Thur» . Oct. 14. 1 9 n (Set. I) &ANOV (Or*.) 8OST-»
Hoodland fire chief ponders Ballot Measure 3
by M IC H A E L P. JONES
P m ( Correipondent
How to run a fire depart
ment on 1983 prices with
1979-80 funding is the pro
blem the Hoodland Rural
F ire District officials will
be facing if Ballot Measure
3 passes Nov 2.
Hoodland R u ra l F ir e
Chief Don Armintrout said
in a recent interview that
he can only speculate on
what affect the measure
would have on service
Currently, said Arm in
trout. the district's budget
is 3332.000 Ballot Meausre
3, the 15 percent property
ta x l im it a t io n , w ould
return the district to the
1979-80 budget of $162.000
H o w ever, A rm in tro u t
said the district just recent
ly heard from state of
ficials, who said they would
be getting $255.000
"T h e re are a lot of
unanswered questions and
we can't answer those
questions until we get some
answers from someone,
like the state, who says this
is exactly the amount of
money you will have and
this is official," said A r
mintrout
Regardless of whether
the district gets $255.000 or
$162.000. there will still be
an impact Fuel for the fire
vehicles, as well as for
maintenance and tire pur
chases. will have to be
reduced substantially
" I t ’s a Catch 22’ situa
tion," said Armintrout " If
you don't have the money
to buy new tires, what are
you going to do if they
blow?”
Uncertain just what the
M t. H o o d C P O sets
‘i m p o r t a n t’ m e e tin g
The Mt Hood Corridor
Citizen Planning Orgamza
tion w ill m eet in the
m u ltip u rp o s e room of
Welches Grade School on
Monday. Oct 18
T o m M o rris o n , vic e
chairperson of the CPO.
said the agenda for the
meeting "is lengthy but im
portant ” He urged that all
the area representatives
and members attend
On the agenda is a
discussion of the condi
tional use perm it hearings
for two developments pro
posed for the Cedar Ridge
area, near Bright ood
The Brightwood Glen
subdivision is scheduled to
go before the Board of
Clackamas County Com
missioners on Oct. 20 Pro
posed is 347 units for 98
acres of land
A new hearing has been
H a rv e s t F e stiv a l se t
fo r O ct. 23 in B o rin g
The first Boring Harvest
Festival will be Oct 23
from 9 a m. t o t p m at the
Boring Grade School Naas
Building
It is being sponsored by
members of the communi
ty. the P aren t-T e ac h e r
A s s o c ia tio n and m e r
chants
Although many people
have already expressed in
terest in showing their
crafts, demonstrating their
"home based” business op
portunities or selling their
wares, some table space is
a v a ila b le , according to
Rescued cat
is identified
The cat rescued from
high up in a Douglas fir last
week by E rika Reagan has
been identified as Puddy
Cat, the pet of Don and
Harriet Christilaw
Reagan. 14, climbed the
tree, estimated to be 50-foot
tall or taller, after Pam
Gracia, 17860 Van Fleet,
was unable to get the fire
department to respond
The C h ristilaw s gave
Reagan "a nice gift ” Said
Harriet, “ I don't know how
she ever got the nerve to do
that.”
The cat, which was up in
the tree nearly four days,
"hasn't been near a tree
since it got down,” Don
said Tuesday.
Parakeet
goes home
The parakeet that stop
ped in for a visit at Sandy
Union High School last
week belonged to Sally
Founds
and
D a r w in
Bus well
The bird flew into an
open window and was kept
by a student until claimed
It had been missing since
M ay. Buswell told The
Post.
He said. " I was just get
ting ready to go out and buy
her another bird, too.”
Busw ell said Founds
never gave up hope that
they'd find the parakeet,
named Pretty Bird.
