Monday updates: Donations trickle in, but Longview woman's without car
Monday, February 20, 2006 6:36 AM PST
By Staff
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E-mail this articleDonations are trickling in to repair theft victim Judy Chamberlin's car, but there's still a long way to go.
"We've only gotten $350 --- and of that, $200 was from her brother," said Sunnie Smith, who set up the donation account at disAbility Resources to assist Chamberlin, her client.
"We're still trying to raise the money for her and we're hoping to get her car fixed. She's a very, very nice lady who had a very unfortunate thing happen to her."
Chamberlin, 57, of Longview, received the 1992 Honda Accord as a Christmas gift from her family in 2004. A month later, it was stolen and wrecked.
The man who wrecked it, Joseph Robert Linder, was ordered to pay Chamberlin $1,165 in restitution, but he hasn't paid a dime. Repair estimates range from $1,600 to $1,700.
"There's so much of that thing going on," Smith said. "People work so hard for what they have. Judy struggles every day to get by because of her disability. It's tough to see people hurt someone like that."
Donations must be clearly designated for Judy Chamberlin. Send to disAbility Resources of Southwest Washington Consumer Assistance Fund, 1339 Commerce Ave., Suite 303, Longview.
--- Leslie Slape, The Daily News
ST. HELENS -- The Columbia County commissioners agreed Wednesday to give the Rainier Economic Development Council a portion of property tax money the county will get from the USG wall board plant.
REDCO asked the county for $40,000 of an estimated $115,000 it will get from USG. REDCO says it needs help from other county agencies to pay off a $3.4 million loan taken out to buy land need to bring USG to Rainier. The first $600,000 payment is due in December.
"We voted to sign the agreement," commissioner Anthony Hyde said Thursday.
He said, however, commissioners required REDCO not to raise taxes until the loan is paid off in 2017.
Hyde said the county also is requiring that $350,000 REDCO has in a fund earmarked for USG loan payments could only be used for that purpose.
"I'm happy to pay our share," Hyde said. "For me, the issue was that the citizens are not taxed unduly. I'm comfortable with the restrictions we put into place."
REDCO has asked nine taxing districts for a total of $300,000 to help it pay off the USG land loan. So far, it has pledges from five agencies for a total of about $199,000.
--Janine Manny, The Daily News
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