“Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you.” —Walt Whitman
Postal Customer
MOUNTAIN VENUES with MENUS Local Drinks and Dining Guide See Inside
Prst Std U.S. POSTAGE PAID Permit No. 39 Welches, OR.
“The Most Read Paper on the Mountain”
INDEX Mountain Profile............................... 2 Fire Focus............................................ 6 Opinion............................................8–9 Museum Chatter........................... 18 The Woodsman.............................. 17 Health....................................... 24—25 Crossword/Sudoku....................... 28 The Viewfinder .............................. 29 Classified Ads.................................. 32 Transitions........................................ 33
JUNE 2024
Vol. XXXII, No. 6 n A Free, Independent Newspaper n www.mountaintimesoregon.com n SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF MOUNT HOOD n
Welches, Brightwood, Wemme, Wildwood, Zigzag, Rhododendron, Government Camp, Sandy and Boring
Orchid Health to Open New Clinic in Welches
PRIMARY 2024
By Orchid Health For The Mountain Times
Orchid Health is excited to announce the upcoming opening of its new clinic at the Hoodland Clinic in Welches, set to begin operations in mid-October. This expansion reflects Orchid Health’s commitment to giving rural communities access to comprehensive primary care for every body at every age. “We are thrilled to partner with Orchid Health to continue serving the Welches community with high-quality healthcare,” said John and Caryn Tilton, the original owners of the Salmon River Professional Center. Orchid Health has been recognized for its exceptional patient-centered approach, earning a 5-star Patient-Centered Primary Care Home (PCPCH) rating - the highest possible rating in Oregon. Additionally, the organization was voted Business of the Year and has been named one of the Best Places to Work and Healthiest Workplaces in Oregon. “Our goal is to make high-quality healthcare accessible to everyone, and we look forward to serving the See ORCHID Page 3
COUNTY COMMISSIONER POSITION 1, CHAIR April Lambert 10,868 10.81% Craig Roberts 49,100 48.85% Tootie Smith 40,438 40.24% COUNTY COMMISSIONER POSITION 3 Amy Nichols 22,506 23.42% Dana Hindman-Allen 18,056 18.79% Martha Schrader 55,403 57.65% COUNTY COMMISSIONER POSITION 4 Tina Irvine 17,724 18.49% Melissa Fireside 34,684 36.18% Rae Gordon 7,690 8.02% Mark Shull 35,658 37.20% CLACKAMAS COUNTY SHERIFF Angela Brandenburg 52,462 Lynn Schoenfeld 35,502 Paul Moore 10,255
53.34% 36.10% 10.43%
Results as of 05/28/24 For Complete results, please refer to https://www.clackamas.us/elections.
Meet Laura Strudwick By Ty Walker
The Mountain Times
Laura Strudwick has made education her business, whether she’s tutoring students how to write, training dogs how to behave or teaching herself how to paint. This Rhododendron resident has made a career out of helping people and their pets learn to live in harmony. Originally from Texas, Strudwick started working as an apprentice dog trainer in Austin in 1994. She later moved to the Portland area, where she began teaching her own classes and private lessons through
the 1990s. Then she thought she’d try teaching people for a change. So she went back to school and earned a master’s in education to teach middle school and high school. She spent most of the first decade of the new millennium teaching at Reynolds Learning Academy, an alternative high school in Fairview, and Oregon Episcopal School, a private prep school in Portland, until 2009. At Oregon Episcopal, Strudwick created a dog training class in which students learned about animal psychology and behavior. Students
would visit the Portland Humane Society to work and earn service credit. Strudwick found time to continue her post-graduate work and went on to get a PhD in mythological studies. In 2020, the Covid pandemic came and inspired Strudwick to offer her dog training classes online. She developed a whole curriculum, created videos and met with clients worldwide on zoom “I realized all these people were getting Covid puppies and weren’t See STRUDWICK Page 4