The INDEPENDENT, August 19, 2010
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WFCU names new Loan Director Child labor regulations changed for federal compliance
Wauna Federal Credit Union
has promoted Tonya Dick to
the position of Commercial
Loan Director. A resident of
Clatsop County for 30 years;
Dick has 10 years experience
in banking with over three
years experience in commer-
cial lending.
She joined Wauna Federal
Credit Union in May, 2009, as a
consumer loan officer and was
quickly promoted to commer-
cial loan officer in January
2010. A combination of per-
formance and dedication help-
ed her earn the promotion of
Commercial Loan Director in
June, 2010. “Tonya has taken
our commercial loan program
to a whole new level,” said
Ethan Morriss, Vice President-
Lending . “She is committed to
the needs of businesses of all
sizes throughout Clatsop and
Columbia Counties.”
Dick works closely with
branch managers to help meet
the needs unique to their com-
munities. She can also assist
owners with other business
products, including business
checking, deposit accounts,
corporate credit cards and mer-
chant services. “We are striving
to become the area’s leading
provider of loan services, from
commercial loans, auto loans,
mortgages, and credit cards,”
said Morriss. “Tonya has creat-
ed an excellent environment to
help business owners borrow
the money they need to sup-
port their business growth.
She’s a huge asset to our lend-
ing team.”
Wauna Federal Credit Union
is headquartered in Clatskanie,
and serves nearly 14,000
members. Branches are locat-
ed in Astoria, Clatskanie, St
Helens, Vernonia, and Warren-
ton. A new Scappoose Branch
is scheduled to open this fall.
Any person who resides,
works, attends school or wor-
ships in Clatsop or Columbia
Counties is eligible for mem-
bership with WFCU. For more
information please call our toll-
free number 800-773-3236 or
visit our website at waunafcu.org.
City Council holds brief meeting
The August 16 meeting of
the Vernonia City Council last-
ed less than one hour, starting
at 7:00 p.m. and ending just be-
fore 8:00 p.m.
Helen Hudson spoke from
the audience to voice her con-
cern with the city’s public works
personnel painting crosswalks
before Jamboree. Hudson
wondered what part of the
budget was used for that and
whether it would impact the
street cleaning schedule. She
also questioned why the cross-
walks near the school weren’t
painted, with school set to start
soon. Council made no re-
sponse.
Chief Grace provided copi-
ous amounts of information on
the proposed “Fix-it Ticket” pro-
gram, the alarm fees proposal
and an idea to charge a traffic
accident service fee to non-res-
idents. Council agreed that
these proposals each had mer-
it, but the consensus was to
wait until the city has a new
chief of police before imple-
menting any new programs.
Chief Grace’s employment
contract ends August 31 and
he had previously notified
council of his intent not to con-
tract for more services to the
city. The council has not an-
nounced any decision on a re-
placement.
In other business, council:
• saw Police Chief Frank
Grace give an award to
Sergeant Mike Connor (and
has another one for Officer
Carnahan) for apprehending
some juveniles, who had Molo-
tov-like explosive devices.
Though no date was specified,
this apparently occurred quite a
while ago.
Tuesday, September 7 (de-
layed one day due to Labor
Day) is the date the next coun-
cil meeting is scheduled at City
Hall, at 7:00 p.m.
Back to School
is coming Soon.
Are you ready?
The Wage and Hour Division
of Oregon’s Bureau of Labor
and Industries (BOLI) will be
amending the state’s child la-
bor regulations to conform to
new federal standards. BOLI
has identified and notified all
registered employers of minors
in Oregon believed to be affect-
ed by the federal changes,
which took effect July 19. One
change of particular interest to
Oregonians is a new limitation
on the duties that minors may
be assigned in relation to forest
fire fighting.
Federal child labor provi-
sions prohibit youth under age
18 from performing duties de-
clared Hazardous Order Occu-
pations by the Secretary of La-
bor. The recent listing of forest
fire fighting in the U.S. Depart-
ment of Labor’s Hazardous Or-
der Occupations prohibits mi-
nors under 18 from engaging in
forest fire fighting and fire pre-
vention except the following
tasks in forest fire prevention, if
the the tasks are not in con-
junction with, or in support of,
efforts to extinguish a forest
fire: clearing of fire trails or
roads; construction, mainte-
More on SBA loans
From page 4
Eligibility is based on im-
pact, not on property damage.
The interest rate is four per-
cent, a maximum term of 30
years, and are available to
small businesses and most pri-
vate, non-profits without finan-
cial ability to offset the adverse
impact.
By law, SBA makes EIDLs
available when the U. S. Sec-
retary of Agriculture designates
an agricultural disaster. This
declaration was requested by
Governor Ted Kulongoski.
Information and application
forms are available from SBA’s
Customer Service Center,
(800) 659-2955, or email disas
tercustomerservice@sba.gov,
the SBA Web site, www.sba.
gov/services/disasterassis-
tance. Hearing impaired may
call 800-877 8339. Apply on-
line using the Electronic Loan
Application (ELA) via SBA’s se-
cure Web site at https://disas-
terloan.sba.gov/ela
nance, and patrol of fire lines;
piling and burning slash; main-
taining fire fighting equipment;
and acting as a fire lookout or
fire patrolman” (see http://www.
dol.gov/whd/cl/SidebySide
HOsFinalRule.htm).
Additional federal changes
allow minors 16- and 17-year-
olds to operate power-driven
pizza-dough rollers and port-
able, countertop food mixers.
Other changes strengthen child
labor laws, including prohibiting
employing minors in poultry
slaughtering and packaging
plants (see http://www.dol.gov
/whd/cl/SidebySideReg3Final-
Rule.htm).
BOLI has issued a notice of
proposed rulemaking to re-
align state rules to match the
new federal regulations, as re-
quired by state law. Information
about the rulemaking is avail-
able on BOLI’s website http://
www.oregon.gov/BOLI/LEGAL/
H_Notices.shtml (see Rule
839-021). Public comment will
be accepted through Sept. 21.
For more information about
the new federal regulations,
see http://www.dol.gov/whd/cl
/whdfsCLFR.htm. Direct ques-
tions about federal child labor
regulations to the Wage and
Hour Division of the U.S. De-
partment of Labor at 503-
326–5952. For state law or Em-
ployment Certificate require-
ments, call BOLI’s Child Labor
Unit at 971-673-0836.