Library U n iv e r sity o f Oregon. Demonia Eagle V O L U M E S3. N U M B E R 32 V E R N O N IA , O R E G O N S7SS4 — 19c P e r Copy THURSDAY, AUGUST I. 1974 Conncilmen Approve Figure for Automation of City Water Plant, Plan Drainage Study, Grant Increase The regular city council meet ing August 5 was called to order by Council President C.E Miller in the absence of Mayor Sher man Fisher Councilmen L E Atkins. L G Bowerman and Lucille Tomlin and Attorney Allan Coon were present Ap proval was voted the minutes of the July 15 meeting J.J Thoenes complained of extremely noisy cars nightly at First and Nehalem Streets Councilwoman Tomlin stated that tlie police would check this out Norman Davis, representing the Senior Citizens, rose to thank Everyone involved for helping in their transportation but asked that possible abuse of their van and extra cars by younger passengers might be controlled He then asked for voluntary as sistance in clearing thistles and repairing the roof on the Grange Hall Pat Goodman asked why the boys working for the city were allowed to drive the city trucks on weekends Roy Sanders de fended this question by replying the boys were working unoer his direction and the trucks were not misused A letter from Henry Anderegg asked for inspection of the finish job done by North American Contractors on his property be fore a release is made A copy of his letter was forwarded to the engineers and contractors. A communicaton from Bump, Young & Walker. Attorneys at Law. representing Charles and Margaret Stith claim ' sewer work on their property resulted in great damage, no improve ment Attorney Coon will as sume the necessary legal cor respondence and action to be taken. Z M Dutson. representing R. E Meyer Engineers. Inc , pre sented their proposal regaraing overtime costs of North Am eri can Contractors incurred in October, 1972. when crossing the river A decision was made to forward the unapproved propos al letter to North American for their comments before action would be discussed. Mr Hergeschemier. of White- ly, Jacobsen & Associates, sub mitted an actual cost figure of $10,172 80 for the automation of the water plant Tomlin moved and Bowerman seconded the motion to go ahead with the project Motion was carried Councilman Miller asked Roy Sanders for a report on the drainage problem on the Essie Nance property Sanders report ed drainage is coming from sur terms Bowerman moved, A t kins seconded Motion carried William Nelson submitted a General Telephone reouest to bury a telephone cable along the North and east side of East St. Moved by Atkins to grant per mission. seconded by Bower man Motion carried A Federal Grant was received by the library and notice of insertion to the ‘74-‘75 Budget was requested by William Nel son Publication of a supple mental Budget Hearing on Sep tember 3,1974, to appear in print August 15, and August 22 in the Vernonia Eagle. Bowerman moved, seconded by Atkins. Motion carried. Phyllis Woods was sworn in as the new City Recorder by A t torney Allan Coon, Fred Oviatt was introduced by Chief of Po lice Cunningham as the new Co lumbia County Deputy Sheriff replacing Ozzie Ray Upon payment of bills, the meeting was adjourned at 10:15 p.m. Meeting Reveals Need For More Communication And Understanding Members from state depart ment offices and the Columbia County Commissioners met with the staff of the Vernonia Eagle and Scappoose Spotlight in V er nonia. early Wednesday after noon, July 28. to clarify some points of contention and to an swer questions the news media Don Lawler Named As IMC Director For IED Dan Lawler, director of the Intermediate Media Center for the Columbia County Intermed ■ate Education District-disclosed in an interview Tuesday. that the new Intermediate Media Center will be in operation at the beginning of school The Media Center (IM C ) will have avail able at least 1000 16 mm film titles which schools can borrow for their use The IMC film library wiU have titles in a variety of curriculum areas both the elementary and secondary levels According to Lawler, the 1000 titles have been purchased for an average co6t of $183 per title. Plans call for a film delivery service to be established with all of the schools in the county on a rotating basis Monday and Thursday Scappoose. St Helens, and Vernonia will be serviced and Tuesday and Friday Rainier and Clatskanie 5J Also an inter- school service will be provided Another service to be provided by the IM C will be the repair and renovation of audio - visual equipment owned by the various school districts This service will be done at no cost to the districts except for the cost of parts for the repairs Currently the IM C Technician. Kris Kern, is check ing and repairing audio-visual equipment in each school dis trict Lawler noted that the film service is a supplement to the work of the teacher and should help the teacher in getting con cepts across By September the IMC will have catalogs