SANDY. OREGON THURSDAY. AUGUST 27, 1981
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$4 million Rippling River complex underway
b) M IC H A E L P. JONES
Post Correspondent
With the ground officially broken in
June and the architectural design com
pleted, construction on Guaranty Life
Insurance Company’s new convention
center is underway at Rippling River-
Red Lion at Bowman's
The new $4 million facility was
designed by the architectural firm of
Sheldon, Eggelstein, Redick Associates
of Portland, and is scheduled for com
pletion in June, 19H2
At the groundbreaking ceremony in
June of this year Jim Anderson, presi
dent of the corpororation and chairman
of the board of the largest and oldest
stock insurance company in the nation,
told The Post that he is “ very op
tim istic" about the potential of the
area, which is why the facility is being
built, despite the difficult economic
times.
According to Steve Taylor, general
manager of the Red Lion Inn at
Bowman’s, the new 25,000 square Riot.
two-story convention center w ill enable
the resort to feature banquet facilities
for up to 1,100 people and allow the
necessary expansion to enable them to
host national conventions He said that
there will be a new dining room that
will provide hospitality for 125 persons,
and a lounge that will seat 130
“ There is no area which offers con
ventions and tourists so much, like
year round skiing within minutes and
27 holes of golf,” Taylor said “ The con
vention center is just the first phase in
developing the most important resort
area just one tank of gas away from
Portland ’’
Taylor stressed the importance of the
new convention center to the area's
economy, citing the benefits of the
resort's expansion such as increased
employment opportunities as well as
giving a boost to the recreational facets
elsewhere on the mountain
The manager said that the resort will
have served over 300 conventions by the
end of the year, drawing a variety of
users from newspaper publishers to
consulting foresters, to dental colleges
and welders He said that they would
probably accomodate over 400 conven
tions in 1982,
In a d d itio n to the convention
business, Taylor said that the resort
also drew many golf tournaments This
year more than 300 such tournaments
were booked, making Bowman’s “ the
most played golf course in the state of
Oregon."
Taylor said that within the next few
years more than 310 acres of the resort
will have been developed and will have
502 condominiums and 113 residential
sites on the Rippling River side
Eighty-six condominiums will be
located on the golf course side
In 1983, when the facilities are com
plete, Taylor said that the complex will
be one of the most actively sought out
resorts in the entire country It possess
one of the most enchanting views of
Hunchback and Huckleberry Moun
tains, and the Salmon River Buttes that
dominate the skyline above the rugged
Salmon River Canyon.
The |4 million convention center at Rippling River is expected to be on line by June 1982 and attract hundreds of visitors to the Mt. I I imh I community.
Cooling trend should not
reduce caution about fire
Despite the recent cooling trend, fire
dangers remain high because of the
lack of precipitation
Last Wednesday, a catalytic con
verter the air pollution device for
m ufflers—caused a two acre brush fire
in the Cedar Ridge development
C h ie f Don A r m in tr o u t of the
Hoodland Eire Department said the fire
occurred on state-protected lands bet
ween M iller Road and Bluejay l,ane
State Eorestry Department and U S .
Eorest Service crews assisted the
Hoodland firefighters battling the blaze
which was put out within an hour and a
half
Sunday, Aug 23, the fire department
battled a brush fire on Road 27 just
above Rhododendron near a number of
summer homes The two-acre blaze
was battled from 5 to 7 p m with the
assistance of a crew from Zigzag
Joie Smith spends some of her time finding unspoiled skylines for movie and television directors.
Siting locations hobby
Joie Smith has got to be one of the
mountain's most unique residents
Smith, who came to the area 30 years
ago, is the owner and operator of Alpine
Towing in Rhododendron
It is her sideline, however, that in
terests a lot of people She sites loca
tions and packs cameras and gear by
horseback for movie and television
directors that want to film in the area
S m ith r e c e n tly w o rk e d w ith
Budweiser Anheuser Busch out of St
Louis in filming two beer commercials
featuring the four year-old Clydesdale
stallion, Baron Realization, a dark bay
with a blaze face
The l,900 pound horse was filmed at
such sites around the mountain as
T rilliu m Lake, Summit Meadows. Um
brella Meadows. Road 20 on Still Creek,
as well as on the ninth green at
Bowman’s Golf Course.
