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V ol, 71 S ingle Copy 25 No 46 MM Storm flattens trees, leaves homes powerless hv D \ N 1)11 IO N ♦ W ednesday m o rn in g P o r tla n d G eneral E le c tric crew s got to the “ m op-up" stage a fte r a four days of w ork re tu rn in g power to some 12.000 custom ers in the Sandy d is tric t who were affected when winds, as high as 71 mph, ripped through the area ear ly Saturday m orning The storm uprooted trees, blew down a m achine shop and num erous tra ffic signs and knocked out power for the e n tire Sandy PGE d is tric t and ( 'indie Spurgeon who live on Chase Street got a double dose e a rly Saturday when tw o trees fell on th e ir house, toppled by the winds The firs , tree, w hich fe ll about 3 a in . landed on the roof over the m ain par, of the house, causing dam age to the roof and eaves The second tree, a la rge f ir fell about a ha lf hour la te r and dem olish ed the garage, pinning the fro n t end of a sm all pickup tru ck under its tru n k I, na rrow ly missed the second fa m ily ca r w hich was parked next to the pickup in the drivew ay Cindie said the house is ju s, six m onths old In the C o ttre ll a re a . M a rv in M osbrucker of SE 347th Avenue got up at about 2 a m Saturday m orn ing to chase a garbage can lid he heard , he w ind blow ing When he stepped outside he saw the w ind lift his 22 by 60 too, m achine shop and throw it over “ lik e th ro w in g a ra g ." he said M osbrucker said the power of the wind was awesome and pointed to other b u ild in g ' in his area bu ilt around the tu rn of the century w hich escaped the storm unscathed He said it would cost $5.700 to re p la c e the ,6 m o n th o ld m e ta l b u ild in g It was built in six sections A fte r the winds, only one section was standing PGE D is tric t M anager Bob K allen estim ated Wednesday tha, power had been restored to 99 5 percent of the u tility s custom ers in the d is tric t, w hich includes B oring Estacada Eagle Creek. Sandy and the Mt Hood area Power wen, ou, a, about 3 15 a m Saturday m orning when the most violent winds hi, Kallen said crew s were able to restore power to the core areas San dy. Estacada. B oring by late a fte r noon Saturday “ We were lucky to ge, the core areas back so fa s ,.“ he said The las, area where power was restored was in the McCabe Koad and J a d rn y Hoad are a Those custom ers lights cam e back on a, about 6 p m Tuesday D e s p ite the le n g th of p o w e r outages in some areas. K alle n said that “ the vast m a jo rity of custom ers were re a lly super and we appreciate it I d like to thank them lo r th e ir pa tience and understanding The* Sandy E ire D is tric t came through the storm in m uch better fashion that the storm tw o years ago w h ic h flo o d e d b a s e m e n ts and uprooted tret's “ We feel we go, off v e ry . very easy this tim e ," said E ire M arshal Jim G a llag her He said the d is tric t responded to between 20 and 30 pu blic assistances and “ probably 15 trees down in various locutions he said “ We had qu ite a few public ser v ic e s ." G allag her said, including cle a rin g trees and charging freezers, "b u t i, was nowhere near like it was a couple years ago He said stand by crew s were at the m ain station a ll day Saturday and most ol Sunday to help w ith the d e a n up The Sandy police re p orted no ma jo r storm related incidents other than a rash of untounded a la rm s set o fl by the high winds The city of Sandy has designated a pu blic collection |w»int fo r storm debris at the corner ol Sunset and lo ll D rive in a roped area on the north side Y ard m a tte r and other bu rna ble m a te ria l from the recent storm can tx* dum ped there fro m 9 a m u n til 3 p m Thursday Nov 19 throu gh Sun dav Nov 22 O n ly s to rm d e b ris a n , y a rd m a te ria l that is bu rna ble '•» aecep table at the city s collectio n point Annexation center fees OKd by city by I) \N D ll I (IN I’h.il.ik h\ I >.ni I >iIliin The m achine shop of M arv in M osbrucker left, was blown o ver early Saturday m orning hv high winds