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About Sandy post. (Sandy, Oregon) 1938-current | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1981)
2—SANDY (O f* ) POST Th«r»„ July 23 1981 ($•< 2) around the county Boring sewage meeting slated Aug. 6 Owners ol nine bijMnesses and four p riv a te r t -sidences on or near Highway southeast 262nd w il th e ir sewer dixposul prò- blems w ith the stati - Depar, m e n , of E n v ir o in m e n ta l Q uality o ffic ia ls on Aug fi But the in to rn ia i inei-tm g tentatively se, lo r fi a rn in the Boring F ire Sta (lori. w ili only serve to in fo rtì ì proper ,y ow tiers ol then options in dealing w ith then quate septic system ding to Chuck ( Innton, an engineer for D E I thwest region The o w n e rs themselves lx- res■ponsibli- lo r enacting solutioins. Clm ton said I h«- p ro p e r,\ ow m•rs h <• been n o ,died by a le tte r tro n i t th e ir septic tanks f i<*l(ls constitute i hazard Raw sewage that disc barg« ■s fro m the proper ties into nearby 1 lei-,) < 'reek endanger s sw im m ing areas e a te n s d r in k in g •cording to DEQ ol 1 ICI U Ib The let,[ers were w ritte n at the requ est ol Clackam as Count y . V) Inch has been w at clung tbi * co m m e rcia l Bor mg area s w ater drainage age disposal pro bleuis lo r neurly a decade A ,te m p ,s to build a sewer Jl the year old Bor mg Neigi iborbiMid Advisory < o u u m th •«• have repeatedly » lie d by som«- who object to its potential connection costs But the subject continues to s u rfa c e at its m o n th ly meetings It we don't have a sewer system 1 to connect to '. we II have to have in d iv id u a l holding ta n ks,” said Joyce V allie rg. owner ol both com m e rcial and residential pro perty in tin- area, during the com m ittee 's July m eeting I be exorbitant cost ol pum p oodUit ui DpU> metric Center Michael J. M oore, O .D . F a m ily V isio n Car« Miller named to group Boring's Barney Alexander has risen rapidly to the top of the fiddling world and he hopes to continue to pursue fiddling titles next year. Honors piling up Barney just keeps on fiddlin’ by SHANNO N K E L I.E Y Post Correspondent Barney A lexander fiddles around a ll over the co u n try and he is one of the best at it. In fact, the 68-year-old B oring m an rece ntly placed fifth in the national Old T im e rs fid d lin g com p etitio n in W eiser, Idaho “ I was ve ry ca re fu l this tim e ,” said A lexander, who com peted in the event last yea r but lost 30 points fo r p la yin g longer than the tim e lim it “ In c o m p e ti tion, the sho rte r you play, the better T here's less chance of m is ta k e .” A lexander became interested in p la y ing the fid d le pro fe ssio nally a fte r w a t ching a contest in W ashington P a rk in 1978 When it was over, he got in to a ja m session and “ th a t’s how I got sta rte d ” A le xa n d e r began sharpening his s kills and placed second that year in the N orth Douglas E a ir F id d le Contest in C a nyonville using a borrowed fid d le He la te r txiugh, his own fidd le and p la c ed firs t the follow ing yea r in the N o r thwest regional com p etitio n, the Old T im e F id d le r com p etitio n in Forest G rove and was second again at Canyon v ille In I960, A lexander regained firs t in regionals and added to his trophies firs t in the state and firs t in a northern C a lifo rn ia com petition This year, A lexander could manage just fo u rth place, but he notes that one of the men that tx-at him at state finish ed behind him at nationals A lexander's im m e dia te success in the fid d lin g business m ay have had som ething to do w ith his involvem ent in the en tertain m en t fie ld A lexander firs t picked up a g u ita r at the* age of 15 w h ile liv in g in M issouri “ I was alw ays fascinated w ith in strum ents of any k in d ,” he said “ I can 't rem e m be r when I cou ld n’t c a rry a tu n e ." A lexander moved to Oregon and began playin g western swing m usic w ith the T in y Dum ants Band at a park of the same name The pa rk is now a church at 117th and M arket He con tinued there for 1H years A lexander also played fo r two years w ith A rk ie and the J o lly Cowboys on K X L ra d io A lexander says that he has played a ll kinds of m usic in his career, in clud in g country western, gospel and classical, but his fa v o rite is “ old tim e m u sic” fa m ilia r tunes such as the C laret, Polka and the Wood Chopper His range of in stru m en ts has gone from bass and steel to standard and classical g u ita r, m andolin and fidd le He also sings occasional, but not too often since A lexander c la im s he sounds like a "fre a k e d out road ru n n e r." A le xa n d e r played the fid d le fo r several years, but stopped about 30 years ago to play the steel g u ita r, a r a r ity in that day and age Despite his long m usical histo ry. Alexander never re a lly made a career out of m usic He began b a rbe ring when he was 16 years old and fo r 26 years he ow ned the Pow ell Hurst B arber Shop on 123rd and Powell He retire«! four years ago “ It (fid d lin g ) is s tric tly a hobby w ith m e,” A lexander said “ I just like to do it. I like to meet the people and I like to play Another long term engagement has been his 43 ye a r m a rria g e to his w ife N orm a, who is "v e ry proud of his tro p h ie s,“ w hich are becom ing too num erous fo r his trophy case A lexander has been chosen as a judge in the Northwest Regional com p etitio n in Forest G rove and is eying the repeat of his title s next year As fa r as nationals and other com petitions, he’s just going to “ play it by e a r.” Boring woman hopes PTAs will expand As C lackam as Council president, Mann will act as the “ knowledge source" for local PTA presidents She will be responsible for pro v id in g t r a in in g to the presidents and w ill give direction to those who wish to organize a PTA group in their school Mann's goal as president is to build a "clothes close," which is a collection of clothes that will go to needy f a m ilie s Stores d on ate much of the clothing from their return and throwaway stock PTA participation is an area which Mann hopes to renew **1 would like to bring in more participation of the local PTA's within the coun c il,’ she said Next on her agenda is to make contact w ith Polk and Marion coun ties M an n s driving force is clear when she explains why her involvement in the PTA is so important '.My kids are number one ’ < / ---------------------------------------- x THE G RESH A M H o od land Park P la/a Fo» A p p o in tm e n t C all 15031 622 5212 Open 9 5 p m Tuesday. 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