Mountain Times Oregon - May 2023

New owner and publisher takes over Mountain Times in May

By Ben Simpson

The Mountain Times

With 23 years of experience in the publishing industry, and a current focus on monthly community magazines, Matthew Nelson, owner of Active Media, will take over as the owner and publisher of the Mountain Times.

Nelson fondly recalled his first job

May Special Election ballots due by May 16, limited races to decide

(MT) – Ballots for the May Special Election must be postmarked by Tuesday, May, 16 or dropped off by 8 p.m. at a drop box or elections office on that day.

The election features candidates for various board positions on the Mountain, including the Oregon Trail School District, Hoodland Fire District (HFD) and the Government Camp Sanitary and Road Districts.

Only one race, for the HFD Position 1, has more than one candidate who filed.

Ballot drop boxes in the county include: the Hoodland Public Library, 24525 Welches Road; Sandy Public Library, 38980 Proctor Blvd. in Sandy; and Sandy City Hall, 39250 Pioneer Blvd. in Sandy. For a full list of ballot drop sites, visit https://www. clackamas.us/elections/official-ballotdrop-sites.

Initial results are expected to be announced at 8 p.m. on Election Day, with an update at 11:30 p.m.

Clackamas County will certify the final election results by Monday, June 12.

delivering newspapers and credits it with starting him on his path to his publishing career.

“My passion is in print. It always has been,” he said, adding that he was excited when the opportunity to take on publishing a community-focused newspaper was presented to him.

“The focus of our publications is to

show the good going on in the communities, highlight local businesses and help readers discover those hidden gems in the region that people may know about or not,” Nelson said.

As the owner of Active Media, Nelson publishes monthly magazines that present news and events in communities throughout Oregon and Southwest

Washington, including the cities of Salem, Keizer and Tigard. Based out of Aurora, Active Media currently employs more than 40 staff members to provide coverage throughout the region.

“We find that we tend to do best when we work in regions that have a strong

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Wildfire Preparedness Fair at Timberline Lodge

By Garth Guibord

The Mountain Times

Jeremy Goers, West Zone Fire Management Officer for the Mount Hood National Forest (MHNF), said he was told that Hwy. 26 might be the last unburned east-west corridor in the Cascade Mountain range.

“That blew my mind,” he said. “We can thank Portland General Electric (for shutting off power in 2020). They saved it. It’s kind of terrifying to think about.”

Goers and many others representing agencies and stakeholders in the Mount Hood community will take part in a Wildfire Preparedness Fair from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 13, at Timberline Lodge. The fair will offer people the chance to learn about preparing for wildfires and how to get the most accurate information.

Goers noted that discussion about wildfires on the west side of Mount Hood ramped up following the Camp Fire in 2018 that destroyed much of Paradise, Calif. Last October, the U.S. Forest Service’s (USFS) Community Mitigation Assistance Team (CMAT) visited the area to help build collaboration with the various agencies, businesses and residents for wildfire preparation.

“It was great, the whole idea is you have to get buy-in from the majority of the community,” Goers said, noting that Timberline, the Oregon Department of Forestry, Skibowl and Hoodland Fire District were among the participants.

CMAT’s visit resulted in a report aimed at building the group, now called the Mt. Hood Corridor Wildfire Partnership, and have discussion about wildland fire risk throughout

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The 2020 wildfires threatened the Mountain and Sandy communities, but such an event is possible in the Hwy. 26 corridor in the future. Information on how the community can be ready for wildfires will be shared at the May 13 Wildfire Preparation Fair. the year. Goers noted that in April, the group was able to test a framework for evacuations in Government Camp presented by Clackamas County Disaster Management.

“It’s been great so far just to continue to get people talking,” he said.

Clackamas Fire District is expected to bring a simulation table that features the topography of an area and can simulate how a wildfire might act under certain conditions, such as wind. Those conditions can be altered to see the change in the fire’s behavior.

Brent Olson, Battalion Chief for

CFD, noted the simulation table is a new technology the district received recently and that it conglomerates many different data inputs from various sources to display the simulation in a way that’s easy for people to understand.

“It does more than just wildfire, it does flood response, plume modeling for hazardous materials like chemical releases and evacuation modeling,” he said, noting that the Timberline event will be the first one where it is

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“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” ~ Benjamin Franklin

Mountain Profile – May: Cheryl Gundersen

Place of birth — Portland.

How long on the Mountain — 62 years, and I'm still living on the Stone homestead my family has owned since 1892.

Profession — Office and payroll at Welches Mountain Building Supply – not your average hardware store.

Other professions — Co-owner of Classic Country Construction Inc. with my husband Kevin; clerk at “The Movie Place.”

Favorite Movie/Musical — “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation,” “Grown Ups.”

Favorite Actress — Goldie Hawn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jamie Lee Curtis.

Favorite Actor — Clint Eastwood, Sam Elliott, Tom Selleck.

Favorite TV Show — “Yellowstone,” “Longmire,” “Fixer Upper,” “Jesse Stone” series, “Friends.”

Favorite Type of Music — Country, 70s and 80s rock, contemporary Christian.

Favorite Food — Dessert (always eat dessert first). Hobbies — Coffee enthusiast, baking, crafts, photography, home decorating.

Best lesson learned as a child — Treat others the way you want to be treated. Also, your friends can become part of your family.

Defining moment in your life or your greatest accomplishment — My three girls: Ashley, Emily and Laney.

A memorable dinner — The Welches Parent Teacher Community Organization (WPTCO) was having its annual school auction and the caterer had the wrong date, so Travis called in an order of Chinese food. The WPTCO crew, Paula, Andrea, Amber and I, set up everything. Travis arrived on time with the food, and no one knew the difference but us.

A funny moment from your life that you can share Many funny moments and I do enjoy a good laugh. If you can't laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at? Stop by the hardware store and ask me to answer a plumbing or electrical question. LOL.

If you could invite anyone (past or present) to dinner, who would it be and why – My 15-year-old self, not to get rich, but to watch for special future events that I wish I had recorded.

Describe yourself in one word — Altruistic.

If your life were made into a play or movie, what would the title be — “Generations.”

Pet peeve — One-sided people who can't have a conversation. If we all were exactly the same, there would be nothing new and what a boring life that would be. It's good to hear other points of view.

Bad habit you’d like to break — None, they're a part of me now. But I do need to drink water.

Favorite quote — “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller.

Favorite part of The Mountain Times — Mountain Profile and community events.

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New book on Steiner cabins donated to museum

By Ty Tilden The Mountain Times

Henry Steiner, an early settler in the area, constructed more than 100 cabins and two churches on the Mountain over a span of 30 years.

These log cabins were not just simple structures but were infused with artistry and craftsmanship; Steiner used unconventional logs, including crooked ones, as well as handcrafted doors and doorknobs made from small trees, giving each cabin a unique charm.

The signifi cance of these log cabins was brought to the forefront by Julie Steiner, granddaughter of Henry Steiner, and her husband, Skeet Arasmith, who took up the task of documenting the locations and status of Steiner cabins and published a book, titled “Steiner’s Log Cabins,” on the Steiner cabin story.

Arasmith, a geologist, meticulously researched the history of the cabins, collecting photographs and documentation from the Mt. Hood Cultural Center and Museum

and other sources to create a comprehensive account of these unique structures and then donated the book to the museum.

“We're really glad Skeet did it because people wanted to write a book, but we didn't want people to profit from the museum's research,” said Lloyd Musser, the museum’s volunteer curator.

The release of the book has been warmly received by the local community, with the book fl ying off the shelves on the fi rst day of its release.

It has become a treasure trove of mountain history, providing insights into the legacy of these iconic log cabins and the craftsmanship that went into their construction.

Despite being initially inexpensive when sold, these log cabins stood the test of time. Many other log cabins from that era have rotted away or collapsed, but the Steiner cabins, with their durable construction and careful craftsmanship, have endured for more than 85 years.

In addition to the book release, Musser also shared that the annual Steiner cabin tour will be held on Saturday, Aug. 12, allowing visitors to experience fi rsthand the charm and history of these unique log cabins. Further information about the tour can be found on the museum's website starting from July 1.

Copies of Arasmith’s book can be purchased for $30 at the museum's gift shop, located at 88900 Government Camp Loop in Government Camp, or on the museum’s website, https://mthoodmuseum.org/.

Welches artist offers new look at Lewis and Clark

By Garth Guibord The Mountain Times Welches resident

Steve Ludeman has had an interest in the Lewis and Clark expedition his entire adult life and visits historical locations when he can. A few years ago, he read Steven Ambrose’s “Undaunted Courage,” which had a section about the expedition’s journey from Harpers Ferry, W. Va., to Pittsburgh, Pa., down the Ohio River and then up the Mississippi River to the mouth of the Missouri River, called the “Eastern Legacy.”

“I did not know of the eastern section of the expedition,” Ludeman said. “This is a story in itself.”

Around the same time, a new law was passed extending the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail to include the “Eastern Legacy.”

And as Ludeman was looking for a direction to head in his painting, this added section fit the bill.

Now more than two years into a project he expects to take up to four years, Ludeman’s eight finished pieces will be

on display from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 13, at the Red Trillium Gallery, 373 E Historic Columbia River Hwy., in Troutdale, as part of the gallery’s Second Saturday Art Event. Ludeman has read Lewis and Clark’s journals a couple times, while he and his wife also traveled back east last fall and spent two months visiting sites of the “Eastern Legacy.” He met with historians and would set up his easel at the

locations to start his watercolor paintings.

“It’s a deep dive into history,” Ludeman said, noting that he’s aiming for up to 22 total pieces. “When I started out, I had no idea how much fun it would be. I’ve met so many interesting people.”

He added that he’s also working closely with the Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, and that while some of the more complicated pieces can take months to complete, others are more straightforward and take a few weeks. Ludeman also noted that his experience has revealed to him that not all historians agree on the facts, offering a challenge for him to paint historically accurate art.

The pieces have already been exhibited in Pittsburgh, Pa., Nebraska City, Neb. and See LUDEMAN Page 8

Photo by Jean Ludeman Steve Ludeman paints at a site on the Ohio River in the fall of 2022.

Firewood cutting season opens on the Mount Hood National Forest

(MT) – Firewood season kicked off on the Mount Hood National Forest (MHNF) and will remain open through Nov. 30. Woodcutters are required to obtain a valid personal use permit, available at no cost, before harvesting. Each household may harvest up to six cords annually.

Permits can be acquired in person at any USFS office or by submitting a firewood permit application via mail or email. Woodcutters must carry a permit, firewood load tags,

Wildfire

From Page 1 utilized for public outreach. Information will also be available on a new technology being used on Mount Hood, Pano Stations, utilizing enhanced visual equipment supported by Artificial Intelligence (AI) to quickly identify fi re activity. Sandy Fire District Chief Phil Schneider noted that the technology, which has four towers in the area, has notified him of fires even before he gets the call from 9-1-1 dispatch.

“I’m pretty impressed,” he said. “It’s been catching everything in our fire district that’s a significant fire.”

Schneider noted he can access the visual feed, which includes a full 360 degrees for each tower, and that another one is expected to be installed at Timberline Lodge.

“It’s a big deal, it’s pretty cool technology,” Schneider said, adding that the towers of-

firewood map(s) and a current information sheet while harvesting. Firewood harvested for resale purposes requires a commercial firewood permit. More firewood information is available at: www.fs.usda.gov/ goto/mthood/firewood.

Firewood harvesting can help improve forest health. Do your part to ensure that Mount Hood has a sustainable firewood program and please follow these guidelines:

- Do not fall standing trees, dead or alive.

fer a much needed eye over the Bull Run area, where lightning strikes might start a small fire that could be undetected for days without the technology.

Schneider, who has spent more than four decades with the Sandy Fire District, noted that in recent years he’s seen fires burn quicker and hotter in the region. He added the fair offers people a chance to become more educated about the risk while also learning of ways to be responsible and take care of their property, including grants available through Ant Farm.

