L ib r a r y îf n iv e r s it y o f Oregon E ugene, Oregon Demoni a Ea<jte VOLUME 52. NUMBER 31 VERNONIA. OREGON WW4 — 18c Per Cayy Over two hundred turned out to give an official welcome to the 18th Annual Vernonia Friend ■hip Jamboree by attending the coronation and variety show held Friday evening at the Washington Grade School audi torium From the beginning with en tertainment of the pioneer days exemplified by the singing of “Old Tim e Religion" by Carol Olson and Sherry Walters, to the finale of Sister Mead's "The Lord's P rayer' performed by the guitar group from St Anthony 's Church in Forest Grove, the show brought back memories to everyone—old and young alike For those of the World War I era. Bill Sword sang a medley of songs including the still famous “Over There" while Sally H ar rison s "Indian Love Call" was considered quite extraordinary There was honky tonk music. Can Can girls, who generally hide under the guise of Jeanne Marxer, Sally Wright. Carol Bo denhamer, Patty Featherston, and Vicki Mawhirter, a rendi tion of “Some Of These Days"— Sophie Tucker style— by Bar bara Knight, all accompanied by Ward Nelson at the piano, and much more Wayne Welch, Duke Gortler and Ben Everest thrilled the audience with “Five Foot Two” and other numbers of the 20 s. Representing the 1946’s were the Andrew Sisters stand-in's, play ed by Jim Thompson. Clint Holsey and Brian Traylor who pantomimed to "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy", which met with an entnusastic reception, a 1950s Elvis Presley copycat, right now to the tight pants and open shirt, performed by Tim Titus with Ken Enneberg and Scott Nance providing guitar backup. and ey Conroy who sang 1960's Dewey Co “who Will Answer coupled with a reading of “The Box' by Betty Curl, following up with “ Blowin’ In The Wind” and "Leaving On A Jet Plane ” A Shakespearian reading was given by the incomparable Ned Mawhirter < with proper expres sion i and Ban joy Carson—fa m iliar to most as Bob Carson thumped away a couple of foot- stomping tunes Just before the finale, came the crowning of the queen and following the lengthy judging Chris Sauer became the 18th Vernonia Jamboree queen In dedication to her reign the St. Anthony Church guitar group played "Top Of The World ' Those who didn't make it to this year's coronation missed a great time and it can only be hoped that they will get a chance to enjoy next year's event as the 19th annual Vernonia Friendship Jamboree opens GOLF TOURNEY This year's golf tournament held at the Vernonia Golf course provided a good compe titive game for most, as they vied for the top prize money of 350 Taking first place in the event was Willard Rohrback while se cond was Sam Bearsley who re ceived a purse of 320 Third place winner was Dan Chase; fourth, Charles Ulad and fifth, Bill L a r son Fourteen prizes in all were awarded to the contestants and one woman, Betty Stennick. placed in the winners group with 15 place ranners Several businesses, organiza tions and individuals entered the first Banner contest held for the Vernonia Jamboree with designs interesting and varied Taking first place honors in the competition was the Ridge Riders group followed by Pat Goodman, second, and Louise Hamnett Sew Simple Shop, third YOUNGEST LOGGER la the Lagglag Shaw was Greg who at barely 17, took a t in t hi the unlimited of the LOGGING SHOW It was a beautiful day for the Vernonia Logging Show Sunday, July 28. and an appreciative crowd added to the enjoyment of the events. There was a great deal of laughter at the antics of the logging clown, Paul Mackenzie, who scampered around the field, occasionally participating in the contests although he failed to win any awards However, he should have won a badge for bravery for performing so well under a blazing hot sky that sent many home with a slight case of sunburn One of the highlights of the logging show was a grudge match between Greg Brewer, age 17, and his uncle, John Brewer, who challenged the youth following Greg’s first place win in the Unlimited Bucking Greg won handily amid the cheers and applause of the many gathered at the park No’ Best All-Around Logger trophy was awarded this year due to a tie between Del H a rri son and Archie Dass It was decided that at next year's Logging Show, the men would compete against each other in a separate scoring for this year's trophy. Winner, by category, for each event are as follows: Axe Throw- First, Del Harrison; second Larry Gardner; third, Sam Ce ballos Harrison won with 15 points for three bull's eyes with Gardner on his heels with 14, for two bull's eyes and a four Limited Bucking - First, Del Harrison; second, John Brewer; third, Elroy Miner Unlimited Bucking-F i r s t, Greg Brewer; second, Del H a r rison; third, John Brewer Truck Backing-First, Archie Dass. second. Ezra Brewer; third, Lanny McDonald Falling-First, John