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The INDEPENDENT, June 28,1995
Volunteers being sought for county panels
Cadile now manages Vernonia 76
Columbia County is solicit must be returned by June 30
ing applicants for two impor 1995.
tant county advisory panels.
The Planning Commission
O ne p e rso n is ne ed ed to
reviews land use issues. No
serve on the Charter Review a p p o in tm e n t d a te was a n
C o m m itte e , th e o th e r w ill nounced.
serve on the Planning Com
Anyone interested should
mission.
obtain an application from the
The Charter Review Com office of the Board of Com
mittee will analyze the current
missioners office, Room 331,
form o f governm ent of Co
County Courthouse, St. He
lumbia County to determine
lens, 97051.
the most appropriate struc
ture for the future. The com
Call the Board of Commis
m ittee intends to make the sioners office at (503) 397-
appointment at their meeting 4322 for an application or for
on July 13. The application more information.
Review of water charges planned
It may be a wet year, but
the Vernonia City Council is
concerned about the cost of
w ater and, last week, after
granting the second adjust
ment in two months for a bro
ken lateral on private proper
ty, the council decided to re
view city ordinances control
ling water rates.
By a v e ra g in g the w a te r
b ills for users whose pipes
ha ve b ro ke n , in ste a d of
charging the full amount, the
city has lost over $100 on the
two adjustments.
Also to undergo review will
be the city’s practice of pro
viding water to churches with
out charge. Mayor Tony Hyde
noted that two local churches
operate tuition-based schools;
he expressed concern about
whether they should be con
sidered commercial enterpris
es. Additionally, city attorney
Tom Kohl advised the council
that they may be violating the
Constitution by providing free
water to churches.
The council accepted an
inventory of downtown side
walk conditions that included
conditions ranging in severity
from cracks to unevenness to
badly broken. Almost every
property in the city’s commer
cial core was on the list, ex
cept those where sidewalks
have been replaced w ithin
the past few years. The in
ventory was prepared by Ver
n o n ia P rid e ; it w ill be re
viewed by the public works
department.
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sidewalks in front of Vernonia
School District office, Vernon
ia High School and Washing
ton Grade School. The suc
cessful bidder for the job was
Gary Hanson, a contractor
from Gearhart.
Minor injuries in
car/truck wreck
No one was seriously in
jured in a motor vehicle acci
dent last Friday between a
car and a log truck, on Hwy.
47 about three miles south of
Vernonia.
According to Oregon State
Police, Erica Solberg (also
known as Johansen), 17, Ver
n o n ia , w as d riv in g s o u th
bound in a 1990 Ford Thun-
derbird. As she glanced back
ward at her infant in the back
seat, the car swerved across
the dividing line into the path
of a northbound Kenworth log
truck driven by Wendy Wil-
coxen, 33, of Clatskanie.
As Solberg attempted to
get back in the rig h t-h a n d
lane, she clipped the front
end of the truck, lost control
of the vehicle and landed in a
ditch. Wilcoxen tried to stop
her fully-loaded truck, caus
ing it to flip over.
Solberg was cited for driv
ing without an operator’s li
cense, driving uninsured and
careless driving.
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COLCO increases
ridership and vans
Columbia County Trans
portation (COLCO), with 25
vehicles, is now the largest
S e c tio n -1 8 tra n s it agency
providing transportation to the
general public in areas with
less than 50,000 population.
It ranks 117th out of the 1,162
rural providers nation wide,
including Alaska and Hawaii.
COLCO operates Dial-A-
R ide s e rv ic e th ro u g h o u t
C o lu m bia County. To a u g
ment that service, the trans
portation agency has applied
for federal and state grants to
operate fixed-route service
from Clatskanie to Longview,
Wash., with a stop in Rainier,
and fixed-route service along
Hwy. 30 from Clatskanie to
St. Helens.
In an average year COL
CO Transportation will pro-'
vide over 130,000 low cost
rid e s to co u n ty re sid e n ts.
More than 50 percent of the
small buses, vans and mini-
vans used by the rural transit
system a re eq uipp ed w ith
wheelchair lifts for the conve
nience of the cou nty’s d is
abled population. The system
plans to equip all of its vehi
cles with wheelchair lifts with-
in four years.
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Join us at Vernonia High School for a
Great July 4th Fireworks Show
In a move designed to up
grade the quality of service
and increase the volume of
gasoline pumped at the Ver
nonia 76 service station, own
er B re tth a u e r O il Co. has
shuffled the deck, designating
Tom C arlile as manager of
the gas station and sub-leas
ing the garage bay to former
manager Skee Cluver, who
will continue to operate his
auto repair business. Cluver
will also handle oil changes
and lube jobs.
Carlile will devote his ener
gy to increase the station’s
profitability. It will continue to
offer full service station, deliv
ered w ith a sm ile, C a rlile
said. G asoline prices have
been adjusted downward to
be more competitive and he
may also expand the busi
ness by adding a stock of
canned and bulk oils.
Credit accounts will be re
placed by a policy requiring
either cash or credit card pur
chases.
Norm Warwick will assist
Tom in keeping the station
open seven da ys a week.
Monday thru Friday hours will
be from 6-6pm ; S aturday,
from 8-6pm and Sunday, 9-
4pm.
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