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Scenic river hearing set on Sandy river A public informational meeting has been scheduled for this evening at 7:90 p m in the Sandy G rade School a u dito rium concerning the possible designation of a 12 mile stretch of the Sandy River as a Scenic Waterway. The meeting, set by the Parks and Recreation Section of the State Highway Division, is the second such meeting These meetings were set to explain the Scenic Waterway Ssytem and the for thcoming Sandy River study to all Ian downers and the public to receive com ments and suggestions on the proposal If it is determined by the State Highway Division that the river satisfies the criteria •stablished by the Scenic Waterways Act, the State Highway Commission and the State Water Resources Board will consider the boarder questions of need, other use G reat Way To The Mt. H ood Playground Voi 34 Single Copy 10c SANDY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1972 52 Page» SECTIONS No. 28 Large turnout expected for fly-in The Sandy Kiwanis, which is celebrating its 25th year in service, is again hosting the annual F ly-In Breakfast The breakfast, in its 15th year, is slated for Sunday, July 16 Started in 1958 as a fund raising project, the breakfast was such a success that it became an annual event The idea for the project is credited to Ivan Barker, who was then the president of Kiwanis, and Harold Edes a form er Sandy resident who had started flying The Kiwanis Club promoted the idea with the cooperation of Rich Wesselink, who owns Rich's Airport "‘Without Rich, this breakfast wouldn't be possible commented Barker Another essential person is Carrie Scott, a pilot who does all the arrangements for pilots, plane*, and aviation security Many changes have taken place during County budget gets juggling The C lackam as County Board of Commissioners is still juggling the county budget for the 1972 73 fiscal year The county's $11.7 million hude»-l was adopted June 30. but shifts of money within departments are being made to cover shortages The library budge, was left as is by the county commissioners This will cut salaries in the Park. Library and Health Departments by 20 per cent All other departments' salaries were reduced by 5 per cent Compensation for the library's loss in salary was made by taking money from the new books expenditure to bnng their department up to the 5 per cent reduction of the rest of the departments The commission restored the Health Department s cut of $230.010 back up to the 197 1 72 budge, of $256.781 H ealth Department officials had predicted that if the cuts were enforced it would have meant laying off two nurses and one sanitarian A cu, in travel expenses restored money to the Health Department The county also dropped out of the Association of Oregon Counties, which will save $7,857 It will also pay only six months dues to the C olum bia W illa m e tte A ir P ollution Authority That will save $9,500 the 15 years of the F ly-In Breakfast The first one served 500 people, using five stoves All the food was donated Now the Kiwanis Club uses twice as many stoves and facilities, and serves an average of 1350 people As many as 1600 people have been served on a Sunday The food is no longer donated, and is now a big item on the budget For example, this year the Kiwanians will use 210 dozen eggs, 19 gallons of syrup, 14 cases of juice, and 230 lb of ham The price of the breakfast has gone up, but not much I, was originally SI for adults, and $ 75 for children, now it is SI 50 and Si respectively In the past, the pilots have donated their tim e, and use of their airplanes However, it is so expensive to run the planes, that the Kiwanis Club must pay S70 an hour and is breaking even at S3 per ride this year One thing which is still donated is time The Kiwanians. plus other groups helping them, do use a lot of this in preparing, serving and cleaning up Some of the groups are Rainbow. Boy Scouts, Key- Club and the Kiwanis wives and families An added attraction to the breakfast this year will be a special group from the National Guard The j i d battalion of the 218th Art illa ry . . t-o«. ’ '"Z T bouse at Portland Air Base, will bnng four Howitzers, and several trucks to display at the breakfast They will be there from 8 F A V O R IT E F IS H IN G holes for anglers a m on The F ly-In Breakfast is scheduled to abound on the 12 mile stretch of the Sandy River proposed to be placed under the begin serving at 7 30 a m Sunday, and last until 1 p m "That 's a lot of logs " The station measures logs that are coming off the mountain and going to a variety of destinations Logs are either scaled by U S Forest Service personnel or personnel from a private scaling firm , the Columbia River Scaling Bureau, depen ding on from where the logs were taken Wilbur (Pete) Sulzbach of Sandy was elected ch airm an of the C lackam as County Democratic P arty as par, of a biennial reorganization, which resulted in a complete turnover of leadership Sulzbach. who was not present at meeting in Oregon City Wednesday. July 6, displaced Sid Brockley as head of the local group The vote count was 56 to 47, with 3 votes going to Vera Hough, another can didate. Another local man. Bill Sanderson, was elected nom inator from the Sandy- Estacada area All the newly-elected leaders for the county are reportedly McGovern backers The entire slate was pushed at the