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L ib ra ry U n i v e r s i t y o f Oregon E u g e n e , Oregon Council Hears Semi-Final Pay Estimate On Sewer The Vernonia City Council met in regular session Monday. No vember 5 with Mayor Sherman Fisher presiding, and council- members Ed M iller, Lucille Tomlin, Bud Atkins, and Dave Banta in attendance Also pre sent were attorney Allan Coon and city recorder Wm Nelson The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved then the mayor called for busi ness from the floor Mike Thompson, engineer with Robert Myers, spoke first, pre senting a semi final pay esti mate in the amount of *18,265.50 to the council He also stated that the five percent reta inage fee was being withheld along with *7000 until the paving is com pleted in the spring, and $1000 for completion of the pump station Thompson also noted that the pump station was operative and that, barring any unforeseen in cidents, the sewer were be ready for hookups within the next week or so. Alice Menary then requested advise from the council on com plaints from residents in the East Vernonia Sewer D istrict regarding repairs for property damage Committee reports were then heard with Lucille Tomlin as police commissioner reading the police report for the month of Oc tober Mayor Fisher then read the monthly report by the Public Works Department Under communications was a letter from Jim Davies regard ing the two hour parking re striction imposed at the last meeting There was also a letter from the Department of Environmen tai Quality enclosing an applica tion form for operation of a landfill in Vernonia This was followed with a letter from the Department of Housing and Urban [development requesting information on local housing code An agreement and letter was received from Whitlely, Jacob sen & Associates with Otto Stadeli for work required for the reservoir controls A communication was receiv ed from District Attorney Robert A Lucas regarding the cost of boarding prisoners in the county League Of Oregon Cities Convention Set Nov. 11*13 Land use planning, revenue sharing, public transportation facilities and a variety of new state legislative actions affec ting city government w ill be discussed by Oregon mayors, city councilmen, planning com mission members and other city officials at the 48th annual convention of the league of Oregon Cities, November 11-13 in Portland More than 1,900 per sons are expected to attend Keynote speaker for the con vention w ill be Mayor Pete Wilson of San Diego, California Wilson, a former member of the California legislature and active in land use and shoreline protec tion legislative measures, w ill discuss “ I^and Use The Crisis for Local Government" in his keynote address Monday morn ing. November 12. Mayor Moon F Landrieu of New Orleans, Louisiana, w ill deliver the banquet address M Landrieu, who is chair- mat. <1 the Legislative Action Committee of U.S. Conference of Mayors, w ill discuss "The New Federalism A Fading Vision?” in comments on federal revenue sharing and related proposals for federal government decen tralization Other guest speakers w ill in clude Congressman John Del- lenback of Oregon's Fourth Con gressional D istrict and Donald P Hodel. adm inistrator of Bon neville Power Administration They w ill address convention luncheons on Tuesday and Mon day respectively. Special workshops are sche duled at the convention on the Fasano Court decision and its implications for city councils and planning commissions, new state subdivision regulations, new state programs affecting railroad grade crossings within cities, new federal grant ad m inistrative procedures, and adm inistrative procedures in volved in distribution of federal revenue sharing checks Section meetings w ill be held for officials of large and small cities and for planning com mission members, finance of ficers. mayors, city managers. Road Reports city attorneys, police chiefs, public- works officials, municipal judges, building officials, parks and recreation officials and l i brarians. Implementation of SB 100, the state land use planning bill, w ill be discussed by Robert Davis, executive assistant to the Go vernor, at the morning session on Monday, November 12. A companion session w ill feature discussion of the new highway bond issue and the proposed constitutional amendment auth orizing highway funds to be spent for mass transit. Setting community goals and implementing the goals w ill be the subject of general sessions on Tuesday morning, November 13. Speakers w ill discuss pro