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INDEPENDENT Serving th«» U p p e r N e h a le m R iver v a lle y P u blished m o n th ly on the last Thursday of eac h m o n th by Public O p in io n la b o r a to r y L td . 1206 State A ve n u e V e rn o n ia OR 97064 as a fre e new spa pe r I d ito rs and Publishers D irk and N o n i A ndersen (SOt) 429 9410 - O p i n i o n _____ Procedural change is urgently needed ( )nc «• «ig.no p e o p le try in g to sta rt .1 business in \ or n o n i.i have been p u t th ro u g h m in e r ess,iry tra v a il her ause o t in a d e q u a te o r inr o rre t t e x p la n a tio n s , and her ause ot .1 p o o rly w r itte n o rth n .in r e I itid .i D avies a p p lie d to r <1 business hr ens«- to o p e n Bur kskm er s T rading Post a nd was to ld «it c ity h a ll th .it n o th in g else was nee ded I o rtu n a te ly she fo u n d o u t b e fo re to o n u n h tim e h a d gone by th a t she also nee ded «1 v a ria n c e fro m th e o tts tre e t p a rk in g or th n .in r e I he .ip p lit a tio n to r v a ria n t e has been m a d e and it s h o u ld be a p p ro v e d w ith o u t d if f ic u lt y But tw o p ro b le n is re m a in ( )ne is th .1, she sh o u ld have been to ld o t the re q u ire m e n , in th e firs t p la t e P e ople askin g to r rhrer tio n s or in fo r m a tio n fro m < ity h a ll expet t r o rre t t rhrer tio n s or in fo rm a tio n , it sh o u ld hr* a u to m a tic I he set o n d p ro b le m is th e o rth n .in r e its e lf \ \ b ile it w as in te n d e d to a ve rt «ir lr litio n .il p .irk in g p ro b le m s in th e business area, it has in ste a d h e r o in e «111 a u to m a tir $ 2 r> te e p ro g ra m to r the r ity beca u se .ill new businesses in the d o w n to w n area m ust a p p ly to r the v a ria n t e I «1st O c to b e r th e p i,in n in g c o m m is s io n c o m m itte d its e lf to re v is in g the fo rm s used to r business lit ense a n ti b u ild in g p e rm it a p p lit a tio n s I o d a te , o ne ret orn m e n d u t io n to r r h.ing e has gone to th e t o un r il I he p i,m n e rs h a ve a lso ta lk e d a b o u t re v ie w in g th e o tts tre e t p ,irk in g o rth n .in r e to set* it it r o u ld som ehow be s tre a m lin e d in o rtle r to p re v e n t u n n e t essary d e la ys to businesses th .it w o u ld ret f iv e th e v a ria n c e a lm o s t a u to m a tir ally I ha, s a lit t le to u g h e r, b u t needs the a tte n tio n I hr* p la n n in g to m m ts s io n has been w o rk in g on som e p ro b le m s and w e have a p p la u d e d th e ir e ffo rts , bu, 1, s tim e the re s is t'd fo rm s w e re p re se n te d to the r ounr il w ith o u t fu rth e r delay Odd, but effective I, may so u n d strange ,0 a d o p t ,1 pier e o , the lake, b u , th a t s w h a t s h a p p e n in g in V e rn o n ia , and th a t stra n g e b e h a v io r w ill b e n e fit e v e ry o n e w h o e n |o ys th e la k e w h e th e r that e n jo y m e n t r tim e s fro m fis h in g in it w a lk in g a ro u n d 1, or ju st lo o k in g at 1, 1 h ou gh a n yo n e t .in a d o p t a p ie ce 0 , th e la ke the a d o p tio n requires a c c e p tin g re s p o n s ib ility to c o n tro l b la t k b e rrii's and o th e r u n d e s ira b le g ro w th p it k up lit te r and g e n e ra lly m a ke y o u r a d o p te d s p a re a plea san, spot to r p e o p le o t a ll ages I he Isa at W a lto n I eague c leserv es th a n k s to r start in g th e a c tio n and a ll those w h o v e ac r e p te d th e < h a lle n g e a lso deserve th a n ks W hen \ e rn o n ia I ake is d iv id e d in to SO 200 section s it takes a Io, o t a d o p tiv e p a re n ts to go a ll the wav a ro u n d Letters to the Editor I o the I d i,o r: M y w ife Sharon, and I liv ed in V e rn o n ia fro m 1976 un til O r tu b e r o t 1986 W e have fa m ily and frie n d s th ere and have te n d («'.'lings to r the <1 ty W e w ere b o th Police' ot tite r s in V e rn o n ia and I serv ed as ( h ie , ot P o lite also A lte r re a d in g the te b ru a ry 2 6 ,h issue 0 , I tie I M ) | P| N I M S I I d e rid e d th a t 1, is.is tim e ,0 speak o u t a b o u t the PollC e t ar m a tte r I irst I is on Id tike to say th a t the p e o p le ot V e rn o n ia are fin a lly g e ttin g w h a t they deserve a < ity . o u n r il ,Li.«t is w o rk in g to r the g o o d o t the ( ity I, loo ks lik<* the G o o d o l boy system is fin a lly gone At least th e re is a lo t less t e r t ili/ e r le tt on the ( ity H a ll f lo o r a ,te r c o u n c il m ee ting s Set o nd I is o u ld lik e to r a ll a tte n tio n to a s ta te m e n t q u o tin g fo rm e r C o u n c ilm a n |o e b a tty b e fo re Phil took over b a tty said our vehi cl»' ro s ts and m a in te n a rn e is ere p a th e ti. 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M a rc h 14th I hank yo u. ,00. ,0 V e rn o n ia M a rk e t Place fo r ta k in g ca re o f a ll o u r cans th a , w e re tu rn e d in th e e n th u s ia s m an<1 d on a ,10ns w ere g re a t* Several fa m ilie s e v e n d o n a te d cash w h e n th e y had no cans ,0 d o n a te ' 1 his k in d o t s u p p o rt m akes "s m a ll to w n a, mospher»« tu n and ex. d in g ' W e w ere a b le to < o lle c , $235 d u rin g o u r th re e h o u r e, fo r, This m o n e y w ill go to w a r d s p u r c h a s in g th e aw ards n e e de d a t o u r m on th ly Pa. k M e e tin g s to r the boys th a t e arn th .-m A gain U tA S tv Y O U !! 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