/Money conies in for new
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Chapel of the Hills church
A fund to help establish a new building
for the congregation of the Chapel of the
Hills Church went over 14,(MX) this week
Donations and gifts should be sent to the
Chapel of the Hills Building Fund, Kt I,
Box 1436. Sandy, 97055 The Chapel of the
Hills nondenominational church is a non
profit religious organization
The Rev Thyra Strand said the building
of the firs t chapel back in 1947 was a total
miracle "and the second one w ill also huve
to bo," she confirmed with an unmis-
mistakable tone of optimism.
Today's building codes w ill not allow the
rebuilding of an all log structure, however
The Rev Strand said thut while any new
building would be of a more conventional
nature, it would tie faced with logs in an
attempt to retain the natural appearance
highlighted by the old church which was
destroyed in a blaze three weeks ago
Mrs Strand emphasized that any con
struction is pending the collection of
sufficient funds She said that due to the
old chapel's wooden muke-up, fire in
surance was financially prohibitive- the
church had none
Regular services are now being con
ducted in the Strand's home, a large brown
house located in back of the chapel site No
services have been missed since the blaze
Cause of the fire which burned the all log
landmark chapel to the ground has been
blamed by state fire investigators on the
structure's propune furnace
Only the children's cement nursery
room and a ta ll red b rick fire p la ce
managed towithstand the ravaging blaze
They stand alone now where the at
tractive L shapod f ir log church once
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SANDY, OREGON, THU RSD AY, FEB R UA RY 20, 1975
Farm zone hearing scheduled
A R TIS T 'S S K ETC H shows attractive
Chapel of the llllls Church before fire
added a woodsy charm to the Mt Hood foot
hills 11 miles east of Sandy
No human life was injured in the fire,
fought by units from the Hoodland, Sandy
and Boring fire districts Only a metal
music rack was rescued from the blaze
The Rev Strand said she and the
church's congregation are grateful for
every effort that was made by all three fire
fighting groups for saving the chapel
"W e huve suffered a great material
loss,” commented the female pastor. "O ur
co m fo rt is in knowing th a t the real
building through the years has been done
destroyed the building three weeks ago.
If you want a say in Clackamas County's
plan to adopt a Rural Earm Forest 10 Acre
Zoning D istrict you should plan to attend a
public hearing Monday at 7 p.m. on the
third floor of the County Courthouse in
Oregon City.
The hearing w ill be in front of the
Clackamas County Planning Commission.
Discussion of amendments to the county
zoning text allowing implementation of the
recendy adopted Exclusive Earm Use
Zoning D istrict (EEU) is also on the
evening's agenda
As proposed by the county, the Rural
Farm Forest D istrict would lim it the
minimum lot size to ten acres “ to en
courage part bme farms and those types of
agricultural uses and forest management
in the hearts and lives which can never be
destroyed," said the pastor who came to
the nondenominational church in 1944 from
California.
Mrs Strand arrived here inspired by the
Biblical command: "G o up to the moun
tain, and bring wood, and build the house,
and I w ill take pleasure in it. saith the
Lord "
With her "house" gone, Pastor Strand is
fa r from the reaches of despair
“ We do not have all the answers, but we
know that a whole generation has grown
up since the building of the chapel in 1947."
This genera bon also needs to see and
A decision from the Clackamas County
know that God sbll answers prayer and
Board of Commissioners is due Monday at
delights in performing what seems to us to
10 a m on phase one of the proposed 32*-»
be total impossibilibes, said The Rev.
acre
co n tro v e rs ia l
W interwood
Strand
development planned for the Government
Her 35 year-old rustic landmark chapel
Camparea.
was the work of volunteers who cut,
peeled, hewn and fitted the big fir logs
Developer of the large scale commercial
There was never a mortgage on the
complex appealed to the county board on a
church, it was built and furnished as funds
zone change from single fam ily residential
were provided.
to m ulb-fam ily residential on three acres
Before moving into their new chapel
in Government Camp three weeks ago
after WWH.the congregation of 15 to 30
After hearing five hours of testimony
folks met in the Women's Cluh in Wemme.
from both sides of the proposed
Erom 150 to 200 persons attend the church
development, the commissioners put off
today.
their decision on the zone change request
Knotty pine enhanced the inner chapel
for this first phase site of the Winterwood
walls, and the alter, like the rest of the now
development until Monday.
destroyed building, was shaped from
The total project as presented by the
peeled logs. Live greenery and growing
philodendrons added to the natural at
mosphere of the church.
