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THURSDAY, SEPT
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5, 1974
Blue Ribbons
Go To 4-H’ers
Three Vernonia boys took
awards at the 1974 Oregon State
F a ir with their entries in the 4-H
Livestock Division.
Named as Reserve Champion
for his Shropshire ewe lamb was
Tracy Carrol while Russel] was
also awarded a blue ribbon for
his Romney ewe lamb Russell
was also awarded a blue for
showmanship in the intermed
iate class.
The third winning entrant
from Vernonia was Mike H ar
rison who took a blue ribbon for
his junior cow in the Crossbred
class.
COLUMBIA C O U N TY )
S *A U £ h CIW
E
CLUBS
COLUMBIA COUNTY was well represented at
the 11P4 Oregon State F a ir by members of the
4-H.
Above 'Is a display of Columbia County
Small Engine Club, Warren Nut-Twisters. I t
Building Permits
Up In Col. County
featured not only varieties of engines but also a
backboard with Individual parts identified that
la
Building permits increased in
Columbia County in July 1974,
compared to July 1973, the
University of Oregon Bureau of
Business Research has reported.
In July 1974, the total was
$531,350 compared to $362,078 in
the same month last year.
Building permits from 147
identical centers in Oregon to
taled $50,695,347 in July 1974
This was 8.3 percent lower than
the total in July 1973
The state total in July 1974 in
cluded $25,969,317 for 1,184 new
dwelling units; $13,793,233 for
new nonresider.tial construc
tion; and $10,932,797 for ad
ditions, alterations, and repairs
to existing structures
Rebecca Lodge
Selected As
CF Leaders
T H E DISPLAY from Columbia f a mily took a
green ribbon of excellence at the 1974 Oregon
State F air. It showed the contrast between the
county In 1964 when it was mainly farm lands and
forests compared with today, with the Influx of
new people and the growth of communities.
OTC Approves Additional
Road For Triple Trailers
The Oregon Transportation
Commission has approved the
addition of 149 miles to the routes
over which triple-trailer com
binations can travel in Oregon
Tests had been run on a re
quested 3:t4 miles of highway but
some of it was deemed inad
equate to be added to the system.
The additional approved rout
es are as follow
Umatilla
Mission Highway , O r e g o n -
Washington Highway from its
junction w i t h the Umatilla
Mission Highway near Pendle
ton to the Oregon-Washington
state line; Wallowa Lake High
way from La (Jrande to Elgin
excepting the Grande Ronde
River Bridge near Island City
which will require a detour; La
Grande-Baker Highway from its
junction with I-80N at North
Powder to its junction with I-80N
south of Baker, Baker-Copper-
field Highway from its junction
with the La Grande-Baker High
way in Baker to its junction with
I-BON. Ukiah-Hilgard Highway;
and the Lower Columbia High
way from Rainier to Clatskanie.
dition to traffic.
Movement may be prohibited
when fog or smoke reduces
visibility. This is also a pos
sibility when heavy winds may
cause them to sway or swerve,
movement is not permitted.
Convoying is also banned as
there must be at least 500 feet
between trailers Violations of
any of these rules can mean can
cellation of the permit and this
has been done. For example, last
year several permits were can
celled because of operation on
slippery roads or in rainy weath
er
With all the regulations, op
erations of the triples has been
safe with no accident involving
triple bottoms being attributable
to the fact that it was a triple
bottom. Today there are 33 com
panies operating in Oregon with
a total of 1,65(1 combinations
under permit. They represent
about one percent of the truck
traffic on the Interstate and
much less on non-lnterstate.
Deadline Set
For Filing
Deadline for filing petitions for
upcoming elections has been
tentatively set for Monday, Sep
tember 30 to facilitate trans
porting petitions to the Columbia
County Clerk’s office, according
to city recorder Phylis Woods.
There are five offices open in
the city of Vernonia which in
cludes the mayor’s position,
three seats on the city council,
and the position of city treas
urer.
To date only three petitions
have been filed.
Filing for the office of Mayor is
Patricia Goodman while Jim
Johnson and Greg Port have
filed for seats on the city council
Those wishing to be included
on the November ballot are
advised that they may pick up
petitions at the Vernonia City
hall. Petitions must contain the
names of two percent of the
registered voters in the city, or
approximately 20 names in order
to qualify for the election.
Money Saving Courses Set
Oregon first permitted the use
of triple-trailer combinations in
The food dollar does not
1967 as the result of legislative
stretch as far as it did a year
action In January, 1974, because
ago Neither does the clothing
of the energy crisis increased
dollar Nor the housing dollar.
weight was permitted making it
These are reasons, says E x
more practical for additional
tension home economist Carol A.
companies to operate triples.
