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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.