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A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL
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G re a t W ay To T h e M t. H o o d P la y g r o u n d
Vol. 34
Single Copy 10c
SA N D Y , O REGO N, T H U R S D A Y , DECEMBER 21, 1972
Christmas atmosphere
prevails in Sandy area
THE. SANDY Kiwanis Club will dlatrlbutr
over nxi ( hriatmaa baakrta to needy
famllle« In the Sandy area Chrtatma«
morning These baskets will be filled with
food and toy« donated by ritizena of the
H A PPIN ESS IS winning the merchant’s
Chriatmaa display content, according to
Georglann Ware Davla and Janie Carlson
owner« of The C at’s Meow The «lore
placed first in the Chamber of Commerce
sponsored content Here the two accept the
flrat place trophy from Chamber vice
president Mel M m m and Harm Hurg of
area It la hoped that thear baaketa will
bring the (hriatm aa aplrlt Into the home«.
Here \e d Dyal. left; Dal Nlcholla. center;
and George Morgan get ready to help
diatribute baaketa.
Oregon T rail Saving« and Loan Oregon
Trail thia year donated the trophy which
will he awarded each year to the flrat place
winner in the merchant« contest. Second
place in the contest went to (e d a r Plaza
Department Store and third place went to
Oregon Trail.
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The Sandy Kiwanis Club will give a
helping hand to Santa Claus this Christmas
in the Sandy area The club again this year
will distribute Christmas baskets filled
with food and gifts to over 100 needy
families.
This project has grown every year and
according to project ch a irm a n P ete
Sulzbach, over 110 families are slated to
receive baskets this year
The baskets have been filled through
donations from the Sandy community and
will be distributed on Christmas morning
by members of the Kiwanis Club.
"There is still time for those wishing to
make money contributions to do so,” said
Dale Nicbolls, club president "Those
wishing to do so should send the money to
Don Deming, secretary !reasurer of the
Kiwanis club. P O Box 71. Sandy."
The money collected is used by the
Kiwanis to buy food to fill the baskete,
Santa Claus will make his last visit to
Sandy before Christmas Eve at the Oregon
Trail Savings and Loan office today Free
pictures of the children visiting with Santa
area available
Last weekend, Santa Claus visited Cedar
Plaza Department Store on Saturday and
gave free sleigh ndes to over 300
youngsters and adults
Santa’s wagon was pulled by two
Belgium draft horses owned by M r and
Mrs James Idlewine of Eagle Creek
Also while in town Saturday, Santa Claus
stopped at the theater to say "M erry
Christmas" to the youngsters attending
the annual free Christmas show and at the
party being held at the Community Action
Center
The Chamber of Commerce will an
nounce next week the winners in the
residential lighting contest The winners in
the commercial lighting contest were
announced Tuesday
Two year salary terms
agreed at Sandy high
School boards in the Sandy area are all
in the pnx-ess of settling salary schedules
for the upcoming 1973 1 974 schrxil year
The only board to have completed talks
with both c e rtifie d (te a c h e rs ) and
classified employees is Sandy High School
The high school board and the district
employees have, in fact, agreed upon
terms for the next two years, according to
district superintendent Joe DeMarsh
H ie district is also in the process of
giving a job description to all the jobs in
Legislators
slate town
hall meeting
Do you have any action you wish to see
the state legislature take when it goes into
session after Jan 1’ If so, attend the town
hall meeting at Sandy city hall on Dec 27
at 7 30 p.m
S tate Senator Ken Jernstadt and
Representatives Jack Sumner and Paul
Walden will be in attendance at the
meeting to discuss issues with the public
The three legislatures in calling the
meeting stated "we want to find out what
issues the people in our districts see as
most important before we go into session .”
