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Citizens key to solving dumping problems
Using licensed septic
tank pumpers may be the
best solution for Mt Hood
co rrid o r residents who
want to do something to
help solve the problem of il
legal dumping of septic
tank sludge on roadways,
according to a Clackamas
County staff member
Responding to citizen
complains about the illegal
sewage dumpings and the
absence of regulations in
the county, Dick Polson,
chief soil scientist, said.
“ All businesses offering
sewage pumping services
are required by law to be
licen sed th ro ug h the
D e p a rtm e n t
of
En
vironmental Quality, and
unlicensed pumpers are
prohibited from dumping
at authorized sewage treat
ment plants
“ Since the unlicensed
pumper cannot operate
legally, he is forced to
dump his load wherever he
can get away with It.”
Polson said that citizens
can help avoid sewage
spills by not doing business
with unlicensed pumpers.
“ A pumping company
can be checked two ways,’*
he said “ All licensed pum
ping vehicles will have
labels on the front, sides
and rear indicating that the
firm is licensed
“ If a company's vehicles
are not so marked, people
should ask to see proof of
license
“ Another way to deter
mine if a firm is licensed is
to contact the County
D e p a rtm e n t
of
En
v iro n m e n ta l S e rv ic e s
(655-8521) or the licensing
o ffic e
of
the
DEQ
(229-6402»
with licensed firms, the
chances of illegal sewage
dumping can be mimmiz
ed,“ he said
Polson also requests that
citizens be alert for illegal
pumpers and report them
to the county and DEQ im
mediately
“ As long as county
residents do business only
Hoodland Fire Department puts in a 30-call week
by M ICHA EL P. JONES
Post Correspondent
The Hoodland Rural Eire
Department responded to
Vote on
w ater is
delayed
The Alder Creek Water
Users Association has
delayed the vote for the
alternative administration
and operation of the ex
isting Alder Water Com
pany
Snowy and icy condi
tions. and the lack of mail
service in the Alder Creek
area, have resulted in the
cancelation of the Jan 7
vote, according to Nan
Slenning. vice chairperson
The vote was to have
determined if the water
customers wanted a non
profit corporation or a
district with taxing powers,
known as a 264 district
Roth the 264 district and
the non profit corporation
would allow the customers
to elect their won board of
directors
The water systems are
scattered over a seven
mile area in the Mt Hood
Corridor
They include
Sleepy Hollow Riverside
Country Club. Harlow and
Wildwood Annex
The Association sent
b a llo ts to 213 w a te r
customers on Dec 27. and
they were due back Jan 5
Because of weather con
ditions. the due dale for the
ballots has been extended
to Jan t
Slenning said that the
date for counting the
ballots has not yet been set.
but obviously the weather
will be the determining fac
tor
• A lot of the leaders of
the various water systems
have completed ballots in
their possession already."
said Slenning but the bad
ro ad
c o n d itio n s
has
prevented them from hand
delivering them to us
"W ’ also can't depend on
thepos office. saidSlenn
mg Tuestay. “ because it's
already G«en three days
since we ret rived mail "
In November the En
v ironm en! a I Protection
Agency and the Oregon
State Health Division gave
the water customers until
early IMN2 to come up with
an alternative
30 calls this past week
Thirteen were for first aid.
and eight were for downed
powerlines as a result of
the heavy snows
On Dec. 29, a chimney
fire struck a house in
Rhododendron behind the
Dairy Queen Fire Chief
‘Shots’
really
fireworks
Responsibility has been
claimed for the alleged
..hots fired in Rhododen
dron on Dec 22
A resident of the town,
who
has
requ ested
anonymity, said that the
shots were in fact M 80
fireworks, also known as
cherry bombs
She said that the M 80s
were set off during a
Christmas party One was
set off at 8 30 p m and
another at midnight
“ I knew when I read
about the shots that it was
our cherry bombs.“ said
the resident “ I wanted to
let everyone in the area
know it wasn't gunshots
after all. so that they
w o u ld n 't
th in k
th a t
R ho do den dron
is
a
dangerous place to go."
