The INDEPENDENT, January 6, 2011
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Hough tells Banks Council of Wash. Co. Visitors Assoc. meeting
Teresa Lyda was recognized
with a certificate of appreciation
at the December 14 Banks City
Council meeting. Lyda was rec-
ognized for her strong support
of the City of Banks by serving
on the Banks Planning Com-
mission. She is a “very wonder-
ful Planning Commissioner,”
said Mayor John Kinsky. Lyda
has served two terms (six
years) as a Planning Commis-
sioner. Her second term ex-
pired on December 31st.
Planning Commission Liai-
son Janet Towne told council
that “nothing much happened”
at the planning commission.
The commission received
packets with no comments.
City Manager Jim Hough’s
report included the following:
• Washington County and
Metro continue to respond to
the Land Conservation and De-
velopment
Commission
(LCDC) decision on the Metro
Urban Reserves. It appears
that undesignated and rural re-
serves in the Banks area will
not be changed.
• The Washington County
Visitors Association Scenic
Bikeway Subcommittee, which
Hough chairs, held its first offi-
cial meeting to start work to-
ward a scenic bikeway in
Washington County. The com-
mittee has adopted a letter of
support for the concept and
Hough anticipates that the
committee will be soliciting let-
ters of support in January.
• The employees of the City
of Banks expressed thanks to
Council for funding holiday gift
certificates to Jim’s Thriftway.
• The Greenville City Park
Management Committee will
hold a goal-setting retreat in
late January as it works on the
City Council’s request to make
recommendations regarding
park usage. The committee
also suggested that the City
hold a community meeting in
mid-February regarding neigh-
borhood watch, park mainte-
nance and usage.
• At the request of Councilor
Mark Gregg to develop a more
efficient emergency notification
program, the city is meeting
with Larry Hatch at Washington
County Consolidated Commu-
nications Agency (WCCCA) to
discuss the new system the
agency is purchasing. The City
will continue to pursue this proj-
ect and make a report/recom-
mendation in the next few
months.
• Two applicants are being
considered for the position of
Water Utility Operator/Public
Works Supervisor to replace
Fred Evers when he retires.
References are currently being
checked. The City hoped to
hire a new person in December
to work with Evers for a few
weeks.
• The first evidentiary hear-
ing for the Urban Growth
Boundary (UGB) Expansion
was held at a special Planning
Commission meeting on De-
cember 15, at 7:00 p.m. Coun-
cil anticipates that they will hold
the second hearing on Febru-
ary 8, at 7:30 p.m.
Council received the Can-
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Regular election.
Council reappointed a num-
ber of Board and Committee
members whose terms would
otherwise expire on December
31, 2010.
Council adopt their 2011-
2012 Goals, with priority num-
bering for each goal, on a mo-
tion by Councilor Craig Stew-
art. Council drafted the goals at
the September 21-22 City
Council Retreat.
After the first reading, by title
only, of an ordinance adding
food waste to the Solid Waste
Collection Franchise with
SWATCO. Council approved
the first reading with a 3-1 vote.
The next meeting of Banks
City Council will be on January
11, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. in Banks
City Hall.
Learn how to feed birds in winter
by Chris Thomas, Oregon
News Service
When the weather turns
cold, wild bird populations in
the Northwest have to work
hard to find enough food to sur-
vive. Oregonians can help by
putting out feeders and keeping
them full this winter, and there
are probably some good post-
Christmas sale prices on feed-
ers.
An estimated 50 million peo-
ple around the U.S. put out bird
feeders this time of year to at-
tract feathered friends to their
back yards. They may not real-
ize that a bird’s diet must fuel a
metabolism that can require up
to a whopping 10,000 calories
a day, so the food has to not
only appeal to the birds, but be
nutritious for them as well.
National Wildlife Federation
(NWF) naturalist David Mize-
jewski recommends a combi-
nation of seed and suet. But he
says the best way to help wild
birds survive the winter lies in
what you plant around your
property, “What you want to
think about doing, first and fore-
most, is adding plants to your
landscape that have berries,
seeds, nuts, and that kind of
thing. Those are the foods that
the birds are going to be feed-
ing on in the winter.”
Mizejewski says there are
some myths to wild bird feed-
ing, like the one that says once
you start feeding the birds, you
can’t stop, “It is something of a
myth that birds will become de-
pendent upon your feeder and
that, if you stop feeding once
you start, the birds are going to
suffer and maybe even die. The
research shows that birds real-
ly only use feeders as a supple-
ment to the natural foods they
find in the landscape.”
The National Wildlife Feder-
ation has a Certified Wildlife
Habitat program to educate
people about how to safely at-
tract birds and other wildlife,
even in urban settings. There’s
an online application to fill out
(at www.nwf.org) and the NWF
can certify your yard as wildlife
habitat. Businesses, churches
and schools can also apply for
certification.
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