Additional film of Baron Realization
was shot at Silver Creek Falls and Coos
Bay
The stallion was accompanied by his
trainer, Berry Earrell, who is the
manager for Clydesdale Farm s in St
Louis, which is owned by Anheuser
Busch Jr
In addition, two assistant trainers,
camera and production personnel and
his special lady friend, Belleau Shona,
were brought along
A 1.800-pound m are of identical color
ing rounded out the small film crew
Smith housed the horses for the com
pany on her property at Henry Creek
Road in Rhododendron, and provided
transportation to sites as well as u tiliz
ing four of her own horses as back-ups
to the stallions
Smith, who first climbed into a saddle
at the age of seven, said that she has
worked on such films as Columbia Pic
tures’s "All the Young Men," a Korean
w ar movie filmed at Tim berline Ixxige,
“ M cK in n a’s G o ld ," which starred
Gregory Peck, and the recently filmed
“ The Warriors ”
She did work for Walt Disney on
“ Tonka," at the W arm Springs Indian
Reservation, and for the “ Lassie"
Stranded tourists common at
Clackamas R iver drainage area
Traveling to the Clackamas River
drainage of the Mt. Hood National
Forest?
Then, before you go, make sure you
have enough gasoline to get back to
town, because this popular recreation
area southeast of Estacada has no gas
stations beyond Promontory Park,
eight miles from Estacada, on Highway
224
Dick Hardman, Clackamas district
ranger, said that at least one person per
day stops at the Ripplebrook Ranger
Station demanding that the Forest Ser
vice sell them enough gasoline to get
the » miles back to town
“ Some days we have as many as
three requests to provide gas to strand
ed tourists," Hardm an said "People
have difficulty understanding that
legally the Forest Service cannot sell
gasoline, much as we'd like to be
helpful."
Hardman went on to say that a sign at
Promontory Park gives notice that gas.
food and lodging are not available
beyond that point
"W hat we’re trying to do now is to use
as many ways as possible to inform
people that they need to be prepared,"
Hardman added “ We ll be putting up
some additional signs and asking ser
vice stations in Estacada to display
posters for us.”
Hardman said that in the past. Forest
Service employees have sold small
quantities of gas from their private
vehicles or the lawnmower supply, but
that they have stopped because of cost
and abusive treatment received from
recreationists Hardman said. "N o one
likes to be hassled for being a good
neighbor, so they just gave up in
disgust "
Saturday, Aug 22, the department
responded to a stove fire on Kirkwood
D rive in the Alder Creek area at 11 p m
A quick response from the fire crew
eliminated potential danger to the
residence. Armintrout said The stove
was destroyed
The department responded to three
vehicle accidents during the week
Saturday, one person was injured in a
motorcycle accident at McNeil Cam
pground Last Wednesday, two persons
were treated after the car they were
riding in struck a utility pole at Alder
Creek and Highway 26 The injured in
those accidents were taken to Gresham
Community Hospital.
The department also administered
first aid to two persons at the station
following an accident on Highway 26,
east of Terra Eem Drive
Hoodland happenings
Community School plans hike
For Rhododendron resident
by M IC H A E L P. JONES
Post Correspondent
Ranger District. Smoke from the fire
reached as far as Zigzag and hung over
the area until early Monday morning.
Armintrout said backyard burning
and firewood cutting in the Mt. Hood
National Eorest are still prohibited
because of dry conditions. He urged
residents and visitors to exercise cau
tion in the forests and not to let the cool
ing trends reduce caution
The Hoodland department responded
to two structure fires A third call, a
false alarm at Welches School, was
caused by a malfunction of the alarm
system
Last Wednesday, the department bat
tled a structure fire on Deer Lodge
Lane, just off Lolo Pass, that destroyed
an outbuilding Armintrout said the in
cident is still under investigation, but is
believed to have been caused by faulty
wiring
television series, in which she scouted
sites as far away as White Salmon,
Wash
Reflecting back on her work with the
various production companies over the
years, she expressed concern with fin
ding natural, undisturbed sites in the
Mt Hood area that aren ’t blighted by
transmission lines, houses, telephone
poles or logged or clearcut skylines
She expressed sympathy for produc
tion companies that have to fight red
tape in order to utilize wilderness
areas These rugged areas are often
closed off to horses She says this has
caused m a n y c o m p an ies to go
elsewhere to take their footage
“ They come here, they spend money,
they hire local people," Smith said
“They don t harm anything They don’t
change the environment or disrupt it
They appreciate it for what it is, and
they need it that w ay."