Brewer; second. Rod McLean; third, Archie Dass Pole Walk-First, Sam Cebal los; second, Archie Dass; third Greg Brewer Guestimating the load of logs was Craig Glendening, first; April Coleman, second; and Ron Coleman, third. HOT MUTT SHOW There were 30 boys and girls at the first Vernonia Jamboree Mutt Show. Saturday morning, with dogs of every breed and de scription in attendance. Big dogs and little dogs competed for awards in the fun-filled kids' event with children-from a tiny two-year-old girl who handled a very big German Shepard, up to the lim it of 16-year-olds-enjoyed every moment. Named King of Mutts was Rugrat, owned by Kevin Lloyd while the Prince of Mutts was Ugly, handled by Gene Roady The two royal mutts were very honored by the awards bestowed upon them. With the arrival of “summer weather” and the opening of the City Swimming Pool, the after noon “Open Recreation" will get into full swing with more equip ment available to check out in the afternoon hours at Hawkins Park. The Scout Cabin at the park will be open from 1 to 4 p m on Tuesday through Friday for ping-pong and checking out other recreation equipment loaned by the school. Bob Black will be on duty in the afternoons. Kelly Nance directs the morning planned recreation for which the schedule appears elsewhere in this issue of the Eagle In formation is also given in the schedule giving time and place of the craft lessons and child ren's Story Hour, all sponsored by the Recreation Council in co operation with the City Park Commission. County Gets Share Instruction Of Highway-User Tax In Decoupage Begins Aug. 7 Instruction in decoupage will begin at the summer recreation craft class on Wednesday after noon of next week, Aug 7, and continue through coming classes until projects are completed Materials participants should bring are suitable pictures from greeting cards ana other sourc es. fine sandpaper, and boards for mounting the pictures Some boards will be available at the class for those who need them Instructor will be Enid Parrow. assisted by Lynette Wuest. Any one wishing further information may phone Mrs Parrow. Projects completed at this week's craft class were cro cheted hats, instructed by Mary Cota, and leatherwork articles instructed by Rhonda Persyn The craft class meets each Wed nesday afternoon from 1 to 3 p.m. in the art room at Wash ington Grade School, with en trance available at the east door. A charge of 25 cents is made at each class Distribution of 37,366,643 32 in highway-user tax funds to the 36 counties of the state was an nounced July 26, by the Oregon State Highway Division. ColumE:» County will receive 3106,574.35 as it's share of the state monies. The allocation is based on the statutory 20 percent for the following period April 1 through June 30, 1974. The funds come from th e following sources: motor vehicle registra tion and operators' license fees, gasoline tax, use fuel tax, motor carrier fees, and fines and pen alties collected for violations of the size and weight statutes where complaints are made by the Highway Division weigh- masters. Immunization Clinic Dales How Changed Immunization Clinics are scheduled for the following dates for Vernonia: August 7-9:30 to 11:30 a m. September 4-9:30 to 11:30 a.m . October 2-9:30 to 11:30 a m. November 6-9'; 30 to 11:30 a.m. December 4-9:30 to 11:30 a.m . It should be noted that clinics are now scheduled for Wednes days rather than Thursdays as in the past Hearing Set At St Helens The Director of the Depart ment of Revenue, John Lobdell, announced Wednesday, that the Columbia County Courthouse will be the location for one of a series of public hearings for the purpose of gathering informa tion in developing a Department rule concerning the minimum acreage necessary for land in western Oregon to be classified as designated forest land. The time has been set at 7:30 p.m., August 1, in the Circuit court room. A group of hearings will take place in the northwest area of the state. Four earlier hearings were held in southwest Oregon. Owners of designated forest land pay taxes on the value of the land uses. The legislature has required the Department of Re venue to develop an acreage minimum and Lobdell says these hearings give the Department an opportunity to obtain public participation in arriving at its decision. The requirements are that there must be a written approval or permit specifically author izing subsurface sewage dis posal on the individual lot or land parcel, that the approval must have been granted by an auth orized agent of the county or state and that the approval must be in conformity with whatever rules were in effect when it was issued. DEQ took over responsibility for a statewide septic tank per mit system last January under a law passed by the 1973 Leg islature. When new rules were adopted by the Environmental Quality Commission, some land- owners