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The IN D E P E N D E N T . June 25. 1987
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Serving th e U p p e r N e h a le m R iver v a lle y
P u blished
m u n th lv o n the hist Ih u rsd a y o f each m o n th by Public
O p in io n la b o ra to ry l t d
12<M) State A venue V e rn o n ia
O K 97064 as a tree new spaper I d ito rs and Publishers
D irk and N o n i Andersen, (SOI, 429 9410
Op in io n
Bacona, a substitute
for Wildwood loss?
I he B d io n a R oad site o n G ree n M o u n t.tin has been
ch ose n to r use as a g a rba ge d u m p to r th e P o rtla n d
M e tr o p o lita n area
I his is n o surprise
A fte r years o t e tto r t and th e e x p e n d itu re o f at least
a m illio n d o lla rs , th e M e tr o p o lita n Services D is tric t
and the sta te D e p a rtm e n t o t I n v iro n m e n t.il Q u a lity
c o u ld n 't at < ept th e b itte r d e te .it th e y s u ffe re d try in g
to p u t th e ir d u m p at W ild w o o d so th e y i hose B ai ona
th e site m ost lik e W ild w o o d a ru ra l, fo re s te d w a te rsh
ed w ith i lean w a te r and air, and best ot a ll, a sm all
p o p u la tio n w ith lit t le p o litic al c lo u t*
There are a c o u p le o f o th e r s im ila ritie s , to o
B ai ona. lik e W ild w o o d , has la n d slid e s b e n e a th the
s u rfa c e
An A p ril re p o rt to ( H 2 M H ill, D I Q s
" te c h n ic a l experts, discusses e xte n sive la n d s lid e s in
th e site area, ( a lls to r m o re s u b s u rfa c e e x p lo ra tio n
a nd w a rns a b o u t slo p e m o v e m e n t
D o n t w o rry it
to o k o n ly fiv e years to teac h M e tro D I
th a t th e sub
surfac e la n d s lid e at W ild w o o d m e a n t th e e a rth ac tu a l
ly m oves In a n o th e r fiv e years th e y m ay m aste r the
e q u a tio n I a n d slid e s e q u a l I a rth M o v e m e n t
B acona, lik e W ild w o o d has tew reside nts w hen
c o m p a re d to th e M e tro area te w yes, b u t a d a m a n t
th a t th e ir w a te r w ill not he p o llu te d , th e ir p ro p e rty
w ill not be* d e s tro y e d , and th e ir life s ty le w ill not disa p
pear u n d e r a m o u n ta in o t garbage
1 here is a n o th e r s im ila rity It takes a great d e a l o t
m o n e y to fig h t c ity h a ll or, in this i ase, to fig h t M e tro
and D f Q W ild w o o d o p p o n e n ts spent a p p ro x im a te ly
$15(),IMH) B a cona o p p o n e n ts need $ tO.CMM) rig h t now
and w ill need m o re d u rin g th e b a ttle to c o m e
In the w o rd s of ( a ro le W in n e r, a S cappoose rest
d en t and W ild w o o d o p p o n e n t
S o m e th in g is te rrib ly
w ro n g w ith th e legislative* and |u d ic ia l processes in
O re g o n w h e n c o m m u n ity o rg a n iz a tio n s and en
v iro n m e n ta h s ts . b a d ly o u tm a tc h e d and o u ttu n d e d ,
m ust d o b a ttle w ith ta x p a y e r tu n d e d agem lex to pre
ve n t garba ge and sewer sludge fro m seeping in to th e ir
d rin k in g w a te r
S o m e th in g is te rrib ly w rong , to o w h e n th e state
agency ch a rg e d w ith p ro te c tin g o u r e n v iro n m e n t
w o rk s so ha rd to p o llu te o u r w a te rsh e d s bee ause
th a t s easier, p o litic a lly , th a n in s is tin g th a t M e tro
d e v e lo p an in te llig e n t system to dispose* o f its w aste
N o w is th e time* to tig h t
I, yo u th in k it s not yo u r
p ro b le m th in k ag a in
H unk a b o u t the* bea uty o f this
area, a b o u t th e h e a lth y livestoc k and crops, a b o u t th e
h u n tin g and fis h in g
I hink a b o u t y o u r c h ild re n and
grandchildren
th e n th in k a b o u t w h a t w a te r p o llu
tio n w ill d o to a ll o t th e m
W e c a n t a ffo rd to lose* o u r c le a n w a te r and we
