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P a g e 1 The INDEPENDENT,' August '¿7. <987 ne INDEPENDENT 'se ising the U pp er N eh ale m R iver v a lle y P u blish ed m o n th ly on the List Ih u rsd .iy o f e .u h m o n th by Public O p in io n I a b o ra to ry l t d 1206 State A venue V e rn o n ia < )R ‘ I llti-t as .1 tree new spaper I d ito rs anti Publishers D irk and N o n i Andersen, (501) 429 *M10 Opinion Methods of some shameful to others A tle t tsion was m a d e th is m o n th th .it has p o te n tia l m ip a t t on th e V e rn o n ia area 1 he de< ision was t.u rlv sim p le w h e th e r to tnt h id e or ext lo d e the sta te o w n e d ra ilro a d rig h t ot w a y fro m V e rn o n ia to M a n n in g to r study as a h ikin g , b it yt lin g and e q u e s tria n tra il in the sta te park system I he S tate Parks D iv is io n has $2(M) th o u sa n d to r sut h studie s and m ore th a n d o u b le th a t a m o u n t has been re q u e ste d I h o u g h th e re w e re o th e r far tors the s ta te s d e c i ston w as based in p a rt, on p e ri e iv e d s u p p o rt and or o p p o s itio n Ib is is yvh.it w e w a n t to address B o th p ro p o n e n ts and o p p o n e n ts ot any at tio n have th«“ rig h t and perhaps the o b lig a tio n to m a ke g o ve rn m e rit a w a re o f th e ir fe e lin g s An e xa m p le o t g o o d o p p o s itio n is the w o rk being d o n e by o p p o n e n ts o t the Bar ona d u m p I hey are ru ra l and sm a ll to w n c iti/e n s w h o a ie lig h tin g a state agent y th a t has super sitin g p o w e r and nearly u n lim ite d fu n d s 1 hey are also lig h tin g a m e tro p o lita n area w ith e n o u g h p o p u la tio n and m oney to m a ke the o p p o n e n ts appear p o s itiv e ly I illip u tia n Net they ate lig h tin g the d u m p w ith o rg a n iz a tio n using legal t halle nges legal d e m o n s tra tio n s edu< a tio n a m i h e ig h te n e d p u b lic aw areness as th e ir w e apon s O p p o s itio n to the lin e a r park study to o k fo rm in som e w ays th a t w ere not so t o m m e n d a h le Som e o f the o p p o n e n ts th re a te n e d an et o n o m it h o y io t t ot lot al in e rt bants it they s u p p o rte d the study I he p e o p le w h o m a d e the th re a ts are er o n o m it a lly set ure I hey are a ls o a w a re o t the fra g ile e co n o m ic base tit this t o m m u n ity a n ti they know the m e rch a n ts are v u ln e ra b le I here are m any way s to o p p o se an at tio n ( )ne o f the m ost despn a b le is b la t k m a il a n ti this was b l.it k m .ill, c o e rt io n by th re a ts S ow it has been suggested, those sam e p e o p le t an go to th e m e n bants they ve alre a d y s u c c e s s fu lly in tim id .ite tl a n ti te ll th e m ft» sto p a d v e rtis in g in I he IS D I I’ l N D I S I \ \ hat w t»u It I be th e re s u lts / I here w o u ld be nt> news a b o u t 4 11 scouts, c ity c o u n t il, b irth s a n ti dea ths e le t tr it rates, t h a m b e r t i t t o m m e rt e. t o u n ty fa ir, y o u th b a s e b a ll Boosters, g o lt, lib ra ry Bat ona, n u isant e a b a te m e n t p re sch o o l, se n io r c itiz e n s , c o m m u n ity h e a lth , sch o o l b o a rd , h o n o r students. At S la m b o re e . c o u n ty g o v e rn m e n t, si b o o l plays, t h u rt h at tiv itie s , etc A nti th e re w o u ld be no p la t e to a d v e rtis e W e u rg e those lin e a r pa rk o p p o n e n ts w h o are ap p a lle d by sue h ta i tit s to speak o u t a g a inst the b la t k m a ile rs , or