SUHS Asks Bond Issue
For Vo-Tech Center
Voters of Sandy Union High
School District will be asked to
approve a $225,000 bond issue
Feb. 4 to build and equip a
new vocational center, Milton
Fox, chairman o f the board,
announced this week.
The needs for vocational
training buildings, equipment
and curriculum have been
under examination by a citizen
committee appointed by the
board for over two years. The
committee members are Ralph
Richardson, Neil Jackson, Olin
Bignall, Betty Meyers, Charles
Frasier, Jerry Donhan, Keith
Schneider, Al Gantenbein,
Lance Staab. Glen Schaeffer,
Duanne Knapp, Al Morner and
John Metzger.
The proposed building and
curriculum will assist the
school d is tric t in better
meeting the needs of a large
segment of the students in the
area who do not plan to attend
a fo u r y e a r college or
university, according to Ralph
Richardson, first year chairman
of the study group.
The new programs, which
Power Problems
'Under Control'
Portland General Electric
has power problems in the
Sandy-Hoodland area “pretty
well under control.”
Frank Smith, operations
superintendent, said power has
been
re s to re d
to
m ost
p e rm a n e n t residences but
summer homes have been
badly hit and until roads have
been cleared, not much can be
done.
Smith said that Tuesday was
the first day o f 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
o p e ra tio n for PGE since
Christmas. Main trouble spots
have been the area south of
Boring, the Aims area, the
Dover area, the Corbett-Larch
M o u n ta in
a re a , and the
Hoodland area.
Outages in the Mt. Hood
area have been longer because
the main transmission line has
been knocked out by falling
Pioneer Association
Sets Annual Meeting
The annual winter meeting
of
th e
Sandy
P io n eer
A ssociatio n will be held
Sunday, Jan. 26, at the Sandy
Masonic hall.
A potluck dinner will be
served at 11:30 a.m. Coffee,
cream and sugar will be
furnished by the Association.
A short business meeting will
follow.
trees on a number of occasions.
I t was repaired over the
weekend, for instance, only to
be cut several hours later when
a tree fell.
Abnormally heavy snowfall
in the mountain area also has
caused extreme problems for
PGE crews.
Smith said that, in effect,
“ We’ve had a continuous storm
for 16 days.”
Sandy High Sets
Public Meeting
On Bond Issue
All interested persons are
invited to attend a meeting on
Thursday, Jan. 23, at 8 o ’clock
p.m. in the Sandy Union High
School Cafetorium at which
time the following will be
explained and discussed.
1. The new eight-period day
schedule that our students will
be following starting Monday,
Jan. 27. This is the beginning
of the second semester.
2. The proposed bond issue
of $225,000 to build and equip
an In d u s tria l
E d u c a tio n
Building that would house the
following: a. Power shop. b.
G eneral
Metals Shop. c.
Electronics Shop, and d. Shop
Classroom Area.
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in c lu d e engine mechanics,
metals and electricity and
electronics, will be added to
e n la r g e d
and
u p d a te d
programs in agriculture, home
economics, woodshop, drafting
and business courses and will
all carry credits for high school
graduation. Also to be included
in the program will be many
applications of math, speech
and English to prepare the
student to meet the needs of
employers.
The program is planned to
expose the students to the new
fields, employment possibilities
in these fields, and to orient
the program so that students
after graduation may better
utilize the community college
courses available in the fields,
according to Charles Frasier,
vocational director at Sandy
high.
The school board and the
s tu d y
c o m m itte e
have
unanimously recommended the
adoption of the bond issue for
the vocational building and
equipm ent. Al Gantenbein
heads a committee whose
members are available to local
groups to discuss and explain
th e
program
a t p u b lic
meetings. A copy o f the
complete building layout and
plans is on display at the
Clackamas County bank office
in Sandy.
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PROPOSED VO C ATIO NA L S KILL CENTER to be built at Sandy Union High School is pictured in this architect's
drawing. If voters approve $225,000 bond issue, building will be constructed on east side of high school.
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SANDY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16. 1969
Chamber Names
Hazel Murray
Citizen of Year
Mrs. Hazel B. Murray was
named Sandy’s Citizen o f the
Y e a r a t a C ham ber o f
Commerce banquet T'uesday
night at TJ.s restaurant.