cedures for setting goals, f i nancial measures for implemen ting them, and services and fa cilities needed for implemen tation of goals. Election of officers to head the league for the coming year w ill be held at the annual league business meeting on Tuesday morning. November 13. Conven tion delegates w ill also act on resolutions at the business meet ing The legislative interim com mittee on local government and transportation w ill hold a special hearing to discuss problems of cities on Tuesday afternoon, November 13. Mayor Dewey W West of Boardman is 1972-73 league pre sident Mayor D Lorin Jacobs of M edford is league vice- president, and Robert S. Moore, city manager. Salem, is league treasurer Other members of the league executive com m ittee are: Lloyd E Anderson, com missioner of public works, P ort land; Cecil Barker, mayor, Cor vallis; Paul D Geuy. mayor, Florence; Gail L. Haakinson, mayor, Clatskanie; Francis J Ivancie, commissioner of public safety, Portland; H B “ Bard” Johnson, mayor, Baker, Eddie O. Knopp, mayor, Pendleton; Norman R. Scott, mayor, Mc M innville; and Tom R Williams, city councilman, Eugene. Homeowners Advised To Pay Tax On Time Homeowners must pay their property taxes to county tax collectors within the time lim its set by law in order to avoid The winter road and weather interest on late payments, ad report issued daily by the High vices Charles H Mack, director way Division throughout the of the Oregon Department of winter season w ill begin on Revenue November 1, announced F.B Under the new homeowners' Klaboe. adm inistrator of high and renters' property tax refund ways and state highway en program, homeowners apply gineer. directly to the Department of Revenue, after January 1, 1974, The reports w ill be gathered for a refund on property taxes fiv e tim es d a ily , Monday due November 15, 1973 through Friday, and three times "Refunds are based on the daily on Saturdays, Sundays, amount of the taxpayers' house and holidays The Highway D i hold incomes and property taxes vision w ill initiate a teletype not on when the tax lia b ility is report at 8:15 a m and 2:30 p.m. paid," Mack added on weekdays In addition to these Property tax refund claim reports, the State Police w ill forms w ill be part of the income gather road and weather infor tax packet which w ill be mailed mation at approximately 5:15 to all Oregon residences about a m , 1 45 p.m , and 9:15 p .m , the first of January seven days a week In an attempt to sim plify State Police w ill gather infor property tax relief procedures, mation from their patrols and the 1973 legislature provided for from Highway Division section all eligible homeowners and crews which w ill include the renters to receive property tax following mountain summit sta refunds only from the Depart tions Sunset Summit, Wilson ment of Revenue R iv e r S u m m it, Governm ent This is a change from the 1971 Camp, Santiam Pass, W il homeowners' property tax relief lamette Pass, Green Springs, program which provided for Siskiyou Summit, Meacham, homeowners to apply for a tax Tollgate, and I^add Canyon In credit which was subtracted addition reports w ill be received from the total property tax from many other stations scat payment due tered about the state. “ Most homeowners failed to During normal working hours, take advantage of this program, road condition reports may be so the 1973 legislature attempted obtained from the Highway D i to sim plify it by replacing the vision's Maintenance Section by tax credit system with a direct dialing 378-6532 refund," Mack said. To Be Issued üernon ia Eagle ircnir/M wa L IT .' *1, Cl K n n i B P f i 4a JS VOLUME NUMBER ja il at St Helens. This was followed by a report from the Columbia County Grand Jury which recommended that the construction of a holding cell be looked into for the Vernonia area. Under unfinished business, bids for fire equipment from Western States Fire Apparatus; Munnell & Sherrill; and Western Fire Equipment; were opened. It was moved and seconded to accept the bid from Western Fire Equipment for four pairs of pants at *21 05 each, four coats at *34 77each; four pair of boots at *19 50 each and one smoke ejector at *218 87 The motion carried. A motion was made and carried to deposit $55.000 in TD for the Sewer Bond Fund. A meeting was then set for November 28 at 7:30 p m with Jack Whitley to discuss water plans. It was decided by a vote of four to 0, to rescind the previous action taken on parking east of Rock Creek on Bridge Street since it was felt it was not necessary and that no