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The INDEPENDENT, October 18, 2000
Moro Letters
From page 11
Civil Trial.
During a Discovery Hearing
of a criminal trial, both the De
fense and the Prosecution,
must provide all parties with
material that falls under what
is referred to as the Trier of
Fact. This is done so both par
ties may prepare an adequate
defense and/or prosecution. If
one party fails to provide the
other with any information per
taining to the case, it is con
strued as Obstruction of Jus
tice, especially if it would as
sist in proving o n e ’s in n o
cence.
I am in the process of ob
taining all recorded transcripts
of the trial and discovery hear
ing. I will make these tapes
available to anyone wishing to
hear them. The tapes are a
matter of public record.
I have obtained further doc
um e nta tion and evidence,
since the trial, that my counsel
and I were unaware of prior to
trial. I have copies of these
items, obtained legally, avail
able for review.
The right to due process is
one of the most important as
pects of our judicial system.
The responsibility to insure
that due process rights are up
held and respected is the re
sponsibility of the investigative
arm of our ju d icia l system ,
which, in this case, is our local
Police Department. If any one
individual has been proven to
subvert the system to obtain
an unfair or illegal advantage,
it is the duty of elected, as well
as appointed, officials to ferret
out those responsible. Failure
to do this will cause further
erosion into the foundation of
our constitution.
During my career in the Mili
tary, I learned to accept the re
sponsibilities of command, in
cluding my actions, as well as
the actions of subordinates.
To put it simply, a leader is re
sponsible for everything his
men do or fail to do.
I realize that many of you
have made up your minds in
this case. I will, therefore, is
sue this challenge. I will submit
to a FBI Quality Polygraph test
administered by a disinterest
ed party, if the three officers in
volved will do the same. I will
ask the officers questions and
they will ask me questions. If I
have misstated my position, I
will drop all legal claims to a
Lawsuit. If, however, the offi
cers have misstated their posi
tion, they should rectify the sit
uation.
Jay Mahn
Vernonia
Paul is running because he
cares deeply about Columbia
County’s future. He is passion
ate about su p p o rtin g rural
communities and helping each
com m unity keep its unique
character. Paul has been a
positive vote of the Northwest
O regon Econom ic A llia nce
Board that approved the Ver
nonia Scout Cabin renovation,
Scappoose City Club improve
ments to Heritage Park and
the countywide hospital study.
As a member of the St. Helens
City Council, he supported the
world class skateboard park at
McCormick Park, conclusion of
the library automation project
and the do m estic vio le n ce
shelter.
Paul is a p o sitive , h a rd
working member of the com
munity. We support his elec
tion as Columbia County Com
missioner and hope you will
join us.
Ed and Alese Tveisme
Scappoose
Community makes
outstanding effort to
fight Alzheimer’s
To the Editor:
It is with great pride that I
tell you of this year’s collective
effort toward disseminating in
formation and collecting finan
cial contributions for this year’s
Memory Walk sponsored by
the Oregon Trail Chapter of
the Alzheim er’s Association.
This year, we walked in honor
of longtime Vernonia resident,
town business community. And
I am very proud to announce
that, collectively, we turned
over nearly $3,400.00 to the
Association, to help fund fami
ly support services and educa
tion program s. All of the
monies collected in this year’s
walk, the Association’s biggest
fundraiser of the year, will stay
within the chapter it has been
donated from.
I am very proud of our com
munity effort. My hat is off to
all the registered walkers, the
children who joined us, and to
each and every individual and
business who has contributed
toward this cause. Alzheimer’s
Disease is quickly becoming
one of this country’s major so
cial and medical evils. Your
p a rtic ip a tio n is part of the
promise of hope that will allow
the sc ie n tific com m unity to
eradicate this progressively
debilitating and ultimately fatal
disorder from ours and our
children’s lives.
God bless you.
Don Foster
Rising River Ranch
Vernonia
Support 5-67, keep
county parks open
To the Editor:
Parks pay a vital role in our
quality of life today. They pro
vide our children a safe place
to play, either individually, or in
organized sports. They provide
adults and children alike an
opportunity to get out and ex
perience nature and interact
with family, friends and other
park users. Our county parks
offer learning experiences to
our youth through organized
a ctivitie s like the Boys and
Girls Scouts, softball and soc
cer organizations, and educa
tional work experience to our
ttens through the Youth Corps.
Parks are also an integral
part of our local economy. Visi
tors using county parks also
put their hard-earned dollars
into our local businesses; gro
cery stores, gasoline stations
and other service-oriented es
tablishm ents. Parks help to
curb juvenile crime, thereby
cutting long-term correction
costs.
Columbia County Parks do
not receive any county tax dol
lars. Yes, I know we all pay
property taxes! But look at
your tax statement. Nowhere
is it mentioned that Parks re
ceive a portion of those funds.
Fact is, they haven’t gotten
any General Fund money in
seven years. They’ve had to
sustain them selves through
gate fees and creative partner
ing. Now they have exhausted
all viable options and have no
substantial funds to fall back
on. Our parks need your sup
port! Without it, county parks
w ill be forced to selectively
close some parks and/or make
other drastic changes.
Please consider the options.
If parks mean anything to you,
if they have any benefit to you,
Please see page 15
David Janssen watches a barn burn in scene from
1960 filming of “Ring of Fire.” The barn belonged to
Rose Valpiani, Joe Corsiglia’s aunt.
• Commissioners need to listen to the needs of all residents. I will
make it my goal to spend time in every area of the county every
week, to listen to our citizens and find out what your concerns are.
• County government works best when it is is accountable, re
sponsive and limited.
Pulliam is the most
qualified candidate
To the Editor:
We want to invite others to
join us in supporting Paul Pul
liam for Columbia County Com
missioner Position 1. He is the
best qualified candidate, with
experience in economic devel
opment, management, budget
ing, and government— all of
which he can put to good use
as a County Commissioner.
Ramona Shirley.
What started out as a small,
family effort to raise aw are
ness, quickly became a com
munity effort of wonderful pro
portions. Ramona’s daughter,
Kathy, and her husband
Chuck, quickly volunteered
their time and money.
Word of our efforts reached
St. M ary’s C atholic Church,
where Ramona has long been
a parish member. From this
loving group, we enlisted the
time and financial contributions
of Terry and G retchen Lin-
dauer, Betty Schmidlin, Mary
Dolbow, Chris Naspini, Alan
Johnston, Pat Kleinman, Jen
nie Dennis, Ofelia Marks and
Juanita Dennis. Juanita was
very instrum ental in helping
this all come to be.
Next, we heard from Scott
and Sheila Andreae, who also
were up to the challenge. And,
finally, I heard from Vince and
Cindy Baker, who would also
walk and were very generous
financially.
On a b e a u tifu l Sunday
morning, October 8, these car
ing and loving friends joined
me in Portland with eight of
their children and we walked
with some 2500 other regis
tered walkers to raise aware
ness and collect contributions
for the Association. We walked
with pride and purpose on a
5K course th a t m eandered
through downtown Portland.
Prior to our walk, we talked
to our friends and our neigh
bors and most of the down
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I believe we can make Columbia County the most livable
county in the state, but we must work together to achieve
common goals. I look forward to the opportunity to work
with the people o f Columbia County.
JOE CORSIGLIA
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