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Two deaths in a month
Clackamas can be a killer river
by John Dean
staff reporter
The Clackamas River is
“ g etting
to
have
the
reputation of a killer rive r,“
said U S. Forest Service
Ranger Jim Pierce. “ We’d
like to make that reputation
known to the public a little bit
more.’’
Two rafters have perished
on the Clackamas in the past
month, causing Pierce, along
w ith Clackamas County
sheriffs deputies Mike White
and Steve Mackey to mount a
public information campaign
on the dangers of floating
down the Clackamas.
The trio fired their opening
salvoes
on
P ortland
television F rid a y. Pierce
intends to post notices at the
Ripplebrook Ranger Station,
26 miles east of Estacada,
and campgrounds and picnic
areas warning rafters about
dangerous
stretchs
of
the river.
The
most
dangerous
section of the Clackamas is
the five-mile stretch from the
Three Lynx power house just
above the Sandstone bridge
on Highway 224,20 miles east
of Estacada, to Alder Flat
campground. At one point in
this stretch, large rocks
render the rive r impassable.
The swift current against the
rocks can turn a capsized
rafter into a fatality, as has
happened twice so far this
year.
The worst part about the
stretch, Mackey said, is that
it is not visible from the high
way. As one drives up from
Estacada, he said, “ you
can’t see what you’re getting
into.’’
Mackey recommends that
a ll
ra fte rs ,
novices
especially, stay away from
the upper Clackamas and
begin their runs at or below
the Sandstone bridge.
“ Novices ought not to
venture into the upper river
at a ll,” said Ranger Pierce.
In
general,
Mackey
recommends three rules for
river rafters.
“ First, know the river.
Know what kind of water
you're going to get into.
“ Second, have proper
equipment. There should be
at least two paddles in each
raft, and every person should
be wearing a life jacket.’’
R afting
parties
not
equipped with an adequate
num ber of life jackets,
Mackey said, w ill be fined
$17 per missing jacket.
"Third, let somebody know
where you’re putting in and
where you’re getting out.”
Often, he said, it’s a good
idea to arrange a phone call
to a friend or relative in an
interval when you plan to
finish your trip. If you do get
into trouble, a search can
begin that afternoon instead
of the next day.
Mackey and White add a
fourth piece of advice: don’t
d rin k . “ I see it every
weekend,” Mackey says.
“ People put a case of beer in
their ra ft.” After a few
bottles, " th e ir judgem ent
becomes impaired and they
make mistakes
“ They think they don’t
need life jackets; by that
time, they think they can
swim,” White added.
P ierce
hopes
the
Clackamas can shed its
image as a lazy river well-
suited for novice rafters.
Pierce said he feels more
river accidents are caused
by human error than by
equipment failure In a June
18 incident that killed
P a tric k Lee Fugate of
Estacada, Pierce said, the
party “ was better equipped
than most. Their biggest
problem was ignorance.”
By combating ignorance of
the Clackamas River and its
power, Pierce, Mackey and
White hope to save the lives
of other rafters
*
RAFTERS BEWARE. Deputy
Mark White and a television
cameraman feel the power of the
Clackamas River as it funnels
between two rocks two miles
downstream from Ripplebrook
ranger station. Patrick Lee
Fugate of Estacada died here
The Portland lobbyist who filed
the original petition has been at odds
with the two groups that have
pushing the movement and now says
he is fo rm in g a statew ide
organization called Lobby for Social
Concerns and Demands Tax
Lim itation Committee
Jim Whittenburg filed the original
petition, which is identical to
California's Proposition 13 except
that it would lim it property taxes to
1*6 percent instead of 1 percent.
Whittenburg has issued several
contradictory statements to the
news media during the past 10 days
concerning his role in the campaign.
He firs t said he would play a role
but not serve as an officer in a st-
tewide organization to be formed in
the near future to seek approval of
the tax lim itation measure in the
November general election.
June 1H when his raft capsized
and the current dragged him
under the rocks. If rafters insist
on floating down this stretch of
the upper Clackamas, White
says, they should at least portage
around this spot.
