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SANDY, OREGON THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1981
_________ The S^ndy Post
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Hoodland happenings
Seniors’ lunch, egg hunt,
hike planned in Welches
Thursday, April 16
A senior citizens lunch, sponsored by
Loaves and Fishes, w ill be held at the
Welches School lib ra ry beginning at
11:30 a m Transportation and further
inform ation is available by calling
622 3331
At 6:30 p m., the Women s Resource
Group w ill hold its firs t potluck dinner
to let members introduce each other,
share inform ation and discuss issues of
special interest to women M aria
Kreger Hone and Jan Cobb, both of Mt.
Hood Community College, w ill lead the
group at the Hoodland Women's Club
M url Silvey, M S , w ill hold a F am ily
Communications workshop from 7 to 9
p m in Welches School lib ra ry Silvey
is professionally trained in m arriage
and fa m ily counseling. A second
meeting is scheduled for A p ril 23.
The Mt Hood Pre School Co-Op w ill
hold its monthly parents meeting at 7
p m at the Hoodland Women’s Club.
Welches Community School w ill spon
sor the following classes at the school:
Diet and Exercise, 6 p m . in the
lib ra ry ; Recreational Basketball, 6
p m in the school gym, Competitive
Volleyball, 7:30 p m in the gym ; and
Parenting, 7:30 p m in room 20,
The Mountain Players w ill hold a
rehearsal beginning at 7:30 p m. in the
Wemme Lions Club
Saturday, April IK
Easter Egg Hunt! The Welches Com
m unity School, Mt Hood Community
College and local churches w ill jo in tly
sponsor this annual mountain event at 1
p m. on the Welches Grade School field
The egg hunt is for toddlers through the
sixth grade.
Monday, April 20
A senior citizens lunch, sponsored by
Loaves and Fishes, w ill be held at the
Welches School lib ra ry beginning at
11:30 a m. Transportation and further
inform ation is available by calling
622-3331
Welches Community School Aerobic
Dance Class w ill be held at 5:30 p m in
the Welches School gym
Tuesday, April 21
“ Grab your pack and le t’s go for an
easy h ike ," says Community School
leader Reva Cox Meet at 9:30 a m at
the Hoodland Women’s Club for car-
pooling Bring a lunch and beverage
Moms w ith babies in packs or carriers
are welcome.
An A rt F a ir at Welches Grade School
w ill be held tonight at 7 p m Student
artw ork w ill be on display this evening
w ith the fa ir open to the public.
The following classes w ill be held
tonight at Welches Community School:
Regulation Basketball, 6 p m in the
gym ; Diet and Exercise, 6 p m in the
lib ra ry ; Story Telling for children ages
three to six, 7 p m in the lib ra ry ; Boat
Building. 7 p m in room 20; Beginning
Typing and Shorthand, 7 p m in room
11; and Regulation Volleyball, 7:30
pm
in the gym. Call 622 3397 to
register
The Mountain Players w ill hold a
rehearsal at 7:30 p m at the Wemme
Lions Club
W e d n e s d a y , A p r il 22
Welches Community School Tiny Tots
group w ill meet from 10 a m to noon
Call Ixiuise Hoyt, 622-3752, for further
inform ation and meeting location
W e lch e s C o m m u n ity S c h o o l’ s
Aerobic Dance class w ill be held from
5:30 to 7 p m in the Welches School
gym.
The Mt. Hood Lions Club w ill hold a
general meeting at the club building in
Wemme at 8 p m
Thursday, April 23
The Clackamas County Well Baby
Clinic and WIC programs w ill be held at
9:30 a m at the Hoodland Women’s
Club on Salmon R iver Road Call Patty
Henniger, 622 3607, to make an appoint
ment for immunizations or exam ina
tions of children newborn through age
'five .
