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SANDY. OREGON THURSDAY. JUNE 17. 1982
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Boring board evaluates superintendent
by GWEN BOGH
Post Correspondent
An evaluation of Joe Taylor. Bor
ing School superintendent, by board
members, was presented by Carl
Aschoff, board member, at a meeting
last week
Taylor was rated high in the areas
of honesty, flexibility, curriculum
and finance Areas where improve
ment is needed, according to the
evaluation report, are in communica
tions. and short- and long-term plan
ning
Concluding the report, Aschoff said
that Taylor has “improved this last
year ” It was recommended to the
board that evaluations on a d
ministrators in Boring be conducted
on a continual basis
Contracts for both Taylor and
Je rry P ric kett, principal, were
renewed by the board for another
two-year term, beginning July I,
1982 They received a 2 percent
salary increase
A group, calling themselves Con
cerned Parents, requested that board
meetings be tape recorded Taylor
said that according to the law, they
have the right to do that.
All meetings will be taped in the
future.
Taylor read a letter to the board
from Peter Aiau, a spokesperson for
the teachers at Boring, who pointed
out that by law teachers are entitled
to a 30-minute duty-free lunch per
day.
Acc ding to Aiau, who talked with
The Post at a later date, this has not
be i the case for everyone Some
teachers, who took duty for 15
minutes of their lunch period, were
compensated with a free lunch, but
net all teachers received this in
return for their time.
Aiau said that teachers had
brought the lunch problem to the at
tention of ad m in istrato rs, and
pointed out the law was being broken,
but “they chose to ignore the law .”
Next year there will be no free lun
ches, but the problem of having so
meone available to supervise lunch
periods was not resolved
Area groups
to benefit
from dinner
The Mt. Hood Lions Club will host a
seafood dinner June 25 at the Lions
Club pavilion to raise money for the
area’s elderly, scouts and other
groups, as well as to raise building
funds.
Steaks, as well as fish, will be on
the menu
PTA President Connie Reynolds
said parents might be able to help
with lunch duty Another alternative
suggested was to hire an aide
Prior to the meeting Bob Barren-
tine, an architect with Barrentine,
Bates and Lee, Lake Oswego, met
with Taylor, Clair Reynolds, ad
visory committee chairman, and
Helen Iuere, Clackamas County com
munity development specialist, at
Boring School, where a new park is to
be built
B arren tin e s purpose for the
meeting was to get a first hand look
at the grounds so that he can begin
working to gather appropriate infor
mation on play structures and
various pieces of equipment.
A design committee was to be
selected of three people, who will
work directly with the architect as
the park is constructed
Letters of application are being ac-
cepted for two vacancies on the
budget committee, it was announced
The three-year terms of Renae
Tram m ell and Bonnie Sterns will ex
pire in July,
The board will accept applications
until July 9 A prerequisite is that the
applicants be a district residents. A
knowledge of finance is helpful, ac
cording to Faith Wilson, deputy
clerk.
Elections set for water boards
Elections for positions on the
boards of directors of five newly-
formed water districts serving the
area formerly encompassed by the
Alder Creek Water Company are
scheduled for June 29.
Five commissioners will be elected
to each of the boards of directors for
the Alder Creek-Barlow. Riverside,
Sleepy Hollow. Wildwood and Coun
try Club districts
In four of the five special district
board races candidates are running
unopposed The filing deadline was
May 26
In the Riverside election a husband
will be competing against his wife for
a position on the board.
Candidates running for commis
sioners in the Wildwood district in-
clude John J. Anderson. Frank Frai-
jo and his wife, Joyce, Ronald K
French and Ron Stanton
Mark Bachmann, Mary A. Bot-
cheos, R H. Pom eroy, B everly
Stonebrook and Jackie L. Yates are
running for the Country Club board.
The Alder Creek-Barlow water
district canidates are Margo Demp
ster, Bob Gordon, Maggi Rands,
Richard T. Stone and Orville L.
Thompson
Candidates M a rily n L. H ill,
Everard Johnson, Charles Peterson,
Jeffery K Shackleford and Dottie B.
