THE CANYON WEEKLY March 16, 2011
Volume 2, Issue 11
News and life ~for our side of the mountain!
May your blessings outnumber the Shamrocks that grow. And may trouble avoid you, wherever you go.
City of Mill City Chooses Design Firm By Karen Widmer
Controversy Ensues over Choice and Process
Emotions ran high this past March 8 with support for a local builder as the City of Mill City presented their chosen Design/Build team for the new city hall. The firm, Precision Construction Company teamed with LRS Architects of Portland was chosen after a lengthy process by the Design/Build Committee members. They began with 16 candidates vying for the job in January, narrowed it down to six and finally three in February, where the proposals were open to public view at an Open House on Feb. 23 with 50–60 citizens in attendance. Of the final three was local builder, and long time canyon resident Jim Clough, owner of Gates based Benchmark Builders who teamed with the Vancouver based Wedgewood Architectural Services. The design Clough’s team presented, featuring a clock tower
and evoking a sense of a grand city center, was favored by many patrons who came and spoke March 8 in support of keeping the process, and the flow of money, local. One Mill City resident even offered to fund the proposed clock tower directly, as it’s cost was not figured into the presented budget. Despite public concern, the council voted to authorize contract negotiations with Precision Construction passing 4:2, with councilors Susann Heller, Ann Holaday, Fred Smith, and Mayor Tim Kirsch voting in favor and Councilors Justin Merrill and Thorin Thacker opposed. ―Not one aspect of the issues or questions raised at the recent council meeting had not already been intensely debated by the committee,‖ wrote Mayor Kirsch in an open (cont. back pg)
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Opinion
What About Art? By Paul Mosby
Smaller towns in rural settings are especially vulnerable to stagnation, even collapse, due to a lack of innovation and diversity; even big cities can crumble like Detroit Michigan, once a car capital, now a ghost town. Hang on to the same-old-ways of doing things and you can expect deterioration and decay, with the accompanying loss of jobs and tax revenue, also diminished school curriculums, kids left behind. Are we selling our future to ―save‖ money? That’s wasting what precious resources we have, just trying to ―make do‖. Cities with art prosper. Why public art? What a book looks like on the cover matters, people will always judge by the cover. Change the cover, and increase the ―sales‖ of the book. Cover your town in art and watch it grow. Can the new City Hall have art? Why not? New buildings don’t create prosperity, new ideas with vision do.
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Thank You For A Successful Event!
Santiam Canyon Young Life/ Wyldlife would like to thank the community for attending the Spaghetti Feed on March 9th. The crowd was served generous portions of spaghetti with salad and bread by the Mill City Middle School students in their efforts to raise money for summer camp at Washington Family Ranch. Both the middle school group (Wyldlife) and the high school group (Young Life) will go to camp over the 4th of July weekend. Many thanks to all those who made donations and volunteered to make this event a great success. For more information about these groups, call 503-897-3014.
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Marion County Now Controlling Unwanted Mail
Marion County has joined forces with communities across the country to debut a zero-waste initiative that will allow consumers to stop unwanted phone books, catalogs, coupons and credit card solicitations at the source. This innovative online solution provides a convenient portal for citizens to express their mail choices and reduce their environmental footprint at home and at work, said Bill Worcester, Marion County Public Works Director. The program is sponsored by a Public Works Environmental Services grant, as well as by Catalog Choice, the leading non-profit service for mail efficiency and privacy control. The special portal for area residents can be found at www.MarionCounty.catalog choice.org. For more information, call (503) 588-5169.
The Numbers: •Direct mail advertising creates more than 10 billion pounds of solid waste each year. •The annual cost to collect and dispose of advertising mail and phone books is at least $1 billion. •62% of advertising mail and phone books are not recycled.