She claims the restrictions associated
with using wilderness areas have
preventing more companies from using
the mountain, interferring with the pro
motion of the mountain, and in an
economic sense, “ everyone loses "
“ In the past it wasn't unusual to have
two movies being film ed on the moun
tain a ye ar,” Smith said “ That figure
has now been reduced down to one
every two years ’’
Thursday, Aug. 27
The Clackamas County Well Baby
Clinic ana W IC programs will not meet
today WIC checks will be mailed this
month For more information, call
Oregon State Health Division. 655 8476
The Clackamas County Bookmobile
will be at the Hoodland Plaza parking
lot from 4 to 7 p m
The Mt Hood Pre school Coop will
have its first parents meeting at 7 30
p m. in the Hoodland Women's Club
building on Salmon R iv e r Road.
Registration and a teacher parent
orientation w ill be included. For
registration information, call 622 3538
Dietderich has taught sixth . seventh-
and eighth grade math for the last two
years at Welches
P rio r to teaching a t W elches.
Dietderich taught in the Reynolds
School District for eight years.
622-4316, for further information
The Clackamas County Bookmobile
w ill be at the Hoodland Plaza Shopping
Center parking lot from 4 to 7 p.m
Aerobic dance class will meet from 7
to 8:30 p.m at Welches School A fee
will be charged.
To place an event In Hoodland Hap
penings, call Dawn Morrison, 622-3538.
Friday. Aug. 28
“ Travelogue: Rem ote Areas of
Russia," the last program in the Com
munity School Summer Series, will be
presented at 7:30 p m in the Hoodland
F ire Department Signe Pribnow will
show slides of some lesser-known
areasof Russia. The Pribnows spent
seven months in Russia with the AG
USA cultural exchange program
Monday, Aug. 31
Aerobic dance class will be held from
7 to 8 30 p m at Welches School A fee is
charged
Tuesday, Sept. |
Welches Community School Tiny Tots
group meets from 10 a m to noon Call
Louise Hoyt, 622 3752, for information
and meeting location
The Hoodland Chamber of Commerce
holds its monthly board meeting at
11 30 a m in the Red Lion Inn at
Bowmans
New vice principal
is hired at Welches
Superintendent Kenneth Blackburn
of the Welches School District announc
ed that G ary Dietderich of Wemme was
hired Aug 10 as the new vice principal
of Welches Grade School
Wednesday. Sept. 2
The senior citizens Steering Comm it
tee will meet at 10 a m at the Hoodland
Women's Club
The Community School’s Summer
Hike Program will meet at 10 a m. for
carpooling at the Hoodland Women’s
Club Bring a lunch and beverage,
mothers with babies in packs or ca r
riers are welcome. Call Lou Tipton,
His experience there ranged from
teaching math to working with emo
tionally handicapped students, as well
as serving as an assistant principal for
three years
Dietderich has two children attending
Welches, Julie, who enters fifth grade,
and Andy, a seventh grader Asked if it
would be difficult working at the same
school his children attend. Dietderich
said no. that he got used to it last year
when M ark was in his math class
SUfi phote
Livestock judging activities are a traditional part of the Clackamas County Fair.
Clackamas County
fair results listed
A number of area persons won
awards in art, hobby hall and domestic
sciences at the 75th Clackamas County
F a ir last week
Phil Burks of Sandy had the beat
show in the Class D junior division of
art
Kasey Wood of Boring finished third
in Class C acrylics
Gladys Fanno of Eagle Creek finish
ed first in Class 2 cakes with her sponge
cake. She also received a first for her
ginger snaps and a second place for her
brownies
Elvina Jackson of Boring finished
first in Class 3 decorated cakes, novelty
or special occasion
Chris Vaeretti of Sandy finished se
cond in other in the pickle division
Tom Vaeretti of Sandy finished third
in the class five junior division of model
cars and trucks
A total of 111.838 attended the fa ir,
6,000 over the record set last year
Being that it was the 75th county fa ir,
persons over 75 got in free. There were
801 persons that took advantage of this
offer,
The Junior Livestock Auction netted
887,080 There were 228 animals sold. In
cluding 116 sheep. 48 heed of beef and 88