Shoup are running for the Sleepy
Hollow board.
In the Riverside district Robert
Benson, John C. M«ner, Nan Slenn-
ing, and Jock S. Stewart, are running
for the board
In this same race. Kylie B. Milne
will be competing for a position on
the board against her husband,
Richaid. The Eve candidates to
receive the most votes will comprise
the board.
The precinct for voters living in the
Alder Creek and Riverside districts
will be Firwood Elementary School,
42900 S.E. Trubel Road, Sandy.
In the Cr ntey Club, Sleepy Hollow
and Wildv »d districts residents will
vote at the Mt. Hood Lions Club on
Highway 26 in Wemme.
A spokesperson for the Clackamas
County elections division said that
the two precincts for the June 29
special election will be open from 8
a m. to 8 p.m.
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Kollin Schimniel, Oregon AAV Cultural Exchange coach. In appreciation for
the hospitality shown the wrestlers while in Sandy.
W eaver’s w ork to be
featured at opening
by MICHAEL P. JONES
the road in February and appeared
at the Yakima Valley Museum in
Yakima, Wash. Here she lectured
The opening of Rhododendron’s
and also taught workshops on
“ Glacier Gallery” Sunday, June 20,
Navaho weaving.
will allow the works of 30 Northwest
Her work once again went on the
artists to be featured on the moun
road in April and appeared in the All
tain, including two who have cap
Oregon Juried Weaving Show, held in
tured some of the history of Native
Corvallis.
Americans in their art.
In May the former I^ake Oswego
Sharon Smith, director of the new
resident appeared at a Portland in
gallery, announced that the Navaho-
vitational entitled, “Tapestries By
style weavings of Marmot resident
Ten Portland Weavers.”
Audrey Moore will be included
In her spare time Moore is also a
among the works featured.
consultant on Navaho looms for the
Caravan Loom Company.
In addition, the petroglyph rubb
Since 1974 she has taught classes in
ings of Jeanne Hillis, a painter who
Navaho weaving at the Damascas
lives in The Dalles, will also be
Craft Center, where she also con
displayed
ducts natural dye workshops
Moore, who lives on a small farm
Jeanne Hollis has three framed
in the Marmot area, dyes her own
rubbings of petroglyphs featured in
yarn and utilizes primarily natural
the gallery’s western section These
colorings derived from plants in her
unique rubbings are from sites once
weavings.
inhabited by a number of Columbia
For her reds she uses the coloring
River Indian tribes.
substance of the cochineal plant from
These ancient petroglyphs were
Mexico, said Smith. Her blues are
made in areas that have been under
derived from the indigo plant, which
water since the construction of Bon
is native to North America.
neville Dam and the river “tapped”
Her Navaho-style pieces have been
for the production of hydroelectric
unique enough to keep her busy
power.
traveling to shows in both Oregon
The petroglyphs, entitled “Small
and Washington since 1973.
Man From Brown’s Island" and the
In January Moore’s work was
“ Man With Shaman Circle,” are rub
featured at the National Wool
bed on rice paper
Growers Show and Invitational in
Gallery hours are from noon to 7
Portland entitled, “ Wool Is A rt.”
p.m. It will be open Wednesdays
She took her weavings with her on
through Sundays.
Post Correspondent
H oodland Happenings,
M eeting or-, levy to be June 23
MONDAY, JUNE 21
The Welches Community School
“ Aerobic Dance” class will continue
through the summer months at
Welches School in the covered area
next to the school playground.
Babysitting available for small fee
Chris Hutchinson will be leading
class every Monday and Wednesday
from 9 to JO a m. Fee is $5.
The Mt. Hood Corridor Citizens
Planning Organization will meet this
evening beginning at 7:30 in the Mt.
Hood Lions Club building on Highway
26 in Wemme
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23
Welches Community School hikes
continue throughout the summer
with Lou Tipton leading. Meet at
Hoodland Women’s Club building at
9:30 a m. to carpool.
The Mt. Hood Lions Club meets this
evening beginning at 8 p.m. in the
club building in Wemme.