which swep, through the area Monday m orning Ihe fam ilv c a l surveyed the d am age I arrv and < indie Spurgeon go, a double w ham m y fro m the winds as two trees tell on th e ir Chase Stree, home I'he second tree, p ictured, dem olished Ihe garage and struck a sm all pickup parked in the d riv e w ay . X second car. parked next to il. was no, dam aged About Alder Creek water Reliability of samples questioned at hearing by M K I I X E I I ’ J U N E S I'ost ( orrespondenl The q u a lity and r e lia b ility of evidence and hints of a conspiracy highlighted health hazard hearings last week for the A lder Creek W ater Company A t to r n e y E d w a rd S u lliv a n , representing the A ld er Creek W ater I sers Association, charged that snm r w ater sam ples sub m itte d as evidence by the Oregon State H ealth D ivision and the C S E n viro n m e n ta l P rotection Agency were un reliab le because they were taken eith e r by custom ers or analyzed by an uncer tifie d latM iratorv S ullivan also objected Io evidence taken by sam plers who were no, pre sent a, the hearing He argued that th e ir absence did no, allow testim ony about th e ir sam pling techniques and that they were no, subject to cross exa m in atio n B arbara Le tte r. EPA attorney, said the two sam plers in questions are no longer em ployees of ,h«‘ agen cy and do no, fa ll under its ju ris d ic , ion nor could they be subpoenaed She said they were train ed by the E PA in p ro pe r w a te r co lle ctio n techniques and cha racterized th e ir sam ples as w ith in the scope ot the agency 's guidelines and standards “ W hile I appreciate Ms Deiter s testim ony re g ard ing th«* tra in in g ol the sam plers and that they took good sam ples.' S ulliva n said, “ that is no, an adequate sub stitute fo r having the sam plers here to testify as to th e ir tra in in g th e ir expertise and the s a m p le s ta k e n in th e s e c i r cum s,ant es " He said that if it comes down to i,h e C irc u it Court of Oregon . they can tn* subpoenaed A, issue, according to S ulliva n, is the accuracy and re lia b ility ol the data, the q u a lity of the people who ,»x»k the sam ples and the la fxira to ry analy ses taken He told the hearings o ffic e r that the best evidence must f>e subm itted, but the evidence subm it ted does no, meet that stan dard Hearings o ffice r Charles L e ie re r ruled that the evidence f>e stricken S u lliv a n also ob je cte d to the relevancy ol sam ples taken du rin g , he lim e G erald Bed Bennett operated the w ater company He said tfiat only samples taken du rin g the period ol Gene G in,h er s receiver ship were relevant to the hearing T he E P A co u n te re d th a t th«* evidence was m ade relevant by its h isto rica l perspective and tx'cause if the rece ive rsh ip is no, continued u t could end in 1983). then Bennet, may again again tx* present at the w ater company “ T herefore a ll of the data which relates to the operation and manage men, of the system s by M r Bennett is releva nt, p a rtic u la rly in view of the fa d that the rece ive rsh ip s fin a l outcom e is not known a, this tim e ." L e tte r said S ulliva n charged tha, the EPA and H e a lth D iv is io n w e re ig n o rin g an ythin g a lte r Sep, 26. 1980 when G inth er was nam ed re ce ive r lb* said the agencies were pretending that Bennett is s till run ning the company S ulliva n said , ha, problem s did ex ist in the past. but that his clients would not ignore what happened a lte r (¡in ,h e r took over .is rece ive r I l f charged G in th e r w ith delib era te ly igno ring problem s in the system so tha, i, m ight become a health hazard “ The issues is w hether or not w hen M r G in th e r joined w ith the com p a n y . th e re b e c a m e a h e a lth h a za rd ." S ulliva n said Assistant Attorney G eneral L a rry P a v e l,«• said the state does consider h is to ric a l backgro und before the rece ive rsh ip The Health D ivisio n fel, “ the rece ive rsh ip was m erely transien t in nature and that the health hazard proceeding must look at the existing system as it was and may