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About The independent. (Vernonia, Or.) 1986-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 18, 1998)
INSIDE: “Community in the Park” celebration draws crowd More than a hundred people turned out on a cold and rainy Saturday, Nov. 7, to cheer for the progress made in restora tion of the old Scout cabin building. Part of the cheering was for recognition of the fund raising efforts, an absolutely vital ele ment of the project. Annual Food Drive Nov. 21 for Vernonia Cares After Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts presented the Colors, Shirlee Daughtry recounted the history of the organizing effort that resulted in formation of the Friends of the Scout Cabin. Daughtry is president of the or ganization. Christy Brown, a youth rep resentative on the board of di rectors also addressed some of the history of the project. Julius Dalzell, a Vernonia City Council member who is on the board of directors of North west Oregon Economic Al- liance, presented the Friends with a check for $10,000, which was obtained by Youth in Ac tion! in a successful grant writ ing venture. Carolyn Keasey made a presentation of $11,600, as a representative of Vernonia Cy cle Oregon. The money earned by volunteers several years ago during Cycle Oregon’s jaunt through Vernonia, had been sitting in the bank until a community project arose that had matching funds. The matching funds came from former Vernonian Tom Holce, who will match up to $50,000 for the project. Additional funds included more than $1,500 earned from the raffle of two tickets donated by Southwest Airlines, other fund raisers, plus generous contributions by many individu als and businesses. Youth in Action! members served refreshments and served as guides for a tour through the building. See additional photo on page 11. They are OSSOM..... pg. 5 Museum Piece on power... pg. 6 Miller first in state cross country...... pg. 8 Daughtry honored by SOLV... pg. 11 BULK RATE U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 37 Vernonia, OR 97064 Vol. 13, No. 22 Gravel pits seek approval near Buxton, off of Bacona Road Tom Holce, who grew up in Vernonia and, as a child, was involved in activities at the old Scout cabin, assured the audience at a Day in the Park that he would match up to $50,000 for the renovation project, for funds raised by De cember 31st. As of Nov. 7, the Friends of the Scout Cabin had raised $32,764.81. With Holce is Shirlee Daughtry, president of the Friends organization. Ray Deeth will be the mayor of Banks in January, although neither he nor anyone else filed nomination papers for the position. Deeth received 29 write-in votes in the November elec tion, topping the number of write-ins for Mike Crippen, who received 23. Crippen did not seek re-election. A total of 69 write-in votes named eight dif ferent people. November 18, 1998 “ Voice o f the Upper Nehalem River Valley" Golden future Write-in wins FREE Proposed operation of two commercial gravel pits off Ba- cona Road north of Buxton will be considered Nov. 19 by the Washington County Board of Commisioners. The two quarry sites owned by James Smejkal are located in an Exclusive Forest and Conservation (EFC) zone. The Genzer Quarry, about 33 acres, is 2.5 miles north of Buxton and approximately 500 feet west of Bacona Road. The Bailey Quarry is 41.2 acres, two miles northeast of Buxton and about 3,000 feet east of Bacona Road. The access road for the Bailey site is adja cent to the entrance of the Banks-Vernonia State Linear Park. The only route for truck traf fic to and from the quarry sites is via Fisher Road and Bacona Road. A traffic study prepared for Smejkal by DKS Associ ates, recommends that trucks use Fisher Road to Highway 26, and not to Highway 47. County planners agree with the recommendation but add that they cannot enforce that condi tion. The study by DKS also says that the average delay to get a vehicle onto Hwy. 26 from Fish- anks mayor; levy passes Councilor Judy Clifford was re-elected with 107 votes; Gary Coffey received 112 votes in his first bid for Banks Council. Tim Hardie, who was appoint ed to fill the one vacancy re maining on the council, ap pears to have been elected to the position, with 40 write-in votes. Seven others received write-in votes. Police Levy passes In a last minute surprise, the five-year Police levy appears to have been approved by four votes, 111 Yes to 107 No votes A measure requiring voter approval prior to any annexa tion was approved 154-50. Tri-City Bond Measure Voters also approved a $1.79 million bond measure for the Tri-City Fire District. The district is moving quickly to construct a new, much-needed fire station in Banks. 77* sr Road during the morning •ush hour is five seconds. Potential conflicts with pedestrians, bicycle riders and equestrians using the Linear Park were not included in the traffic analysis. Both sites were given emer gency operating permits follow- ng the 1996 floods because of :he need for large amounts of aggregate to be used for road 'epairs at that time. The county planning staff analysis says, that because there were no pomplaints about the emer gency operations, that there is no opposition to the proposal. But a number of Buxton res- dents are very concerned about additional traffic on the narrow two-lane roads; they have pointed out that the traffic studies quoted by DKS were done in 1996 and that the com munity has grown since that time. Another concern expressed is about potential degradation of both surface and ground wa ter from quarrying operations because both quarry sites are adjacent to waterways in the Dairy Creek watershed. Men denhall Creek abuts the Bailey site and Logger Creek goes through part of the Genzer site. Tomorrow’s meeting is open to the public. It will be be at 1:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the county building at 155 N. First Street, Hillsboro. Bernhard tops ballots for County Commission spot Columbia County voters ave the nod to Rita Bernhard , a crowded race for Columbia ¡ounty Commissioner, pos. 2. i addition to three candidates n the ballot, there were two ctive write-in campaigns for le spot. Bernhard was the top ote getter, with nearly 38 per- ent of the vote. County Clerk Elizabeth luser was returned to office nth 65 percent of the vote ver challenger Pam Benham. Incumbent Democrat State lep. Jackie Taylor, easily out- istanced Republican Sam Pat- ck in Dist. 1. In District 2, Democrat laine Hopson, in her first ef- >rt at an elective office, was le winner in a close race with lepublican Scott Bushnell for le position vacated by Tim Q fo fo C r tn o in r In o n Pb i U û c Democrat incumbent in the First District, was re-elected in a walk over Libertarian Line Jordan. Vernonia area voters dif fered very little from statewide results, voting heavily for in cumbent Gov. John Kitzhaber and Sen. Ron Wyden. Democrat David Wu was the choice for U. S. Representative in a close race with Republican Molly Bordanaro. Vernonia voters differed sig nificantly in one way over most of the state— more than 65 per cent of them cast ballots. Countywide, the turnout was 64.4 percent, but statewide it was less than 50 percent. Both the County Jail Bond Measure and the 9-1-1 Levy received approval from the vot ers. Results of statewide mea- c i ir o c a r o en n ííf lP
