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SERVING SHERIDAN, WILLAMINA AND GRAND RONDE SINCE 1881
Can Sheridan's Hanna Ellis lead
her Lady Spartans past Gecy
Bowman and the Lady Bull-
dogs?
--SPORTS, 10
82-year-old Edward "Tessie" Wil-
son has made thousands of objects
from his hands over the years, in-
cluding some unique inventions.
--FEATURE, 5
BRiverbend case
comes back to
haunt the coun
1Grammy-award
winning guitarist to
perform at Willamina
church on Saturday
A benefit concert for the Taylor/
Krehbiel family will start at 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 8, at Willamina's Cross-
roads Worship Center, 330 S. Main
Street.
The family lost their home on
Willamina Creek Road last year to a
fire. Their hopes were to be in a
home by Christmas, but due to an-
other misfortune that house was also
destroyed.
Grammy award winning acoustic
guitarist Doug Smith will headline the
event which also features other local
musicians. Smith plays with a style
inspired by Chet Atkins, Alex
DeGrassi and Michael Hedges. His
playing has been on the silver screen
in "August Rush," "Twister" and
"Molly Flanders." His compositions
have also been heard nationally on
"The Martha Stewart Show, Good
Morning America" and National Pub-
lic Radio.
A fire destroyed Marnie Taylor's
farmhouse on Sept. 24. and then on
Dec. 11, half of a double-wide mobile
home donated to Taylor and her daugh-
ters slid offits frame and landed on the
side of Willamina Creek Road, cmsh-
mg their hopes to be in a home by
Christmas.
Cover charge is $6. Desserts and a
full espresso bar will be available for
an extra charge. For more information,
call 503-876-4424.
By Jo Mclntyre
Correspondent, The Sire
Did they or didn't they?
That's the question up in the
air today, following a Dec. 29
decision by the Oregon Court
of Appeals on a contested de-
cision by Yamhill County Com-
missioners to allow expansion
of the Riverbend Landfill, a
property of Texas-based Waste
Management, Inc.
The question is, did the
judge send the case back to the
county or not?
While opponents of the
landfill expansion said in a
press release that the court's
decision confirmed a Land Use
Board of Appeals ruling that did
not allow the landfill to expand,
the county disagreed.
And indeed, most of the
opinion, titled an "afire'nation,"
seems to say that the court is
upholding LUBA's reversal of
the county's expansion ap-
proval.
But the fmal paragraph re-
fers to "LUBA's remand to the
county," which never existed
before the presiding judge
wrote those words. And now,
because he did write them, the
case might be remanded after
all, the county says.
A Court of Appeals spokes-
woman, staffattomey Francine
Shetterly told the News-Regis-
ter she had spoken with attor-
neys who had worked on the
opinion while it was being writ-
ten. She agreed that the ruling
implies ' the case will be going
back to the county for further
consideration."
The complicated case, filled
with nearly impenetrable land
use legal jargon, has dragged on
for nearly three years.
The process included a pub-
lic vote, hearings, and a com-
missioned report from an engi-
neering consulting firm, and
ended when Commissioners
Leslie Lewis and Kathy George
voted to allow the expansion.
Commissioner Mary Stem
has recused herself from all as-
pects of the expansion request,
initially citing a potential con-
flict of interest because her hus-
band was an executive with
Western Oregon Waste, one of
Riverbend's largest customers.
He now works for Waste Man-
agement.
Opponents represented by a
group called Waste Not of
Yamhill County, fought the ap-
plication for expansion by forc-
ing a public vote, and making
dozens of appearances before
planning commission, county
commissioners, LUBA and
now the state courts.
The Waste Not Coalition in-
cludes the Yamhill County Farm
Bureau and county Soil and
Water Conservation District,
LANDFILL I Page 3
The West Valley
Ford Foundation
leadership group
erected this bus
shelter in
Sheridan, but
buses are just
driving by
because work
isn't complete
and the transit
doesn't
recognize it as
an official bus
stop.
