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mg g p g jiH H ■ 4 SANO* (O r* ) POST Thur» M o rd i 4, I N ] (tec I) Pioneer legend Nettie Connett Wikffl tough ‘queen of moonshiners’ Cz by SHA KO S S E S K IT For The PoM She co u ld sp it fa s te r than a speeding b u lle t She dressed lik e a logger and was the fir s t w om an in the s ta te c o n v ic te d of b re w in g m oonshine She was a c ra c k shot N e a rly e v e ry deer h u n tin g season she w a lke d o ff w ith the p rize in Sandy's big buck contest, though the ga m e w a rde n was a lw a ys suspicious And she could stand on her head -n o hands on a b a r stool in a co n d itio n of in e b r ia t io n th a t w o u ld re n d e r an o rd in a ry m an too d ru n k to w a lk She w as N e ttie Con n e t t - p a r t le g e n d , p a r t k in d ly g ra n d m o th e r, p a rt rin g ta ile d ra s c a l—and the m ost fa m o u s c itiz e n of A im s N ew spaper re p o rte rs loved her Just when th in g s got d u ll, N e ttie w o u ld com e to town d ra g g ing a dead v a rm in t of some so rt and pose, gun in hand, fo r a tro p h y p ic tu re She died in 1964 at the age of 84 and a ch u n k of c o lo rfu l h is to ry w ent w ith h e r The T ro u td a le H is to ric a l Socie ty g a th e re d frie n d s and n e ighbors of N e ttie last m o n th to re m in is c e about h er “ She re a lly put A im s on the m a p ," says 83-year-old C la ra B a ke r, who has live d in the r u r a l c o m m u n ity since 1921 T u c k e d n e x t to th e M u l t n o m a h - C la c k a m a s C o u n ty lin e and penned in on tw o sides by the Sandy R iv e r and the B u ll Run rese rve . A im s was an ideal backwoods re tre a t fo r N e t tie and those who shared h er d im o p inion of the 18th Site lease clears p a th fo r Skipper A 20-year a irp o rt lease has been issued to C o u n try S q u ire A irp a rk fo r a “ c le a r z o n e " and “ a p p ro a ch s u r fa c e " on p u b lic land at the w est end o f the e x is tin g ru n w a y near Sandy The lease a u tho rize s A r t h u r S k ip p e r , o w n e r - o p e ra to r of the pu b lic-u se a ir p o r t, to k e e p th e 15 74 a c re area c le a r of o b s tru c tin g ve g e ta tio n E x is tin g tim b e r in the lease area w ill soon be sold to S kip p e r The lease w ill enable C o u n try S quire A ir p a rk to m eet F e d e ra l A via tio n A d m in is tra tio n sa fe ty re q u ire m e n ts A n n u a l re n ta l fo r the fir s t th re e y e a r te rm is •MO, A second lease co ve rin g the sam e area in under con s id e ra tio n by the B u reau of l^ in d M an a g e m en t T h is lease w ould a llo w S k ip p e r to use the c le a r zone fo r the p ro d u ctio n of o rn a m e n ta l sh ru b s The a g ric u ltu r a l lease w o uld re q u ire an a d d itio n a l p a y m en t o f f a ir m a rk e t re n ta l v a lu e Park info site open for calls The Stale P a rk * C am p s ite In fo r m a tio n C e n te r opened fo r the ye a r on M a rc h I, a c c o rd in g to F ra n k I) S tiles P o rtla n d re g io n a l p a rk s s u p e rviso r S tiles said the <e n ter w ill be s ta ffer! f »etween 8 a m a nd 5 p m fro m M onday th ro u g h F rirta y u n til the l^ tb o r h a y weekend next S eptem ber The fa c ility is lo ca te d in the Region I H e a d q u a r te r« , 3554 SE «2nd Avenue, P o rtla n d The to ll free n u m b e r 1« 1 win 452 NWI7 P o rtla n d and out of sta te reside n ts m ay d ia l (5 o i) r m 7488 Clerks on duty are able to p ro vid e in fo rm a tio n on c a m p s it e a v a ila b ilit y w ith in the S ta le P a rk s system In addition reser ra tio n ran rellatio na ra n tie handled at the Center tad not reservation applies lions whwh must be pro (eased a the «peciflr park for which they are re . quested The I I M ate (M ik s th a t accept reservations have approxim ately 1 we* cam p sites There are enother 2 ton sites | « ■ ■ U B *a n a a « M A m e n d m e n t-th e one th a t g a m e w a rd e n tr ie d fo r p r o h ib it e d m a n u fa c tu r e ye a rs to c a tch her He a n d s a le o f a lc o h o lic couldn t p ro ve it but yo u 'd beverages sw ear th a t deer had been A c c o r d in g to her dead tw o d a y s ," W oodw ard o b itu a ry , w ritte d by Sandy laughs Post e d ito r E liz a b e th H a rt B u t ju s t w h e n sh e m a n , C o n n e tt a n d h e r t h r e a t e n e d to b e c o m e s m a ll son m oved to A im s in p r e d ic ta b le , she w o u ld 1910 “ I loat m y h u s b a n d ," s trik e out in a new direc N e ttie once said. " he tio n When the notion took d id n 't d ie I ju s t to ld him to her. she w ould have her get lost because he d id n 't h a ir fixe d , get