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OCTOBER 1, 1981 Post The People Horne & Garden Features Area News Permit sought fo r Minikahda Creek Project » \ M il II M- i I 1 JONES Post I orr«'s|>ondpn( . u i permit of a small- trie project proposed on ' 1 < i eek in the Lolo Pass area '> the Clackamas County tlu e r on (let Hat 9a in at M hi I i "rimeritai Services Building, 902 Abernethy Road in Oregon City The hydroelectric project will be located approximately one half mile from the intersection of Lolo Pass and East Barlow Trail Koad The project’s applicants, Zigzag resi dent Paul Sanders and Mary Condon, address unknown, seek to utilize the waters of Minikanda Creek, a tributary of Clear Creek, to generate 98 8 theorec tical horsepower They have already received an operating license from the state’s Water Policy Review Board, as well as approval of a $78,840 construe lion loan from the department of energy Mt Hood residents claim that the Minikahda micro hydropower project has been kept low key because of the potential impacts on fish and wildlife However, a staff biologist with the en vironmental management division of the state Department of Fish and Wildlife said that there would be no adverse effects, though no minimum flow requirements have been establish ed ( j tiide dog is Boring girl’s gift of love Hi (. W I N HIM .It P ost C o rre s p o n d e n t Hist three weeks ago 15 year old Becky Clift gave away the love of her life her dog using and training "Fellow” .n he released him to Guide I)og tor the Blind, Inc r i v< ir ago Clift made appica- kjh her 1 II group in Boring to i..r the Blind, Inc in San i < ild to care for a dog Herap- accepted after she and . were screened and approv ed > • new she had a big job ahead N I only would it lie the biggest "hty she d ever undertaken, 1 i had to prepare herself for i h<‘n she would have to say good bye to Fellow 4nn> black labrador, came three months of age. weighing just 20 pounds id she look on such a task It looked fun and exciting, it w ild b< a new challenge " U the blind center in San Rafael, ••»• t ied and their physical well- maintained until the age of nths Puppies are then placed i oiii«“ It is customary for only t" receive dogs from the . irelv on the assumption that a pend more time with an inimal than an adult. things had to be resolved llow arrived at the Clift home, had to tie readied for him to while the family was away at md school Potty training a I lie s had to tie prepared Food and • ities had to be purchased, of Clift had to study and learn o properly train Fellow . tiide dog training is give to i i l l Coordinator Barbara Guide Dog Trainer Paul i 1 • t with the young trainers v to follow each member's and to offer help ved a strict training pro- i how He had to learn his 11 .is heeling, sitting, stay commands, stop, recall and retrieving Socialization is another important area of training for Fellow It is con sidered one of the major respon sibilities of the trainer The dog must be able to enter stores, walk across streets and pass by strangers and other animals without being distracted and upset by loud noises By law, guide dogs may enter all places of business. Praise and discipline were used as rewards, although rewards were not always given The dog couldn’t be con ditioned to have a reward every time he did his job The year Becky raised Fellow, strong love grew between the two. Every day Becky returned from school, Fellow would hear the bus drop her off Though Fellow would never bark otherwise, he did then just out of excitement for her Once she unlatched the door of the ken nel, licks and hugs followed As a puppy, Fellow did the things that puppies enjoy doing, such as chewing up shoes and other things around the house But one particular joy Fellow loved, according to Clift, was rolling out the toilet paper all over the bathroom floor. Fellow was a smart dog, Clift said "He learned fast and I didn’t have to d rill him ," she said He didn't get aroused by disturbances, a quality that is important in a guide dog. As time passed Fellow was primed for his debut at the Oregon State Fair. The fair would be the climax of all times together between C lift and Fellow Fellow won one of the top awards, taking Reserve Champion for Guide Dog obedience There were 25 to 30 par ticipants and only one higher award Fellow was beat out for Grand Cham pion by just one half point. Parting with Fellow at the fair was one of the most difficult things Becky has had to do Though tears were shed, she knew she had to say good bye. After their last embrace, he was taken to the Guide Dog Training school in San Rafael In San Rafael, Fellow is trained again for six months After rigorous training he will be given to a blind person Once the blind are summoned to the center for their dog, another month of training takes place The re g is te re d dogs (golden retrievers, German sheperds and labrador breeds ) are given freely to the blind Room and board is also free while they are in training with their dogs The only cost they may incur is transportation to and from the center Training is extensive at the center Not all dogs make it to graduation In a class of 20 dogs, it is common for only 16 to graduate The process of elimination at gradua tion ranges from homesick and depressed dogs to uncontrollable dogs If a dog does not pass