meeting by an ad hoc group calling itself "Democrats for an Effective Central C o m m itte e ” . They re p o rte d ly align ideologically with the Clackamas County New Politics group, a liberal element ROCKY SMART, station manager for the Sandy Scale Station, records some In within the party. The new chairman, who has been long formation on the grade and length of some active in local party work, allowed his name to be entered in the race “ in belief (hat new leadership is needed at the county le v e la c c o r d in g to a spokesman. the reins officially, when he return* from Maimi July 17. Both are available at the Sandy Station “ Last time I counted," said Smart, “logs w ere going to some 29 d iffe re n t destinations after leaving here.” Most of these are in the Northern Oregon region Logs taken from private land go to the Columbia River Scaling Bureau Logs taken from national forest areas generally go to Forest Service scalers, but com panies logging on the west side of the Cascades have an option on who they wish to do the scaling Both government and private scalers go "pretty much on the same rules,” Smart (Continued on Page 10) A raise in rates has gone into effect for the Sandy disposal site The raise was approved by the Clackamas County Board of Commissioners June 29 The raise hikes dump rates for cars from $1 to $1.50 minimum and from $1 65 to $2 minimum for pick-ups The minimum rate The Sandy High School Board met Monday night and chose W C. Kitchen as its chairman and Tom Hollenbeck vice chairman The board also opened bids for roofing, water proofing and installation of windows at the high school The roofing bids were rejected Roofing bids dealt with both the resurfacing and rebuilding of older sec tions of the building The bid figure represented $3,000 to $4,000 more than had been budgeted so Superintendent DeMarsh was instructed to renegotiate certain portions of work to be done P rofessional W ater Proofers, In c., Portland, was awarded a contract to silicone and waterproof brick areas in certain older portions of the building in the amount of approximately $3,600 Final figures will be determined on clarification of minor work to be done M ercer Steel Company was awarded a bid to install 17 alunimum frame windows in the main building for the amount of $1,550 Wood window frames were called for in the original bid with aluminum as an alternate The cost of the installation of the wood frames would have entailed an ad ditional expense of over $1200 In the area of business procedure and management, the board reviewed the su p erin ten d en t’s recom m endations on several m atters including the authorization to institute a data processed payroll system and the acquisition of a modular district administrative office unit which could be located on the campus rather than in the main building The board will hear a complete review of its insurance practices and policies at its next meeting The board set the second Monday of each month as its regular meeting night Meetings will be held in the City holds hearing on assessments logs on the hark of one of the many log trucks which go through the station each day. Dump rates increased by county Sulzbach, who is a delegate to the D e m o c ra tic N atio n al Convention, is c u rre n tly en route to M ia m i, via Singapore, after an extended visit to a son's home in Australia. The new chairman is expected to take protection of the Scenic Rivers Act. Under this act it is proposed to keep the area in its natural beauty for recreational use. < Post photo) Scaling is done by measuring a log and determining how many board feet of lumber will come from that log This enables the government or private firm to know how many board fee, of tim ber has been taken off a certain operation and how much to bill a logging firm After a scaler determines the gross diameter and length of a log. he grades the log, checking for the hardness of the wood, rot, separation of the growth rings and for the quality of the wood Deductions are made for any defects named for trailers is $2 and for large truck loads there will be a charge of $ 60 per cubic yard for readily compacted debris in volume. Voting for the raise were Commissioners Robert Schumacher and Fred Stephani Opposing the raise was Commissioner Tom Telford draft should be presented to the HPG by early August Following this, hearings will be held with the HPG to further discuss the draft and a mountain wide public meeting will be held to inform the citizens of the Hoodland area Once the group has held hearings on the mountain it then will be sent to the Clackamas County Planning Com mission for their review When it goes to the commission, any letters or recommendations which come out of the public hearings on the mountain will be submitted for the commission’s information. Dauble said he thought that the earliest t ime the plan could be expected to go to the commission will be early this fall. Jack Baker, chairman of the Hoodland Planning Group, said it is too early to tell what reactions to the plan will be The contract for the CH2M plan, which was originally scheduled to be completed by this past July 1, has been extended by the county Baker said that the next meeting has not been scheduled at this time Kitchen named head of high school board said Sulzbach vation of the area in its present state. No water level road runs through this canyon. The access