The INDEPENDENT, February 1, 2012
Letters
did not apply to the Vernonia/
Mist/Birkenfeld area, which
From page 14
but it’s the only clean way to do
the deal.” “Let’s not talk about
the Foundation until much later
in this I suspect we said too
much at our last Board meet-
ing…” “The goal is to get far
enough along on the dissolu-
tion so that the angry folks who
are going to take over as CHD
Board members will not be able
to un-do the process. Regard-
less, they will not have the PHA
by that time anyway.”
4/5/11 – from Jay Tappan
,using the publicly owned com-
puter at the fire department, to
Karen Ladd, “I think we are on
a good footing with the Com-
missioners in terms of them not
screwing us out of the deal af-
ter July 1. I may be wrong
about all this, but I think what’s
driving them is a total fear of
working with the crazy people.
They also live in fear of the
public perception that we are
pulling a fast one on this.”
“The crazies will not have a
district to inherit, or at least
they will be stuck with one that
is being erased.” – Jay Tappan.
And on that note, we will
leave you to your own research
at nohospitaltax.info (available
February 1). Please let us
know if you find anything which
we have missed. There is so
much more to read through and
we could use a thousand pair
of eyes. This is up to all of us
as taxpayers now.
Nancy Whitney, St. Helens
Tammy Maygra, Deer
Island
(Editor’s Note: Measure 5-209
was never a part of the Colum-
bia Health District)
Obituary
CATHERINE L. GRAVES
Catherine Lorraine Graves,
57, Hillsboro, died January 10,
2012. A memorial service was
held January 14 at the Gaston
Community Church.
Mrs. Graves was born De-
cember 1, 1954, in Hanford,
California, to James O. and Mil-
licent (Driver) Stiefer. She was
raised in Sebastopol, Calif.,
and graduated from Anly High
School in 1972.
In 1973, she married Larry
Graves. They made their home
in Sebastopol, then moved to
McCuen, Tennessee in 1987.
When they divorced in 2006,
she moved to Hillsboro. She
was a homemaker and had
worked as a machinist.
She enjoyed reading, music,
cats, traveling, riding Harley
Davidson motorcycles, and
eating tacos.
She was preceded in death
by her parents.
Survivors include her two
children, Amanda Graves and
Jeremy Graves, both of Mc-
Cuen, Tenn.; four siblings, Lin-
da Trout of Banks, Charles Iri-
on, Danny Honeycutt, and
James Stiefer; nieces and
nephews.
Duyck & VanDeHey Funeral
Home was in charge of
arrangements.
Please see page 18
Page 17
Police/Court Abbreviations
Abbreviations: A&D, Alcohol &
Drug; DUII, Driving Under the Influ-
ence of Intoxicants; BUII, Boating
Under the Influence of Intoxicants;
CCSO, Columbia County Sheriff’s
Office; DWS, Driving While License
is Suspended; MIP, Minor In Pos-
session of Intoxicants; MV, Motor
Vehicle Accident; PCS, Possession
of Controlled Substance; ODL, Ore-
gon Driver License; FTA, Failure to
Appear in Court; NTSI, National
Traffic Safety Institute; DA, District
Attorney; VIP, Victim Impact Panel;
FF&A, Fines, Fees and Assess-
ments.
Vernonia Justice Court
January 3 - 24, 2012
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