He also noted that the simulation table will be able to show how mitigation efforts on a specific property can make a difference in how wildfire spreads and how properties can be saved.

“It’s pretty impactful for the community to see that,” Schneider said.

Goers added that it’s hard

– Firewood cutting of marked timber or within timber sale boundaries is prohibited.

– Adhere to Industrial Fire Precaution Level restrictions and carry required equipment, including saws equipped with a 0.023-inch or smaller mesh spark arrestor; a long-handled shovel with an eight-inch blade; and a pressurized chemical fire extinguisher eight ounces or larger.

– Contact a district office for conditions updates and closure information before harvesting.

to tell what this summer’s wildfire season will look like, but it’s imperative for the community to be prepared for this year and beyond.

“We’re always going to get fires,” Goers said. “We get a lot of human-caused fires; way more than we should.”

The Wildfire Preparedness Fair will also feature Smokey Bear, kids’ activities and a reward for participants who visit all the agencies there. For more information, visit https:// sites.google.com/view/wildfirepartnership.

– If you see illegal or questionable harvest practices notify the local district office.

Most post-fire burn areas on the west side of the MHNF have reopened. While these areas may have considerable firewood to harvest, we ask visitors

to use caution as there are also increased safety risks. Hazards include falling trees and limbs, unstable ground, falling rocks and landslides. Learn more about safety in burned areas: www.fs.usda.gov/goto/mthood/ burnsafety.

View from the mountain

Reflecting on community

Jim Nantz signed off last month, saying to his viewers, “Thank you for being my friend,” a farewell version of his ubiquitous catch phrase (and reminiscent of the theme song to “The Golden Girls”).

This month, I get to sign off, as my time at the Mountain Times has come to an end after 13 years. Starting in May, a new owner will take over and I will start a new job.

I don't have a catch phrase, though, so no quippy way to turn something into a sweet goodbye.

The new Owner/Publisher of the Mountain Times is Matt Nelson, who founded Active Media more than 20 years ago.

I'm thrilled that Matt will be at the helm; his passion and enthusiasm for publishing is astonishing, and I am confident he will build on the momentum the Mountain Times has while continuing to reflect and represent the wonderful people and the community.

I'm sure he will share more when he introduces himself in these pages next month.

Over my years at this paper, and four more years working the Mountain beat before that, my focus was on you – the community I was tasked to cover. My job was to capture the who, what, where, when and why on the Mountain and I wanted to share the essence of the people, places and happenings here.

And you all are an amazing, inspiring and creative bunch. It's been a honor to get to know you, to get to share your stories and to earn your trust and friendship.

Although I'm stepping away from the paper, I'm not stepping away from the community.

My new job will keep me around the Mountain, while I'll also continue to be one of the “part timers” who would like to find a way to make that time even more.

I am going to miss a lot about being a part of the Mountain Times, but I feel fortunate that I will get to be in and among this community in my new job.

I won't have to miss continuing to be a part of the Mountain community and I am so grateful this is the case.

Cheers to all for 13 years at the Mountain Times, 17 years covering the community and for the years to come.

– Garth Guibord/Publisher

Opini O n

Rep. Helfrich's April column misssed the mark

Rep. Jeff Helfrich’s “Inside Salem” April column includes a reference to bills he sponsored that didn’t pass, including one that he said would have made kids safer at school. There are no details on that bill or the one assisting homeless veterans in rural areas or reducing crime bills, so don’t know what caused them to fail, since they all sound good on the surface.

Helfrich obviously doesn’t like Measure 110, which reduces penalties for drug possession, making Oregon the first state to decriminalize the personal possession of illegal drugs. The drug treatment aspect of this measure has not been implemented successfully due to failures by agencies tasked with the job. Oregon’s drug problems long existed, long before the measure passed. Does he want to continue to punish low level drug users by putting them in prison?

Regarding his statements about Oregon not being friendly to businesses: tax incentives for business have a very mixed history and tax waivers are often given to companies that promise jobs that never materialize.

Then he declares, “Most Oregonians agree that our laws regarding abortion are extreme, permitting abortion up to the moment of birth.”

No, Rep. Helfrich, your ignorance about why an abortion might be needed in the third trimester of pregnancy is appalling, considering your need to meddle and try to make a political issue out of a medical emergency.

I will just say that the only reason a pregnant woman gets an abortion in this late stage is because the fetus has died, is severely damaged and will not survive outside the womb and/or her life is in danger. Period.

The final paragraphs conflate transgender surgeries with gun laws, which is rather astonishing but there we are in America, trying to see every issue from one lens or another.

I do applaud Rep. Helfrich for his advocacy for sheltering homeless veterans. I hope his work on this is successful.

Mary Anderson Sandy

House District 52 deserves better

As a constituent of Jeff Helfrich, the State House Representative of District 52, I was stunned and appalled by many of his assertions on gun control, as well as his opinions regarding Trans Right to medical care and late-term abortions stated in his April “Inside Salem” op-ed. These are topics many of us in Mr. Helfrich’s district take very seriously. Rep. Helfrich’s claims that the majority of Oregonians agree that our laws regarding abortion are extreme, permitting abortions up to the moment of birth.

In a recent survey by nonpartisan polling firm DHM research, 65 percent of Oregonians identified as pro-choice. An Oregon Public Broadcasting article dated Nov. 2, 2022 titled, “Right to Life mailers make dubious claims about late term abortions in Oregon,” explicitly refutes Mr. Helfrich’s assertion that abortions are rarely performed after the end of second trimester –around 27 weeks. The article says that “OHA [Oregon Health Authority], which publishes data on abortion, has no breakdown of whether abortions occur in the 8th or 9th month of pregnancy.” But their data says it's rare.

As a matter of fact, OHA reports only 59 abortions occurred last year with fewer than one percent occurring before 12 weeks (in the first trimester). And it goes on to say it is consistent with national trends.

It is dismaying that he equates the age at which youth can receive gender affirming care should be the same age at which they should be allowed to legally carry weapons. In point of fact, the two assumptions are not even remotely related. One component of his assumption involves supplying potentially lifesaving medical care, whereas the second component involves supplying dangerous weapons to teens. So where is the connection?

Mr. Helfrich is fond of saying he is proud to serve. But if this pledge is not supported by more thorough research, it amounts to no more than an empty slogan. And apparently, Mr. Helfrich is neither willing nor able to spend the time and energy to review material that contradicts his “opinion.”

Mr. Helfrich, you are a key link in helping us solve the many problems and concerns those of us in House District 52 daily face. PLEASE do not let us down.

We deserve better!

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Opinion 2

Inside Salem

School safety and transportation priorities

By Jeff Helfrich

House District 52 Representative

I am looking forward to holding a community conversation from noon to 1 p.m. May 20, at the Mt. Hood Village RV Resort, 65000 E. Hwy. 26 in Welches.

I look forward to talking with the Mount Hood community about issues and challenges we face at the state and local levels. Please email me at Rep.JeffHelfrich@oregonlegislature.gov to RSVP!

Things are becoming more contentious as we move into the second half of the legislative session. By the time you read this, the house will likely have already voted on divisive bills to infringe on our constitutional 2nd Amendment rights and expand experimental “gender-affirming care.”

These two bills are somewhat of a paradox. On the one hand, House Bill (HB) 2005 will raise the age to buy a rifle to 21, while HB 2002 will remove any minimum age to get an abortion without parental knowledge.

Much of my focus thus far has been working on homelessness (HB 2001) and semiconductors (Senate Bill 4). Both have been

Where to write

PRESIDENT / Joseph Biden (D)

The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave Washington DC 20500

202.456.1111 (comments)

202.456.1414 (info/switchboard)

www.whitehouse.gov/contact

GOVERNOR / Tina Kotek (D)

State Capitol Building

900 Court Street NE, Ste 160

Salem, OR 97301

503.378.4582 (msg line)

503.378.6827 (fax)

http://governor.oregon.gov

U.S. SENATOR / Ron Wyden (D)

District: 0S1 - United States Senate

223 Dirksen Senate Off. Bldg

Washington, DC 20510

202.224.5244 (tel)

202.228.2717 (fax)

http://wyden.senate.gov

Portland Office:

911 NE 11th Ave, #630 Portland, OR 97232

503.326.7525

bipartisan affairs, and I am proud of that work.

The governor has signed both bills into law and has released funding allocations for the homelessness package. Clackamas County has been allocated $4.4 million to rehouse 130 homeless.

Multnomah County and Gresham have been given $18.2 million to rehouse 275 households and create 138 new shelter beds.

April 18 was tax day. Oregonians, along with Bay Staters (Massachusetts), paid the largest share of their income in taxes, with middle-tax Oregonians bearing the heaviest burden in the nation. Oregon consistently lands in the top five most expensive states to live or retire in.

That is why I supported the House Republicans' Tax Day Package that would have given Oregonians much-needed relief. The bills would have repealed unfair double taxation and given middle-class Oregonians a broadbased tax cut. Unfortunately, all five bills were blocked.

In their recent editorial, “The Oregonian” editorial board correctly identified the high cost of living and taxes as root causes

U.S. SENATOR / Jeff Merkley (D)

District: 0S2 - United States Senate

313 Hart Senate Off. Bldg

Washington, DC 20510

202.224.3753 (tel)

202.228.3997 (fax)

http://merkley.senate.gov

Portland Office:

121 SW Salmon #1400

Portland, OR 97204

503.326.3386 (tel)/503.326.2900(fax)

US REPRESENTATIVE

Earl Blumenauer (D) / District: 003

U.S. House of Representatives 1111 Longsworth House Office Building

Washington, DC 20515

202.225.4811 (tel)/202.225.8941 (fax) http://blumenauer.house.gov

STATE REPRESENTATIVE

Jeff Helfrich (R) District: 052 900 Court Street NE, H-473 Salem, OR 97301

503.986.1452 (tel) rep.JeffHelfrich @oregonlegislature.gov

driving people and jobs to move out of Oregon. They also identified public safety.

In the wake of the horrific Nashville school shooting, House Republicans introduced the Safe Schools Package. Several of the bills I have sponsored were included in that package, including funding for school resource officers and ensuring our schools have a single, secure entry point.

As a legislator, I get full-time security in the building. Our students deserve the same. Only one of the seven bills passed, but since then, I have been working with Rep. Ricki Ruiz (D-Gresham) in a bipartisan way to advance bills to study school safety.

During my time at the Portland Police Bureau, I oversaw the training of our school resource officers. This topic is very important to me, as I was one of the first officers who responded to the Reynolds High School shooting in 2014.

After the tragedy in Nashville, I went back and reviewed the after-action report from Reynolds, and this line stuck out to me: “Having School Resource Officers (SRO) onsite was critical for mitigating loss of life in response to the active shooter

STATE SENATOR

Daniel Bonham (R) / District: 026 900 Court Street NE, S-316 Salem, OR 97301

503.986.1726 (tel)

Sen.DanielBonham @oregonlegislature.gov

http://www.oregonlegislature.gov/ bonham

ATTORNEY GENERAL

Ellen Rosenblum

Oregon Dept of Justice

1162 Court Street NE Salem, OR 97301

503.378.4400 (tel) www.doj.state.or.us

STATE TREASURER

Tobias Read (D)

350 Winter St. NE #100 Salem, OR 97301

503.378.4329 (tel)

Oregon.Treasurer@state.or.us

incident.” School resources officers are a deterrent and can stop the loss of life.

In mid-April, the Transportation Committee began a public process of getting feedback on HB 2098. Amendments to the bill outline how Oregon plans to pay for the I-5 bridge replacement between Oregon and Washington. Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) expects the federal government to open up applications for relevant infrastructure grants in May. This bill will serve the purpose of showing the federal government we are serious about paying for our portion of the project. We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity for unprecedented federal investment on this project.

