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The INDEPENDENT, June 16, 2005 Business Page 5 ___________ Forest Trust Land meeting Internet phone service may not reach 9-1-1 Technology improves our tomatic, lifesaving features: providers who voluntarily as a connection to the 9-1-1 to review harvest level data lives in so many ways and routing to the correct emer sure network. In some cases that in The Forest Trust Land Advi sory Committee (FTLAC) will meet Friday, June 17, in Salem to discuss preliminary, comput er-modeled harvest levels for northwest Oregon state-man aged forestlands. The meeting will be held at the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) operations building, 2600 State St., in room 101 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. FTLAC meetings are open to the public. An opportu nity for public comment is pro vided at 10 a.m. The committee will review and discuss forest modeling outputs for harvesting and habitat. The modeling outputs, along with other information, will be used by the Oregon Board of Forestry (BOF) to consider possible changes in the northwest and southwest forest management plans. The committee will provide input to the board. Other topics include reports on Swiss needle cast (a dis ease affecting Douglas-fir), wa tershed effectiveness monitor ing and an update on the BOF’s new process for consid- ering technical information in decision-making. FTLAC is a legally mandat ed committee of county com missioners representing coun ties that in the past deeded lands to the state. The commit tee advises the governing BOF on matters where counties may have a responsibility related to forestland managed by ODF. Counties depend on revenue generated from management activities on these lands. About $45 million in annual revenue - earmarked for 15 counties - has come from tim ber sales on county forest trust lands. The revenue is used pri marily for local schools, and also helps fund county govern ment and local taxing districts. The committee is made up of seven members who repre sent the 15 counties that have state forest land within their county boundaries. Counties with forest trust lands include Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Coos, Douglas, Jo sephine, Klamath, Lane, Lin coln, Linn, Marion, Polk, Tillam ook and Washington. “Voice Over Internet Protocol” (VoIP) appears to be the next wave. VoIP provides voice tele phone service through your computer internet connection - instead of through a traditional landline or cellular telephone service. While VoIP may streamline some communica tions options, and may be a less costly connection, it may also limit or even prevent you from calling 9-1-1 in an emer gency. Before deciding to switch to VoIP, be sure to ask if you’ll have 9-1-1 service. Some inter net service providers who offer VoIP do not provide a connec tion to 9-1-1 at all. Others route 9-1-1 calls to regular, non emergency telephone numbers (a seven or ten-digit number) that may or may not reach the correct public safety dispatch center to respond to your call. Furthermore, when your call is routed to one of these seven or ten-digit numbers, there is no enhanced 9-1-1 with its au grounds and some of the other services. Lucas said this will be the first State Park built in 33 years. It is being funded prima rily by lottery dollars. Matt Chesley followed with a presentation on “Mountain Bik ing and Vernonia,” using infor mation from the International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA), which has over 32,000 members worldwide. They build or help build 5,000 miles of trail every year in order to make the trails erosion-proof (even in climates with more than twice our average rainfall). According to Chesley, the aver age IMBA member is a 37 year- old, college-educated male, who makes $62,000 per year. Chesley suggested mountain bikers as a good source of tourist dollars for our area. Councilor Shirlee Daughtry received the city’s thanks for cludes Enhanced 9-1-1 servic es for their Oregon customers. Other providers are intensely developing systems to improve 9-1-1 connections from desk top and laptop computers. But for now, it is strongly rec ommended that you keep a cel lular phone or landline to call 9- 1-1 in an emergency. IRONVK GS Custom Metal Fabrication Ornamental iron Gates & Fencing W rought Iron Fabrication Mobile Welding & Repairs Call for a quote: 503-730-4944 CCB# 116256 St Helens Community Federal Credit Union Welcome’s Our Member’s to Join Us fo r Our 67th Annual Meeting. Council hears park manager From page 1 gency dispatch center, identifi cation of the closest emer gency personnel and location identification that enables emergency personnel to pin point where you are. Most Voice Over Internet services simply don’t connect you with Enhanced 9-1-1 at this time. Because the market for VoIP is taking off, there are some her donation of photos and help in getting the framing and matting for the photos on dis play in the halls of City Hall. The Council also accepted jurisdiction of Rose Avenue and Alder Street from Columbia County, and approved an amendment to the City Em ployee Personnel Manual changing from 20 to 32 the number of hours for regular part-time employment. Mayor Harrison appointed Burt Tschache, Josette Mitch ell, llene Grady, Steve White- man, Kim Wallace and Randy Aultman to the Technology Center committee for the Learning Center. Harrison will represent the City. Bassett told Council that there should be paddle boats for rent at the Lake by the end of June. The next City Council meet ing will be at 7:00 p.m. on June 20 at City Hall. WHEN: WHERE: June 22, 2005 6:30 pm Light Hors d’oeuvre 7:00 pm Business Meeting/ Elections The Olde School 251 St. Helens Street St Helens, OR Please RSVP by cal ling 503.366.6333, so we may get an accurate count of attendees. St. He le n s C om m unity F e d e ra l C r e d it U n io n S t. H e le n s Scappoose R a in ie r C o m in g S o o n t o C l a t s k a n i e 503.397.2376 or 800.275.6434 I
