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f/te Post THE GREAT WAY TO THE MT. HOOD PLAYGPOUN d S? Vol. 2> TWELVE PAGES SANDY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1964 Hln(l« copy 10c No. 26 Mystery Fire Hits New Firwood School A Monday night fire of un determined origin at the new Firwood grade school const rue - tlon site, two miles east of Sandy, completely destroyed the six-room first and second grade building and damaged two other units of the four unit school quadrangle complex. Respcmdlng quickly to the double alarm “it’s a big onel” SMOKING RUINS are all that remain of classroom section of new Firwood school. Twisted pipes and call of the fire siren about 9:40 p.m. Sandy volunteer fire men and equipment were cm the scene in minutes. The one building was completely en gulfed in flames. Fire Chief Lyle Seaman realizing that it was doomed directed the efforts of his men to containing the fire and saving the other buildings. The roar of the flames, fan- ned by a humid southwest breeze, could be heard a great distance and the roof of the structure collapsed and crash ed onto the concrete foundations about 10 p.m. Firemen fought the blaze for several hours assisted by units from Estacada and Boring, When the neighboring fire companies left their areas to distortion of oil furnace in center bear witness to intensity of the blaze. (Post photo) Due Notice Asked On Water Cut-off At the Chamber of Commerce meeting Tuesday, Mt. Hood Lanes proprietor Lou Langlois spoke on recent water prob lems encountered by unhappy businessmen at the east end of the city. Langlois said that water had been repeatedly turned off with out notice and for long inter vals by crews working on the water mains. He said thia has caused refrigeration prob lems in grocery stores, inter fered with trade in restaurants, and beauty shops and caused loss of business and money. SILHOUETTED AGAINST the fiery background, bystanders watch as Ftrwood conila - g ration rages. (Post photo) Langlois told the group that complaints to city hall had been useless and requested the Chamber's aid in arranging that In the future adequate notice be given to those in affected areas before water service is shut down. The City announced yester day that it will be unable to comply with the above request since the contractors working on the water mains cannot, or will not, inform the authorities STILL SMOULDERING under fallen roof, hot spots gets a hosing down from Sandy (Post photo) fireman Bob Rice, as Art Hoodlum of Bluff Road watches. Suspect Held A Wednesday afternoon re port from the District Attorn ey's office in Oregon City in dicates that a Harry Baker, 24, of Estacada has been taken Into custody on a burglary com plaint and charged with forcible entry and removal of tools from a shed located on the grounds of the Firwood elementary scgool. Arraignment was expected to take place Wednesday after noon. Nor further wordlspres- ently available as the court was still in session at press time. • before shutting off the water. City officials asked for the understanding and patience of the affected merchants for the remaining few weeks of the water project. Change Proposed Dr. Earl L. Kiapstein, backed by strong public opinion, is ad vocating the need for “house keeping” legislation to change the present method of federal surplus land and property dis tribution. Dr. Klapstein, president of Mt. Hood Community College, started his campaign by send ing a letter to Senator Wayne Morse seeking his support and asking for the Oregon delega tion to get on the bandwagon. “The response I have re ceived to this suggestion in dicates strong public approval. It is the belief of everyone I have talked with that no insti tution Involved in a similar project in the future should have to pay the penalty Mt. Hood Community College is now. At least we can help protect other taxpayers and people,” Dr. Klapstein said in his letter to Sen. Morse. “An obvious ’housekeeping change might be to have GSA declare property to be sur plus, turn it over to another agency, and have the recom mendation of the second agency be final, or have the property returned to GSA if not needed,” he proposed. “I Intend to pursue a course of action with every profession al association and college af filiated group with which the college or 1 am associated. Some correction must be made In our laws that will reduce the power of control In mat ters of this sort,” the college president told Sen. Morse. “I hope that Oregon’s dele gation will give consideration to introducing legislation that could eliminate the tragic ex perience we have endured. 1 would be willing to testify at any hearing pertaining to a need for a change In the law,’’ Dr. Klapstein concluded. :irst Baptists Plan • ------ — oanuy jr. uir: scout Troop #378 for the Oral Hull Foundation for the Blind, are displayed by troop members. Closing their eyes and feeling the flags are Glenda Williams, left, and Debbie Gunderson. Standing, left to right, are Karen Roth, Carol Sheldon, Gayle Paluck Cheryl Koehler, Carol Hoffarth, Cathy Koehler and Shandi Inman. Because the blind cannot see the flag but must sense its beauty by touch the special braille flags are striped with red velvet and white ribbon and white, ra<-?d stars are cornered on a blue velvet background. . Appeal Hearings Set For Trailer Park Zoning Pleas Speed Limit 55 Motorists who have found the new stretch of highway between Sandy