Everyone agrees we need to build this bridge now for several reasons:

It's 106 years old. In the case of a significant earthquake, it would almost certainly kill people and bring a massive portion of the west coast economy to a standstill. The bridge is built on wooden timbers that don't extend into bedrock.

SECRETARY OF STATE

Shemia Fagan 136 State Capitol Salem, OR 97310

503.986.1500 (tel)

oregon.sos@state.or.us https://sos.oregon.gov

CLACKAMAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Commissioner Tootie Smith

(Chair)

Commissioners:

Ben West

Paul Savas

Martha Schrader

Mark Shull

(e-mail: bcc@co.clackmas.or.us)

2051 Kaen Rd, Oregon City, OR 97045

503.655.8581 (tel)

503.742.5919 (fax)

It's a massive source of congestion. The American Transportation Research Council lists the nation's 100 top bottlenecks annually, and the I-5 Bridge is listed as #31, only slightly behind the Rose Quarter bottleneck listed at #28.

It's a major transportation corridor for our economy. Recent analysis by the I-5 Bridge Replacement Project team shows that about 10 percent of the daily traffic over this bridge is freight, totalling about 13,500 trucks daily. The daily value of this freight is over $70 million and expectations are this will double by 2040.

Congestion increases the cost of goods, creates unpredictability and increases the emissions of both cars and trucks.

As always, you can reach my office at Rep.JeffHelfrich@ oregonlegislature.gov and at 503-986-1452 with questions and concerns. I am honored to serve you.

COUNTY SHERIFF

Angela Brandenburg

2223 Kaen Rd, Oregon City, OR 97045

Emergency No. 9-1-1

Non-Emergency to Report a Crime 503.655-8211

503.655.8549 (fax)

CITY OF SANDY

City Manager, Jordan Wheeler

Mayor Stan P. Pulliam

Councilors:

Jason Pruden

Laurie J. Smallwood

Richard Sheldon

Kathleen Walker

Carl Exner

Don Hokanson

39250 Pioneer Blvd., Sandy, OR 97055

503.668.5533 (tel)

ci.sandy.or.us

Mountain Rep. Jeff Helfrich keeps the community updated with an exclusive look at the legislative process.

HWC Highlights – annual meeting coming up in early June

By Regina Lythgoe

For the Mountain Times

I was browsing around some garden centers during this rainy spring and found the costs for fl ower baskets were already more than $30 each. Let us save you some money. You can save money by ordering from a variety of fl ower baskets offered by the Hoodland Women’s Club

(HWC) that are just as beautiful, cost only $25 and profits stay in our community.

Profits used for community needs such Hoodland Senior Center, Welches School programs, hardship applicants and more all that benefit our community.

Order forms are available at www.hoodlandwomen’sclub. org, the Mountain

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(Page 25), Clackamas County Bank, the Welches Liquor Store and all post offices. We are seeking to sell 200 baskets.

Baskets available on Saturday, May 20. You can make a fl ower basket gift certifi cate for Mother’s Day.

The new slate of board of directors for the HWC will be elected at our Monday, May 1 meeting. We will be meeting

at 11:30 a.m. at the Zig Zag Mountain Café, 70171 Hwy. 26 in Rhododendron.

Our upcoming annual meeting is going to be at Timberline Lodge at 11:30 a.m. Monday, June 5. This is the opportunity for members and guests to install new board directors, to share in the fiscal year’s events and honor those volunteers who have served the HWC and the community.

Our fi scal year is July to June with a potluck in August. Meetings are on the first Monday of each month. We have dinner meetings at 5:30 p.m. and some lunch meetings at

11:30 a.m. to fit our members schedules.

The HWC is growing with lots of interesting and fun members of all ages. If you are interested in doing more for our Mountain community and meeting like-minded women, please see our new web site for a membership application. Hope to see all of you at the flower basket pick up from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 20 at the parking lot across from Welches School on Salmon River Road. Happy Mother’s Day.

Regina Lythgoe is a former president of the HWC.

From Page 4 at Lewis & Clark College. After the Troutdale exhibit, the show will continue in Missoula, Mont.

Ludeman sees the “Eastern Legacy,” which occurred between July and December 1803 and covered approximately 1,400 miles, as an important aspect of the journey for Lewis and Clark.

“This is where they laid the foundation for the entire exploration,” Ludeman said. “They did their planning, they acquired their supplies and equipment, recruited crew members, they built the boats, they planned the route.”

Corbett artist Jim Kunz will also have art on display and the Saturday event will feature refreshments. For more information on Steve Ludeman’s art, visit www.steveludemanfineart.com.

The Red Trillium Gallery is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information on the gallery, visit https://www. redtrilliumgallery.com.

Times

Back row (left to right): Helen Stoller Smith, fifth; Ella Wagner, sixth; Vivian Eaton, sixth; Cameron Caruso, eighth; Jaylnn Smith, seventh; Wren Schreiner, fourth; Nicolette Roberts, third.

Front row (left to right): Hudson Henry, fifth; Ryker Nelson, fourth; Amelia Bergeson, fourth; Kylie Sliwka, second; Aurora Hayes, first; RJ Minter, third; Jason Brown, second; Chris Melvin, fifth; Jaxon Arnell, first; Rivver Bodrero, third.

Back row (left to right): Jada Mae Jacob, fifth; Raegan Hryciw, fourth; Beck Schreiner, eighth; Zaylee Hazelbaker, sixth; Donovan Caruso, seventh; Finley Tull, second; Vivian Tagliafico, fifth.

Front row (left to right): Nevaeh Lutz Melendez, kindergarten; Ruby Johnson, first; Jetta Delay, first; Mazzy Carrier, second.

Ludeman

The Scene on Stage

by Garth Guibord

After enjoying his go-around as the director of last season’s “Fuddy Mears,” Jay Hash wanted to dive back in and direct another show. This month, his follow up will be “Jitters,” by David French, at the Nutz-n-Boltz Theater Company (NNB).

The comedy takes the audience behind the scenes of the theater world, a “play within a play,” as a provincial Canadian theater company mounts a production of “The Care and Treatment of Roses.” In it, a popular (but aging) actress attempts to make a comeback in Canada, but conflicts due to egos and personal issues threaten to derail the plan.

“Things start to escalate and you wonder how it’s going to work out in the end, “Hash said. “It’s a struggle, because there’s egos involved. Not just hers, but others who see it as a vehicle for her.”

Hash noted that he prioritizes character exploration and working with his actors to discuss relationships, history and other intricacies of their roles.

“It gives a more fleshed out character over the course of (the show),” he said. “I like to make sure that is one of the key elements of when I’m producing a show like this.”

Hash also added that NNB’s stage, located at the Boring Grange, allows for them to break the “fourth wall,” an imaginary wall that separates the audience from performers, by utilizing the area in front of the stage for part of the action.

“We have this interesting split level thing going on,” he said, noting that characters such as the writer and director of the “play within the play” are on the same level as the audience and utilize the theater’s entrances and exits.

“It gives this immersion for the audience.”

NNB presents “Jitters” from May 19 through June 4 at the Boring Grange, 27861 Grange Street in Boring. Show times are 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. on Sundays. For more information, including ticket pricing or to make reservations, call 503-593-1295 or visit nnbtheater.com.

NNB auditions

NNB will hold auditions for its September production of “Steel Magnolias,” by Robert Harling French, from 1-4 p.m.

Saturday, May 20, and 6:30-9 p.m. Monday, May 22, at the Boring Grange. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.

The Gin Game at SAT Sandy Actors Theatre’s (SAT) May production of D. L. Coburn’s “The Gin Game” has a small cast, but an experienced one. Just two performers take the stage, and Jim Butterfield and Anita Sorel are well known to SAT audience members. So is the director, Tobias Andersen, a veteran of stage, fi lm and television.

Butterfield noted that he’s worked with Sorel in the past, including “On Golden Pond,” when they received compliments on their chemistry on stage.

“It occurred to me this would be a good thing to do with her,” he said.

The pair play two residents at a home for senior citizens who strike up a friendship over a game of gin rummy. Butterfield noted the card game becomes a battle between two people who are not comfortable with others but are also desperately trying to find companionship.

“They each have their own difficulties relating to the world at large,” he said, while noting how different the char-

acters are from each other. “Somehow, they get thrown together, desperately trying to find a connection with each other. In a place with a couple hundred in the old folks home, neither of them has found anybody else in the entire place to talk to.”

“They’re stuck, they won't get off it,” Andersen added. “She won’t get off of it with her husband, he won’t get off of it with his business partners. Any audience coming to see this show will have a lot of laughs and they will see two of the most fascinating characters ever written.”

SAT presents “The Gin Game” from Friday, May 5 through Sunday, May 28, at 17433 SE Meinig Avenue in Sandy (behind Ace Hardware).

Show times are 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, and 3 p.m. on Sundays. Tickets are $18 general admission,

$15 for students, seniors, first responders and veterans, and $13 for children (reservations are recommended). For more information, or to make reservations call 503-936-4378, find SAT on Facebook or visit sandyactorstheatre.com.

“Cinderella” continues Sandy High School will continue its production of the classic musical “Cinderella,” music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, new book by Douglas Carter Beane and original book by Oscar Hammerstein II, from May 4-6. Performances will take place at 7 p.m. in the school’s auditorium, located at 37400 Bell Street in Sandy. Tickets are $11 for adults, $8 for students and seniors and kids five and under are free. For more information, visit https://www.sandydrama. com/.

(PM times in bold)

Mountain Roar: Mexican dinner in May

By Lion Milt Fox

For the Mountain Times

We held our annual election at the April 12 meeting and the following Lions were elected to serve during the 2023-24 year, President Tyler Lehmann, First Vice President Craig Calvert, Second Vice President Cari Gesch, third Vice President Erin Midgett, Secretary Cindi Sempert, Treasurer Margaret Downen, Tail Twister Carrie Clark, Lion Tamer Emi Lyons, one-year Director Marlyne Casley, one-year Director Marc Closner, two-year Director Katie Wirth, two-year Director Mike Casley, House Manager Dave Anderson and Immediate Past President Jim Espenel.

Thank you for attending our annual Scholarship Dinner held Saturday, April 15. The dinner was chaired by Lion Craig Calvert and prepared by his crew of hard-working Lions. Proceeds from this dinner help with funding for our scholarship program. These scholarships are for Oregon Trail School District graduates who are also graduates of Welches School.

We thank the Portland French Bakery for those wonderful dinner rolls and St. Michaels Catholic Church for

the use of kitchen utensils. We also thank Mountain Building Supply, Welches Clackamas County Bank, Whistle Stop Tavern and Café 26 for the sale of our tickets.

Lion Dan Wolf conducted the initiation ceremony for several new Lions at our April 27 meeting. New members were treated to a free steak dinner.

Our Last Bingo night for the season will be Friday May12. Thank you all for a great year.

We will be hosting a Red Cross Blood Drive from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 13. To schedule your appointment or for more information, please call 1-800-RED-CROSS or visit www.redcrossblood.org; use sponsor Code: MtHoodLionsClub. Streamline your donation experience and save up to 15 minutes by visiting RedCrossBlood.org/RapidPass to complete your pre-donation reading and health history questions on the day of your appointment.

Please plan to attend a wonderful Mexican dinner in support of our swimming lessons program on Saturday, May 20. Happy hour starts at 4:30 p.m. and dinner hours are from 5-9 p.m. The menu includes chicken fajitas, rice, beans, salsa and tortillas. Tickets at the door are $20, and presale tickets are available for $18 at Mountain Building Supply, Welches Clackamas County

Bank, Whistle Stop Tavern and Café 26 or ask any Lion. This event is chaired by Lion Nolberto Perez. We will also be offering several raffle items including a “Private Pool Party “certificate (a value of $500) donated by Camp Arrah Wanna. Please come and enjoy.

Free Swimming Lessons

Because of popular demand and our friends at Camp Arrah Wanna our free swimming lessons program will be back again this year. Lessons will be held at the Camp Arrah Wanna pool.