dressed f it to tre a t m e rig h t " k ill and tu rn up at a fa n cy But N e ttie d id n 't lack fo r a ffa ir a c tin g lik e a p e rfe ct c o m p a n io n sh ip A proces lady "S he ca m e to o u r w e d sio n of m a le " w in e m a k e rs ’ cam e and d ing and I d id n ’t even know h e r," says A lla n B a ke r went at N e ttie 's ranch N e ig h b o rs sh o o k t h e ir "A n d th a t’s the sam e heads at the goings-on up w om an who once to ld me the road th e re was no p oint in ta k in g By 1920, she was known a bath before you w ent to a as “ Queen of the M oon d a n c e ." adds C la ra B a ke r sh in e rs " Revenue agents “ She said you w ere going to w ere awed when they ra id get a ll s w e a ty d a n cin g ed h er e la b o ra te s till Con a n yw a y ” cealed 10 feet u n derground “ She ch ew ed to b acco , behind a door covered w ith you k n o w ," adds lo n g tim e fe rn s, they estim a te d it C o rb e tt r e s id e n t B ob cost $1,500 to b u ild It K e rs la k e " A n d we trie d to boasted a 90-gallon copper w a tch h e r s p it You never s till and p ip e d -in w a te r could You could see w hat When the law caught up she h it, but when she sp it it w ith N e ttie and she d id a cam e out o f the c o rn e r of s tin t in ja il, she kept a good h er m ou th lik e a b u lle t " a ttitu d e “ I d ra n k som e of her “ S h e d id th e m o s t m oonshine It was OK as b e a u tifu l needlew ork when fa r as m oonshine g o e s ," she was in ja i l , " re ca lls adds K e rsla ke A lle n B a ke r "She never N e ttie m e llo w e d in her ca lle d it ja il, though She la te r ye a rs and even took s a id sh e w a s in th e tho show ing people p ic M u ltn o m a h H otel " tu re s of her g ra n d c h ild re n N e ttie a lw a y s m ix e d But sh< was s till a tough m y th and fa c t In her la te r ac* ' i fo llo w , a cco rd in g to ye a rs she cla im e d to have nursed dozens of neighbors and raised bunches o f o r phans “ I d o n 't r e m e m b e r a n y th in g lik e th a t," says C la ra B a k e r “ Oh. she was good to help out when we The re s id e n tia l b u rn in g w ere ra is in g m oney fo r the season began M a rc h I. and school and th in g s B ut I ru n s th ro u g h June 15 d o n 't re c a ll h e r n u rsin g If a person doesn't have a anyone M o stly, the kids p e rm it, stop by the Sandy were sca re d o f her fir e sta tio n and one w ill he C e rta in ly , if N e ttie had issued been a m ovie, she'd had T hey a re fre e of ch a rg e been ra te d R a n d a re is s u e d f o r a “ H e r p r o fa n ity w as life tim e at an address tre m e n d o u s,” re c a lls lo n g I f one has lost a p e rm it, tim e Sandy resident and o r fo rg o tte n the p e rm it R e y n o ld s H ig h S c h o o l te a che r Bob < B u c k ) Wood w a rd , who was a v e rita b le innocent on the d a y he w a n d e re d in to a Sandy ta v e rn w ith his fa th e r in la w and w a tched N e ttie d rin k and cuss and stand on her head on a b a r stool "S h e 'd w in the contest fo r the biggest deer in San dy n e a rly e v e ry y e a r Just a fte r daw n she'd com e in to tow n w ith a big buck The T ro u td a le re s id e n t Y e rn R a th m a n He re c a lls a day when he fo llo w e d N e ttie th ro u g h th e tim b e r , c la m b e rin g o v e r fa lle n logs and c u rr in g th ro u g h brush to inspect a lo g g in g job "S he was 70 o r so I was 24 and I c o u ld n 't keep up w ith her " T o w a rd the end of h er life N e ttie had a b rush o r tw o w it h r e s p e c t a b ilit y A C la c k a m a s C o u n ty m e d ica re p la n was nam ed fo r her S h e h a u le d tru c k lo a d s of g ra n ite fo r use at the e n try w ay of G resham s h o sp ita l But she re m a in e d a h a rd d riv e r and th a t is w hat k i l l ed her “ She had m o re a c c id e n ts ," re c a lls A lla n B a ke r "S he a be g o in g h o m e d o w n M einig H ill ( IN Sandy i and ro ll one of h er old ca rs rig h t o ve r the sid e - m aybe 4oo feel and sh e ’d c ra w l back out She was p ro b a b ly a l i t tle in e b ria te d , w h ich is why she su rv iv e d ” But an a u to a ccid e n t c la im e d N e ttie at last The way the s to ry goes, most people in Sandy knew when N e ttie was d riv in g in town and w atched fo r her But the d a y ca m e in 1964 when an u n in fo rm e d non local I».«, h e r b roadside as N e t t ie w e n t b a r r e lin g th ro u g h a stop sign She died fiv e m on th s la te r Legends d o n ’t die easy (ollettr Little, left, and Mike Hamrick took advantage of some of the nice weather last week and got in some exercise at Sands Elem entary. 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