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.
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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
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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-
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