the strict guidelines set by the State Guide Dog Board, his original trainer has the op tion of taking him back, otherwise another home is found for placement Burks, 4 H coordinator of the Guide Dog Program, recalled a graduation two years ago when a dog proved his worth A young trainer, who had raised his guide dog from a puppy, attended graduation day ceremonies The train ed dog was with his blind master He was wearing his harness which in dicates that he is at work and must obey commands As the original traner ap proached and caught the eye of the dog, one might have expected the dog to lose control and run after his first love His ears perked up but the dog stood erect and didn't move an inch As soon as the blind m aster took his harness off there he went, right into the boy’s arms for a farewell parting. Since its incorporation in 1942, more than 3,800 blind men and women have received dogs from Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc < I I \ Residents in the ateil areas of Clackamas i cities that contract with ir I law enforcement w ill see iiprovement in police ser- . no, too distant future. 11 > a new officers are in train- more will undergo training By late winter or early spring, we should have 30 new deputies out on the street," according to Lt Tim Grolbert of the Clackamas County Sheriff's Department Another 10 officers will join the force prior to July 1983, when the funds pro vided by a special tax levy expire, Lt. Grolbert said The increases were not simply necessitated by a rapidly increasing population, but also to recoup loses in manpower sustained in the late 1970s by D U A N E YO UNG BAR Post Correspondent OREGON CITY County road condi tions are far more subjective than the average person might suspect If there’s a hole in the near your driveway, all county road suddenly seen to be in a sorry state At least that’s the experience of Clackamas County Road Superinten dent Hugh Kalani An amiable man, Kalani has been the chief pot shot receiver of pothole complaints for more than four years, having lx*en promoted to his present position from the county 's engineering staff in July 1977 "We try to respond to calls the next day if at all possible, but work schedules on major projects must be maintained," Kalani explains "When we send a crew out in answer to a com plaint, we get thousands, we also wan, that crew to be able to work on several problems during a shift We try to avoid sending crews out all over the county to work on jus, a single problem ” Kalani supervises about 80 persons Between 50 and 60 employees are ac tually engaged in working on the conn ty ’s 1,600 miles of "center line road " In pothole parlance the "center line" designation translates to dividing the road into single lanes and then multiplying by two for a grand total of enough asphalt ribbon to stretch from here to New York Kalani's budget is a little more than $12 million, but those monies are no, available for just any county road pro ject Some of those dollars are tied up in matching funds for specific projects In fact, a healthy 50 percent of the funding comes from Mt Hood National Becky ( lift and Fellow and early 1980s. In early 1977, there were approx imately 100 deputies in the Sheriff’s Department That numlx*r dwindled to about 80 because of various budget cuts During the same tune frame, the population in the county dependent upon the Sheriff’s Department for police services climbed by about 50,000 persons to 150,000 (W h ile the Clackamas County population is about 240,000 today, 90,000 persons reside in Decision is expected soon for 192-unit mobile home subdivision h' Ml« ,, M I I* JONES Post < orrespondent vival. for the sake of yet another development, will be questionable The - ' ( ounty hearings of- remaining range (which is also ear (’■ ' will deliver a decision on the marked for development, will be over- i'< nut mobile home subdivision pro- populated and the vegetation necessary I ("i the Brightwood area to sustain the w ild life w ill be s rimtim«' early in October eliminated " Cabral said that the Alderwood H was delayed because of development would clearly violate the tl \ . i , .«mount of inform ation deer and elk management goals ■- I .it »he project's conditional established by the Fish and Wildlife • I i i t hearing, over five hours of Commission "Such projects should not testimony and large volumes of be allowed to proceed for the benefit of w i itten evidence ■ development is planned for a so few " The developers said that the area is i r trad of land that borders .' • .»> ■»> and ,h«- Brightwood Loop not safely accessable, since the wildlife must cross Highway 26 to reach the ! 