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Thur».. July 13. 1972 (Sec. 1) SANDY (Ore.) POST - 9 Eagle Creek waterfall posted by firemen The drowning» of two youth» who went over « waterfall they didn’t know exiated on Eagle Creek prompted the Bonng F ire Department to put up a warning sign T he sign a le rts people floating down the river of the wat erf all The inner tube drowning» occurred within two weeks of each other this spnng when the water in the creek was quite high •‘It's about a five foot drop in a rocky a re a .” said Bonng Fire C hief M a tt Shields of the waterfall “ You go into a deep hole which sucks you right dow n” “ These boys w e re n ’t joyriding, they didn't know the falls were there,’’ he added “ We put up the sign because if you’re in the middle of the stream and see the falls, you don't have a chance to get out." The drop is located about a mile down from Clackamas County’s Eagle Fern Park, which rents innertubes to be usee in the park limits The county has a sign in the park which warns river nders not to go out of the park However, that sign is often unseen by youngsters who put there innertubes in the water outside of the park limits and don’t rent innertubes from the park " It's safe in the park," said Shields “ But the county doesn’t have any responsibility once you get out of the p a rk .” Clackamas County recently put a cable across the river with ropes hanging from it so creek tra v e le rs can keep from going over the drop, but bypassers often wrap the ropes over the cable, out of the reach of someone in the creek “Next week they’ll probably be hanging on the sign,” said Sheilds sarcastically “Once you get in there,” said Shields as he nodded toward the creek drop off, "You're not getting out On one side it's concrete and on the other side there are jagged rocks ” KIWANIANS DR. At Lamke and Ivan Barker board John Johnson's Cessna 172 for a trial run before the Fly-In Breakfast. Sunday, Lamke is president of the Kiwanis Club now. and Barker was president in 195». when the Fly-In was instigated MIKE MURRAY of the Boring Fire Department unwinds some ropes which were put over Eagle Creek by Clackamas County for kids to grab so they will not go W a fe r safety increases Water accidents resulting in two diatlis and two injuries during 197«: on the Clackamas River. Sandy River and Eagle Creek in Clackamas County have drawn attention to the Rules of Water Safety by the Marine Enforcement Detail of the Sheriff’s Office Sheriff Shobe cited a crack down on persons (stating or floating these rivers and creeks without life p reservers as required under Oregon Law Eight citations and 43 warnings were g'ven o ver the ln- d«*pen<J<-oc Day Holidays for violation on the - ckan.i.s accidents Most persons were wearing life jackets or had life preservers, except the two persons who drowned, both on Eagle Creek, within two weeks of each other "These rivers seem placid enough," pointed out Deputy Dean Hartley. Marine Officer, “ but just around the bend in the riv e r lays dangers to the inexperienced boater or floater ” "Sudden rapids or swift white water can flip over a boat or r a ft, or dash them against rocks, snilling out the oc- c u p v iia ,'1 he added River. - a :: Officei I- Coate» ‘Many people a e not aware rw.umr.unCL the boater or that floating lie i . rrs in rafts floater know the river, refrain oi tubes requires that each from floating into unknown person has a life preserver", areas of white water and to said Sheriff Shobe "always wear a Coast Guard Between May 7, 1972 and approved life jacket, instead of June 12, 1972, a period of 37 a life preserver ’’ days. 38 persons were involved Coates and Hartley recalled in 10 separate boating or raft in one boating accident in- Sandy Spotlight Safety important part of Kiwanis Fly-in volving eight persons in which two were injured, both injured persons were w earing life jackets which undoubtedly kept them from drowning Sheriff Shobe cited Oregon Revised _____ Statute 488 011 which p n ,Vides that a "boat” means every description of water craft used or capable of being used as a means of transportation of w a te r,a n d O R S 488 031 which requires each boat shall carry at least one U S Coast Guard approved life ja c k e t, life p re s e rv e r, ring bu y, or buoyant cush. . g ud and serviceable co.tdi.ion, for each person on board "These water trips can be fun” said Shobe, “ but unless persons rafting or boating use common sense and safety, more tragedies are sure