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Beaver Boosters Dinner - 3:50 p.m. 10/16/2006

The Beaver Boosters are hosting a Team Dinner for the Football team this Wednesday, October 18th at 6:30pm at the High School Commons. Hopefully the whole Community will turn out! Thanks, Jay S. Noel Johnson - Woodland, WA - USA Noel@lewisriver.com www.lewisriver.com

New Start & Looks for Woodland,WA - 10:43 a.m. 10/12/2006

If Walmart not build or already build... Dont Worry! Let be invent new looks and new start for Town of Woodland and this will save town of Woodland, Let get new start for Woodland to new start with " A Town with Style" like Leavenworth,WA ( German Village, look this history....But in the early 1960’s, everything changed. In a last-chance effort to turn their precarious situation around, the leaders of the community decided to change Leavenworth’s appearance, hoping to bring tourism into the area. Using the beautiful backdrop of the surrounding Alpine hills to their advantage, the town agreed to remodel their hamlet in the form of a Bavarian village. http://www.leavenworth.org/history/history.html Holland,MI (Dutch Village, www.dutchvillage.com) Woodland can became like Leavenworth,WA..... maybe Woodland become Dutch Village, Holland,MI.... Maybe Woodland became like " Roy Toy Log Cabins and can put fake log cabins on building wall look like real log cabin because wood land is Woodland Let Do Revitalization for new town for Woodland... I just moved in Woodland from Tennessee 4 years ago. I used to live without Walmart and I drove to Walmart 25 to 30 miles from my former home in Tennessee. I loved small towm.....because of peaceful.... Mike Morgan - Woodland, WA - Cowlitz nicedeafguy81@yahoo.com

Wal Mart Free Town - 7:02 a.m. 10/12/2006

My parents and I am going to move to Woodland for the new land, and I would prefer to live in a town with NO Wal Mart. Zachery - Vancouver, WA - USA PepsiZacksLover@hotmail.com

Thanks Noel - 9:47 p.m. 10/4/2006

Hi Noel, I want to commend you and thank you for the wonderful job you do for our community. I love this forum and think it will be another great asset to the people of Woodland. Also, I want to thank you for your wonderful speach at the pool meeting the other night..........You ROCK......Aloha Dave and Jackie Petersen Dave Petersen - Woodland, WA - USA nkdave@aol.com

National Public Lands Clean Up - 9:24 a.m. 10/4/2006

Thank You Community Volunteers for Helping to Clean-up the East Fork Lewis River and Ape Cave On Saturday, September 23rd 125 people came out to support National Public Lands Day and to help clean-up and maintain recreation facilities in the headwaters of the East Fork of the Lewis River. Forest Service employees were joined by volunteers from the Mount St. Helens Institute, area Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops, Battle Ground’s Center for Agriculture Science and Environmental Education (CASEE) program, the Gifford Pinchot Task Force, Fish First, Friends of the East Fork and area residents. It was a great feeling to see our community out in force helping to clean-up and protect such a beautiful place. On Saturday, volunteers removed more than 20 yards of trash from dispersed camp sites and dumpsites, helped brush out a hiking trail, and worked on maintenance of Sunset Falls Campground. We held a Friday night campfire talk at Sunset Falls Campground that yielded excellent ideas for how we can continue to work together in the future. The weekend events are the first in a series of collaborative efforts to take back the East Fork and restore it to the kind of place conducive to family recreation and thriving fish and wildlife. The Take Back the East Fork event was sponsored by the Mount St. Helens Institute and was made possible through generous donations provided by Safeway, Culligan Water, the Battle Ground Lions Club, Jennings Recycling, and Starbucks Coffee in Battle Ground. On Sunday, members of the Oregon Grotto of the National Speleological Society were joined by Boy Scouts in a clean-up of Ape Cave. Next Saturday, September 30th, a roadside clean-up of the 90 Road is being sponsored by the Swift Community Action Team and North Fork Residents. To join in on this clean-up, please contact Mary J. Dowell at Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument headquarters at (360) 449-7835, or Jessica Kimmick, Mount St Helens Institute at (360) 449-7883. I want to thank everyone who helped out, and invite others to join us next time! Tom Mulder Monument Manager Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument Noel Johnson - Woodland, WA - USA Noel@lewisriver.com www.lewisriver.com/eastfork

