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Demon ia Eagle 2 THURSDAY. MARCH 7, 197-4 SEL-MOR. INC.. Publishers B. RHOADES. Editar MIILUN SCHWAB, Compositor Habitual Offender Act Gives Breathing Space The People Speak . . . Oregon drivers who have had three or more major traffic convictions in the last five years and who may have been worried that they would soon be clas sified as habitual traffic of fenders under a 1973 law may breathe a little easier. Chester W Ott, Administrator of tli«' Motor Vehicles Division, said Thursday that an Attorney General’s opinion released this week means that the division w ill consider only the last major conviction prior to October 5, 1973, the effective date of the law. Ott said that means approxi mately 5,700 drivers the division had identified as possible habit ual offenders because they had three or more major traffic convictions on their record w ill not be in immediate danger of a to year license revocation unless they have been convicted of another m ajor offense since October 5 last year Major tra ffic offenses include manslaughter or crim inally negligent homicide with a motor vehicle, driving under the infill enee of liquor or drugs, driving while suspended or revoked, reckless driving, and hit and run in an accident involving death or injury Otl said he had requested the Attorney General's opinion lie cause of a serious problem the division would have had in complying with the law if all prior major tra ffic offenses had been counted in implementing the new law "The problem hinged on a section of the law requiring the division to immediately notify a OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER Vernonia. Oregon Entered as second class mail matter August 4. 1922, under the act of March 3, 1879. Published weekly on Thursday at 721 Madison Ave.. Vernonia. Columbia County, Oregon 97064 and paid at the Vernonia Post Office as second class matter. Subscriptions 34 00 Per Year — In the Nehalem Valley 35.00 Per Year Elsewhere OFFICE HOURS Moo., Tues., Wed.. F ri.—8 a.m. to 6 pan. Thurs. A Sat.—8 a.m. to 12 noon Dear Sir Thank you for printing our Grand Canyon news release in your February 14 edition The response has been very g ra tify ing In total inquiries, your article bad greater effect than sim ilar coverage in The Oregon ian and Oregon Journal Reaction to the article cer tainly emphasizes the effective ness of the small, local news paper It is something 1 preach constantly to the Directors of the corporation Starting now. I think the message w ill begin to sink in. Sincerely, E.J Bryans Activities Director Phone 429-3372 » » » » » » » » » » » ; Oregon Newspaper Publishers ¡Association TOWN TOPICS :« ♦ ’♦ » » » » » » » » » Sunday visitors at the home of M r and Mrs Frank Schmidhn were Mr and Mrs Howard Seal and children of Beaverton and his brother Bob Seal of Cincin nati. Ohio Mr and Mrs Glen Reynolds and baby and Mr and Mrs Bert Snyder and family of Scappoose Donovan Reynolds and daughter of Riverview The occasion was the observance of the birthday of Vicki Snyder with birthday cake and ice cream Mr and Mrs. Bud Fulton of Fossil spent the weekend at the home of her parents M r and Mrs Jim Cox IT'S HERE — The American Legion Auxiliary will hold their Rummage Sale Friday and Sat urday. March X and 9 at the American Legion Hall from III a.m to 4 p.m 9t2c Miss Nell Whitman spent Sat urday at the home of her mother, Mrs Leta Whitman Melvin Nice was taken to the Tuality Hospital in Hillsboro Monday by Kenneth Wooten He is suffering with back trouble Sale is still on at Fabrics ’n Fashions—ladies dresses are 60 percent off childrens cRdhes. 1\3 off; mens shirts 1\3 off—also see our sale table Mr and Mrs Lewis Morgan came home Monday after spending a month with her mother Mrs M yrtle Snook at Napa. California Mrs Snook is not well but showed some im provement during the month Morris Graves of Gold Beach came Thursday and took his mother Mrs Mabel Graves to the Hale Graves home in Port land Friday evening they a t tended the wedding of her grandson Richard Graves and Miss Sue Tripp at Covington House in Vancouver Morris brought his mother home on Saturday. BUY YUMMY Homemade Bake Goods at Vernonia Sentry Saturday, March 9. Buy and help your local 4-H clubs Karen Miller who is a fresh man at Oregon State College at Corvallis spent the week end at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Keith Holm □ nehalem valley MOTOR F R E IG H T , INC. Phone 429-3462 To the Editor In a few weeks volunteers w ill be knocking on doors throughout the community with lifesaving information about cancer We thought your readers might be interested in some of the questions most often asked of the volunteers, and m testing their own knowledge on the subject. 1 W’hat is cancer0 2. Should women, who have had a hysterectomy , have a Pap smear ° 3. Can men have breast can cer0 4 What is thermography0 5. How many forms of cancer are there? 