to occur " • During the 14 years of the K iw an is F ly -In B re a k fa s t, there has never been an ac cident This is partly due to the effort of the man who handles the flying arrangements for the breakfast, Carrie Scott. Scott obtains the pilots and planes, and takes care of a ir port security every year. An a ir tr a ffic specialist fro m the Federal Aviation Agency will again be on hand to clear traffic and maintain control at the breakfast Also a pilot for the breakfast each year, Scott is Executive Pilot for Western Skyways in Troutdale. The pilots donate THE BORING Fire Department put this sign over Eagle their tim e for this cause Creek to warn creek riders of an upcoming waterfall. According to Scott, people Two boys drowned earlier this year after going over the attending the breakfast must falls in innertubes. — be careful not to go beyond the ropes The reason for this is to keep them away from the p ro p ellers, which a re dangerous Once in the air, there is very little danger Less than 2 per cent of a ll tra n s p o rta tio n new fa ta litie s are a v ia tio n ac- . . . . __________-rv... io accent port uni ties to accept a self, and stay within them The instrument panel is all im challenge As many different cidents types of jobs he has had, he is portant always interested in new ones T e - e j i l o r t o k e n “ You can't fly in the clouds •‘One ambition I ’ve always and stay right side up, without had is to fly a fire-bomber ” A tra ile r valued at $600 was knowing the instruments- you He explained that a fire- reported stolen July 11, from can depend on them for everything I, would be possible bomber is a plane used t< fight the home of Sil Arata Rt 2, Box 281 Troutdale, according to to fly with no windows, using forest fires Until this dream becomes a sheriff’s reports only the instruments ” Still another face, of John reality, he has a lot to keep him son’s career is picking up busy: " I ’m never bored'” Tape deck gone Right now, Johnson is getting a irp la n e s fro m the Cessna plant in Wichita. Kan When A tape deck and speakers time permits, he flies back ready for the Fly-In breakfast, valued at $160 were reported where he will pilot his Cessna there on a commercial airliner, stolen July 8. from the ai«o of early in the morning, and can 172 for the passenger rides as B ill Ir is h , P O Box 294, he has done since 1960 His have the new Cessna back here passengers won't be bored Gresham. by dusk the same day Johnson welcomes all op- eith er' Crop- duster has multi-faceted career ■ loaded plane The maximum the Bend area as weil " I like to do various things, A nother outdoor a c tiv ity weight for the airplane and load and I've seen a lot of country shared by the Johnson fam ily is is 4,000 pounds This includes that w ay," stated John John gardening They have about 1-3 the weigh, of the plane, so the acres of garden, planted with chemical load may be up to son Now a crop -duster, Johnson b e rrie s , fru it trees and 1,600 pounds, or 200 gallons The liquids are pumped into has had many different kinds of vegetables Johnson, who is an jobs including logging, truck organic gardener is careful to the plane and dispersed driving, and heavy equipment use only a small amount of through nozzles by a control operation He still alternates inside the plane The dry dust is insecticide these with crop-dusting, which " I ’m an ecology nut, even if I loaded in bags in to a hopper on is seasonal do handle ch em icals I'v e top of the plane I, goes through One regular feature of this alw ays been in terested in a gate, and into a spreader multi-faceted career is flying ta k in g care of the en which fans it out Johnson has been flying since Johnson's Cessna Agwagon vironm ent." 1955, and has logged a p Johnson extends his concern has a 300 horse power engine, proximately 5,(MMi to 6,000 hours for ecology to include his and travels 100 to 110 miles per of flight time present job as crop-duster The hour when spraying I, can dust " I ’ve always been flying, nurseries and farms which use a 50 foot wide swath at a pass every chance I get T hat’s my “When we need equipment, this service a re la rg e real interest.” operations and must use we build it- anything from Johnson, a Sandy resident, c o m m e rcia l fe r tiliz e rs , in water tanks to tra ile rs !" flies out of Rich's Airport His secticides and herbicides As a That “ we” means John and Cessna Agwagon, which he crop-duster, Johnson feels he his son, Dan, who will be a uses for