c an t a ffo rd to let the* sta te shove P o rtla n d s garbage
dow n o u r th ro a ts
¡etween th e
By Sands N im z
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th a n ever
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w ill re ce ive a very o ttic tai
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M any nets title s have been
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A ll you
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to sign up to r his newest b o o k
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and it s a story th a t c o u ld
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loves to read D a n ie lle Steele
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Letters to th e Editor
To the E d ito r:
1 he* state* parks d e p a rtm e n t
is b e a tin g a dead hors«* by
lo o k in g
a g a in ,
at
th e
d e v e lo p m e n t o t th e Banks
V e rn o n ia Linear Park, and by
c o n s id e rin g the* alloc a tio n o f
fu n d s to r another fe a s ib ility
.tudy
Ih e fin d in g s o f sue h a
study w o n t be* m u c h d it
te re n t th a n the fin d in g s ot the
stu dy d o n e in 1976
The
study, as w e ll as the idea o f
the park w ill be m e t w ith
f i t AVY
R IS IS IA N C t
from
p ro p e rty ow ners a lo n g the
ro u te
As tw o o t those p ro p e rty
o w ners w e are re g is te rin g our
o p p o s itio n because o t con
t ern a b o u t p ro p e rty damage*
by those* using the* park le.
v a n d a lis m and tire* hazard
fro m c a m p fire s and sm okers
la n d b o rd e rin g the* park is
p rim a rily
tim b e r
and the*
p o te n tia l tire* h a z a rd is a very
im p o rta n t issue
It a tire
« aused by a park user spread
to o u r p ro p e rty w o u ld the
state* assum e lia b ility fo r tlw*
d am ag e d o n e r
In 1976 th e re were* plans to
fe n c e and deck the ra ilro a d
tre stle s to r hikers and bikers,
while* p ro v id in g gro un d le v e l
crossings to r horses
I his
w o u ld m ean horses crossing
H ig h w a y 47 in at least 1
plac e*s. 2 ot whic h are* at c or
ners w ith m in im u m v is ib ility ,
w h ic h w o u ld c re a te lia b ility
to r the* state* and dan ge r to
m o to ris ts
A lso w o rth n o tin g is th a t
n o, a ll of the* lan d is available*
to r d e v e lo p m e n t Some* p ro
pe*rty ow ners have* reac q u irt'd
th e ir land in c o u rt a fte r the
se am o f the c e n tu ry
w he n
the ra ilro a d p ro p e rty was
sold to the* state SO FAST
th a t p riv a te p ro p e rty ow ners
w e re unaw are o f w h a , was
g o in g on u n til it was to o la te
to d o any th in g a b o u t it even
w he n ,he*v w ere to have the*
firs , rig h t-o f-re fu s a l to the
lan d or th e ir deeds said the
land w o u ld re v e rt to th em
w hen the ra ilro a d was no
lo n g e r in use
The a p p ro p ria tio n and the
s tu d y are* a w aste and w ill
'h o w m uch M O Rf resistance
The* s ta te m ig h t w a n t to
p re p a re
fo r
a n o th e r
grassroots o p p o s itio n move*
m e n , fro m the c itiz e n s o f ( ol
u m b ia and W a s h in g to n coun
ties
Sincerely,
Patricia Cone Ras
Margaret E. Cone
To the Editor:
W e n o lo n g e r liv e in Ver
n om a (b u t s till o w n o u r pro
p e rty ) and are sa dd en ed to
hear o t the* proposed d u m p at
Bac ona D o n , d e la y |o in in
the* fig h t' Send d o n a tio n s ,«>
D D O V F , w rite le tte rs a tte n d
m e e tin g s
W e are 12S m iles
a w a y and w a n , to h e lp
D o n ', t o m e
c r y in g to
a n y o n e if y o u r d rin k in g w ater
b e co m e s ta in te d th an ks to
th e fla k y s o u n d in g
plastic
lin e r "
Y o u 'll p ro b a b ly be
dea d anyhow
N O W is the tim e to ac,
b e fo re V e rn o n ia
becom es
p a rt o f the a rm p it o f O reg on
Sincerely,
David A Dianne Cornog
Puyallup Washington