The resident said that
when the bombs were set
oil that “ they sounded like
gunshots “ She said that
she had to plug her ears
because the echo effect of
Zigzag Canyon made the
blasts seem so loud
At midnight, according
to the resident, while some
of those in attendence were
getting ready to head back
to Portland, another cherry
bomb was set off. accom
panied by hoops and
hollers
Maria Kraeger Hone and
S
Lou T ip to n , a re a
residents, reported hearing
a loud scream about mid
night, and feared that so
meone might have been in
jurtd
The anonymous resident
said that she has no
knowledge of the explosion
heard in the early hours of
l»ec 23 that was reported
by ( 'olonel Jack Baker A
number of residents of the
town reported hearing the
explosion which possibly
came from I he direction of
Flag Mountain |ust above
Still Creek Road
Visser joins A ir Force
Harold H Visser, son of
Hans and Adele Visser.
22444 S E Boh ms Court,
Boring enlisted In the
United States Air Force
Delayed Enlistment Pro
gram in December, accor
ding to Staff Sergeant Dan
Baker, local Air Force
recruiter
Viaaer, a I M l graduate of
Sam Barlow High School, is
scheduled for enlistment in
the regular Air Force June
2, 1662
Upon successfully com
plettng the Air Force's six
week basic training course
he will receive further
training in his chosen
career field as a fire pro
lection specialist
He w ill be e a rn in g
credits toward an associate
degree m applied science
through the Community
College of the Air Force
while attending basic and
other Air Force lerhiral
training schools
Don Arm introut said that
his department responded
at 1 a m . and the house suf
fered no damage
On Dec 30, the depart
ment was the first at the
scene of a double fatality
on Highway 26 on the
Salmon River bridge at
4:30 p m
Two vehicles were totally
engulfed in flames when
the fire crews arrived Two
persons died (see page
one».
A three ca r accident
Dec 31 at the junction of
Highway 26 and Forest Ser
vice Road 35, above
R h o do den dron ,
was
responded to by the depart
ment at 2:35 p m.
Tw o
persons
w ere
transported to Gresham
Community Hospital by
Alpine Ambulance, where
they were treated for
minor injuries and releas
ed
Icy and snowy conditions
were believed to have been
the cause of the accident
At 6:35 p m an 11-year-
old girl was struck by a
vehicle at the west end of
the Brightwood Ixx>p The
vehicle had lost control on
the icy roadway.
The girl was transported
to Gresham Community
Hospital by Alpine Am
b u lan ce
She
was
hospitalized for possible
leg fractures.
On New Year s Day, at
12 36 p m ., the second
chimney fire in three days
caused minor damage to a
home on S u m m e rtim e
Drive in the Alder Creek
area.
and a rescue unit respond
Later that same day a r ed
ching powerlines caused
A rm introu t said that
minor damage to a house firefighting efforts were
on Vine Mapel Drive in the hampered because of the
Zigzag area Armintrout house's location, which was
said that the line “ back off the road
fed” into the house, which
Fire hoses had to be laid
caused damage to the down along a trail. If
structure's electrical w ir firefighters stepped off the
ing
trail, they would sink down
On Jan 2. a fire struck a into the deep snow which
rental home on Multorpor lined the only pathway to
Drive in the Government the house
Camp area owned by a
“ We had a terrible time
resident of Alaska
fighting the fire." said A r
Armintrout said that his mintrout, “ because we had
department responded to to lay 1,400 feet of hose
the blaze at 11 45 p m and from the hydrant to the
that the house was fully en fire.”
volved when they arrived,
Weather conditions also
with flames coming out the taxed the efforts of the 22
windows
firefig hters
Arm introut
Two engines, two tankers said that the severe road
At the other end of the
telep h o n e
( P o r tla n d :
232 8139), and doing the
c a rd
c u ttin g .
a re
counselors at the Con
sumer Credit Counseling
Service, a non profit group
established in 1967 to help
O reg o n ian s
b a ll
themselves out of debt,
manage money and avoid
bankruptcy
C lie n ts of the s e r
vice who pay their bills
but take a little longer than
originally planned to do
it are “ taking the smart
way out of dept,” accor
ding to laiwrence Win
throp, president of the
volunteer organization he
lielped found,
“ A lot of people think the
new bankruptcy law la an
easy way out of debt, but
they often don't realize
what they 're getting into "
Winthrop said people
th a t
h ave
c la im e d
an hour
On Jan 4 the department
responded to an unusual
call Armintrout said that
at 4 p m
a smoking
m ic ro w a v e oven sent
firefighters to a house in an
undisclosed vicinity in the
area
A rm introu t said that
when firefighters opened
the door to extinguish the
blaze, they discovered the
cause of the smoke—a
burnt roll
The cook, apparently,
had turned on the oven and
forgotten about it.