We are able to offer these lessons free of charge to Welches School students and local Mountain children. Registration forms will be available at Welches School and at the Lions Club beginning May 15 and must be returned no later than June 15.

The first session will begin on Monday June, 19 and go through Friday June, 23, and a second session will begin on Monday June, 26 and last through Friday June, 30. We are planning to offer beginner, intermediate and advanced lessons. Exact times will be scheduled, and families contacted. Additional details in next month’s column.

Happy Anniversary to “The Lions Club of Mt. Hood.” We were chartered May 11, 1951 with 38 charter members. Our club was sponsored by the Roseway Lions Club of Portland. It’s great to be a Lion!

Artist: Zaylee Hazelbaker.

Title: Vibrant Nature.

Medium: Acrylic paint.

Artist's 2022-23 grade: Sixth.

Several Welches Middle School Students have pieces on Display at the Clackamas Education Service District for its regional art show. A virtual gallery can be visited at https://www. clackesd.org/artshow/2023-gallery/.

By Walter Shriner, PhD

For the Mountain Times

The yin and yang of spring has been on full display these last few weeks on Mt. Hood Community College’s campus as well as the flanks of the Mountain. Daffodils open in time for snowflakes to fall on them. Early tree blossoms

Mother Nature's ebb and flow returns us to the spring

brighten a morning before dark clouds roll in afternoon to mute all color. Like all transitions, it’s a dynamic time, and although it is not clear at every moment, the movement is decidedly toward spring and all that it promises.

On campus, the streams are swollen with the flow of March showers – new edges carved, stream beds rearranged and old beaver dams breached. The creek that was surveyed by last year’s students has the same name but is different from the one awaiting this year’s crew.

The forest floor is alive with new growth. Sun-loving

The college campus has started to awaken from its winter slumber, with spring flowers appearing and clear skies and sunshine (on some days).

shrubs and herbs are racing to soak up the sun of lengthening days before the trees towering above close the canopy. Mushrooms, triggered by rain and warming temperatures, are sending their reproductive structures to the surface. Delicacies and dangers for four- and two-legged creatures alike.

The greening vegetation provides shelter and sustenance for resident birds who, like the undergrowth of the forest floor, are getting a jump on those who

arrive or awake later. Careful observation of their behavior reveals purpose in their frantic flights. Fluttering feathers of a female lesser goldfinch solicit copulations from a nearby male. The trill of a dark-eyed junco proclaims this patch of parking lot his. Song sparrows spar over boundaries marked by bushes, hedge rows and building corners.

The skies, when clear of clouds and rain (or hail and snow!), host flocks of both Canada and cackling geese,

the former likely residents, the latter wintering here but returning soon to breeding grounds on vast Arctic plains. I look eagerly upward, marveling at the flights of the geese and searching for early arrivals from the south. Who will be first? An unimportant question. I’ll celebrate any of the masters of flight, survivors of challenges unimagined by an Earth-bound mammal.

Spring… sun and shadow. Color and cloud. Yin and Yang. Our spinning planet, its northern hemisphere once again tilted toward the sun, moves toward spring – water flowing, migration beginning, miracles appearing daily.

Photo courtesy of Mt. Hood Community College

Walter M. Shriner, PhD, is an Instructor of Biology.

The words “sustainable” and “sustainability” are everywhere these days. Google either of the words and you’ll get more than 2.1 billion results.

Numerous consumer products are touted as being sustainable. In March, “Good Housekeeping” magazine published an article entitled “30 Best Eco-Friendly Products to Help You Live More Sustainably,” which says that “it’s not always easy to be mindful of your environmental impact, but seeking out sustainably made and/or reusable products in lieu of disposable, single-use items is a great place to start.” Are disposable products that can be used more than once sustainable?

My day job is with the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI), so my colleagues and I naturally know what “sustainable” means. It’s not merely a part of our name, it’s the cornerstone of our work. Our mission is to advance sustainability through forestfocused collaboration and on-the-ground practices. Our vision is a world that values and benefits from sustainably managed forests.

What does sustainable mean? Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines the term as “capable of being sustained,” and “of, relating to, or being a method of harvesting or using a resource so that the resource is not depleted or permanently damaged.” Also: “of or relating to a lifestyle involving the use of sustainable methods.”

With forests, one simple measure of sustainability

A brief history of the evolving concept of “sustainable”

excessive wood consumption as a practice that would bring negative consequences for future generations. They advocated sustainable forestry and recommended measures for the conservation of forests. The term ewige Wald (eternal forest) was coined to refer to afforestation and the regeneration of growing timber.”

Take the U.S. as a whole as another example. According to the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), the forest growthto-removals ratio for the entire nation is 1.92. In other words, “we grow nearly twice the volume we remove from timberland, annually,” the agency says. That ratio meets this definition of sustainable

because the timber production is capable of being sustained.

In Canada, too, harvesting is sustainable overall: harvests in Canada between 1990 and 2020 ranged from 48 percent to 85 percent of the estimated sustainable annual wood supply, according to government data. However, wildfire, drought and other disturbances could change that.

Although the concept of sustainability has been a cornerstone of Indigenous Peoples’ cultures for millennia, the term “sustainability” was first used in a formal forestry context by Hans Carl von Carlowitz in “Sylvicultura Oeconomica” (roughly “economic forestry”) in 1713, according to a 2007 article by Jacobus A. Du Pisani in “Environmental Sciences,” “Sustainable Development – Historical Roots of the Concept.” Du Pisani wrote: “Carlowitz suggested nachhaltende Nutzung (sustain-

able use) of forest resources, which implied maintaining a balance between harvesting old trees and ensuring that there were enough young trees to replace them. Other experts on forestry, such as Marchand and Wilhelm Gottfried Moser, also condemned

Contributed photo Private timberland with a range of tree ages. Timber has been harvested here for at least a century, and with sustainable forestry practices, timber harvests can continue indefinitely. is whether a landowner or manager harvests less timber, on average, than the annual timber growth. An example: Landowner X has forested property capable of producing 100 cubic meters (about 42,378 board feet) of wood per year. If Landowner X harvests 90 cubic meters per year – 10 cubic meters less than the annual growth – then that harvest level can, in theory, be sustained indefinitely, barring a disturbance that affects the trees, such as a wildfire, insect infestation, windstorm or other event that kills all or most of the timber.

To Gifford Pinchot, the fi rst chief of the USFS, sustainability in the early 1900s meant providing “the greatest good for the greatest amount of people in the long run.” His three principles of conservation – development, preservation, the common good – focused primarily on tangible resources such as timber, water and range. Over time, the focus on such natural resources has expanded to include the sustainability of less-tangible resources and values.

Tom Tidwell, the 17th chief of the USFS (2009-17), talked about sustainability as an

See WOODSMAN Page 27

The View Finder

Feathered friends

Well, it’s been one heck of a winter. I’m starting to notice that the Oso berry is flowering and the trilliums are starting to bloom, even if they’re getting battered by rain and snow. The maples are starting to bud.

As a landscape photographer I’m used to seeing greener forests, more wildflowers and a little more warmth on my

Photography around Mount Hood and beyond

spring forays into the Columbia River Gorge, especially in May. As I write this at the end of April there’s scant sign of flowers anywhere in the Gorge and we’re still getting occasional “snow showers.”

But that doesn’t mean that I’ve had nothing to keep me from getting my camera out.

See VIEW FINDER Page 26

Museum Chatter: continuing the journey on Hwy. 26 in 1931

By Lloyd Musser For the Mountain Times

The Social History Happy Hour on June 17 is titled “Mount Hood, the Active Volcano.” Seth Moran, Research Seismologist, USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory, will discuss the historic and future volcanic activity of Mount Hood.

Social History Happy Hour is held on the third Saturday evening of most months. The programs normally are related to Mount Hood history. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and a $5 donation is asked. Beer, wine and sodas are available for purchase.

As I drive Hwy. 26 between Sandy and Government Camp, I often wonder what the road was like in the past. I wonder what business was in the abandoned buildings.

We recently found a tattered and faded newspaper clipping from the “Oregon Journal,” dated June 14, 1931. The clipping is only part of a larger article, but the list of businesses along the loop highway from Brightwood to Cooper Spur is interesting.

The Mount Hood Loop High-

way, as it was referred to in tourist promotional materials, was today’s Hwy. 26, from Gresham to Hwy. 35 to Hood River and I-84 from Hood River to Troutdale. The Loop opened in 1925.

Last month in this space we listed the businesses from Brightwood to Rhododendron. The following is the business listing for 1931 from Rhododendron to Cooper Spur.

As we travel east past Rhododendron, the next ten miles is all National Forest land. While there are no commercial establishments on government land, this area is the location of Mt. Hood National Forest summer homes tract. They are not visible from the Loop Highway, but there are hundreds of private cabins here on leased lots.

This listing reflects the spelling, grammar, and punctuation used by the newspaper in 1931.

– GOVERNMENT CAMP

HOTEL 28 Guest Rooms Hot and Cold Water Chicken Dinners with Huckleberry Pie

– BATTLE AXE INN Rooms

Cottages Home Cooked Meals

Lunches Counter Service – MT HOOD HUT Groceries

and Confectioneries Delicious Meals and Lunches with Homemade Pies Government Camp, Ore. – SWIM ORE VACATION

PARADISE Mt. Hood Warm Mineral Bath Furnished Log Cabins Home Cooking Store Horses Good Fishing Swim, Ore. – THE BLUE BUCKET

Under New Management of Irma Jean Bowerman and Mother Electric-lighted Cabins on Mountain Streams Excellent Fishing Groceries and Lunches Gas Oil Confectionery

16 Miles East of Government

Camp, Ore. (near Horse Thief Meadows)

– McMULLINS MT. HOOD

TAVERN Dining Room Coffee

Shop At Cooper’s Spur Junction Entrance to the Mountain.

That completes our 1931 road trip from Brightwood to Cooper Spur. This was the place to be if you wanted to rent a cabin, buy a building lot or have a chicken dinner at reasonable prices.

License Number 169021

glenn.pestcontrol@gmail.com https://oregoninsectandrodentcontrol.com

The listing also reflects the economic condition of the nation. The stock market crashed in 1929, throwing the nation into a recession that grew into a depression. Many banks had failed by 1931.

Many landowners from Brightwood to Government Camp created thousands of building lots starting in the 1920s in response to the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) plan to increase recreation use of the Mount Hood National Forest. The plan was for the state to finish and improve the loop highway and the USFS would

See MUSEUM Page 21

Contributed photo The Blue Bucket was a small resort offering camping sites, cabins, food, gas and oil.

By Bradford Bixby

For the Mountain Times

Welcome back Dear Reader to another installment of Fore, the column that wades through the muck that is the swampy world of golf.

This was particularly true last month. You see, people

Jinxes – on the course, in the column and even in fantasy

are always amazed when I tell them I don't watch golf on TV. When local weather is bad I hate to hear them complaining about the heat while they stroll around in the sun somewhere down south.

When the weather is good here I prefer actually playing the game. But last month in the middle of some pretty nasty rain and snow here I decided to turn on the Masters.

The rain was pounding down there and just as I was starting to enjoy their suffering, golf was canceled for the day. For rain! Wimps!

I've only been on the course twice when play was canceled.

Both times because of lightning. Once here at the Resort during Men's day. When we got the word my group went to one of my guys' home nearby and had cocktails on his covered patio. However no one, including me, informed my brother's group who was still out there when the lightning came through. Let's just say my oversight has never been forgotten.

The other time was in Washington with my buddy John. When the announcement came over the public address system we were on the 16th hole and since it wasn't raining we decided to finish.

Until we were walking down the 17th fairway and a lightning bolt hit a hundred feet away. I have never seen or heard anything so bright and loud.

And I've never run so fast strapped into a set of golf clubs in my life. The idea of being out

there with a bag of metal rods was enough to inspire my near Olympic record race to my car.

