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Entered at the Port Office at Sandy. Clackamas County. Oregon, as second
class matter under 'he Act of Congress of March 1879
Member of Oregon Newspaper Publishers Assoc.ation and National Editorial Association
The traditional Lincoln Day
Dinner, sponsored by the
Clackamas County Republican
Central Committee, will be held
on Friday, Feb 9, at the West
Linn Inn, with Mrs. George
(Shirley) Lyons, County vice-
chairm an, and Mrs. John
Beirwagen as co-chairmen of
the event.
A social hour from 6:30 to
7:30 p.m. will precede the
dinner Don Lindsay will be the
master of ceremonies and the
Kin Chords, a quartet from
Canby, will provide a short
program of barbershop type
harmony.
The principal speaker at the
dinner will be Alan Green, Jr.,
more fam ilia rly known as
“Punch” . This name dates
back to college days and
characterizes the tremendous
drive he has brought to his
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SANDY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1. 1973
[ETTERS ToThe EDITOR
A NEW M EM BER Joins the Sandy Area
Chamber of Commerce as the local group
starts its 100 membership drive during the
Centennial and Barlow Road Days in the
Sandy area. Dr. William Lord. 29. left, will
open his chiropractic office on Feb. 5 at 115
NW Proctor Ave. in Sandy. Helping him
get acquainted in the community is Jim
Patrick of Sandy Truck Lines chairman of
the membership campaign. The mem
bership drive will start Tuesday with a
breakfast at 7:30 a m. at TJ’s. During the
week, members of the chamber will be out
soliciting new members. The goal is 100
members.
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Chamber Seeks Members
The Sandy Area Chamber of
Commerce w ill be starting on a new
campaign to enlist members starting
on Tuesday.
The campaign goal during the
Sandy Centennial and Barlow Road
Days year is 100 members. This past
year the membership of the Chamber
was 60 members.
The membership committee has
come up with a list of over 160 possible
members who w ill be contacted
during the next few weeks.
The Chamber is important to
promote business in the Sandy area
and to w ork for the ove rall
improvement of the total community.
Each year the Chamber has proven
to be a stronger voice as its mem
bership has increased and now during
the Centennial ear the leadership of
the Chamber is needed more than
ever.
If you’re interested in helping the
Chamber gain new members, we’ll
see you at the breakfast slated for
Tuesday at 7:30 a m. at TJ’s.
Your business needs the Chamber,
and the Chamber needs your support.
Back at the Same Old Stand
R ather re lu c ta n tly , M t. Hood
Community College a year ago sought
to expand into Wasco and Hood River
counties. It wasn’t Mt. Hood's idea,
ra th e r
the
State
Board
of
Education’s.
Subsequently, voters in the two
counties voted soundly against the
suggestion. That was that, most
people thought.
Not so, however. The State Board
now has come up with a plan to place
all areas of the state in community
college districts. Exact details are not
yet available but enabling legislation
w ill be sought to include non-college
areas in attendance districts.
Part of Hood River county already
is in the Mt. Hood district and a small
part of Wasco in the Central Oregon
district.
Legislative enactment w ill not,
we’re sure, cause these areas to feel
any more kinship with Mt. Hood. It
seems they much prefer fa; no
college, (bi their own college or (c) a
college worked out in some way with
adjoining areas of Washington State.
Forcing the Mid-Columbia area into
M t. Hood could create another
tempest.
Zig Zag man drowns in pond
Shelby L. Davis, 79, Zigzag was found
dead in a pond early Monday morning
after apparently drowning The police
report indicated Davis was attempting to
leave his partially submerged vehicle
Clackamas County authorities said
Davis apparently inadvertently backed
into the pond and then tried to crawl to
shore over a thin sheet of ice. A trail of
broken ice from his car door to where the
body was floating was discovered at about
1 am .
Residents at the Gordon Hiltbruner
home, where the pond is located, said
Davis had come by Sunday evening to pick
up clothes for cleaning.
Two accept planning positions
Two persons were appointed to the
Clackamas County Planning Commission
by the county commissioners last week.
Appointed were Leighton Perkins,
Car.by, and Kirk W Braun, Oregon City.
They will replace Commissioners Walter
Nutting and Ed Seagraves, whose terms
expire tomorrow.
Perkins is a member of the county
planning advisory group and is employed
by the Federal Land Bank in Oregon City.
