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Local firefighters help
douse 10-acre blaze
F ire burned 10 acres of one- ?.nd
twp-year-old logging slash four miles
south of Sandy on Thursday, Aug. 14.
Firefighters from three local rural
fire districts joined the state Depart
ment of Forestry in battling the
blaze. It was contained late Thurs
day. The cause of the fire is under in
vestigation. The land is owned by the
Deep Creek Tim ber Association.
No homes were d a m e .'d by the
fire, although there were several in
the area. The closest to the fire was
about one-quarter mile to the south
Individuals were notified of the fire,
and some individuals voluntarily
evacuated their homes.
Friday, 30 people, three engines, a
water tender and a bulldozer were
being used to mop-up after the fire
An industry forester with Times M ir
ror Land and Tim ber Comany, Jim
C arr, was placed in charge of the ef
fort. Fires in Eastern Oregon have
drained much of State Forestry’s
Camp aids kids w ith cancer
Fern«.
Pine cones.
Leaves.
Old man's beard (moss).
Bark
Elm er's glue
Names in felt pen on masking
tape.
White votive candles.
That is what 48 children at Camp
Ukandu made wish boats out of
They glued ferns, pine cones,
leaves and old man’s beard to bark,
secured the white votive candles
and stuck on masking tape with
their names written In felt pen.
At a campfire gathering last
Thursday, the last night of a week
long camp held at the Mount Hood
Kiwanis Camp site near Rhododen
dron, the children will place 48 wish
boats into a pond.
What were they wishing for?
They could be wishing for
anything; wish-boat wishes like bir
thday wishes are void when told.
But there is one wish in common
because the children at this camp
either have cancer themselves or
have siblings with cancer Most of
them are in remission. All of them
want to grow up like other children.
Camp chairman Ken Raddle of
P o rtla n d , whose 13-yeer old
daughter has leukemia, said that
when many children are diagnosed
with cancer they undergo induc
tion, which wipes out white blood
cells. White blood cells are built up
again during remission
"The earlier the remission the
better the percentages are.” he
said.
Last year Raddle took his
daughter to a camp near Seattle for
children with cancer. Camp Good
times.
“ They couldn’t guarantee room
for Oregon kids next y ear," he said
So Raddle went to the American
Cancer Society in Portland to talk
about setting up a camp similar to
Camp Goodtlmes in Oregon Fred
Meyer donated $45, (MM) to fund the
camp for the next three years
In less than a year from the time
Raddle first wen, to the American
Cancer Society, Camp Ukandu was
taking applications for its week
long session.
This year 48 children ages H to 16
fished, canoed, rode horseback,
hiked and sung around the camp
fire at the camp. Each child could
bring a sibling. The camp is free.
The only restriction is that children
could not have been off therapy for
more than three years.
At campfire on the first night, the
children had to tell something they
had done that day for the first time,
Raddle said Some had caught their
first fish, rode their first horse or
just been to camp for the first time
in their life, he said.
Thirteen year-old Shannon Flory
of Gresham, who was gluing his
wish boat together, said horseback
riding was his favorite activity.
Cleaning fish and swimming
were highlights of the camp, said
Mackenzie Patrick of Corbett.
Her Il-year-old brother Nathan,
who went to Camp Goodtimes last
year, said Camp Ukapdu is sim ilar
to it, hut at this camp everyone has
to keep,a journal. Nathan was
casting his line into a pond, hoping
to catch the big. elusive trout
cam pers
have
nicknam ed
'Walter.”
The camp is staffed with “ a doc
tor for the day" and a volunteer
nurse The doctors for each day are
pediatric oncologists who volunteer
to come to the camp for a day.
"A kid's whole relation with their
doctor is in a hospital. At the camp
they see each other in a different
light,” Raddle said.
Students in the Special Education
program at Portland State Univer
sity work at Camp Ukandu is part
of their course work. Counselors
aren’t told which children have
cancer and which are siblings.
All people who come into the
cam p are screened because
children at the camp who are in
remission have “ no defense system
to combat illness." Raddle said.
When some parents find their
children have cancer they go in the
house, lock the door and only come
out for treatment, Raddle said.
The camp provides respite for
parents, he said.
Onq g irl at the camp had never
been away from her parents since
she was diagnosed with cancer, he
said.
Children are dependent on doc
tors and parents all the time, Rad
dle said. The camp provides some
independence for the patient, Rad
dle said. The older ones, who have a
tremendous dependency in conflict
with the independence they feel as
they grow older, especially need
these types of outlets, he said.
Jordan named to VFW committee
John S. Stsum of Minneapolis,
Minn., the commander-in-chief of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
United States, has appointed Leslie
E Jordan of Sandy, VFW Post 4273,
as a member of the 1986 convention
committee on national security and
foreign affairs.
The committee meets this week
during the 87th annual National Con
vention of the VFW in Minneapolis.
Pathfinders
set induction
ceremony
K special candlelight induction
ceremony for new Pathfinders will
be featured at 11 a m. on Saturday,
Sept. 8 at the Sandy Seventh-day
Adventist Church. The Pathfinder
Club is sim ilar to scouting.
The Pathfinder Club is open to
young people ages 10 through 16. The
group has many outings, Christian
faith-building activities, games and
crafts. This fa ll’s program includes
woodcarving, the study of marine in
vertebrates, and baking for craft
honor badge«
On Sept. 6, Pathfinder Sabbath,
Pathfinder members and former
members will be encouraged to wear
their scarf and/or Master Guide pin.
For m ore inform ation, contact
Elaine Wallace, leader, at 663-3967
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Jordan has been active in veterans
affairs for many years and has held a
variety of offices in positions of
leadership within the nation’s oldest
major veterans association
"People who have helped preserve
their country through m ilitary ser
vice in time of war best understand
the importance of maintaining the
freedom and liberty we all enjoy and
sometimes take for granted.” Stautn
said.
The committee w ill study resolu
tions dealing with national defense,
m ilitary policy, foreign affairs and
civil defense and present its recom
mendations to convention delegates
either for or against adoption.
Jordan and his colleagues also will
hear the views of numerous national
leaders who will be participating in
the convention.
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"They provided most of the water
and half of the people,” Humbert ad
ded. “ Most of our people are east of
the mountains.”
All forest and range lands in
Oregon are being closed to camp and
cooking fires because of the pro
blems in Eastern Oreon and the con
tinued hot and, dry weather, Barsotti
said. Fires w ill be allowed only in
designated campgrounds.
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Beth Carlson of Amboy, Wash., and Nathan Patrick of Corbett work on thier wish boats.
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local resources, according to Mike
Barsotti, service forester for State
Forestry.
Boring, Sandy and Estacada fire
districts dispatched seven engines
and 29 people to make initial attack
on the Deep Creek fire.
"Their help was tremendous,” said
Ken Humbert, a state forester with
the Clackamas-Marion District. •
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