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The INDEPENDENT, February 7, 2001
Business Notes
Entrepreneurship is alive, learning and expanding in Vernonia
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Some of the seventeen people who signed up for the NXIevel business
course being offered in Vernonia by the Small Business Development Cen
ter at Portland Community College are shown here. After surveying local
business people, the Vernonia Business Assistance Team arranged for the
12-week course and obtained a grant to subsidize most of the cost. A sec-
ond business course will be taught after this one is finished. V-BAT is also
arranging for classes in computerized accounting that will be available in the
fall. For more information, call Royce Hagelstein at WOEC, 503-429-3021, or
Mike Sykes at Vernonia City Hall, 503-429-5291. Mario Pedrazza, above right,
is instructor for the NXIevel course being taught in Vernonia
Lower Columbia Estuary proposal is topic of town hall meeting
Rep. Betsy Johnson and
Sen. Joan Dukes will hold two
Town Hall meetings Saturday,
February 10, to receive public
input on a proposed federal
Lower Columbia River Estuary
Program. The first will be at
10:00 a.m. at the Columbia
Technology Center Auditorium,
375 S. 18th Street, St. Helens,
followed by a 2:00 p.m. meet
ing at the Astor Public Library
Flag Room, 450 10th Street,
Astoria.
“It is the people’s river, and
residents of Clatsop and Co
lumbia Counties should have a
say in whether the federal gov
ernment creates a federal com
pact in the estuary with federal
ly authorized powers,” said
Fishhawk Logging recognition
Fishhawk Logging, Inc., of
Birkenfeld, has completed the
requirements for special recog
nition as an Oregon Profes
sional Logger. Nick Berg re
ceived a plaque on behalf of
his company, citing their long
term commitment to modern
forest stewardship, made pos
sible through professional con
tinuing education.
This designation recognizes
Oregon logging contractors
who make a special effort to
continue their professional ed
ucation in selected aspects of
the logging business.
This program is adminis
tered by Associated Oregon
Loggers, a Salem based asso
ciation, and a national leader in
logging industry education and
training programs.
The Oregon Professional
Logger program is recognized
as meeting the requirements of
the Sustainable Forestry Initia
tive, a national effort of the
American Forest and Paper
Association, whose objective is
to further the principles of sus
tainable forestry on private
forests as well as on other
forested lands.
Oregon loggers convention held
Mark Crawford, of Crawford
Logging Co., was elected pres
ident of Associated Oregon
Loggers for 2001 at the organi
zation’s annual convention last
month. Other officers elected
were Internal Vice-president
Jim Gahlsdorf, of Gahlsdorf
Logging, Inc.; External Vice-
president Tracy Brostrom, of
Julius, Inc.; Secretary/Treasur-
er Ben Swaggart, of Swaggart
Enterprises, Inc.; and Rick Gib
bons, of Alien & Gibbons Log
ging Co., as Member Services
Representative.
Dale Moffett, owner of Mof
fett Logging Co. Inc. in Junc
tion City, was named 2000
Logger of the Year. The Logger
of the Year award is given to an
AOL member who has made
significant contributions to the
association. A second-genera
tion logger, Moffett has been in
the business of logging for over
thirty years. He has worked as
Remember, one good turn
gets the blanket!
a lobbyist, has served on the
AOL radio committee, as a
Chapter Chair, a District Rep
resentative, and has been in
strumental in the creation of
the AOL Scholarship.
Sen. Dukes.
Dukes and Johnson have
been asked by the Lower Co
lumbia River Estuary Program
offices to introduce and pass
an Oregon Joint Resolution
asking the Congress to desig
nate the Lower Columbia as an
Interstate Compact.
After brief opening remarks,
Johnson and Dukes will have
staff explain the proposed com
pact. Then public input will be
heard on how river stake-hold
ers feel about the proposed in-
SWAC seeking
panel member
The Columbia County Solid
Waste Advisory Committee
currently has an opening for an
at-large public representative,
unaffiliated with the solid waste
industry. The committee is ap
pointed by, and responsible to,
the Columbia County Board of
Commissioners.
Letters of interest, including
relevant background informa
tion should be mailed to the
Columbia County Board of
Commissioners, County Court
house, St. Helens, Oregon
97051. For further information,
call Todd Dugdale, Director of
Land Development Services at
503-397-1501.
terstate compact.
Everyone
interested
is
asked to attend, including envi
ronmentalists, farmers, devel
opers, local governments,
recreational and sports fisher
men, other interest groups or
individuals who have feelings
about the Columbia River will
make their views known.
Sen. Dukes may be contact
ed in Salem at 1-800-332-2313
or 503-986-1701, by fax at
503-986-1080, or e-mail at
dukes.sen@state.or.us
Rep. Johnson’s Salem num
bers are 1-800-332-2313 or
503-986-1401, by fax at 503-
986-1940 or by e-mail at
betsy @ betsyjohnson.com
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