Braun is a tree farmer near Oregon City.
Both Nutting and Seagraves declined to
seek reappointment to the planning
commission.
Three other persons were appointed to
the county planning advisory group. They
were George Lyons, Canby; Frank Fern,
Milwaukie; and Charles Mendenhall, Lake
Oswego.
The next appointments to the planning
commission are contemplated in January
1974 when two vacancies will occur.
AFS week at Sandy
The public is invited to attend two plays
presented by AFS members, which will be
performed Wednesday, Feb. 7 at 8 p m. in
the Sandy high cafetorium. Mrs Sandra
Bowie is the faculty director.
. 2 ? e plf ys’ ,wo rnel«lramas, highlight
AFS week, which is from Feb. 5 through
10. It will climax with the annual AFS
dinner, to be held Saturday, Feb 10 at
Sandy High.
To the Editor:
Voters in Oregon will reject
Gov. McCall’s property tax
re lie f measure for school
support if it ever passes the
Legislature
Oregonians, with a bellyful of
inflation, are not going to ac
cept a program that can have
no other result than the raising
of rents, and the cost of ser
vices and commodities We are
not so naive as to believe the
added tax on business is going
to
be
absorbed
by
shareholders—that the tax on
income-producing property is
going to be borne by the farmer
and the landlord.
The urgency of property tax
re lie f
stems
first
from
rebellious taxpayers, but also
from the C alifornia court
decision that school support by
property tax results in unequal
funding among the districts,
thus giving richer districts
better educalion^in theory,
anyway. Gov. McCall’s plan
will still allow the districts to
tax themselves up to $2 00 per
$1000 to augment the state
portion Legislators should be
quick to recognize that the
richer districts would easily
pass the $2.00 millage while the
poorer districts would reject it.
This brings about the same
unconstitutional result of
unequal funding which would
certainly
be successfully
challenged should it ever
become law
Oregon voters should urge
their representatives to devise
some constitutionally-limited,
substituted tax, either on sales
or income, which will equitably
distribute the education bur
den, and will give property or
rent relief to every person in
the State of Oregon.
Very truly yours,
Milton M. Fox
Box 75
Brightwood, Oregon
Driver cited
in fatality
George J. Appel, 80, Rt 3 Box
1341, Boring, was cited Friday
for failure to yield the right of
way in connection with a fatal
two car accident Jan 19 on
Highway 26 four miles east of
Gresham,
according
to
sheriff’s reports.
Appel was eastbound on the
highway when he attempted to
turn onto Stone Rd , colliding
with a westbound car driven by
Gregg Witteman, 29, 21900 SE
Alder Dr., the report states
Witteman was killed in the
accident and his daughter
Shawn, 5, was injured.
Appel was not hospitalized.
Pancake feed
set at Boring
The Boring 4-H Clubs are
having their Annual Pancake
Breakfast on Sunday Feb. 11.
The breakfast will be held from
8 a m. to 2 p m at the Boring
Grade School Cafeteria.
The menu consists of ham,
eggs, pancakes, juice, coffee,
milk. There will also be a Bake
Sale of homemade cakes,
cookies, candies and other good
things during the breakfast.
The proceeds from the
Breakfast and Bake Sale go for
Camp Colton and Summer
School scholarships Last year
Boring sent 10 4-H members to
Camp Colton and 5 4-H mem
bers to Summer School at
Corvallis.
To the Editor:
In a recent interview with
Verne Buhler, principal at
Firwood School, I was made to
understand that because of the
length of my hair I could not be
used as a voluntary teachers’
aide.
To me it is unreasonable to
refuse the help of a respectable
man who pays upwards of $700
a year in property taxes, works
in the community, and sends
his children to school here,
because of an absurd notion
that ones hair should be only so
long
It is too bad that
those involved in the process of
educating our children do not
concern themselves more with
virtue and less with trifles.
M r. Buhler justified his
decision on the basis of the
dress code which maes no
mention of volunteers from the
community. The dress code
itself brings up some serious
question.,
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Why should there be a dress
code? Did a coalition of con
cerned citizens bring the
proposal to the school ad
ministration? Was it really a
community idea9 I think not
The administration said,
"Let there be a dress code.
