The trunk is cut while the upper portion is suspended from the crane

Saltzman Sequoias will help disabled kids

While a few people watched from the library parking lot, a skilled crew from City Wide Tree Services cut the row of Sequoia trees that has lined Saltzman for years. They had to be cleared to make way for the road-widening project that is underway.

Because the trees were on the other side of a set of utility lines, workers had to lift the cut trees up and over the lines. It was in impressive operation that slowed traffic, but there were no mishaps and the job was completed very efficiently.

Northwest Earthmovers Inc., the general contractor on the project, delivered some of the logs (at their own expense) to the Jenkins Estate, a Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District (THPRD) facility in the Aloha area. The logs will be used to build a shelter for the wood and the equipment used by the Beaverton Optimists in one of their fundraising projects.

Dave Chrisman, Superintendent of Maintenance Operations for THPRD and a member of the Beaverton Optimists, explained that “hazard” trees that are cut in the THPRD parks are delivered to the Jenkins Estate. The Beaverton Optimists (www.beavertonoptimist.webs.com) turn out several times each year to cut, split and stack the wood, which has always just been left in the open. A group of retired engineers in the group is designing the shelter that will be built from the logs. A portable mill will be used next spring to turn the wood, which is ideal for outdoor use, into lumber for the project.

The Optimists donate the money they raise from the firewood sales to the Tualatin Park Foundation (thpf.org). The Park Foundation primarily supports accessible play facilities for handicapped children throughout the district, including Camp Rivendale and several specialized playgrounds.

Cutting through the trunk
The log is lifted off the base	The log is lifted up and over the power lines
	Laying the log on the ground for final limbing

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