safety factors seemed to be violated. However it was also decided to have the police department check for any parking problems east of Rock Creek on Bridge Street and report back to the council. Jim Davies then appeared to state that he w ill clean up the debris on First Avenue during the next week. After a somewhat lenghty discussion as to the pros and cons of fighting court action on the new city charter, it was decided by a vote of three yeas and two nayes, that the suit be relinquished by default New business brought up the question of condemnation pro ceedings on a house owned by Tom H ill which is located on Capitol H ill. The m atter was discussed and it was decided to have Chief of Police Jack Cun ningham investigate and w rite a letter stating his recommen dations. Following a motion and ap proval to send 17 water meters in for repair, the bills were paid and the meeting adjourned at 11:10 p.m The next regular meeting of the city council w ill be Monday, November 19 at 8 p.m. in the city hall Christmas Planning Meet Held Tuesday A special meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held Tuesday, November 6 at the West Oregon Electric building to discuss plans for decorating during the Christmas season Due to the power shortage, it was felt more decorations than have been used in past years, would be needed to make up for the lack of traditional Christmas lighting It was decided that Greg Port, would handle street decorations while Louise Hamnett would be in charge of the Santa Claus who w ill be installed in the Lloyd Quinn building this year, to greet children. Appearing at the meeting was Lions Club member Ted Forbes who is chairman of the window decorating contest this year. Following discussion it was de cided that the chamber would possibly give a revolving trophy in addition to the plaques to be awarded for first, second and third place winners of the Lions contest Those wishing to enter the contest should contact any Lion’s club member, Ted Forbes or Gordon Smith at Vernonia Sentry Market. Forbes also said that it is tentatively planned for the Christmas play at the grade school to be given December 20 but there would be no Santa this year Instead the jolly bearded gentleman would appear at a special time in the afternoon for the youngsters to speak with It was also decided that the steam engine (the Shay) would b«' the center of decorating with a larger tree to be trim m ed by the G irl Scouts with the aid of school children Several possi bilities as to lighting were men tioned, among them the use of lanterns or gas lights. It is also planned to have street caroling with Don Jackson in charge of the group Several church groups w ill also be joining in the caroling The high school choir w ill sing in the First Christian Church prior to C hrist mas again this year. The Study Club w ill once more be in charge of food baskets and the Lions, also w ill be giving their gift baskets as in past years The Vernonia Chamber of Commerce w ill meet in regular session Monday, November 12 at 8 p m in the West Oregon Electric Building Vernonia High Cross Country State Bound For the Vernonia High cross country team, 1973 is a winner. Following their participation in D istrict Meet last Wednesday, October 31 where Pat Curl broke the old district record with a time of 13:06 versus 13:30, they are now headed for State Meet at Lane Community College in Eugene Saturday, November 10 The seven-man team w ill be competing with the top teams from many leagues throughout the state of Oregon and it is expected that they w ill better their record of last year Slated to run in the state meet at press tim e were Pat Curl, Kelly Smith, Jeff Curl. Chris Collins with others to be an nounced. The Vernonia harriers lead their league in wins and, al though competition is tough, Coach Robert’s expects his group to give their all this Saturday at Eugene. NOTICE All Vernonia schools will be closed M onday. N ovem ber 12, in honor of V eteran ’s Day 1973 Housing Conference Is Slated Nov. 8 The 1973 Governor's Housing Conference is scheduled for Thursday, November 8, at the Portland Hilton* The annual conference is sponsored by the State Housing Division and the Oregon Home Builders Asso ciation Governor Tom McCall w ill open the conference by discus sing new state housing pro grams, the energy crisis, and the need for housing rehabijjtation L.B. Day, recently appointed to the Land Conservation and De velopment Commission, w ill dis cuss land use planning and its effect on the housing industry. D irector of DEQ, Diarmuid