The INDEPENDENT, April 21, 2011
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New tool researches products
Banks Council amends the Comp. Plan
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cerned that the database will
contain information only about
defects that result in injuries or
deaths, not complaints about
products’ reliability or quality.
The new site almost didn’t
make it onto the Internet. Some
Republican
congressmen
wanted to cut its funding, say-
ing there would be no way to
prevent false or misleading re-
ports, which could harm com-
panies’ reputations. But Dia-
mond says there are filters built
into the new website to prevent
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used dump truck from the City
of Sherwood, gratis, and is be-
ginning to use it for projects
around the water utility service
area. The city is working with
the City of Harrisburg on pur-
chasing a small backhoe in the
next fiscal year.
• The annual Friends of the
Banks Public Library, 2011
Plant, Book, & Art Sale will be
held in Schlegel Hall (Sunset
Park) on Friday, May 6 from 3-
7:00 p.m. and Saturday, May 7
from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
• The city is experiencing dif-
ficulties in accounting for bulk
water sales to approximately
five bulk water user companies.
One bulk water sales permit
has been revoked and the oth-
er permittees have been noti-
fied that the city is reviewing its
process with an eye toward
changes in procedures and the
costs. Any changes will occur
when the current permits expire
on December 31, 2011;
• The city has received its
franchise fee payment from
PGE, as well as the privilege
tax proceeds. The privilege tax
has been transferred to the
city’s capital reserve fund.
that. “You can’t have anony-
mous complaints. The com-
plaints have to be safety-relat-
ed. And there’s notice to the
manufacturers and they have
an opportunity to correct infor-
mation and provide comment.”
She says the National High-
way Traffic Safety Administra-
tion already has a similar public
database for automotive com-
plaints.
The CPSC says reports filed
this week on the website will
show up as part of the data-
base in April.
Steelhead outlook called “good”
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cluding the Hood, Deschutes,
John Day and Snake rivers.
Above Bonneville, steelhead
season opens June 16.
Watts noted that the sum-
mer steelhead fishery is one in
which bank fishermen often do
as well or even better than peo-
ple in boats because steelhead
are shallow water travelers and
can be picked up near shore by
fishing from the bank. Effective
bank fishing techniques include
plunking with Spin ‘n Glows,
Corkies, shrimp and prawns
and casting spinners. Boat fish-
ing can also be effective by
trolling or plunking with flatfish.
“There are a lot of fish and
it’s easy to get to them,” he
said. “It’s one of those things
where if you’re sitting on the
beach camping with your fami-
ly, why not put out a couple of
rods.”
Steelhead must be fin-
clipped hatchery fish in order to
be retained. Several species of
wild steelhead are listed for
protection under the federal
Endangered Species List and
all wild steelhead must be re-
leased unharmed.
Following Hough’s report,
Council adopted three ordi-
nances amending the Banks
Comprehensive Plan. One
amendment extends the 20-
year population forecast and
expand the Urban Growth
Boundary, another adopts a
Transportation System Plan
and amends sections of the
zoning Code and Land Division
regulations; the third adopts the
Park & Recreation Master Plan,
amending the Goal 8 Recre-
ation element of the plan. All or-
dinances passed by a 3-1 vote.
Councilors Mark Gregg and
Rob Fowler were absent –
Councilor Craig Stewart voted
no.
The next City Council Meet-
ing is Tuesday, May 10, at 7:00
p.m. in the Banks City Hall
Chambers.
VMS gives 3rd quarter Honor Roll
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Pedersen, Megan Rice, Jocie-
Ranay Roberts, Meghan Sulli-
van, Dylan Taylor, Chase Tolo-
nen, and Payton Wolf.
High Honors, 3.50-3.99 –
Emily Bergerson, Marley Bow-
er, Matthew Bringman, Zi_Xian
Chen, Andrew Cheney, Pearl
Cook, Kaitlyn Eyrrick, Jessica
Farr-Smith, Ashley Hernandez,
Reed Jones, Bryanna Larson,
Kirsten Leaverton, Alisa Lev-
enseller, Lilliann Lindsley,
Nathanael McCroskey-Izzett,
Paige Smith, Autumn Soren-
son, and Brittany Young.
