an inc reave- in w a te r user
rates H o w e ve r, passage o f th e
m ea sure m ay a lso e n title th e
c ity to som e a d d itio n a l fu n
d in g fro m C TTA and w he re
possible- th e c ity w ill b e g in to
sell new wate-r h o o k u p s o u t
Side- the- c ity It is re c o m m e n d
ed th a t the- m ea sure be passed
by th e vo te rs
H o w a rd Steinbach M a y o r
C ity o f Banks
A u x ilia r y
sp o n so rs p o tlu c k
Banks C h a m b e r H a ll Aux
d ia ry s p o n s o re d a fa m ily
p o tlu c k
and gam es F rid ay
e v e n in g A p ril 7 at th e h a ll
The fo o d was a b u n d a n t and
e-xc lle-nt
Games and prizes
p ro v id e d a tu n fille d e ven in g
B ob C ro p was in < harge o t
gam es
H a p p y B irth d a y
P ic tu re s
w e re take- o f the- p re s e n ta tio n
The-re w ill be a T u p p e rw a re
Fund R aising P a rty at the-
G ran ge H a ll A r p il 19 at 7 10
p m I v e ry o n e is invite-d
The- ( W A c h a irm a n
Ann
N o rd h o lm
read he-r re-port
A p ril 27 w ill he- the- n ext ( W A
m e e tin g a nd is set as ('le a n up
D ay
M en
and
w om en
m e m b e rs are- a ll a sked to
p le a s e
p a r tic ip a te
lo r n a
G a m ro th was a p p o in te d to
b u y the- ne-w c u rta in s fo r the
k itc h e n
H a z e l S to w e ll has
a lrea d y w ashed and h un g the-
d in in g ro o m c u rta in s
Sunday. M a y 7. as y e a rly
c h u rc h services was a p p ro v
ed Servic es are .it 11 a m w ith
p o tlu i k to fo llo w I v e ry o n e is
c o r d ia lly in v ite d
lo r n a
G a m r o th
gave a
re p o rt o n th e Y o u th ( on
ferenc e h e ld at W arre-n A p ril 1
and 2 She re-ports she- has 12
fo a m c ushions to be- m a d e to r
State (.r a n g e These- are- to tie-
s o ld at State- (.range- w ith
fu n d s
g o in g
to
( r ip p le d
( hildre-n
As an outside- ac tiv ity pro-
(ect the- (.range- v o te d to c lean
p a rts o t the- B u x to n c e-me-te-ry
S everal persons are- b u rie d
the-re- w hose re la tiv e s are- liv in g
a w a y fro m here or have- passed
away
An auc tio n o f v a rio u s itcmis
d o n a te d bv m e m b e rs was he-ld
w h ic h was a re-al tu n th in g
T w en ty e ig h t d o lla rs p lu s was
g a ine d
Sunset (.range- H am D in n e r
was v o te d to be he-ld Sunday
S e p te m b e r 1(1 at the- Banks
c a te te n a More- on th is la te r
I irst and Sec o n d D eg re e w ill
be- g ive n fo r ne-w m e m b e rs at
Sunset G rn g e M a y 19 at ft p m
W e invite* a ll G ranges to b rin g
th e ir ne-w m e m b e rs
The- rnee-ting was ad|ourne*d
w ith e v e ry o n e re m in d e d o f the-
F und R aising p a rty and to
b rin g th e ir frie n d s
Ilia
A lb r e c h t s
r a in t a ll
re p o rt fro m B u x to n sh ow ed
o n ly 1 H<1 inc hes in Marc h
A verage is 12 inc hes
S tretching Dollars
I very dollar to the A m
erican ( ancer Society is a
stretched dollar
V olunteers
make it possible fo r more
m oney to he spent on ex
panding programs M oney is
used where it is needed most
Stretch yo u r dollars by giving
to
the
Amen-, an ( ancer
Society
Grange meets
Sunset C ra n g e m e t at the-
G ran ge H a ll in M a n n in g A p ril
ft The m e e tin g s are on the* se
c o n d S a tu rd a y o t eac h m o n th
For in fo r m a tio n c a ll M r Sc h it
ing $24 6122
Ladies
society
holds meet
Banks U n ite d
M e th o d is t
W om ens
S o c ie ty
m e t at
M ig n o n Johanson s Thursday
The d a y 's se h e d u le b e g in w ith
a B ib le c lass at 9 10 a m
fo llo w e d by a p ra y e r m e e tin g
at 11 a m th e n a w a lk in the
w o o d s led by M ig n o n Johan
son
M rs Johansen is a m e m b e r
o f the- P o rtla n d ( h a p te ro f th e
N a tiv e - P la n t
S o c ie t y
ot
O re g o n The s o c ie ty seeks to
h e lp p e o p le le a rn nam es and
id e n tific a tio n o t n a tiv e p la n ts
and to p ro m o te p re s e rv a tio n
The Banks c h u rc h w o m e n
th e n e n io y e d lunc h and fie ld
th e ir
m o n th ly
b u s in e s s
m e e tin g
T a ke G o o d
C a re of
Y o u r C a r!
To k e e p it ru n n in g s m o o th ...
b rin g it to us fo r a c o m p le te
c h e c k u p . W e re to p m e ch a n ics*
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Forest Grove Chevron
2029 Pacific A v e., Forest G rove
M arvin (Sandy) Sondhagen. o w n er