D a is y D y m o k e
Services
fo r
Daisy
Dymoke, 87, of 1302 SE 49th
St., Portland, were held June
28 in the chapel of the Sandy
Funeral Home
Interment was at Sandy
Ridge Cemetery
Dym oke was born in
Alpha, Nev. She attended
school in Idaho and married
Henry Ackaret on June 1,
1911 in Payette Ackaret died
in 1934
In 1936 she married Walter
Dymoke who died in 1949.
Dymoke moved to Port
land to liv e w ith her
daughter in 1969 She was a
member of the First Baptist
Church, Emmett, Idaho
S u r v iv o r s
in c lu d e :
ch ild re n A rth u r A ckaret,
Washington, Vera Smiley,
Portland. Donald Ackaret
and Rose Crowder, Idaho;
County Tax Lim itation Committee
and DO CARE, an acronym for the
Douglas County group called
Dedicated Oregon Citizens Aware
Reform is Needed.
Whittenburg wants to be reim
bursed for $3,000 in personal ex
penses associated with the petition
drive, or be paid otherwise for his
role in the campaign.
The groups have wanted Whit
tenburg to stay in the background
because of what they call his erratic
Whittenburg holds the trump card. behavior and news coverage of his
As sponsor of the petition, he must series of arrests on bad check
sign and file a report of con charges.
tributions and expenditures in
Whittenburg has said the four or
support of the peition drive within 30 five bad checks were issued during a
days after the signatures are turned week he spent traveling around the
in to the secretary of state’s office.
state on behalf of the measure and
If the report, required by state that he was turned down when he
law, is not filed, the measure cannot im m e d ia te ly offered money or
go on the ballot.
ders for restitution. He has said the
Whittenburg has said on occasion charges came only a matter of days
he won’t file the report unless he has after he filed the petition and also
a voice in the formation of the state indicated his life has been threat
committee to be formed by the Tri- ened since then.
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advised to buy enough
stamps fo r letters and
postcards before they leave
in case a post office is
unavailable where they are
staying
Mial should be deposited,
when possible, at post offices
or in downtown, business
d is tric c t collection boxes,
where more frequent pickups
are made
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Emerson was active in
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holding or forwarding mail
prior to leaving home for a
vacation can save customers
inconvenience according to
postal officials
The officials warned that
an overflowing mailbox can
signal b u rgla rs that the
house or apartment w ill be
empty and unguarded
Vacationers are urged to
ask a friend to check their
mailbox daily and hold their
mail until the vacation is
over. Also, the post office w ill
hold mail for up to 30 days, or
it w ill forward it to the
vacation address
Jane
H
Emerson,
daughter of Janet and David
Emerson of Eagle Creek is
among the recent graduates
of the University of Idaho, at
Moscow.
Emerson is a 1973 graduate
of Sandy Union High School
From page two
plan designation amounts to a zoning
change as well change in the actual
zoning as well. Roughly half of this area
north of Sandy w ill be zoned rural,
allo w in g s m a lle r lots and more
residential building Areas off the main
roads w ill be zoned agricultural, while
the eastern portion of the area near
Latourette Park w ill be zoned forest
Both designations effectively prohibit
further building on those lands.
For all rural designations to pass
LCDC, the county must prove that the
lands can no longer be used for farming
or forestry, either because they are
already used for some other purpose or
because lands around them are already
divided into small lots.
The land-use map was only one of a
package of amendments the planning
commission made to the county general
plan Wednesday night. Other changes
are new definitions of land uses are
being proposed and new statements on
rural, agricultural and forest land and
rural centers were adopted.
The statements include definitions of
each type of land, goals, for the use of
each type of land, criteria to be used in
designating the land, general policies
for the land, and ways of implementing
those policies.
Structures that are destroyed now
may be rebuilt even if they do not
conform to the designated land use,
agricultural or forestry land uses.
The
comm ission
adopted
a
“ homestead” policy, which allows
an owner of property in a farm-forest
area to sell most of his land, keeping as
little as two acres of his land for his
house. Homes could not be built on the
land that is sold.
While owners currently have this
option under non-farm-use land
regulations, the commission wanted to
adopt a specific policy for emphasis.
The commission intended the policy
to benefit elderly persons who can no
longer afford taxes or upkeep on a 20-
acre lot, but still want to live in a rural
environment.
Areas near main roads or developed
areas w ill be given priority in con
sidering additional areas for rural
status.
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