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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
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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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