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About The independent. (Vernonia, Or.) 1986-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1995)
By Charlene Bechen Banks Library Volunteer As you clean up the Christmas decorations, save your non-foil cards and gift wrap for Re cycle Saturday, January 14, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the SWATCO service yard, 15945 NW Sellers Road. These, along with many other types of clean scrap paper, can now be recycled. Nar row neck plastic bottles may now be recycled as well. Bottles must not have contained toxic substances and must be clean. Labels may be left on. Examples of acceptable types of bot tles include aspirin, bleach and cooking oil. Call Donna McCall at 324-3404 for more de tails, or pick up a brochure at the library. It is not too late to reserve your 1995 Enter tainment Book from Friends of the Library. Save hundreds of dollars on meals, car rental, movie tickets, hotels and services, both locally and nationwide. Call Karen at 324-9452 or Donna at 324-3404 before January 16 to or der your copy. Don’t miss out on all the sav ings and all the fun! The Banks Library Adopt-a-Magazine pro gram has been quite successful. To date, nine magazines have been sponsored for this year. If you or your group would like to adopt a spe cific magazine for the cost of one year’s sub scription, please call Denise at 324-1382. Several magazines still remain on our “wish list and suggestions for others are welcome. The next meeting of the Friends of the Li brary is scheduled for Saturday, January 21 at 10 a.m. in the Library. The “Friends” are mem bers of the community dedicated to helping keep the Banks Library viable. Some volun teer their time for activities such as Recycle Saturday or the Quilt Project. Others donate an hour or so providing janitorial services or shelving books. Still others donate new and used books for circulation. Anyone interested in learning more about the Friends of the Li brary is welcome to attend this meeting. Saturday, February 4, will be “Wool Day” at the Library. This annual event will run all day, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and will feature local spin ners, weavers and knitters demonstrating their crafts. Patrons can inspect different styles of spinning wheels, looms and related devices such as niddy-noddys and lazy kates. Fleeces at various stages of preparation will be dis played, along with a diverse assortment of yarns. Yarn, apparel and kits fo r m aking socks, berets and children’s hats will be avail able for sale, with part of the proceeds going to the Friends of the Library. Bring the family in to help us celebrate the fiber arts. In the event of snow on February 4, Wool Day will be rescheduled for March 18. Library Hours: Wed. and Sat., 10 a m ~4 p.m,, Thure. 1-7 p.m., Fri., 1-5 p.m. Address; O ak Village Shopping Center, 669 & Main Street. Phone: 324-1382 T,..< Vernonia Cares says response overwhelms To the Editor We at Vernonia Cares are sincerely thankful for the ef forts of everyone involved in our first Annual Food Drive. The resp on se was o v e r whelming. The goal of 2,000 pounds of food was nearly doubled, with donations of 3,610 pounds. Additionally, cash d o n a tio n s to ta lle d $1,700. Fifty-six families received Christmas baskets and, with the help of local firefighters, all the baskets were d e liv ered. Jam ie S ta c k lie saw the need to help families in Ver nonia and started the school food drive, which extended to a city-wide effort. Her enthusi asm encouraged others to get involved and was instru mental in the success of the endeavor. Though our shelves have been restocked, donations are alw ays welcom e. W ith cutbacks in U.S.D.A. food al lotments, we’re uncertain of adequate support from Ore gon Food Bank. V e rnonia Cares is also in need of a do nated free zer. P lease call 429-1414 or 429-5451 if you can help provide one. Once again, thank you for all your support and help on ou r firs t A n n u a l V e rn o n ia Cares Food Drive. Becky Elder, Director Vernonia Cares Toy & Joy a success with your help This photograph, taken In 1994, indicates some of the variety of actlvltles-rug braiding, wool gathering and spinning- taking place during Wool Day at the Banks Public Library. Shown from left to right are Helen Hancock, Maryial Wilson, Laurellen Jabor, Sandy Sitzman, Nell Rand and Bonnie Shumaker. YOUR MESSAGE HERE will reach 6,000 readers twice each month, for only pennies. Call 429-9410 for in formation. To the Editor: This year’s Christmas Toy & Joy program was again A HUGE SUCCESS! The joy of Christmas, for local area chil dren, was brought to our town thanks to the overwhelming