The INDEPENDENT, September 7, 2011
Where to Find Them
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden
(Dem)
1220 SW 3rd Avenue, Suite 585
Portland OR 97232
Phone: 503-326-7525
223 Dirksen Senate Ofc. Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20510-0001
Phone: 202-224-5244
E-Mail: http://wyden.senate.gov/
contact
Website: http://wyden.senate.
gov
U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley
(Dem.)
One World Trade Center
121 SW Salmon St., Suite 1250
Portland, OR 97204
Phone: 503-326-3386
313 Hart Senate Ofc. Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-3753
E-Mail: http://merkley.senate.
gov/contact
WebSite: http://merkley.senate.
gov
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Letters
Vendors plan return
for next Jamboree
To the Editor:
Some time ago my husband
and I attended the Friendship
Logging Jamboree as vendors.
We have attended events in
the past, but none can com-
pare with the exceptional or-
ganization and team effort we
witnessed during the three
days of celebration.
Vernonia has the welcome
home spirit of yesteryear we so
much enjoyed.
As vendors we could not
have gotten better service,
friendlier wait staff and better
food from the Black Bear Café.
We extend a special thanks
to everyone involved in making
this event a great success; the
Lions Club, Pihl Logging and
many others.
A very special commenda-
tion to Joann Glass for above
and beyond hard work and
dedication.
We look forward to sharing
in the wonderful festivities next
year.
Sincerely your new friends,
DONGII Designer Jewelry
Don and Gigi Grasseth
Longview, Washington
Senator Betsy Johnson
(Dem) Senate District 16
PO Box R,
Scappoose, OR 97056
Phone: 503-543-4046
900 Court St. NE, S-314
Salem, OR 97301
Phone: 503-986-1716
E-mail: sen.betsyjohnson@
state.or.us
Website: http//www.leg.state.or.
us/johnson
Representative Brad Witt
(Dem) House District. 31
21740 Lindberg Road,
Clatskanie, OR 97016
Phone: 503-728-4664
900 Court St. NE, H-373
Salem, OR 97301
Phone: 503-986-1431
E-mail: rep.bradwitt@state.or.us
Website: http//www.leg.state.or.
us/witt
Representative Deborah
Boone
(Dem) House District 32
PO Box 926
Cannon Beach, OR 97110
Phone: 503-717-9182
900 Court St. NE, H-375
Salem, OR 97301
Phone: 503-986-1432
E-mail: rep.deborahboone@
state.or.us
Website: http//www.leg.state.or.
us/boone
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Please, please slow
down on Timber Road
To the Editor:
I live along Timber Road,
and twice in two days we were
almost hit by log trucks being
driven very fast down our road.
However, it’s not just the log-
gers who are driving too fast on
Timber Road – other drivers
are going too fast, as well.
Because of their animals
and young children, some of
our neighbors are also unhap-
py with the fast traffic. We think
45 mph would be a much safer
speed, not 60 mph or more.
For those of you driving on
Timber Road, please, please
slow down – for the safety of all
of us who live along Timber
and for the sake of others trav-
eling on the road as well.
Thank you,
Lulu Lamping
Vernonia
Summer program an
outstanding success
To the Editor:
Value of Feeding a Commu-
nity – 2011 Vernonia Summer
Meals Program Pilot Project
How does a program meas-
ure success? By the number of
kids fed or the enduring collab-
oration of community volun-
teers and agencies to provide
quality programming to our
youth of Vernonia.
Meals Prepared = 3600
Volunteers = 46
Well, we can start with the
numbers of youth meals pre-
pared and served. Unexpect-
edly, Vernonia Summer Meal
Program (VSMP) also pre-
pared and served 783 meals to
adults.
At the height of the VSMP,
195 meals were served and the
average was 100 per day for
the 44 days of the program.
This is 25 percent over our ini-
tial survey results.
In the prevention world, the
success of this program can be
measured by many things. The
number of people attending is
the output, but the potential in-
fluence on our kids is a much
needed outcome.
For those of you who utilized
the VSMP we thank you: Sum-
mer School, Vacation Bible
School, Daycare Providers,
Sports Camps, Foster families,
families and individuals. Next
year we hope to include Camp
Wilkerson as a site for the
week of camp.
