PRESORTED STANDARD U.S. Postage Paid Vernonia, OR 97064 Permit No. 37 Vol. 22, No. 19 “Voice of the Upper Nehalem River Valley” October 4, 2007 Household Hazardous Waste collection slated Go Loggers! Vernonia High School Loggers enjoyed a lopsided 26-7 win over Nestucca at home Sept. 21, while racking up a 4-1 preseason. League play starts tomorrow at home against Neah- Kah-Nie. VHS Homecoming Week starts Oct. 15 with half of the profit from food sales go- ing to help Dean Schaumburg; see article on page 11. There will be a Household Hazardous Waste collection event in Vernonia on Saturday, October 13, from 8:00 a.m. to noon in the Washington Grade School parking lot. No appoint- ment will be necessary. The Household Hazardous Waste collection will accept the following items: paints and stains; pool and spa chemicals; pesticides, herbicides, fertiliz- ers and poisons; motor oil, an- tifreeze and other automotive fluids; thinners and solvents; household cleaners and disin- fectants; batteries; art and hob- by chemicals; aerosol spray products; propane tanks or bot- tles from barbecue grills; fluo- rescent lamps and ballasts; mercury (thermometers, etc.). Items that will not be accept- ed include: Radioactive materi- al; standard household garbage; explosives including ammuni- tion; and bio-medical waste. As a reminder, water-based latex paints, antifreeze, used motor oil and automotive bat- teries, as well as many other recyclable materials, can be re- cycled at the Vernonia Transfer Please see page 3 V ERNONIA S ALMON F ESTIVAL Saturday, October 6 10 AM - 6:00 PM Hawkins Park Salmon viewing, Hay Rides, Kids’ Fishing Pond, Music, Wine Tasting, and much more for the whole family! See page 12 for details. Council told of repeated garbage Crash takes life of Birkenfeld man overflows in Anderson Park The Vernonia City Council meeting of October 1 was brief, with only three items of busi- ness on the agenda beside ap- proval of the consent agenda (the minutes from previous meeting and the cash disburse- ments). Bill Sword spoke to Council regarding access through An- derson Park. Because he sometimes needs to move ex- tra long loads from his property across the Nehalem River, he is seeking a way to go from his bridge to Adams Avenue. May- or Sally Harrison suggested that he first take his plan to the Planning Commission. Noni Andersen presented Fire Season ends See page 3 pictures to council of the dump- ster at Anderson Park overflow- ing with garbage on two differ- ent occasions, August 5 and August 19. She told council that Bill Yeo (Anderson Park host) asked her to take pictures because he had asked the city for either a larger container or more frequent garbage pickups and had been told the city couldn’t afford it. Andersen went on to say that, since the parks are featured in all the city literature, she’s pretty upset Please see page 4 Water restrictions are canceled The Vernonia water curtail- ment has been cancelled due to increased flow in Rock Creek from recent rains. Hamilton Snavley, 29, of Birkenfeld, was killed in a head-on collision near Vernon- ia on September 22, when the Dodge Caravan he was riding in collided with another vehicle. The Caravan driver, Jason Corbin, 23, of Birkenfeld, crossed the center line and hit an oncoming Toyota T-100 driven by Allen Pellham, 56, of Rainier. Corbin and the other passenger of the Dodge Cara- van, Ashley Hamilton, 27, of Birkenfeld, were seriously in- jured and taken to a hospital. Pellham was also seriously in- jured and taken to a hospital. Snavley was pronounced dead at the scene, which oc- curred at about 6:50 a.m. No information is available regard- ing funeral arrangements. This salmon was jumping over “Vernonia Falls” on its way up Rock Creek, just in time for the Vernonia Salmon Festival.