Welches School will hold an infor
mational meeting concerning the
June 29 levy tonight in the multi
purpose room of the new school.
The Hoodland Chamber of Com
merce membership drive is under
way. Call John Thompson at 622-3927
for more information.
Several openings exist in the
Homestead Day Camp program The
Day Camp, located in Rhododendron,
is for girls in grades l through 8. The
first one-week session begins July 12.
The second begins July 19. Call Pam
Ashland at 622-4285 for more Infor
mation.
To place an event in Hoodland Hap
penings, contact Dawn Morrison at
622-3538.
Brightwood Glen on agenda
for Mt. Hood CPO meeting
The Mt. Hood Corridor Citizen
Planning Organization will consider
a recommendation on the proposed
Brightwood Glen development at its
next board meeting, to be held Mon
day, June 21.
The proposed 347-unit development
is planned for 96 acres in what is
known as the "Cedar Ridge” area in
Brightwood, adjacent to Highway 26.
At the CPO’s last board meeting,
held on June 9, no decision could be
made due to the lack of a quorum.
A report on the Clackamas County
planning commission hearing on the
Mt. Hood Plan revisions, held on
June 14, will also be given.
Also scheduled on the agenda will
be a discussion on what the CPO’s in
put will be at the county commis
sioners hearing on the Mt. Hood plan,
scheduled for July 6.
Other business for the Mt. Hood
Corridor CPO meeting includes a r
chitectural standards for buildings
located on scenic highways and
roads, fund raising for the CPO, and
mailing procedures.
Skepticism greets proposed revisions of community plan
by MICHAEL P. JONES
Poet Correspondent
The proposed revisions of the Mt.
Hood community plan were greeted
with skepiticism and anger Monday
night, June 14.
A small group of people expressed
dissatisfaction with the Clackamas
County Planning Commission at a
hearing held at the Hoodland
Women’s Club on the proposed plan
changes,
The changes in the area’s 1976
plan, which residents and property
owners took issue with, were no dif
ferent than those expressed at
previous hearings The issues includ
ed wetlands, “ down zoning,” density
transfer, and the reduction of the Mt.
Hood plan to a background report.
Ardis Stevenson, assistant director
of the en viro n m e n ta l services
department, told members of the
commission the revisions in the com
munity plan were a result of a Dec 4
order by the state Land Conservation
and Development Commission.
Stevenson said the county planning
staff was to “specifically look at" the
zoning outside the Hoodland Sewer
District, as well as the identification
and protection of wetlands
She said LCDC has given the coun
ty until Aug 13 to make the revisions
before going back to seek approval of
the changes
Dominic Mancini, planning direc
tor, said although there is concern
because the 1976 plan is being reduc
ed to 13 pages, the area is still pro
tected in the Clackamas County Com
prehensive Plan The Mt Hood plan
was used as a mode! for the com
prehensive plan
The “condensed" report, which
has been c r itic iz e d , M a n c in i
acknowledged, contains only those
characteristics that are unique to the
mountain
However, Mancini's explanation
did little to dispel the fears that seem
to accompany the reduction of the
role of the 1976 plan These fears
were overw helm ingly interlaced
throughout the testimonies given
Monday night.
Residents fear that the elimination
of the area's comprehensive plan,
and its replacement with the 13-page .
revision, will create both economic
flood plains and slopes, to less-
wetlands as the issue the county was
be disruptive to the land’s “ rain Bright. “ Its going to make a lot of
hardships and adverse impacts on
sensitive areas.
to re-examine, not down zoning. She
forest environment.” He described people happy up here in the coming
the environment.
Tross said that “ Brightwood
said she could see no reason for the
the land as being both "robust and years.”
W ETLAND IMPACTS
Glen," a 347-unit development pro county’s actions
delicate.”