On Jan 5 the department
completed the 30-call week
by assisting with a non
injury accident near Cook's
Motel on Highway 26 near
Brightwood
Stockmen hear gloomy report
The Clackamas County
stockmen held its 36th an
nual meeting last month A
number of concerns were
aired by the standing com
mittee chairmen
The group reported a
depressing economic pic
ture with the cost of pro
duction being very close to
the price received for red
meat.
John Rosebrook. Beaver
c re e k sto ck m a n and
member of the Oregon Beef
Council, reported on plans
for special beef promo
lions These will be aimed
at seasons when beef sales
slow down and meat piles
up in retail and wholesale
outlets
Another concern voiced
was about the increasing
predator problems. This
concerns wild dogs as well
as coyotes
Rick Russo, M o la lla
stockman, introduced E r
nie Giese, distnet trapper.
Giese described plans for
accelerated efforts to pro
te c t
liv e s to c k
fro m
predator attack.
Ray Sether, M o la lla
sto ckm an and n ew ly -
elected president of the
Western regon Livestock
Association, reported on
legislative action on the
part of WOLA This is a
parent organization with
Credit help is available
For
a lm o s t
5,000
m e tro p o lita n
a re a
residents including more
than a dozen from the
Sandy Boring a r e a - c u t
ting up credit cards has
been an alternative to
bankruptcy, and one as-
done and as fast as a
telephone call
conditions made it difficult
to get to the fire
While the department
fought the blaze, it was
snowing extremely hard
The crew was on the scene
until 4:30 a m
That particular day 15 in
ches of snow fell in the
Government Camp area in
a 24-hour period
The house is a total loss,
but no damage estimate
had been made by press
time
Renters were staying at
the house, but were away
at the time of the fire
The following day, at
11 40 a m ., the fire broke
out at the structure once
again
This tim e five
firefig h te rs fought the
rekindled blaze for about
bankruptcy recently are
finding it almost impossi
ble to obtain credit and will
probably have trouble get
ting credit for as long as 10
years, the length of time
the bankruptcy is shown on
the in d ivid u al's cred it
record
“ If you lake bankruptcy,
you may not be able to bor
row money in an emergen
cy,
borrow
fo r
a
youngster's education, bor
row to buy a coar or a
home, he said
“Our clients give up their
credit cards while we work
w ith them and th e ir
creditors
“Once a client's debts
are paid in full, he can use
CCCS as a credit reference
in he wants to re open a
charge account And if he
does.” he adds, “ he's had
some money management
training that should help
him do a better job of
managing his credit use in
the future *’
Counseling alone is free
at CCCS, according to Win
throp, and some people
need only advice to work
themselves out of debt
O th e rs ,
w ith
m ore
serious problems, sign up
for a formal debt manage
ment plan in which debts
are spread out over an ex
tended period for repay
ment There's a $9 monthly
charge for this, waived in
real hardship cases
“Sometimes bankruptcy
is the only solution,” Win
trhop said “ But, often we
can provide an alternative
If you’re having finanacial
problems, make an af>
pointment Anyone who
needs our help is eligible to
get it and there's no oblige
tion.”
Juvenile
services
to meet
The Clackamas County
Community Juvenile Ser
vices Commission will hold
a public meeting Jan 19
The meeting will be held
at the Oregon City Court
House. Eighth and Main,
Oregon City
The meeting will begin at
7 p m
<n c o u rtro o m
number two on the second
floor
Call 655-8286 for more in
formation
all county associations in
Western Oregon belonging
as affiliates
Sether is also a board
m e m b er of the local
Stockmen’s Association
C h a rle s
D a u g h e rty .
M o la lla sto ckm an, in
troduced and welcomed
n e w ly -e le c te d
board
m e m b e rs
They
a re
Rosebrook, Daryl LaClef of
Canby, and Lynn Butts of
Oregon City
Graham
on dean’s
list at PU
R u th
E.
G ra h a m ,
daughter of M r and Mrs.
Dick Thomas of Sandy, has
been named to the dean's
list at Seattle Pacific
University
Graham is a sophomore
nursing major.
Students are named to
the dean's list on the bases
of academic merit All
must be full-time students
with underclassmen main
taming a 3 25 grade point
average on a 4 0 scale to
qualify
Seattle Pacific Universi
ty, with 2,850 students, was
founded in 1891 by Free
Methodist Pioneers, and to
day continues its Christian
emphasis-
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“Take pictures, record
license plate numbers,
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illegal or suspected illegal
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