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Section SANDY, OREGON THURSDAY, MAY 27 1982 The Stf ndy Post Area News People Home & Garden F eatures Geothermal heating considered at Timberline by S C O T T N E W T O N A geothermal feasibility study in dicates that Timberline and Wy'East Ixxlges could be heated from steam provided by Mt Hood. 'The resource is there," said Dick Kohnstamm. manager at Timberline Lodge “ Maybe in better times we can get to it We re kind of in a hold position because of high interest rates " About $880,000 would be needed to complete the project It was hoped that money would be available from the federal Department of Energy. The T im b e r lin e g e o th e rm a l feasibility study, which was produc ed at a cost of $10,000, was one of 14 projects to be selected by a citizens review board out of 454 available pro jects “ This was a popular program. There was a lot of interest,” said Sam Sadler, state program manager for Oregon Appropriate Technology, a private firm in Eugene OAT, through a competitive bid process, received the job of ad ministering $300,000 from the state DOE l-ast year was the third year of the program ‘‘ It was eliminated this year, along with about everything else," Sadler said Thirty-six reviewers, with varying degrees of technical knowledge, reviewed the 454 projects, According to Sadler, federal funds for almost all renewable energy sources is gone, including geother mal, solar, wind, biomass and hydroelectric. Dick Bowen, president of Wy'East Exploration and Development Com pany and the head of the engineering study team, also had hoped money might be available from Bonneville Power Company However, Bon neville's projects reportedly must directly replace electricity, while this project would replace the use of oil "F o r the moment, we’ve run out of funding sources," said Bowen "F o r us to continue the program is not practical.” Bowen and Kohnstamm both said that with 17 to 18 percent interest rates, the payback period would be extended enough that it would not be feasible at this time Not considering interest rates or an increase in the price of oil, it is ex pected that the project could pay for itself within 12 years If it is assumed that the price of oil increases 15 per cent per year, the payback period is reduced to seven or eight years, ac cording to the study The total displacement of oil would be approximately 111,000 gallons per year, or 67 percent of the annual usage. The value of this displaced oil at to day's energy prices (81 cents per gallon» is $89,900 per year An annual operating cost of $16,500 per year to operate the production well pump offsets the payback period To utilize the volcano's steam, a production well would have to be re drilled An injection well to return the water already exists. The hot water would be extracted from a 4,000-foot-deep well, which Pluses, minuses go with $122,000 engine by MICHAEL P. JONES Post C orrespo nd ent Hoodland Hural Fire D is tric t’s new $122,000 engine is currently oppera- tional, giving the departments faster response time and a greater pumping capacity, not to mention increased safety for firefighters. Fire Chief Don A rm introut said that the new engine has a 1000-gallon water tank with a 1,250 gallon per minute pumping capacity. He said the diesel-fueled engine can accomplish this feat because it is equiped with a "deluge gun,” a two- foot high by four-foot long piece of equipment that sits on top of the engine The gun is specially designed for fighting large fires. Firefighters now have the ability to get water on a fire within 30 seconds (once the engine gets to the site) as compared with the four minutes it took previously The new engine has an automatic transmission and, according to Ar- mintrou, "is nearly twice as fast” as the department's old 1968 Ford FMC engine. The new engine can go about 47 miles per hour compared to the 22 miles per hour of the old engine The new engine is designed for mountain travel and can make the trip to Government Camp in 10 minutes It took an average of 22 minutes in the old engine. Armintrout said the 1982 engine is 30 feet long as compared with the 25-foot 1968 engine. It is also 88 inches wide, just four inches more than the old engine. Arm introut said with the inreased size in the new engine that no longer do firefighters have ride on the tailboard Rather, five firefighters ride inside the engine, which pro vides greater safety for personnel as well as allowing them to have their P lease tu rn to P a g e 2. would be located near the base of Pucci chair lift (elevation 5,940). The water would be transported through a steel-jacketed pipe, Ap proximately 3,700 feet of jacketed pipe, and 800 feet of unjacketed pipe for the return, would be necessary. Flow rates are estimated to be about 150 gallons per minute with a maximum of 300 gallons per minute. The water temperature would be from 170 to 180 degrees Fahrenheit. Fluid pressure at the top of the ex traction well is estimated to be ap proximately 440 pounds per square by M IC H A E L P . J O N E S Post C orrespo nd ent The 1976 Mt. Hood Community Plan, which was the result of 10 years of sometimes painful citizen par ticipation, is no longer in effect. Rather, the lengthy document has been replaced by Clackamas County officials with a 10-page document which, in addition, contains three maps The new document, officially titl ed, “ Propose ; Mount HoodCommun- tiy Plan,” was prepared by the plan ning staff after the county’s com prehensive plan pertaining to the area came under fire by the state Land Conservation and Development Commission in December. Due to objections by 1000 Friends of Oregon, representing the En vironmental Committee On Suitabili ty, the county was ordered to review three aspects of the comprehensive plan as it pertains to the Mt. Hood corridor. They are to identify wetlands, both within and outside of the boundaries of the Hoodland Service District. After that they are to show, the wetlands on a map and determine whether they are to be protected and, if so, how. The county is also required to iden tify any exceptions to LCDC’s land use goals related to agriculture and forest lands outside of the sewer d is tric t’s boundaries. If such lands have already been developed, they are to be identified as such Or, if they have not been developed but are "irrevocably committed or needed for other uses,” the county has to show why these specific sites are no longer suitable for agriculture or forest uses The county has also been required to update its maps so that property owners w ill know the current zoning, or re-zoning, of their property. After much work and consideration of the existing problems in the Mt. A ll your Dry-cleaning w ill be autom atically Moth-Proofed (A lso. . . Moth-proof bags available at extra cost.) ■ 11 L 1 1 .. ■ " Mt. Hood Draperies & Carpet Care (A d ivisio n of M t. 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The more detailed study effort should in c lu d e fie ld te s tin g and measurements to provide an infor mation base for engineering deci sions.” Firms contributing to the report in clude C.W. Tim mer Associates Inc., responsible for mechanical engineer ing, R.A. Wright Engineering Inc , c iv il engineering, and P erkins Engineering Inc., for e lectrical engineering. Old Mt. Hood plan background reading May Special! r- inch when the well is pumping at 300 gallons per minute According to the study prelim inary water chemistry tests indicate the w a te r is som ewhat co rro sive , although further analysis is called for Though the day lodge was designed for the use of geothermal fluids, it was found that better use of the fluids on an annual basis could be made at the main lodge The swimming pool and domestic water heating provide an opportunity to use geothermal on a continuous basis The seasonal day Hood area, the planning s ta ff prepared a revised document, which now takes precedent over the 1976 plan The old community plan is now considered background reading Also, the 1976 Mt. Hood Planning Unit D raft Environmental State ment, which was a cooperative ven ture between a number of state, county and federal agencies, in cluding the U S. Forest Service, the Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Bureau of Land Management and Clackamas and Hood River Counties, is also considered a background repo rt One of the major changes apparent in the proposed plan is the elim ina tion of the eight individual villages of the corridor. Only three "villages” are now recognized. The co u n ty is p roposing to recognize only Government Camp, Rhododendron, and WemmeWelches as "distinct villages,” each with their own "separate character and individual environment.” Areas no longer recognized include B rig h tw o o d , S leepy H o llo w , Wildwood, Zigzag-Lolo Pass and Alder Creek. When the county first unveiled its draft of the area’s revised plan it found itself under fire by the area's citizen planning organizations, who claim they did not have enough input into the process, nor were they allow ed enough time to provide adequate input. Recently, a new citizen's group, which goes by the name Sane Economic Development Association (SEDA), was formed to combat some of the proposed changes. SEDA has retained land use at torney Diane Spies of Portland to assist them in getting an extension of time from the county to conduct a study on each parcel of property in the corridor in an attempt to assess what potential economic impact the proposed plan would have P lease tu rn to P ag e 3. etirement. Are you ready for yours? A comfortable retirement isn’t something to hope for. It’s something to plan for. Today. That’s why IBS is ready to help you with a new Individual Retirement Account program beginning January 1, 1982. R At that time, IRAs will be available to all wage earners, even if you already have a pension plan. Pholo bv Scoli Newton Dean Barker plays the saxophone for the SUHS pep band during an awards assembly last week. Barker received the Louis Armstrong Award during that assembly. Corvette takes plunge on Timberline Road A 1969 Chevrolet Corvette plunged over a c liff on Timberline Road Sun day, injuring two people. Rescue p e rso n n e l fro m the Hoodland Fire Department respond ed to the call of a vehicle over an em bankment between mile posts three and four at 4:22 p.m., according to Fire Chief Don Armintrout. Injured in the crash was the driver, 46year-old David Lee Hawke, 1460 S.E. Woodland Way, Milwaukie. A rm in tro u t said Hawke was transported by Alpine Ambulance and suffered miscellaneous lacera tions and abrasions, and a possible fractured femur. Also injured in the mishap was the passenger, 30-year-old Pamela Lois Sprout, 250 S. Ixx?us Street, Canby. 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