'he south and north, and Miller area. Also, attorney and developer, R id on the east, and the Salmon river Lowell Njust, said that "the brush is too th’ es, W ildlife biologists from the thick for the deer to get through " ,«■ I »• ; irtment of Fish and Wildlife Bruce Erickson, a developer who ti n» identified the area as part of the doubled as the project's engineer, winter range for wildlife in the Mt. H I < irridor, as well as being an im testified that "this subdivision is the on ly mobile home subdivision in the Mt. portant migration route Hood Corridor " ’ .or don Cabral, whose property He said that "10 years of study has I i t» i thi development and who is gone into the Mt. Hood Plan, which • i re,ary of the Mountain Area Cor- states that this land is best suited for r lor » di ens a division of the En- residentialrecreation development ” \ mmental Committee on Suitablility, A letter by Phillip R Clark, a resi ,< 'if «-<1 that "the impact on the ex- dent of East Brightwood Loop Road and sting wildlife habitat, especially on elk the chairperson of MACC, was read into ■I de< r, o, the proposed Anderwood the record Clark charged that the pro y'»bile Home Subdivision, could be ject would require "an additional critical " $910.00 in (the) annual budget to handle Cabral delivered over fifty pages of the increased student population tten evidence and told a packed generated by the mobile home park he.ir it e rm»m that the area must no, be "Alderwood would generate the need develp>-<| in order "to accomodate the for 144,544 for the Sandy Union High h< rd- driven below the 2,500 foot level School (District) This figure is based by heavy mountain snows " on a 192 mobile homes with an assessed 1 i I If developed, their sur valuation of I50.00b—very optimistic. spawning t>eds The pond is drained by a constant lev «•! overflow culver, pipe to an existing stream which flows 50 feet m,«) Clear Creek " No documents relating to a site visit to the stream, or any study, was available from the Department of Fish and Wildlife Lincoln Pearson, a staff biologist w ith , h e F ish and W i I d I i f e Commission s Portland office, said ,ha, he is no, fam iliar with the stream, but added that in any waters with fish they "would a, least require minimum flows and screening He did no, know why the Minikahda project does no, meet these requirements Pearson said that his department "probably looks a, streams with steelhead and salmon with a higher priority, but we do hxik at the impact of the hydro projects on streams with trout also, and try to minimize the im pact." Lorram Starr, a staff person with the State Department of Water Resurces, said that since Sep, 8 they have no more comments to make on the project She said that it has met all the re quirements of her office, but " i f Clackamas County decided no, to issue the conditional use permit, the project obviously will no, lx“ able to lx* con structed " She added that her office "did no, think i, was a non economical and non practical use" of the waters of Minikahda Cr«*ek for a small scale pro ject Cabral said that "almost every stream supports some life, especially if it's a year round stream I ’d like to feel confortable that the state Department of Water Resources and the Fish and Game Commission will properly asses the streams eyed for hydro power If they can't do an adequate jab, then who w ill’’ It can’t be the public because we alway find out when it's either too late or the decision is in the process of being made." Road conditions a subjective topic \)lice service improvements expected b\ I), XNK y «Il N«.B \R Post « o n «'spohdeiit Arch Diack. a retired doctor who is devoting his energies to preserving the quality of the Sandy River drainage, disagrees wholeheartedly and stressed caution about allowing such projects to proceed He said that the accumulated effect of all the small hydro projects on the parent streams below could be substantial "Even though this is not a spawning stream, if you were to allow two or three other streams in the area to be dammed, you would, in effect, affect the minimun flows of Clear Creek below." Diack criticized the Fish and Game Commission for not requiring a minimum flow in the creek He said he went to Salem last fall and voiced criticism of the project when Sanders discussed the hydro plant before the Senate A g ric u ltu re and N atural Resources Committee "Once you let one stream go," said D iack. ‘ ‘ and you don’ t require minimum flow to be left if the stream, you must make an exception for all The total effect could be quite serious " Gordon Cabral, a spokesperson for the Environmental Committee on Suitablility, whose organization fought the Boulder Creek Hydro Plant, agreed with Diack's assessment of the stream and questioned the logic behind harnessing the waters of Minikahda without adequate studies of the poten tial problems to the fish resources "Whenever you tamper with a river or a creek, you have some effect somewhere," said Cabral "Most streams have fish of some sort in them Maybe they are not steelhead or salmon, but they are trout," Sander's conditional use application to the Clackamas County Planning Commission discusses the spawning area It reads, "Outflow water will lx* through a 75 foot tailhouse stream which will flow into the existing pond The tailhouse stream will utilize nx-ks, gravel and sand to provide suitable fish This alone creates a deficit of $865,000 for Sandy Union High Sch«x)l which the taxpayers will have to pay " Erickson argued that Clark's charges were inaccurate because the high school was not to the point of over crowding Typically, Sandy Union High Sch«x)l has always been critical of new subdivi sions on the mountain, or even right in Sandy, Erickson said Erickson said that the school aged population predicted by Clark was inac curate since only 50 percent of the mobile home occupants would be young enough to have adolescents in the fami ly He said that based on figures from the mobile home industry, the remain ing 50 percent would be retirees "Do