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State A venue V e rn o n ia ( )K 97(164 as a tree new spaper I d ito rs and Publishers D irk and N o n i Andersen (5 0 1 )4 2 9 9 4 )0 O p in io n 47J board should face Bacona issue I he Vernonia School Board has yet to he hea rd tro m re g a rd in g the p ro p o s e d B.tc on.t la n d fill th o u g h there .ire q u e s tio n s ot le gitim ate- c one e-rn to the d is tric t I vv o ot the* q u e s tio n s arc- W h .it v\ ill h a p p e n to p ro p e rty va lu e s it the d u m p is sited at Bac o n a 1' and V\ 111 H a m ill O b s e rv a to ry he b u ilt 1' I he h o a rd has in d ic a te d they d o n t w a n t to get in y o k e d w ith the clum p a rg u m e n ts because- it s a p o litic a l q u e s tio n , not e d u c a tio n a l D w ig h t ( .r is w o ld c h a irm a n ot the b o a rd o, direc tors in the Banks S ch ool D is tric t te s tifie d at the I n v ir o n iiie n t.il Q u a lity C o m m is s io n h e a tin g in Banks th a t studies show a 10% d e v a lu a tio n in p ro p e rty neat la n d fills I he- Banks and N o rth Plains sch o o l h o a r d s are o p p o s in g the Bac ona d u m p bee ause any dec lin e in p ro p e rty va lu e s m eans ta xp ayers w o u ld have to pay m o re per th o u s a n d d o lla rs ot v a lu a tio n |ust to m a in ta in c u rre n t sch o o l fin a n c in g ( .r is w o ld te s tifie d bec ause* his c one ern to r ta xp ayers and s tu d e n ts re c,uired h im to ac t p o litic al I he ( )reg on 1 d u r a tio n Assoc i.itio n B oard o, Direc tors v o te d to oppose- the d u m p bee ause it w o u ld pre vent the b u ild in g ot H a m ill ( )bse-rvatory w h ic h they c o n sid e r an e-xc itin g educ a tio n a l o p p o rtu n ity Susan W ile oxen a te a ch e r at |e-vve-ll S ch o o l w h o represents ( o lu m b ia I la ,s o p and I illa m o o k ( ounties on ( )l V s B o ard o , D ire c to rs te s tifie d at the- I Q ( h e a rin g bee ause- he-r e one ern to r stu d e n ts re q u ire d her to ac , pc>1 itic al I he sc h o o l b o a rd is p o litic al or m e m b e rs xvouldn , have* to be* e*le*c ,e*d so i, s to o late* to a v o id p o litic s I, s also to o late* to a v o id the- d u m p issue- It s time- to study the- issue*, take* a stand make- y o u r stand p u b lic and be- p o litic a l because o t your c one e-rn to r e-duc a , i o n King earns thanks I he- ( o m m u m ty H e a lth I air has been a p o s itiv e a c tiv ity w ith m any segm ents ot the* c o m m u n ity helping make- it su cce ssfu l lin e * person, h o w e ve r h.is be*en the- sp<*arbe*acl to r this e n d e a v o r M arsh a K in g As h e a lth te a c h e r at V e rn o n ia H ig h K in g c o u ld have- been s a tis ,le d to sim p ly d o her daytim e* |o b In ste a d she p u t in m any extra hours m a k in g phone* ca lls, w r it in g le tt e r s o r g a n iz in g w o r k in g w it h v o lu n te e rs , and d o in g w h a te v e r was nee ded to provide* th is se rvice to th e c o m m u n ity K in g w ill be* le a v in g V e rn o n ia at th e e nd o f the s c h o o l year, b u t she's le a v in g b e h in d a tine* le gacy, a n d .in o rg a n iz a tio n so o th e rs can con tin u e the* e ffo rt W e* pis, w a n , to say M a rsh a K ing th a n k y o u ' L e tte rs t o th e E d ito r /he- fo //o w m g fw o letters were sent to the- I ns iro n m e n t j l Q u a lity C om m issio n w h ic h asked to r c o m m e n t reftardinn H a c o n j R oad as a p o ssib le d u m p lo r the M e tro p o lita n Sery ic c-s D is tn r t Dear I nvironm ental Q u ality C ommission, I irst le, mt* say I am no, mac) at I) t (.) They had the im p o s s ib le task o t s itin g a d u m p in o n ly one- year, w hit h im p lie s th a t they had to rely on the fa ta lly fla w e d studies already on hand I ha, said I w o u ld lik e to c o m p la in a b o u t the th re e tin a l sites chosen lo w m e d iu m or high none- ssould p ro v id e a p e rm a n e n t solu tio n lo w Ramsey Lake w in c h w o u ld p ro b a b ly n o, pass I nv iro n n n -n ,a l Im p a c t S tu d y because ot th e w e tla n d s w o u ld have* trie d to )iu , a p la s tic b a g w ith m eg ato n s o t garbage* in a sw am p M e d iu m , W ild w o