Swimming Pool - 9:17 a.m. 10/4/2006

My name is Laureta Bozarth Almer. I reside at 1879 Lewis River Dr in Woodland. I’m an honorary member of the friends of Horseshoe Lake Park and on the Board of Directors of the newly formed nonprofit organization “Woodland, Wake Up!” My purpose in coming here tonight is to remind the council of the promise made to me and our organization by Mr. Dobbe to provide documented figures on the cost comparison between building the pool at Horseshoe Lake and building the pool at Glenwood.. I also challenge the Woodland Swimming Pool Committee to produce figures showing the balance in their swimming pool fund. I can remember before I moved back to Woodland seven years ago that there was a thermometer placed near the I-5 intersection showing the status of the funds in the account. I want them to tell us why that was that discontinued. I also want to know why is it not public record at this time? Also, I’m weary of Mr Dobbe’s constant blaming of our group for our not having a pool by this time. May I remind him that if he hadn’t insisted on putting the pool in the park and creating a lot of extra expense that our children and grandchildren (who he claims we are depriving) would be using that pool right now. I challenge everyone in this room to drive to the SE corner of Glenwood and Columbia, and using your own common sense, look at this property and then tell me that it is not a better location for a large indoor facility. Please remember that as Woodland grows, and it is growing rapidly, it will need more and more of that beautiful park for picnics and other outdoor purposes. I would also have the pool committee provide us with names of the so called “experts” who recommended the park as a location for an INDOOR swimming pool. And why don’t they open up their meetings to the public and publish their meeting dates and times? What are they trying to hide? I beg of the Woodland City Council, for the sake of future generations, please do not allow our beautiful OUTDOOR park to be taken up by a large INDOOR facility. Yours Sincerely, Laureta Bozarth Almer Laureta Bozarth Almer - Woodland, Washington - USA bozette@adelphia.net

New Council Member - 7:09 p.m. 10/3/2006

From: Mari E. Ripp Clerk-Treasurer Date: October 3, 2006 Subject: Marilee McCall Appointed to City Council It is with great pleasure that the City of Woodland wishes to announce the appointment of Marilee McCall as the new councilmember, position no. 3 for the City of Woodland. The appointment followed candidate presentations and an interview process at the October 2nd regular council meeting. The term of office began immediately upon appointment at the October 2, 2006 council meeting and continues through November 2007 or until after the election is certified. Marilee has resided in Woodland for 2 years, grew up in Castle Rock and is a lifelong resident of Cowlitz County. She currently works at Clark County Community Planning. She brings a wealth of knowledge to the position as councilmember. Her previous experience serving on boards or commissions includes the Masonic Lodge/Rainbow Girls, American Cancer Society fundraising-Clark Co. team for Komen Race for the Cure. Some things that are of particular interest to her are protection of the Lewis River waterfront and habitat; smart development that protects homes in the flood plain and invests in the future of the city; and continuing to welcome new businesses by working with the Port of Woodland. McCall was sworn in and took office on October 2, 2006. She can be reached at mccallm@ci.woodland.wa.us Noel Johnson - Woodland, WA - USA Noel@lewisriver.com www.lewisriver.com

Greetings from your commissioner - 5:05 p.m. 10/3/2006

What a great idea. I have much to share and encourage those of you with questions to write your commissioner on subjects that you would like to talk about. The first subject I will introduce is in a form of a Thank you to the Woodland City Council for endorsing the Safe Streets Initiative. If this initiative passes the City of Woodland, as well as other Cowlitz County communities, will have more dollars in their coffers for mandatory services they are required to supply to the citizens. Of course we will help where we can at the county level, but, the county cannot supercede the city's wishes. Our mission is to serve the unicorporated areas of the county as a city does for its citizens inside its borders. Of course we will do what we can, such as this summer awarding the Port of Woodland $300,000 for a new building at the port and upgrades on Guild Rd to enhance economic development in your area. Also there is a funded study going on right now for upgrades to SR 503 as it impacts Woodland in regard to ingress and egress off the I-5 corridor. More to come. Also I am happy to be part of the 2006/2007 academic judging team for senior projects, as I was last year. It is great to see how the young people respond to this exercise in public service. More on this later. Kudos to Noel Johnson for hosting this site. Kathleen Johnson your District 1 County Commissioner. Kathleen A. Johnson - Kelso WA - USA johnsonk@co.cowltiz.wa.us www.co.cowlitz.wa.us

