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SANDY, OREGON, THURSDAY. AUGUST 13. 1981
News
County fair opens its gates Tuesday
The traditional Kiddie Kapers
parade launches the 75th annual
Clackamas County F a ir on its
historic way this Tuesday, Aug 15,
when hundreds of excited, fun loving
youngsters stream through the gates
at noon to signal the beginning of the
five-day event
The fair continues through Satur
day, Aug 22.
Tuesday is Kid's Day at the fair
and neither Kiddie Kapers paraders
or non-paraders will need tickets to
get in Youngsters under 16 are ad
mitted free until 5 p m opening day.
They will be given the advantage
of reduced prices on carnival rides
during the day The popular Kainier
Shows Carnival will be back again
this year with several new innova
tions to enhance the midway appeal.
The annual talent contest is a big
opening day attraction with some 30
acts scheduled for the outdoor stage
beginning at 8 p m Top talent from
around the county has been audition
ed and screened for the event.
Master of ceremonies will be televi
sion personality Dave Hood
Starting at I p m each day, stage
shows will be offered hourly through
late evening at the fair
The Old-Time Fiddlers, longtime
regulars at the fair, will be back to
perform Thursday afternoon and
evening Headliners for this year’s
fair will be Jo Anna Burns, versatile
singing star, and Robbie Robinson,
popular throughout the Pacific Nor
thwest for his country vocals
The Raleigh Lights Clackamas
County Fair IRA World Champion
ship Rodeo promises to be one of the
major attractions of this year’s fair
The International Rodeo Association
took over sponsorship of the
Clackamas County Fair Rodeo last
year and brought several famous
name cowboys to Canby for the
event.
These contenders, along with
others, are expected to return Of
ficiating as Miss Clackamas County
Fair Rodeo at this year’s rodeo will
be Joni Harms of Canby.
Rodeo performances are schedul
ed to begin at 7:30 p m each evening
of the five-day affair. Admission to
the rodeo is free for all fairgoers
holding general admission tickets
The fairgrounds barns will be
packed with prize livestock, with
judging events going on each day of
the fair in a variety of show rings A
continuous series of horse shows are
scheduled Thursday through Satur
day and there will be special ex
hibits of rabbits and poultry
A full program of 4 H and Future
Farmers of America events are also
on schedule. The annual Junior
Livestock Auction is scheduled for
1:30 p m Saturday, Aug 22 More
than $85,000 was ra is e d by
youngsters participating in last
year’s auction, an all-time record
The Atrium Art Gallery, the photo
exhibit, and Hobby Hall will occupy
the upper floor of the main pavilion,
with a wide variety of commercial
exhibits on the lower level The tex
tile and domestic science depart
ments will offer hundreds of exhibits
with features, such as m en’s
chocolate cake baking contest and
the Cookie Jar Parade spotlighting
attention
Agricultural crops and floral ex
hibits will also be on display.
Wednesday is 7-Up Family Day at
the fair. During the day, youngsters
under 16 will be admitted to the
fairgrounds free (when accom
panied by an adult) and reduced
prices on carnival rides will be of
fered to those presenting 7-Up
coupons.
Along Sandy and Zigzag rivers
Landfill problems getting cleared away
by MICHAEL P. JONES
Post Correspondent
The landfills along the floodplains of
the Sandy and Zigzag rivers are cur
rently being dealt with by the County
Code Compliance Division of the
Department of Environmental Services
and the responsible property owners
According to W alter Cate, in
vestigator for the Division, one proper
ty owner, William Steinbarger whose
company filled in the area behind the
Mt Hood Lions Club at Wemme, “ is go
ing to do all that it takes to correct the
situation ”
Cate said Steinbarger is applying for
the necessary permits and will remove
the stumps and other organic fill which
could be a “ potential fire hazard." He
said that such materials in a landfill
has been known to catch fire and are ex
tremely to extinguish
He said his office is also requiring all
metal, asphalt, oil and gasoline cans,
discarded furniture and tires be remov
ed also Concrete, rock and other more
stable materials will remain on the site,
but will have to be compacted
Cate said his revised calculations
show that the fill is not in the floodplain
but, rather is “200 feet shy.”
