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Page 20 The INDEPENDENT, April 5, 2000 tatters to the Editor From page 3 Let’s find these people and get them out of our town so we can keep Vernonia the way it should be, a safe community for good families. If you have any information, please contact the Vernonia Police Depart ment. Together we can make sure Vernonia is the good place to live! Candace Swayze Vernonia Adult foster care home nears closing To our many Vernonia friends: Having owned and operated an adult foster home for over six-and-a-half years, my wife and I want to give thanks to the many wonderful families and individuals who have entrusted us and our caregivers to tend to the needs and provide the required care of their loved ones. Over these years we have cared for 42 different indi viduals, most of whom either lived in our community or have had family ties to Vernonia. Over these years, while tend ing to your mothers and fa thers, your grandparents or your siblings, many of you have become very close to us and, indeed, we value your friendship, your love and your support. You and your loved ones have always given us the impetus to continue in a very demanding, yet socially re warding business. Thank you all for your many kind words and gestures over the years. Unfortunately, due to per sonal health issues, we will not be accepting new clients into our facility from this day for ward and we regret the incon venience this will undoubtedly cause to some of you. We will, however, do our best to contin ue answering your questions and will try to help you find ac ceptable alternative arrange ments for your loved ones, should you want our input and our experience with dealing with the elderly. We are sad dened that, at this particular point in time, there are no oth er facilities located in Vernonia. My wife and I challenge any of you with large hearts, loving hands and endless compas sion for our frail elderly to con sider for yourselves the values of this wonderful business. On a personal note, I want to thank each and every one of you who has offered their love and support to me, as well as their friendship and the attribut es attached for caring about me, and the endless offers of help while I am dealing with personal health issues. You are a wonderful group of friends and I thank you one and all for allowing me a place in your community and in many of your hearts. God Bless you. Sincerely, Don Foster Rising River Ranch Retirement Residence Vernonia From Page 2 We probably saw more elk than deer, but we didn’t keep track of the elk numbers. We observed one deer with hair loss syndrome, but most of the deer were too far away to get a good look at them. We did not count even one fawn. Our discussion turned to elk and the low bull escapement numbers in the Saddle Mountin Unit. The management goal for bulls was set at 20 bulls post season, as observed in early winter counts. Currently post season is only averaging around 18. Herman indicated he may recommend that either tag numbers or the number of hunting days be curtailed to try and bring the bull numbers back up to the management goal. Currently, 4,000 tags are being sold for the two elk sea sons; Herman suggested that number may have to be cut to 3,000. As for season shorten ing, we would probably have to revert back to the four-day and seven-day season format that we started out with in 1979. These will not be popular Women’s Resource Center. For more information, con changes with local hunters, tact Donna Jo, at (503) 397- and one must ask if this is fair 5863, or Karin, at (503) 397- to bull hunters while ODF&W has waged war on cow herds 7110. in the Saddle Mountain Unit. Remember, the population of elk in 1979 was close to 11,000 elk; today ODF&W claims we are at or near the management objective of 7,800 (my num bers come up with about 6,000). With this many fewer cows, bull production is down (250 less by my calculations), so it is no mystery why we are not escaping more bulls post season. In fact, many hunters believe ODF&W has intention ally managed the Saddle Mountain Unit to fail so they can place it under another management scenario (spike only) to maximize tag sales. If you want to make your feelings known about this sub ject, attend the North Coast Game Association’s annual spring meeting?The meeting will be April 29, at 3:00 p.m., at Astoria Middle School. Repre sentatives of ODF&W have been invited this year to ex plain their concerns and man agement of local wildlife. Par ticipants will be allowed an op portunity to respond directly during the meeting. about gardening, - Extension publications, - Audio files from the North west Gardens radio show, - Monthly garden calendars, - Other gardening websites. To access Oregon’s online Agricultural Progress Maga zine go to <http://eesc.orst.edu/ agcomwebfile/magazine/>. Dessert, dance benefit for Women’s Resource Ctr. - The Columbia County Do mestic Violence Council will be holding a Dessert and Dance Saturday, April 29, at the Time and Again Ballroom, 213S. 1st St., St. Helens. This event is sponsored by the Domestic Vi olence Council as a way to reach out to the community ina positive and supportive man ner, as well as to raise money for the Columbia County Women’s Resource Center. The Dessert and Dance will feature the music of Zuzo Blue. Tickets are $25 per per son, and the proceeds will ben efit the Columbia County Web sites for garden information Gardeners can’t seem to get enough information about their favorite subject. For a rundown of all that OSU Extension & Ex periment Station Communi- cations offers on the subject, look up <http://eesc.orst.edu/>, Go to “Gardening information,” then link to: - The latest news releases Izaak Walton League meetings are on the third Thursday of each month, 7:00 p.m. The public is welcome. For meeting loca tion, call (503) 429-7193.