Mrs Strand emphasizes that her main
canvicbon now is to see the rusbc land
mark of Christian faith be replaced for this
new generation
A public hearing has been set for March
Over the weekend, volunteers helped
19 on the proposed expansion of the Mt.
bury the old building by burning the
Hood Loop Water District.
remaining rubble, burned remnants of a
The meebng w ill be scheduled either at
beautiful church
pracbces which do not require large
acreages’’
Uses permitted in such a zone would be
limited to general farm uses and the
harvesting of forest products.
Only single fam ily dwelling structures,
accessory buildings and roadside stands
related direcUy to the allowed use, ken
nels, fish and w ild life management
programs and public and private parks
would be permitted under the proposed
R u r a l Farm Forest 10 Acre Zone
The County Planning Department has
also listed 12 uses which could be allowed
subject to approval from the Planning
Commission.
Included in this list are churches, public
and private schools, golf courses, aircraft
site where the church of loge once stood.
(Post Photo)
Winterwood decision
Foundry finds
home nearby
By Paul Keller
News Editor
Have you ever wondered where those big
metal and steel parts on things like
manure pumps and potato diggers come
from?
Such castings could have been horn and
raised in nearby Eagle Creek at the new
Rhody land use
group starts
An organizational meeting of a "neigh
borhood group" to provide input on land
use guidelines for the Rhododendron area
w ill he held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Joie'sSki
Shop in Rhododendron
Persons living or owning property In
the Rhododendron area concerned about
land use policies are invited to attend
Last week Clackamas County Com -;
missioner Tom Telford said that of the 31
neighborhood organizations already
formed within the county, six have been
officially recognized
The Clackamas County Neighborhood
Development Association was formed last
year to follow through with Senate Bill
100's emphasis on citizen input in land
planning
All data and recommendations made by
local c itize n 's through neighborhood
group's such as the one fo rm in g in
Rhododendron is to be forwarded to the
Board of County Commissioners to be
approved as part of the county's official
land use text.
developer, E M. Piluso, Jr., includes 408
resort units, two six-story "m id-rise”
apartment units and a hotel
Winterwood, including its initial three
acres, would neighbor the east side of the
M ultorpor ski resort on the south side of
Highway 26, 500 yards from the Govern
ment Camp town center.
At present, the land, owned by Darr
Enterprises, is undeveloped and heavily
wooded
The C lackam as County Planning
Commission denied the developer’s inlbal
request for a zone change on the project's
firs t three acres cibng an improper
density level and an inadequate sewer
situation in Government Camp
CRAG here
CRAG rides into Sandy again
next Wednesday.
D ick S m ith, p ublic in
formation officer with CRAG
(Columbia Region Associabon
of Governments) w ill head a
presentation
on CRAG’S
comprehensive plan at 7:30
p.m. in the upper grade
auditorium at Sandy Grade
School on Feb 26.
The session w ill include a
slide presentation and a
quesbon and answer period.
City reservoir
gets priority
A request to ublize federal Housing and
Urban Development funds for a $750,000
gallon water reservoir w ill be made to the
Sandy City Council Monday by the Citizens
Community Development Committee.
The special committee, co-chaired by
Tom Sullivan and Tony Bryant, decided
Tuesday night to make the request after
studying several other priorities eligible
for federal funding.
In Clackam as. M ultnom ah and
Washington Counbes, $768.000 is available
through HUD for financial aid to such high
priority projects.
Sandy w ill be compebng w ith a dozen or
more agencies for a porbon of these funds.
The City Council meeting begins at 7:30
p.m. in at City Hall
BANG'S topic
Zoning pion
BANG (B o rin g Association Neigh
borhood Group) w ill meet at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Feb 20, at Boring Fire Hall.
