The INDEPENDENT, October 21,1998
Do it again Vernonia;
your vote is needed
To the Editor:
I am pleased to report that
Vernonia voters overwhelming
ly passed the 9-1-1 measure in
September. With well over a 50
percent turnout, 71.5 percent
voted yes to maintain and
update a healthy emergency
communications system.
Unfortunately, it failed coun
ty-wide for lack of turnout, so
we must do it again.
The same measure is on the
November ballot and your vote
is needed to achieve our goal
of quality, stable 9-1-1 service
in Columbia County.
Thank you, Vernonia, for
leading the county in recogniz
ing the need to support public
safety issues. It makes me
proud.
Kathy Denckla
Vernonia
DC 2000 Kids say
thanks for support
To the Editor:
We would like to thank
everyone for supporting us in
our effort to raise money for our
trip to Washington D.C. in the
year 2000. We have had car
washes, a log race, a yard
sale, pop can drives, Breck
bulb sale and several other
fundraisers. The community
has been very supportive. The
D.C. 2000 kids want you to
know we appreciate everyone
for your support in buying a raf
fle ticket, having your car
washed, donating pop cans or
any other way. This trip to
Washington D.C. will not be
possible without your support.
We also want to thank the
following people and organiza
tions for their support: Vernon
ia Head Start, Columbia Coun
ty Sheriff’s Dept., Mini Mart,
Tony Hyde, Chris and Kayla
Cota, Vernonia Sentry, Randy
Parrow, ‘76 station, Cornelius
Safeway, 47J District Office,
Vernonia CATV, and The
INDEPENDENT.
In appreciation of
our community,
The D.C. 2000 Kids
Yes on Measure 64
for better ecology
To the Editor:
Measure 64 doesn’t apply to
zoned farmland, Christmas
tree farms, residential zoning
even if fully wooded, or even
forestland wood lots under 80
acres.
Trees under 11 inches in
diameter don’t count. Replant
ed clearcuts aren’t zoned for
est wood lots ‘til more than
8400 board feet per acre of
over 11 inch diameter trees
stand on them so Measure 64
doesn’t apply there, but no
chemicals.
Navigable waters are those
you can boat on, [they] always
were public domain, and 64 is
far more lenient than NMFS
regulations which are a result
of the timber industry’s own
clear-cutting.
We are bound by law, as
—
Ill
a 4 b s u u i b b i
By Nancy Burch
Vernonia City Librarian
Last month's article discussed the issue of
overdue materials and the problems associated
with getting them returned. Since then, several
patrons have rounded up and returned library
materials and several more have made restitu
tion or donations to atone for long overdue
materials. These patrons are to be commended,
but there is still a list of about a dozen patrons
who have made no effort to contact the library
and whose library privileges are suspended until
such time as they resolve this matter. Remem
ber that it takes extra staff time and expense to
remind patrons of overdue materials and return
your materials promptly.
During the past month we again received
some really good news. The Rose E. Tucker
Charitable Trust is prepared to make a grant of
$10,000 for furnishings in the new library. That
should purchase some really nice tables, chairs,
etc., for patrons to use while enjoying the new
library.
Speaking of the new library, have you seen
that work is progressing on the beginning stage
—the foundation work? Before the digging
began, lines were drawn on the site indicating
the layout of the buildings. It was really exciting
to actually see the size, shape, and location of
the library. It reminded me of raking leaves as a
child and forming them into rooms to make a
“pretend” house. Only this isn’t pretend! It is
happening—finally!
Although many of you hate to have Christmas
mentioned so early, the Christmas craft books
have been unearthed from their hidden spot
where they reside most of the year and are
available for patron use. We really do have a
nice assortment, including such series as The Spir
it of Christmas, Chhstmas is Coming, American
Country Chhstmas, and Christmas Handcrafts.
Oregonians for Labor Intensive
Forestry Economics, to only
make true statements while the
No people can attempt to mis
lead any way they please.
If you have questions please
call OLife at 503- 235-5895.
Selective logging, tier log
ging, tagging, thinning, and
brushing employ more people,
too, continually and locally.
Measure 64 isn’t the heavy
hand of regulation for smaller
land owners, just big timber
holders that cause too much
death and destruction to other
people and wildlife.
Measure 64 forces us to
switch to the new ecology
minded forestry of the U.S.
Forest Service; Mac Millan
Bloeden, Canada’s largest tim
ber company; and the green
certification programs of OSU
and
many
new forestry
schools.
Thank you,
Louis Denison
Vernonia
Senior citizen will
vote for jail and 9-1-1
To the Editor:
As a senior citizen, I do not
usually favor voting for any
measure that will increase my
property tax. This November,
however, I intend to vote for
two that are needed. A new
larger jail would keep those
confined that are in some cas
es let go for lack of space. In
the first six months of 1998 at
least three hundred people
were released for lack of
Page 3
space.
The 9-1-1 measure would
help continue the fine service
we have had for some years.
During the twenty years of my
late husband’s illness it was
with a sense of security that I
called for help. Within a few
minutes help was always at my
home. These two measures
are a benefit to all of us living in
Columbia County. Please vote
yes.