fx* in the fu tu re H earings o ffic e r L e ie re r ruled that evidence taken by the tw o fo rm e r E PA sam plers lx* stricke n fro m the record but said evidence concerning con tam in ation p rio r to rece ive rsh ip is relevant S u lliv a n a tte m p te d to e n te r minute's of a H ealth D ivision m eeting held Feb 23 into the records The m eeting was attended by by Health D ivisio n and EPA s ta ff who had Mysterious sewage spill found near Wemme hv M IC H A E L I ’ . JONES Pox, ( orresponden, Eor L a rry Hoy, of Welches. F r i day the 13,h cam e a few hours ear iy Last Thursday, a, 6 p m . Hoyt was r e tu rn in g to his jo b at Hoodland T h riftw a y from a dinner break when he hit a pile of sewage sludge near the intersection of Ar- ra h W anna Road and B rig h t Avenue “ It looked lik e lig h t brow n slu dg e." said Hoyt “ Som ething you 'd expect would come out of a sewer pipe " Hoyt said the sludge covered 30 to 40 yards and ran over the curb to the middle of the road The sewage was a few inches deep and covered the south side of the road “ I d id n 't know what it was u n til it was too la te ." said Hoyt " I cou ld n't help but hit it It went a ll over the w indshield and when I started the w ipers, a ll o f a sudden I go, the stench of sewage " His w ife. Louise, contacted the H(xxlland E ire D epartm ent on E ri day m orn ing and reported the sewage A s s is ta n t F ir e C h ie f L a n e W in te rm u te dro ve th ro u g h the area around the Hoodland Service D is tric t tre a tm e n t plant but could locate no s p ill Dan C u lv e r of W elches, a general contractor and operator of the Hotxlland Sewer Hookup Com pany. said he was not aware of a problem in the area He said the H o o d la n d S e w e r D i s t r ic t 's 900.000-gallon-per day plant will not go in to o p e r a tio n u n t il F e b ru a ry and the sewage could be from a pu m pe r tru ck to shovel i, in the back of th e ir pickup and dum p it “ When you ge, into tha, cloak and dagger s tu ff." said C ulver. " I w o uld n't even wan, to guess who dum ped the sewage there Bu, <xlds are it was probably a honey wagon " D ick W ixon. D epartm ent of En viro n m e n ta l Q ua lity in vestig ator, said his office was no, aw are of the dum p but would look in to it He guessed tha, the substance Hoy, drove through cam e from a p riv a te septic system , a holding tank or a "p o , toilet — " a s a n ita ry outhouse com m only found on con stru ction sites C u lv e r, w ho has a 24 hour em ergency telephone num ber to deal w ith sewer problem s, said the m a te ria ls dum ped on the road were most lik e ly sludge from a p riv a te septic tank Hoyt described the substance as a m ix tu re of mud and sewage • That s w hat it sounds like, sewage s lu d g e ," he said “ Tha, stu ff doesn't ju s t fa ll out of the sky and Ma and Pa K e ttle a re n 't going The prim ary concern now. ac cording to Wixon, is to insure that the sewage didn't get into the Salm on R iv e r He said th at because no license number was taken it would would be unrealistic to think the person responsible could be tracked down and held liable te stifie d in the health hazard pro (»•»•dings as w ell as th e ir legal counselors tin e ol those counselors Leo P e a rlm a n o b je c te d to the ad m issitn lity ol (tie m inutes c la im in g that nothing took place w hich would be relevant a, Iasi week s hearing “ The pom, is wha, preceded the Health D ivisio n d e te rm in in g that the hearing ought to fx* held has really nothing to do w ith w hether or no, there is a health hazard in this area P ea rlm a n said “ That rem ains to fw s e t'll by th e e v id e n c e in th is case and not by w h.il various pen pie in the H ealth D ivisio n through p rio r Io the tune the hearing was ordered S ulliva n said that up to June 26 H ealth I )iv isioii s ta ll did not tool they flail enough evidence to in itia te a health hazard proceeding against the w ater company Now I want to Iind out w hat was it the H ealth D ivisio n got that mad»* , h»,rn conclude , ha, there was no cast* to fx* m a d e ." he said " I wan, to find out what changed th e ir m inds P e a rlm a n replied. “ M r S ullivan s w a ntin g to tirin g into this hearing evidence that is com pletely irre le van, and im m a te ria l to the qut'Mions before the hearings o ffic e r “ Il w ill lead us nowhere to go for several hours of testim on y as to the deflate w ith in the health departm ent as to w he,her there w as or w as no ,. at a tim e previous sub stantia l evidence to sup|Mir, the findings of a health hazard in this m a tte r S ulliva n charged that “ the Health D ivision a d m in s ,ra ,o r and higher ups in the Health D ivisio n ignored essential advice from people who were ou, in the fie ld responsible for e n fo r c e m e n t And because of pressure brought upon them by the Eederal D is tric t Court, but the V S a tto rn e y's office , by the EPA and o th e rs , in c lu d in g th e re c e iv e r, brought th is m a tte r to a hearing * The hearings o ffic e r reserved his decision on this issue u n til the next hearing Nov 30 T his w ill be the fo u rth he aring in the health hazard proceedings against the A ld er Creek W ater Com pany It begin at to a m at the M t Hood Lions Club in W em m e The pro|x»se<l annexation ol .» • at res on the city s western boumfary and a new set ol user lees to, the city s Com m unity Center were up prov ed Monday evening by the Sandy City Council The annexed parcel is on the west side ol 362nd D rive, across tfie street fro m Sandy In d u stria l Park Ben Salisbury who tiled Ihe annexation p e tition indicated to city o ffic ia ls tha, he plans ,»»develop tw o ol the 5 > acres as s»>on as possible The re ,n a m in g p r o p e r ty w o u ld be developed over tim e I'he area would lx- in a light industry zone, according to the Sandy Com prehensive Plan Salisbury presently has a buyer lot the tw o acre parcel ol the propertv who would have <i light in d u s tria l use com p atib le w ith the zoning X, the public hearing Monday to considei the an n e xa tio n George M organ c h a irm a n of the city > Eeonomi« Developm ent C o m m it,»•»• lauded the m ove “ I, s one positiv«- step in the dire ctio n w hich the In d u s tria l D evelopm ent C o m m itte e has come up w itfi in its c h a rtin g ol the in d u stria l lu tu re o l the city The co m m itte e has been studying ex istm g and potential in d u s tria l sites in the Sandy area as the city moves to a ,tr a d new industry to help tfie eitv s tax has»' Th«1 m ove to strengthen the tax base also brought praise Iron, Dale Nicholls who u rg i'd the annexation because ol I he broadening ot the lax base w hich the proposed dev «'lop men, on the site could bring Ih»* city council unanim ously ap proved the addition ol the parcel w itfi Mayo, B u tfi Loundree abstain i ng The annexation must Ix* approved by the P ortla nd M e tro p o lita n Boon dary C om m ission fx-lore it tx'com es Dual Tha, hearing is expected Io ix cu r som etim e du rin g Decem ber The new se, of user l»X's fo r the , »immunity Center s im p lifie s the process, basing ren ta l on a jwi evening or pe, »fay ra le ra th e r than basing it on an hourly rate The revised !»•»• schedule continues the c ity 's plan to m ake the center a va ila b le to l»x*al civic service fra te rn a l and s»x ia l organizations on a no « barge basis lo r use ol the a u d ito riu m or conference r»x»m lo r then m eetings That decision was m ade e a rlie r in the year by the city council In o ilie r action the city council ap |x»intcd Bruce Samuelson the ar eh itecl who designed the l»x al branch ol Beni F ra n k lin t o lh e i itv s Design Review Board He replaces Ivars Lazdins who stepped down tx'cause ol b u s in e s s c o m m it m e n t s Samuelson s appointm ent w ill extend u n til May 1983 Index SECTION 1 Keeping Posted Inside Business O bituaries School Lunch Menus Senior C enter News E d ito ria ls . Le tte rs Sports, Recreation 2 3 4 . .. 3 5 6 7-8 SECTION II Area News Hocxlland Happenings Around the County Home and Garden C lassified A d ve rtisin g 1 1 2 5 I I 14 SECTIO N I I I Television D ire c to ry Inside T ab t,
