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•• • •</r The INDEPENDENT, October 21, 1998 .........1...................... ......' " : ----------------------------- — — — ------- Î Î .............. ...................... ............. ............................... ............................................. From page 16 the “new comers” may not. Younger kids waiting to play I was born and raised in Co in YOUR game, sit in the lumbia County and have seen bleachers and be a good audi the rapid growth of population ence. along with the increase in Parents with young chil crimes. I’ve worked at the Co dren— the football stadium is lumbia County Jail since 1977 not your personal daycare cen and am heading into my twen ter. If your young children can’t ty-second year as a correction sit still for the game, PLEASE al officer. LEAVE THEM HOME!! They I’m writing this letter in sup have no business jumping and port of the jail levy because our running through puddles, slid present jail is inadequate in ing down banisters, and run size, which puts our staff and ning up and down the bleach inmates in serious danger. An ers. They need to learn appro other reason is from seeing priate tehavior. Perhaps this other counties in the past who would be a good time to teach were in our present position. them. They ended up putting out Be attentive, be supportive, money on lawsuits and lawyers and above all, be respectful. and then paying for a new jail These seventh and eighth on top of it. By building a new graders have worked very hard jail here in our county, we can to be on the football field. This save quite a lump sum of mon is their time to shine. Let them. ey by avoiding the unneces Alice Brock sary lawsuits. Vernonia Be sure to get out and vote! Sincerely, Wayne Thompson Corrections officer Rainier asks support for jail To the Editor: My name is Wayne Thomp son. Most of the “old timers" around know me, but a lot of Don’t let 9-1-1 have a crisis of its own To the Editor: Columbia County has been made aware of what will hap pen if our Measure 5-51 for 9-1-1 passes. We think it is only fair to inform the public of what will happen if the mea sure does not pass. Many people are under the impression that Measure 5-51 is only for enhanced 9-1-1 and a new building to house it. Those are two very important components of the measure, but not all of it. This measure is also an operating levy so we can continue to provide the same high level of service to the public, and public safety agencies. The Coumbia 9-1-1 Com munications District is respon sible for answering 12 emer gency phone lines as well as 11 business or “non-emer gency” lines. We are also re sponsible for answering all ra dios and dispatch calls for all police, fire and medical person nel in Columbia County. That totals 16 radio frequencies. If Measure 5-51 does not pass, we are realistically look ing at reducing the number of dispatchers to handle an in creasing amount of calls. What this means to the public is that we will only have one or two Page 17 ..... ........ ■ " ... ... ........... ...................... - ■ "" .__________ _________ _________________ Communications Specialists on duty at a time, instead of the two to four we have on duty 24 hours a day now. This will have drastic effects on the level of service provided. What kind of “drastic” ef fects? People who call for ser vice on 9-1-1 or on the no n- emergency phone lines run the risk of being put on hold. The processing of calls will be slow er as fewer dispatchers will be handling all the duties of taking the call, determining the proper agency and dispatching it over the radio, while trying to an swer other phones and radios. Emergency callers are already experiencing busy signals when they dial 9-1-1 due to the fact that each city only has two 9-1-1 trunks. With enhanced 9-1-1 there will be multiple lines for all cities. Please do not let this poten tial for improvement of services turn into a crisis. Our goal as 9-1-1 Communication Special ists and members of our com munities is to provide the fastest, most reliable service possible. Help us to achieve this goal. VOTE YES ON MEA SURE 5-51. Thank you, Keri L. Simmons, President Columbia 9-1-1 Communica tions District Union Columbia City A view of county commission seekers To the Editor: I attended the recent Candi dates Fair held at the Village Inn (St. Helens, Oct. 1). I feel the need to respond to several issues. First when Rita Bernhard stated that these last 3-1/2 years while Joel Yarbor has been a County Commissioner have been the worst years for our county, I would like to ask her to speak with the employ ees in the Courthouse. They support him, his organizing skills, and his “team effort” ap proach to issues. I also find it interesting that Rita says that she will bring consistent direc tion to the county. Isn’t the Scappoose City Council a mess these days? How does she [a Scappoose councilor] feel she can run an entire county, when she can’t even run the City Council? Please see page 18 Ik K. SCHWARZ C O N S T R U C T IO N Septic Systems - Standard & Alternative • Sewer 5 0 3 -3 9 7 -1 3 7 2 INSTALLED & REFINISHED Cory Colburn 11561 Keasey Road, Vernonia, OR 97064 • CCB #79876 OR LIC. 106893 P.O. 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