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About The independent. (Vernonia, Or.) 1986-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 2005)
Property is purchased for Scappoose-Vernonia trail Columbia County has com pleted the purchase of 17 miles of the Crown Zellerbach Log ging Road from Hancock Tim ber Resource Group for use as a hiking, biking and equestrian trail. “The acquisition of the Crown Zellerbach Logging Road is a major effort,” said Columbia County Commission er Tony Hyde. “We appreciate Hancock Tim ber’s collaboration and commitment on this proj ect. The successful completion of this purchase is the result of a huge collaborative effort on the part of many agencies and individuals,” he concluded. “At Hancock Timber, it’s a cornerstone of our culture to be Student shows how pennies can add up Many eight year-olds spend the time leading up to Christ mas writing letters to Santa Claus and trying to be good. Molly Hammond, who had her ninth birthday on December 7, spent the weeks before Christ mas raising money to provide food baskets and gifts for those New year for Vernonia City Council The swearing in of a new mayor, Sally Harrison, and a new councilor, Shirley Good man, was one of the first pieces of business at the Janu ary 3, 2005, Vernonia City Council meeting. Outgoing Mayor Cindy Ball and outgoing Councilor Glen Purvee, each received a plaque, and heart felt expressions of thanks, for their service to the city and community. Please see page 4 who needed a helping hand. Molly, the daughter of John and Jean Hammond of Banks, got the idea for a penny drive from OPB’s TV show, ZOOM. She saw the program and said to herself, “ I could do that.” After decorating a big jar, she asked the principal at her school, Banks Elementary, if she could put a collection jar there and make an announce ment to the student body. She made the announcement and the project was up and running. She also put collection jars at the checkout stands at Jim ’s Thriftway. Her penny drive started the week before Thanksgiving and she hoped to collect $200 to help the United M ethodist Church and Banks Food Bank provide gifts and food baskets, respectively, for Christmas. “At the W inter Concert alone. DeoDle aave $50 or $60 dollars.” Molly said, “Somebody even gave a $5 bill.” The “fun nest part” was counting the money at recess with her school friends and the hardest part: Carrying all those heavy coins was “even harder than making the announcement at school,” Molly said. Molly’s penny drive raised $400 in time to help with Christ mas. The drive continues with an additional $31.29 raised for the Food Bank and Molly plans to do it again next year, with a goal of $500. She has a spin-off now, with one of her class mates holding a YuGo card drive. In return for her generous and caring contribution, Molly hopes to make the HighFlyers Club at school, for those who donate at least three hours of community service, though she has spent much, much more than three hours on her project. a good neighbor and try to place lands with special recre ational or environmental value into public ownership,” said Bill Marré, Northwest General Manager for Hancock Forest Management, a subsidiary of Hancock Tim ber Resource Group that manages the com pany’s timberland operations in this region. “W e’re pleased to help Co lum bia County convert this road to a trail and enable hik ers, bicyclists and horseback riders to enjoy working forests from the Multnomah Channel to Vernonia and along the Ver nonia Linear Trail to the Hares Canyon State Park,” Marré added. The agencies involved, in addition to Columbia County and Hancock Timber Resource Group, include Oregon Parks & Recreation Department (OPRD), Oregon Dept. of Transportation (ODOT), Bureau of Land Man agement (BLM), both the Ne halem and Scappoose Bay Wa tershed Councils, City of Ver nonia, City of Scappoose, W ashington County and the Port of St. Helens, which is do nating Chapman Landing on the Multnomah Channel. The Crown Zellerbach Log ging Road acquisition is a 17- mile, 40-foot wide strip of prop erty (173.6 acres) that was used as a logging road by Crown Zellerbach. After Crown Zellerbach sold the property, it was no longer used to transport logs, but was maintained as a fire and access road by Han cock Timber Resource Group. From Highway 30 in S cap poose, it runs adjacent to Scap poose-Vernonia Highway and ends three miles short of a con nection to the Vernonia-Banks Linear Trail in Vernonia. The last three miles of the Crown Zellerbach Road are owned by W eyerhaeuser Development of the trail will begin with a master plan to de termine the scope of trail im provements, mitigation of im pacts to area residents, and re placement of undersized cul verts to facilitate fish passage. The public will be notified when the planning process begins. The Columbia County Parks Department is working with the Scappoose Bay and Nehalem Watershed Councils to obtain funds for the master plan and to replace the culverts. Both wa tershed councils, plus local equestrian and 4-H groups Please see page 4 , new year on January 3. Policy setters ior the coming year are, fro ghtry, Mayor Sally Harrison, Councilor Handy Parrow and Council!
