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4 SANDY (O re ) POST Thuf> A p ril 2 ' 1988 Se- lì Parents pursue plans for day-care BORING Several parents of Bor ing sc hcxtl students are looking fur th er into estab lish in g school- sponsored day-care program in 1989, organizer Ian Wierima said. The group will plan its next steps during a meeting at 7 30 p ni May 5 in the Naas Elementary School library The parents will develop a formal needs survey for all district parents and .m inventory of current school building uses, and brainstorm fund raising ideas. Wierima said The upcom ing m eeting was sc beduled after a meeting April r at the* sc hcxil to gauge interest in offer ing txfore- and aft« r sc hcxtl day care. |xissibly in a st hcxtl building The service could lx* offered as ear ly as January 1989. Wierima said The first meeting attracted seven parents and several others showed interest in the idea, she said Wierima invites those who are unable to attend May J to 1 all her at W>3-5543 or the grade m hcxil at Wi.t-5W»‘i to get on the contact list The next needs survey would ex pand on an earlier one, which generated alxiut 25 responses from parents interested in alternative day R ichard lig h lb o d y has a d d r d fis h in g po n ds to (he O re g o n Ark M o te l. feel " Correspondent I like things natural,” he added 1 want to see the laud used in the most natural way." With the purchase of the proper ty. l.ightbody received water and reservoir rights for up to BMI acres of water storage I hat's one acre KMi feet deep, or ten acres ten feet deep," he said "I probably won t need that much water for just a trout farm " l.ightlNidy pointed to a spring It bubbled from the ground in torrents into one of the ponds "We have atxiut 20 springs of this size," he said We had the water tested, and it's absolutely pure." I .ighttxxly's efforts to open the land tx-gan last summer A good ileal of the exi avation for the ponds was done by tin- company ex c a v a tin g RV W onderland l.ightlxxly provided fill dirt from his |Minds for the new resort With (Hinds in place. l.ightlxxly's chief obstacle is Clackamas Coun BKIGHTWOOD The crystal- clear. spring-fed ponds at the Oregon Ark Motel are only new to this generation. Owners Richard and Mary Ijghtbody are in the pro cess of restoring a fish hatchery and trout farm that date back to the early 1920s • When I got h e re .” said Ijghtbody. the place was quite overgrown, but the entire area looked like it should have water I .ighttxxly. who (»ought the m otel in 1‘JfM. said some exploration revealed the area had been a fish hatchery from 1923 until the tune of the second World War Said Ijghtbody The head of the state fisheries built this He had a natural lake and eight ponds " l.ightbody said he is concerned about aesthetics in the restoration project "Part of the idea," he said, is to keep the old Forest Senn «1 L o g g in g ty's zoning division "The zoning in Clackamas Coun ty is quite strict," he said The property was rczoned from commercial to farm/forest rural residential in the 1970s It's really too bad," he said Ijghtbody said ItrightwiHxl has suffered partly as a result of that zoning, and the area has been overlooked in the cor ridor's growth The county has made the motel and the mobile home park condi tional use," said l.ightbody He ex plained that the business was allow ed to continue since it already ex isted when the zoning was ( hanged The conditional-use < la use limits the amount of building 1 can do " Plans for a restaurant is high on I .ightIxxly's agenda, but again, zon ing remains a problem This is an area where we have no restaurants," said l.ightlxxly There are three motels, he explain ed. with no restaurants to service those customers We happen to lx- the middle motel, so it s a logic al place to put one " Brightwcxxl's Oregon Aik Motel is probahlv best known fix the tai i boat structure that lies angled hi its front yard • The ship has drawn much atten tion. and Ijghtbody laughed as he described his work I about killed myself putting that roof on. he (buc kled Working on the shingle roof in wet weather proved most hazardous "The Ixird heljied me keep from breaking my leg. but boy. 1 got twinged up I .ighttxxly s vision lor the future includes extending the ark theme ,<> a restaurant, more motel rooms, in door recreation areas and even a museum He is considering the shape of the historical ark for the facilities Perseverenc e. " reads the sign facing east from the motel It s all a faith operation," l.ightbody said ( tintinnici from Page 1. justify coming after we listened to them for so many hours," said Scott Candland. general manage) of Hqtpl- ing River and president of the Mount Hcxxl Area 1 'handier of Commerce "I think it gix-s lieyond disappoint ment a little, to anger." Candland said Kerr said the* Forest Service is managing the national forest as a tree farm Hut regardless of its a. turns, the timber industry is in decline "There's about 20 years of old growth forest left." he said Kerr said the reduction in jobs in the limber industry is caused by im proved technology as well as a reduc tion of available timber He conqiared 1987 and l'.Mkl, two years of peak production In 1987. there were 25 percent fewer mills, one-third fewer jobs and one-half as much revenue to counties, though the tuutx'r yield was comparable It now takes two-thirds of a log truck load to employ one person in a mill for an eight-hour shift Hut Kerr said a new mill in Eugene using lasers, electronic eyes and com puters would require two log truck loads of timber to keep one person employ ed for eight hours The timber industry s piece of the Task force Continued troni Page I V