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City gets county help with emergency plan
By Marguerite Alexander
Correspondent, The Sun
It's time for the City of Wfllamina to
develop an emergency preparedness plan,
the council agreed on April 13. Yamhill
County Emergency Manager Doug
McGillivray has offered to help the city,
and the council agreed to take him up on
the offer. -
Yamhill County has an emergency plan
in place. It is up to each city to decide if it
will develop its own plan.
Due to the rural setting and remote-
ness from the county emergency center
in McMinnville, the council agreed that
the city needs to have its own plan--a
means to take care of itself during an
emergency.
In the past, the city developed a Haz-
ard Mitigation Plan. The city worked on
it in 2005, Pubhc Works Superintendent
JeffBrown told the council.
"Our emergency plan is not up to date,"
said Councilor Rita Bailer.
City Recorder Sue Hollis suggested
more than an overhaul of that 6-year-old
document. "You probably do need to start
from scratch," she told the council.
The council advised staff to arrange
with the county for assistance in prepar-
ing a new plan. Hollis was directed to con-
tact McGillivray to request his help.
Preparing a local emergency plan will
involve more than just city staff. Meet-
ings need to be planned that include the
fire district, emergency medical person-
nel and the schools as well as Brown and
McGillivray, Hollis told the council.
Book
During a recent visit to the
West Valley Kiwanis Club,
author George Leppin
presents a copy of his
children's book All Around
the Pond, to President Meg
Commerford. The book,
hlghllghtlng the sounds and
movements of insects and
anlmala IMng around the
pond, was then glven to
Mellsea Hansen of the
Wlllamlna Public Ubrery.
Leppln is a long-tlme
member of the Walrlut-City
Kiwenls Club in McMInnvllle
and former owner of G & M
Insurance in Willamina.
Photo by MargueriM Alexander
Council fields Scout questions
about bridge, events and more
Obituarfes
By Marguerite Alexander
Correspondent, The Sun
Members of Boy Scout Troop 215 at-
tended the Sheridan City Council meet-
ing on April 18 to learn about city gov-
ernment and meet one of the rents
of the Citizenship in the Community merit
badge.
"Is it ever good to see all these people
here tonight," commented Donna Hulett,
a frequent member of the audience.
"Thank you for coming," she told the boys
and their leaders.
The council invited the scouts to ask
questions. The boys presented the coun-
cil with three:
• Why doesn't the city do some-
thing to widen the bridge? (To make it
safer for pedestrians and bicycles)
• Why does Sheridan Days only last
three days?
I Why doesn't the city have a home-
less shelter?
The council, city manager and the
city's attorney took turns answering the
questions.
The bridge involves four levels of gov-
ernment---the city, the county, the state
and the federal working in cooperation to
refurbish the bridge which is owned by
Yamhill County, explained city attomey
Walt Gowell.
The $3.5 million in upgrades that are
scheduled will focus on making the bridge
safe, added Mayor Val Adamson. The his-
toric significance of the bridge also has to
be taken into consideration.
The Sheridan Days Committee--not
the City of Sheridan--plans, organizes
and puts on the annual celebration. It is a
separate organization run by volunteers,
explained City Manager Frank Sheridan.
Those volunteers put in a lot of hours to
make the 3-day event possible. Bob White
of Yamhill County Real Estate is the chair-
man of the organization.
Although McMinnville has several
homeless shelters, there are none in Sheri-
dan. It takes a lot of resources to run a
shelter, explained Gowell. Raising funds
for one of the homeless shelters in
McMinnville might be good fundraiser for
• the Boy Scout troop, he said.
The scouts weren't the only people in
the audience on Monday. A representa-
tive from Your Community Mediators of
Yamhill County, a property owner seek-
ing a temporary variance for a man living
in a motor home and Hulett, a long-time
resident, also attended the meeting.
Within the past year Your Community
Mediators has stepped in to help in 27
cases involving 104 Sheridan residents.
There were 10 small claims cases and five
involving juvenile victims and offenders.
Three cases involved neighbor-to-neigh-
bor disputes and three were custody dis-
putes. Other cases included business-to-
business disputes, landlord and tenant is-
sues, workplace problems and civil liti-
gation.
Most of the conflicts are resolved with
one meeting lasting 1.5 to 2 hours. YCM
provides the first meeting free of charge.
