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SERVING SHERIDAN, WILLAMINA AND GRAND RONDE SINCE 1881
WHS 6-0 in finals
Six Bulldog wrestlers win their finals
matches to finish second at the Central
High School tournament last week.
--SPORTS, 12
Look back at 2011
The Sun's writers recap the headlines and
highlights of the past year's news in the
West Valley area.
DA wants
no bail for
assailant
By Marguerite Alexander
Correspondent, The Sun
The Sheridan man accused of
attempting to kill his wife on Dec.
16 was scheduled to appear in court
yesterday. The deputy district attor-
ney in charge of the ease was pre,
pared to ask the court to hold
Rajeed Carriman on no b/~il.
Carriman, a teacher at the fed-
eral prison in Sheridan, was ar-
rested and booked into Yamhill
County Jail after reportedly assault-
ing his wife in their home, fleeing
the scene and keeping.deputies at
bay for an hour while holding a
knife to his throat and threatening
to kill himself. Carriman's wife,
Summer, is a correctional officer at
the prison.
Prior to his Tuesday afternoon
court appearance Rajeed was be-
ing held on $300,000 bail. He has
been charged with attempted mur-
der, first-degree assault, second-
degree assault, third-degree assault,
unlawful use of a weapon, menac-
ing and strangulation.
Court records give the follow-
ing account of the incident:
Shortly after 4 p.m. on Dee. 16
deputies responded to a domestic
disturbance in the 700 block of
West Main Street. They heard a
female voice screaming inside the
residence, "as if she was in fear."
The door was locked so they
knocked louder. The woman
opened the door as they were pre-
paring to make a forced entry.
Blood covered the left side of
her face. There was also a cut on
the right side of her neck.
STABBING I Page 9
400 homes
lose power on
Christmas Day
A fallen tree knocked out power
to 400 homes southwest of Sheri-
dan on Christmas Day. According
to PGE spokesperson Brianne
Hyder, PGE crews responded to
Mountain Springs Drive off of
Gooseneck Road. The power went
out at 1 p.m. and was restored at 4
p.m.
The outage was more than an
inconvenience to some. One fam-
ily on Finn Road was just putting
their Christmas turkey in to roast
when the power went out. They
ended up packing up everything
and heading into town to finish pre-
paring Christmas Dinner at the
home of a family member.
New Years Day
holiday closures
New Years Day is on Sunday
this year, so banks and public of-
flees including Post Offices and
city halls will be closed on Mon-
day--Jan. 2-- in observation of the
national holiday. The Sheridan li-
brary will be closed Dec. 31-Jan.
2. The Willamina library will be
closed Jan. 1-2. Schools will re-
sume classes on Tuesday, Jan. 3.
Chad Chitwood,
a millwright
apprentice (right),
and Brett Griffin
(left) stock shelves
with canned goods
at West Valley
Community
Services Food Bank
in Sheridan on
Wednesday.
Photo by Clinton Vlnlng
Willamina Lumber stocks
the shelves in a big way
By Clinton Vinfng
Publisher, The Sun
Willamina Lumber Mill set a
record last week when it donated
9,431 pounds of food to the West Val-
ley Community Services food bank.
"It blows me away," said Shaft
Hyatt, the local food bank director, as
17 Willamina Lumber employees
pulled up with two truck loads of non-
perishables.
"It makes me want to cry," Hyatt
continued. "This is going to feed a lot
of people."
In mid-November, Willamina
Lumber's Plant Advisory Committee,
began a food drive and promised the
department with most poundage per
person a pizza lunch.
"There was a lot of spying going
on and a lot of creativity going on
about how to get the most food," said
Plant Manager Bret Griffin.
The mill manager even admitted to
having a mole on the quad mill's team,
but the information he was getting
wasn't all accurate. Teams were hid-
ing food to disguise their progress.
The Quad sawmill team won.
Fifty-four strong from the sawmill,
fliers, millwrights and electricians, the
Quad donated 5,440 pounds of food.
The other four teams in the competi-
tion were the Twin Mill, Truck Shop,
Planer and A-Frame/HR/Twin Main-
tenance/Twin Electrical/Purchasing.
"It's a good feeling," said John
Brown, who helped lead the Quad
team to victory. "Especially with this
magnitude of food."
The winners brought in about 100
pounds of food per person and more
than $1,400. They tried to implement
a payroll deducation, but settled for
an almost mandatory request. Some
donated $100 and a lot gave $50 or
$20, said Brown.
After the money was raised, Sharon
Sabey, a wife of one of the guys, went
shopping for pallets of groceries.
"It was one thing that every em-
ployee at the plant could physically
participate in," Griffin said.
The food bank currently services
approximately 800 people a month in
Sheridan, Willamina and Grand
Ronde. The director said that they
probably won't have to buy food next
month, because of the mill's and other
donations this month that totaled
12,416 pounds of food.
"Next year's food drive started about
15 minutes after we finished the weigh-
in on this one," Griffin said.
Photo by Clinton Vlning
Seventeen Willamina Lumber employees took time out of their
day on Wednesday afternoon to deliver more than 9,000 pounds
of food to the Sheridan food bank.
9jk l
Pounds of food donated by
Willamina Lumber Mill
1 87A
Pounds donated by Ray's
Supermarket
1,6302
Pounds of food donated by
Sheridan Japanese School
Pounds of food donated by the
community in December
Average number of people
served each month by West
Valley Community Services
food bank.
'Nazi' code spurs two commissioners to resign
By Marguerite Alexander officials, two newly-appointed com- [
Correspondent, TheSun missioners haveehosentostepdown, insidel
The damage has been done," said
In recent months the Willamina Patty Brooks who was appointed to A look at Willamina's new
Planning Commission had undergone fill a vacancy on the commission in public official Code of
a complete metamorphosis, from November. Brooks, who has worked Conduct. PAGE 9
empty seatsto a full commission both in Willamina for 25 years, said she is
willing and eager to serve, sorry she ever accepted the invitation at a public meeting and is now sub-
Since the Dec. 15 city council to apply for the planning commission, jected to a code of conduct adopted
meeting when the council refused Since her appointment, Brooks said by the council on Dec. 15 that she
public comment and adopted a code she has been treated rudely by city characterizes as Un-American and
of conduct for elected and appointed staff, refused the opportunity to speak reminiscent of Nazi Germany.
"It pits neighbors and friends
against each other," she said.
She is not alone in the decision to
no step down and avoid participation
in community involvement. J.W.
Millegan, who was appointed to the
- commission in October, made the
same decision. According to an e-mail
received by The Sun last week,
Millegan is resigning from all civic
and community involvement and does
RESIGNATION ] Page 9
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FREE and
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- Wednesday
Jan. 18 • 2:30 pm
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WEST VALLEY COMING EVENTS
Sheridan Chamber of Commerce meets at noon on the first
Thursday each month at the Sheridan Fire Hall.
Yamhill County Genealogical Society will meet at 9:30 a.m.
Sat., Jan. 7, at the WOW Recycling Center meeting room,
2200 Orchard Ave., McMinnville. Program on ~Family
Timelines" by Kim Courtin, followed by a potluck. Bring table
service and a dish to share, Info: 503-864-4027
Pinochle played at Good Shepherd Catholic Church, E. Main
St., Sheridan, on the second Sunday each month starting at
12:45 p.m. $5 per person. Info: Elaine Bergan, 503-876-5142.
Deadline for Community Calendar Items is 6 p.m. Friday,
Please submit items for this space to First Federal's Sheri-
dan office at 246 S. Bridge Street.
First Federal •
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