On a whole other subject I have come to the conclusion that I am often a jinx. Not all the time but mostly involving sports.

My latest example occurred after last month's column. As you my faithful readers know I wrote about our new golf Pro. Since I believe in the positive nature of this column I gave him a much more generous review than his phone personality warranted. Way more generous. And yet I was still shocked when he quit two days after publication.

Just so you know this jinxing wasn't an isolated incident I will give you a couple more examples.

I have played a variety of fantasy sports over the years and in the process ruined the

season of many an athlete… by picking them for my team.

When it's draft time my phone rings off the hook with agents begging me not to draft their players. In my first season of rotisserie baseball my number one pick was having a triple crown season after the first month. As he was jogging into home after hitting a grand slam he jumped on home plate and tore his ACL. Season over! You might notice they don't do that anymore… thanks to me.

A couple of years ago I had the first pick in my football league and took Christian McCaffrey. He gets hurt in the first game and loses two seasons as a result of my pick.

I even joined a golf fantasy league in the nineties where you got paid if your player won an event, double for majors and triple for the Masters.

I had Greg Norman going into Sunday with a six stroke lead. I'm golden. Instead Greg coughs up the biggest choke round in Masters history and finishes with a 78 to lose to Nick Faldo. Four hours of misery for yours truly. Oh well, at least the fiasco with our Pro didn't cost me any money.

The Women start their Wednesday events this month so maybe they will bring the good weather with them. So till we meet again remember to “Hit Em Straight.”

Steppin’ Out

MUSIC VENUES

Music at The Skyway Bar & Grill – 71545 Hwy. 26, Zigzag, 503-622-3775. More info at www.skywaybarandgrill.com.

Friday, May 5

Steelhead Stalkers Duo, Cuban Jazz 7-9 p.m.

Saturday, May 6

The Pagan Jug Band, Bluegrass, Zydecco, Rock 7-9 p.m.

Friday, May 12 Dead Lee, Psycho Folk 7-9 p.m.

Saturday, May 13

The Shreds, American Rock & Roll 7-9 p.m.

Monday May 15

Closed for projects

Friday, May 19

Rattlesnake Organ Trio, Instrumental Dance Band 7-9 p.m.

Saturday, May 20

Billy D. of The Hoo Doos, Chicago Blues 7-9 p.m.

Friday, May 26 McKinney Green Band, Country 7-9 p.m.

Saturday, May 27 Jay Si Proof, Funk/Jazz 7-9 p.m.

Al Forno Ferruzza – 73285 Hwy. 26, Rhododendron, 503-622-1212. Check Facebook and website for events.

DINING

Please check restaurant ads in this issue for more information (page number for the ad in parenthesis).

AL FORNO FERRUZZA, 73285 Hwy 26, Rhododendron. 503-622-1212. Rustic Authentic Wood-Fired Pizza. Indoor dining/outdoor patio. Takeout/delivery. Order at mapleaqua.com (3)

BARLOW TRAIL ROADHOUSE, 69580 Hwy 26, Welches. 503-622-1662. Closed Mon/Tues. Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner. Daily Specials/Halibut fish & chips/Fried chicken. Dine In/Takeout (3)

BRIGHTWOOD TAVERN, 63010 E Brightwood Bridge Rd. 503-622-1568. 10am-10pm. Burgers. Specials. Full menu. Happy Hour 3:30-6:30 pm. Indoor/Outdoor seating. Dine In/Takeout (4)

CHICALI CANTINA, Hoodland Shopping Ctr., Welches. 503-564-9091. Wed/Thur 11-8pm, Fri/Sat 11am-9pm, Sun 2-8pm Lunch & Dinner. Mexican (2)

COFFEE BREWSTERS, Hoodland Shopping Ctr., 503-622-3396. Espresso, Tea, Scones, Bagels, Sandwiches, Pastries, Snacks. Free Wi-Fi. Monthly Coffee Special (2)

COOPER'S WINE BAR & SHOP, 24540 E Welches Rd., Welches, 503-662-2025. Wed-Fri 3-9pm, Sat 1-9pm. Wines, beers. Tasting flights. Charcuterie boards-meats, cheeses. Snacks (3)

DRAGONFLY CAFÉ & BAKERY, Mt Hood Village Resort. 503-622-2400. Breads, pastries. Dining/Catering/Cocktails. Fri/Sat Prime Rib/Seafood. Indoor/Outdoor seating. Takeout (4)

EL BURRO LOCO, 67211 Hwy 26, Welches. 503-622-6780. Days & hours online. Mexican. Margaritas. Beer. Indoor/Outdoor dining. Order at www.elburro-loco.com. Takeout available (4)

IVY BEAR FAMILY PIZZERIA, 54735 E Hwy 26, Sandy. 503-208-9111. Old World Style Pizza, calzones, wings, salads. Wine/Beer/Soda. Arcade Room. Cured meats. Dine In/Take Out (3) MT. HOOD OREGON RESORT, Welches. 503-622-2214. Altitude: Open 7 days a week, hours vary. Familiar favorites. Gorgeous view with outside dining. (25)

SKYWAY BAR & GRILL, 71545 Hwy 26, Zigzag. 503-622-3775. Firepit. BBQ, ribs, burgers, famous Mac n’ cheese. Indoor/Outdoor dining. Infused cocktails. Dine In/Takeout (3)

THE RENDEZVOUS, 67149 Hwy 26 (Rendezvous Ctr). Welches, 503-622-6837. thevousgrill.com. Lunch/Dinner. Wed-Sun, 3-8pm. Dine indoors/out. Specials. Takeout available. (2)

TIMBERLINE LODGE, 27500 E Timberline Rd., Government Camp. 503-272-3311. Open Daily. Several options from casual to fine dining www.timberlinelodge.com/lodge/dining (11)

WHISTLE STOP, 66674 Hwy 26, Welches. 503-622-3440. whistlestopwelches.com. Open 9am-9pm, 21 and over. Burgers. Breakfast until 2pm, Lunch/Dinner, Full Bar. Dine In/Takeout (2)

COFFEE/ESPRESSO/TEA/SMOTHIES

COFFEE BREWSTERS, Hoodland Shopping Ctr., 503-622-3396. Espresso, Tea, Scones, Bagels, Sandwiches, Pastries, Snacks. Free Wi-Fi. Monthly Coffee Special (2)

FERNIE’S COFFEE, 73265 Hwy 26, Rhododendron. Thurs-Tues 6am-3pm. Closed Wed. Proudly serving Stumptown coffees. Breakfast & Lunch - Bagels, box lunches, soup, sandwiches

MT HOOD ROASTERS, 73451 Hwy 26, Rhody, 503-622-6574. Espresso, stuffed breakfast bagels, teas, freshly roasted coffee beans. Custom labeled coffee. Gifts. Outdoor sitting (28)

The MOunTain Guide — OuT & abOuT in The COMMuniTies Of MOunT hOOd

PUBLIC MEETINGS

MONDAY, MAY 1

♦ Sandy City Council meeting at 6pm. (typically held on 1st & 3rd Mondays) Check on ci.sandy.or.us for agenda. Members of the public also have the choice to view and participate in the meeting online via Zoom. Info: 503-668-5533, ci.sandy. or.us, and Facebook for updates.

TUESDAY, MAY 2

♦ Boring CPO meeting, 7pm (1st Tues of each month), at the Boring Damascus Grange building, 27861 SE Grange Street in Boring. More info: clackamasfire.com/fire-stations/station-14-boring/ or Facebook.com/pages/Boring-FireStation/173231289361662.

♦ Clackamas Soil & Water Conservation District, budget committee meeting (second of two meetings), 2:30pm. District Office, 22055 S Beavercreek Rd., Beavercreek. Info: conservationdistrict.org. Please call 503-210-6000 for instructions to join by phone or Zoom.

TUESDAY, MAY 9

♦ Hoodland Fire District Board of Directors

board meeting (2nd Tues of each month), 7pm. 69634 E Hwy 26, Welches. Info: 503-622-3256. In person and on Zoom, link online at hoodlandfire.us.

FRIDAY, MAY 12

♦ Government Camp Community Planning Organization meeting, 7pm, hybrid Zoom and at Mt. Hood Cultural Ccenter and Museum, 88900 Government Camp Loop in Government Camp. Guest speakers include Scott Kline from the Hoodland Fire District, Jesus Solis from the Yoshida Group, Teresa Christopherson from Clackamas County and John Burton from Timberline.

MONDAY, MAY 15

♦ Sandy City Council meeting at 6pm. (typically held on 1st & 3rd Mondays) Check on ci.sandy.or.us for agenda. Members of the public also have the choice to view and participate in the meeting online via Zoom. Info: 503-668-5533, ci.sandy. or.us, and Facebook for updates.

TUESDAY, MAY 16

♦ Clackamas Soil & Water Conservation District, board of directors meeting, 4pm.

District Office, 22055 S Beavercreek Rd., Beavercreek. Info: conservationdistrict.org. Please call 503-210-6000 for instructions to join by phone or Zoom.

♦ Hoodland Fire District Board of Directors second budget committee meeting, 7pm. 69634 E Hwy 26, Welches. Info: 503-6223256. In person and on Zoom, link online at hoodlandfire.us.

SATURDAY, MAY 20

♦ Rhododendron Community Planning Organization meeting, 10:30am-noon, Mt. Hood RV Village, 65000 Hwy. 26 in Welches.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 24

♦ Hoodland Community Planning Orgnaization, 7pm, Church on the Mountain, 68211 Hwy. 26 in Welches. Hoodland Fire District’s Scott Kline will speak on preparing for the summer season and fire prevention. For more information, email hoodlandcpo@gmail.com or find the CPO on Facebook or Nextdoor.

EVENTS/MARKETS

FRIDAYS THROUGH MAY 12

♦ Bingo, doors open at 6:30pm at the Mt. Hood Lions Club, 24730 E Woodsey

Way. $6 to play, extra games are $1 and $2. Concessions for sale. Last Bingo will be held Friday, May 12.

SATURDAY, MAY 6

♦ Trillium Trails Garden Club’s field trip to Clackamas County Master Gardeners Spring Garden Fair, 9am departure. Please email Mary Mattila (mattilamary@gmail. com) if you wish to attend.

♦ Block party and life art gallery, 2-5pm, Cooper’s Wine Bar parking lot, 24540 E. Welches Rd. Local art, music, wine and beer tastings, local food and more.

♦ Mt. Hood Baking Company grand opening, 8am – 3 pm. 24525 E. Welches Road. For more information, call 503-3483561 or find Mt. Hood Baking Company on Instagram and Facebook.

SUNDAY, MAY 7

♦ Mt. Hood Baking Company grand opening, 8am – 3 pm. 24525 E. Welches Road. For more information, call 503-3483561 or find Mt. Hood Baking Company on Instagram and Facebook.

FRIDAY, MAY 12

♦ Wine tasting featuring COR Cellars,

Cooper’s Wine Bar & Shop, 6pm, 24540 E. Welches Road in Welches. More info: www.cooperswinebarandshop.com.

SATURDAY, MAY 13

♦ Mt. Hood Lions Red Cross Blood Drive, 9am to 2 pm, 24730 Woodsey Way in Welches. To schedule an appointment or for more information, please call 1-800-RED-CROSS or visit www. redcrossblood.org; use sponsor Code: MtHoodLionsClub. Streamline your donation experience and save up to 15 minutes by visiting RedCrossBlood.org/RapidPass to complete your pre-donation reading and health history questions on the day of your appointment.

♦ Dia de las Madres Fiesta, 5-11pm, Camp Arrah Wanna, 24075 E. Arrah Wanna Blvd. in Welches. Community dinner, vendor market, mariachi and dancing. Tickets available at the door, $20 for adults and $10 for kids. For more info visit https:// www.mthoodunida.org/.