However, after examining the rules
and guidelines for fill and removal
established by the Oregon Division of
State l^ands, the landfill's impact on the
stream that flows during the fall,
winter, spring and part of the summer
will have to be assessed.
Because the stream flows “ during a
portion of every year and supports
aquatic life," the landfill's impact on
stream vegetation, wildlife and fur
bearing animals who depend on the use
of the water, will have to be addressed
Cate said he is uncertain what effect
the fill’s proximity to the historic
Emigrant Trail, which runs through the
area, will have on any permit issued.
He did say, however, “ If the site has
some historical significance, like the
Barlow Trail, there are provisions to
deal with it.“
At the site of the Rhododendron land
fill on the banks of the Zigzag River, no
floodplain development permit has
been filed Steven Sweitzer, who owns
the property, said that he requested Jay
Massey, state Fish and Wildlife Depart
ment fish biologist, to look at the site
and make recommendations on how to
correct any ill effects the fill might
have on the stream
Sweitzer said he has not heard from
Massey, but will take whatever actions
are necessary as soon as the situation
has been fully evaluated
The third dump site concerning
Clackamas County officials is located
at the intersection of Highway 26 and
Grouse Lane The property’s owner,
Ray Thornberg, had notified county of
ficials that the fill will be removed from
the site.
Cate said Thornberg “ decided to take
the fill out rather than to hassle with
getting the permits “ He added that the
county was requiring that the fill be
taken out before bad weather Half the
job must be completed by Sept 1, with
the remainder removed by the first of
October.
Iloodland happenings:
Women’s club slates champagne brunch
Thursday. Aug. 13
A class on stress control, presented
by the Seventh day Adventist Church,
continues at 7:30 p m at Welches
School Ed Baumgartner is the leader
A holistic health approach, aimed at
resolving both surface and deep-seated
stresses, is the basis of the course.
Friday. Aug. 14
Beginning Tennis for Kids, sponsored
by Welches Community School, will be
held at the tennis courts adjacent to the
Hoodland Women's Club from 11 30
a m to 12:30pm Parti ipants should
bring a racquet and tennis balls, a
small fee will be charged
Monday. Aug. 17
A Junior Gold Clinic will be held from 1
to 3 p m at Bowman's Golf Course pro
shop Children from 8 to 17 years can
learn to play golf. clubs will be provid
Timberline Rim faces
crisis level in well
The heat wave’s taken its toll, but
probably no one’s felt it more than
residents of Timberline Rim near
Brightwood.
The development’s 486 foot deep well
has depleted to a crisis level with less
than three days reserve supply of
water.
G reatly increased consumption
coupled with pump failure created the
water shortage, and the Rim has gone
to conservation measures and borrow
ed water.
Hoodland Fire Department's tanker
truck pumped additional water into the
development’s drained reservoir from
Salmon V a lle y W ater System 's
neighboring deep ground water system
The development has urged all 126
full-time resident and 42 summer resi
dent families to curtail car washing and
landscape watering and to minimize
laundry use, bathing and use of
dishwashers,
Rim officials are meeting with slate
and county health officials to develop a
crisis procedure
“ I guess we re looking at some long
range conservation,” Rim spokesman
Marilyn Petersen said “They've come
through before a couple times with
needed conservation ”
The development has a reserve of on
ly 109,000 gallons or 14 feet out of 30 feet
in its well The situation is nearly as
bad as mid-July when the well was
down to the 3-foot level.
Portland consulting engineer Kent
Mathiot of Geo Mat Inc. visits
Tim berline Rim Friday to study
feasibility of a second well or expending
the present system The development's
Water Board, meeting now in emergen
cy sessions, hopes to hear from him in a
week
The Rim has stepped up water tests
to maintain water quality, despite the
transportation from Salmon Valley’s
deep ground system Water quality has
continued to score well in daily tests
SUWphoto
Kids' Day kicks off the Clackamas County Fair Tuesday in Canby. Youngsters in u v. „
will be able to enjoy free admission and
reduced-price rides at the carnival.
ed John Buck and Karl Zehrung, assis
tant golf pros at Bowman's, are the in
structors. For reg istratio n , call
622 3101. extension 1256
Aerobic dance class will be held from
7 to 8:30 p m at Welches School A fee is
charged
Tuesday, Aug.IN
The Hoodland Chamber of Commerce
meets at 7 a m. in the Red Lion Inn at
Bowman's.