faced serious injustices. Many had bought land and ob tained valid septic tank permits, complying with all requirements then in effect, only to find that the rules had changed before they were ready to build. To resolve that problem, the Environmental Quality Com mission agreed to honor for a limited time, the commitments that were made by state and local governments before DEQ came into the program. Commissioners deemed a "cutoff" date necessary because of the difficulty of determining, decades later, whether a permit did in fact meet the rules that werein effect at the time of in- suance. Accordingly, they’ll is sue permits on all prior ap- irovals that meet the conditions isted above, provided that a new permit is applied for by July 1, 1975. f After he gets the new permit to construct, the property owner has an additional year to install his disposal system. The latter time lim it is the same one that applies to the present DEQ permit program. Anyone with a prior approval Denman Named By CZ Board MS Denman, senior vice esident of Crown Zeller bach, s been elected executive vice president and a member of the company's board of directors, it was announced July 26. Denman also was elected a member of the CZ executive committee. His election as a d ir ector increases the company’s board of directors to 14 mem bers. Denman, who has responsi bility for the company’s timber and wood products operations, had been a senior vice president since 1972. He first joined the company in 1954 as an industrial engineer for Crown Zellerbach Canada. After serving in various managerial capacities, he was appointed a vice president for building m a terials for the Canadian com pany in 1965 and elected a director in 1966 He returned to the United States as a vice president of the parent company in 1969 Denman is a native Califor nian and a 1950 graduate of Stanford University at Palo Alto, California. C JAMROREE MEET There will be a final wrap-up meeting of the Vernonia Jam boree Committee at the West Oregon Electric building. Wed nesday night, August 7 at 7:30 p,m. M E E T IN G Eagle office for a af both the Eagle were the Colombia chief ef the office of Health Dtrialoa; Ro of the Local Go- vernment Relations Division, Executive Depart ment; and Kess Cannon, director from the De partment of Environmental Quality, The group traveled to Vernonia for a conference to answer questiona pertinent to local and county govern ment and explain the role the state offices play In their functions. or permit that may qualify under the new rule should contact his local health department or Re gional DEQ Office for a review of his approval papers Prior approvals that haven’t been act ed upon by July 1, 1975, will ex pire. After that they’ll have to meet current DEQ rules Jack Osborne, Administrator of D EQ ’s Subsurface Division, says DEQ recognizes that some prior approval lots won’t meet tne requirements DEQ has in effect now. If they don't, ap plicants will get written warn ings that they're responsible for avoiding health hazards or pub lic nuisances. If the feptic tank fails, DEQ could require that it be abandoned. Osborne emphasised the pur pose of the current, tougher rules is to protect landowners from the problems they’d en counter if they built expensive homes on their lots, only to discover there was no way to get rid of their sewage. Sr. Citizens Vote Matching Program Funds Action taken by the Columbia County Senior Citizen Council will assure the continuation of the senior citizen programs for at least the next six months according to T erri Wetle, Dis trict II-A director of the Area Agency on Aging. The Senior Council voted to use 33000 in funds received from the Office of Economic Opportunity to pro vide the necessary matching monies to guarantee program continuation. Senior Citizen programs were put in jeopardy at the end of June when the Columbia County Commissioners voted unani mously to withdraw from the Columbia Region Association of Governments, which is respon sible for matching funds for the various programs. Because of the counties with drawal from CRAG, the portion of dues that had been considered by CRAG as matching money was lost and this placed the re mainder of the 331,111 in jeop ardy. At the present time a contract is being negotiated between the Columbia County Community Action and Senior Citizen Coun cil and CRAG for the funding so the senior program can con tinue. The 331,111 grant from the Ad ministration on Aging provides portions of the transportation program, senior citizen aides, information service, some home help work, and referral service through H ELP. In the future, beginning in January 1975, the program will face funding problems and un certainty. A July 31 meeting had been set to discuss the needs of the elderly in Clackamas, Co lumbia and Washington Coun ties. Columbia Co. Planning Commission