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Vol. 2, No. 1
“ Voice of the upper Nehalem River Valley"
January 29, 1987
Bill Hawkins, Dorothy Yadon
receive top citizen awards
Sm iles la u g h te r and w a rm
a p p la u s e p u n i tu a te d
th e
e v e n in g .it the \e r n o m a Area
( ham her
ot
( o m m e rt e
A w a rd s B a n q u e t h e ld on
I a n u a ry
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as
e ig h t
v o lu n te e rs w ere h o n o re d to r
th e ir e tto rts on b e h a lf o l the
I « im m u n ity
B ill H a w k in s a nd D o ro th y
Y a do n w in e s e le c te d as Stan
and W o m a n o t the Year tor
1‘ W , and re c e iv e d sta n d in g
o v a tio n s fro m th e m o re th a n
(41 p e o p le w h o a tte n d e d the
«•vent at M asonic H a ll
H a w k in s was s e le c te d to r
h is t o m m it m e n t
to
th e
d e v e lo p m e n t o t rec re a tio n a l
a c tiv itie s to r area n w id e n ts
and espec tally to r his w o rk in
re fu rb is h in g the1 little lea gu e
h a ll park
Y adon p re s id e n t and one
o t th«1 in itia l s u p p o rte rs o l
V e rn o n ia < ares was p ic k e d
to r her e tto rts on h e h a lt o t
needy p e o p le in the ar«'a
( tth e rs n o m in a te d to r th en
c o n trib u tio n s to th«' ( (»111
H e n ry
m u n it y
in c lu d e d
A m U 'iegg Sue l avin«'« • Janet
C rr
Hom an
Ray Pelster
trucie Sc Italo« k and Agnes
W uest
As N o m Andersen n '.III the
reasons to r ear h n o m in a tio n
th«- n om in e es cam«' to rw a rd
and rec e ive d a ( e rtitu at«' o l
Apprt-c i.itio n tro m ( ham her
P resident I red K lin g e r I hen
m the m id d le o t the p ro g ra m
as it to e m p h a s iz e the reason
to r the e ve n t th«' « i l \ tin -
s ire n
sounded
and
to u r
v o lu n te e r t n e t ighters rushed
o u t le a vin g th e ir d in n e rs to
get < o ld
A lte r p re s e n ta tio n o t the
a w a rd s
to
H a w k in s
and
Y a do n
th e
W est
H i ll s
( ha p t «• r o t
th e
S w e rt
A d e lin e s e n te r t a in e d th e
c ro w d w ith a p ro g ra m ot
b a rb e r shop harm ony and
show tunes
B ill H a w kin s and D orothy Yadon were se le cte d as Man and
W om an of the Year for 1986. at the V ernonia Area (h a m b e r
of C om m erce A w ards B anquet
Bacona dump site
meeting scheduled
I he Departm «>nt o t I n
v iro n m e n ta l Q u a lity
w h ic h
has p ic k e d th«‘ to p o t G reen
M o u n ta in as a p o te n tia l lan d
t i l l site to r th«' P o rtla n d
m e tro p o lita n area has set an
o p e n house fo r Ih u rsd a y
Ie b ru a ry
12 a t
B u x to n
Sc h o o l to share in fo rm a tio n
about
th e
s ite s
N e ig h b o r h o o d
P ro te c l io n
P la n
B ille d
as a n in f o r m a l
m«'«'ting not a p u b lic h e a rin g
in te re s te d p e o p le m ay a th 'iid
at any tun«- tro m 6 to 9 p m
D 1 Q says they w ill share in
fo r m a tio n a b o u t p o te n tia l
p ro b le m s re s u ltin g tro m a
la n d fill and disc uss th«* range
o t measures a v a ila b le to
sa fe g u a rd b o th site and com
m u n ity
Ih e ir in v ita tio n also
says they w iil hay«- s ta ff and
c o n s u lt a n ts
a v a ila b le
to
disc uss the sit«- and answ er
q u e s tio n s
( Generally re fe rre d to as the
Bac ona d u m p site th«' loc a
tio n is c o n tro v e rs i.il to r m any
reasons I he la n d fill area sits
at th«* to,* o t G ree n M o u n ta in ,
and w o u ld be reac tied by
tru c k s
t r a v e 11 n g
tro m
P o rtla n d via H ig h w a y 2b to
H igh w a y 47, th e n c e to H ot
m an n R oad at H ig h w a y 47
and lo p h ill th e n 7 m ile s east
to th«' site
Green M o u n ta in is th»'
w a te rsh e d to r P«*bbie c re«'k
and Beaver ( r«'ek b o th o f
whic h d ra in in to th e N e h a li'in
K i v e r as w e l l as t o r
trib u ta rie s o t th«- lu a la tin
K i v e r
and
m any
a re a
See page 20
N o m in e es for M an or W om an of the Year in c lu d e d (L R|
Front row, G ertrude
S chalock A gnes W uest and Sue C avinee Back Row Ray P elster Henry Anderegq
and Janet H om an
INSIDE
How has Vernonia's clean up cam paign fared?
See pages 6 &