Photo by Clinton Vlnlng
By Marguerite Alexander 2009 took on the project of getting the ley bus shelters, they have no impact YCTA learned that YCAP--with
Correspondent, The Sun bus shelters installed last year. The lead- on the usability of the structures, ex- whom it contracts daily operations of
ership group designated a matching plained Charlyn Pranger, a member of the buses--was making unofficial
The bus shelters in Sheridan and $5,000 from the Ford Family Founda- the leadership group. "It's just for deco- stops, it directed YCAP to stop "This
Willamina have been installed, but tion to be spent toward the $11,000 to- ration," she said. decision was based mainly on safety
don't expect to catch a bus at the Sheri- talproject cost Thanks to the committed group of for the passengers," Saunders said.
dan bus shelter anytime soon The Working with the Oregon Depart- volunteers, the bus shelter in Willamina "This route is designated as a commuter
Yamhill County Transit Authority di- ment of Transportation, YCTA and the was erected and the bricks installed the route that is to have limited stops within
rectedYCAPto cease making unsched- cities of Sheridan and Willamina, sites first Saturday in November. Since the communities," she added.
uled stops along its routes in Novem- were selected for the new shelters selected site was situated on a paved No more letting a rider off or pick-
ber, and since the bus shelter at the cor- Since both sites were to be located on comer, installing the brick pavers in- ing them up at Deer Meadow Assisted
her of Main and Hill streets is not rec- private property, permission was ob- volved digging out the asphalt in order Living, the VFW Hall or even the un-
ognized as an official stop, buses drive tained from the property owner, to make room for the bricks. All that used official bus shelter in Sheridan.
right on by. The group of local leaders raised remains to be completed is the installa- Riders who need to be picked up or
According to YCTA Transit Man- $4,200 by selling bricks and procured in- tion of a bike rack and a garbage can. dropped off in a specific location that
ager Tonya Saunders, the bus shelter kind donations for their share of the The Willamina bus shelter was not is not recognized as an official bus stop
in Sheridan has not been put into ser- match. On Nov. 6 the community volun- put into service immediately after it must call YCTA's Dial-A-Ride service
vice because there is still work to be teets installed the bus shelter in Wdlamina- went up It took a couple of weeks to at least 24 hours in advance.
completed by the local Ford Founda- A number of weeks later the bus make the transition, Pranger explained. Just when the bus shelter in Sheri-
tion Group---the civic and community shelter in Sheridan suddenly appeared It wasn't long, however, before the dan will be completed has yet to be
leaders from the West Valley that on the concrete pad poured for it in buses and riders were utilizing the shel- determined: In the meantime, to avoid
worked together to raise the money to June. Unfortunately, when the concrete ter at the southeast comer of C and Main confusing the shelter with one of the
install the local bus shelters was poured there was a break in corn- streets, many matching bus shelters installed
Sheridan City Manager Frank Sheri- mnnication and the pad was poured Unlike the matching structure in throughout Yamhill County that serve
dan provided a similar response Talk level with the sidewalk leaving no room Willamina, the Sheridan bus shelter as official bus stops, Saunders said she
to a member of the Ford Foundation for the brick pavers Now the Ford remains empty and unused. Up until will see about getting signs and yellow
leadership group and the solution isn't Foundation leadership group is unsure mid-November, riders could have opted tape up in Sheridan.
quite as clear, how to incorporate the bricks into the to wait at the new bus shelter and flag Until the stalemate between YCTA,
Volunteers from the West Valley bus shelter design, down the bus as it approached. Not the city and the leadership group ends,
who participated in the Ford Institute Although the bricks were an inte- anymore. T.J.'s Superette serves as the only offi-
Leadership Program in the spring of gral part ofthe design for the West Val- . According to Saunders, when cialbus stopin Sheridan.
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WEST VALLEY COMING EVENTS
WHS Senior Grad ght Parent Meeting: 6 p.m. ,/an. 5
at WES, Bec.ky Fendall's room. Info: 503-560-8178
Sheridan High School Grad Night Meeting: 6 p.m. Jan.
5, SHS Library.
Taylor/Krehbiel Benefit'Concert: 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan.
8, 330 S. Main, Willamina. Acoustic guitarist Doug Smith
& local musicians. $6 cover charge. Desserts/full espresso
bar/extra charge. Info: 503-876-4424
Sheridan United Methodist Church Doors are Open!
Dedication Service 11 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 9. Open house
12:30-3 p.m. 234 N. Bridge Street.
Community Sing-Along: 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 9, Sheri-
dan Nazarene Church. . ,
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