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Pag« 2. February 26, 1987
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O p i n i o n _____
Whose democracy
is more important?
On«* d e fin itio n ot d e m o t ra t y is tb .it it is a p o litic al
system whereun th e m a jo rity c an im p o se th e ir w ill
u p o n th e m in o rity
U sing th is d e fin itio n , w<* have a la rge p o p u la tio n in
the P o rtla n d m et r o jio liti.in area seeking to d u m p th e ir
garbage, dem oc ratic a lly o f course, u p o n a m in o rity
liv in g in n o rth w e s t W a s h in g to n and so u th w e st ( .o lu m
bid C o u n tie s
The m a jo rity to fie c o n s id e re d in th is in s ta n c e
sh o u ld he the m a jo rity o l those liv in g m th e area th a t
w o u ld he aft«*« ted b y a garbage d u m p ra th e r th a n a
m a jo rity liv in g in the re g io n or state*
D T Q has c a r e fu lly orc hestrat«*d th e show by
d e v e lo jn n g a PR p ro g ra m d«*sign«*d to o v e rw h e lm any
c o m p l.lin ts tears a nd a n xie tie s a m o n g the in d ig e n o u s
p o p u !? f io n in the v ic in ity ot the B a cona site
I hey
hav«*n t provid«*d answ ers to s ig n ific a n t q u e s tio n s
O t th e spec ious response's th e y have p ro v id e d ,
m a n y .ire* h y jio th e tic .il, some* are* p a te n tly c o n tra d ic
to ry. som e are* d o w n rig h t false* and eat h q u e s tio n
and answ er session ends w ith the* disc la im e r
( )t
course, yve can t guarant«*«* t h a t '"
Q u e s tio n s a b o u t a ir and w a te r p o llu tio n , tire* p ro
t«*< tio n , d is p o s itio n o t le a c h a te , tra ffic c o n g e s tio n ,
and re ro u tin g o f garbage* transt«*r tru c k s th ro u g h V er
nom a (h irin g emergene les on H w y 26 o r the* low e*r jio r
t ion o t H w y -1 , are a ll sign it i< a n t I hey re q u ire s ig n if i
e ant answ«*rs and sine «• n o sue h ansvsers are* fo rth « o m
mg. w e m ust assume* the* que*stions are u n a n s w e ra b le
and the* PR p ro g ra m is d«*sign«*d to lu ll o u r t«*ars and
d u ll o u r m e n ta litie s
I he* selec tio n ot the* Ba« ona site, at 11»,X) 1«(X> fe e t
a b o v e sea le ve l on G re e n M o u n ta in , has n«*gated any
a p p e a ra n c e ot o b je c tiv ity on D T Q s p a rt
I hey o b ­
v io u s ly fa v o r e x p e d ie n c y . i t * . th e best site is th e one
th a t arouses th e s m a lle s t n u m e ric a l pr«>test. k n o w in g
fu ll w e ll th a t rem o ten ess in its e lf, is a to ta lly m ade
(ju a te « rite rio n to r sue h a e hoi« e
Ib is, « o u p le d w ith th e rid ic u lo u s
o p tio n s
th .it
D I <2 p re te n d s are* answers
h u t w h ic h o ffe r no
guarantees, is a b s u rd A d d itio n a lly the* m e tr o p o lita n
areas ha ve m ade litt le e tto r , to reduce* th«*ir garbag«*
v o lu m e th o u g h th e ir rhetori« a b o u t waste* strea m
redue tio n < o u ld g e n e ra te a w in d s to rm
H o w e v e r sim p listic the* s o lu tio n may fie tht* m .q o ri
tv in th e M e tr o p o lita n S ervices D is tr ic t n o d o u b t
w o u ld fe*e*l it (juite* di*moe ratie to v o te u n a n im o u s ly to
d u m p th e ir g a rba ge in o u r « o m m u m ty A tte r a ll they
have* s o m a n y vot«*s a nd there* are so le*w vo te rs in th is
re m o te area
D f (2 fe e ls the* s a m e w a v
Q UOTE O F THE M ONTH
W e A ll W in
A s I he ( ire g o m a n e d ito rs w ro te .