The award is made annually
by the Sandy chamber for
outstanding service to the
community. Identity of the
person to be honored is always
a well kept secret and never
revealed before the banquet.
W hen
M r s . M u r r a y ’s
selection was announced by
Ivan Barker, who received the
award last year, she was given a
standing ovation from the
assembled guests.
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SM ILING H AZEL Murray receives a congratulatory
corsage from Agnes Barker after she was named Citizen
of the Year at Chamber of Commerce banquet Tuesday
night.
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Skyrocketing building costs
are posing a serious threat to
plans for Sandy’s new city hall,
the city council learned at a
recessed meeting Monday
night.
For several months the
council has lieen wrest 14^ «.vltl
preliminary estimates on the
building in their efforts to
b rin g
them
w ith in
the
$ 1 5 1 ,0 0 0
v o te d
fo r
construction.
The $151,000 figure was
the original estimate made
when plans drawn by architect
Charles Selig were approved by
the council.
By September estimated
costs had risen several
thousand dollars above this
amount and Mayor Harold
Edes appointed a committee,
headed by councilman Warren
Decker, to meet with Selig and
find ways to reduce this sum.
It was expected Monday
night that revised plans to this
effect would be presented for
council approval. However,
although costs were whittled
wherever possible and some
c o n s tru c tio n
and interior
features completely eliminated,
Telephone workers o f local
89, I.B.E.W., have ratified by a
tw o -to -o n e
vote a new
3 6 -m o n th
c o n tra c t
with
General Telephone Company
o f the Northwest.
Total cost of the agreement
has been estimated at nearly $3
Meeting Cancelled •
NEW PRESIDENT of Sandy Chamber, Olin Bignall,
left, was installed at Tuesday night dinner by retiring
president Ned Dyal.
(Post photo)
The dinner meeting of the
H o o d la n d
C ham ber o f
C om m erce scheduled for
tonight, Jan. 16, has been
cancelled.
MHCC Needs $ 5 .8 Million To M eet Rapid Growth Demand
Dr. Eart L. Klapstein. Mt.
Hood president, outlined the
college’s progress and future
plans to members o f the
S andy
A rea Chamber of
Commerce Tuesday noon.
Dr. Klapstein said it was
important that the money be
made available now because it
takes about three years to plan
and build a campus building.
An
im m ediate start is
necessary to keep pace with
the rapid growth of the student
body, he said.
He stressed that all this
money was not coming from
Gresham alone but from the
e n tir e
d is tr ic t
w h ic h
encompasses 950 square miles
with a population of 200,000
people.
Dr. Klapstein estimated that
the cost for property owners
would be 18 cents for each
$1.000 in true cash value of
the property. A t this rate the
levy would be $2.70 per year
for a $15,000 home.
He said it was important The college has already reached
that the building program that number and now projects
move ahead rapidly because a student body o f 7,000 by
inflation cuts the net value of 1973.
funds. He added that inflation
Dr. Klapstein said that some
had already cost the college at people were suspicious of the
least $750,000. This was rapid growth at Mt. Hood, but
because costs have gone up most were favorably impressed
after the original estimates had even if they didn't understand
been made.
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Mt. Hood started in 1966 at
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th e
M u ltn o m a h
C o u n ty vocational-technical courses
F a ir g r o u n d s
in
m o b ile o ffe r e d
when the school
classrooms. A t the beginning opened at the fairgrounds.
there had been some doubt There are now 28 and by fall
that enough students would term 5 more will be added.
enroll to make a college.
There are now more than
The first year there were 600 classes being offered by
800 students and a projection the school each quarter.
of 4,000 students by 1973.
New courses are continually
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the final estimate amounted to
more than $29,000 over the
maximum amount o f money
available!
A federal grant o f $36,955,
which would pay 49% o f the
lib ra ry
cost, (the library
consti ixtio n was estimated to
amount to 37% o f the total
overall cost) was approved last»
fall. This, added to the original
$151,000, amounts to only
$ 1 8 7 , 9 5 5 —th e
m axim u m
amount o f money available for
the project.
Mayor Edes said that he will
not give up in his efforts to
provide the kind o f building
the people want at the price
they have established. “ I f a
completely new set of plans is
necessary to do this then we
will have them,” he added.