The total value of services provided in
Sheridan: $8,429.
The non-profit organization relies on
contributions to cover its annual expenses
of $60,000. Your Community Mediators
asked the city to consider making a $1,000
donation.
"We're a good investment," said
Marleua Bertram, the executive director
for YCM.
There was no need for mediation when
a property owner requested a variance
from the city allowing an elderly disabled
veteran to live temporarily in a self-con-
mined motor home on private property
near the park.
Although the city manager recom-
mended against granting an exception to
the city ordinance, after listening to the
appeal the council voted 5 to 1 to allow
more time for the man to make other liv-
ing arrangements.
City ordinance requires a permit to
sleep or live in a recreational vehicle for
more than 15 days when it is parked on
private property. (A permit is always re-
quired if the vehicle is in a public place.)
Only two permits are allowed for any RV
during a calendar year. The ordinance al-
lows few exceptions.
After receiving a complaint, the City
stepped in. David Mickey of McMinnviUe
allowed a man to park a motor home on
property he owns on Balm Street after ex-
hausting all other possible options. "He
has no backup resources, his motor home
being all he owns," Mickey said.
He described the man as a "very seri-
ously disabled person." The man's situa-
tion is complicated by health problems.
"It became a rather desperate kind of
situation," Mickey told the council.
The council voted to allow a variance
for the man to occupy the motor home on
Mickey's rental property for up to 90 days
provided the City receives documentation
from the doctor outlining the medical con-
ceres.
During the fmal public comment pe-
riod Hulett told the Scouts she was pleased
with their interest in the bridge. She and
her sister were involved in the dedication
of the bridge when it was new--in 1939.
Hulett still has a piece of the green ribbon"
she wore as they walked across the bridge
in front of the dignitaries attending the
ceremony.
Sheridan potter on dislJ]lay at Portland show
Sheridan potter Charles Glnskoter will
participate in the Gathering of the Guilds
ceramic showcase at the Oregon Conven-
tion Center in PortlandApri129 to May 1.
Gluskoter has been creating ceramic
art for more than 30 years. His distinct
style combined wheel throwing and slab
building in individual, distinct vessels,
which have a variety of cultural influ-
ences. Charles creates items for indoors
and outdoors including teapots, lanterns,
jars, open vessels and even funeral urns.
The Gathering of the Guilds is the only
art show of its type in the nation. Not only
is it the largest clay show in the U.S., but
features work from a variety of art guilds.
This one-of-a-kind show will feature over
350 booths of diverse, spectacular art for
the home, garden and office.
Admission is free to the show, open
from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday and Sat-
urday and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sun-
day.
For more information about the event,
visit www.ceramic showcase.com. For
more information about Gluskoter and his
work, visit potterybyhand.com.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011, The Sun 3
SJS Baffle of the Books
team is state runner-up
By Herb Swett
Correspondent, The Sun
Sheridan Japanese School
finished a close second Satur-
day, April 16, in the high school
division of the Battle of the
Books state tournament.
The team of three freshmen
and a junior barely lost to
Portland's Wtlson High School.
Seeded third of eight schools,
Sheridan Japanese whipped Am-
ity 37-13 in the first round, de-
feated Oregon Episcopal 40- 30 in
the semifinals and lost to top-
seeded Wtlson 60-55 in the finals.
Lena Morrow was the jun-
ior on the high school team.
Freshmen were Camille
Gluskoter and Patrick and
Tabitha Mueller. Kathryn
Mueller, executive director of
the school and mother of two
of the contestants, coached the
team in the absence of the regu-
lar coach, Sidonie Winfield.
"I wish Sidonie were here,"
Kathryn Mueller said. "She's
done a wonderful job."
Sponsored by the Oregon
Association of School Libraries
and organized by the Salem-
Keizer School District, the state
competition was held at Che-
meketa Community College.
There were three grade-lev-
els, Sheridan Japanese's high
school division being the only
one to reach the state level. At
the earlier round of competition
in McMinnville, the school's
sixth-through-eighth-grade divi-
sion placed third, and the fourth-
and-fifth-grade division was
eliminated in the first round.
At each level, teams were
asked questions in two catego-
ties, in-which-book (IWB) and
content. There were eight ques-
tions in each category until the
final round, when there were 16
in each. In all cases, the teams
took turns with the questions,
one team answering the odd-
numbered questions and the
other the even-numbered ones.