Benno Doobe Letter to the Editor - 9:32 a.m. 10/2/2006

Letter to the editor: “The location of the proposed swimming pool and recreational facility”. There has been much talk about this particular issue, for many years already. The many conflicting stories have caused a very sad controversy about such a beautiful project in Woodland. The Pool Committee has given the honest facts about the pool location at Horseshoe Lake Park. The very best way to address this issue, as to where the new facility will be located, was to show a real visible view of where it will be, right at Horseshoe Lake Park! We have done so on Monday, September 25, 2006. It was quite obvious that very limited park space will be consumed by the pool and recreational facility. The pool facility will NOT take over most of the Park as stated for years! In fact, the boundary lines clearly prove the pool facility will not be built IN the Park, but rather AT the park! Therefore, it is absolutely untrue to state as if the Easter Egg Hunt or Planters Day activities can not take place anymore. There will be plenty of room left to continue those great traditions in OUR Community park, after the pool and recreational facility is built. This facility will enhance the park. I read an editorial in “The Reflector” last week with the headline: “History shows interest in a Woodland pool”. This interest apparently dates back to 1940. Imagine the incredible amount of volunteer’s work that has been done over the years, trying to get a pool in our community! What was missing in this 65 year history overview is the fact that the Glenwood and Columbia location, available to the pool committee since 1991, ran into a complete dead end situation around 1995. That was a crucial factor, which every one in the community needs to be reminded of. Because of that, the Pool committee did a very extensive review in 1996 to find out why the interest completely died at that location. Many pool experts were asked for their opinion. Every expert we talked to came back with the very same conclusion: DO NOT build a pool and recreational facility in an industrial area! They told us to find a recreational location, because that would be the ideal surrounding for a pool facility. We could not ignore such expert advice! Even though we are volunteers; it is our obligation to do what is best for our community. We looked around in 1997 and we found the perfect location: the Horseshoe Lake Park. When we approached the City with this idea every official we talked to was very enthusiastic about it. One of the reasons was that a pool in the park was already in the Comprehensive plan of Woodland at that time! There were numerous workshops and public hearings on this issue. We received unanimous approvals by the Park Board, Planning Commission and the Woodland Pool and Recreation District. The City Council was convinced, after the public and many experts had spoken, and by a 5-0 vote it was decided to allow a pool facility on the east side of the Park! This was in 1997. We had approval, we had the major funding lined up and the community was behind it. Everything looked great! What followed was that the Pool Committee was halted by only one person against the project. We could not move forward for several years, because of a number of road blocks we had to deal with. Just a few people in the opposition used the opportunity to create controversy by claiming the pool would take up over half the park and the historical nature of the old riverbed. To resolve those concerns, my wife Klazina and I bought almost one acre, located right next to the park, but that did not stop the opposition, even though we clearly added extra space to the park. There were several more hearings and City Council approvals during this time. Then the 5th and final City Council approval resulted in an Agreement, which was signed between the City of Woodland and the Woodland Swimming Pool and Recreational District, on March 18, 2002. Of course, we thought at that time we could put everything in full motion and finally realize this dream for our community. Then the City, Pool Committee, the District and Benno and Klazina Dobbe were sued and that halted the project for the last 4+ years. We finally prevailed, and after about 8 years of going through all those delays we felt the opposition would feel compelled to finally put their differences aside for the good of our community. I sincerely hope they will. Not too long ago we received the best support imaginable for our pool project, because the YMCA made a solid commitment to help, in every way possible, to promote the pool at the park project. Even better, the YMCA is willing to operate the recreational facility for the Pool District, once built. Of course, both the Pool Committee and the Pool District welcome this support with wide open arms! What better team to have on our side, advising and supporting us, then the YMCA. One of the main reasons the YMCA wanted to be involved was the perfect facility style and the Park location! There is no need for more discussions or debates as to where the pool site needs to be. There is an Agreement in place allowing a pool at the park. It is therefore the position of the pool committee to move forward in good faith with the City and finalize this project according to this Agreement, dated back to March 18, 2002. However, we would like to give everyone a chance to ask questions about this project. The Swimming pool Committee and the YMCA will hold a joint public meeting for that purpose sometime this fall, most likely at the Woodland School. Very soon we will announce when this meeting will take place. We still need to raise quite a lot of money in order to start building. We hope to break ground next year and have phase # 1 of the facility in operation in 2008. In order to raise the money necessary to accomplish this goal, we need to show donors of this great project that we have plenty of support in our community. I strongly believe our community does not want to go through more controversy about this issue. Enough is enough! Please think about all those kids who want to swim, the teenagers who need a recreational facility, parents and senior citizens who want to have a community center. We need this civic hub for all! This Pool and Recreational Facility at the Park issue is not about me, or the pool committee. Not about the opposition either. This project is about OUR community, about Woodland. Benno. A.P. Dobbe, president of the WCSPC. Noel Johnson - Woodland, WA - USA Noel@lewisriver.com www.lewisriver.com

Walmart - 10:08 a.m. 9/30/2006

I think walmart is a sucky idea!! Alison Fields - Woodland Wa - USA cookie@adelphia.net

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