6 Is cancer on the increase0 For correct answers to these important questions read the People Speaks column in next week's edition of the Eagle Vernonia Branch Amer Cancer Society Colonel Toshi Kuge Retires Saturday. March 2. historic Vancouver Barracks was the scene of retirement ceremonies for Colonel Toshi Kuge. M.D.. Medical Corps. U.S. Arm y Re serve Colonel Kuge was commander of the 313th Convalescent Center and the 124th Arcom Complex at Vancouver Barracks at the time of his retirem ent Colonel Kuge continues his practice of medi cine and surgery in Portland A native of Astoria. Colonel Kuge is a 1936 graduate of Vernonia High School Oregon State University, and the Uni versity of Oregon Medcial School He began his military- career of more than 30 years as a member of the famed 442nd Regimental Combat Team in 1943 He served as a medical corpsman in Europe and receiv ed a battlefield commission in 1945 He subsequently served in the Oregon national Guard and the Army Reserve He resides in Portland with his wife. Mae. and son Tommy, a student at Rey nold High Scool Among those present at the retirem ent ceremonies were Brigadier General Albert G Peterson. Commander, 124th Arm y Reserve Command. Fort awton. Washington, and M ajor General A.E M illoy, Comman der Army Readiness Region IX, and Deputy Commanding Gen eral Sixth U.S. Arm y, Presidion of San Francisco. In recognition of his excep tionally meritorious service Colonel Kuge was awarded the Legion of M erit by the Secretary of the Arm y General M illoy made the official presentation of the medal Hearing Aid Clinic Slated Thursday Beginning Thursday, March 7 there w ill be a free hearing aid service center held at the Verno nia Clinic once a month, usually the first Thursday of each month Hours w ill be from 9:30 until 1 p.m or afternoons by appoint ment Free hearing evaluations w ill also be given to those who request them ★ Ready Mixed Concrete ★ Concrete Aggregate ★ Crushed Rock ★ Road Gravel -E ffective Im m ediately. ALL PRODUCTS WILL BE Sold by Scale Weight SCAPPOOSE SAND & GRAVEL CO. PHONE 543-7141 Route 2. Box 1 SCAPPOOSE, OREGON * MOTHER NATURE pulled a fast one with cold fleecy stuff instead of sunshine and warmer weather for March despile budding lilacs, and Season Stats For Toppers The season is over for the 7th and 8th grade Toppers with both teams taking Columbia County championships Statistics for the 7th grade team shows a total score of 520 points for the season against 472 for opponents The average was 40 points per game As a whole, the team had 220 field goals, free throws were 84 out of 235 with a total percentage of 35.3. Scoring by individuals for the season was as follows: Johnston. 117 total points. 10.6 average Smith, K 148, 11.4; Davis 104. 9.5; Isaacson 74. 5.9; Weller 17. 1.5; Gwin 16. 1.6; Hartzell 19. 2.1; Bates 1. .1. Smith 16. 1.4; Reck 4. .4; Clason 1. .16; Wuest 1, .25; Cunningham 2. .29 The 8th grade Toppers, who hold a record of 13 win. 0 losses had a total of 632 points for the season against opponents total of 380 with an average of 48.7 per game They had 261 field goals, and completed 98-207 free throws for a 48 percent average. Individual scoring for the sea son was as follows: Weigand 125 total points. 9.6 average; Sturdevant 113, 8.7; Dunaway 68. 5.4; Roadv 39. 3.0; Holm 172. 14.0; Shetler 23. 1.9; Bernardi 14.1.3; Bamer 10. .83. Ostrander 12. 1.2. Bates 19. 2.7; Beamish 14. 1.8 Tassin 12. 1.2; Wilson 6. .55; Grady 4, 44 Siphoning Gas Deadly Game This past week the Oregon Journal carried a brief item on the deaths of two neoDle which were attributed to the current gasoline crisis P articularly noted was the death of a 14-year old boy who died after swallow ing gasoline he had been siphon ing Siphoning is dangerous as this illustrates. It seems so easy to suck up gasoline by the use of a simple rubber tube but it is a tremendous risk if proper pre cautions are not taken. Four ounces of gasoline, if swallowed, can be fatal Smaller amounts than that can cause unpleasant and frequently dan gerous symptoms; headache, nausea, vomiting, prolonged belching, nerve damage, v e rti go. visual disturbances, mental confusion, loss of coordination, convulsions and respiratory de pression. There is also the danger that if the siphoner should vomit after swallowing gasoling. some of it is likely to be mhaied and this can lead to chemical pneumonia Unlike bacterial pneumonia, the chemical variety does not re spond to antibotics. Victims of gasoline poisoning also run a severe risk that their lungs w ill simply stop function ing due to the effect of gasoline on the central nervous system; therefore constant medical a t tention is needed. If an emergency situation arises and there is no way to avoid siphoning of the deadly gasoline then the person should either use an ordinary mechan ical pump or a length of g'ass tubing inserted