we stop growth until the schools have enough empty classrooms to ac comodate growth." Erickson asked "It's one of those Catch 22 deals " Lourie Rastrantonio of Portland, whose family owns a summer home near the proposed development, testified that the project violated the Land Conservation Development Com mission goals for "allowing residential uses in fores, land." She said that the development "violates a timely and orderly arrange men, of public services needed to serve as a framework for urban and rural development, such as police, water, sewage and fire " Tom Monstis, a local real estate salesman in the Welches area, said that the subdivision would fu lfill a gap for people looking for reasonably priced housing (Continued on Page 3> incorporated areas which maintain their own police departments ) "A ll of the benefits to come from the added personnel will not be immediate ly realized," Grolbert said He explain ed training requirement and orgamza tional changes to align properly the new manpower levels with residents’ needs will take some time "While Clackamas County is no, a high crime area, there is just more work to do because of the population in creases There is more jail work We operate the only jail in the county and we handle federal prisoners as well," Grolbert said F u rth e r, S h e riff’s D epartm ent response time was not desirable The deputy said, "There were times when we had only two to four cars covering the 2,000 square miles of the county. There were times when small cities had more officers on the street than we had in the entire county." Grolbert said when the new officers are fully incorporated into the system a number of benefits should accrue to the public "W e'll have more patrols, more detective follow up (criminal investiga tion), and respond to critical situations more quickly Forest timber sales and there is a quid pro quo to tx* maintained roadwise When Kalani is informed of timber sales, i, is expected the roads asstx'iate«! with the sales will be mani- tained to handle the upcoming logging opera tions "T hat’s why you may see some remote l<x»kmg roads m very good shape." Kalani said The other half of the budge, comes from motor vehicle re g is tra tio n charges The problem fo r a geographically large county with few registered autos is apparant On one day this week, Kalani had five crews « hi , m five different areas of the county devoted to nothing hu, potholes He also had crews cleaning storm catch basins, cleaning culverts, installing storm sewers, cleaning ditches, work mg on shoulders, and operating three graders. " I think we re doing the job as well as we possibly can with the money we have,” Kalani maintains "I'm no, say ing things couldn't tx* better. I did a budge, estimate last year for rebuilding key county roads that should be rebuil«! I, required $8«) million, and that’s jus, for key roads To redo, not rebuild, those key roads required $10 to $12 million " Kalani believes Clackamas County roads compare fav«>rably with other counties s roads " I f you were driving fro m W ashington County in to Clackamas County, you would probably notice better road conditions If you were comparing us with Multnomah County, which is smaller and has more registered vehicles, we would no, look as good " H ood land happenings: Guild plans knitting workshop Thursday Oct. I A senior citizens lunch, sponsored by Loaves and Fishes, will be held at the Welches School library beginning at 11 30 a m Transportation and further information is available by calling 622 3331 A stress control clinic wilt be held from 7 30 to 9 p m tonight at Welches Elementary School Bernie Clark, pastor of the Adventist Church of San dy, is the instructor Registration is $5 The purpose of the clinic is to map out a positive strategy for getting the most ou, of one’s life style For more infor maticn, call 668 6144 or 668-6859 Saturday. Oct. 3 The Wy'East Artisan's Guild will hold a "Pattern Knitting" workshop, given by guild member Patay Perkins, today. The fee for this workshop is $8 for members and $11 for non members Call 622-4331 for more information The Guild is now displaying a sampl ing of their crafts in the gif, shop at Camp Arrah Wanna, located jus, off Ar rah Wanna Road in Wemme They are also displaying photographs by Guild members at The Store in Wemme Monday. Oct. 5 A senior citizens lunch, sponsored by I-oaves and Fishes, will be held at the Welches School library beginning at 11 30 a m Transportation and further information is available by calling 622 3331 The Hoodland Women's Club will hold their monthly business meeting this evening at 8 p m in the Hoodland Women's Club park building on .Salmon River Road Discussion of the upcom ing Hoodland Women's Club Golf Tour z nament and potluck golf awards dinner, now scheduled for Oct 13, will be on the agenda Tuesday, Oct. 6 Welches Community School Tiny- Tota group meets from 10 a m. (ill noon Call Louise Hoy,. 622 3752, for informa tion and meeting location The Hoodland Chamber of Commerce will hold its monthly board meeting at 11 30 a m in the Red Lion Inn at Bowman's Wednesday. Oct. 7 The Welches Community School's hike program meets at 10 a m for car pooling at the Hoodland Women's Club Bring a lunch and beverage Mothers with babies in packs and carriers are welcome For more information call Lou Tipton. 622 4316 È V N ■ h-