The Hoodland Women's Club will hold
its annual New Member Champagne
Brunch at 9 a m in the club building on
Salmon River Road This is a “come
as you are” event for potential andex
isting members A special lingerie
show will be featured Call 622-4671 or
622-4445 for reservations, which are re
quired
Welches Community School Tiny Tots
group meets from 10 a m to noon The
group will learn the art of baby
massage with a demonstration given
during the meeting For more informa
tion and meeting location, call Louise
Hoyt, 622 3752
Welches Community School will spon
sor recreational volleyball from 6 to 8
p m at Wildwood Park Beginning and
intermediate adult karate class will be
held at 6 p m in the Hoodland Women’s
Club building.
blood pressure for all adults free of
charge
The Clackamas County Library
bookmobile will be the Mt. Hood Food
and General Store parking lot in
Rhododendron from 2 to 3:30 p m .
Welches Community School’s aerobic
dance class will be held from 3:30 to 7
p*m at the Welches School playground
Thursday, Aug. 2«
The series on stress co ntro l,
Wednesday, Aug. 19
presented by the S e v e n th ly Adventist
The Community School's summer
Church, continues at 7:30 p m at
hike program meets at 10 a m in the
Welches School
Hoodland Women’s Club parking lot for
The Wy'east Artisans Guild will pre
carpooling. Bring a lunch and
sent a “ Boxes. Bags and Baskets ’ show
beverage For more information, call
at its gallery in Rhododendron The
Lou Tipton, 622 481« .
fir - ' , show opens Aug, 21 and runs thnnah
A blood pressure clinic will he held
Sept 13.
from 1 to 2 p m at the Hoodland Senior
Center inside the Hoodland Wt
aa eveat la Haadlaad Hap-
Club Leah Behan. R N., will
e a l Dawa Msrrtoee.
People
Home & Garden
Features
P e te rs o n , an a d m in is tr a tiv e
employee at the Run office, said the
Water Board probably would opt for a
second well
Actually, the development does have
a 97 foot shallow uncapped well design
ed to serve only the lodge on the north
side Peterson said this might be utiliz
ed in expansion plans
While the development s population
has increased by only 20 more year-
round resident homes in the past year,
water consumption appears to have
nearly tripled
Timberline Rim hasn't ruled out
possibility of a system leak or other ex
planation for the increased consump
tion.
l^ast August the Rim could draw 80 to
90 gallons per minute from the well and
marginally stay ahead of 600,000
gallons per month consumption rate
Current evidence shows the Rim can
draw less than 60 gallons per minute for
a consumption rate of 1.5 million
gallons now per month
Rim administrators are at a loss to
explain the tripled consumption in light
of only 20 new homes
“ We have encouraged people to land
scape and m a in ta in th e ir lots,
however." Peterson said “The ground
here is very sandy, so maybe it takes
just a lot to water their yards Maybe
our b e a u tific a tio n e ffo rts have
backfired on us.”
The development's present deep well
presents time problems when the
pump, motor and flow meter malfunc
tion and require seven hours to remove,
repair and replace That’s what hap
pened in mid-July, when the water
system got so behind with interrupted
pumping and hours of unanswered
drain on the supply.
Rim a d m in is tra to rs feel th at
residents must get their group con
sumption down to 40,000 gallons daily,
while usage now teeters at close to
50,000 gallons daily
Detective takes role
as first woman on job
without hesitation
by LIZ BUTCHER
wide eyes.
Estes was promoted to the detectives’
Linda Estes' roommates in the
division in January after serving three
cramped Clackamas County Sheriff’s
years as a uniformed patrol deputy and
Department office were unimpressed
crime prevention officer in the county.