o d since and r ig h t,u lly d ro p p e d w o u ld have- trie d to p u , it on an u n s ta b le slope* H igh Bac ona w h ic h w o u ld p u , a ll th a t p o te n tia l p o llu tio n a t the* h ea dw aters o f tw o m a, or riv ers Now as anyone- w h o has c arrie-d a plastic sac k o , gar bage fro m the- k itc h e n to the- can know s plastic sac ks le ak some-times the-y b re a k ' W hen m in e breaks. I clean it u p a new sac k pic k u p the* te-n p ou nd s sw eep m o,) W hen yours breaks y o u c a nn o, p u k up the- hunc,re*ds o , m illio n s o t p ou nd s N o b o d y in his rig h t m in d expects a plastic lin e r to last foreve r N ob od y in his rig h t m in d even th in k s it c an be- pate bed I have read th e b lith e s,a,e-m en,s a b o u t a leac hate w a rn in g system W h e n the a la rm goes o ff b ee p beep. re d lig h t f la s h in g I t AC H A 11 1 w ha t are- we* g o in g to do? Rush in a I ) 9. flush 21) m illio n tons o t ro , tm g garbage* o u , o f the- w ay, patc h the- leak and flush it al I back a g a in '1 Maybe* we- have a radar direc ted nii-e hanic al mole- w h ic h digs u n d e r the- fiile and s q u ir t s s e lf h arde nin g liq u id patc hr No, my trie-nds w he n the a la rm goes o tt whoe-ve-r is in c harge w ill do the- o nly th in g he- can do, tu rn o ff the a la rm and go bac k to sleep I here are- a lte rn a tiv e s I alk to ( o lu m b ia C o u n ty a b o u t a b u rn e r ta lk to Waste- M a n a g e m e n t a n d o th e rs a b o u t tra n s p o rtin g it to a site w h e re th e r a in fa ll is m easured in inches, ra th e r th an yards B etw een us, yo u and me and a c o u p le o f m illio n o th e r Ore-gomans we- sh ou ld be able- to solve this p ro b le m ra th e r than b u ry in g it , ra /ie r Rohm, P h D Vernonia I o The O .I.Q .C .: I have* serious co nce rn s w ith the- c-ttects o f a la n d fill in the- Bac ona R o.id area, and b e lie v e 1)1 Q and I Q ( sh ou ld and d o have s im ila r c one e-rns I he-re- fo llo w s an outline* o, some- th o u g h ts re g a rd in g the- im p a c t o , a k in d ,ill in our area ,) I he- area p o te n tia lly at tee ted by the- p ro p o se d lan d t ill is n o, in the- M S 1) nor by o u r c hcnc e* u n d e r I) t Q th is sh o u ld n o, even give M S I) th e rig h t to d u m p in o u r area 2) W ith o u t D I Q c o n tro l (i e- no vehic le e m is s io n in s p e c tio n ) we* have c le a n air and o,he*r hig h q u a lity e n v i r o n m e n t a l c o n d it io n s , c lo se r to P o rtla n d th a n any o th e r u sable to r a high te ch o b s e rv a to ry H e lp us preserve n o , ru in th a , e n vironment' t) the- H a m ill Obse-rvatory can have- te c h n ic a l im p act th a , w ill enhanc e our k n o w le d g e o f the- ent ire- w o rld If the la n d fill is ap p ro v e d , w e II have- n o obse-r v a to ry 4) O u r w a te r she*d areas are- a lre a d y fra g ile , but are lie-ing c o n s ta n tly reco n stru ct e-d (replanted ) I, this h in d till is p e rm itte d , w e w ill un d o u b te d ly never reco ver the in vo lve d w atershed (s| 5) I, is tim e I Q ( and [) t Q lo o k e d at d isp osa l ot garbage- by m eans othe-r than la n d ,ills O th e r less e-n v ir o n m e n t a lly h a rm fu l m e th o d s a te c u r r e n tly available* a nd in use- N o mat ter w h a , it is c a ile d a garbage- d u m p is s till a garbage- d um p w ith a ll the- t ilt h and disease- rid d e n side e ffe c ,s a n d othe-r d a m a g in g effec ts o nly some- o f yshic h have- be-e-n m e n tio n e-d here* M a rio n D. Peterson Vernonia Io fhe I di tor: If we are- so concerned a b o u t h a v in g a d u m p <>n B acona Road te ll me- why so muc h garbage- is d u m p e d on H w y 47 S u rely it is no, all to u ris ts and o u t-o f tow ners th a , p u t i, th e re I, takes very little- e ffo rt to keep your garbage in your c ar and dispose of i, when you reach your d e stinatio n N ow th a , some- e ffo r t has be-e-n m a d e to e lean u p Hwy 47 and the c ity streets, le, us ke ep i, th a , way How our to w n lo o k s re-tlec ts the at , iftid e o f a ll o f us lake- p ride in V e rn o n ia yo u liv e here Rebecca |ensen Age ,2 Vernonia More le,tiers on Page 18 -