Let us tell the community there
will be a dress code. Let us
allow them to participate in its
formation so that later we can
say: ‘You can’t work for us.', or
‘Your child can’t determine his
own style of dress and
grooming You were, we are
only repressing you as an in
dividual because it is the desire
of the community.’ ”
Our schools should be places
of enlightenment where our
children can hope to learn
tolerance and respect for
differences Instead they learn
conformity and suspicion. Is
this really the desire of the
community?
David Park
Rt 2 Box 1627
Sandy
Local bank
observes
growth
The Clackamas County Bank
“ enjoyed a real healthy
growth” during 1972, according
to
Howard
W .. Berger,
executive vice-president.
The bank, which has its main
office in Sandy, and a Hoodland
branch at Wemme, reported
increases in both deposits and
loans, both over one million.
“We wish to express our
thanks to the people of the
Sandy-Hoodland area for their
continued confidence and
support,” stated Berger. He
feels that the bank’s growth
indicates a like growth in the
economy of the area
Berger also reported several
changes in staff, which were
made at the January board
meeting.
At the Sandy office, Fred
Proctor was promoted from
vice-president to senior vice-
president and cashier. Garlan
McCulloch advanced from
assistant vice-president to vice-
president. Wayne Bosin moved
to assistant vice-president from
the post of assistant cashier.
M ary M itch ell, now holds
Bosin’s former position.
At the Hoodland branch, Ron
Johns was promoted from
assistant vice-president and
manager to vice-president and
manager.
Mrs. Eugenia Alt retains the
position of president, and
Berger as executive vice-
president.
The company has asked for a
rate increase of an average of
about 10 per cent.
Tom Kent, manager of the
Gresham General Telephone
Division, said it could be as
long as I wo months before an
answer will be filed.
In the meantime the com
pany is expanding its facilities
in Gresham with a 400,000
building Also a new $2 million,
plus electronic dialing system
is expected to be in operation
within two years
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Puppies — Stud Service
By Ace
It short teemi lik e I ’m nearer to giftin o trontfuticn
than this critter is a blood test!
Transfusions are
expensive. Are
you prepared for
unexpected illness
in your family.
Non-smokers
safer drivers
Are non-smokers better
drivers than smokers’ At least
one company thinks so and is
offering non-smoking drivers
over age 21 lower insurance
rates, according to Ed Steubs
agent for Farmers Insurance
Group in Wemme.
He
said
that
this
re v o lu tio n a ry
in suran ce
concept
was
developed
following a study by the
research department of the
Farm ers Insurance Group
which showed that
non-
smokers have significantly
lower accident frequency rates
than smokers
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OPEN FRIDAYS TIL 6 P M
1 0 D A Y S P E C IA L
S ta r tin g Feb. 1 th ru Feb. 1C
2 0 % off
on Household Goods
Drapes, Covers, Pillows,
Blankets, Slip Covers
and Sleeping Bags.
FREE PICKUP & DELIVERY
C a ll 6 6 8 - 4 1 8 1
M T . H O O D C LE A N E R S
and LA U N D R Y
302 Loop Hiwa'
Pr.
Poodle Grooming i ,
present position as vice-
president of the Port of Port
land
The proceeds from the dinner
To the Editor:
We
are
sitting
here will provide the start of a fund
tonight,
w a rm —all
ap to help the Clackamas County
pliances
working,
lights Republican candidates in the
glowing warmly and depen next election
dably, our house functioning
n o rm a lly - counting
our
COW POKES
blessings at still having a house
and filled with gratitude toward
the PGE men who came to our
rescue in our time of stress So
quickly and with such courage
in the face of 90 mile an hour
winds—striving to restore
conveniences
that
our
forefathers probably never
dreamed would exist
We wish to extend our
deepest gratitude to the
courageous, dedicated men
who leave their families and
warm hearths to help us folks
who have been struck by the
vicissitudes of nature
We appreciate the pre dawn
lights on their trucks probing
the darkness looking for
probing yellow lights reflecting
off the snow—knowing that help
has arrived and goon warmth
and light will be restored
The courkge and dedication
of the PGE men means a great
deal to us who live here. And we
want to thank them for all
they’ve done for us and our
area
Gus & Nancy Turner
Star Route, Box 166
Welches, Oregon
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Jan. 26
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Jan. 27
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Jan. 28
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JanA29
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Jan. 30
47 37 M
Jan. 31
44 34 10
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