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County extends contract with retired attorney

... a full year and discussed criticisms of his work representing the county in its effort to build the Yamhelas Westsider Trail. “My concern is we have a group of constituents who have come forward, who are ...

Letters to the editor: Aug. 13, 2021

... Hunter McMinnville   Where was the vote? Dear Commissioner Berschauer: I was surprised to hear you raise the Yamhelas Westsider Trail earlier this month as you were admonishing the city of Newberg to take its proposed ...

Recall group files complaint

... with most debates involving Berschauer, some of the online conversation devolved to debating about the Yamhelas Westsider Trail.  --- On her Facebook post, Shaw included a meme showing a mailbox partially ...

Letters to the editor: Aug. 6, 2021

... definitions describe the petition to recall Yamhill County Commissioner Lindsay Berschauer. They emanate from Yamhelas Westsider Trail efforts, nearly a decade old now. In 2012, the commissioners trusted a report that ...

Group files Berschauer recall petition

... business grant to her consulting company. The cost allegation refers to her vote to end development of the Yamhelas Westsider Trail. The county is now obligated to repay grants it obtained to purchase the railroad right ...

Letters to the editor: July 30, 2021

... normal.  Laura Adams Newberg   Public land precious I am dead set against selling the Yamhelas Westsider Trail. Just about everyone I have talked to feels the same way. It is a good project with ...

County attorney claims vendetta is behind Oregon Bar complaint

... interest’ The Oregon State Bar is looking into whether allegations, brought by opponents of the Yamhelas Westsider Trail against Yamhill County land use attorney Todd Sadlo, should be investigated. When the ...

Letters to the editor: July 23, 2021

... residents have applauded the courage of Berschauer and Mary Starrett in pulling the plug on the misguided Yamhelas Westsider Trail project. Berschauer did not cause the problem. She inherited it from previous commissioners ...

Riverbend to county: If you want the money, help us get expansion

... committee, instead directing the committee to reopen applications. Higgins was an outspoken advocate for the Yamhelas Westsider Trail. This month, the committee reiterated its desire to have Higgins appointed. Starrett ...
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Letters seek Berschauer resignation

... allegation alludes to the role that Berschauer played in ending the county’s efforts to build the Yamhelas Westsider Trail, obligating itself to repay the grant funds it had received for that project. However, ...

Letters to the editor: July 9, 2021

... the vast majority of residents. And you have cost the county $1.1 million with your vote to kill the Yamhelas Westsider Trail — real money diverted from programs for our families! The trail was something ...
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Carlton Fire Chief Terry Lucich discusses his deep concerns for the potential fire dangers posed to local homes and businesses this upcoming fire season. He said fires could especially get out of control along the proposed Yamhelas Westsider Trail corridor, where vegetation has not been properly maintained and nearby houses are at risk.

 
‘Everyone is very nervous’ as officials prepare for wildfire season

... creating a hazard on the old railroad grade, which the county had been considering turning into the Yamhelas Westsider Trail. Could the city trim the overgrown blackberries and other plants along the trail, ...

Letters to the editor: June 4, 2021

... shrunken. “Most of the board members you visited with last night are strong supporters of the Yamhelas Westsider Trail, so we would like to hear more from you about your vision of a growing, healthy park ...

Commissioners allocate funds to repay trail grants

... funds, to repay grants that had been awarded for construction of a bridge over Stag Hollow Creek for the Yamhelas Westsider Trail. The grants also paid for the design of culverts spanning two smaller unnamed creeks. After ...

Letters to the editor: May 14, 2021

... government, the board of commissioners must rescind its harmful actions terminating development of the Yamhelas Westsider Trail and enforcement of gun safety laws. This message was recently communicated to the board ...

Funds from Rescue Act boost county’s budget

... asked how much of the attorneys’ time would be freed up by the county’s decision to end the Yamhelas Westsider Trail. Initially, Boenisch told her, none. “So I can tell you that none of the outside ...

Berschauer withdraws demand for trail bridge engineering audit

... with the manager of the contractor the county hired to build a bridge over Stag Hollow Creek for the Yamhelas Westsider Trail, Yamhill County Commissioner Lindsay Berschauer told her colleagues last week that she ...

 
Letters to the editor: April 30, 2021

... seeking to potentially take over ownership of the former rail corridor eyed as as prospective route of the Yamhelas Westsider Trail, sets up an interesting test for County Commissioners Lindsay Berschauer and Mary Starrett: Are ...

Ruiz: Why should we have to pay for transparency?

... decisions. Case in point: The county is now on the hook to pay more than$50,000 in attorney’s fees due to a Yamhelas Westsider Trail approval by Commissioners Kulla and Olson that the current board is no long willing ...

Commissioners considering ending trail master plan work

Yamhill County Commissioners last week proposed ending a master plan for the Yamhelas Westsider Trail, but delayed a vote so staff can again ask Oregon Department of Transportation if doing ...
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