Local city and school off!<1 <s have been
invited to attend the meeting as well as all
members of the public.
the district," said DeMarsh "The salary
proposals were to be made at the school
agreements were made on the basis of
board meeting last night (Wednesday).
these job descriptions ”
"We are just getting started,” Mrs,
DeMarsh said, it was felt by the school
Lundy said, “ the teachers are bringing in
board that an effort was made to bring the
the first proposal to the board this year "
district’s scales up to standards com
Mrs Lundy also reported the district
parable to other sim ilar districts
had gotten approval from the Clackamas
Sandy Grade School superintendent
County Planning Commission to make use
Tony Bryant reported talks with the
of a mobile classroom The classroom will
c e rtifie d employees had reached an
be used to help ease the overcrowded
agreement, but talks were still continuing
conditions at the school and to take a
with the classified employees
classroom out of the library
The same situation was reported at
"The district hopes to have this mobile
Welches Grade School by superintendent
classroom in operation as soon after the
Earl Covey The certified employees and
first of the year as possible,” said Mrs
the board had agreed and talks still are in
Lundy
process with the classified employees
Both
Boring and Bull Run Grade
At Cottrell Grade School, superintendent
Schools reported salary talks were in
Mrs Jean Lundy reported the first salarv
process at the school districts
Council retains Ruth Loundree
C ity re co rd er Ruth Loundree w ill
remain with the city at least until the end
of June following action taken by the
Sandy city council at an adjourned
meeting Tuesday night,
Mrs Uiundree's office will end on Jan 1
when the new office of city administrator
begins The council has appointed Mrs
Ixiundree to become the administrative
secretary starting Jan 1.
"We will be able to fund her position
through this fiscal year,” said mayor
Melvin Haneberg, "but we will have to
wait to see what the council and voters do
as far as budgeting for her new position for
the next year ”
Mrs. Loundree has been city recorder
for the past 14 years The new city ad
ministrator, Carl Hatfield, J r will take his
position on Feb 1.
The council in asking Mrs Loundree to
stay on, expressed the desire to make the
change over to the city administrator as
smooth as possible.
"Ruth has been with the city a long time
and knowledge will be invaluable to the
city adm inistrator," said Haneberg.
Taking first place was The Cat’s Meow
The store is the first to receive the Oregon
Trail Savings and Loan lighting contest
trophy. This trophy will be given each year
to the first place winner in the commercial
lighting contest.
Taking second place in the contest was
Cedar Plaza Department Store and third
place went to Oregon T rail.
Special recognition went to Grokett
Jewelry, The Country Flower Shop and
Sandy Rexall Drug Store.
The Sandy-Hoodland Jaycees will again
be picking up Christmas trees after the
holiday season
Last year the club
collected over 300 trees
The Jaycees will collect the trees on Jan
6 this year Those persons living inside the
city of Sandy should leave their trees on
their front porch or lawn and those living
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outside the city can drop them off at the
Sandy F ire station.
All trees will be picked up before noon
that day and the Jaycees ask that the
stands be removed
Sandy fire chief Bob Rathke cautioned
area residents to exercise a little “com
mon sense” in safety precautions with the
fam ily Christmas tree
He said residents should check for
breaks in the electrical wiring used to trim
the trees and avoid overloading circuits
"When the holiday season is over, we
urge residents to make use of the Jaycee
t ree pickup to avoid the dangers of burning
trees in the fam ily fireplace,” said
Ra’ hke
See a special Christmas feature on
church services in the area on page l of
section 2
Threee Section!
No. 52
Stores to open
Sunday here
While area students are looking forward
to Christmas vacation, many area mer
chants will give shoppers an extra day to
buy gifts.
The local stores will be open Sunday.
Dec. 24, for shoppers to have a chance to
get those last minute gifts.
Stores reporting they will open on
Sunday are Lewis Hardware 9 to 5;
Grokett Jewelry 9 to 5; Sandy Rexall Drug
Store 9 to 5; The C at’s .Meow 10 to 5;
Western Auto 10 to 4; Cedar Plaza
Department Store 12 to 5; The Country
Flower Shop 1 to 4; Carlson Chevrolet 12 to
5 and both Ron and Frank’s M arket and
Thriftway will be open their regular hours
So if you have any gifts to buy, Sandy is
the place to shop.
