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About Sandy post. (Sandy, Oregon) 1938-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 23, 1982)
Thur» Group seeks annexation into fire district by MICHAEL P. JONES Post Correspondent For the second time in two years a group of pro perty owners near Welches have requested their pro perty be annexed into the Hoodland Rural Fire P ro tection District Th e area is sq u a re shaped and bordered by V S Forest Service land on the south and east, and private land on the north and west It covers roughly 640 acres, south of Highway 26. and is located near the junction of Salmon R iver Road and Welches Road Known as Section 16 on official maps, it has 18 s in g le -fa m ily dw elling s with an estimated popula tion totaling 30 persons If annexed, it would provide about 81.700 of additional operating funds for the district At the fire district's last Mt Fur hi ml board of directors meeting, held on Sept 14. annexation to insure adequate fire pro tection for the area was made The request orgmal ly came before the board last year, but was tabled According to Woodland Fire Chief Don Armintrout. the Goverment Camp area was in the process of being annexed at the time of the original request, and the board felt it best to put fu r ther expansion of the fire d is tric t “ on the back burner " “ We didn't want the peo ple to get worried about land-grabbing," said Ar- m introut A r m in t r o u t to ld the board he is in favor of the request and, due to the pro xim ity, it could be served by the department. If an nexed, he said the true cash value of the district would increase, but the taxpayers would be paying less. “ Why it wasn't included in the original formation of the fire district," said A r mintrout, “I don’t know ’ Lowell Njust, fire district attorney and a property owner in the area, is one of the supporters of the re quest Njust said the people of Section 16 had believed they were part of the fire district and were paying for the service “ We didn ’t know we weren't in it," said Njust The fire board voted unanimously to proceed with the annexation A uction fo r McFarland a ‘success / • r C lIH fJ IT S S Juanita Orr, Robert Shiprack and Ruth McFarland were at a fund raiser for McFarland Sunday at the Mt. Hood Lions Club. A fund-raising auction Sunday n etted R u th M cF arlan d. Dem ocratic candidate for the 5th Con gressional District, 81.039 M cF a rlan d , a Boring re s id e n t who teaches science at Mt Hood Com munity College, is raising funds to aid her in her quest of the Congressional seat h e ld by in c u m b e n t Republican Denny Smith The auction was held at the Mt Hood Lions Club in W emme and was con- ducted by Bill Anton of vided via a 1930 Model A Oregon City, who filled in Ford. as auctioneer Among those in atten The event attracted over dance w e re R o b e rt a ISO p e rs o n s who Shiprack of Beaver Creek, "silently" bid on a wide a Democratic candidate for range of items that were House District 23 He bid donated by supporters of 838 for two pairs of Nike McFarland Such things as shoes donated by former an a irpla n e ride over U.S. T r a n s p o r t a t io n M ount S t. H e le n s , a S e c re ta ry and fo rm e r weekend at the coast, bales P o rtla n d M a y o r N e il of hay and dinner with Goldschmidt. M cFarland. T ra n sp o rta J u a n it a O rr, a tion to the la tte r is Dem ocratic from Lake reportedly going to be pro Grove who is running for Cjackamas County clerk, bid on two lambs Having no pickup available, she hauled her 819 and 827 ac quaintances home in the back of her car Entertainment was pro vided by Marie Kennedy, a s in g e r -g u it a r is t fro m Brightwood. Toward the end of the festivities she was joined by M cFarland at the microphone, where they sang a few songs together Steve Scheer, Clackamas County cam paign c o o r dinator for M cFarland, called the event a success He praised the efforts of Jo Beth Anderson, of Sandy, who coordinated the auc tion Scheer said McFarland has placed great emphasis on conducting a “ grass roots" campaign in the county. He said she has particulary strong support in the Sandy-Mt. Hood area produce, grocery, non-food! MD BRAND, TW IN QUILTED FOUR-ROLL PACKAGE FRESH, GOLDEN RIPE U.S. NUMBER ONES • WHITE • ASST'D FIRST O NE WESTERN FAMILY 6 PACK ENGLISH MUFFINS fam «* 14 OZ. REG. SOUR DOUGH ■ SPINACH ■ ■ OR RED, GREEN, W R O M A IN E LEAF LETTUCE FIRST THREE EXTRA VALUE f THICK-MEATED CALIFORNIA CANTA« LOUPE FLAV-R-PAC, 12 OZ. TIN FROZEN, FIRST TWO ORANGE JUICE NESTLE, REAL SEMI-SWEET CHOCOLATE CHIPS QRN. CABBAGE LOCALLY G R O W N , CRISP HEADS . . . . LB. SWEET JUMBO SIZE . . TOMATOES # 1 POTATOES RED & RIPE, CALIFORNIA G R O W N . . LB. S TRÍE TOP CONCENTRATED 16 OUNCE TIN, EACH . . . . ■ ■ G O LD EN SWEET 4 Q Q 'Ì F W J BAKERS . . LBS. BIUEB'RY, APPLE CINN , B'TRMIIK 8 PACK, 11 OUNCE BOX, EACH ......... 12 O UNC E BAG TOLL HOUSE MORSELS ORE IDA SOUTHERN STYLE 32 OUNCE PRO 39180 P ioneer Blvd. in Sandy. 668-7418 O pen 7 a.m. u n til 10 p.m. seven days a w e e k !