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Will celebrate this w eekend
2, 4-t 5 - T h e r b i c i d e
E a g le C r e e k c o u p le m a r k s 6 2 n d u s e is c u r ta ile d
By KAYE BARTON
A s ilv e r wedding an
niversary has always been a
special occasion and the
golden year, or the 50th, is
reached by only a few. But an
Eagle Creek couple have
passed both those marital
landmarks and w ill celebrate
their 62nd anniversary this
year.
Although the actual date of
their wedding was October
10, the celebration w ill be
held this Sunday for the
fam ily's convenience Six of
their eight living children
w ill gather with them for a
picnic in Sweet Home.
Lawrence and Henrietta
Leest were married in 1916
“ before World War I," he
proudly pointed out, “ so
we’ve seen a lot of changes."
They were wed in Oskaloosa,
Iowa and farmed near Pella
in a Dutch farming set
tlement.
“ We are both of Dutch
heritage,” Henrietta said.
“ In fact Lawrence did not
come to A m erica from
H olland u n til a fte r he
finished his education."
The couple lived in Iowa
for 17 years, and seven of
their nine children were born
there. It was in this period
that Lawrence served as an
interpreter for the army
during World War II. With
his European background, he
was able to read or at least
speak
D utch,
Belgian,
German, French and the
Flemish and Afrikaaners
dialects.
The fa m ily continued
farm ing until the depression
struck when they were
forced to look elsewhere. “ It
was bad,” Lawrence com
mented. “ They were selling
horses for 35 cents apiece."
Like so many other mid-
westerners in the 1930’s, they
headed for the west coast.
"We drove a souped-up
Model T Ford,” Lawrence
boasted, “ which would go 60
miles per hour. That was in
the days when 35 was con
sidered maximum.”
He recalled many details
from the trip, including the
gas mileage, “ We used 100
gallons of gas to travel 2300
miles, which figures out to 23
miles per gallon.” His wife
remembered that they paid
“ about 11 cents per gallon for
the gas.”
Moving far away from
their fam ily in such troubled
times was traumatic for the
couple. “ It was terrible,”
Hennrietta said with a shake
of her head. “ But many
other people went through
the same thing."
They tried to recall just
what they brought with them
on their journey. “ Of couse
we brought along all that we
could pack in our model T,”
Lawrence said.
“ And with seven children,
that was not very much, I ’ll
tell you,”
Henrietta in
terjected. “ Just clothes, that
was about a ll."
W ASHINGTON -
The
chemical herbicide 2,4,5-T
wfll not be applied aerially on
National Forest areas closer
than V« mile from streams
that flow year round or one
mile from a permanent
h a b it a t io n , A s s is ta n t
Secretary of Agriculture M.
Rupert Cutler announced
last week.
“ This w ill add additional
’safeguards and provide a
larger margin of safety,”
Cutler said. Previously there
were no mileage guidelines
for aerial spraying. Buffer
strips were established on a
project-by-project basis by
the forest supervisor.
Cutler announced the new
guidelines in rejecting a
proposal to use 2,4,5-T on 28
sites covering 1,080 acres of
the Rogue River National
Forest in Oregon this fall to
control brush and conifer
plantations.
T w enty-three
of
the
proposed spray sites do not
meet the new distance
criteria and they w ill have to
be changed before they are
approved, Cutler said. Also,
before spray operations can
begin on the other sites,
additional criteria must be
met, he said These include
more detailed and increased
m o n ito rin g
safeguards; f
additional assurances of
supervision during spray ♦
operations and of sur
ve illance and follow -up s
monitoring; more detailed
I
description of the buffer
areas for each site; and more
detail on the economic d if
ferences among treatment
options.
Cutler said proposals for
2,4,5-T use on N ational
Forests must show that the
advantages over other
methods clearly outweigh
the
attendant additional
risks.
Last April, Cutler said he
would personally review any
Forest Service decisions to
use 2,4,5-T and other dioxin-
contaminated herbicides. He
announced criteria for the
review at that time.
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K aye Barton photo
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Leest
The Leests have lived in
ie Portland area ever since,
awrence’s first job was at a
till in Longview, where one
s former superior officers
om the arm y found him
ork. They also lived at
routdale and Dover before
loving to Eagle Creek about
) years ago.
Lawrence and Henrietta
re now both 81 years old.
There is only 27 days’
ifference in our ages,” she
ammented. They have 19
randchildren and 10 great-
randchildren.
The six-decade span of
heir m arriage has given
hem a unique perspective on
nodern society.-’ And they
lon’t consider many of the
hanges for the better.
