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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.
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