roads all dead end at the river Included in the area are Dodge Park, Oxbow Park, Dabney Park, and the Campfire Girl's Camp Namanu The area is a popular one for swimming, hiking, camping, bird watching, and salmon and steelhead fishing If additional in fc ^ e tio n is desired, interested persons are advised to contact Robert K Potter, scenic waterways co ordinator. S tate H ig hw ay B uild in g , Salem, phone 378-6500 Mt. Hood plan nears hearings T he C lackam as County planning department and the planning firm of Cornell, Howalnd, Hayes and Merryfield (C H 2 M ) are preparing a complete draft of the prelim inary comprehensive plans for the M t. Hood community The M , Hood comprehensive plan has been underway for the past year with the aid of the local Hoodland Planning Group (H P G ). During recent weeks the HPG members have been holding open meetings with representatives of the county and CH2M to review portions of the preliminary draft of the comprehensive draft plan A June 15 meeting covered topics such as the elements of environmental quality, public services, revision of land suitability density c r ite r ia and environm ental capacity. Topics discussed at a June 29 meeting included citizen participation in the plan, coordination, recreation, and a population review According to Ken Dauble, the county’s co-ordinator for the plan, the complete log scalers kept busy The Sandy lug scaling station sometimes scales up to 185 logs a day during the peak of the logging season, which lasts from the firs, of June until November Logs from this many trucks would yield approximately one half million board feet of tim ber, according to Rocky Smart, Sandy Station manager and feasibility in their report to the Governor If both agencies recommend the 12 mile stretch as a new scenic waterway the Governor may designate the waterway as such His action, however, could be negated by the legislature The section which has been proposed to be protected under the Scenic Rivers Act commences at the confluence of the Bull Run R iver with the Sandy and extends 12 miles, roughly northward, to Dabney State Park. This is mostly a canyon or gorge for mation, which accounts for the preser The Sandy City Council will hold the council if owners of at least 60 per cent of second reading of a proposed ordinance the front footage of abutting property in prescribing methods and procedures for any area consisting of at least 300 feet of making public improvements in the city of road sign a petition requesting the im Sandy and for levying and collecting provement special assessments on Monday, July 17 at 8 p m at City Hall Copies of the proposed ordinance are Sealed proposals on a $875,000 bond sale available for reading at City Hall and may will be received by the Sandy Elementary be obtained for $1. The proposed ordinance also prescribes School until 8 p m Aug 1 it has been an nounced by Superintendent Anton Bryan, methods for the creation and enforcement Unless all bids are rejected by the school of assessment liens and declaring an board, the bonds will be awarded to the emergency In a section on the initiation of bidder complying with the terms of the notice of sale and providing the lowest cost proceedings, the proposal states that to the school district improvements may be approved by the Building bid let high school library. In personnel matters, W illard Boring was appointed to fill a full tim e position as business manager-deputy clerk Until this time, Boring had served as part time deputy clerk and secretary to the board Dora Shelton was appointed to a half time position as an art instructor. Superintendent DeMarsh noted to the board that he would be trying to contact m em bers of local o rganizations in assisting in landscaping ideas and general site improvement projects G o v 't Camp sewer rates established An emergency ordinance establishing sewer service charges of $4 per month per unit according to a schedule was passed by the Board of Directors of the Government Camp Sanitary District on July 3 A copy of ordinance number seven is on file at the district office and at the office of the Clackamas County Clerk, available for inspection The ordinance, besides establishing the $4 sewer service charge, also establishes connection and initial service charges of $500 per unit for housing units and $700 per use or occupancy for commercial and certain other uses The ordinance also establishes regulations, provides p enalties and designates that all connection and initial service charges be deposited in a building fund to be used only for expansion, im provement or replacement of the sewage treatment plant and collection system. Sandy exchange student comes from England Dave Rice, from Tiverton England, will attend Sandy High School this year as an exchange student He is participating in the American Field Service program M r and Mrs Jerry Swails of Sandy w ill be the host parents. Rice, whose home is in Devonshire county, will be a senior this year, and plans to concentrate on math and related subjects He is the son of M r and Mrs James Rice The new exchange students is scheduled to arrive in New York in August The date of his arrival in Sandy will be announced later, according to Mrs Swails The Swails's have four children, three of whom are living at home l^ n n a a senior at the University of Oregon, Jay, a senior at Sandy High, and Jon who w ill be in the 8th grade