Edes also said he will
continue to keep the public
informed on the project. He
reminded residents that city
council meetings are open to
the public and that their
attendance is welcomed.
The next council meeting
will be a recessed meeting
Monday, Jan. 20, at 8 p.m. in
the city hall.
R atify N ew Contract
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A $20 million educational
plant and 7,000 students is
v is u a lize d
for Mt. Hood
Community College by 1973 if
voters in the district approve a
$5,880,000 bond election Jan.
28.
T h is
w o u ld
v ir tu a lly
complete the 172 acre campus
complex.
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S ln g li- c o p y
Rising Costs
Threaten Plans
For City Hall
To commerate the occasion
she was presented with an
engraved plaque from the
chamber o f commerce.
Also after dinner, Olin
Bignall was officially installed
as president of the Sandy
chamber by retiring president
Ned Dyal.
BROKEN WATER M A IN on Main St. Monday added to parking woes created by recent
frequent snow storms as city crew dug up street to find and repair break. (Post photo)
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Barker cited Mrs. Murray’s
lo n g years o f work for
c o m m u n ity
b e tte r m e n t
through her work in service
clubs and on the city planning
commission, her many years on
the school board, and her work
with young people.
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The bond issue will provide
the buildings and equipment
for the three new programs.
The building, 5 0 ’ by 2 4 0 ’, of
concrete tilt up construction is
planned to include four divided
areas for combination class
instruction and mechanical
labs.
Cost of the 20-year bond
issue to the individual taxpayer
has been computed by the
county treasurer to be $.25 to
$.27 per thousand dollars of
true cash value based on a true
cash value o f the entire district
of nearly 64‘/4 million dollars
and an interest rate o f about 5
to 5*/ii% on the bonds. Based on
a home and lot of a true cash
value o f $15,000 this would
mean a tax load of about $4
total per year.
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added to meet the demands of
the community, Dr. Klapstein
said. Now in the mill is a
course in Mortuary Science. It
will be the only public school
for morticians on the West
Coast and has the endorsement
o f th e
Funeral Directors
Associations in Oregon and
Washington and the Northwest
Association.
Mt. Hood is dedicated to
c o m m u n ity
service. Staff
members have taken an active
part in community affairs.
Special conferences have been
held on campus to hear experts
talk about taxes and politics.
Jan. 21 there will be a
conference, led by experts, on
the drug problem.
D r. Klapstein said the
college wants to help with any
problem in the community.
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The college has had strong
eco no m ic impact on the
area community. Dr. Klapstein
said that by the end of the
present legislative session the
school will have received $6
million in state and federal
money which has been, or will
be, spent in the district.
He stressed that each tax
d o lla r raised locally has
brought $7 more into the area
that otherwise would not have
come.
This includes money from
state and federal funds as well
as that spent by students and
faculty.
m illion, highest wage and
fringe benefit package ever
o ffe re d General Telephone
employees, explained Henry M.
Borys, director of personnel.
In c r e a s e s
in
a ll
classifications average 59 cents
per hour, or 22 per cent over
the three year length of the
contract. The per hour range of
increases over the three years
are 32 cents to 62 cents for
clerical employees; 43 cents to
55 cents for operators; and 27
cents to 66 cents for installers,
repairmen and others in Plant
crafts.
The agreement is effective
Dec. 1, 1968, with wages
retroactive to Dec. 16. The
contract expires Dec. 1, 1971.
The contract covers more
th a n
2600
te le p h o n e
e m p lo y e e s
in
N o rth e rn
C a lif o r n i a , O regon
and
Washington.
M t.
H ood
C om m unity
C o lleg e's m ost important
contribution, however, Dr.
Klapstein said, was that it
p r o v id e d
e d u c a tio n a l
opportunities for youngsters
Four candy bars cost Glenn
who might never have been Munger, 19, of Sandy, 30 days
able to go on to school.
in Rocky Butte jail.
He
was arrested
fo r
Many are learning trades
and about one-half are taking shoplifting at a Gresham store,
Jan. 3, and questioned by
college transfer courses. Local
Detective Joe Wooley. Two
students are now able to take
juveniles also were arrested on
their first two years of college the same charge and were
at home and at much less referred to county juvenile
expense
authorities.
Candy Bars
Cost 38 Days