Whenever one team failed to
answer a question correctly, the
other team had a chance to an-
swer the same question.
In the opening round, Sheri-
dan Japanese tied with Amity
in the IWB portion, identifying
the books by events and char-
acters in the questions. The
Sheridan school, however, far
outscored Amity in the content
questions.
The semifinals started with
the two schools close, but
Sheridan Japanese gradually
pulled ahead.
In the finals, the competition
was a seesaw. The regular por-
tion of the questioning ended
with Wilson ahead 60-50.
Sheridan Japanese. made one
challenge, which could not
have changed the outcome, but
the judges accepted it for the
final score of 60-50.
James Marvin
Simmons
Nov. 19, 1951-April 13, 2011
James Marvin Simmons,
also known as Jimi 'Dexter'
Simmons, 59, died April 13,
2011 in Mountain View, Calif.
He was a longtime resident of
the San Francisco Bay Area.
Born Nov. 19, 1951 in Dal-
las, Ore., he was one of 13 chil-
dren of Marie and Edgar
Simmons. After the federal sta-
tus of Confederate Tribes of
Grand Ronde was terminated in
1954 and the Simmons family
was forced to separate, Jimi
Simmons grew up in various in-
stitutions. James and his brother
George Simmons were charged
with the murder of a prison
guard in June 1979, both faced
the death penalty. Brother
George Simmons was found
guilty in 1980. Jimi Dexter
Simmons was acquitted.
He married Karen Rudolph,
the organizer of his Defense
Committee, on Sept. 18, 1987.
He continued to be an activist
and he supported many social
justice and Native American or-
ganizations. Karen and Jimi
adopted Arthur Kalif Simmons
(Hualapai Indian) and Jay
Ghost Simmons (Oglala,
Lakota Indian) and built a home
in Los Altos, Calif. He worked
as a journeyman operating en-
gineer. He loved construction.
Never forgetting those be-
hind the walls, he went into Cali-
fornia and Washington prisons
to visit Indian inmates and ad-
vocated for American Indian
religious freedom inside prisons.
Jimi Simmons retold his story
in the 2008 autobiographical
film, Making the River. He won
the Eagle Spirit award and the
Top Ten Bay Area Dads Award.
He is survived by wife
Karen M. Rudolph; two sons,
Arthur Simmons and Jay
Simmons; brothers, Frank
Simmons, Tyrone Simmons
Sr., Robert Simmons Sr., Joe
Simmons, and John Stevenson;
sister, Renee Simmons; as well
as numerous nieces, nephews,
cousins, in-laws and out-laws.
Predeceased by mother
Marie Daniels simmons
(Muckleshoot/Yakima) and fa-
ther Edgar Simmons (Grand
Ronde), and siblings Ramona,
Gloria, Raymond, George,
Mike and John Simmons.
A memorial dinner and
showing of Making the River
were hosted by the Grand Ronde
Youth Prevention program and
Grand Ronde Canoe Family
April 25. Funeral services were
held April 26 at the Grand
Ronde Plankhouse "Achfa-
hammi" followed by a commu-
nity meal and give-away.
Donations can be made in
honor of Jimi Simmons to: Bill
Wilson Center, 3490 The
Alameda, Santa Clara, CA
95050 or The Intertribal Friend-
ship House, 523 International
Blvd., Oakland, CA 94606. Ar-
rangements were by Adam-
son's Sheridan Funeral Home.
Walter Revis
Willamina resident Walter
Revis died on Tuesday, April 26
at Willamette Valley Medical
Center in McMinnville at the
age of 82. A funeral service will
be held at 11 a.m. on Friday,
April 29 at the Assembly of
God Church in McMirmville.
WILLAMINA
GARAGE & YARD SALE SEASON
IS HERE
and THE RULES
HAVE CHANGED!!!
In November, 2010, the Willamina
City Council adopted Ordinance #640
that established regulations related to yard
and garage sales held within the City Umits.
The new rules limit the number of sales per
year, the length of sales, and hours of
operation.
They also regulate the number of silns,
information required on signs, and when
and where they can be posted.
Copies of a .flyer outlining the new rules
and the ordmance are available at City
Hall during normal business hours of
8
am to 5 pm weekdays.
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