logging would lx* feasible in the area Those harvest methods, along with other newer mcthcxls that differ from traditional cable logging, would re quire less road construction and reconstruction. She also said helicopter logging would have less visual impact Walker said the visual impact of logging on Enola Hill would lx* minimal, although she agreed that what ttie Eorest Service defines as minimal alteration of the landscape was not acceptable to most ,x*ople on the task force Walker said there are some stands of trees within the area that have a form of rexit rot. Under the Eorest Service's original proposal. those areas would be harvested and replac ed with disease-resistant strands of trees. Walker said there alreadv arc openings in the trees from the* roc rot Some of the diseased areas cover as much as an acre, and a few are close to joining and leaving a five acre clearing, she said Interviewers wearing identifica tion badges are conducting an exten sive on-board passenger survey for I ri-Met Emplovcfs of the Marke, Dec I- -ion- Corp of Portland will survey 110.000 In-Met passengers during Xpnl and May to help design serv ice that is convenient and cost-effective The interviewers will lx* passing out questionnaires to riders more than 12 years old Iri-Met and the Metropolitan Ser vice Distric t will use the information for transportation planning for the next 10 years SANDY ANIMAL CLINIC PET CARE CLINIC FIRST S FOURTH WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH < l Rabies '6 P arvo V irus '6 '6 C orona V a c c in a tio n *6 F e lin e & C anine D is te m p e r B o rd e te lla V a ccin a tio n *10 L e u ke m ia V a c c in a tio n *10 L e u ke m ia Testing *10 D o g S p a y an d N e u te r *35 & up C a t Spay (fe m a le ) *25 C a t N e u te r (m a le ) ............... *15 668-41 3 9 c o i i tor A ppointm ents Recreation Area in 1975; the En dangered American Wilderness Act in the Three Sisters and Wild Rogue wilderness in 1978; the Oregon Riparian Area Protection Act of 1981. tlx- Oregon Forest Wilderness Act in 1984. and the Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area in l'.*H«i Kerr chuckled when he was told that the Enola Hill task force had met for 35 to 40 hours of public meetings Kerr said it was his guess that they had heard a great deal about new log ging tec h n iq u es Task force members laughed and nixldcd in agreement Kerr called the process "over public involvement." and said that no matter what the task force decides, the distric t ranger's deci sion will still lx* to log on Enola Hill Hut Kerr said Forest Serv ice per sonnel are the employee’s, the IJ S Congress is the board of directors and voters are the stcxkholders "The democratic process works, even if it is imperfect," Kerr said Hut tie said supporters would have to unify and make it clear that they do not want logging on Enola Hill or in the Mount Hcxxl corridor He warned that the battle will not be an easy one " There are a lot of Enola Hills out there." pie is shrinking," he said And old growth forests those forests that are from 250 to 1,000 years old are being cut rapidly Oregon and Washington are expor ting about a billion board feet of timlier a year, which is equal to about 20 |M')i cut of the cut on the na tional forest each year in (»regon and W ashlngton Old growth forests are being replanted, but the Forest Service manage - them for timlx-r harvests hoi example, the Forest Service might i eplant Douglas fir. spray to kill brush species, thin the trees for maximum growth, commercially thin the li ves after -ill or 50 years, and then c lean ut the* area in 80 to 100 years It Icxiks to me to lx- closer to a corn field than a forest," Kerr said Hi- sa il the Oregon Natural Resources Counc il is not opposed to IimlM-r harvests but also would like to see sustained yields of salmon, elk, trails and scenery I he group has filed more than 200 administrative appeals against logg ing projects throughout the state, Kerr said A ccording to the c o u n c il's literature, the group worked to establish the Hells Canyon National T H IS W A Y T O S A V IN G S I Men’s & Women's Famous Maker Boots by J u s tin • N ocona T o n y Lama Men's Wranglers* Available in a selection of styles like Regular Fit, Pro Rodeo* & Slim Cut ‘ Also available in w om en s sizes W estern Saddlery & Tack Kerr told the group not to worry alxiut what the chstric t rani < r thinks No matter what, von arc ■«.. 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Wierima said The vet-unnamed group also is receiving help from Boring Middle School Principal Marilyn Heaton in listing when and how space in both schools is used The group also will find out how to become a state-certified day-care center and present a report to the district superintendent and in terested school board members, Wierima said The center would allow students to study, play and snack under supervi sion before and/or after school, Wierima has said The earliest start-up date would be January 1989, or possibly the follow mg fall, depending on the timeline for certification, she said We'd love to shoot for next fall but I don't see that happening," Wierima said Alxiut »I school districts in the state sponsor similar child-care pro grams The Boring PTA is offering help in funding and starting a day-care pro gram. but not in running it, she said T ri-M e t c o n d u c ts su rve y Ponds added to Ark M otel by P H IL ( HKISTENSKN c are for their school-age children vV- Dura S o ff Colors Franz Optical Serving the Northwest lor Over 20 Years DR RO BERT FRANZ DR T E R A P A LM B LA D 252-4521 667-2303 Gresham Na«1 Io Best on RurnixM Mall 70S 1001? 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