SATURDAY, MAY 20

♦ Mt. Hood Lions Mexican dinner, 4:309pm, 24730 Woodsey Way in Welches.

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Proceeds to support swimming lessons program. Menu includes chicken fajitas, rice, beans, salsa and tortillas. Tickets at the door are $20, and presale tickets are available for $18 at Mountain Building Supply, Welches Clackamas County Bank, Whistle Stop Tavern and Café 26 or ask any Lion.

MONDAY, MAY 22

♦ Free Food Market, 9-10am (usually on last Monday each month) at a new location: Hoodland Lutheran Church, 59151 Hwy. 26 in Welches. Open to any person in need. No ID, name or address needed. Drive-thru pick up food for your safety. For help, call 503-622-9213 and leave a message. Info: hoodlandlutheranchurch@ gmail.com.

SATURDAY MAY 27

♦ Hoodland Farmers Market, 10am-2pm at the Church on the Mountain (68211 Hwy. 26 in Welches). Every Saturday, starting May 27. Fresh produce, soaps, art, herbs, hot food, music, children’s activities and more. For more information, find the market on Facebook and Instagram, and anyone interested in volunteering can email hoodlandfarmersmarket@gmail.com.

LIBRARIES

♦ The Hoodland and Sandy Public Libraries will be closed on Monday, May 29 for Memorial Day.

♦ Newsletter. The Sandy & Hoodland library newsletters are emailed on a monthly basis. Call or email libraryassistants@ ci.sandy.or.us if you would like to be added to the email list. Blog at sandylibrary. blogspot.com.

HOODLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY.

24525 E WELCHES RD., WELCHES. INFO. 503-622-3460, CI.SANDY. OR.US, HOODLANDLIBRARY@ CI.SANDY.OR.US.

♦ HOURS: Mon 10am-4pm; Tues 1pm7pm; Wed -Fri noon-6pm; Sat noon-5pm; Sun closed.

FRIDAYS

♦ Storytime, 10:30-11am, reading books, singing songs and learning rhymes. Meet in the community room at the library. More info: Molly Espenel, hoodlandlibrary@ ci.sandy.or.us.

MONDAY, MAY 1

♦ Men’s Book Club, 7pm. “Braiding Sweetgrass,” by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Meet in the Sandy Library community room. For more information, email mhouck@ ci.sandy.or.us.

THURSDAY, MAY 4

♦ Digital Book Club, 7pm. “The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper,” by Phaedra Patrick. To receive a Zoom link to the discussion, email tellen@ci.sandy.or.us.

SATURDAY, MAY 6

♦ LEGO club, 1-2pm. First Saturday of each month, see what you can build with LEGO. For ages five to ten. More info: mespenel@ci.sandy.or.us.

♦ Free comic book day, 2-3pm. Stop by for a free comic book, while supplies last.

THURSDAY, MAY 11

♦ Women’s Book Club, 6pm. “The Over-

story,” by Richard Powers. Hybrid event, both on Zoom and in the Sandy Library Community Room. A Zoom link will be sent a week before the meeting. To receive the link, email mhouck@ci.sandy.or.us.

TUESDAY, MAY 16

♦ Hoodland Library Book Group, 4pm. “Song of Solomon,” by Toni Morrison. Meet in Hoodland Library community room. More info email ddowney@ci.sandy. or.us.

ONGOING

♦ Kids, Teen and Adult Take & Make kits are available at the Hoodland and Sandy Libraries on a monthly basis, while supplies last. Kids and adult kits are available starting on May 15, teen kits available starting on May 1.

♦ Art at the Hoodland Public Library, visit the library to see the beautiful quilt made by a member of the local group, The Piecemakers. Clackamas County Arts Alliance also exhibits the work of a local county artist. Both exhibits change quarterly.

♦ CURBSIDE DELIVERY of hold items available Mon-Sat. Call from the parking lot during open hours, provide your library card number, and your items will be checked out and brought to you. Info: ci.sandy.or.us/library/page/curbsideservices-hours.

♦ VIRTUAL PROGRAMS. There are a number of “virtual” programs happening with the use of Zoom on the internet, as well as information and activity videos posted on Facebook. Check out Facebook for Storytime Parents Group, the Library Book Group, Sandy Public Library Friends and the City of Sandy (city government).

♦ eCARD: if you don’t already have a LINCC library card, you may apply for an eCard by visiting lincc.org. An eCard grants immediate access to online resources, including eBooks and eAudiobooks.

♦ You may also place up to five physical items on hold, but must upgrade to a full library card with your current photo ID and proof of address (if not on your ID) to check them out. eCards are available to all residents of the LINCC Library District (Clackamas County), age 13 and up.

♦ MOBILE PRINTING. Mobile printing available from your smartphone, tablet or laptop. Send what you need printed to the library using one of our mobile printing options, then pick up your documents during curbside delivery hours. Info: ci.sandy. or.us/library/page/mobile-printing.

♦ BOOK BUNDLE. Request a Book Bundle if you don't know what to read next - the library will pick something out. Visit the website for the form - ci.sandy.or.us/library, or email libraryassistants@ci.sandy.or.us to have it sent to you.

SANDY PUBLIC LIBRARY. 38980 PROCTOR BLVD., SANDY. INFO 503-668-5537. CI.SANDY. OR.US.

♦ HOURS: Mon/Tues 10-7pm; Wed-Fri 10-6pm; Sat/Sun 12-5pm.

SUNDAYS

♦ Spanish class, 3-4pm, community room. Free class for beginners. More info: kmurphy@ci.sandy.or.us.

♦ English class, 4-5pm, community room.

Be a light in the darkness...

Become a TIP Volunteer.

TIP Volunteers are specially trained citizens requested through the emergency response system to provide immediate, practical and emotional support to citizens on the worst day of their lives.

We want you to join our Hoodland TIP team!

Learn more online at tipnw.org or call 503-823-3937

Free class for beginners. More info: kmurphy@ci.sandy.or.us.

THURSDAYS

♦ Storytime, 10 am, Sandy Public Library community room. Miss Monica will read books and we will sing songs and learn rhymes together. Todos Juntos will provide a fun craft activity afterward. This program is for preschool children ages two to five and is designed to help your child learn the important early literacy skills needed to help them learn to read. For more information, email Monica Smith at msmith@ ci.sandy.or.us.

THROUGH MAY 3

♦ Local artist (and former reference librarian) Kathy Draine will exhibit a collection of watercolor paintings for sale through a silent auction.

MONDAY, MAY 1

♦ Men’s Book Club, 7pm. “Braiding Sweetgrass,” by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Meet in the Sandy Library community room. For more information, email mhouck@ ci.sandy.or.us.

TUESDAY, MAY 2

♦ Mouse and Keyboard Basics, 10am, community room. Learn about clicking and basic command keys. Space is limited and registration is required. Call 503-6675537 to register.

♦ Kids Club, 3:30-5pm, community room, Art Club. Come after school to learn about art and have fun creating something. For kids ages six to 12. For more info, email msmith@ci.sandy.or.us.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 3

♦ Anime Club, 2:30pm, ages 18 and under. Sandy Public Library Community Room, 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month. New Anime Club participants will help us pick the next anime series to watch. Manga drawing supplies will be provided while you watch.

THURSDAY, MAY 4

♦ Digital Book Club, 7pm. “The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper,” by Phaedra Patrick. To receive a Zoom link to the discussion, email tellen@ci.sandy.or.us.

SATURDAY, MAY 6

♦ Spring Celebration, 8am to 4pm, Mount Hood Farmer’s Market, 38600 Pioneer Ave. in Sandy. Books, art and a plant sale. In partnership with Sandy Garden Club, Sandy Kiwanis and AntFarm.

♦ Free comic book day, 1-2pm. Stop by for a free comic book, while supplies last.

MONDAY, MAY 8

♦ Creation Station, 10am-noon. A twicemonthly interactive program that welcomes adults with disabilities on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month. Art Lab, on the 2nd Monday, will offer several arts and crafts stations with a variety of materials to accommodate different interests and abilities. For more information email kmurphy@ci.sandy.or.us.

TUESDAY, MAY 9

♦ Computer Basics, 10am, community room. Learn how to start and shut down a computer; create, save and open a file; create a folder; and rename files and folders. Space is limited and registration required. Contact the library at 503-6685537.

♦ Kids Club, 3:30-5pm, community room, LEGO. Come after school to learn about art and have fun creating something. For kids ages six to 12. For more info, email msmith@ci.sandy.or.us.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 10

♦ “Extraordinary Oregon! 125 Fantastic Hikes Across the State of Oregon,” by Matt Reeder, 6pm. Community room. Reeder will highlight some extraordinary hikes with a slideshow presentation.

THURSDAY, MAY 11

♦ Women’s Book Club, 6pm. “The Overstory,” by Richard Powers. Hybrid event, both on Zoom and in the Sandy Library Community Room. A Zoom link will be sent a week before the meeting. To receive the link, email mhouck@ci.sandy.or.us.

MONDAY, MAY 15

♦ TAB, 4pm. Community Room. Third Monday of the month, a youth leadership opportunity for Sandy area teens. TAB works with the teen librarian to provide input about how the library can be a welcoming environment for all teens, help plan teen programs/events, get volunteer hours and more. Ages 18 and under.

♦ Attracting Pollinators to Your Garden, 6:30pm. Community room. Cindy Manselle will talk about what a pollinator is and how to create a pollinator-friendly yard. This program is made in partnership with OSU Master Gardeners.

TUESDAY, MAY 16

♦ Internet Basics, 10am, community room. Learn basic internet terminology and how to navigate a browser, locate a website, identify common domains, build search skills and stay safe. Space is limited and registration is required. Contact the library at 503-668-5537.

♦ Kids Club, 3:30-5pm, community room, Art Club. Come after school to learn about art and have fun creating something. For kids ages six to 12. For more info, email msmith@ci.sandy.or.us.

♦ Wy’East Artisans Guild Reception, 6:30pm. Enjoy a new exhibit, “Reflections.” Artists will be there to introduce themselves and their artwork to the community.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 17

♦ Anime Club, 2:30pm, ages 18 and under. Sandy Public Library Community Room, 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month. New Anime Club participants will help us pick the next anime series to watch. Manga drawing supplies will be provided while you watch.

MONDAY, MAY 22

♦ Creation Station, 10am-noon. A twicemonthly interactive program that welcomes adults with disabilities on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month. Art Lab, on the 2nd Monday, will offer several arts and crafts stations with a variety of materials to accommodate different interests and abilities. For more information email kmurphy@ci.sandy.or.us.

TUESDAY, MAY 23

♦ Kids Club, 3:30-5pm, community room. STEM activity.

TUESDAY, MAY 30

♦ Microsoft Word, 10am, community room. Learn basic formatting skills in Microsoft Word. Space is limited and registration is required. Contact the library at 503-668-5537.

ONGOING

♦ Check out your seeds from the Sandy Seed Library. Located in an old card catalog at the library, our seeds are collected from local organic and heirloom providers, and community members collecting seeds from last year's harvest. You can take a couple seeds for your windowsill or enough for a whole row of vegetables in your garden. For full details go to our website ci.sandy.or.us/library.

♦ Kids, Teen and Adult Take & Make kits are available at the Hoodland and Sandy Libraries on a monthly basis, while supplies last. Kids kit will be “Amazing Flextangles,” available on May 15: color, cut and glue this paper puzzle. Teen kit will be “Kirigami Night Light,” available May 1. Kirigami is like origami, but the paper is cut instead of folded. The paper will be pre-cut so all that is needed is to "open" the cutouts of the design and tape together the roll for a simple easy night light. Adult kit will be

“Paper Tulip Flower Craft,” available on May 15. A paper tulip flower craft with a 3D effect and bright, vibrant colors.

♦ Virtual Storytime, Miss Monica records a storytime each week for you to watch from the comfort of your home. We read a book based on a theme, learn a new song and learn the letter of the day. Catch the latest virtual storytime each Friday morning in the Sandy & Hoodland Libraries

- Storytime Parents Group on Facebook.