Honors, 3.25-3.49 – Kayla
Aronhalt, Hayden Cieloha, Ju-
lia Fletcher, Lauren Glass,
Nicole Glass, Jessika Good-
man, Katie Martinez, Daniel
Rice, Sara Smith, Winter Snow,
Jessica Stringfield, Taylor Titus,
Jarrett White, and Damian
Young.
Honorable Mention, 3.00-
3.24 – Jason Bouslaugh, John
Dean Jr., Justin Fletcher, Bre-
anna Gardner, Nichole Gard-
ner, Jazmine Harper, C. J. Hi-
eronimus, Cheyenne Kemper,
William Connor Larke, John-
athan Levenseller, Garrett Mul-
likin, Courtney Pasko, Jacob
Perry, Jamie Scott, Mikila Sol-
berg, Dominic Szlavich, Logan
Titus, Cassidy Whitton, McKen-
zie Willard, and Trask Zook-
Owen.
She married Jackie E. “Jack”
Nance. They moved around
with his work for Weyer-
haeuser. They lived in Char-
lotte, North Carolina; Grand Is-
land, Nebraska; Dallas, Texas;
Denver, Colorado and Newark,
California, among other loca-
tions. In 1971, after her hus-
band’s death, she moved to
Vernonia. She worked at vari-
ous U.S. Bank branches for
over 20 years before retiring.
She
enjoyed
watching
wildlife, art, gardening, reading,
music from her era, and cook-
ing with her family.
She was preceded in death
by her husband; five brothers,
Thurman,
Leon,
Mitchell,
Lester and Alvin DeHart; and
three sisters, Otha Ekegren,
Dorothy O’Neal, and Alice De-
Hart.
Survivors include a son,
Scott Nance of Portland; a
daughter, Elizabeth “Kelly”
King, of Eugene; a brother,
John David DeHart of Portland;
a sister, Betty Meier of Tacoma,
Washington; three grandchil-
dren; one great-grandchild;
nieces and nephews.
Remembrances are sug-
gested to Vernonia Cares Food
Bank, PO Box 126, Vernonia,
OR 97064.
Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt Funeral
Home of Vernonia is in charge
of arrangements.
Obituary
LINZY “FLOYD” GUINN
Linzy “Floyd” Guinn, 75,
Buxton, died April 5, 2011.
Graveside services were held
April 9 at the Buxton Cemetery.
Mr. Guinn was born August
27, 1935, in Hanna, Oklahoma,
to Jake and Helen (Alexander)
Guinn, one of eight children. He
was raised in Okla. before the
family moved to Phoenix, Ari-
zona, in 1948.
In 1955, he married Betty
Smith. They made their home
in Buxton. He was a mechanic
by trade. He worked for Banks
Frozen Food and Hudson
House in Forest Grove, before
retiring in 1993 from NW Pack-
ing in Vancouver, Washington.
He enjoyed the outdoors,
camping, fishing, dancing,
country music, playing his har-
monica, gardening and fixing
things around the house.
He was preceded in death
by three siblings.
Survivors include his wife,
two daughters, Linda Lardy of
Buxton, and Pam Vandehey of
Banks; four grandchildren; and
seven great-grandchildren.
Duyck & VanDeHey Funeral
Home was in charge of
arrangements.
TEMPIE C. NANCE
Tempie C. Nance, 78, Ver-
nonia, died April 8, 2011. A cel-
ebration of life service will be
held April 25, at 1:00 p.m., at
Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt Funeral
Home, 741 Madison Ave., Ver-
nonia. There will be a reception
afterward at the Church of Je-
sus Christ of LDS, 1350 Knott
St., Vernonia.
Tempie C. Nance
Mrs. Nance was born March
5,
1933,
In
Longville,
Louisiana, to Artemas Leon
and Maggie May (Cooley) De-
Hart. She graduated from Ver-
nonia High School in 1951.