The VSMP planners and
staff would like to thank many
people and organizations:
Partners for a Hunger Free
Oregon $4,400
Grant
for
equipment, transportation and
staffing; Pioneer Baptist Fel-
lowship, the fiscal agent for
grant and plethora of volun-
teers; St. Helen’s Summer
Meal Program for menu, meal
preparation and encourage-
ment; Vernonia School District
for use of the site; Vernonia
Food Bank for bread and the
occasional sweet for the volun-
teers; Vernonia Prevention
Coalition for materials, copies
and purchase of food, han-
dler’s cards and payment of
background checks; Skein
Slayers for yarn and materials;
Vernonia Library for Tuesday
programs; Hands on Art for
Wednesday programs; Master
Gardeners for Thursday pro-
grams and volunteers; Vernon-
ia Foursquare Church for Fri-
day programs and volunteers;
Foster Grand Parent Program
for mentoring and support;
Dewey Deweber for clowning
around and giving us magic;
DeAnna Pearl for grant writing
and form development; Cathy
Meyer VSMP Food Coordina-
tor, Nic Welch VSMP Volunteer
Coordinator, Ron Welch VSMP
Transporter (2400 miles to de-
liver meals), Gina Fields VSMP
Positive promoter, Heather
Lewis for gathering up the
pieces and the recycling pro-
gram, Barb Carr for volunteer
background checks, Carol
Senn for warming up the place
and making coffee, Officer
Brent Thompson for eating with
the kids and showing that cops
are cool, Vernonia Rural Fire
District for bringing out the
truck, gear and people; and the
Three Little Pigs who saved 66
buckets of slop from the
garbage can.
Finally, a huge thank you to
the documented 55 volunteers
who tirelessly showed up every
week to help set up, serve,
clean and put away during the
44 days of the Vernonia Sum-
mer Meals Program. Two
thumbs up for those of you who
showed up on Fridays to mop,
scrub and clean to prepare for
Sunday’s PBF church and
Monday’s food service.
We have already begun
planning for next year. If you
would like more information
please contact me at 503-369-
7370.
DeAnna Pearl
Vernonia Prevention
Coalition
August First Friday
enjoyed by many
To the Editor:
First Friday in August
brought crafters, artists and
visitors to the Scout Cabin for
an evening of shopping, visiting
neighbors and enjoying the gui-
tar and vocals of Lowell
Mitchell. Kids decorated magic
wands, smashed a piñata and
frosted cookies.
Thank you to the many ven-
dors and visitors who partici-
pated, and to the volunteers
that made the evening run like
clockwork. Special thanks to
Jack Finzel for the mini-engine
demonstration and to artists Di-
ane Coughlin, Sally Harrison,
Walter Neuman, and Dave An-
derson for their paintings of his-
toric “Vernonia Through the
Artist’s Eye”.
Diana Peach
First Friday
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Ike Says…
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The Pacific Salmon Treaty allocates a large share of Nehalem
Chinook to these fisheries and allows for a total escapement of
only 6800 Chinook back to the Nehalem system. The spawning
escapement goal is only 6800 fish, so if the northern fisheries are
overly successful, the local fishery either has to be curtailed or re-
stricted. The problem with this allocation system is that there is no
reward for Oregon fishery managers to restrict the fishery and try
to build the run to higher numbers, because the PST will simply
allocate higher numbers of our fish to the northern fisheries and
continue our 6800 spawning escapement goal.
The trouble with trying to manage this fishery so tightly is that
we then play the dangerous game of having a fishery when 100%
of the spawning escapement goal will not be met. Sometimes the
population estimates and escapement goals are not met and the
runs end up short of the goal. This means that we simply did not
allow enough fish to spawn to fully seed the habitat in the Ne-
halem system, which is what happened in 2008.
It would be beneficial for our federal legislators to revisit the
PST; states should be rewarded for rebuilding runs of fish that will
eventually benefit all fishery interests.
Izaak Walton League,
Nehalem Valley Chapter
meets monthly on the 3rd Thursday at 7:00 p.m.
Call 503-429-7193 for location.