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Section SANDY, O R EG O N THURSDAY. JULY 15. 1982 The Slfnäy Post A rea News People Home & Garden Features Sandy Mountain Days: Involvement key to success Photon b.v Scott Newton Top left: Dan MacDonald, emcee of the Sandy Mountain Days parade^ pro vides a clue as to why he was selected to ride with Annie in the Rose Festival Parade as Daddy Warbucks. Bottom left: Mike Valdrow of the Barlow Trail Long Rifles club loads his gun during black powder competition. Valdrow is president of the black powder club. Above: The Sandy Rebekas were third in civic organization competition. Pictured, from left to right, is Myrta Hall, For mal Strömberg, Frances Ormsby, Lois Polivka, Agnes Hartwig and Julia Latimer. Fire in woodcutting area burns for 11 hours by M IC H A EL P. JONES Post Correspondent A woodcutting area on Kiwanis Camp Road above Rhododendron caught fire Sunday night and burned an estimated 40 to 50 cords of firewood before being brought under control 11 hours after it started. Herb Evans. Forest Service infor mation officer with the Zig Zag Ranger D istrict, said the fire was reported shortly after 10 p.m by a passing motorist. He said the fire began in a heavily- used woodcutting area just off of Highway 26 near the Kiwanis Camp that is known as the “ By-Pass Sale." It had been opened to woodcutters on July 8 Equipment and firefighters from Water district receiver to present engineering designs by M ICHA EL P. JONES Post Correspondent A pre hearing was held last month between representatives of the Alder Creek Water Users Association, the receiver of the Alder Creek Water Company and representatives of the U S Attorney’s office in the cour troom of U S D istrict Judge Gus Solomon The pre-hearing, held June 4, was to cla rify issues that w ill be address ed in a hearing scheduled for today when the company receiver, Gene Ginther, w ill present his engineering designs and request the court adopt his plans for the company's service area The court may also decide if the receiver can apply, on behalf of the five districts, for a $1 75 m illion loan through the federal Farm Home Ad m in istra tio n E a rlie r this year Solomon ordered the FHA to accept the loan pre-application from Gin ther despite objections from some water customers The water company ’s service area, which includes the communities of A ld e r Creek B arlow , R iverside, Country Club, Sleepy Hollow and Wildwood, just recently was divided into five separate service districts Jock Stewart, chairperson of the Alder Creek Water Users Associa tion. said the districts were formed so residents could have a voice in the administration and operation of the five domestic water systems that serve the area. Residents had taken issue with Ginther s plans, calling them unac ceptable and prohibitive due to design and cost Originally, said Stewart, the hear ing was scheduled for sometime prior to the elections, but upon the re quest of the water users Solomon changed the date of the hearing to Ju ly 13 Stewart said the extra time allow ed for elections to be held for the five new water districts boards The elec tion was held June 29. Elected from Wildwood were John Anderson, Frank Fraijo, Joyce Frai- jo, Ronald French and Ron Stanton Elected from Country Club were Mark Bachmann, Mary Botcheos, R.H. Stonebrook and Jackie Yates Elected from Alder Creek-Barlow were Margo Dempster, Bob Gordon. Maggi Rands, Richard Stone and Or ville Thompson Elected from Sleepy Hollow were M arilyn H ill, Everard Johnson, Charles Peterson, Jeffery S hackleford and D o ttie Sharp. Elected from Riverside were Robert Benson, John F le m m in g . Jock Stewart, Kylie Milne and Richard Milne The additional time also has allow ed the candidates to begin fa m ilia riz ing themselves with the issues of the coming hearing. Several weeks ago, said Stewart, “ we offically expanded the board of the A ld e r Creek W ater Users Association to allow all the can didates to begin participating.'* Stewart said when the five district boards offically became active on Ju ly 1 the water users association becam e in a c tiv e An in t e r governmental board, which is com prised of board members from all the systems, has taken over the function of the association. Participation by the candidates now, said Stewart, has m! de the tran sition a lot easier. Stewart said he and the rest of the association members, and its legal c o u n s e l, E d w a rd S u lliv a n of Portland, feel comfortable with the outcome of the pre-hearing He said earlier fears about not get ting a fa ir chance at the hearing were dispelled Stewart said, in regard to the estimated 3157,000 bill that Ginther claims the company owes him for work conducted since the time he took over as receiver on September 15, 1980, that Solomon seems to sym pathize with them. According to Stewart, Solomon said that he had no idea the bill was going to be so large or that there was no avenue readily available to pay it. Since the time Ginther took over as receiver, it was made clear by federal officials that he would be paid for the work he has done “ What we intend to do is fill the courtroom and put on a hell of a presentation," said Stewart. "We are even more organized than we were a few months ago.” the Department of State Forestry and the Hoodland Rural Fire Depart ment battled to bring the blaze under control, along with 34 firefighters from the Forest Service. Evans said firefighters contained the blaze in a log deck located bet ween two uphill cuts where logs had been "yarded" during previous logg ing operations The fire was not brought under con trol until 9 a m the following morn ing “ Mop-up" operations continued until late Monday afternoon and the area is tem porarily closed to wood cutters, said Evans. The fire is believed to