which will be pro vided to each school listing the film titles available The films ordered for the first year of operation have been pur chased on an evaluation basis, stated Lawler "If thev fit the cirriculum we will keep them If not we will trade them in," he said The average length of films purchased is around 15 to 20 minutes Few films have been ordered which will run more than 28 minutes Lawler also indicated that the IMC will provide cooperative purchasing service of audio visual. office and photo equip ment through their office ‘TThis kind of arrangement should re rounding buildings onto the low er Nance land Sanders stated that correction of the added problem involving the sanitation system would require extensive work by the city Miller made a motion to change the sewer line and Tomlin seconded William Nelson requested the monies be refunded to Wright and Normand. parties who paid sewer amounts but were unable to be hooked up Tomlin moved to refund, Bowerman seconded Motion carried Applications for the utility man position were set aside for a special committee meeting on August 6 due to the number of applications submitted Motion by Atkins, seconded by Miller Motion carried. Increase amounts submitted by Wilbur Davis to raise garbage rates on business accounts and dump charges were not approv ed. but a smaller rate increase was presented and accepted by Davis Attorney Coon will write an ordinance stating the new sult in considerable savings to the districts in Columbia Coun ty," he stated In the future it is planned to have a production facility which will produce audio-visual m a terials that are not easily pur chased Eventually a graphic artist will be hired to do in-house productions and productions for schools and districts and teach ers Productions will include overhead transparencies, slide programs, slide copies, photo graphs, charts and maps Also, with the cooperation of the dis trict plans call for the house of expensive models for coopera tive use Lawler heads a staff of five employees of the new IM C . a courier, a repair technician, a shipping clerk, a booking clerk and an offset press operator The clerks and press operator will also be available to the IE D office when necessary These employees have all been hired and are presently assisting Law ler in putting the new program into operation. Contingent upon a final agree ment between St Frederic P a r ish and Portland Community College, the IM C will be housed in several classrooms at St. Frederic Lawler comes to the In termediate Education District program after four and one half years as a salesman for BFA Educational Media Incorpora ted. a division of CBS and 20 years as an educator Prior to assuming his new title as IM C Director he had sold 16mm films to IE D offices and school dis tricts in the Pacific Northwest Before that he had been a specialist in the Beaverton schools Curriculum Materials center. 1966 1969 He taught for 13 years in Vernonia from 1953 1966 He began his career in ed ucation in South Dakota where he taught in the high school from 1949 1953 He is a graduate of Beadle State Teachers College. South Dakota and a graduate of Mad ison High School, Madison South Dakota I^awler's wife Lois works at Tektronics in Beaverton in the shipping department His family presently resides in H ills b o ro felt pertinent. Present at the press con ference was Kess Cannon, d ir ector from the Department of Environmental Quality; Robert K Logan, administrator of the Local Government Relations D i vision of the State Executive Department; and Laverne S. M iller, chief of the office of Sanitation Services of the Health Division. Department of Human Resources Also in attendance were Columbia County Com missioner A. J. Ahi bom, Fred Foshaug, and Jack Minkoff. The conference led off with Robert Logan stating that he felt some residents of Columbia County might not realize that the county commissioners did not have the authority to supercede instructions and rules from the state and of federal level. ‘ ‘The members of the Board Of Commissioners can't decide they’ll enforce one set of rules then decide against another, simply because they or the county don’t agree on the sub ject,” Logan said. "They have no choice in the matter and, if they fail to enforce rulings from state or federal departments, then those agencies will step in and do the enforcing.” Discussion then ensued on those areas affecting Columbia County including the problems in the disposal of solid waste with Kess Cannon. DEQ. probing into the dissatisfaction many have found with Santosh Noting that the DEQ wasn't aware of all the problems in the state. Cannon said, “ that’s why we came. To find out for ourselves what areas need clarification and to try and find a solution to such things as proper sanitary landfills.” Cannon also mentioned one point of dissention-that of those who live in the area along the Columbia River on the Oregon side, who are forced to abide