Ashley, that the focus will be on
Between September, 1967 and
“stretching the dollars” in Co
January 1974, there was an ap
lumbia County Extension home
proved loutc system of 2,151
economics programs for 1974-75.
miles on Oregon’s State High
A workshop, “ Pants That F it,”
way System jf7,580 miles Since
will offer fitting suggestions and
the increased weight allowance
quality construction techniques
was established in January, 317
for women’s pants The session
miles including today’s action
will be offered in St. Helens in
have been added making a total
the fall and in Clatskanie and
of 246« miles authorized in the
Vernonia in the spring.
state for triple trailers. These
A special interest meetin
ting,
routes have been approved by
“ Fun For the Younger Set,” will
the OTC only after careful study
offer ideas for home-made gam
and determination that the ve
es, toys and inexpensive play
hicle combination can safely op
materials for pre-schoolers.
erate in its own travel lane Any
A correspondence
course,
connecting routes on city streets
"Money and You” and a series
or county roads are approved by
of newsletters, “ Money Topics
the appropriate local authority.
For Young Fam ilies,” are de
Oregon nas kept tight rein on
signed to help families become
the triple-trailers with permits
better managers of their per
being issued for only 30-days'
sonal finances, Mrs. Asnley
duration, an overall length not to
says.
exceed 105 feet and certain rules
Study group topics which
of operation. Among these rules
should help to stretch dollars
which say speeds of at least 15
include “ Imagination
Versus
miles per hour must be m ain
Money in Clothing,” “ Be Wise
tained on four-lane roads and 20
With Food Buys,” "That All
mph on two-lane roads. Travel is
Broke Feeling and What To Do
prohibited when road surfaces
About It ,” “The Household Ac
due to ice, snow, frost or rain
countant," “ Meatless Meals-or
may present a hazardous con-
Almost,” and "What About Con
venience Foods?”
Additional
study group topics are “ Food
For the Later Years" and “Cop
ing With Conflict.”
Extension
programs
a re
available to all persons on a non-
descriminatory basis, Mrs. Ash
ley points out. Individuals may
contact her at 397-3462 for addi
tional information on any pro
gram.
Rebecca Lodge has been nam
ed chairman of the Breath-of-
Life Campaign to fight child
ren’s lung diseases, according to
Terry Schrunk 1974 state Cam
paign Chairman of the Oregon
Chapter Cystic Fibrosis Foun
dation Rebecca Lodge will lead
volunteers in raising funds to
support research and care pro
gram for childr»n affected by
lung damaging diseases like
Cystic Fibrosis, severe asthma,
chronic bronchitis, bronchiac-
tisis, and a condition called
"childhood emphysema” . The
goal of for Vernonia is $176 with
the campaign kick-off with a
house-to-nouse appeal on Sunday
September 15.
Cystic Fibrosis is an incurable
genetic disease and is inherited
when both parents carry the
recessive C a F gene. It is es
timated that one in 20, or 10
million Americans carry that
C /F gene, usually without know
ing it. Current research, funded
by the National Cystic Fibrosis
Research Foundation, is seeking
a practical test to identify these
carriers. Because of improved
therapy and constant research
many C /F patients are now
living beyond infancy to their
teens, and even into young
adulthood, that same therapy is
relieving, and often curing,
children suffering from other re
lated lung diseases.
“ Most people don't realize that
there are millions of children in
the United States affected by
pulmonary illness ” , said Re
becca Lodge. “For many of
these children breathing is not
the natural function we, who are
lucky, take for granted.” The
Breath-of-Life Campaign sup
ports not only research but 117
<7F Centers for diagnosis and
treatment across the country.
Oregon has a care, teaching
and research center located in
Portland at the University of
Oregon Medical School. Anyone
who would like to help with the
1974 Vernonia Breath-of-Life
campaign should contact Re
becca Lodge at 429-5112.
Voters Reminded To
Check Registration
The fall elections should serve
as a reminder to all voters that if
they have changed address,
name or precinct they must
re-register to be eligible to vote
in the fall elections.
Despite overcast skies in the
morning hou'i, Vernonia weath
er continued warm with a high of
«6 degrees recorded Monday,
September 2 and a low of 44 de
grees for both Monday and
Tuesday, September 2 and 3.
Maximum precipitation for the
period was 0 inches
Pre-School
Opens Class
September 10
Vernonia Primaries b e g i n
classes September 9 with the
four year olds meeting at 9:30 in
the nursery room of the Chris
tian church. Instruction this
year will be under a certified
teacher, Mrs Ken Roberts A
well organized program of art
activities, games, songs and
stories have been planned. A
snack of juice and crackers is
also included.
To be eligible for the three
year class, a child must be three
by November 15, or to be eligible
for the four year class a child
must be four by the same date.
