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The INDEPENDENT. January 6. 2006
Lighting to be installed for flag and around Vernonia Lake
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Resident W illow Burch told
council that the City Hall flag is
still staying up at night with in
adequate lighting and asked if
she could help bring it up to flag
code. Acting City Administrator
Robyn Bassett said that city
staff is trying to bring the flag in
ODOT bridge work
to slow traffic flow
Traffic delays may occur
as crews grind two bridges on
Highway 47. Work is sched
uled on the Nehalem River
bridge, just south of Vernonia,
and the green steel bridge.
The project calls for grind
ing to begin yesterday, Janu
ary 5, and continue through
next week from 8:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m. Flaggers will direct
one-way traffic through those
areas during work hours.
Because the work is wea
ther dependent, the schedule
may change.
each night, but it sometimes is
missed. Bassett also reported
that the city has contracted with
Dennis Electric to install proper
lighting for the flag, which will
be done as soon as possible.
Council approved the ordi
nance vacating a portion of
East Street, and passed two
resolutions, one setting new
fees for Vernonia Cemetery,
and the other establishing a
$300 application fee for Mea
sure 37 filings.
Finance Clerk Cindy Naillon
happily reported the results of
the City’s recent audit - anoth
er excellent audit report - and
asked for approval of book
keeping changes recommend
ed by the auditors. Council con
curred.
In other business:
• A w orkshop has been
scheduled for January 24 at
7:00 p.m. to review a proposed
Airport Ordinance.
• Council approved a re
quest from the police depart
Scappoose-Vernonia Trail planning
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Mondays
Alcoholics Anonymous
Saturdays
Alcoholics Anonymous
2nd Thursday
American Legion Post #119
2nd Thursday
Arts & Crafts Society
2nd Wednesday
Booster Club
Tuesdays
Boy Scout Troop 201
Wednesdays
Boy Scout Troop 860
2nd Thursday
Cemetery Beautification Comm
2nd Wednesday
Chamber of Commerce
2nd Monday
Community Coalition
Scout Cabin
Cub Scout Pack 201
4th Tuesday
Doll Club
1st Tuesday
Friends of the Library
3rd Wednesday
Hands On Art Committee
3rd Thursday
Home Extension Club
3rd Thursday
Izaak Walton League
1 st & 3rd Tuesdays
Lions Club
Nehalem Valley Car Club
Pioneer Museum
Mondays
Preschool Story Hour
2nd
Tuesday
Upper Nehalem C.P.A.C.
3rd Wednesday
Vernonia Airport Committee
Vernonia Cares Directors
1 st & 3rd Mondays
Vernonia City Council
3rd Thursday
Vernonia Community PTA
4th Saturday
Vernonia Grange
Vernonia Health Center
2nd Monday
Vernonia Planning Comm.
1 st & 3rd Thursdays
Vernonia Pride
Last Thursday
Vernonia Ridge Riders
2nd Tuesday
Vernonia RFPD Board
2nd
Thursday
Vernonia School Board
3rd Friday
Vernonia Sr. Center Board
Vem. Volunteer Ambulance Assoc. 1st Thursday
2nd Monday
Vernonia Volunteer Firefighters
3rd Tuesday
WOEC Directors
The Crown Zellerbach Log
ging Road began as the Port
land-Southwestern Railroad in
the early 1900’s. The railroad
carried logs from Vernonia to
Chapman Landing from around
1905 to 1945 when the railroad
was discontinued and the prop
erty purchased by Crown
Zellerbach. Crown Zellerbach
removed the tracks and ties
and began transporting logs by
truck on the old right-of-way.
The trail will provide inter
pretive opportunities to detail
O regon’s historic logging past,
as well as current logging prac
tices. A portion of the property,
the Nehalem Divide Tunnel,
which was constructed in the
early 1900’s, is listed on the
National Registry of Historic
Places.
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have expressed interest in
working with the County on trail
improvements and helping with
trail maintenance.
The trail will eventually be
linked to O regon’s newest state
park, Hares Canyon State Park
located in Washington County,
south of Vernonia. Portions of
the old road also traverse BLM
managed forests and provide
linkage to Scapponia Park.
OPRD awarded $160,000
from the Department’s Trans
portation Enhancement Discre
tionary Program to purchase
the property. The OPRD grant
award is one of 20 awarded for
projects exceeding $50,000
(out of 43 requests). An ODOT
grant of $150,000 will also be
used.
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proved soon and that five light
poles will be installed around
Vernonia Lake in February.
ment to declare three cars sur
plus property.
• Bassett reported that the
Learning Center should be ap-
6:30 p.m., Head Start Bldg.
7:00 p.m., Head Start Bldg.