by strict DEQ rulings on air po- lutting while watching Washing ton. across the river, blissfully pollute not only their own a ir but that on the Oregon side also. According to Cannon, meet ings have been held with Wash ington and they will be expected to adhere to the same air quality regulations that prevail in Ore gon at present, hinting that if Washington failed to meet these requirements, then other action might be taken In another area of interest that of septic tank regulations-it was revealed that approval has now been given for septic tanks to be installed in rural areas where property exceeds ten acres regardless of soil condi tion Unfortunately due to soil formation in Columbia County, at present no sanitary system has been found fool-proof for Man Held On Rape Charge Vernon Dean Robbins, 21, of Vernonia was indited by the Co lumbia County Grand Jury F r i day . August 2 on a charge of rape in the first degree, following his arrest by the Vernonia Police Department Thursday, July 25 at the home of the victim Following the alleged attack, the woman, a 19-year-old house wife and mother-apparently managed to contact police who arrived at the scene to find Robbins still in the residence. He was taken into custody and transported to Columbia County Jail Following a preliminary hearing by Judge Don Kalberer, he was bound over for the Grand Jury The youthful victim was ex amined at the Columbia County District Hospital in St Helens where she was treated for shock then released Robbins is presently lodged in ja il w ith b a il's e t a at t l s'lO.OOO it sewage disposal. "Even though land may seem fine in the summer months.' Cannon said, "with more than adequate triculation, in the win ter months the rains force the water table up until, in many areas water stands one or two inches deep and often flooding occurs which pours raw sewage into the waterways even when areas have brand new sewer plants such as the one at Scap poose. The plants simply cannot cope with both the sewage and the over-abunda nee of w ater.” Logan then clarified another issue that has caused unhappi ness in the area; that of the dif ference between belonging to District 1 which includes T ill amook and Clatsop counties; or District 2, made up of M ult nomah, Clackamas, Washington and Columbia counties. “ Actually there , no choice in which district a county belongs to, although we try to follow the wishes of the residents,” Logan said, adding, “the districts-all 14 of them-were formed mainly to prevent an overlapping of agen cies and services. In that way a person doesn't have to go one place for one permit then an other for the grant to go with the permit. It was simply more efficient and economical to di vide the state into districts, and it really makes no difference in the performance expected by state or federal agencies The same rules and regulations pretty much apply in each dis tric t.” Other subjects that came under scrunity included the burning variance needed in Co lumbia County. It has presently been extended, due in great part to the work of commissioner Jay Ahlborn, and will again be studied when the DEQ meets in September of this year, accord ing to Kess Cannon. Logan then said, “one other fact I ’d like to point out is the misconception many have about CRAG and the Metropolitan Boundary Board Perhaps the fact that they are housed in the same building has led to these erroneous conclusions but in no way are the two agencies con nected nor does CRAG have any influence on decisions made by the boundary board. “They are two separate and dis tinct functions,” said Logan, commenting, “in fact no person can serve on the boundary board who is connected with another agency of governmental depart ment The boundary board is made up strictly by laymen and its function is to prevent cities from making illogical plans for expansion-the type that would cause more problems than it would solve.” The press conference conclud ed with the state officials and commissioners both assuring the press that they are always willing to listen to the problems that county residents might have and ready to answer questions on these subjects That, in fact, they desired more public input since in that way, only then can they provide the service and ef- ficency expected of them. Eum eno, Girls Benefit From Sports Says Perry Suddenly it ’s a brand new world for girls Doors are open ing to them, that were denied their mothers and no longer is it an unladylike thing to do. if a female should desire to play baseball or run the mile. Still, many cluck their tongues and claim that girls should be content to be considered frail, delicate bits of fluff, fit for home but not for the rougher world of sports Fortunately many others disagree on this issue One person who thinks girls can do ail right in the field of sports is Bob Perry, director of P erry’s Basketball Camp. “ I feel sports for girls is definitely to the good." said Perrv, who was a