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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