Diane Spies, a land-use attorney
Marilyn Leslie of Zig Zag said the
posed by the Real Estate Develop
This concern was echoed by Frank
Kersh said the proposed changes in speaking on behalf of the Sane
elimination of the original communi
ment Fund of Salem, would have to J Brocker of Portland, who owns 15
his property’s zoning from rural
Economic Development Association,
ty plan is a mistake because the
be constructed around wetlands
acres off Aschoff Road in the Lolo
residential to a forest designation is requested the planning commission
county’s comprehensive plan does
located on the property He said that
Pass area near Zig Zag.
improper since his family's original
allow the record to remain open so
not adequately protect n atu ral
from the standpoint of land-use plan
Brocker said he purchased the land
plans for purchasing the acreage was
that she and her staff could complete
resource areas, such as wetlands. By
ning, density transfer would be good
in March 1975 with “a definite intent
to maintain it for recreational pur a study on the properties to be a f
lumping the differing values of rural
because “ it would preserve wetlands
for eventually building a house.” The
poses.
fected by the proposed down zoning.
and urban land-use issues together,
by allowing development to take county said it was adequate “for
“Our plans are to cluster our own
Wes Post, spokesperson for SEDA,
the area will be “ unnecessarily and
place on less fragile land.”
building purposes" and zoned it one
retirement home with recreational
said the extra time is also essential
overly compromised by planned
Both Leslie and Baker took issue house per five acres in 1979.
cabins for each of the two children as so they can notify all the property
developments,” even more than it
with the proposed density transfer
He said a prior soil investigation
they grow older," said Kersh, “and
owners who will be affected
currently is.
and testified that it would improperly conducted by Jerry Marshall of the
to preserve the forest atmosphere.”
“ We can’t regard a wetland in
allow land speculators to be compen
Post said a conservative estimate
county’s D epartm ent of Public
Kersh said to attempt to utilize the
Oregon C ity under the sam e
sated for wanting to build in areas
shows that over 1000 properties
Works showed that there are four dif
land
for
timber
harvesting
would
be
guidelines as here,” said Leslie.
that are unsuitable.
would be re-zoned under the planning
ferent sites that are suitable for the
both
e n v ir o n m e n ta lly
and
“ W etlands here have a much
staff's proposed “ blanketed down
“The only purpose I see in density construction of single-family dwell
economically
unfeasible.
He
said
broader far-reaching affect and im
zoning."
exch an g e is co m p en sation to
ing units.
because of its limited acreage, poor
pact on wildlife, fisheries, rivers and
d e v e lo p e r s ,”
sa id
L e s lie .
Now, however, said Brocker, the
Due to time limitations in the hear
soils, glacial boulder deposits and
private water systems, more than in
“ Developers are speculators and I
proposed zone change would require
ing schedule, Post said his organiza
slopes,
it
could
not
be
a
suitable
urban core areas.”
see no need for their risks to be sub
a minimum of 20 acres for building
tion has not had time to examine
“ economic unit.”
Beth Baker, secretary for the
sidized by the county at further ex purposes
each specific parcel and that the best
In an interview after his testimony,
Rhododendron Neighborhood Group,
pense to a r u r a l re s o u rc e -
“ I s tro n g ly su p p o rt good
Kersh said that during the late '60s they could do is “only hope that each
took issue with the county’s remov
recreational area
planning,” said Brocker “ I, too,
and ’70s his family was under cons owner understands the effects (of the
ing protection from wetlands and
“ At this time we must question the would abhor wild development of the
down zoning) on their property.”
tant pressure to sell the land for
other fragile areas The proposed
need for the immediate planned
beautiful Mt. Hood corridor.
“ I don't know what down zoning
e
ith
e
r
developm
ent
or
tim
b
e
r
revision would allow one unit per five
developments,” said Leslie. “ Mt.
“ I have no intention of speculative
harvesting
is,” said Terance Foster, who owns
acres if seotic requirements could be
Hood is suffering a housing glut both
use of my land,” said Brocker. “ But I
" It seemed like once a week so
10 acres. “ I don’t know if I ’m going to
met. The 1976 plan does not allow
to private owners and developers.
do resent retro-active rezoning which
meone would call up wanting to pay more taxes or less taxes "
such development.