627 Adams Avenue
2:00 p.m., City Library
7:00 p.m., VHS Library
7:00 p.m., Scout Cabin
7:00 p.m., LDS Church
7:00 p.m., Leonetti’s Grill
Buckhorn Restaurant
12:30 p.m. School District Ofc.
For Info Call 503-429-0188
1:00 p.m., Senior Center
7:00 p.m., Vernonia Library
7:00 p.m., Head Start Bldg.
10:30 a.m., Christian Church
For location call 503-429-7193
6:30 p.m., Buckhorn Restaurant
For Info Call 503-429-4074
For Info Call 503-429-8134
10:30 a.m., City Library
7:00 p.m., City Hall
7:00 p.m., City Hall
For Info call 503-429-1414
7:00 p.m., City Hall
6:30 p.m., WGS Library
10:30 a.m., Grange Hall
6:00 p.m., 510 Bridge St.
7:00 p.m., City Hall
For Info Call, 503-429-5201
7:00 p.m., Senior Center
7:00 p.m., Fire Station
6:00 p.m., District Office
1:00 p.m., Senior Center
7:00 p.m., Fire Station
7:00 p.m., Fire Station
7:00 p.m., WOEC
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Hancock Timber Resource
Group, which has worked co
operatively with proponents of
a recreation trail along the old
Crown
Zellerbach
logging
road, has a long-standing com
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to
environm ental
stewardship.
The com pany has con
served more than 200,000
acres of environmentally signif
icant lands that would be better
managed under public or con
servation ownership, by ar
ranging their acquisition by ap
propriate organizations. These
include 10 transactions totaling
more than 11,000 acres in
Washington state, alone.
Hancock Tim ber’s conser
vation efforts have been hon
ored with awards from groups
including the Nature Conser
vancy, the Conservation Fund,
Trout Unlimited and the Ore
gon Dep’t of Fish & Wildlife.
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M1STJ31HKÊNFELD
7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station
M-BRFPD Board Business Mtg.
2nd Tuesday
7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station
4th Tuesday
M-BRFPD Board Workshop
7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station
1
st
&
2nd
Thursdays
M-B Ambulance Drill
7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station
1st & 2nd Wednesdays
M-B Fire Drill
7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station
2nd Monday
M-B Helping Circle
7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station
3rd Wednesday
M-B SAR Drill
7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station
1st Tuesday
M-B Volunteer Assoc.
7:30
p.m., Natal Grange Hall
2nd Wednesday
Natal Grange
6:00 p.m., Main Fire Station
Mondays
T.O.P.S.
Upr Nehalem Watershed Council For date call 429-2401 7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station
BANKS
Alcoholics Anonymous
Banks City Council
Banks Fire District #13
Banks Planning Commission
Banks School Board
Banks Youth Group
Chamber of Commerce
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Friends of the Library
Lions Club
Sunset Park Assoc.
T.O.P.S.
Women’s Aglow
8:00 p.m., Methodist Church
Fridays
2nd Tuesday
7:30 p.m., City Hall
2nd Wednesday
7:00 p.m., Station 13
Last Tuesday
7:00 p.m., City Hall
2nd Monday
7:30 p.m., Jr. High Library
Sundays, Wednesdays
7:00 p.m., UMC Youth Bldg.
1 st Thursday
12:30 p.m., Fire District Office
7:00 p.m., City Library
3rd Monday
7:00 p.m., City Library
2nd Tuesday
7:00 p.m., Schlegel Hall
1 st & 3rd Mondays
8:00 p.m., Gun Club
3rd Wednesday
7:00
p.m.,
Administration Bldg.
Wednesdays
7:00 p.m., City Library
2nd Thursday
COLUMBIA COUNTY (All meet in St. Helens unless otherwise noted.)
10 a.m., Courthouse
Wednesdays
Board of Commissioners
7:00 p.m., Sunset Park Church
2nd Tuesday
Citizens for Senior Justice
7:30 p.m., NRCS , 2514 Sykes
3rd Wednesday
Columbia Soil & Water District
7:00
p.m., Fairgrounds 4-H Bldg.
2nd
Monday
County Fair Board
6:00 p.m., 1054 Oregon St.
3rd Monday
County Parks Commission
10 a.m., 2nd Floor, Courthouse
3rd Tuesday
Mental Health Advisory Comm.
3rd Thursday 530 p.m. OSU Ext., 550 N. Hwy. 30
Comm, on Children & Families
3:00 p.m., 2nd Floor, Courthouse
Local Alcohol & Drug Plann. Comm. 2nd Tuesday
Organizations and meeting dates not listed may be included by calling 429-9410
or by mail to The INDEPENDENT, 725 Bridge Street, Vernonia, OR 97064.