O’Scannlain, w ill analyze the impact of environmental regu lations on housing. Keynoting the conference are two very influential decision ma kers from Washington, D.C. Assistant FHA Commissioner Daniel Kearney and Carl A.S. Coan. Staff Director for the Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs of the United States Senate, w ill discuss new federal housing programs, the future of FHA, housing allow ances, and mortgage financing The afternoon session w ill consist of three concurrent workshop sessions. A workshop on Housing Finance w ill hear discussions on the new state lower income housing finance program, expansion of the state veterans’ home loans, home- owner and renter property tax refunds, and future trends in interest rates. A Real Estate workshop w ill analyze the State Land Development Consumer Protection Act, Fasano proce dures, and the new Statewide Building Code A Housing Con sumer workshop w ill analyze the landlord-tenant law, state hous ing discrimination act, the new tenyear home warranty pro gram and the consumer pro tection program of the State Builders Board The 1973 Governor’s Housing Conference is approved for se ven hours real estate educa tional credit. The fee for lunch eon, banquet, coffee and regis tration materials is *19 People may register at the door at 8:30 am on November 8 T h e program agenda and preregis tration materials are available at the following office: Government and Housing 1973 565 Capitol Street N.E. Salem, Oregon 97310 (503 ) 378 4858 /xnE.z./vKT VERNONIA, OREGON >7064 — l >c Per Copy School Holds Vision Clinic VHS Loggers End Season Play With 7-6 Victory The Pacific University School of Optometry has conducted a vision screening clinic for elem entary students for grades K-3. Many eye problems were dis covered and parents w ill be notified of the problems The clinic was jointly spon sored by the Vernonia Lions and the Vernonia Education Asso ciation and funded jointly by each. Students w ill have their hear ing tested on November 6 and 7. This testing is done through the Hearing Conservation Service of the Oregon State Health D ivi sion. Parents w ill be notified of any irregularities. Elementary Student pictures were taken Thursday, Novem ber 1. These pictures and the pre-school pictures w ill be ready before Christmas mailing time. The complete elementary pack age including a class picture w ill sell for *4.50 as w ill the preschool pictures Partial packages w ill cost *3.50. The Vernonia Football Log gers used a strong defense on a cold and windy nighi in Portland to even their season record at four wins and four losses The loggers used a pass interception and an extra point kick to defeat the Portland Christian team 7 to 6 in a hard fought ball game. Offense for either team was almost nonexistant as the cold and wind effected the passing game. The bright spot in the Vernonia offensive was the run ning of Steve Johnston. He showed good moves, speed and determination as his end runs were the big offensive gainers for the Loggers. The game opened with the Loggers receiving the opening kickoff, failed to move the ball and had to punt. A bad snap from center went over the head of kicker Tim Titus and the Port land team got the ball on the Vernonia 21-yard line. Four Christmas Program Set for December 20 Conference The annual Grade School Christmas program has been set for December 20. Committees have begun to meet to make changes in the program. The committees are Adminis tra tiv e C o-ordinator, Ted Forbes; Production Manager, Jim Johns; Scenery, Mike Tay lor, Chuck Fenner; Drama, Rosemary Weidman, Lucille Green; Music, Don Jackson; Programs, Sunny Hunteman, Colleen O’Neil; Advertisement, Marcy Sanderman. Carmencita Vigil. Santa Claus w ill be coming to town for all children and al though he w ill not come during the Christmas Program at the grade school, he w ill be avail able both to all school children and preschoolers. The School of ficials, Chamber of Commerce and Lions and Jaycee clubs w ill work out the details to be made public soon. Columbia Alcobol Council Neels Nov. 9 THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 8, 1973 Day Slated Parents of all elementary and secondary students are invited to school on conference day which is November 16 and the evening of November 15. Each elementary school par ent w ill receive a letter in form ing them of the time set aside for their conference. All parents w ill be scheduled at a specific time with consideration given to making all conferences consecutive in each fam ily in order