a c c e p t the risk o t b e in g ta rre d w ith th e sam e brush B etw een th e Bookends By Sandy 1 ihrarian N im z , C ity I have been to ld many tim e s th a t t hange is g oo d So w ith th a t in th»- h a rk co rn e r o t my m in d I am going to m ake a r hange I teel I m not b e in g fa ir to th e lih ra ry users o f V e rn o n ia tw o years ago w hen I to o k on th e |oh o f L ib ra ria n , I ex p la in e d p o lite ly th a t I w o u ld n ot g ive up m y S aturdays; th a t was m y d a y to be w ith m y fa m ily N o t to m e n tio n th a t w e have season tic k e ts to ( ) S U s h om e fo o tb a ll gam es w hir h a lso h a p pe n to ta ke p l.u e on Saturdays W ith this g u ilt w eig h in g h eavily on m y m in d fo r tw o years now I am g oing to r hange the lib ra ry hours to in c lu d e S aturdays H o p e fu lly the new hours w ill be easier to rem em be r, a lso Are you re a d y 1’ H ere goes Sunday Closed M onday 1 -5 Tuesday C losed W e d ne sda y 9-5 T hurdsay C losed to d a y 1-5 S a tu rd a y 10-2 So now w e 're c lo se d Tues day and T hursday, I m o ve d the fo u r e ven in g hours to S aturday, and w e re open on M onday 1 his w ay no one w ill have to w a it th re e days to r the l ih ra ry to ope n I w o n 't p ro m is e to be th ere on e a th and e very S aturday b u t som eone w ill be So now w o rk in g p a ren ts, kids, or w h o m e v e r, c o m e on d o w n on S a tu rd a y m o rn in g s in jo y y o u r L ib ra ry The new hours w ill go in to e ffe t t th e firs t ot S eptem ber, w h ic h by the way is a Tuesday, and w e ll be clo se d Be sure to p ick up a sch e d u le o f th e changes on y o u r n ext v is it I'v e g o n e o n and on w ith o u t m e n tio n in g th a t we have 7 o f th e b oo ks on the best s e lle r lis t, in the lib ra ry rig h t now C om e in and ch e ck us o u t K eep reading see yo u soon Letters to th e Editor l etter to the I ditor: I w o u ld lik«* tt> p e rs o n a lly th an k a ll th»- p e o p le w ho to o k the tim e to h e lp w ith the Bar ona la n d f ill issue in th«* fo rm o t der ip h e rin g and ty p ing ta p e d d e p o s itio n s given by th e I )| (J s ta ff and t ontrac tin g team s d u rin g th e to n te ste d r axe hearings Ian B e rn a rd i ty p e d bet w een sessions o t sew ing h«*r g ra nd son s o u tf it to r a wed d in g lu d y R iley to o k breaks to p u m p gas I s te lla M orga n was p re p a rin g to r a w eek lo n g st h o o l re la te d »‘ yen, in I ugene. M a ry Sr h le n k e r h e lp e d d u rin g th e v is it o t a n ie ce she had n t seen in a lon g w h ile \ a le tte D e W itt and her kids w h o d e fin ite ly w a n te d to h e lp typ e , D eb bie I ay lo r used her c o m p u te r b e tw e e n d ia jie r changings ot her lit t le one W y la M ik a lo w w hose husband Sandy was fre a k in g o u t o y e r this issue, w it h good t arise M ik e T r a y lo r w h o r e m in is c e d a b o u t Army day s in G erm any w h e re he dec ip h e re d Russian tra n s c rip ts said he alw ays w a n te d to do one in I rtglish May I c ke rts o n heard You w a n t th e c o m p u te r again, M om / |a t ki ( e h a llo s w hose kids le a rn e d to rid e o u r m in i b ik e w h ile she typ e d , and, fin a lly ( a ro l D avis set up the VNSBA b a s e b a ll p ro g ra m fo r o u r kids and s till fo u n d tim e to h e lp tre m e n d o u s ly in this endeavor a real p ro le s s io n a l’ D e s p ite m u m b le rs th ic k a ccen ts, rid ic u lo u s analogies and la u g h te r, w e w ere s till a b le to get th