He said the parakeet,
which he chased for six
hours the day it left, likes to
land on people’s heads,
which is exactly what P re t
ty Bird did when she joined
Georgia Lenon’s literature
class
A
n e ig h b o r ,
Edna
Stewart, read about the
parakeet in The Post and
told Founds and Buswell
about it
fin a n c ia l e ffe c t B allo t
.Measure 3 w ill have, A r
mintrout said it will be up
the the board to decide
where the cuts w ill be
made They will determine
this by holding public
meetings and letting the
district's residents have a
say
Speaking at the fire
Connie Reynolds, PTA
president
A table may be rented,
indoors or out i weather
perm itting), for $10
Needed are home-sewn
items, leather work, baked
goods, antiques, produce
and Christ..tas items, she
said
Lunch will be available,
with a chili feed "at the top
of the list ”
For more information,
c o n ta c t
R e y n o ld s at
658 4057. Cam Schwab at
668-7594 or Jan Grenier at
658 3682
SANDY
granted for the Alderwood
Mobile Home subdivision,
a 192-unit mobile home
park proposed for 48 acres
of land It is scheduled to be
heard on Nov 10.
For more information
contact Tom Morrison at
622-3538
Sus? i joins
Hazelwoods
Susan M arie Hazlewood
was born Sept 13 at 3:05
p m at the Bess Kaiser
Medical Center
She
w e ig h e d
e ig h t
pounds, three ounces and
was 20 and one-quarter in
ches long
She joins Katherine. 5.
The parents are David
and Marcia Hazlewood of
Sandy
The grandparents are
Irven and Eleanor Silkey of
Ohio and Helen Knutson of
Wisconsin
A g rea t-g ran d m o th er,
Ara Felt, lives in Irvine,
Calif.
b o a r d ’s
S e p te m b e r
m e e tin g .
A r m in t r o u t
outlined some potential
problems the 1.5 percent
property tax lim ita tio n
could have on fire protec
tion
Armintrout said the cur
re n t budget would be
reduced 52 percent If this
happens, the people of the
district can expect a reduc
tion of services by one half
Arm introut said there
could be a possible elim ina
tion of three permanent
positions in the depart
ment Currently there are
five paid staff members
D is p a tc h costs and
telephone services would
also have to be reduced by
one half, said Armintrout
Last year the district
spent $76,000, which allow
ed for expaned protection
The passage of Ballot
Measure 3 would reduce
this to $46,000
There would be no pur
chase of additional radio
equipment, office equip
ment, fire apparatus and
other capital expenses
One option would be to
shut down the Brightwood
Station, which is five miles
west of the main station in
Zig Zag on Highway 26
This would save $20,000.
In addition, the district
could save $25,000 by
eliminating special rescue
services.
People who utilize the
department's walk-in first
a id s e rv ic e m a y fin d
themselves forced to drive
31 miles to Gresham Com
munity Hospital for treat
m e n t.
C u r r e n t ly
an
estimated 50 persons are
treated for first aid each
month
The district would only
m a in tain essential s e r
vices. 3atd A rm introut
Firefighters would respond
only to fires and life-
th re a te n in g s itu a tio n s
There would be a reduc
tio n , i f not c o m p le te
elimination, in emergency
m e d ic a l s e rv ic e s and
preventive services, such
as chimney inspections
"W e re going to need to
hear from the company of
fleers as to how we are to
do this (continue protection
of the district) without any
money,” said Armintrout
"Do you really think a
community like this would
let the fire department go
downhill,” asked Shirley
Dueber, the owner of The
Book P lac e »» ire s in
Welches and S ,ndy " I
think the people may stand
behind it ithe fire depart
ment) with bucks out of
their own pockets
" I think the community
may rise up on its hind legs
and sa y,
H e r e ’s the
bucks.’"
A rm in tro u t responded
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• HARLAN
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STAN UR8IGKEIT Treas
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Board M em ber D avid
O lson s a id if B a llo t
M easure 3 passes, the
district will have to accept
this "harsh fact" and live
as the voters ask
JfuSVaSi ?
G arden Club
sets bazaar
The Columbian Garden
C lu b w ill o ffe r d rie d
flowers and potted plants
fo r s a le a t its P re -
Christmas Bazaar, which
w ill be Oct. 16 and 17 from
10 a m. to 4 p.m
The Bazaar w ill be held
at the Old Wilson Bulb
House, 400 N E Pounder
Road, Corbett.
that it would take a lot of
bake sales to continue the
funding level of the depart
ment If Ballot Measure 3
were to go into effect.
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