♦ Tech Help – have a question about your computer, tablet or smartphone? Call the library to schedule an appointment with a librarian on topics such as email, social media, Microsoft Word, PC basics, the internet and using a smartphone or tablet.

♦ CURBSIDE PICK-UP. New signs will designate the parking spaces as 5 minutes or less. If you wish, give the library a call and your holds will be brought out as before. Remember, you will need your library card number so items can be checked out. Curbside service may be used to pick up holds. Info: 503-668-5537.

♦ BOOK BUNDLE. Request a Book Bundle if you don't know what to read next - the library will pick something out. Visit the website for the form, or email libraryassistants@ci.sandy.or.us to have it sent to you.

♦ MOBILE PRINTING. Mobile printing available from your smartphone, tablet or laptop. Info: ci.sandy.or.us/library/page/ mobile-printing.

♦ CONNECT ONLINE VIRTUAL PROGRAMS on Zoom on the internet, as well as info and activity videos posted on Facebook. Some of the Facebook groups are: City of Sandy, Oregon (city government); Sandy Public Library Friends; Sandy & Hoodland Libraries (Storytime Parents Group); Library Book Group (Hoodland & Sandy Area).

♦ BORROW. Do you need to borrow something? Tired of the same old board games? Check out the library's Library of Things online (kitchenware, musical instruments and more).

♦ eCARD. If you don't already have a LINCC library card, apply for an eCard on www.lincc.org. eCards grant immediate access to online resources, including eBooks and eAudiobooks. eCards available to all residents of LINCC Library District (Clackamas County), age 13 and up.

SENIOR

CENTERS

♦ Hoodland Senior Center, 65000 E. Hwy 26, Welches. Info: 503-622-3331, hoodlandseniorsinfo@gmail.com.

♦ Sandy Community Center/Sandy Senior Ctr. 38348 Pioneer Blvd., Sandy. Info: 503668-5569, ci.sandy.or.us.

THEATERS/MUSEUMS

MONDAY, MAY 1

♦ Reader’s Theatre Gresham presents a staged reading of “’Night Mother,” Marsha Norman, at 7:30pm, at the Center of the Arts Little Theatre, 333 N. Main Avenue in Gresham. Tickets are $9 at the door, with tickets for Mt. Hood Community College students available at half price. Readings happen on the first Monday of every month through June. For more information, visit www.readerstheatregresham.org or email ReadersTheatreGresham@gmail.com.

MAY 4-6

♦ Sandy High School will continue its production of the classic musical “Cinderella,” music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, new book by Douglas Carter Beane and original book by Oscar Hammerstein II, from May 4-6. Performances will take place at 7pm in the school’s auditorium, located at 37400 Bell Street in Sandy. Tickets are $11 for adults, $8 for students and seniors and kids five and under are free. For more information, visit https://www.sandydrama.com/.

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David Lamoreaux Hood since the 1970s knew our brother well. His sense of humor was infectious. No one could bring a smile or guffaw to your face faster than Dave.

David Clark Lamoreaux died peacefully at home on April 1 from complications arising from pulmonary fibrosis. He was 61 years young.

David was a lifelong resident of Mount Hood. He never left the mountain. His parents, Dale and Edna, moved to Rhododendron full time in 1971 onto the family homestead.

He attended Welches Grade School, Sandy High School and ran wild through the forests with his friends, of which he had maintained close relationships with to the end.

Mount Hood was his playground. He was always up for a fast ride on his dirt bike with buddies, or freewheeling a ride with Joie Smith and her dog, Winston, in her Alpine Towing tow truck.

Anyone who’s lived on Mount

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lease lots on which families could build modest cabins for overnight use.

The plan worked and by 1931 the Mount Hood Loop Highway was a popular outing route and hundreds of cabins had been built. However, the lack of money during the Depression caused the private land owners to offer their unsold building lots at reasonable prices.

The lack of restaurants existing along the Mount Hood Loop Highway is indicative of the trends in 1931.

Drive-ins and fast food had not been discovered yet and money was tight. It would have been common for travelers on the highway to bring their own food.

Two businesses on this list use “tavern” in their name but they could not serve alcoholic beverages. The nationwide probation on the production and sale of alcohol was in effect from 1920 to 1933.

David was a sensitive soul. But you wouldn’t know that when he was playing AC/DC or the B-52’s on his coliseum-sized sound speakers! Run for the hills folks! David’s jamming!

He’s left a huge void in our lives and as he used to say frequently, “Man, can you believe it!?!” Well, no Dave, we can’t believe it. We’re going to miss you, “Man”!

There was only one of you!

Dave is survived by his sisters and their spouses, a niece and her spouse and a grandnephew.

A Celebration of Life to remember David will be held at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, June 10, at the Church on the Mountain, 68211 Hwy. 26 in Welches.

In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made to the Hoodland Senior Center,

Businesses along this section of the Loop will change drastically by 1941 as the Depression and probation

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P.O. Box 508, Welches, OR 97067.

1944-2023 Rick Matter

Richard Raymond “Rick” Matter, of Sandy, passed away on April 12. He was 78. Rick was born in 1944 in Ambridge, Pa. to Conrad and Evelyn (Pfeifer) Matter.

The youngest of four siblings, Rick led a full life. As a young man, he worked at a steel mill in Pennsylvania and at his family’s funeral home before heading to Youngstown State in Ohio where he earned his teaching certificate and taught for a short while.

Inspired by James Dean, he turned to acting in his college theater before striking out for New York in the late 1960s to pursue a career in this discipline. He followed his dream to

both ended.

Lloyd Musser is the volunteer curator at the Mt. Hood Cultural Center and Museum.

Los Angeles in the early 1970s, living in Hollywood and working at a college bookstore while attending auditions.

Soon after, he joined a friend on a visit to Oregon where he would eventually make his home. He married Kathy Vermaas and raised two children, Erin and Jesse, up the Mountain outside of Sandy.

Besides acting, Rick was a songwriter, wine shop owner (Laissez Faire in Welches) and, formally, a parole officer with Multnomah County when he retired.

He loved music and cultivated a great interest in and appreciation for Native culture, amassing a collection of books on the subject, and making frequent trips to eastern Oregon to expand his knowledge on the subject.

Graced with humor and a gift for storytelling, Rick’s company was joyfully sought. He was a generous man who left an indelible mark on all

who met him.

Rick is survived by his wife, Kathy; children, Erin (O’Shaughnessy) and Jesse Matter; his brother, John; sister, Katherine; and his two grandchildren, Audrey and Henry.

Donations in his memory can be made to The Chuush Fund: Water for Warm Springs, which benefits the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs access to clean water.

Submissions

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Well Adjusted – spring cleaning time, so get toxins out

By Dr. Melanie Brown Chiropractic Physician Mountain Life Clinic

Spring is here… RIGHT!?!

Even if the weather isn’t cooperating, we are starting our spring cleaning. As you clean out the cobwebs, consider cleaning out toxins in your life and home.

A close family friend came down with cancer ten years ago, and I found a book, “Crazy Sexy Cancer.” The author had been diagnosed at a young age with stage IV liver and lung cancer and started a journey of research to find ways to optimize the terrain of her body to fi ght against the disease. Many topics were about our toxic environment and how to improve it.

As I was reading the book, it reinforced that improving these habits should come before disease enters the picture. As well as helping to fight cancer, these same practices can prevent illness and make

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♦ Sandy Actors Theatre presents “The Gin Game,” by D. L. Coburn, at 17433 SE Meinig Avenue in Sandy (behind Ace Hardware). Show times are 7:30pm on Fridays and Saturdays, and 3pm on Sundays. Tickets are $18 general admission, $15 for students, seniors, first responders and veterans, and $13 for children. For more information, or to make reservations call 503-936-4378, find SAT on Facebook or visit sandyactorstheatre.com.

MAY 19 THROUGH JUNE 4

♦ Nutz-n-Boltz Theater Company presents

us feel more centered and energetic in our daily lives. Often clearing out the toxins can save us money too!

Our liver is a remarkable organ; I am so grateful to have one! Its job is to clean out the bad things that we put in so we can be healthy. But our poor livers can only handle so much, and when we ingest too many toxins, the liver becomes overloaded and cannot process them in time to transport them out of the body. When this occurs, toxins spill into our blood and tissues and accumulate anywhere.

Visualize a glass that is overflowing. If your liver is a glass that is half full, you need twice as many toxins until the liver starts to “overflow” and create symptoms in the body. These symptoms can present as headaches, body pain, fatigue and these toxins can

contribute to chronic disease.

We want the “glass” to be as empty as possible so our liver can function properly and keep our bodies clean. We can accomplish this by cleaning up our environment.

Let’s start with the air we breathe. In the Mount Hood area, we are fortunate to have some of the cleanest air on the planet! Surrounded by millions of trees, cleansing winds, rains and a lack of industry, the air is clean and healthy for our bodies, but some of our homes are not.

Scented candles and air fresheners may smell nice, but they can contain neurotoxins damaging our bodies, and dirty filters circulate unclean air. Keep your filters clean, and instead of air fresheners, open the windows! Even in the cold months, open the windows for a while regularly to replace the stagnant air with fresh air. Use natural scents such as essential oils in a diffuser instead of candles or

air fresheners, or if the season allows, pick some wildflowers to fragrance your home. I love lilac season!

Next, let’s look at what we drink. The best beverage on the planet is pure H2O. If we ditch everything we drink and replace it with water, we will be much healthier!

But sugar, caffeine, alcohol, energy drinks and soda all “muddy up” the water and turn it into something toxic to our health. Consider drinking water primarily or exclusively. I like to start my day with a nice warm glass of water with a lemon squeezed in, which also supports liver function!

A doctor once told me she never tells her patients to quit smoking. Their eyes widened when she said, “You can’t quit smoking for AT LEAST three months.” She would have them switch to natural cigarettes, removing addictive chemicals and additives; when the patient tries to quit, it will be easier, and if they don’t quit,

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“Jitters,” by David French at the Boring Grange, 27861 Grange Street in Boring. Show times are 7:30pm on Fridays and Saturdays and 2pm on Sundays. For more information, including ticket pricing or to make reservations, call 503-593-1295 or visit nnbtheater.com.

SATURDAY, MAY 20 & MONDAY, MAY 22

♦ Nutz-n-Boltz Theater Company will hold auditions for its September production of “Steel Magnolias,” by Robert Harling French, from 1-4pm Saturday, May 20, and 6:30-9pm Monday, May 22, at the

Boring Grange, 27861 Grange Street in Boring. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

♦ Mt Hood Community Theater, located in Mt Hood Community College. Info: https:// www.mhcc.edu/PerformingArtsEvents.

♦ Mt Hood Museum & Cultural Center.

88900 E Hwy 26 Business Loop, Government Camp. www.mthoodmuseum.org.

♦ Sandy Historical Society, Inc., Museum/ Visitor Center/Giftshop, 39345 Pioneer Blvd., Sandy. Museum, Visitor Center & Gift Shop open Tues-Sat 10am-4pm,

they will get fewer toxins! I have had many patients try this successfully, and if they try to return to a name-brand cigarette, they get an instant headache from the chemicals! Audit cleaning and body products for harmful chemicals. I like to use cleaning and beauty products that are safe enough to eat. Vinegar with water and a little eucalyptus oil is a great floor and surface cleaner. Buy Castille soap in bulk. Use it for body wash, dish soap and veggie wash. Dilute in a pump bottle to last longer. Use Epsom salt, washing soda, baking soda, sea salt and essential oils to make natural laundry soap, and opt for wool dryer balls over toxic dryer sheets.

The little things we do a lot determine our health. These are just a few examples. Look around your home and see how to decrease your toxic load this spring. Cleaning out the chemicals will create a healthier and happier 2023!

closed Sun-Mon. Info: 503-668-3378, sandyhistorical@sandyhistory.com, www. sandyhistory.com.