Three year olds meet once a
week each Tuesday morning,
beginning September 10, from
9:30 until 11:30. Monthly tuition
is $5
Four year olds meet each
Monday and Thursday mornings
beginning September 9, from
9:30 until 11:30 Monthly tuition
is $8. The registration fee is the
first month’s tuition plus $2.50
for insurance. Scholarships are
available.
Twenty-four children h a v e
been registered leaving nine
openings in the three-year class,
and three openings in the four
year class Anyone interested in
sending their child please call
Mrs. Ken Roberts at 429-3192 or
Mrs. Gordon Smith at 429-2771 or
else bring your child to school
the first day of class.
The report compiles the re
sponses Oregonians attending
the workshops gave to questions
concerning the use of land now
and for the future. When asked
about the future, workshop par
ticipants indicated that they are
concerned most about the pres
ervation of prime agricultural
and ranch lands, orderly growth
and development, and conser
vation of natural resources. Ore
gonians are not against growth,
but development m u s t be
matched with proper land use,
they said. Participants further
cited recreational opportunities,
climate, education, clean air,
scenic and natural beauty, and
open spaces as those things they
Football Booster
Breakfast Planned
i
A breakfast to kicko ff the 1974
Logger football season will be
held Saturday morning from
7:30 to 8:30 at the Evangelical
Church Fellowship Hall.
Special speakc ■ will be Coach
Melvin i I Nice
‘
who will explain the
formations to be used by the
Loggers. Senior football players
will be guests for breakfast and
there will be a forcasters contest
the scores of the 1974 Logger
games.
All Logger football fans are
invited to give the team a boost
to a winning season. The pro
gram will be held to one hour
with a one dollar charge for
breakfast.
Long Term Forestry
Planning Proposed
The public has been asked by
the Secretary of Agriculture to
comment on a series of com
prehensive, long-term manage
ment alternatives for the N a
tion’s forest resources.
The alternatives are described
in a draft released by Secretary
of Agriculture E a rl L. Butz en
titled “Environmental Program
for the Future.” They are the
result of a three-year effort by
the Forest Service in the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
The document provides an
overview of forestry issues in the
U.S. and illustrates the various
forestry products and services
which can be expected from
three levels of operation-low,
moderate and high Thus, Forest
Service activities, such as im
provement and assistance to
timberland owners would re
main as they were last year at
the “low” level. They would rise
somewhat at the “moderate”
level and substantially at the
“high” level. The document also
decribes how application of
these different levels will result
in varying amounts of goods,
services and amenities in the
next decade, depending on pub
lic desires and operation inten
sity.
The levels of operation and
estimates of goods, services and
amenities to he derived are ap
plied in the document to the N a
tion’s total forest resources.
They encompass state and p ri
vate forest lands and forestry
research activities, as well as
National Forest management.
In developung the draft of
general alternatives, the Forest
Service considered the use cap
abilities of all forest land, the
estimated demands for products
and services in the next decade,
harmony with national issues
and management goals, and ef
fects of various levels of man
County Schedule*
Building Workshop
P U P P E T E E R George Julian introduces perky talking bird
•m all admirer in brushing up act for appearance at second
annual Learning F air, Sunday, September 8, at L air HUI Park
la 8.W. Portland. F a ir to sponsored by Child Care Coordinating
Council and features over seventy varied activities for people
of all ages to try firsthand.
This week, the Oregon De
partment of I .and Conservation
and Development published an
extensive report on the results of
the first round of People and
The Land” public workshops
conducted last Spring. Twenty-
eight workshops were conducted
throughout the state, involving
some 3,000 participants. ‘“This
extensive effort to directly in
volve citizens in land use de
cisions is among the first of its
kind in the country,” says de
S . J ’Ï Î R t a .. h i S . î Î T ,, m Arnold
Æ Ï Ï Co
gan. “ It is highly important that
the public be given the op
portunity to directly influence
government decisions concern
ing use of land.
Columbia County building of
ficials will hold a builders con
tractors workshop Wednesday,
September 11 at 7 p.m. in the
employees lunch room of the
Columbia County courthouse.
The workshop is planned to
cover dwelling construction un
der the Uniform Building Code
and will delve into such areas as
stairs; softwood plywood panel
ing; stone masonry; framing;
etc.
All builders and contractors
are invited to attend this up
coming workshop on the tech
nical aspects of the Uniform
Building Code.
agement activity on the human
environment.
Secretary Butz said loi , term
planning for all fore* lands in
needed if Americans are to con
tinue to enjoy an abundance of
products and amenities from the
one-third of the Nation’s surface
which is in forests and related
lands. Public comment on the
alternatives, he said, will help
insure that future management
of those resources continues to
reflect the desires of the Am eri
can people in a time of dram a
tically increasing demands for
uses of forest resources and
quality outdoor environment.
