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The INDEPENDENT, January 1,1997
Page 3
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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. For a
sm all am ount o f inform ation,
please see editorial on page 2.
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