“ Why do a story on her?” asked
She entered the law enforcement pro
Lance Meharry, a deputy sheriff and
fession “ by accident" several years
d e te c tiv e . “ Is n 't th a t re v e rs e
ago when she was hired as a clerk by
discrimination?”
the Molalla Police Department.
“ What I knew about police work you
The teasing continued merrily, with
could have put in a thimble and that’s
Estes matching Meharry barb for barb.
the truth,” she says. " I was so naive.”
Someone handed Estes a small dart
She progressed to the position of
gun, which she shot at no one in par
police service officer ( “ a glorified
ticular. Its suction cup landed softly on
clerk” ) “ and I remember painting the
the floor.
office yellow,” she says, laughing She
It was after hours for this group of
then headed for a police academy in
county detectives, a time for shooting
Monmouth, returned to Molalla for a
the breeze and winding down from a
brief time and was hired as a
day’s work in a demanding profession
C la c k a m a s C ounty deputy in
For Estes, a Milwaukie resident and
September 1977
the county's first female detective, it
She spent her first year in a patrol car
was time to leave behind her caseload
working either graveyard or day shifts
of sex crimes, burglaries and an unsolv
“ I remember being cornered by a
ed homicide and go home to her hus
snarling St Bernard as a deputy,” she
band and two children,
recalls “ I had to beat him off with my
But first she agreed to share a few in
baton to get to my patrol car When I
sights about her chosen career
looked at my face in mirror, it was
“ I feel a little strange being singled
bright red I just had to laugh ”
out, since the guys I work with all work
For the next 14 years, she was a
hard,” says Estes. 33 “ We’ve got so
crime prevention officer “ I really en
few people, you’ve got to work hard."
joyed i t . . . it’s the more positive side
Estes is one of nine detectives
of law enforcement,” she says.
employed by the sheriff's department,
Following four more months as a
a number which will double in six to
road deputy, she became a detective.
eight months as the department com
She is “on probation” for the first year,
pletes hiring and training 30 new
during which she will be able to ex
deputies. She may be joined by other
perience a variety of cases
women, because some will be eligible
“ I ’ve been assigned to sex crimes,
for the necessary exam, according to
then I was rotated to burglary and
Sheriff Paul McAllister.
theft, now I ’m back in sex crimes,” she
“Considering Linda's success. I ’m
says matter4>f-factly At some point,
not prejudice at all," McAllister said
she'll be asked to look into some rob
"In certain respects, I think she’s done
beries and possibly assist other
as well if not better than some of her
deputies in an automobile theft or nar*
male counterparts. Women are very
cotics case
capable of doing the job.”
She’s already been assigned a
It ’s only when people act surprised to
homicide investigation, involving the
learn she is a detective that Estes
body of a Vancouver man found floating
thinks about her novelty as a woman in
in the Willamette River near the Canby
the profession, she says She admits she
ferry tai April "You carry <a murder
has disadvantages in size and strength
case) with you until it’s solved or you
compared to most of her male col
leave," she says.
leagues, but believes that being a
Estes hopes eventually to focus on
woman helps in some cases, especially
sex crimes, a majority of which involve
in sex crime cases involving children or
incest with small children, she says
female victims.
“They're good cases to work — you
She also admits her job is hard on a
usually know who did it - but it's hard
family because of its irregular hours
emotionally,” she says One molested
and possible dangerous situations
child she worked with was 3- yean-old,
“ You never know how close you come ”
she says
She and her husband, a Union Pacific
She estimates she has about 40 cases
Railroad employee, have an unlisted
"on her desk,” which require varying
phone nuipber and usually don’t men
amounts of attention depending on the
tion her job to acquaintances unless
type of crime and number of witnesses
specifically asked, she says “< find I go
involved
out of my way not to draw attention to
“ My goal was to get into the detec
myelf,” she says.
tives' division," Estes says “ It's eat-
Her children, age 10 and 11, have
c itin g ,
d e m a n d in g ,
s tre s s fu l,
taken their mother's job in stride,
frustrating” — she pauses to catch her
however, she says “Sometimes their
breath - “but if I'm going to be la law
friends will ask, "to that your ‘under
enforcement, this to where I — t to
cover’ car?” she says, mimicking their