Search Results: 'yamhelas'
Letters to the Editor: Jan. 3, 2025
Clear the way
Since the Yamhelas Westsider Trail right of way is owned by the county, we ask the county to clear the brambles so county ...
Letters to the Editor: Oct. 18, 2024
... McMinnville.
Tracy Palmer
McMinnville
Not giving up
The last Land Use Board of Appeals decision on the Yamhelas Westsider Trail was sent to Yamhill County on Dec. 30, 2020.
In it, the board said: “We are not ...
Calendar of Quirk: Scattering Quirk, from downtown McMinnville north to Carlton and Yamhill
... repurposed window shutter, now with peeling green paint
Aug. 26 Some say the project is dead, yet several Yamhelas Westsider Trail bike racks are in use around Carlton. Of particular resonance is the metal rail engine ...
Letter to Readers: Veteran N-R reporter bids farewell, starts new chapter
... and recipes of your own.
With your help, I’ve shared information about Riverbend Landfill, the Yamhelas Westsider Trail fight, campaign finance inner workings, and the serious water issues facing Oregon.
Your ...
Letters to the Editor: May 10, 2024
... state and federal money for an array of issues, including public health and homelessness.
Canceling the Yamhelas Westsider Trail as a favor to donors, putting taxpayers on the hook for repaying the state.
Obstructing ...
Johnston touts plan to find new site for fairgrounds
... audience several slides of the railroad right-of-way that had been intended for development into the Yamhelas Westsider Trail, until the commissioners voted to end the project.
The county owns several parks that ...
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Roger Currier: Back in the day, goal was to make our parks better
After reading all the letters about the pros and cons of the county’s parks, trail and recreation efforts, I felt I should drop my thoughts into the issue.
Letters to the Editor: April 26, 2024
... day. Change is refreshing.
Philip Haynes
McMinnville
Study refutes fears
It’s nice to see the Yamhelas Westside Trail concept come back to life, even if only in the pages of the News-Register.
Based on ...
Letters to the Editor: April 19, 2024
... her an e-mail on her seeming disregard for county parks and open space, citing Crabtree Park and the Yamhelas Westsider Trail. The first words in her response to me were, “I’m not sure where this misinformation ...
Allen: No reason to give up on Yamhelas Westsider Trail
Don’t let Mary Starrett fool you about the Yamhelas trail.
Harloff: Don’t fall for idle rhetoric; let taxpayers decide on trail
It was interesting to me to read the juxtaposition of two perspectives on the Yamhelas Westsider Trail in the March 29 Viewpoints.
Letters to the Editor: April 12, 2024
... Bridge is very dangerous, even for the experienced cyclist.
The debate in the March 28 edition over the Yamhelas Trail drowns out a larger debate the city and county should be having over safe cycling access into ...
Letters to the Editor: April 5, 2024
... signs up so swiftly. We may now enjoy them in every corner of the county on every drive.If we had a Yamhelas Westsider Trail, we could see them from our bicycle seats. There is probably one just outside your bedroom ...
Yamhelas Westsider Trail, Pro: Project is worth a look with fresh eyes
Does Yamhill County’s Yamhelas Westsider Trail, proposed for former railroad right of way extending 14.8 miles north from Gun Club Road almost to Gaston, have a legitimate future?
Yamhelas Westsider Trail, Con: Trail nothing more than expensive boondoggle
Yamhill County features the perfect mix of urban and rural, with comfortably sized cities, traded sector manufacturing, thousands of acres of forest and agricultural land and communities that still value caring for each other.
Letters to the Editor: March 1, 2024
... campaign donors.
Why would commissioners do this? One reason is not wanting anyone who might favor the Yamhelas Westsider Trail.
They also refused to approve construction of a footbridge allowing public access to ...
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... was elected to office in 2020, running on a campaign to end the county’s effort to create the Yamhelas Westsider Trail, and heavily funded by trail opponents. She kept that campaign promise, a month after ...