A senior citizens lunch, sponsored by
Loaves and Fishes, w ill be held at
Welches School lib ra ry beginning at
11:30 a m Call 622 3331 for fu rth e r in
form ation or to arrange transportation
The Clackamas County Bookmobile
w ill be at the Hoodland Plaza shopping
center parking lot from 4 to 7 p.m. The
liookmobile w ill no longer travel to
Government Camp due to low usage by
residents in that area
M url Silvey, M S., w ill hold a F am ily
Communications workshop from 7 to 9
p.m. in the Welches School lib ra ry
Silvey is professionally trained in m a r
riage and fam ily counseling
Welches Community School w ill spon
sor the following classes at the school:
Diet and Exercise, 6 p m . in the
lib ra ry ; Recreational Basketball, 6
p.m in the school gym , Competitive
Volleyball, 7:30 p.m in the gym ; and
Parenting, 7:30 p.m in room 20
The Mountain Players w ill rehearse
at 7:30 p m at the Wemme Lions Club
A rtw ork of Wy’East Artisans Guild
w ill be on display during the month of
A p ril at the Sandy Public L ib ra ry Drop
in and see their handicrafts
To place an event in Hoodland Hap
penings. c a ll Daw n M o rriso n at
622-3536.
The recent sunshine brought a fresh bundle of flowers out to tempt local buyers.
These pansies were on display at Janz Berryland in Sandy.
Firemen ponder new corrections program
The Boring Fire D istrict Board met
last week to review the departm ent’s
activities and to discuss Clackamas
County's alternative program for first
tim e crim in a l offenders
The county corrections division is
prom oting a program where firs t tim e
offenders serve their tim e working in
service to the com m unity The division
requested approval to place an in
dividual at the Boring Fire D epart
ment. The individual would be screened
by chief Matt Shields and ca rry lia b ility
insurance
Maintenance and other
menial tasks would lx* performed
A final decision w ill be made by
Shields
The board also rejected Greene
Group, a private consulting agency
formed to prepare a p re lim inary report
for the Clackamas County Conimts
sioners on the 911 e m e rg e n c y
assistance system
The board did approve a " fir s t
response" agreement w ith the Sandy
Fire D istrict, contigent on attorney ap
proval The agreement states that both
d istricts w ill assist each other on a
mutual aid basis
For example, if an accident occurs
closer to the Sandy Fire Department,
yet is in the Boring d istrict, Sandy w ill
dispatch an emergency vehicle and
Boring w ill send backup apparatus
“ A ll we re doing is erasing that black
line along the m ap,” Shields said.
Emergency medical service calls and
wo<xl stove alarms ranked as the top
two problem areas that the Boring Fire
Department dealt with during the firs t
three months of 1981.
There were 121 EMS calls and 31
wood stove alarm s in the firs t quarter
of the year.
In other action. Shields reported that
the department is trying to make the
emergency rescue rig exempt from
Department of Environmental Quality
testing laws Oregon law states that
la rg e r apparatus are required to
undergo the tests, but sm aller ap
paratus, such as the m in i-fire tru ck are
exempt
Shields said that, "the DEQ does not
agree and we may need to seek some
legislation assistance "
Board member Dale Irw in submitted
his resignation after six years of ser
vice. Irw in has moved out of the area
and w ill focus his attention on his new
business.
Applications for the position are now
being accepted To qualify, an in
dividual must be a resident of the
d istrict, be of voting age and be able to
com m it themself to board respon
sibilities.
Interested persons should call Shields
at the B o ring E ire D e p a rtm e n t,
663 4638
LCDC proposals could halt plan
The Iaind Conservation and Develop
ment Commission (LCDC) is requiring
definitions of com m ercial and "hobby”
farm s before it w ill approve the
C lackam as County com prehensive
plan.
LCDC may also be demanding zone
changes in the size of buildable lots
According to county definition, a
c o m m e rc ia l fa rm m ust be used
p rim a rily for the purpose of obtaining a
profit The net income derived from the
farm products must contribute substan-
tia lly to existing a g ricu ltu ra l pro
cessors and established farm markets.
A hobby farm , a term used by the
1.000 Friends of Oregon, is defined as
any farm which has less acreage than
the existing zoning requirement, accor
ding to Don Ingram of Reliable Realty.
