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lo o k in g .it the S u m m ary R eport, the D e p a rtm e n t
o f I n v iro n m e n t.il Q u a lity s response to p ub lic c o n i
m e rits at the D f Q h e a rin g in hanks c o n c e rn in g the
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w o rd s b u t sang th e s a m e t u n e
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< erns only re p e titio n o t I )l Q 's s ta in e th a t they know
it a ll and a n yo n e q u e s tio n in g th e ir d a ta is in s u tte ia b ly
s tu p id
I hey even < ite d one ot th e ir o w n W ild w o o d
studies as an e x p e rt re fe re n c e
w ith o u t m e n tio n in g
the $1 m illio n w a ste d by M e tr o p o lita n Services
D is tric t and D I Q d u rin g 7 years o t study
yvasted
bee ause th e ir e xp e rt stu d ie s were* fa ta lly tlaysed and
they fin a lly had to sto p try in g to p u t a la n d f ill o n an
ac tiy e la n d s lid e ’
I hat $ I m illio n was tax m on e y th a t c o u Id have b e e n
p u t to b e tte r use it some* o f the o v e rg ro w n egos at
D I Q a n ti M S I) h.td n t in te rfe re d w ith c o m m o n sense
I hat same* e g o tis m c re a te d o n e re a lly in te re s tin g
s e c tio n in the* Sum m ary R e port h o w e v e r
In d e fe n
d in g them selve s fro m a charge* th a t th e le a c h a te p ro
je t tio n m o d e l was inc o r r e t , bee ause it chdn t inc h id e
c ale illa tio n s ot snow m e lt, the* D I Q said
I he* p o in t made* re la tiv e to ac c o u n tin g to r snow ac
c u m u la tio n and snoyy m e lt does n o t apply to the*
a n a ly s is Because* d a t.i w e re
u n a v a ila b le *
I In*
a verag e m o n th ly te m p e ra tu re to r P o rtla n d and the
a v e r.ig e prec ip ita tio n va lu e s fo r A s to ria w e re used
I he (c o m p u te r) p ro g ra m as,sûmes p r e c ip ita tio n to be*
snoyy only yvhere the* a m b ie n t te m p e ra tu re is below
freezing (32 deg I ) N o n e ot the* te m p e ra tu re s (in
th e p ro g ra m ) are b e lo w fre e z in g , th e re fo re the m o d e l
d id n o t rec ogm /c* snow a c c u m u la tio n the lo w e st
m ean te m p e r,itu re (used) was <8 1 deg I to r la n u a ry
1 hus. snow ac c u m u la tio n d id not e n te r in to the* c om
p u ta tio n s "
So now w e know the* leac h a te pro|ec tio n m o d e l is
c o rre c t
as lo n g as it doesn t snoyy on G ree n M o u n
ta in , as lo n g as the r a in fa ll th e re d o e s n 't exceed
A s to ria 's , and as lo n g as it neve r gets any c o ld e r th a n
P o rtla n d
T ha t's som e m o d e l’
Mistaken identity
A lis t o f the people* w h o
m g in Banks is p rin te d at
R e p o rt m e n tio n e d a b o ve
p e o p le w h o te s tifie d , b u t
te s tifie d at th e D I Q hear
th e end o t The S u m m ary
This w rite r was one* o t the
was id e n tifie d as " lo n m e
A n d e rso n ”
As m u c h as I a p p re c ia te the c o m p lim e n t, few p e o
p le w o u ld c o n fu s e m e w ith the* gorgeous ac tress a fte r
a ll. I d o n 't have b lo n d h a ir
Noni Andersen
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Between th e Bookends
By Sandy N im /
Summer is almost here-’
It s hard to b e lie v e th a t
a n o th e r school year is co m
ing to a close
I his is a very
im p o rta n t lin n - to keep yo ut
y o u n g reader reacting
We
w ill he h a vin g a sum m er
r e a d in g p ro g ra m
at the*
lib ra ry
It anyo ne in the p ro
gram reads 1(1 hoo ks or more*
he ss 111 re ce ive a c e rtific a te
fro m
C o v e rn o r
N e il
G o ld s c h m i d t
and
s ta te
S u p e rin te n d e n t o t Si h o o l
V e rne I )unc an
Story tim e to r c h ild re n 15
years o ld is a w o n d e rfu l sue
cess y \e are a serag ing 20 lit
t ie b od ie s e a c h W ednesday
m o rn in g
It's re a lly me e to
see so m any yo u n g h oo k
losers
I w ill be sta rtin g a story
time* to r o ld e r c h ild re n . 6 and
up on THURSDAYS A t 4
P M in June W e II sta rt w ith
a good c lassie and hope to
fin is h it this su m m e r'
Parents, check w ith me* to r
a list o t good hoo ks fo r in
dep en de nt sum m er reading
Some new and e x c itin g
title s are D a n ie lle Steele's
line* things
to rn C la n cy's
H un t to r Red O c to b e r
Stephen k in g s 1 he t yes ot
th e
D ra g o n
and
D ea n
K o o n tz s
W atchers
W i
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to b u ild Your Dec k or Patio
hooks,
and
m any
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ro m a n c e n ovels, ju s t about
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y o u r s u m m e r o ff rig h t
M a n y have* asked to have
th e lib ra ry hou rs in the* paper
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I o the I d ito r:
I he m em be rs o t the M isty
M e a d o w s 411 Horse* ( luh
w o u ld lik e to th an k our
paren ts and m em bers o t the
R id g e
R id e rs w h o h a v e
h e lp e d in r e d o in g the horse
arena at A nderson Park
W e w o u ld a lso like* to
th a n k a ll w h o hast* d o n a te d
new sp a tte rs to r the* fu n
draw ers also
Sincerely,
Preston Gibson. Reporter
Misty Meadows
4H Horse Club
To the Editor:
C itiz e n s o t V e rn o n ia
be
p ro u d o t y o u rs e lv e s '
Y our
show o f c o m m u n ity s p irit at
the A p ril 21 Bacona D u m p
te s tim o n y and hearing in
Banks was se nsa tion al
D D O V l w an ts to express
its apprec la tio n to r y o u r sup
p o rt and y o u r c o n trib u tio n s
The stru g g le is n ot ye t over,
th o u g h
W e are S12.000 in
the red. and if th e Bacona site
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d e c la re d . w h ic h w ill cost ad
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Rotana Sherman, President
Vernonia
To the I ditor:
I w o u ld lik e to ta ke th is o p
p o rtu n ity to th an k |im and
C athy M o rris o n to r the tan
tastic |ob they d id m o rg a n iz
ing a w ork p a rty fo r the little
league park
th e ir tre m e n
dous e ffo rt has p u t the park
very near c o m p le tio n , and
they are c o n tin u in g th e ir e f
fo rts to fin is h the fie ld s
I he w o rk these p e o p le p u t
fo rth has saved th e c ity m any
thousands o f d o lla rs , and w ill
a llo w m any lo c a l yo u th s to
e n io y b ase ba ll th is season
thanks again tor a tremen
dous effort
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