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f-? ' Á- ’S.- a 7 ■, <*•• < * * * V* • ». ---._X- ■ . ■■ i 1>É—— — i The INDEPENDENT, January 1,1997 Page 3 [ U nente U« EJlIor By Charlene Bechen Volunteer, Banks Library 3404. Work on the new Banks Public Library on Market Street is proceeding on schedule. We hope to be able to move into the new facility by the end of January. The Friends of the Li brary are compiling a list of volunteers who can help with the move to the new facility. Please leave your name and phone number at the library if you are interested in helping. Save all your used, non-foil, holiday gift wrap for the next Recycle Saturday, January 11. The location is the SWATCO service yard at 15945 NW Sellers Road. Hours are 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Clean scrap paper (including gift wrap), along with glass bottles, and narrow necked plastic bottles with the HDPE triangle, can all be recycled. Recycle Saturday is one of the Friends of the Library’s largest fundrais ing activities. Volunteers are always needed. If you have any questions about materials that can be recycled, or if you would like to volun teer to help, please call Donna McCall at 324- By David M. Jones Izaak Walton League, Nehalem Valley Chapter In my last column I listed a number of orga nizations that are working to improve and en hance our fisheries here in Oregon and men tioned that any or all of these organizations are worth joining and supporting. I have since recieved a letter and an application from an other fish-oriented organization located in the Tillamook area. The Tillamook Anglers have renovated the old Whiskey Creek Hatchery and have been planting fin-clipped spring chi- nook in Tillamook area streams. I just mailed off a story on spring Chinook fishing to Wash ington and Oregon Game and Fish that will appear in the May issue. It had a section in it about Tillamook District Fish Biologist Rich Klumph and me boating a Whiskey Creek Springer a while back. That fin-clipped fish was around twenty pounds and helped make the day for both of us. I even learned a new way to hook a springer. Right Rick? I received the information on the Tillamook Anglers from a gentleman named Joe, who I recently met on the Wilson River while I was fishing for Fall Chinook. Joe was nice enough to help me land a nice bright fall buck one evening on the Wilson. This situation was more than one angler assisting another, be cause I was in a boat and Joe was on the shore. After watching me try to knock the fish off the plug with the net a couple of times, Joe was kind enough to get the fish ashore after I got it close enough to him. Thanks again Joe! Anglers like you make a day on the river all the more pleasant. The Tillamook Anglers have been around since 1988 and are also involved in projects other than the Whiskey Creek facility. Anyone wishing further information can contact them at this address or mail a $20 tax deductible membership fee to: Tillamook Anglers, 7510 Trask River Road, Tillamook, OR 97141. (503) 842-6519. Trees and fish are very interrelated. The salmonids of the Pacific Northwest evolved and prospered in forests. Trees along streams Ann Rule’s third volum e of crim e files, Fever of the Heart, joins our new book display this month. Other new books include The Serotonin Solution by Judith R. Wurtman, PhD, Hide and Seek by James Patterson, and a c o lle c tio n of O prah W in fre y's fa v o rite recipes, In the Kitchen with Rosie, by Rosie Daley. The library staff wishes to sincerely thank all the patrons for their support during the last year. The Friends of the Library, as well as all the other individuals who visit the library and volunteer their services, continue to make our library a vibrant part of the community. We look forward to an exciting year ahead. Banks Library is located at 669 S. Main Street in the Oak Village Shopping Center. Library hours are Tuesday and Thursday, 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 324- 1382 for further information or to renew or reserve books. stream and the fish. If a stream is healthy, so are the fish, and one of the factors that help a stream stay healthy and fish-friendly is trees (and bushes) in the riparian zone. Shade dur ing the summer months to help the water stay cool is one reason stream-side vegetation is needed. Warm water kills the native trout, salmon, and steelhead of our coastal streams. The reason for this is that as the water warms, it decreases in dissolved oxygen and when the temperature gets high enough, the fish succumb. In Oregon there are 12,000 miles of limited-water-quality streams. The fishes’ abil ity to use the oxygen that is available may be further compromised by “clubbing” on the gill surfaces, which can be caused by sedimenta tion of the stream. Filtering the muddy runoff from clear cuts or otherwise bare hills during heavy rains is another function that a riparian zone of brush and trees can perform. The re cruitm ent of large, woody debris into the stream is another benefit that a tree provides when it falls into the stream. While doing spawning surveys on Rock Creek, I learned of another function for live streamside alders. There are two alders on a straight run of the stream and, during the time I have been doing the surveys, there has nev er been any spawning activity in this area. The flood of ‘96 worked the current of the stream around each of these alders and formed a small pool below them with a tailout of gravel. Guess what in each of these tailouts of grave, there were spawning salmon this fall. Pretty neat, huh?! Observing the cycles of nature as portrayed in the struggles of these fish to return to their natal stream and propagate their species de spite all the obstacles, both natural and man made, that they must survive, certainly makes me wonder. Makes me wonder, “where are the coho? The fish I grew up on. Where are our silver salmon?” serve many fun ction s that help both the System exists for solving problems plan to cut the City’s police force by two officers. This could be disastrous! To the Editor: Recently our town has wit We are at a time in this life nessed two attempted mur that everyone is looking for the ders. That tells us things are “quick fix” and, when it comes changing. If there were to be to our children, we want it any law enforcement changes fixed yesterday. We all need to an increase of patrol officers be advocates for our kids and I would be justified. In 1996 Ver am very much there for all of nonia has seen an increase in them. With that in mind, may I crime with five very dedicated, remind you of the steps to take hard working officers on duty. when there seems to be a What will happen to the crime problem with our children and rate if these cutbacks occur? our schools. First, talk with DUIs, burglaries, ju venile your child and get all the facts. crime, malicious mischief and Once you have the facts, if illegal activities could signifi the situation involves the cantly increase. teacher, that is who you talk to Let’s not overlook the im next, either with your child portant issue of putting Ver [present] or not. If you are un nonia’s police officers lives in able to resolve the situation, jeopardy. There would be the next person to talk with is many occasions that only one the school principal; if not yet officer would be on duty at satisfied, your next meeting night. No officer should be al should be with the superinten lowed to work without back up dent. assistance from a fellow offi If, after all of these meet cer. If an officer is injured or ings, you still feel that the situ killed in the line of duty due to ation is not resolved, you need the City’s neglect and inability to notify the school district to furnish safe working condi board of directors, preferably tions this could be the poten by letter. We will then set a tial of a law suit which could fi time to meet with you. By fol nancially devastate Vernonia lowing this chain of command, much more than continuing to you are involving the people pay salaries to our much who are able to help you first. I needed officers. hope th a t this inform ation As citizens, sometime we helps clear up any confusion. take things for granted. We We all need to remember to have a safe town, no gangs, hug our children daily and love great city to raise children and them always. I sincerely hope a terrific DARE program in our that each and every one of school. Let’s keep it that way. you has a Very Merry Christ “Our” City Council members mas and the Happiest Ever should not be making critical New Year. decisions without input from God Bless, the community. Please attend Carla Strand, Chair the next City Council meeting Vernonia School District on January 6th at 7:30 at the Board of Directors library. Wayne & Holly Vaughn Concerned about Vernonia fewer police officers To the Editor: We have elected our City Council members to work for the community. We would hope that they will look out for Vernonia’s best interests? There is some conversation regarding the City Council’s Ed. note: The Vernonia City Council has not yet made any de cisions regarding the 1997-98 budget, but before condemning any future decisions, Vernonia residents must become aware of the financial problems created by the passage of Measure 47. 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