Fire causes
*20,000
damage
The
Council hires first
city adm inistrator
The city of Sandy has hired Carl Hat was the fastest growing city in America I
field, Jr as the city’s first administrator. had a unique opportunity to see growth
Hatfield had already chosen Sandy as his taking place without advanced planning,”
said Hatfield
new home five years ago.
“ In this job, I would like to assist the
"We came to Sandy to get away from it
a ll,” declared Hatfield, who moved his governing body in making plans for the
fam ily here from California in February of growth that will come to this area "
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"We wanted to live somewhere with
fresh air, near a river or a lake, things we
couldn’t have in California, because of the
rapid growth We found Sandy to be the
niftiest place in the Portland area.’’
The new city administrator, who has
been public relations director for the Agri-
Business Council of Oregon for the last five
years, has had both education and ex
perience in the field of public ad
ministration
Hatfield, was born in Omaha, Neb. in
1934 and spent his early years in Chicago,
before moving to California at the age of
ten He graduated from Long Beach State
College in public administration, then did
graduate work in same at the University of
Southern California
While an undergraduate, Hatfield in
terned in city government, two days a
week, for the city manager of Anaheim,
Calif After graduation, he stayed on with
the city of Anaheim for seven years as
assistant to the city manager, and public
relations director.
In the field of public relations, H atfield’s
experience also includes two years as
editor and publisher of the Orange County
Magazine, and two years as public
relations director for Chiat Advertising, as
well as the five years with the Agri-
Business Council.
"When I was with the city of Anaheim, it
Cottrell area
zoning slated
The Clackamas County Commissioners
will hold a hearing on the adoption of
zoning in the Cottrell area The hearing is
set for Dec 27 at 10 a m. in the county
courthouse in Oregon City
On Nov 13, the county planning com
mission approved the RA-1, R ural
(Agricultural) Single F am ily Residential
Zoning, for property in the area
Previous to this hearing, the four square
mile area around the Cottrell Greade
School has been unzoned
Residents of the area initiated a petition
and succeeded in getting over 50 per cent
of the landowners in the area to ask for the
zoning
Sandy R u ra l F -e Protection
■ tnswered n»t re .oonses last
week following a busy two week period
Included in the calls was a $20,000 fire to
the Ron Long residence on Tupper Rd. on
Dec 12. No one was at home at the time of
the fire, according to fire officials.
When the firemen arrived at 8:35 p.m.,
the attic and the rear part of the house
were involved in the fire.
According to fire chief Bob Rathke, the
fire apparently started in the rear laundry
room and burned for about an hour before
it was detected It appears to have started
from an electrical short
In other calls, the department answered
two car accidents, one on Dec 14 on High
way 26 in front of Timberline Trailers and
the other on Dec 16 on Duncan Rd
M ino r dam age and in ju rie s w ere
reported at both accidents.
On Dec. 19 the department answered a
smoke scare which turned out to be smoke
from a chimney in the city.
Commissioners still
seeking committee
C A R L H A T F IE L D
The Clackamas County Commissioners
are still in the process of appointing
persons to a review committee to study the
county’s planning department and its
director
The commissioners are seeking to ap-
point a seven member committee to study
testimony in the case, but so far have had
only four persons accept positions on the
committee
H a p p y H o lid a y s
We at Carlson Chevrolet extend Greetings of the Season and Best Wishes for
1973. And speaking of 1973, just in case you've forgotten someone on your
Christmas list why not surprise them with a new 1973 Chevrolet car or truck.
It would make them happy and it would make us happy.
We still have a large selection of new 73 Chev cars and trucks, including
Blazers, 4 wheel drive Suburbans and pick ups We also have a new Corvette,
Nova, Hatch backs and a Monte Carlo Sun Root, plus all the other fun cars
and trucks from Chevrolet
These lonely new cars and trucks would iust be thrilled to a peanut to come
and live at your house
Remember Happiness is Christmas, so we hope you may extend this happy
spirit throughout the coming year.
We at Carlson Chevrolet appreciate meeting and serving you during the past
year, and we hope that somewhere in your future plans there is room for a
Carlson Chevrolet
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