The group is completing a proposed map
on zoning for the Boring-Kelso area
Daylight savings
If approved, phase one construction of
the Loop Water D istrict would require
voter passage of a $4.5 m illion bond issue
Work would be completed in two additional
stages financed by alternatives depending
Daylight savings bme goes into effect
on area growth, income from water sales this weekend, about two months earlier
and additional bond levies, a report from than usual, according to a spokesman at
the district's engineering consultants the Troutdale Weather Stabon.
reveals
Saturday night clocks should be moved
Ken M a rtin , boundary commission ahead one hour.
assistant, said only 150 residents out of
The earlier effeebve date for daylight
500 contacted in the area responded to a savings is due to congressional acbon, the
sample survey on the proposal
spokesman said
begins Sunday
They are Bob Pursel, president, from
Saixly; Bob Walczak, vice president, from
Barton; Ken Tallent, treasurer, from
Hockwixxl; Gary Young, director, from
Damascus; and Everett Proffitt, director,
from Gresham
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Together they turn out all kinds of
abrasion resistant castings for the farming
and rock crushing industries, and for
mining and wood processing works
Eagle Foundry ships its products, in
cluding everything from farm plows to
sawdust conveyors, throughout the
western states and Canada.
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Mt. Hood Community College or another
locabon near Sandy, according to the
Portland Metropolitan Boundary Review
Commission, the authority responsible for
a final decision on the expansion request
The district is proposing an expanded
water system over a 13 square mile area,
using the Salmon River as its sole water
source.
Eagle Foundry Company, located eight
miles south of Sandy
Five men began the foundry operation
from scratch last October The oldest is 38
All five are former employes of West Coast
Alloy in Troutdale.
W hile the new foundry may be
somewhat of a fledgling in existence, its
operators are old pros The five represent
a 70 year total in thecasting industry.
Pursel reports that since the foundry's
opening date their production rate has
increased steadily Last month Eagle
Foundry had increased its production 300
per cent from October.
During 1975 Pursel said an addition of
la rg e r furnaces is planned and the
plant's pouring and melting capacity
should double
The entire process of melting down the
proper amounts of heavy chrome alloy
with select stainless steel, pouring the
solution into molds and adding just the
right blend of a dry sand chemical binder
landing uses, dumps and sanitary land
fills, mining and processing of geothermal
resources, ublity facilities for trans
m itting power and day care centers.
County planners have stated th a t
another prime purpose of the proposed
zone is to conserve the natural scenic
beauty of Clackamas County.
Commission gives
Hood water hearing set
T H IS D E S O L A T E S C E N E now scar* the
No. 8
The $500 rebate on the Sporty '75 Monza and the $200 rebate on Vega* and
Nova* end on February 28. to pleate hurry to take advantage of Chevrolet'* gener
ous offer.
The purpose of Chevrolet's rebate program was to help stimulate the economy
and to help stimulate you. Carlson Chevrolet will pay the freight So - - in addition
to the $500 rebate. Carlson Chevrolet will pay the $232 freight charge, thus you
will save $732 off the window sticker. This mean* you will buy now for way be
low Dealer Cost without the rebate. We have a limited supply of new Monza* • • to
please hurry.
On '75 Nova* you'll save $432 or more, and on '75 Vega* you’ll save $379 or
more.
Because we re overhalf way through another National Chevrolet Sale* Contest
that we mean to win, we'll pay the freight on any new car or truck in stock. In fact,
we'll just about do anything to make buying your new Chevrolet from Carlton
Chevrolet easier. All of the reason* to buy now are on your side, so pleate, beet the
February 28 rebate deadline and come tee us.
48 month bank financing is available and the rebate can immediately be applied
to your down payment. Also, the Vega and the Monza 4 certify at 29 miles per
gallon - - so you save when you buy. and you'll save while you drive.
We do have a super large inventory of new Chev. cart and trucks, and for the
many more reason* that right now is the time to enjoy a Carlton Chevrolet, please
head for the Mountain and for Pete's sake, stop at
PETE
MELTING 320 pound» of scrap metal in 40
mlnute!i is just part of the operation at the
new Eagle Foundry In Eagle Creek. Gary
Young, one of the five founders of the
company
puts
some
muscle
Into
the
process.
(Post Photo)
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