SUPPORT GROUPS

♦ AA Meetings in Sandy and The Mountain (https://www.aa.org).

♦ Sandy: sober.com/meetings/state/city/ aa?state=Oregon&city=Sandy.

♦ Welches: Mondays at 6 pm, Narcotics Anonymous, Hoodland Lutheran Church; Mondays and Wednesdays at 9 am, Alcoholics Anonymous, St. John in the Woods Catholic Church; Fridays at 6 pm, Women’s Meeting, Alcoholics Anonymous, St. John in

the Woods Catholic Church; Sundays at 6 pm, Alcoholics Anonymous, St. John in the Woods Catholic Church. More information at https://www.pdxaa.org.

TUESDAYS

♦ The Al-Anon meeting Principles & Progress met weekly at the Sandy Community Center for more than six years until the community center shut down to outside groups in the spring of 2020 due to COVID. Recently resuscitated as Principles & Progress 2.0, the meeting has now reopened in Welches, held in person at 5pm every Tuesday. Meeting Location: Coffee House 26, a bookstore and coffee shop located at 67211 Hwy. 26, next door to El Burro Loco Restaurant. Meetings are held after hours.

♦ Clackamas County Support, Crisis and Suicide Prevention 24 hour hotline. 503655-8585. Intervencion Telefonica en Casio de crisis salud mental las 24 horas. 503-655-8585.

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Social media sites aren't ready to replace a trip to the dentist's office

entertainment and education on various topics.

By Robert Kelly, D.M.D. General Dentist

The Whole TOOTH

I have yet to participate in the Tik Tok platform that seems to have taken over a lot of social media. To be honest, I don’t really participate in much social media at all. However, I recognize it is a medium that is very popular now and a lot of people go to social media platforms for

I was surprised to see in a news article recently that there are Tik Tok videos now that show people how to clean their teeth at home with dental scalers. There was a link in the article to one of the videos and lo and behold there was a woman explaining how you can clean your own teeth at home with professional dental scalers, the sharp instruments that are used to clean calculus (or tartar) off teeth in the dental office. She made it look so easy! Could it be done by people at home? Probably. Is it a good idea? Probably not!

The two main problems I could see is accidental damage

to teeth and gums, including the attachment around the teeth, and also cleanliness. In a dental office, everything that goes in the mouth or is touched or contaminated is sterilized. Metal instruments are sterilized in an autoclave machine which kills microorganisms, even bacterial spores which are pretty hearty creatures and normally difficult to get rid of.

So, soap and water and maybe even bleach might be a good cleaner at home, for most things. I’m just not confident everybody trying their own at-home-cleaning regimens would properly disinfect and sterilize instruments all the time. This could potentially

lead to bacteria getting into any bleeding areas or going below the gums and potentially causing infection risks for people.

A third problem could just be missing the diagnosis of something important. Unless they come up with more Tik Tok videos that explain how to diagnose yourself, too, which they probably already have and I just don’t know about it!

I mean I just went down a rabbit hole from this one news article which had another related article linked to it talking about another alarming Tik Tok trend. This other article has orthodontists worried, so I clicked on that one as well and watched another Tik

Tok video showing people how to remove braces from your teeth with a spoon! I kid you not, the video actually showed a teenager ripping the braces off her teeth with a spoon then smiling for the camera. (Face palm.)

Whatever happened to the good old days of cute cat videos like the cat driving around the house on a Roomba vacuum cleaner? Or the trending dance hits that everybody would dance to and then post online?

We have moved into another realm it seems. Now, excuse me as I go watch a video on how to block social media sites on all my computers at home so my kids don’t learn anything too crazy!

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Welches Elementary students get free books from Sandy Rotary Club

By Garth Guibord The Mountain Times

Sarah McIntyre, a member of the Sandy Rotary Club and also the Library Director for the Sandy Library, enjoyed visiting all the elementary schools in the Oregon Trail School District to give free books to preschool, Head Start, kindergarten, first grade and second grade students. At one school, a student was on a mission to find the most difficult book for him to read.

“I think he was in kindergarten,” McIntyre said. “We finally found one that was hard enough for him. It’s really fun to see how excited they get and to foster a love of reading.”

The club, which formed in 2022, donated approximately 1,000 books total, thanks to fundraising efforts and a matching grant from the Rotary Foundation. Books included fi ction and non-fi ction, with titles ranging from “Fly Guy” to “Star Wars” to National Geographic books on otters and more.

“It’s fun to see them all

excited to get a book,” said Rotarian Shelley Anderson when she came with McIntyre to Welches Elementary School on Friday, April 14, to give out books. “(Reading is) the key to everything.”

“A powerful way to build young readers is to allow kids to choose books they are interested in reading,” Welches Schools Principal Kendra Payne added. “This gift from Rotary allows kids to do just that, choose their own book to read and also to keep.”

“I want to thank the Sandy Rotarians for choosing to support the academic success of our youngest students,” OTSD Superintendent Aaron Bayer said. “Owning their own books inspires a sense of pride and excitement for learning.”

The Sandy Rotary Club has partnered with other local groups to support projects, including the Sandy Senior Center, Ant Farm, Sandy Action Center, City of Sandy and Sandy Kiwanis Club. McIntyre noted that no specific projects are planned for the immediate future, but

the group will be fundraising for projects down the road. She added that Rotarians are expected to sell tamales at the Sandy Library’s Spring Celebration, on Saturday, May 6,, and at the City of Sandy’s Run/Walk with Pride on Saturday, June 10, to benefi t Students Advocating for Equality. The club also hopes to sell mini pies at this year’s Sandy Mountain Festival.

The Sandy Rotary Club meets at 4:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month, at the Sandy Family Restaurant, 39024 Proctor Blvd. in Sandy. To learn more about the Rotary Club of Sandy, visit www. sandyrotary.com.

Sandy Rotary club member Sarah McIntyre (standing) helps students (from left to right) Sophia Shook, Sydney McConkey and Javier Lamance write names in their new books.

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The birds are back. I’ve been enjoying taking photos of the various birds that visit my yard.

The most common have been the dark eyed junco, chestnut-backed chickadee, varied thrush, red-breasted nuthatch and, of course, our crows and stellar jays, but my favorites are probably the cute little downy woodpeckers.

I’m not sure if anyone notices that our forests are a haven for woodpeckers. The illusive pileated woodpecker can be heard as it calls out in a series of piping tones that sound like a jungle bird in a movie, along with the familiar series

of knocks on wood. Both sounds resonate through the forest. The only time that I’ve been able to coax them down from the tall treetops and into my yard was by offering water in the bird bath during hot dry weather. We also have flickers, which are also woodpeckers. You usually know when they’re around because they are prone to rattling the metal roof ridges or metal chimney pipes, usually about an hour before the alarm is set to ring.

The smaller downy woodpeckers are not shy. If you have a suet block up in a tree they will come to visit. They’re smaller than the big pileated

woodpecker. The male has a distinct patch of red on top of its head while the female looks similar but without the red patch. They walk up and down and around the trees as they cautiously approach the suet. They make the cutest little squeaky noises. They’re cute and fun to watch.

I’m certainly no authority on birds, and wouldn’t even consider calling myself a birder, but I’ve decided that I enjoy sitting on my deck with my 600mm lens taking pictures of our fine feathered friends. It’s relaxing and it clears my mind as I focus on getting a good, well composed and focused photo and not much else. I have learned a lot about the birds that visit my yard because if I get a good photo of a bird that I don’t recognize I im-

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After 13 years of working as a reporter, editor and finally owner and publisher of the Mountain Times, Garth Gui-

mediately Google it to find out more. My knowledge is growing.

My method for photographing the birds is to use a long zoom lens. I use a Tamron 150600mm zoom lens, usually at 600mm. The birds are usually only about ten meters away. That allows me to get the bird to fill more of the frame.

In the past, before I started using the 150-600, I would use a 200mm and crop it in post, which is certainly an acceptable way to do it. Most people who own a DSLR camera should have a lens that will zoom to 200mm.

I set my camera on Aperture Priority and allow the camera to set the shutter speed, taking care to allow a fast enough shutter speed for a clear photo by raising my ISO. I also ac-

bord will step away from the newspaper industry to pursue other opportunities. The paper has been in many ways a family business for Guibord, who took ownership of the paper in 2021 with his wife.

tivate Vibration Reduction on the lens. At that point I use a movable single point focus to try to get the eye of the bird sharp. As with any subject with eyes, a photo should have the eye in focus.

I explain the process of photographing the birds because I’m a photographer, but you don’t need to take photos of the birds to enjoy them and to learn about them. Birds are easy for us to ignore, but are so beautiful and fascinating when we take the time to pay attention to them. And up here on the Mountain our forests are home to many. Take some time to go out and just sit outside in your yard for a while with a cold beverage and wait for them to come by. I hope that you’ll find it as relaxing and as fascinating as I do.

“When I started at the paper in 2010, I would often bring my son with me to interviews, usually in a pouch on my back or on my chest. Everyone was just fine with that,” Guibord said. “Working at the Mountain Times allowed me to be at home for both my boys, which is something I'll always be grateful for.”

While Guibord is excited to pursue new opportunities, he also has confidence in Nelson’s ability to represent the voices and needs of the Mount Hood communities.

“I’m excited for the future of the paper under Matt. He has a tremendous amount of respect for the paper and the community and wants to build on what makes it so successful,” he said.

Nelson will take over publishing in May in preparation for the June paper.

Nelson said his focus will be on continuing coverage of the schools, non-profits, local businesses and “jumping in with both feet” to provide great local coverage.

“I’m looking forward to getting to know everyone on the Mountain,” Nelson added.

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evolving concept in a speech in 2010.

He described the Multiple Use–Sustained Yield Act of 1960 (MUSYA), a U.S. law, which stated that “the national forests are established and shall be administered for outdoor recreation, range, timber, watershed and wildlife and fi sh purposes.” The law defined sustained yield as “the achievement and maintenance in perpetuity of a high-level annual or regular periodic output of the various renewable resources of the national forests without impairment of the productivity of the land.”

“Our mission is broader than that,” Tidwell said. “You can manage the land [primarily] for wood, for example, and you’ll have other outputs as well, but you might get a very different kind of forest, not the forest we are charged to protect.” A forest with less species and habitat diversity, for example.

Tidwell also mentioned the

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impact of the United Nations’ Millennium Ecosystem Assessment of 2005, an assessment of the human impact on the environment, on USFS policy.

“The Assessment showed the many ecosystem services that people around the world get from their forests and grasslands, and it also showed how threatened they are,” Tidwell said. “Part of our response to climate change is to sustain the services that Americans get from their lands, both public and private, by helping ecosystems adapt to the effects of

a changing climate. Today, sustainability means working with partners on a landscape scale, across jurisdictions, to restore the processes and functions associated with healthy, resilient forest and grassland ecosystems.”

Forests in both the U.S. and Canada – including the 350 million acres (140 million hectares) certifi ed to the SFI Forest Management Standard – continue to provide timber, water, wildlife, fi sh, recreation and other tangible products, of course, as well as the processes and functions Tidwell talked about,

such as clean water and air, carbon sequestration and storage, biodiversity, recreation, cultural and spiritual values, and other important ecosystem services, including human health.

A recent paper produced by the International Union of Forest Research Organizations showed that “[f]orests, trees and green spaces play a vital role in ensuring a healthy life for all on a global scale, with the health benefits that range from physical and mental well-being to overall mortality reduction far outweighing the adverse effects

on health.”

Managing forests sustainability means maintaining a balance of forest products, uses, services and even human health and well-being, so that these resources are not depleted or permanently damaged, and that, as Pinchot said, they offer “the greatest good for the greatest amount of people in the long run.”

Have a question about sustainable forest management? What single-use product in most homes was sustainably harvested? Let me know. Email: SWilent@gmail.com.