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U n iv e r s it y o f Oregon
E u gen e, Oregon C7I4.03
Homecoming Is Successful
As Knappa Defeated 14-12
The Vernonia Diggers pleased
the Homecoming Royalty and
fans with a 14 12 win over the
Knappa Diggers Friday night
October 26 at Greenman field
The Vernonia team scored
early in the first and second
quarters then had to hold off the
hard hitting Knappa hunch It
was Vernonia s defense that rose
to the occasion with some good
tackling of their own Senior
defensive end Scott Ellis played
an outstanding game, much of it
in the oppositions backfield
Starting at quarterbaqk for
only the second time this year
sophomore
Randy
Ellson
showed great poise that brought
remarks of praise from some of
the Knappa fans
First quarter action saw the
Loggers kicking off to the visi
tors They were able to move for
one first down and some good
yardage before linebacker Jim
Thompson pounced on a Knappa
fumble to give the ball to
Vernonia on the visitors 44 yard
line After an offsides penalty on
each team on the first two downs
and a short gainer on the third
play Ellson hit Senior running
back Dick Brunsman in the flat
from where he scampered the
rest of the way to the end zone
for the first TD of the game The
play covered 54 yards and came
with 7 04 remaining in the first
period
For the extra point Vernonia
lined up as if to kick, when the
ball was centered to the holder.
Gordy Crowston he stood up and
rifled a pass to Clint Holsey who
made a diving catch in the end
zone for the two point conver
sion
The rest of the first quarter
saw several of the exchanges of
the ball and Vernonia giving up a
lot of yards to penalties, mostly
offside For the oldtimers it also
saw a real "Statue of Liberty”
play by the visitors; it was good
for ten yards but came at a time
when the Knappa team needed
twenty yards
The early going in the second
quarter was more of the same
with Ellis Thompson and Crows
ton all getting some good hits on
defense The Loggers were get
ting the Knappa eleven deeper
and deeper into their own ter
ritory as the second quarter
neared its end With about 3; 16
left in the half Knappa tried to
punt from their own eleven
where it was block and Jim
Thompson picked the ball up
just before it went out of bounds
on the three and dove into the
end zone for another six points.
EQC Hearing
Proehl Appointed
To OSAA Committee
Set Nov. 26
There will be a public hearing
at 11 a m . November 26 in the
second floor auditorium of the
Public Service Building. 920 SW
Sixth Avenue, in Portland to
consider the adoption of certain
amendments to Oregon Admi
nistrative Rules. Chapter 340.
Subdivision 4. Section 24-100.
Motor Vehicle Inspection, Coun
ty Designations which would
remove Columbia County from
the list of counties designated by
the Environm ental Quality
Commission as counties in which
motor vehicles registered within
county limits are subject to the
vehicle inspection program re
quirements and would extend
the effective date of the rule to
May 31, 1974
Copies of the proposed amen
ded rule are available for public-
inspection or may be obtained by
. « equest from the Department of
^environm ental Quality. Office of
the Administrator. Air Quality
Control Division, 1234 S.W Mor
rison Street. Portland. OR,
97205
Anyone interested in submit
ting written testimony concern
ing the issue of fact, law or po
licy on this matter may forward
them to the office of the DEQ,
Air Quality Control Division,
1234 S W. Morrison S t r e e t
Portland, OR, 97205 or may
appear at the hearing to submit
testimony or be heard orally
The Environmental Commis
sion will sit as the Hearings
Officers
UGH Reaches 47.3%
01 County Goal
Clatskanie leads the Columbia
County area in United Good
Neighbor collections at present
with $4,769 or 119 percent of their
total goal reached to date.
Follow ing in Clatskanie's
steps, in order of their per
centage reached, are Vernonia,
with 64 percent of their goal, or
$1.242; Scappoose, 57 6 percent,
$1,440; St Helens. 35 4 percent,
$8.259; with Rainier trailing,
having reached only 17 percent
of their goal, or $977
County-wide total for UGN. to
date, is $16,589 or 47.3 percent of
their goal of $35.000
Darrold Proehl, School Su
perintendent. has been appoin
ted to serve on the membership
committee of the Oregon School
Administrators Association The
appointment is for two years
Art Parrow. Vernonia High
School Principal, lias been ap
pointed to his second two-year
term to the Educational Policies
Commission of the Oregon Asso
ciation of Secondary School Ad
ministrators
Lion Members
Attend Meet
Four Vernonia Lions attended
a zone meeting in Clatskanie on
Monday evening, October 29
Representatives from clubs in
Clatskanie, St. Helens, and R ai
nier were also present Tony
Federici Zone Chairman, was in
charge -nf the meeting District
Governor Walt Trandum, re
ported on the activities of Lions
in District 36-0 and Lions Club
activities in Columbia County
were discussed
Attending from Vernonia were
Darrold Proehl, president; Don
Jackson, vice-president; Ted
Forbes, secretary, and Sid
Bourne, treasurer.
