Heard's Stinky Pond At Wilbur

     The following letter to the editor was submitted by Wilbur resident Ragen Garrison. I have always admired and looked up to Garrison. He was the Oakland FFA Chapter President during the year that I first entered the Future Farmers of America program.
     I, too, am sometimes overwhelmed by the stench that is created by the Heard Farms septic lagoon at Wilbur. Depending on the time of year, all motorists traveling on Interstate 5 north of Roseburg are treated to a putrid whiff of sewage as they drive through Douglas County at Wilbur.

STINKY POND

     DEQ is having a hearing on issuing a permit to Heard Farms for application of sewage waste on more land along Oakhill Road. Heard Farms wants to expand their operation and receive more waste from outside of Douglas County.
     The hearing is November 12, 2014 at the Douglas County Library Ford Community Meeting Room, 7:00p.m. Permit # 102449, File # 109363.
     I think its been stinky enough that we don't need to make it bigger. Especially when it's for waste outside of Douglas County. They want to bring in waste from California.
Ragen Garrison
Roseburg