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Local Citizen’s Group Organizes Water Board Recall By Michelle Gates In a petition filed this past Feb 1, the local group Concerned Citizens for Safe Water called for the recall of four elected Lyons-Mehama Water District board members. The recall of board members Bruce Matthis, Terry Tegg, Gene Coles and George Geddes, each receiving 118122 voter signatures in support of the recall, will be placed on the April 12 Linn County ballot. Reasons such as failure to ―take actions to guarantee safe water‖ and ―correct deficiencies in water district finances‖ were cited, according to the petition. The action stems from a history of non-compliance with state regulations, some dating back to 1988. Concerns include low pressure in some areas, risk of back flow from residents water devices like hot tubs, and deficient recordkeeping or written plans. Other areas of concern include the financial management of the district,
such as lack of internal controls, according to a recent audit. The water district has since become fully compliant with DHS Drinking Water Program and passed reinspection this past March 11. No record of illness has been documented. But local residents have been inundated with the issue. Since last November, many have received letters from the City of Lyons, the Lyons-Mehama Water District and the Concerned Citizens for Safe Water (CCSW), arguing their case to water district customers. Most have likely seen the various resident’s signs in support of the water board throughout Lyons and Mehama, the petition booth for the CCSW organized recall at Mari-Linn school, and the posters accusing the City of Lyons of wanting to take over the water district for revenue—perhaps even the hand-drawn car- Continued on next page
The Official Position of The City of Lyons According to a press release submitted by Lyons city manager Mary Mitchell: The City’s official position with regard to public allegations written on posters and rumors circulating throughout the area that the City is: 1. ―Trying to take over the Lyons-Mehama Water District (LMWD)‖ and that 2. ―A lot of money can be made for the City by increasing water rates.‖ The City of Lyons is not initiating, nor is it involved in any plan to “take over” the LMWD. The City has, and will continue to, monitor the deficiencies listed in the State Drinking Water Program Report for the LMWD. This is being done to ensure that the deficiencies are being resolved correctly, completely and in a timely fashion. The “rate increase” referenced in the allegations claiming that the City of Lyons was prepared to undertake a rate increase to generate revenue for the city is completely false. The City of Lyons receives no income from the LMWD; the Water District is a completely separate entity. The City has no involvement in any rate change.
toons posted on local community boards depicting the debate. Despite this, asking the average community member about the issue will likely get a response that underscores support for the water board or a lack of
understanding about what is really going on. Still many others in the community refuse to comment, maybe due to the dividing nature of the question. This reporter can be contacted at michelle@thecanyonweekly.com.
Editors note: The following articles were submitted to The Canyon Weekly by the respective parties so that they may have the opportunity to explain their side of the issue. The Canyon Weekly did not edit or fact check either submission; therefore they are printed as opinion only. Each party was allotted 200 words.
Concerned Citizens for Safe Water The Concerned Citizens for Safe Water was formed to hold the LyonsMehama Water District Board accountable to perform adequate and competent management of the water district's resources. The August 2010, water survey performed by the Oregon Drinking Water Program cited 12 significant deficiencies and a lack of adherence to Oregon Drinking Water Regulations. Most of the deficiencies were repeats from surveys conducted in 2002 and 2007. Also, the 2010 financial audit of the water district cited a lack of internal financial controls of the water district money. This could prevent the safeguarding of assets and the detection and correction of material misstatements caused by error or fraud. Many of the financial deficiencies were also repeat findings. The citizens committee and others have repeatedly asked both in writing and in person for detailed, written plans to resolve the water and financial issues. The elected five man board claims they are correcting these significant deficiencies but have declined to provide specific written proof. They have retained a lawyer and prevented public comment at board meetings. Many people find this refusal to respond to the public's request for demonstrated corrective measures to resolve significant problems unacceptable.
Lyons-Mehama Water District The Board of Directors of the Lyons-Mehama Water District consists of elected, unpaid volunteers from our community chosen at the ballot by you, the people. Their goal is, and always has been, to provide pure water at the lowest possible cost. Recently a small group, some of which are affiliated with the City of Lyons, have launched a recall campaign stating false charges of incompetence and dereliction of duty against all of these elected officials. It is an impossible charge to be leveled truthfully. The financial records are audited annually and all recommendations are followed. Our water is tested routinely and at all intervals as the State Drinking Water Program requires. Our water has never tested unsafe. The demand that we, as a board "guarantee" safe water is asking an impossible task. We know there is no guarantee against natural disasters and "unknowns" that could cause contamination to suddenly enter the system. We as elected servants wish to continue to serve this community as we have for decades. Keeping the water safe and pure for you.
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Local Speak
In this segment, we ask local residents their opinions on a topic subject. Opinions are not representative of The Canyon Weekly.
