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Resident manager hired for B-V Linear State Park
Joe Paiva, Deputy Director
of the Oregon Parks S Recre
ation Departm ent has a n ­
nounced the hiring of Eugene
Fabryka as full time, resident
manager of the newly created
Banks-Vernonia Linear State
Park
Fabryka, his wife Vicki and
three year old daughter, have
moved into a residence on
p ro p e rty a cq u ire d by the
parks departm ent near the
Buxton trestle In addition to
providing a residence for the
m anager, the property w ill
serve as park headquarters
for maintenance and person
net
Fabryka, a seven year vet
eran of O regon Parks &
R ecreation, served first at
Stewart Park, moving from
there to Ecola, then to Fort
Stevens as park ranger in
1987.
As manager of the Banks
Vernonia Linear State Park,
he will begin by overseeing
construction of the park un
der the direction of Max Ruff,
m anager of fhe Champoeg
District Paiva is the engineer
for the project
Fabryka's duties will also
include general maintenance
and public relations which he
emphasizes will include the
development of a “Friends of
the Park" group to support
and facilitate its development
and use Fabryka sees the
park as a unique opportunity
and serious challenge Not
only is this park the first park
of any kind developed within
the state system m twenty
years, it is also the first park
of its kind in the state parks
system
Linear parks are not new in
the United States but are
unique in their concept of ere
ating long, narrow tra ils
Many of them such as
Banks Vernonia are rails to
trails conversions, utilizing the
open spaces ot abandoned
railroad rights of way This
park will be 16 miles long
Fabryka comes well quali
tied to the task In addition to
his seven years ot experience
in the Oregon park system he
previously spent five years in
the Delaware Parks Depan
ment, w orking in diffe re n t
parks as a naturalist and as
sistan, manager
Academically his choice
also has merit for this park in
eluding a Bachelor of Sci
ence degree in park manage
ment from West Virginia Uni
versify and a Masters in Fdu
cation, maioring in environ
mental ed ucation
In the short time he has
been at the B VSLP, he has
become enthused about the
diversity of the ecology and
habitat
"I spent a summer at Mt
St Helens after the eruption,
as an interpreter ot the visual
signs ot recovery of fauna and
flora." he said. "It is the basis
of a program I am interested
in developing along fhe trail
as a le aching com ponent
available Io the schools in the
area'
He feels it is important for
the people of the community
to understand tha, it is their
park and that we need to
work together to achieve its
(potential recrea,tonally edu
cationally and economically
Sentry Market appoints manager
Gene Fabryka, Banks-Vernonia Linear State Park manager.
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Mark Bush. Vernonia Sentry Market manager.
Mark Bush, fo rm e rly of
Seaside has been named
manager of Vernonia Sentry
Market
Bush opted tor Vernonia af­
ter a year with Fred Meyer
Prior to that position, he had
spent thirteen years with Tan
ner"s Thriftway store in Sea­
side where he was assistant
manager
"The firs, two years in the
grocery business were my
las, two years in Seaside High
School." Bush said
"I'm looking forward to life
in Vernonia,” he stated "I
have always been community
oriented and plan to ge, In­
volved in community activi
ties ’
Bush and wite. Kim. have
two children and are living m
Vernonia They're no, stran
gers here, as Bush's sister is
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