More dense housing will make this can totally alter the original purpose
develop it,” said Kersh Then when
Foster accused the members of the
Baker testified that as far back as
situation worse and devalue existing
of purchase Especially seven years
timber was high we’d get calls from
planning commission of not having a
June 1924, the original plat prepared
homes even further in a depressed after the fact."
‘clear-cut’ loggers.
heart and fears they want his land
by civil engineer Sam H. Bellah for
economy, not to mention the tremen
Brocker s daughter, Lori, testified
“Our goal is not to develop or log
Susette Franzette, an early-day real
“ If you people want the property
dous impact we will be facing in an
that the land was purchased with in
It,” said Kersh "Our goal is to main for the market value, you can have
estate developer in Rhododendron,
area which has no economic base to surance money from her mother’s
tain it for the family We are not ‘fly It," said Foster angerly.
id e n tifie d
the
3 0 -ac re
adequately meet the needs of its pre death so each of the children could
by night' developers. Our intent is to
m eadow t r ip a r ia n system
as
sent residents.”
Renee Knapp of Zig Zag said if the
have a cabin constructed. The new
preserve it."
“ recognized as unbuildable ”
“ As for property owners who are
proposed down zoning is approved it
zoning would effectively “ interfere
Carl
Bright,
developer
of
the
Rippl
Fifty-two years later, Baker said
going to suffer economic loss, I ’m
will lower the tax base for the county
with this heritage ”
ing River subdivision in Welches,
that CH2M tHill, a private planning
sorry for them but if these same
since the number of units allowed for
Karol Wyatt Kersh and his family
also spoke against the down zoning
firm hired by the county to develop a
owners had spent their money on own a 24 acre parcel of land on East
construction would be reduced
Bright said that although he is not
comprehensive plan for the corridor,
gold stock or Litton Industries or
Barlow Trail Road that lies between
“ Has the economic impact of this
being
affectedby
the
re-zoning,
he
recommended there be “no building
some other stock which has gone Sandy River Acres and the National
down zoning been considered." asked
was
compelled
to
speak
out
“
in
whatsoever in the Rhododendron
down,” said Baker. “ I ’m sure M errill
Forest boundary. He said this parcel
Knapp, "because this is a very large
distress about the (affected) rural
meadow.”
Lynch or their stockbrokers would of land had also been purchased for
issue and should be.”
area.” He called the proposed new
Thia was supported by the county’s not have sent sympathy cards nor
constructing recreational cabins.
zoning "very disturbing because of
DECISION TO BE R E N D E R E D
own soil expert, said Baker, who con made any great effort to help them
Kersh said his father and mother
the economic devastation to the peo
The planning commission voted to
ducted an analysis of the area and
recoup their losses Land purchased had purchased the property, on
ple ”
hold a work session on the plan's
“stated that the marsh would not
for speculation should be considered which there was a small logger’s
People should have been a con
revision, Monday, June 21, at the
support building.”
as such—some win, some lose.”
cabin, on June 11, 1952 Also, a por
sideration when the new zoning was
county’s environmental services of
DEN SITY TRANSFER
DOWN-ZONING FEARS
tion of the old Barlow Road crosses
studied, said Bright, but this was not
fice. 902 Abemethy in Oregon City.
Jeffrey R. rross, a land planning
Nancy Spencer, a property and over the land, which he said the fam i
the case He said a change from the
They will allow written testimony to
and development consultant for a
former-business owner in the area,
ly treasures and will maintain
rural zoning to timber would allow
be submitted until noon, June 23.
proposed subdivision in the Cedar
sa id th e p la n n in g s ta ff has
He said if is the family's intent to
this area to be clearcut
On June 28 they will make their
Ridge area near Brightwood, spoke
“drastically overstepped” what the construct up to four residences, as
To allow a house to be constructed
recommendations on the plan public
in favor of transfering development
LCDC had directed the county to do.
well as develop a “proper" timber
on “a two-acre parcel of land is not
and then forward them to the Board
from fragile areas like wetlands,
Spencer said LCDC had identified
management plan, which would not
going to devastate the area.” said
of County Comissionert