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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
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