Lawrence commented that
nany people today are
notivated by “ selfishness
tnd greed, and that’s what
a uses marriages to be so
veak. He doesn’t express
nuch hope that the average
roung couple in 1978 w ill
natch his ‘ 62-year-record
vith their marriage.
“ Nowadays, when people
jet married, they look for
»uperficial things like beauty
and sex,” he said. “ In my
day we were trained to look
for practical qualities in a
woman.”
He explained the typical
courtship process in „ the
early years of the century.
“ We’d meet someone, get
acquainted with her and find
out if she was a good cook,”
he recalled. “ We were taught
to investigate her parents, to
check out the person’ s
background before we got
serious about her.”
Things were different after
the m arriage ceremony as
well, according to the Leests.
“ Husbands and wives got
along better then,” Henrietta
commented.
reminisce over their 62 years
of marriage. Lawrence and
Henrietta expect the reunion
to be a peaceful one.
The U S. Department of
Energy is sponsoring a
workshop to examine the
opportunities for converting
bio-mass to energy in the
P a c ific Northwest, The
•Workshop w ill be held in
Portland, on Oct. 24,25 and
26.
The workshop w ill focus on
near-term potential for bio
mass conversion to energy in
the Pacific Northwest. Bio
mass is considered to be
plant matter including wood
and
wood
residues,
a g r ic lu tu r a l
re sid u e s,
livestock residues, etc.
The workshop w ill have
fiv e m a jo r sessions:
examine existing bio-energy
applications in the region;
review of the reg io n ’s
existing resource base in
both wood and agricultural
potential; explore possible
near-term applications in the
Pacific Northwest; address
barriers, constraints and
possible solutions to mat
ching the potential resource
to the potential application;
discussion of actions that can
be taken to begin the ex
panded use of the identified
resource
L
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Cynthia Stotts and Ronald Lamm
Couple sets September
wedding date
A Sept. 16 wedding is
planned by Cynthia Stotts
and Ronald Lamm, both of,
Sandy. The bride-to-be
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B ill
Stotts, was a 1978 graduate of
Sandy High School. She
works
at
K -M a rt
in
Gresham.
The bridegroom -elect’s
parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Mel Lamm He w^s a 1976
graduate of Sandy High and
is now employed w ith
Freightliner Trucks.
The wedding w ill be held at
the Sandy Assembly of God
Church.
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Lawrence attributes the
change to society’s declining
faith in the Bible and lack of
interest in religion. “ Our
m arriage lasted because we
study the Bible regularly and
practice the golden rule in
our home,” he said.
The Leest fam ily w ill
gather this weekend near
Foster Dam at Sweet Home
to honor the parents and
CCC offers men’s seminar
The problems men face in
today’s changing society w ill
be discussed in a series of
evening seminars to be held
at Clackamas Community
College beginning Oct. 18.
The seminars w ill deal
with such subjects as sex role
development, men in tran
sition, and new definitions of
what “ maleness” means.
Stress and its causes as well
as how to reduce it w ill also
be topics of discussion.
tions to their present roles,
according to Vince Fitz
gerald, college counselor
and coordinator of the
program.
The seminars are designed
to provide men with an op
portunity to reflect on their
lives “ as males,” and to
discuss with other men op-
Women are welcome to
attend the seminars and
child care w ill be available.
P re -re g is tra tio n
is en
couraged and a fee w ill be
charged.
Optional credit can be
obtained by registering for
three seminars during the
registration period at the
college, Aug. 14 through
Sept. 18
For additional information
contact Vince Fitzgerald at
656-2631, ext. 266
Carving classes set
F all term woodcarving
classes w ill be starting soon
at the Western Forestry'
Center at 4033 SE Canyon
Road in Portland Classes in
Beginning Relief Carving
and Intermediate Relief
Carving w ill be taught by Pat
Gibson beginning Sept. 12
and
14,
respectively.
Intermediate Carving In-the-
Round w ill begin Oct. 9 with
BradSypher.
The classes w ill continue
for ten weeks, one night each
week from 7 to 10 p.m.
Enrollment is limited to 16
per class For information
about registration or fees.
Stolen cycle
recovered
Los Angeles police have
recovered a stolen motor
cycle belonging to William
Lukins of Rhododendron, the
Clackamas County sheriff’s
office reported.
Police arrested Ronald
Williams Fletcher, 18, in
connection
w ith
the
burglary, the sheriff’s office
said
call Gibson at 639-0153 or the
Western Forestry Center at
228-1367. Beginning students
w ill need to acquire tools for
the first class
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