support and generosity of the entire community. Never be fore has the Toy & Joy pro gram been so large, so suc cessful, or helped so many. I would like to say "THANK YOU” to all of the committee members that helped to make the Toy & Joy program possi ble, and a special “THANK YOU”, to all of the individuals, families, organizations, and businesses for th e ir many contributions of donated time, money, and g ifts . T h e y're very much appreciated. Sincerely, Joseph E. Thornton Toy & Joy Program Vernonia Volunteer Firefighters Dislikes “drivel” of environmentalists To the Editor: I wish to respond to a re cent letter appearing in The IN D E P E N D E N T e n title d , “Critic Speaks as a Former Logger.” I am a native of Columbia County. I was bom at Clark & W ilson Lum ber C om pany’s Cam p W ila rk and s ta rte d grade school at Washington School in Vernonia in 1934. S in ce le a vin g yo u r c ity in 1937, my life has been spent in logging communities, and as an a d u lt, my w o rk has been in the logging and the w ood p ro d u c ts in d u stry. I have e x p e rie n c e d w oods w ork in the salvage of the Tillamook Burn, participating in the developm ent of su s tained yield forestry, survived the assault on loggers by en v iro n m e n ta l o rg a n iz a tio n s and, m ost re ce n tly, have been engaged in forestry and timber harvesting consulting in several foreign countries. These activities and expe rience provide a long view of the current public concern for the forest. The author of the aforementioned letter, in my judgment, has succumbed to the environmental drivel and the politically correct postur ing of the preservation elitist. Today’s residents of Vernonia are surrounded by forest-cov ered hills. When my fam ily le ft th e co m m u n ity, th o se same hillsides were a sea of stumps. The tragedy of the Tillamook fires where I set my Please see page 13 I B » Bay» (cent J From page 2 Rilla and Brandy Forest Grove Vac & Sew 2434 19th Ave • Forest Grove • 357-5912 Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9:30 - 5:30, Sat. 9:30 - 4:00 RU la Hedger of Forest Grove Vac & Sew offers over 20 years of sales and repair service in vacuums and sewing machines. Forest Grove Vac & Sew sells Sharp, Eureka, Hoover, Panasonic and Riccar vacuums, as well as White sewing machines. They sell a wide selection of used sewing machines, upright and canister vacuums. Forest Grove Vac & Sew repairs all makes of vacuums, special izing in Kirbys. This is a good time to bring in your machines for servicing or repair, before the Holidays. For your sewing needs, Forest Grove Vac & Sew carries a full se lection of threads and sewing needles. They also sharpen scissors. For vacuums, they sell a complete assortment of bags and belts for all makes and models. ologist Walt Weber added a note: “Environ mentally stressed fish, even resistant fish, can become suseptible to a whole host of naturally occurring diseases and parasites, which can reduce fish populations.” There are a lot of people in our community who distrust ODF&W officals; that has includ ed me when it comes to some of our big game biologists and staff, but whenever I’ve had dealings with the fishery people, I’ve found them to be very open and honest with the pub lic. Sure, there has been political manuevering by some of those higher up in the department, but the district-level staff people are there for only one reason—to have the very best fish eries possible. Remember it was the fishery people, themselves, who became critical of their own surveying methods and did the re search needed to resolve the issue. They openly admitted they were wrong; this is rare in public officials. Our North Coast District biol ogist and staff can be trusted; they are dedi cated to restoring our fish runs and are suffer ing right along with the rest of us through these tough fishery years. I remember, when I was an e,even-year-old kid and the snow was up to my waist, my dad and a whole lot of other Vernonians spending day after day, using their own pickups and gas, to haul hay donated by local farmers to starving elk. Many of us remember the nice bull elk trapped near the tunnel on Highway 26 and the brave men who risked injury to get hay to that animal so he would survive. They didn’t use excuses about how it was ODF&Ws problem and turn their backs. I was proud to be a Vernonian who helped save many elk back in 1968-69. Well, guys, the snow is waist deep again, it’s just that you can’t see it. Let us again be proud to be Vernonians; let’s quit placing blame and help find the solutions. Finding solutions is the only way to move ahead and insure our children the return of the mighty salmon. ■ M i