He urged the Nation to commit
itself to a long term plan to
achieve fa ir and balanced uses
of the forest resources. He de
scribed the Enviromental Pro
gram for the Future (E P F F ) as
a "first step” in that direction.
After the public reviews and
considers the alternatives, the
Department of Agriculture will
revise the draft program and
issue a guide for management of
the Nation’s forested land.
Copies of “A Long Term For
estry Plan (Draft)-Environm en
tal Program for the Future” and
a shorter highlight version of the
full report are both available
free of charge from the Office of
the Chief of the forest Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington D C. 20250 Public
comment on the draft forestry
plan should be sent to the same
address before Dec. 15. The
comments will be available for
public inspection in that same
location.
Membership Meeting
Set By Womens Group
ag
The Provisional League
of
Women Voters of Coli_____
Columbia
County will hold a general mem
bership meeting September 9 at
the Otto Petersen cafeteria at
7:30 p.m.
The meeting’s emphasis will
be on new members and voters
service. The league members
will be polled on ballot measures
No 13 or S B 708 It will be
decided whether to support or
oppose it as an organization.
The League of Women Voters
is a non-partisan organization
and all men and women citizens
are eligible and welcome to join.
Membership chairman is Geral
dine Meyers. 543-2162.
League members will register
voters in the lobby of the post
office on Saturday, Sept 14. 21,
28. and October 5 Additional
locations will be announced la-
ter
liked most about living and
working in Oregon
Oregonians wish to preserve
their estuaries, the coast and
beaches, parks and recreational
areas, wilderness areas, and
wildlife, their historical and nat
ural monuments
Frequently,
specific landmarks such as the
Columbia River Gorge, Mt.
Hood, H ell’s Canyon, Crater
Lake, and the Willamette Valley
are singled out for special con
cern.
Those participating in the
Spring workshops felt that the
state should coordinate public
transportation, sewerage, water
supplies, solid waste sites as
part of comprehensive land use
planning. Many would add ener
gy producing sites and activities
to the list requiring state co
ordination. Some
questioned
whether the state needed to
coordinate the siting of public
schools, but they remained un
decided and open to further
study of that question.
More felt that a satisfactory
balance must take place at the
local level, but assisted and
coordinated by the state.
In the cover letter accom
panying the report being mailed
to the some 3,000 participants
and to some 500 local govern
ment officials, the use of the
report is explained. “The data
contained in this report is being
used to identify subjects for the
development of potential state
wide land use goals and guide
lines for Oregon.” Opportunities,
it goes on to say, will be provided
the public to review and com
ment upon the working drafts at
a second round of workshops to
be conducted in late September
and early October. Workshops
are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in
.Columbia County at Clatskanie
Grade School gym, September
30.
Figures Show
High School
Enrollment Up
School enrollment is down in
the grade schools and up in the
high school as local schools open
their doors for the 1974-75 school
year.
Opening day enrollment of 241
at Vernonia High School showed
an increase of l l students over
last fall and 23 over closing of
last spring It is expected that
final enrollment figures will be
near the 250 mark.
In the elementary schools de
clining enrollments in the lower
grades and the promotion of a
arge 8th grade to high school
has decreased the total number
of students at the three elemen
tary schools from 482 in the fall
of 1973 to 468 this year.
Enrollments by schools are as
follows:
Total all schools 709.
Vernonia High School
9
10
61
11
60
12
52
Total
241
f
Elementary
K
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Total
38
39
43
53
58
46
53
72
66
468
Bank Debits
On Increase
Bank debits for the eight re
porting banks including Colum
bia Countv were up in July 1974,
compared to July 1973, the Univ
ersity of Oregon Bureau of Bus
iness Research has reported.
Debits for July 1974 totaled
$47,078,000. For June 1974, the
total was 59,163,000 and for July
1973, the total was 24,953,000.
Oregon, with 439 banks re
porting, has a percentage in
crease of 5.3 in July 1974, as
compared with June 1974, and a
19.6 percentage increased in
¡July 1974 compared with July
'1973
Total bank debits for July 1974
came to $10,541,598,000. For June
1974, the total was $10,010,213,000
and for July 1973, the total was
$8,916,228,000
For the same month last year,
the $55,293,837 total of permits
was composed of $30,550,022 for
1,661 new dwelling u n i t s ,
$14,780,571 for new nonresiden-
tial construction; and $9,963,244
for additions, alterations, and
repairs to existing structures.
Energy Hearings
Issues Emerging
The public hearings on re
gional and national policies are
scheduled for September 5,6, and
7, in Seattle. September 12 and 13
in Portland and September 19
and 20 in Boise. These hearings
are part of a series being held
across the Nation.