between two lengths of rubber tubing to enable the siphoner to see the gasoline before it reaches the mouth and avoid any unpleasant consequences. Temporary Rule Sets Speed Limit At 55 A temporary rule establishing a maximum speed lim it of 55 miles per hour on all highways within the State of Oregon has been adopted by the Oregon Transportation Commission in a telephone conference meeting The rule was adopted because of the current fuel shortages and the determination that the lowering of speeds w ill conserve motor fuel The Commission was given authority to adopt such action in the recent special Session of the legislature. The rule is effective imm ed iately and applies to all vehicles the showing of green leaves of crocus, daffodils and tulips, all of which say spring should be here—someday, DEQ Slates Early March Noise Pollution Hearing Proposed rules for noise pol lution w ill be subject of Depart ment of Environmental Quality- hearings in early March The regulations cover motor vehicles racing events, public roads, industry and commerce. Previous hearings during Oc tober and November in seven Oregon cities elicited sufficient public comment to warrant sub stantial revisions in the proposed regulations These include ta) the addition of sources to be controlled; (b> more detailed exemptions for sources which cannot reasonably be controlled. (c) adjustments tup and down) of allowable noise levels; (d) a broadening of variance proced ures. The proposed noise standards are based on the need to protect speech communication and sleep on residential property. The noise level goals adopted to achieve this protection are a Levels of less than 45 dBA for 54 minutes of the noisiest hour of the night inside a bedroom with open windows. b Levels of less than 60 dBA for 54 minutes of the noisiest hour of the day outside on residential property The propose^ standards for motor vehicles are sim ilar to California's motor vehicle noise laws, which are based on the use of present m uffler technology with the assumntion that im provements in that technology can be developed New motor vehicles—includ ing cars, trucks, buses, motor cycles. snowmobiles and other off-road recreational vehicles — could be sold only if they met the proposed standards Motor ve hides already in use could not exceed a specific noise lim it and certain modifications to m uffler systems would be prohibted. Property owners would be re quired to control the use of recreational vehicles on their land Because of the strong negative IFYE Student Meet Speaker The annual meeting for the Columbia soil and Wafer Con servation D istrict was set for March 17. 1974 at the D istrict Board of Directors meeting Wednesday February 20 Bill Maddy, Albany, an IF Y E stu dent to West Germany w ill be the main speaker Richard Armstrong and B ill Kessi audited the treasurer’s books Applications were approved for the following cooperators: St. Helens FFA Farm , Arthur Lau bach Mist. Louis Thompson - Clatskanie, Roy Krzmarzick - Shiloh Basin The district set its goals for 1974 Agriculture Service Centers were brought up and discussed at the meeting. Memo of Understanding be tween the board of County Commissioners and Columbia Soil and Water Conservation D istrict was brought up The district signed the memo The district w ill be assisting the Columbia County Health Department with the Santosh Disposal Site The low bid of Sel-Mor Inc., for the printing for the Annual Report was accepted by the Board of Directors Andy Pavelek progress report showed that he and Bill Eagle worked on farm planning drain age, woodland improvement, stream bank protection, flood damage, hay and pasture seed ing. soil legends, and descript ions, soils investigations for septic tank filte r fields, for the County Sanitarian, soils in fo r mation for the State Highway [iepartment and for the Oregon State Veterans Administration and assistance on drainage to the Beaver Drainage D istrict, Scappoose Drainage D istrict and the West Santosh Group Those directors present were Kichard Abrahamson L arry O- black. Fat Carver, Kichard Armstrong and Bill Kessi Andy Favelek and Bill Eagle repre sented the SCS and the general lack of data on the nature and scope of the racing noise problem, the DEQ has delayed implementation of racing standards until 1976 Under the proposed rules the DEQ would control noise in creases on existing roads being modified to handle more traffic, and noise levels of m ajor new roads The department could also request noise abatement procedures on roads with identi fied noise problems With regard to industry and commerce, the rules would con trol noise levels of existing sources by providing allowable levels for day and night opera tions Emissions of pure tones and increases in noise level in noise-sensitive areas would also be under DEQ control driver after In- receives a secono major traffic conviction and to oiler an