and Gresham an invita tion to “open her up” have also found themselves being ticketed by state police. Speed limits have not yet been post ed on the highway. In such case, In addition to the “basic rule,” a speed limit of 55 miles per hour applies. Police warn that because men and equipment are still working along the road higher speed is not safe. aid the Sandy volunteers, near by units moved into their va cated posts to assure contin ued protection from other fires. Happy Valley fire equipment moved into Sandy for back-up duty and Clackamas moved to the Boring District. Preliminary estimates of the damages to the school, which was about 60 per cent com plete have been put between >50,000 and >60,000. The build ing, which was Insured, had not been turned over to the school board and was still in posses sion of the contractor. Loss, if any, to the school district Is felt to be slight. First alarms were called in by residents in the area. Phillip Cousins, Rt. 2, Sandy, passing It on his way home, stopped at the home of Hilton St. Clair and St. Clair phoned in the alarm to the MU 7-4441 number and Mrs. James Cook, who saw the flames from her window called the fire district number on Main St. Asked if she was sure it was not the flames from the dump that she saw, she said she was sure it was the school building that was burning. The sirens sound ed immediately thereafter, she reported. A possible cause of the fire, according to Chief Seaman, was the wind carrying flaming em bers from the trash burning pit on the construction site to the building. However, investi gation as to the origin of the fire is continuing and all pos sibilities, including arson, are •etag thoroughly investigated. Grade School superintendent, Clyde Sutherland, said the fire would cause some delay In the anticipated opening of the new school this fall. He said that, since some unforeseen delays always seem to occur in con struction work, he had already made temporary arrangements for classrooms for children in the district and they would just have to use the temporary ac commodations a bit longer than expected. “COME ON UP, the flying’s finel” Invites Sandy Kiwanls president Olin Signal, as P. N. Smoke buys an early ticket for plane ride, one of the features at the Kiwanls Fly-In Breakfast. The 9th Annual Breakfast will be held at Rich’s Airport, two miles northeast of Sandy, on July 17, from 7:30 a.m. to 12 noon. The popular, fund raising breakfast attracts customers from miles around, many of them “flying in’’ for the affair. All proceeds are used to support the club’s Sandy Community Service Fund. On the menu this year are ham, eggs, hotcakes, juice, coffee and milk. All you can eat, at $1.25 for adults and 75$ for children. (Post photo) Clackamas County commis sioners have granted hearings on two separate appeals on re quests for conditional useclas sification on land near Sandy. Scheduled for Wednesday, July 6, at 10 a.m. Isthehearing on the appeal of Russell Mc Hugh, Kelso, whose request for a zoning change for several lots located approximately two miles northwest of Sandy, near the intersection of Kelso Road and Mt. Hood Loop Highway, for the purpose of establishing a mobile home park was denied by planning commission at its May 23 meeting. The Planning Commission’s Mt. Hood Lions Chuck Wagon Breakfast ____ ___ approval of the application made erC^oT er Court for conditional use to expand an existing trailer park on property located about four miles southeast of Sandy on Mt. Hood Loop Highway has been ap pealed by a resident and prop erty owner in the area. Hearing on this appeal has been slated for Wednesday, July 13, at 10 a.m. Both hearings will be held In Room 201 of the County Courthouse, Oregon City, and will be open to the general public to give all in terested persons an opportunity to be heard on the matters. New Church Building The Clackamas County plan ning commission, at a meeting Monday, June 27, approved the request of The Sandy First Baptist Church for a conditional use classification of 2.5 acres of land to allow for the con- structlon of a church. The church property, for- merly zoned as rural agrtcul- tural single family residential, is located on old Mt. Hood Loop Highway two and one- half miles northwest of Sandy. A spokesman for the church said construction would start is soon as possible with a completion target of early fall. No decision was made in the hearing on the conditional use application of Dee and Gladys Farr. Hie Farrs, owners of Rainbow Ranch one mile northeast of Cherryville, had requested the zone change in order to improve and en large their existing private re creational facility. The planning commission re quested the applicants to fur nish them with more informa tion as to their exact intentions and the matter was continued until JUly 25.________________ Golf Contest. New ' Feature at Lions' Annual Breakfast The annual Mt. Hood Lions club chuck w Breakfast and Turkey Shoot will be July 2 and 3 (Saturday and Sunday) from 7 a.m. until noon in the outdoor pavilion at the Lions Hall at Wemme. You and your guests are invited to attend this fun event which is the Lions’ main fund raising activity. This year a new activity will be added to the ever-popular Turkey Shoot. A Hole-ln-One contest will provide another fun way toexerciseafterbreak- fast. The fellows haveproduced a fine putting green and they hope everyone will take a stab at a hole-ln-one. July 2nd and 3rd