e d e p o s itio n s d o n e T e a m w o rk " Thank yo u a ll again so mu« h Robin Traylor V errtonu To the I ditor: W e are o u ts id e th«* c it v lim its o t V e rn o n ia b u t have alw ays s u p p o rte d it in to o d gas, v o lu n te e rin g to r many c o m m u n ity a c tiv itie s , etc 175 signed a p e titio n b u t w ere n ot c o n c e rn e d e n o u g h to to m e to the* m e e tin g to hear th e o th e r sides co n c e rn o t th e ft, v a n d a lis m loss o t p riv a c y W e to o c o u ld have signed p e titio n s w .th a large a m o u n t But w e ta m e to th e m e e tin g p e rs o n a lly , th o s e w ho t o u ld m ake it and we re sure they w ere p e o p le not d ire c tly in v o lv e d W e d o u b t very m u c h if yo u w o u ld ap- p re t la te a p e titio n signed fro m the* tri-c o u n tie s in fa v o r o t a d u m p in V e rn o n ia Bacona area V e rn o n ia is d o ing th e same th in g to those w hose p ro p e rty and p riv a c y w ill be siqJatgd And on q u e s tio n a b le m oney gain W e < an h a p i o y r w a te r b ut p riv a c y and rig hts c a n n o t be bought Surveys say th a t a big d u m p doesn t b o th e r p e o p le once they get used to it Som e dum ps a re now b e a u tifu l p a rk s ’ But the d u m p o p p o s itio n d o hay»1 w h a t its and co nce rn s |ust as we d o w ith o u r o w n p ro p e rty a lo ng the ra ilro a d W ha, a te rrib le th in g if those con c erns bee o m e re a lity W e are asking the V e rn o n ia p e o p le to s u p p o rt us as w e have sup p o rte d th em on the d u m p issue We do not w ant a lin e a r p a r k ’ V e rn o n ia sh o u ld say no to this $50,000 s tu d y O u r tax m on ey is w asted fo r some pleasure tim e w hen there are m ore im p o rta n t th ing s need ed H ig h w a y 47 needs a bet ter road w ith sh ou ld ers to r bikes And the t ost o t p u ttin g rt m w to ’/ , m illio n d o lla rs W e are n o t saying th a t V er nom as n eeds s h o u ld be o v e rlo o k e d V e rn o n ia I ake is a g o ld m in e w ith a lo t o f pro p e rty to d e v e lo p and people w o u ld be s ta y in g in V ernonia n o t passing th ro u g h W hy not ta k e a d v a n ta g e o t it Put it in V e rn o n ia It is w h a t peo ple w a n t D o n t please d u m p on us’ ( one «‘ rn«‘d I a n ti O wners lu d y Pieren K athy A lle n and others _ . . V ernonia To the f d ifo r: As p a ren ts, w e need to sup p o r t o u r kids in a ll they do and ca re e n o u g h to g ive up o u r " t h in g in o rd e r to u n d e rs ta n d and d o th e ir thing w ith th e m I fe e l to o many p aren ts a re n 't in v o lv e d w ith w h a t th e ir kids d o I saw i, in sports las, Reason, and i saw it in dram atics I t s always th«1 sam e h a n d fu l of parents w h e re are the* res, o f y o u / W h e n I m o v e d to V ernonia 7 years ago w e had to go ear ly to sports e ven ts or we c o u ld n 't ge, a sea, Last season I t o u ld c o u n t on my fin g e rs how m any V ernonians w ere in the stands Th«1 v is itin g team s had m ore peo p ie in th e g ra nd sta nd s I te lt e m b arra sse d I kn ow if w e w a n t o u r kids to have st h o o l sp irit, w e m ust be th e re fo r th e m I also th in k th is e n th u s ia s m has to s ta r, in g ra de sc h o o l in ord er to g ro w in h ig h sch oo l I feel this way about anything these kids do. no, ius, sports W e need parents to vo lu n te e r and help If we w ant our c h ild re n to be in vo lve d in school activities, we have to be there to o " Ana W orley Vernonia More Letters on Page \2
