SANOV (Ore ) POST Tbvrs June 21 1*7« lie * 2)
county
aro
County approves improvements
for portion of Highway 212
Hafter on Clackam as River wears life jacket for protection.
On Clackamas River
Rafting warrants caution
temperature and causes hypothermia,
a condition w hich weakens the body
"When someone gets thrown in. he
may be able to swim twice as far in
warmer water than in the cold water,"
Grolbert said
"Secondly, even if people are
wearing life jackets, they can be sucked
underwater by currents and such.”
That's what happened two weeks ago,
when a rafter was sucked under the
water and thrown into a solid rock wall,
he died before he reached a hospital
by \R T NELSON
tine person has been killed and five
others were rescued by authorities in
recent weeks as a result of rafting
accidents on the Clackamas River
One consequence has been stepped
up enforcement of boat equipment laws
on the river during the heavy influx of
weekend rafters and canoeists
'Last weekend, we monitored boats
and issued citations.” said Sgt. Tim
Grolbert. public relations officer for the
county sheriff's office
We made 40 boat checks and issued
15 citations ”
Rafting and canoeing rivers isn't
regulated as heavily as boating About
all we can do is ask people to be
reasonable, to take the necessary
precautions and use life jackets, said
Grolbert
Mark Coveil, who drives for Alpine
Ambulance in Damascus, was on the
scene helping in the two recent rescue
operations
Also a volunteer diver for the
sheriff's department, Covell was
emphatic in his warning about the
dangers involved
"The warning should be, don't be
rafting up the Clackamas River above
Estacada unless you're an experienced
rafter More and more people go
further up the river to raft
"Around Eish Creek and L arter
Bridge (near where the drowning took
place) is an extremely hazardous area
for other than the experienced rafter
Both accidents took place in what is
sometimes referred to as the "Toilet
He noted a major problem dunked
ra fte rs encounter is the water
temperature
“ I t ’s re a lly cold w a te r.” he
explained " It doesn »take long to take
all your body heat
" It's all mountain runoff, melted
snow That's true with all the waters in
the county.”
The cold w ater lowers body
Bow l," where a whirlpool can take
rafters in and slam them up against a
sheer rock face.
Grolbert said another potentially
hazardous spot is just below the boat
ramp at McIver Park, where there are
a number of rough rapids
Covell also noted persons on shore
near these dangerous areas can save
"drow ned” persons by quick actions
"People drowned' with hypothermia
can be submerged 15 to 45 minutes and
still be successfully resuscitated
" I f you treat them with good
resuscitive efforts and get them to a
hospital with hypothermia treatment
(Gresham and Willamette Kails are
two) there's still a good chance
"B y all clinical definitions, a
hypothermic drowned person is dead
But any cold person in water can be
considered resuscible
"(Persons coming upon a drowned
hypothermic person» should always
notify the authorities and begin cardio
pulmonary resuscitation "
In short, the message is: raft
knowledgeably, don't challenge the
rive r beyond your lim its, and if
you can safely reach a cold, drowned
person, begin resuscitation efforts and
get additional help
Hoodland firemen monitor burning
Fire season has already
started in the Clackamas
M arion D is tric t of the
Oregon State Forestry
Department
Hoodland Fire Chief Don
A rm in tro u t
said
his
department has answered
calls for five brush fires in
the past few weeks
" I t s drier than you think
he said, and added that his
department is starting to
monitor weather conditions
and the way people are
burning.
