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About The independent. (Vernonia, Or.) 1986-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1990)
BUCK RAffc U S Posalo Paid Pm»»! No 37 Vernons Of) 9 ’ 0«4 FREE » .t*' Voi. 5, No. 8 'Vo.ce of the upper Nehalem River Valley" New manager w ill take over at WOEC Keep on truckin' Here are a tew ot the 63 log trucks In the Jamboree parade Planners to consider park use permit R e pre sentatives ot the state Parks Department will go before the Columbia Coun ty Planning Commission on September 10 to request a tem porary c o n d itio n a l use permit for development of the Bamks Vernonia Linear State Park in this county The planning board s pre hminary staff report said the request meets the criteria for approval, but wanted com ment trom affected agencies and properly owners The property is zoned Pri mary Forest 76, Fores, Agri culture 19 and Rural Residen tiai 5 Parks are allowed as a conditional use m tores, re source zones bu, the county s comprehensive plan tails to address parks in Rural Resi dential zones which is why the temporary use permit is being sough, The state Land Conservation and Develop men, Commission considers the ommission “an oversight" that will be corrected m the upcoming plan review The commission may gran, the permit after conducting a public hearing providing the requirements ot the proposed use satisfy specific criteria The staff report says the crrte ria have been me, INSIDE: 4-H activities round up, pages 4-7 Jamboree, pages 12-15 Back-to-School, pages 16, 18, 19 Aug. 29, 1990 The planning commission will take public comment bu, comment will likely be restrict ed to the specific criteria the commission may legally ad dress The meeting will be a, the county courthouse in S, Helens By Jim Buxton The Wes, Oregon Electric Board o, Directors announced the hiring o, a new manager tor the cooperative, a, their las, meeting David Seuss 55 a native o, Pennsylvania, has been in the electric utility business his entire career including twelve years as a manager The two utilities he managed were Fox Island Cooperative in Maine and a municipal electric com pany in Hardwick Vermont Seuss has a reputation as a "turn around man" because he enjoys taking on tough cal lenges and turning bad situa tions into good ones Seuss w ill be m oving to Vernonia with his wite, Julie, and will assume his duties September 1 s, Martin Baughman who has managed the cooperative tor the last several years w ill leave September 15 Local developer Boyd Ruby requested relief from the cos, o, installing power to his sub division The board settled on payment terms o, six months In response to a Wes, Ore gon Electric letter informing Pacific Corp (Pacific Power 8 Light) o, the possible sell out o, WOEC, PP&L replied that they're no, interested in the entire system, only in areas adjacent to their present tacili ties such as Olney and Ham let The board decided that the good o, the whole system demanded tha, they take no action on PP&L's response Larry Estal. a representa tive o, the coop's computer service Central Area Pro cessing o, Kansas City Mis soun me, with the board to explain the costs o, service and to make suggestions on how to increase the service while reducing the cost Es tai's suggestions may save the cooperative as much as $500 per month Though WOEC is using the service tor most accounting programs engineering and special services it isn't ye, uh lizing the lull potential o, the computer service I, is adding services as staff and time al low Board members attending a Bonneville Power Adminis ,ration conference reported the possibility o, reopening discussion on BPA assuming some o, WOEC's transmis Sion facilities The request had previously been turned down by BPA officials 47J tries for approval of reduced levy A pared down levy request will go before the voters o, Vernonia School District 47J in a September 18 mail elec tion The one year operating levy o, $367.962 is outside the district's tax base and will no, automatically increase the tax base in future years District Superintendent Ellis M ason suggested several specific budge, cuts to the school board to reduce the levy amount from the voter-re jected $530.215 previously asked tor items Mason proposed cu, tmg included $125.000 from the una ppropriated ending fund balance $74 000 trom high school winter and spring e x tra c u rric u la r a th le tics. $41.000 from capital improve ments $25 000 from trans porta,ion (which would result in a $12 500 loss o, state tra n s p o rta tio n funds next year), $25.000 trom elemen tary w inter and spring e x tra cu rricu la r athle tics and lesser am ounts from many other areas Other reductions would elim inate drama and reduce tuition tor vocational education by $3,000 The board took no action, deciding to wart until after the election to make any d e ci sions According to figures provid ed by the school there would be a reduction in the tax rate from the current $10 51 per thousand to $8 32 even it the levy is approved