$103,353.37 Allotted
To Columbia County
The Oregon Transportation
Commission recently announced
distribution of $7.209,863.13 in
highway-user tax funds to the 36
counties of the state
The allocation is based on the
statutory 20 percent for the
period July 1 through September
30, 1973. The funds come from
the following sources: motor
vehicle registration and opera
tors' license fees, gasoline tax,
use fuel tax.motor carrier fees,
and fines and penalties collected
for violations of the size and
weight statutes where com
plaints are made by the Highway
Division weighmasters.
The allocation to each county
is based on the number of
vehicles registered in it. The
allocations for Columbia County
was $103,353.37 with 24,392 motor
vehicles, etc., registered in the
county in 1972.
E A R L (O Z Z IE ) R A Y , deputy sheriff f«r Colum
bia County, demonatratea the new radio just to-
stalled In h i* police pickup. The radio provides
inatant communication with both local law en
forcem ent officers and outlying area police ata-
larludlng 8t. Helena, Rainier, Set
Vernonia Police hare
VOLUME 51, NUMBER 44
VERNONIA. OREGON »7064 — 10c P er Copy
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1973
The point after kick try was not
good and the half time score
stood at 14 to 0 for Vernonia
Late in the third quarter a
block punt got the Loggers into
trouble With 4 34 left in the third
period punter Tim Titus got a
high snap from center that hit
his hands and went over his head
and he did not get the punt away.
Knappa had the ball on the
Vernonia 23-yard line and V er
nonia helped out the visitors with
still another offsides call then
the visiting Loggers finally
scored after driving out the
yardage from the Vj-yard line
making the score 14-6 The visi
tors attempt at a pass off of their
kick formation fell incomplete
and the score stood pat.
Early in the fourth quarter the
final score came when the
visitors had a fourth and 5 on the
Vernonia 46 went into a punt
formation then ran the ball down
the far side for the TD. There
was 9 44 left in the game
Knappa tried for two to tie up the
game but the Logger defense
rose to the occasion and stopped
them well short of the goal to
preserve the two point lead With
good hitting and penalties taking
their toll on both teams neither
of them mounted a serious threat
after the last score. The Ver
nonia team claimed the win with
the two point margin and
Knappa. according to their fans
had played the best game of
their season
The Loggers will close out the
season on the road as they travel
to Portland Christian in Portland
for the "Friday night game at 8
p m N ivember 2.
No Plastic Pipe
Says Oregon Law
Property owners who will be
connecting to the new sewer
system in the Riverview Sewer
District are advised by John
Lentz, building inspector that
Oregon State Law prohibits the
use of plastic pipe outside of a
building to be connected to the
sewer system.
Cast iron, Transite or concrete
pipe are allowed.
Radio System
Aids Vernonia
In order to provide better
service in the Vernonia area, the
D is tric t
A tto rn e y ’s office,
Sheriff’s office, the Rainier.
Clatskanie, and the Vernonia
Police departments are utilizing
a single communication system
throughout Columbia County. A
repeater station will be installed
within the next three weeks in
this area.
The new police car along with
the sheriff's car both have new
Motorola radios. The radios
have multi -channel, ultra high
frequency band and has a 75 watt
power output. They provide in
stant communication with the
Central Dispatch system, car-
to-car enabling officers to com
municate with each other and to
the "Handie-Talkies " The sys
tem is totaly F M which provides
privacy for emergency com
munication.
A B O V E — Homecotoing Queen
Ronda Sm ith is escorted by Steve
Johnston as she leav-s the stage
nt Vernonia High S ib o d follow
ing coronation ceremonies Thurs
day night, October 25. Behind
the queen are Homecoming Prin
cesses, Sandra Topper with es
o rt CUnt Holsey and Becky Curl
escorted by M ike Smith.
