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The IN D E P E N D E N T . A p ril 30, 1987
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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
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