Sincerely,
Muriel Derby
Clatskanie
vide funding to protect our wild
salmon and other wildlife, and
to create and maintain state
parks, ocean beaches and
recreation areas. I am writing
as a native Oregonian, daugh
ter of a Central Oregon timber
family and supporter of educa
tion and the environment. I am
supporting Measure 66 be
cause if we don’t protect Ore
gon’s natural heritage, I fear
we will come to realize too late
what we have lost.
Elizabeth K. (Betsy) Johnson
Scappoose
Former student lauds
Bushnell’s teaching
M64 pesticide ban
isn’t broad enough
To the Editor:
I would like the voters to
know the Scott Bushnell that I
know. I met Scott Bushnell in
1993 Scott was the job coach
for Tillamook High School. I
was a student in Scott’s pro
gram which helepd me learn
job skills not out of a book. I
learned hands on work experi
ence on local job sights like
Bester’s Salvage, Metronix
Auto Repair and BLM refor
estation. Scott was the first
teaching staff who focused on
the things I did well. What Im
trying to say is when it comes
to Education Scott truly under
stands the student needs and I
think he would be great for us
to have him as are Represen
tative in Salem.
To the Editor:
The proponenets of Mea
sure 64 display a distressing
ignorance of forest economics,
and forest health; yet their
opposition to clearcuts has
some merit.
Where the measure fails,
however, is in its ban on herbi
cides and pesticides ONLY IN
FORESTRY. To be useful, this
ban should extend to all Ore
gon. No more organophos
phates on residential drive
ways, no more weed-and-feed
on suburban lawns. No more
flea powder for Fido, and we
will all happily eat wormy
apples. Purists would not even
wear mosquito repellent, rely
ing on the labor-intensive
SWAT!
Cordially,
Frazier Rohm
Vernonia
Heith Pierce
Tillamook
Ed. note: The above letter was
printed exactly as it was written. It
was sent to The INDEPENDENT
by the Bushnell campaign office.
Measure 64 will make
dream a nightmare
My favorites of these are The Spirit of Christmas
books, which include sections with ideas for the Yes on M66 for state
matic home decorating, making gifts of clothing,
etc., ideas for entertaining, and recipes and parks and salmon
ideas for making gifts of food. We also have sev
eral of the more popular books published by To the Editor:
I am writing to urge my fel
Leisure Arts, including The Creative Christmas
Kitchen, Christmas Gifts Under $10, and Christ low Oregonians to join with
mas Cheer (recipes and party ideas). Our mag Senator Mark Hatfield and
azine section includes Crafts, Quick and Easy Governor Neil Goldschmidt to
Crafts, and Crafting Traditions, all of which have support Ballot Measure 66, the
great ideas for making things for yourself or for Campaign for Parks and
gifts. Crafting Traditions includes a section enti Salmon. Over the past twenty
years I have witnessed with
tled “Christmas Corner” in each issue.
Recent acquisitions include several new sadness and embarrassment
books on quilting as well as one about making the degradation of the legacy
of state parks and natural
scrapbooks.
These books and magazines will remain with areas. I have watched our
in easy reach from now through the holidays. native salmon and other ani
Come give them a look before beginning your mals one by one be officialy
listed as threatened or endan
holiday projects.
throwing
local
New works of fiction include No Safe Place, gered,
by Richard North Patterson, and Tell Me Your economies into turmoil and in
Dreams, by Sidney Sheldon. Patterson’s novel many ways threatening the
invites the reader to explore the world of high- quality of life here in Oregon. I
stakes presidential politics and the people have done what I could to help
involved at their worst and their best, their pas the situation; however, with
sions, their ideals, and their flaws. Sheldon’s Measure 66 we have the
novel is about three beautiful young women who opportunity to make a signifi
are suspected of committing a series of brutal cant, tangible, and long-term
murders. An arrest is made and the defense is difference.
The cost of bountiful wildlife,
based on startling, but authentic medical evi
dence. Of course, Sheldon’s ending to the novel clean rivers and streams, and
is quirky, as his faithful readers have come to well-maintained parks, is con
expect. Either of these is a good choice for a stant vigilance. Vigilance costs
money. State support of parks
“curl up by the fire” evening.
has decreased from 70 percent
to 12 percent since 1980, and
federal money has also been
reduced. Right now, there are
65 state parks on a list to be
closed. Measure 66 would pro
To the Editor:
I had a dream—
As a young man my dream
was to become a Forester,
engaging in the care and
enhancement of our only
renewable resource, timber,
and its parent, the land. What
with nearly four and one half
years in World War II military
service, and other demands,
this did not come about.
The dream, however, was
pursued in a practical sense
with over 40 years of my life
spent engaged in the owner
ship and management of land
and timber.
Bought my first timber grow
ing property in 1958. Still have
it. Subsequent purchases
increased the silva cultural
(sic) responsibility to where an
avocation became a vocation,
and a full time job since 1971.
Still at it — every day, and with
the use of best management
practices.
The
economic
importance to me and my fam
ily is substantial.
If passed, Ballot Measure 64
will destroy 40 years of effort
and the full and total value of
both land and timber.
I had a dream.
Should it be destroyed?
Jack N. Seabold
Forevergreen Forests
Hillsboro
Please see page16