have ignited after the d istrict’s fire patrol last checked the area at 5 p.m., said Evans He said it could have burned Rumors circulating about the clos ing of the Hoodland Senior Center due to the lack of funding for the Timberline Rim sale set for the weekend MONDAY. JU LY 19 The Welches Community School aerobic dance class w ill be held to day beginning at 9 a m. at Welches School in the covered area next to the school playground Babysitting w ill be available for a small fee A CPO meeting w ill be held at 7:30 p m at the Hoodland Women's Club WEDNESDAY, JULY I t Aerobic dance class w ill continue today at Welches School beginning at 023-guage spark arrester screen on their chain saw muffler. Evans said the newer chain saws are now equipped with the spark- arrester Any dealer can install the required arresters on older-model chain saws In addition to this equipment, Evans said that forest cutting rules also require a watchman be left on duty one hour after a chain saw is shut-off This would help to prevent another fire, sim ilar to Sunday's With the a rrival of the hot weather, Evans said the district w ill be stress ing fire prevention “ We are now in the d iy part of the season," said Evans " I f woodcutters do not have the proper equipment- ment they w ill be turned aw ay." I Center’s future appears stable Hoodland Happenings SATURDAY, JU LY 17 The third annual Timberline Rim Craft Market begins today at the Timberline Rim club house, about 12 miles east of Sandy Signs w ill be posted Wooden toys, pottery, stained glass, quilts, jewelry, glass etchings, oil paintings, water colors, ceramics and other items w ill be featured at the indoor-outdoor a ffa ir. C raft d e m o n s tra tio n s w ill be held throughout the day from 10 a m to 4 p.m today and Sunday SUNDAY. JULY IK The Timberline Rim Craft Market sale continues today. A special feature w ill be a tour of homes w ithin the Timberline R im -a n area with unique homes nestled along the San dy River at the base of Mt Hood four to five hours before being discovered. Evans said the cause of the blaze is still under investigation It is believ ed to have been caused by a woodcut ter who lacked a “ spark-arrester" screen, which is required equipment on all chain saw mufflers being used in the National Forest. Due to Sunday's fire, Evans said that fire management personnel from the district are spot checking cutters to insure they have the re quired equipment. If not, they w ill not be allowed to cut and w ill be turn ed away as a number of them were on Monday. Woodcutters are required to have a shovel with a 48 inch-long handle, an eight-ounce fire extinguisher and a 9 am . Welches Community School hikes continue throughout the summer with I^ou Tipton leading Meet at the Hoodland Women's Club building to car pool The C la c k a m a s C ounty Bookmobile w ill be at the Mt. Hood Food and General Store in Rhodofxn- dron from 2 to 3:30 p m To place an event in the Hoodland Happenings, contact Dawn Morrison at «22-3538. agency's staff are not true, according to the spokesperson of the Green Thumb program, which provides salaries for the workers. Joe Evans, director for the Salem- based senior advocacy organization, said in a telephone interview that funding for two employees placed at the agency has been extended “ technically" only until September 30. loiter this summer, said Evans, funding should be continued until June 30, 1983 He said there has been an indication that Congress w ill pro vide funding for at least another year. “ Unless there are some changes that I'm not aware of,” said Evans, "there is no intention, of removing funding for our employees placed at the center." The Green Thumb program pays the salaries of Max ne Worley and Ignore Richards, the only two paid staff members of the agency Mt. Hood Corridor group to discuss subdivision, water The Mt Hood Corridor Citizens Planning Organization w ill meet Monday, July 19. at 7:30 p m at the Hoodland Women’s Club A developer of the proposed Brightwood Glen subdivision w ill ad dress some of the issues that have been raised concerning that project Fund raising and mailing pro cedures for the CPO are also on the agenda, along with a presentation on the Hoodland Service D is tric t’s sewer outfall line Dennis Tylka w ill present his fin dings concerning the effects of chlorinated effluence from the plant as it pertains to fisheries and the water quality of the Sandy River The service district laid the pipe two years ago through the flood plains of the Sandy River, just north of where Arrah Wanna Boulevard in tersects with Highway 28 in Wemme Marilyn Leslie, a member of the center’s board of directors, said the lx»aves and Fishes program has had its funding cut, back, which means the center's operating funds are also being cut back Worley, the center's director, said although operating monies have been reduced as a result of federal budget cuts, the doors of the center w ill re main open There w ill be a greater emphasis placed on volunteer help Sandy, Rhody residents to serve A Sandy resident and a Rhododen dron resident have lieen elected as liaison representatives for the 5th Congressional District In late June the Democratic Cen tra l Committee met in Oregon City and e le c te d f’ e te r S u lzb a ch , chairperson of the Sandy Community Action (.’enter, and Carolyn Smith of Rhododendron, to serve as liaison betw een the v o te rs and the Democratic hopeful for the new district O th e r re p re s e n ta tiv e s fro m Clackamas County include Ixjrna M arble, Rich Weiss, and Walt Brown, a Milwaukie resident who is running for the senate seat in state D istrict 12 The five representatives w ill be assisting congressional candidate Ruth McFarland of Boring in her ef forts to defeat Republican incumbent Denny Smith in the November elec tion