How do you feel about the LyonsMehama Water District issue? “The water is drinkable and affordable. Period.” Sean Devlin, waiter at Your Country Kitchen, Lyons
“I’m not really following it. Who are the CCSW anyway? The people that were elected are doing the best they can do. You can only do what you can do with what you’re given.” Donna Lee Robbins, Lyons ―I think the employees of the water board are doing a fine job.” Jim Harris, City-Mill Rd “Compared to Mill City, I I think it’s great. It’s cheaper and they don’t have late fees.” Bob Lemke, Mehama “I really think that they’re all lying. There’s issues that still haven’t been resolved. There’s always two sides to each story.” Annie Beaumont, Lyons “I don't really understand what’s all going on, but I hear (one employee) makes $75,000 year and I don’t understand that. If we can afford that much on a water man to check meters why can’t we afford a better board?” Bobbie Herring, Lyons
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Our conditions always improve after Valentine’s Day, and this year has normal/better weather, fish, & water level projections. Detroit Lake is slowly filling up after the low winter level. It is now forty feet deeper than winter and sixty five feet below summer level. The fill curve thinks it should be fifteen feet higher than it is right now, so more rain and snowmelt is needed along with reduced outflows into the river from the lake. The Army Engineers know exactly how much snow there is to melt, so they are capable of providing the correct volume if allowed to. Some pretty good numbers of steelhead have been crossing Willamette Falls, and we now have 4,500 steelhead available somewhere in the Santiam river systems, McKenzie, and Willamette Rivers. Next week, Packsaddle flows should remain fairly constant around 1,300 cubic feet per second. Mehama flows should vary from 6,600 down to 2,600 cfs by March 21, and that is 4.1 feet deep at Mehama. Call today to schedule your next fishing trip with North Santiam River Trips.
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Front row left to right: Sophia Widmer, Emma Larsen, Peter Crall, and Katelynn Kindred. Back row left to right: Hailey Conner, Jayden Nesbitt, Tristan Bradley, Hunter Reeser, Trevor Tinney, and Kaitlyn Briley.
Seven teams from across the state packed the gymnasium at Santiam High School this past March 12 as 5th-8th graders performed all types of dance routines. The home exhibition team (pictured above) learned their routine the day before in a Wolverette fundraiser to support their competition at state. The Stayton based Valley Starlights (K8th grade, boys too—503-9991270) hosted the event. First place went to Dexter McCarthy Middle School.
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6-9pm Kids Movie Night/Parents Night Out, How to Train Your Dragon. Canyon Baptist Church. Ages 3-12, parents not reBlood Drive Donor Registration. Sign up now for April quired! Every other Friday. Free. 859-2627 4, 9am-2pm at Santiam HS. Car- Santiam Wolverettes dance team to compete at State Championships oline Gillaspy at 503-897-2311 1pm Canyon Senior Center Open Pinochle, ex 240 or 503-507-3930 Culpepper and Merriweath- Mill City
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10am The Detroit Lake Recreation Area Business Association DLRABA at the DETROIT CITY HALL 11am-2pm Joseph's Storehouse of Hope Food Bank Distribution Day at Mari-Linn School Gym, Lyons 7-10am Santiam Grange Pancake Breakfast, proceeds benefit the building fund.
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(cont. from front page) letter to the city.
ing this as a package deal will result in ―We had to look hard at the costs, and an outrageous amount of change orders the functional office space,‖ said Kirsch. for the city.‖ Not so, according to city recorder ―This was not an easy process. Taken into consideration was not only the exte- Stacie Cook. ―It actually can save time rior beauty of the building, and the pro- and money. This way we can find a jected cost but also the adaptability of team that we know works well together, to congeal the process.‖ the Design/Build team. We still have a Jim Clough of Benchmark Builders lot of work to do on perfecting the dealso wrote a letter to the city, giving sign, and the visual can still change drathanks for the support and pondering a matically.‖ pause in the project—investing the inChosen in part for their past experience surance money awarded from the fire having built or remodeled seven Oregon destruction of the original city hall, and city halls, it came to light afterwards investing time in fundraising and further that Precision Construction sought the planning. ―If I get offered a job, I’d be bid, greatly in part of the efforts of Adwilling to roll up my sleeves and get to am Thomas, a locally raised 1996 Sanwork,‖ said Clough. tiam High School graduate, who will be As it still remains unclear exactly taking on the lead role of project managhow the building will look, who exactly er. ―It feels good to be giving back to will build it, or how much it might cost, my home town, and we’re looking forone thing is certain, ―City Hall will be ward to getting bids from local subconbuilt,‖ states Mayor Kirsch. ―And from tractors,‖ said Thomas. the ashes shall rise a phoenix.‖ Other concerns surfaced regarding the The open letters to the city from Mayor Kirsch way the bid was sought in the first place. and Jim Clough can be viewed in their entirety ―This is unrealistic the way they’re go- at our website www.thecanyonweekly.com in ing about it,‖ said Scott Baughman, a addition to the recent city council minutes from March 8th meeting and a memorandum re: local general contractor. ―What you usu- the the Design/Build Committee Recommendation ally do is design with specifications first dated March 2 that further outlines the comand then you put it out to bid. Present- mittee’s decision making process.
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