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About The independent. (Vernonia, Or.) 1986-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1995)
Pay 4 Th» INDEPENDENT, Sept. 1 3 ,1995 I B n O l M I ' \ , v $• • æ M Ä • • . V \ •• ' 'V '* * TO W • - -r * Üä =:?#• SgS • 'A •:.£ $ ï s O il B i Mack Plumbing now serves local area When Victor Mack moved to Vernonia two years ago, with his wife, Cindy, and their five children, he used his ex perience as a journeym an plumber to get a job with Pe tra Plumbing in Tigard. Now he is using his 15 years of ex perience to develop his own plumbing business in the up per Nehalem valley. Since obtaining his con tractor’s license in the spring of 1995, Mack has been very busy, in fact he rarely lacks for work. If work slows down C o m m itte e s tu d ie s e ffe c tiv e n e s s o f c o u n ty c h a rte r The County C harter Re view Committee agreed last m onth that county govern ment could be improved with a home rule charter. They will now start working on the form they feel the charter should take. Two meetings are sched uled in Septem ber, on the 14th and 28th. The meetings are held 6-8 p.m. in room 308 at the county courthouse. At the last m eeting, the committee heard from county Finance Director Paul Dow ney, budget committee chair man Joe Taylor and Commis sioner Bill McDonald. Concerns expressed by the guests and by citizens in the audience ranged from lack of representation for citi zens outside the St. Helens/ Scappoose area to the cre ation of “sovereign” depart ments and the lack of a coor dinated effort caused by hav ing so many d e pa rtm e nt heads in elective positions. At th is tim e, the county treasurer, assessor, clerk, sheriff, surveyor, district attor ney and three commissioners are elected. Election of the district attorney is required by state law and will remain re gardless of any changes in the county charter. On Sept. 14, the commit tee will hear from Assessor Tom Linhares, Sheriff George Hulit and Treasurer Corene Carlstrom. The meetings are open to the public. Troy W. Horton G o v e r n m e n t S e c u r it ie s • R e t ir e m e n t P l a n s B o n d s • M u t u a l F u n d s • S t o c k s • IR A s First Allied Securities, Inc. Member NASD / SIPC here, he takes his skills to W ashington County, where b u rg e o n in g c o n s tru c tio n needs workers in all of the building trades. P rior to obtaining his li cense, Mack turned down re quests to do repair jobs be cause, he said, it wasn’t ethi cal. Now he has plumbed five new houses in this area in addition to doing repair and remodeling work. It’s good to have a plumber in town and, when you need Fire district needs numbers on houses R esidents of the C ity of Vernonia are reminded that a house num ber that can be read easily from the street is required on all residences. Vernonia Rural Fire District Chief Steve Weller expressed concern about the situation, recently, after a fire on Jeffer son Avenue. Though Weller was in the n e ig h b o rh o o d when he saw the smoke, he was unable to find a readable house number for rapid dis patching of emergency equip ment and personnel. 71273 Northshoro Dr., Birkenfeld, OR 97016 him , you can find Mack Plumbing in The INDEPEN DENT Service Directory. Now is time to en roll in CRP program Eligible farm owners or op erators have until Sept. 22 to submit bids for the 13th Con servation Reserve Program (CRP). Land accepted for the CRP may have to meet high er environmental and conser vation criteria than in previ ous years, however, because the U.S. Dep’t. of Agriculture will accept less acreage for the program. B id d e rs m ay re q u e st a CRP contract for either the 1996 or 1997 crop year. An nual rental payments for ap proved contracts will be made to those who convert eligible cropland to permanent cover. In a d d itio n to the rental pa ym en t, the C o m m od ity Credit Corporation may pay up to 50-percent of the cost of e s ta b lis h in g perm anent cover. To sign up, or for more in formation, contact the USDA Farm Service Agency in Hills boro, (503) 648-3174. INFORMED CAR-BUYING C all: 7 5 5 -2 0 0 8 o r 1 -8 0 0 -2 4 8 -1 1 7 3 £ Linhares elected by professional group Tom Linhares, C olum bia County Assessor, has been elected 2nd Vice-President for the 1995-96 fiscal year by the Oregon State Association of C ounty A ssessors (OS- ACA). He will serve in this ca pacity through July of 1996. Mr. Linhares w ill assist the President and Vice-President of OSACA in all matters relat ing to statewide assessment business. YOUR MESSAGE HERE will reach 7,000 readers twice each month, for only pennies. Call 429-9410 for in formation. 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