basketball coach at Beaverton prior to accepting his present position in the Guidance Department. “ It teaches not only skills but brings out the increased potential for self-confidence and a more pos itive attitude ” Perry backs up his words with facts, the first fact being that P erry’s Basketball Camp is the first camp in the state of Oregon to accept girls for sports training and secondly, Perry's started their program for girls last year, long before everyone started getting on the sports for girls bandwagon. “We have no special pre- reauisite for either boys and girls and they operate under the same rules. Our first year we sent home word with the boys who attended camp here and advised local junior and senior high schools. Before we knew it, we had fifty applicants for the week of summer camp. This year we had 70 girls turn out for instruction in basketball and volleyball. They also received coaching in soft ball." The camp, located in the lush green of the Nehalem Valley only one mile from Vernonia, has been in operation for 11 years, providing an outdoor at mosphere with a homelike qual ity that makes all the kids feel at home. Famous throughout the north west for the quality of training boys receive in the art of bounc ing ball, the camp has innovated their instruction for girls basic ally because they too feel girls are as capable and motivated as boys in the area of sports and should have an equal chance at enjoying the thrill of compe tition. Sign-up Scheduled The opportunity to learn to swim will be available at a two-week teaching session, the sign-up for which will take place next Monday, August 12. The lessons are available for all ages and the sign-up will take place at the city pool from 10 to 12 a.m. Kelley Nance and Sue Cavinee will be the instructors. T H IS L IT T L E lady leaps but misses In an energetic game of volleyball a t P e rry ’s Basketball Cam p which has opened Its grounds to the Instruction and recreation of girls for the second year in a row. F z ” . V ■>' ' «* ’ A F A ST game of basketball is enjoyed at P e rry ’s Basketball Cam p. This year 70 girls turned out fo r the week’s training and enjoyed Instruction fro m experts In the field of both basketball and volleyball. County Charter Proposal Submitted by Committee The Chairman of the Home Rule Charter Committee, Ted White, presented the proposed Home Rule Charter to election officials at the Columbia Court House, Tuesday morning, Aug 6 The charter report will now be submitted to the voters for their approval in November. Election officials indicated Tuesday that, following the w rit ing of a ballot title by the District Attorney’s office, the charter will be submitted to the Sec retary of Slate for inclusion in the November voters pamphlet under ORS 203.790 The submission of the docu ment Tuesday, ends the work of the nine member charter com mittee, headed by Ted White of Scappoose. The committee has spent 18 months drafting the new charter proposal. Hearings on the charter were conducted in three areas of the county following published notic F O R T Y CARS and approxim ately 160 people converged oa Anderson P a rk Saturday morning. Aagast I , to enjoy a coffee break. The group, es in county newspapers. One change in wording was made by the committee follow ing the public hearings This change concerns section 40, Re gional Government. The section was changed to read, “The county may not be a member of an agency or organization whose prima purpose is land use plan ning without prior approval of the voters of the county unless membership therein is required by state or federal law .” The charter submission con tained signatures of eight of the nine members of the committee. One member, Agnes Petersen, of St. Helens, was on vacation and unavailable for signing. Citizens who served on the committee in addition to Chair man White were Pete Bartlett, Ben Coleman, Agnes Petersen, Buford Hayes, Howard Hopkins, E .T. Johnson, M B. Morton, and David B Williamson. which belongs to the Horseless Carriages of A m erica organization, had traveled fro m Portland for this 9th annual outing. Society Plans Annual Picnic The annual Vernonia Society and Old Grads picnic will be held at Anderson Park, Sunday, Aug ust 18 with registration to begin at 10 a m Coffee and cups will be provided The picnic provides an op portunity for present and former Vernonia residents and school students to meet and renew acquaintances The Camp 8 Ca boose school group is also sched uled to meet at this time. T H E O LD EST e a r a t the 9th aaaual outing of Horseless Carriages ef A m erica, was a 19M Batch bat ether well-kaowa ae w ell ae forgotten aateaaehlee were represented including Fords, CadBlacs, Stadehahers, Hapmobilee, Overlands, M itchell-Chalm ers and more. The group left the p ark to travel to Hudson P a rk for lunch aad from there they planned to visit the Trojan Nuclear Plant on Highway 30 near R ainier before returning home. », V