The INDEPENDENT, February 1, 2012
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Donations to school at start of January 23 Vernonia council meeting
The Vernonia City Council
meeting on January 23 started
with presentations from the
business community to the Ver-
nonia Schools project.
Pam Weller, manager of the
Vernonia
and
Clatskanie
Branches of Wauna Federal
Credit Union, presented Ver-
nonia School Superintendent
Dr. Ken Cox with a check for
$6,000. Wauna’s leadership
team decided in 2011 to make
the new Vernonia school their
fundraising effort. Through pay-
roll donations, $5 jean days,
and customer donations, they
wanted to raise $4,000 – and
surpassed their goal.
Gordon Smith of Vernonia
Sentry then told the city council
that Vernonia businesses had
met his $10,000 challenge
grant, resulting in raising
$20,000 for the school project.
Smith said, “I appreciate every-
one’s help.”
City employee Ginger West-
lake was presented with a cer-
tificate of appreciation by May-
or Josette Mitchell, on behalf of
the city, for bringing down the
outstanding balances of water
customers.
Vernonia citizen George
Guyett applied for and was ap-
pointed to the city’s Budget
Committee. One more member
is needed for this committee.
Interested persons should go
to the city’s website or get an
application from city hall.
Wondering what’s been go-
ing on across E. Bridge St. by
Lakeview? That’s where the
new school has an easement
to put their utilities under
Bridge St. and hook up to
pump station #3 by the lake.
City
Administrator
Bill
Haack’s report to council in-
cluded information that the city
must reimburse the State of
Oregon with $3,187.50 for
funds from a grant that was to
be used for work on waste-
water lagoons and the pumping
station. Apparently, in 2008, the
interim city administrator al-
lowed the funds to be used to
build a fence around the trans-
fer station, instead. On the flip
side, Haack found $11,000 in
other grant funds that can, and
will be used to cover the fence
cost, with some left over for
pump station work.
Council then went into an
executive session (closed to
the public) for the purpose of
hearing from legal counsel.
When they returned to open
session, no action was an-
nounced or taken, and the
meeting was adjourned at 9:17
p.m.
The next council meeting
will be held February 6, at 7:00
p.m., at city hall.
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At the January 23 Vernonia council meeting, Wauna Federal Credit Union Branch Manager
Pam Weller presented a check to Vernonia school Superintendent Ken Cox for the new
schools. The money was raised by efforts in all the Wauna branches from employees and
customers. Photo provided by John Donovan of Metropolitan Group.
Ike Says…
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will suffer even more. While the wolf population
is not very high at the moment, they are starting
to spread across our state and will find their
niches. then expand in population. Many of us
knew, up-front, that the pro-wolf supporters
would not play by the adopted wolf plan that they
had a hand in writing and have now tied up ap-
propriate wolf management in court. Will the
state legislature have the sense to correct this
injustice as congress finally had to do on the na-
tional level? I have my doubts. In a time when
people need jobs we will be wiping them out in
Eastern Oregon due to losses in the ranching
and hunting communities. Many people simply
don’t realize the economics that hunting sea-
sons have on those tiny communities over East;
they will find out when many little waysides sim-
ply dry up and blow away. Better plan your gas
station stops carefully folks.
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