Meet The Columbia County Plan ning Commission held its reg ular meeting July 15, at the County Courthouse, St. Helens. In attendance were members Fred M arracci, Richard K irt land, E a rl Avis, Charles F lem ing. and Don Coin Walrod and staff members Ron Reeves, Curt Schneider, and Rosaline M a l lory. The meeting was called to order at 8:06 p.m. by the Chair man, Fred Marracci. Charles Fleming moved that the minutes of the June 17 1974 meeting be approved as mailed. E a rl Avis seconded-motion c a r ried. E a rl Avis moved that the July 1, 1974 Board of Adjustment public hearing minutes be ap proved as mailed. Don Coin Walrod seconded-motion car ried. M O LLENH O U R ROAD Staff reported that an in spection had been made of the completed road and that M r Mollenhour had complied with all requirements designated by the Planning Commission Mol lenhour will be informed that he 'to prepare a deed of dedication to submit to the County Richard Kirtland moved that since all requirements had been met, the road be approved by the Plan ning Commission. E arl Avis se conded-motion carried. D E Q . R UR AL AREA DES IGNAT1ON Ron Reeves read aloud a reply letter from D.E.Q . to the Board of Commissioners regarding designation of those areas zoned A -l (Agricultural District - 40 acres) as “rural areas" as per their rules on subsurface sew age. They reported that they have reviewed the request and have determined that the pro posal appears to be compatible with their objectives. They rec- com mended some itemized c ri teria to be established for ef fective administration If the County is agreeable with their Q U EEN CHRIS 8A UER and ber court wave U the Senior Parade M d Sat- Past approvals for septic tanks will be honored until 1975 if they meet certain conditions, the Department of Environmental Quality announces. THURSDAY. AUGUST 1, 1974 18th Jamboree Three Fnn-Filled Days VARIETY SHOW DEQ Okays Prior Approval For Septic Tanks Until 1974 VERNONIA WEATHER commenta and criteria, imple mentation may proceed immed iately. S U R F A C E M IN IN G ORD 1NANCE CHANGES Staff passed out copies of pro posed changes in tne existing surface mining ordinance and asked for Planning Commission members comments. M r Ree ves elaborated that the changes were being instigated to plug obvious loopholes in the existing ordinance, as well as establish a penalty clause One proposed change would eliminate the min imum size and amount mined clause, therefore requiring even small pits, if commercial, to obtain a permit. Another proposed change would require reclamation plans to br evaluated by the state for all new permits as well as existing ones at time of permit renewal. Board members dis cussed the possible costs to both large and small operators of having their reclamation pro posals evaluated by the state. It was noted that unless relcama tion is required, Columbia Coun ty will soon have a “ battlefield** look Charles Fleming moved that the proposed changes in the Surface Mining Ordinance be approved by the Planning Com mission and that a recommen dation for approval be forward ed to the Board of Commis sioners. Don Coin Walrod sec onded-motion carried C IT IZ E N PA R TIC IP A TIO N Curt Schneider of the Planning Staff briefly went into the back ground of the North County situation relating that a North County Comprehensive Plan has been adopted and that now zon ing is needed. He further elaborated that Senate Bill 100 requires compre hensive plans along with zoning, subdivision and other ordinances to implement the plan. Also that a program for citizen involve ment and advisory committees for on-going planning for the citizen involvement and partic ipation. He discussed with Commission members the need to educate the public as to what planning is all about and possible ways to interest and involve citizens in the planning process. Numerous methods, including programs before organizations, work shops, news releases, etc. were discussed. M ID & CENTRAL COUNTY C O M P E H E N SIVE PLANS Ron Reeves briefly reviewed that CH2M Hill had prepared the proposed comprehensive plan ana map and that while large areas are designated R-R, tne text lists that category as min imum site sizes for rural res idences based upon methods of water supply and sewage dis posal : 5 acres for dwelling with private water supply and septic tank sewage disposal and 2 acres for dwelling with approved pub lic water supply and septic tank sewage disposal After lengtny aiscussion over existing uses and growth poten tial, Commission m e m b e r s made a few basic changes on a work map to more closely suit local needs and to give staff i some input for preparation of base maps to include the A-2 area (5 acres). The Planning Commission will pursue the matter at a later work session. which featured a leg rtlly fam ily la th W IN N E R I r a n Ike Mayger Fire evaryday «