I he* losers' (tho se u n h a p p y a b o u t the*
tm a l site* lo c a le ) w ill he* w inners, w h en the d u m p e v e n tu a lly w ill he fille d ,
fo r 1)1 Q is p ro p o s in g to leave the* site b e tte r th a n it fo u n d it Som e com
m u n ity may fin d itse lf w ith a new park, o r g o lf course, o r som e o th e r c o n i
m u n ity a m e n ity "
(f rom I ) f Q s th ird la n d fill re*jiort )
Letters to the Editor
To The* I d ito r:
I m w ritin g th e le tte r to
«.<11 a tte n tio n to a ve*ry v is ib le
p ro b le m that se*e*ms to have
be*en ig n o re d bv o u r < ounty
and < ity
I very tim e I d riv e to or
tro m V e rn o n ia I am appallc*d
by the* a m o u n t o t garbage
a lo n g H w y 47 I've* notie ed it
m a in ly consists o t fast fo o d
b e v e ra g e and to o d to n
tam ers I here are some*time*s
a tew b o ttle s or a lu m in u m
( ans b u t they are* usually
pic ked u j) and tu rn e d in tor
the* d e p o s it re fu n d
M y q u e s tio n is why w on t
p e o p le use garbage e ans*
« an l they w a it u n til they get
home* to dis,lose* ot th e ir gar
bage'
W h a t can we. as a to m
m u n ity d o a b o u t (his pro
b le m '
D o n , p e o p le re a liz e how
this re fle c ts on th e m .is in
div 'd u a ls ' It say s to the « om
m u n ity
W e d on t ear»«
a b o u t the e n v iro n m e n t or the
a p p e a ra n c e
of
our
highw ay s
W e need to fin d a s o lu tio n
to this p ro b le m and fast*
M ary Sohler
V e m o n ia
To the E d ito r:
I w o u ld like* to express my
thanks to a ll w h o w o rk e d so
hard on o u r las, sc h o o l p la y
H was g re a t1 You show ed us
again jus, how great you can
be* I, is so re w a rd in g ,o see
students in v o k e d w ith extra
c u rric u la r a c tiv itie s , w o rk in g
three tim e s as hard to ,d |
their
double* roles
P arental
su pp ort was super
C on­
g ra tu la tio n s on a jo b w e ll
done!
I w o u ld also lik e to thank
the* students w h o m ade the*
( as, p a rty at o u r house a
w o n d e rfu l experience
I
w o u ld be* p ro u d to w o rk w ith
vou again
G o o d lu c k on
y o u r next produc tio n
1 he* p e o p le w h o w e re
u n a b le to a tte n d re a lly miss
e*d an e n jo y a b le e ven in g
Sincerely,
( athy Crabtree
To The ( ditor:
19«6 was a very e x c itin g
and sue < essful y e a r to r the
W o m e n 's R esource C en te r o t
( o lu m b ia ( o u n ty O u r a g e n ­
cy rect'ived o ve r 1100 crisis
c a lls and w alk ms, and served
,S(K) w o m e n c h ild re n and
m en n e e d in g assistance* in
fo rm a tio n anchor refe rra ls
A lo n g
w it h
o p e r a tin g a
24 h o u r crisis line. \ \ K( p ro
s id e d c o u n s e lin g transport.»
tio n and sate* housing, we also
re fe rre d e liernts to ,»rotes
sio n a l c o u n s e lin g , m e d ica l
leg al and , inane tai aid
O u r Speakers Bureau has
spoken to more* th a n 10« Ml in
d iv id u a ls in ( o lu m b ia ( ounty
e o m n iu m ,ic s . o rg a n iz a tio n s
sch oo ls anti businesses We
have* sueeesstul ( h ild Assault
P r e v e n t io n
P ro g ra m
to r
p re s c h o o le rs and an active*
C o u rt W a tc h p ro g ra m w h u h
is
s ta ffe d
by
t r a in e d
v o lu n te e rs tro m W R (
Dor
mg 198«>, th e c e n te r bad 8 164
d o n a te d v o lu n te e r hours
W R C 's v o lu n te e rs , b oa rd o,
direc to rs and s ta ff w o u ld like
,o th a n k a ll o f th e o rg a n i/a
tio n s and in d iv id u a ls w ho
have c o n tr ib u te d th e ir tim e
e ne rg y and o th e r resourc es to
b e n e fit
th e
W om en s
Re-source* C e n te r
W e look
fo rw a rd to ju o v id in g c on,m u
mg services to the* residents
o t ( o lu m b ia ( o u n ty
Sincerely
Patricia A. Anderson
V o lu n teer Coordinator