to lim it the trips to the school by each parent. All par ents w ill be able to change their assigned time to a better suited time by contacting the school prior to Thursday November 15. Letters should be out by this weekend. Edward Forbes, Principal, stresses the importance of con ferences with teachers “ This is the best possible form of com munication and does much to help the teacher learn more about the child,” he said. Par ents are urged to fu lfill their conference appointment. Elementary report cards w ill be given prior to the conference except for grades 7 - 8, which w ill be given out at the office the day of the conference Parents are asked to stop by the office and pick up the card on the day of the conference. The Columbia Alcohol Council w ill meet Friday November 9, at the St. Helens Golf Course starting with a no-host luncheon, beginning at 12 noon. Representatives from the Ore gon Alcohol Health Association (O.A.H.A.) from Portland w ill be guest speakers. Discussion w ill be on Indus tria l Alcohol programs. All in terested employers are wel come to attend. The Alcohol Council is in the process of defining the needs of There w ill be no pre-school the County relating to Alcohol class for four-year-olds Monday, problems. November 12 due to the Veterans The Councils annual meeting Day holiday. w ill be held in December. No Pre-School Non. plays and some hard hitting later, the hosts were only a yard closer to the Vernonia goal. The next time the loggers had the ball they showed some offensive spark and looked like they might carry it in. The first long gainer was a 29 yard pass from Ellison to Hal sey. The second good play was a 14 yard pick-up to the PC 37-yard line. Steve Johnson was the ball carrier and a great crackback block was dished out by Dick Brunsman. The rest of the quarter was spent with each team getting in some good defense. Vernonia had the Portland Christian team in a hole to start the second quarter and kept them bottled up most of the time. Offensively the hosts were work ing from their own 20-yard line when they tried a pass in the flat area and Dick Brunsman picked it off at about the 22-yard line. From there he shook off a couple of tacklers and went in standing up for the score. Senior Mike Johnson then came on to kick what proved to be the winning point as he split the up rights for the PAT and a Vernonia 7 to 0 lead with 8:41 left in the first half. The rest of the half saw more of the same good hardnosed defense with the up men for Vernonia doing an outstanding job. Scott Ellis, Dick Brunsman, Kris Crowston, Dan McLean were the main stoppers for the Loggers as they pretty well controlled the line of scrim mage. McLean finished the night with two fumble recoveries and back-to-back possessions by the host team. Later in the game Don Knight made his presence felt in the center of the Logger line as the sophomore caught the hard h it ting fever and rocked a couple of ball carriers. There wasn’t much to say about the third quarter or early going into the fourth period except that each team was doing well on defense and neither team could get any sort of sustained drive going Each team did have an occasional good offensive play Later in the game the Portland team went to the a ir; missed one long pass even though the re ceiver was wide open; then came back to the same pattern on the very next play to break it for a TD. The Royals decided to try for the tie game and then go for the win in overtime play. They have the best kicker in the league but it was not to be this night as he was wide of the mark and the Loggers were s till on top by a 7 to 6 score at the final gun This marked the last game for the season for Coach Melvin Nice’s VHS Logger football team. Groups Will Meet Tuesday, Nov. 13 The Human Resource Com m ittee w ill meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 13 at the Public Welfare Office There w ill also be a meeting of the board of HELP, Inc. from 12 noon to 2 p.m. at the St Helens Golf Course, Tuesday, Novem ber 13 Goodwill Truck Due A Goodwill truck w ill be in the Vernonia area to pick up re pairable items Wednesday, No vember 28 For more infor mation call Goodwill represen ta tiv e , M rs Cora Lange, 429 3421 TH E EM ERG ENCY Medical Technician leaned shout the different types ef M abrasloAS, I acota M o h i u d day evening, practical Following ef ' ef bandaging used 1er effect with various the different types ef that might he bus - tained In an accident, This was the eighth meet- the dlrectlea ef D r. lag ef the E M T class T. M. Hobart.