To many area residents, this could
have a m ajor change in their decision to
own or sell their farm land The m a jo ri
ty of farm land owners in the area work
outside the farm to support it If this
definition of farm s is accepted by
LCDC, many farm s w ill be classified as
hobby farm s
Another proposed change deals w ith
20-acre zoning tracts. If approved, a
five-acre separate ownership piece of
land would have to have a s im ila r
com m ercial a g ricu ltu ra l use as that of
the land adjacent to it.
Non farm use is defined as land that
is too small to farm , poorly suited fo r
agriculture or in an area that is s im ila r
to surrounding land
From Boring ‘hom e’
Butchers work door-to-door
by GWEN BOGH
Post Correspondent
Dave Wolfe and John Dixon got an
early start in the meat cutting
business But they gained their ex
pertise the hard way
The childhood friends grew up
close to the meat business; Dave’s
father was the founder of Dick Wolfe
Meats in Boring The two lived
across the street from each other
and naturally became interested in
the business
Dixon and the younger Wolfe
learned about meat cutting mostly
by tria l and e rror Now they are one
of the few businesses in the area to
offer traveling butcher services.
The tria l and e rro r came after an
illness to Dick Wolfe A professional
butcher was hired to come in on
Saturdays and train the boys, but he
allowed them only to observe, not
cut Besides, after a tim e, he did n 't
show up any more
Wolfe and Dixon were on their
own, and w ith very little experience
At firs t they found themselves com
p o u n d e d w ith p ro b le m s and
mistakes. But they continued to
learn from their experiences and
g ra d u a lly developed th e ir own
techniques
“ You just keep tryin g different
things until you have a method that
works best," Wolfe explained
D ick Wolfe Meats has been
operating for 17 years, but butcher
ing was not the main focus of the
business. O riginally it was s tric tly a
transportation operation and but
chering was merely a sideline
Animals were picked up from farm s
and transported to slaughterhouses
As butchering on location became
more popular, the Wolfes purchas««d
a mobile van
“ People liked having it (butcher
ing» done on their property,” Wolfe
said
The van came equipped w ith a
winch as well as other necessary
tools and the traveling butcher ser
vice was born
Both Wolfe and Dixon have tra ve l
ed nearly 90 miles in the van to reach
a job site, though most of the
Fbotaa by iiwwi Rnph
t
business is w ithin a few miles.
Adverse weather conditions don’t e f
fect them either.
"W e’re as good as the m a ilm a n ,"
Dixon claim s.
It takes just 15 minutes or so for
Wolfe and Dixon to butcher an
anim al. On an average day, they
may butcher 10 animals at 10 d if
ferent locations They can handle
butchering as many as 20 head in a
day, if they are in a central location
Beef, pork and w ild game are cut
and packed at Dick Wolfe Meats.
From the live anim al to the dressed
weight, there is a loss of about 50
percent. From that, another 20 to 30
percent is lost in cutting — trim m in g
the fat and bones
Some people are unaware of the
loss and think there should be more
meat from their anim al than what
was cut, Wolfe said However,
nothing is wasted Excess parts are
sent to rendering houses
During the busiest tim e of the
year, in the fa ll and w inter, Wolfe
and Dixon may work from 6 a m to
m idnight They hire help to keep up
w ith business, but the turnover rate
is high
“ It's hard work,” Dixon said
"Some just can’t handle it.” He add
ed that it isn't that the workers
aren't putting out, but that the work
is that tough One man told them
that he had worked hard all his life,
but couldn't handle the butcher
business. He left the same day.
With the growth of the area, the
butchering business has outgrown
its facility. To satisfy demand, the
Wolfes will be expanding their
building to handle the extra work
load
The younger Wolfe and Dixon just
may have to buy another van too.
Dave Wolfe and John Dixon have
become traveling butcher«, ta k
ing their trade on the road in a
m o b ile , m e a t - c a t t la g v a n .
Wolfe’s father Is the founder of
the company. Dick Wolfe Meats.