crop-dusting, is a must use caution senior at P o rtla n d Union fam iliar sight to many people " I ’m very careful not to get Academy this year Dan has a in the area Sandyites are apt to the spray anywhere it doesn’t student c e rtific a te and is recognise the plane because it belong I use very little working on his pilots license flies so low weedkiller in this a r e a " The student c e rtific a te "A lot of people think I'm Johnson explained that it is qualifies him to fly solo with buzzing someone, but it’s part difficult to spray a field of tansy supervision of my work I try to cooperate ragwort for instance, without “ 1 don't worry about my son with the c o m m u n ity , I ’m killing trees in that field in the a ir; 1 have all the con careful not to spook animals or Crop-dusting is a relatively fidence in the world in him livestock ” new facet of Johnson's career Dan is one of Johnson s Johnson, who grew up in "1 got in this business quite students, as well as his son Missouri, has lived in the Sandy by accident ", he commented Flight Instruction is an ad area since 1948 His crop While working for someone ditional job, which he juggles dusting enterprise is a family else he heard of a spray plane w ith the crop-dusting operation Johnson and his son and equipm ent for sale, Generally, he teaches about Dan, do the work, and Mrs decided to buy it, and went into eight to ten students at a time Johnson takes care of the business "F lyin g is no more difficult Johnson has a silent partner books. than driving a car, but is more The Johnson fam ily shares in the operation, D r Osborne, exacting One thing I stress is many hobbies They all enjoy who has been the fa m ily ’s using common sense.” hiking, camping, spelunking, physician for 10 years He has no p a rtic u la r and an interest in American They have had the business problems with his students, slightly over a year, and it is Indian history except for helping them to “We like anything to do with still new enough to be exciting overcome their initial fear " I t ’s a challenge when there the outdoors " " T h e fe a r of fa llin g is Johnson became interested in is something new to learn " inherent in everyone The first The Sandy pilot has learned spelunking, or e rv e ex thing I do is to gain the con many new things since he ploration, while growing up in fidence of the student in me and became a crop-duster Flying Missouri He did a lot of ex in the airplane Once 1 establish under power lines is one of ploring in neighborhood caves these, flying comes along for them While spraying, he flies there, and since has visited most people from three to ten feet above the la rg e r ones, such as the Johnson emphasizes that a Carlsbad Caverns, and the ground flier must know the capabilities On the job, Johnson con Oregon Caves He and his of both the airplane and him- fam ily have been spelunking in s tan tly o perates a h e a v ily 1 over the falls. Murray lettered a sign which warns people floating down the river of the falls. The fire department hung it over the creek. According to Robert Ashton, General Operations Inspector CARRIC SCOTT TJ's tor the district office of the F e d e ra l A viatio n Ad ministration, there were 54 air accidents in this area in ’71, and ten of them were fatal The G eneral A v ia tio n D is tric t O ffice helps to maintain pilot safety by giving p rogram s in accident prevention Approximately 85 per cent of all accidents are pilot caused. Pilots are required to have any a ir a c tiv ity c leared beforehand This means that any stunts etc. must be planned and approved in advance. ooo Some 50 per cent of all fresh men now enroll at community colleges which have developed extensively in recent years In Sandy For Your D ining P leasu re DELICIOUS FOODS AT REASONABLE PRICES 6 a .m . ‘t i l M i d n i g h t L o u n g e 11 a .m . ' t i l 2 :3 0 a .m . Roast Turkey Chicken Fried Steak Breaded Veal Cutlet Grilled Pork Chops Breaded Pork Cutlet Roast Beef TOP SIRLOIN STEAK SANDWICH 95 your choice Served with choice of potatoes vegetable, soup or salad dessert tea or coffee Half, Golden Fried $450 Served with soup, salad, vegetable, baked potato, dessert. Tea or Coffee T re a t Y o u rs e lfl D ine O u t T o n ig h l TOP Sirloin STEAK $ 32s DAN JOHNSON prepare* the Ue»»na Agwagon for loading, while father. John Johnson, »it* at controls. ( roo du»tlne operation require* teamwork from the family. Served with Baked Potato, Vegetable, Soup, Salad Dessert. Tea or Coffee Relish Plate SPECIAL