AT
R IG H T — A serpentine through
town sparked cheer, and gaylty,
following the t o r c . ^ j c at tte
high school. Students raced down
Bridge Street to Weed Avenue,
stopping at Intervals to urge the
Loggers on to victory over the
Knappa Loggers, then sped back
to the school where they enjoyed
the bonfire,, a VMS tradition, in
back of the school. Kide and
adults gathered to enjoy the leap
ing flam es and to add their bits
of wood and scraps, some contain
ing g ra ffiti to the blazing fire.
Cross Country
Places First
The Varsity Team traveled to
Pier Park in Portland Wed
nesday October 24, to run in the
Northwest League Cross Coun
try Meet, in which they almost
took a 1 through 5 sweep, placing
1st through 4th and 7th position,
in a field of about 21 runners
The condition of the course
was very poor because of rain,
which made it very difficult to
Chief of Police Cunningham run
says "basically the new commu
Pat Curl placed first at the
nication system is providing meet with a time of 13:12,
better service for the people of establishing a Northwest League
Vernonia Residents can now record, and beating the previous
call one number 429-5141 and be best district time of 13:30, held
able to get a policeman at any by Warren Hatch of Catlin
time or any place within the city Gable, on the same course. Pat
has been running in the number
of Vernonia
one spot since he was a Fresh
man, and led the team to state
last year where he placed 3rd
individually, and the team
placed 7th
Second and third positions
were filled by Freshman Jeff
Curl, with a time of 14:14, and
Kelly Smith at 14:19. Coach
Roberts has high hopes for these
two runners, because they are
young and show a lot of desire.
Chris Collins finished 4th in the
race with a time of 14 26 Chris is
a Senior, and has shown great
improvement throughout the
Cross Country season.
Finishing 7th at the meet, with
a time of 14:56, was Rob Hanson
Rob suffered shin splints early in
the season, but has come back to
do a good job on the varsity
squad
With a time of 15:30, and
taking 11th place in the meet,
was Dale Webb, who has just
gotten over an illness, which has
kept him down for awhile
Brad Garner took 13th po
sition. nine seconds behind
Webb Brad ran for the JV squad
much of the year, but hard work
has earned him varsity status
Vernonia's total score was 17.
Their nearest competitor was
P ortlan d Christian with 47
points. Concordia Lutheran had
68. and Warrenton ran with an
incomplete team and was in
and mere efficient service (or local red-
eligible
The radio, which receives e r j
The District Meet was held
from Central Dtapntch In 8 t.
Wednesday, October 31 Times
County D istrict Attorney’s of*
and places were not available at
from the
newstime
Chamber C a lk
Special Meet
Thomas Tomlin, president of
the Chamber of Commerce, is
calling a special meeting on
Tuesday November 6at 8p.m in
the West Oregon Building. The
purpose of the meeting is to
coordinate the efforts of all
persons and groups interested in
Christm as decorations and
events for the holiday season
Tomlin urges all merchants,
civic organizations, youth
groups and schools to be re
presented at the meeting and
offer suggestions
In past years window paint
ings. a Santa Claus. Christmas
tree and street decorations and
lights have been the chief at
tractions This year the lights
will not be turned on but other
means may be taken to make
Bridge Street especially at
tractive for the Christmas sea
son
9
Scouts To Pick Up
Goodwill Bags Sat.
The Boy Scouts, Troop No 201
and Cub Scouts, Pack No. 201
will be collecting the Goodwill
bags which were distributed
during the past week for items
residents wish to donate to
Goodwill Industries
Area residents are asked to
please have the bags displayed
on their front porch by 9 a m.
Saturday morning, November 3.
The “Goodturn for Goodwill”
is an annual joint effort under
the sponsorship of the Rotary
Club of Portland, Goodwill In
dustries and the Boy Scouts of
America
Studded T ire i Legal
Due To Early Snow
Because of snow in several
sections of Oregon, the Oregon
Transportation Commission ap
proved the use of studded tires,
effective Thursday, October 25,
Test Taken
By EM T Class
The E M T class had its first
test this past Monday evening
Dr. T.M . Hobart, assisted by
Pete Heineman, conducted the
test.
The written test took about an
hour and a half and covered.
Airway care, pulmonary arrest,
cardiac arrest, bleeding and
shock After the written test and
break, an evaluation test where
everyone demonstrated the use
of pulmonary and cardiac re
suscitation and taking blood
pressure was given
Chief of Police John Cun
ningham received a letter from
the Board on Police Standards
and Training confirming that th^
BPST is pleased to certify the
curriculum and instructor of the
HI-hour E M T class of Vn-nonia
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