opportunity for a meeting to discuss his license status under the habitual often der a ct," Otl said “ We could not have complied with the notice or meeting requirement of the law and had all prior major offenses been counted on the effective date of the law ," he said The law also provides that drivers with 20 or more moving convictions including major of fenses. within the Iasi five years may be defined as habitual offenders In these cases, the law dot's not require the division to notify the driver he is close to being prosecuted as a habitual offen der. nor does it have to offer a meeting with DMV represent alive. For that reason, the opinion said the division should count all moving convictions within the preceding five years Ott said he does not know how many Oregon drivers have records with 20 or more moving convictions within the last five years "A driver really has to be trying hard to get that many moving convictions in that period of tim e," he said A recent study of four year driving records indicated less than four percent of all drivers had five or more convictions of all types on their records "That leads me to believe," he said, “ that the number with 20 or more must be quite sm all." Fair Slates Competition More than 300 entry forms have been mailed to horsemen throughout the Pacific North west for competition in the first area-wide d rill team champion ships slated for the 1974 Spokane Interstate F air "W e’re trying to find every available enuestrian team we possibly can." explained Char lesT Meenach, of the F air “ We invite any and all units to enter " The regulations also control the noise levels of off-road recreational vehicles including motorcycles. The hearings w ill be March 4. in Portland, at the Public Ser vice Building Auditorium. 920 S.W 6th Avenue, from 1:30 p.m to 5:30 p.m and resuming at 7 p.m ; and March 7 in Medford, at the Jackson County Court house at 7:30 p.m. Copies of the proposed rules are available from the Depart ment of Environmental Quality. Air Quality Control Division, Noise Control Section. 1234 S.W Morrison. Portland. Oregon 97205 Written comments may be sent to the above address or brought to one of the hearings Meenach e x p l a i n e d that throughtout the year there is d rill team competition in Wash liigton. Oregon Idaho. Montana. British Columbia, and Alberta, but nowhere in the Northwest has there been an organized effort to get all the teams together for an overall cham pionship. Contests w ill be daily during the nine-day run of the fair Teams w ill be judged on horse m a n s h i p. performance, uni forms, d rill patterns, and other criteria Extension Meet Set Competition is open to all age groups Trophies w ill be award ed to the five top teams Interest ed teams mav w rite, Spokane Interstate F air. Box 143, Park water Station. Spokane. Wash 99211. Timber Route Home Exten sion w ill be meeting at the West Oregon Electric Co-op Tuesday March 12. The lesson w ill be "Wdiat your local taxes buy" given by Carol Ashley Gene Bergerson w ill be demonstrating on crocheting a rug out of used plastic sacks S creen und stagr star D eb b ie Reynolds urges everyone to fight cancer »¡Hi a generous donation to the American Cancer Society. “We want Io wipe out cancer in your lifetim e,” says the petite singer-dancer-actress “and » e need your help." T h a n k Y ou D r. P ap! D r . G e o rg e P a p a n ic o la o u was a Greek Am erican m edical scientist w in , discovered a fast, painless test that can find cer vica l cancer early when it is most cu ra b le —the fam ous Pap te s t. 1 he A m e ric a n C a n c e r Society rem inds wom en to have a Pap test reg ularly. VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE Old Courthouse Basement ST. HELENS. OREGON J u st L ik e M om & D ad I f you are a c ig a re tte smoker, chances are tha t yo u r c h ild re n w ill be too. T h is b it o f fo re casting. based on c a re fu l study, comes fro m th<- A m erican C a n cer S ociety. You can h e lp you r youngsters and yo u rse lf to a h e a lth ie r , lo n g e r l i f e i f yo u s m iif out th a t c ig a re tte fo r good. Phone 397-2268 — After Hours 397-1730 Monday - Wednesday - Thursday 9:30 a.m. to 12 Noon Columbia County's Only Federal Inspected Meat Packing and Processing Plant ALPINE FOOD S E R V IC E No. CoL River H w y. — Scappoose LOCKER PACKS at iU Beit! Cut and LOCKER BEEF Wrapped FRONT QUARTER Cut & Wrapped........Lb. 85c GROUND BEEF In 10-Lb. Rolls In Our Retail Meat Market 93c HIND QUARTER Cut & Wrapped .Lb. $1.03 ---------------------- .Lb. NOW IN OUR SAUSAGE KITCHEN * * * * FREEZER MEATS Smoked German Style Sausage Country Style Link Sausage German Style I-ink Sausage Slab Bacon Sub-Primal Beef Cuts Available: Short Loin - Stand* j ing Rib - Tenderloin : ■ Center Cut and • Chuck Roasts PLEASE PHONE AHEAD FOR SPECIAL ORDERS............................ 543-6348 — BEEF SLAUGHTERING ON THURSDAYS —