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The INDEPENDENT, July 21, 2005
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5. Since the terrorist attack,
If FDR was right, so President Bush has liberated
two countries, crushed the Tal
is President Bush
iban, crippled the Al-Quida,
placed nuclear inspectors in
To the Editor:
Libya, Iran and North Korea
In January there were 39
without firing one shot or losing
combat related deaths in Iraq,
one life, and captured a terror
while in the fair city of Detroit,
ist hid in a spider hole like some
during the same month, there
bug, who had murdered
were 35 murdered. This is just
300,000 of his own people.
in one American city almost as
6. I know the Democrats and
deadly as the entire war torn
those playing far out in left field
Iraq in the same month.
are complaining about how
While some claim that Presi
long the war is taking. But we
dent Bush should never have
have spent less time to take
started the war in the first
Iraq than it took Janet Reno to
place, take a look at the follow
take the Branch Davidian com
ing;
pound. We have spent less
1. F.D.R. led us into World
time in Iraq looking for chemical
War Two against Germany who
weapons than it took Hillary
had not attacked us although
Clinton to find the Rose law
Japan did. From 1941 to 1945
firm’s billing records. It took
450,000 American lives were
less time for the Marines and
lost. An average of 112,500 per
the 3rd Army Infantry to destroy
year.
Osama’s Republican army than
2. President Truman finished
it took Ted Kennedy to call the
that war and started another
police after his Oldsmobile
war in Korea. From 1950 to
sank in the Chapaquiddick Bay.
1953 55,000 lives were lost, an
It even took less time to take
average of 18,334 per year.
Iraq than to count the votes in
3. John F. Kennedy started
Florida.
the Vietnam conflict in 1962,
Fear not my friends, our
Vietnam did not attack us.
commander and chief is doing
President Lyndon Johnson
a great job in Iraq. The morale
turned that war into a disaster.
of our military has never been
From 1965 to 1975 58,000 lives
higher. They realize the impor
were lost.
tance of their job, although the
4. Bill Clinton went to war in
biased U.S. media is doing
Bosnia without either France or
their best to blind us from the
U.N. consent. Bosnia never at
facts.
tacked us. Clinton was offered
Sincerely,
Ben Laden’s head on a platter
Juneious F. Harty
three times by Sudan and did
Scappoose
nothing. Ben Laden had at
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V. Cares will offer
barbecued chicken
To the Editor:
Cares Supporters: Thanks
for your attendance during Ver
nonia Cares Food Bank’s 2004
BBQ fundraiser meal. Its suc
cess was one of the reasons
the food bank was able to re
open in October.
Currently the Food Bank as
sists about 80 households per
month, containing over 200
people. Our monthly goal con
tinues to be provision of three
days worth of emergency gro
ceries to residents in and
around the Vernonia area. The
need for our services increases
as children are home during the
summer months, representing
38 percent of our clients in
June.
Cares is sponsoring its sec
ond annual BBQ meal this Sat
urday, July 23, from 5:00 to
8:00 p.m. It will once again be
at the Senior Center facility and
cost $7. We hope you will show
your support by attending this
meal. “To go” type meals will
also be available for the same
price.
Gratefully,
Sandy Welch,
Executive Director
Vernonia Cares
Food Bank
Vernonia. As such, I am well
aware that this is a logging
community. After all, the raising
and harvesting of timber is
what Vernonia and Oregon is
all about. I understand this, and
I don’t have a problem with it.
What I do have a problem
with is the flagrant disregard for
the safety and well-being of the
women, children, and in my
case, senior citizens living on B
and C streets below OA Hill.
The stripping of all the timber
on the back side of OA Hill has
put all of us in harm’s way.
The events of 1996 should
give us all some insight as to
what can happen should Ver
nonia have another wet winter.
Floods and mudslides are very
real possibilities.
The damage has been done.
Our only hope now is that the
people involved will have the
moral conviction to place some
fast-growing ground cover on
this hillside before the winter
rains come.
Sincerely,
Don Sandrich
Vernonia
From page 2
ported to my Floor desk every
morning at 11 a.m. during the
recess. This was my statement
to the House of Representa
tives that we need to be doing
the peoples’ business and
moving towards adjournment,
rather than taking vacations.
That is why KATU 2 News did a
three-part story about my Floor
protest this week.
Recess or not, I have contin
ued to discuss issues with my
constituents. Many of you have
told me how important it is to
pass legislation providing for
mental health parity, education
funding, transportation im
provements, utility tax reform
and the summer lunch program
for low-income children, to
name a few.
WILLIAM LOUIS AUGUSTINE
was held July 13 In Rainier. Private in
urnment will be at Hudson Cemetery in
Rainier.
Mr. Brown was born June 19, 1933,
in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to
Sylvester Victor and Ervema Marie
(LeGore) Brown. He graduated from
Banks Union High School and served
in the U.S. Army.
In 1960, he married Elaine Marie
Wilcox. The family moved to Clatskanie
in 1970. He worked as a machine ten
der at Weyerhaeuser in Longview for
35 years, retiring in 1995.
Survivors include his wife; a son,
Stephen M. of Clatskanie; four daugh
ters, Loreen C. Brown of Clatskanie,
Jan L. Brown of Longview, Cindy A
Sieffert and Nancy R. Pierce, both of
Rainier, and six grandchildren.
Remembrances are suggested to
Community Home Health and Hospice,
P.O. Box 2067, Longview, WA 98632.
Haakinson-Groulx Mortuary in
Clatskanie was in charge of arrange
ments.
Better jokes wanted
To the Editor:
I think the jokes in the paper
are not that funny. So I tell you
now, I wish you could pick fun
nier “Jokes.”
P.S. Maybe, a new Garfield
or a Far Side?
Your friend,
Jerimiah Hammons (age 9)
Vernonia
Logging should not
put people at risk
To the Editor:
I am a long-time resident,
homeowner, and taxpayer in
From page 18
ODFW at 503-621-3488. Of
course the Vernonia Police De
partment will provide any as
sistance possible if the animals
are attacking or other emer
gency situations.
William Louis “Bill” Augustine, 62,
Vernonia, died July 7, 2005. Private in
terment has been held.
Mr. Augustine was born August 3,
1942, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to
William Louis, Sr. and Lola (Ca
vanaugh) Augustine. He was raised in
Wisconsin. He served in the National
Guard.
In 1992, he married Johnnie John
son. They made their home in Vernon
ia. He worked for ODOT, Banks Lum
ber Co., Tektronix, Inc. and at Schrock
Cabinet Manufacturer as an assem
bler.
He was preceded in death by his
parents and a brother, Scott.
Survivors include his wife; a step
daughter, Elizabeth Johnson of Eu
gene; and two nieces.
Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt Funeral Home
in Vernonia was in charge of arrange
ments.
BILLY RAY BROWN
Billy Ray Brown, 72, Clatskanie,
died July 6, 2005. A celebration of life
GEORGE HAROLD HOLDING
George Harold Holding, 85, Ver
nonia, died July 6, 2005. Graveside
services were held July 12 at Wood
bine Cemetery in Rainier, with Pastor
John Cahill, of the First Baptist Church
in Vernonia, officiating.
Mr. Holding was born January 1,
1920, in Clatskanie, to Reed and Annie
(West) Holding. When he was young,
the family moved to Vernonia, where
he was raised. He served in the U.S.
Army during World War II.
In 1946, he married Ethel Mae
Sines. They made their home in Sea
side and were later divorced. He
worked in the timber industry, owning
and operating his own log truck. Prior to
his retirement, he was a lineworker for
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