Forest areas w ill still be
t»pen for public and industrial
use during the official fire
season A spokesman for the
Oregon State F orestry
Department said industrial
operations in the forests
must meet fire prevention
requirements
These include having fire
tools, water supply and
watchman service at logging
and sawmill sites within the
district
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OREGON CITY’ — Plans
for improving a portion uf
Highway 212 were approved
with little fanfare last week
by county commissioners
The
proposed
plans,
subm itted to the com*
missioners by the Oregon
D epartm ent
of
T rans
portation,
were
the
culmination of engineering
efforts which began in 1971
Public
hearings
were
recently held to give citizens
a chance to air their opinions
about the highway
The plans for improvement
on the section of the highway
from Interstate 206 to the
Carver junction w ill next be
reviewed by the Oregon
Transportation Commission
A fin a l
E n vironm ental
Impact Statement w ill then
be drawn up and must
receive Federal Highway
Administration approval for
the funds
Although officials noted
there is no guarantee ODOT
w ill receive the funds for the
project, they had earlier
stated prospects look "very
promising" the funds w ill be
allocated
The
county
com
missioners did accept a
report which included the
modified alternative for the
Carver junction The junc
tion was the subject of much
public testimony
The modified alternative
would include a grade
separation so traffic could
flow freely through the in
tersection. requiring only
traffic from Damascus to
Carver to stop This shtxild
alleviate the citizens* con
cern about traffic bottleneck,
according to Leon Brock,
project coordinator for
ODOT
The highway project, in
cluding the modified option,
would cost about $6 7 million
In the plans approved by
the commissioners, the truck
scales site was maintained at
the originally proposed site
between 142nd and 152nd
near Carver
Several area residents had
earlier testified about the
site, with some concerned
the site was too close to
residences and others feeling
the site should be completely
removed from the area
Winston Kurth, assistant
d ire c to r of the county
Department of Environ
mental Services, earlier
noted the site had been
located near residences for
years Five others had been
studied for the scale site, but
there had been flaws in all of
them, ODOT off icia Is sa id
The site also has a higher
violation rate than the state
average, ODOT officials
said
Proposed plans include
four travel agents with a
•'nearly continuous” turn
lane to the Carver junction,
according to Brock As an
interim project, the highway
is currently being widened
near the Evelyn Street in
tersection in Clackamas for
the installation of a traffic
light
A traffic light w ill also be
installed at the C arver
jun ction .
The
in te rim
projects should be completed
by fall.
The proposed highway
project
also
includes
realignment of Evelyn Street
with 102nd Avenue Sep
arated bikeways and side
walks w ill be constructed
from 82nd Avenue to Evelyn
Street
The highway w ill also he
realigned just west of
Carver to move the road
away from the bend of the
Clackamas River
Six single fam ily dwelling,
and
four
com m ercial
structures w ill lie displaced
because of highway con
struct ion
Following federal approval
of the project and the
allocation of an expected $7 1
m il l i o n ,
r ig h t - o f - w a y
acquisition w ill prottubly
begin in November, ODOT
officials said Construction
would then begin in June 1481
with completion by 148.1
The Highway 212 im
provements project has a
long and “ tu m u ltu o u s”
history, according to the
e n v iro n m e n ta l
im p a c t
statement
ODT did some preliminary
engineering for the im
provements with federal aid
secondary funds in 1971 That
funding was lost, however,
when the Federal Highway
Act of 1473 instituted a new
system of classifications for
routes in "u rlw n " areas
A location survey was
completed in 1475 after the
Columbia Region Associ
ation
of
Governments
approver! a request for
funding under the federal
urban aid program
In 1476, however. ODOT
once again reclassified the?
highway and it no longer
qualified for the urban iurxts
Clackamas Ciainty became
the prim ary sponsor of
improvements in 1477 and
CRAG then appropriated
t l 14.200 from the Mt Hood
Freeway transfer funds
That money went only for
preliminary engineering and
preparing
the
im pact
statement for the now scaled
down project
Hoodland Happenings
W ednesday, June 27
The Hoodland Women's
Club w ill hold a c ra ft
workshop from 9 to 11 a m at
the Women s Club Bonnie
Lookab ill
w ill
teach
participants the art of weed
basket weaving
W elches
C o m m u n ity
School "T in y Tots ’ gnxip
w ill meet from 10 a m to
noon Call Kathryn Bliss at
622 3032 for information and
meeting location.
At 8 p m , the Mt Hood
Lions Club w ill hold its
general meeting at the club
building in Wemme
Thu rsday, June2M
There w ill be a Well Baby
Clinic held at Welches Grade
School on Salmon River
Road starting at 4 30 a m
Call Pauline Beckoff, 622
3252, to make an ap
pointment for immunization«
or check ups for children
from newborn to age 5
The Hoodland Women's
Club w ill hold a c ra ft
workshop from 10 to II 30
a m at the Women’s Club
Edna Cooke w ill teach
participants how to make
coasters and najikin rings
from jute
The Hoodland Womens
Club Bummage Sale is set
for Ju ly 7 8
Florence
Simmon«, co chairman of the
rummage sale, said club
members
w ill
accept
donations for the sale from I ()
a m to 2 3o p m Monday
through F rid a y a I the
WOmen s (Tub Call 622.1288
for further information or
pick up
To place an event in
"Hoodland
Happenings."
contact Dawn Morrison at
622 3538
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