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completed A ir Force basic
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Airman Wright is a 1972
graduate of Estacada High
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Thom«» C Taylor. Editor
Modern Service With
Traditional Dignity . . .
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SANDY, OREGON. THURSDAY, JUNE 14. 1973
Another 'Review' Committee ?
Work on the Clackamas County
comprehensive plan will begin again
with the aid of nine citizen volunteers.
This is the word from the Clackamas
County Planning Commission this
week
The commission is seeking nine
individuals to help revise or rewrite
sections of the county's plan which
has been in the works for over four
years.
The county w ill select these nine
persons from a list of 25 individuals
who indicated their interest to work
on the controversial land-use plan.
The names of the citizens are ex
pected to be announced later this
week.
According to a spokesman for the
county planners, problem areas
which were suggested at recent
hearings on the plan have been
worked out into nine sections. At a
future meeting, these nine individuals
w ill be brought together to work as a
committee and w ill be presented with
Waiting For Guidelines
The city of Sandy w ill not consider
any future annexations until the city ’s
comprehensive plan is completed.
This plan is scheduled to be com
pleted late this summer.
The council took this stand Monday
night to avoid annexation questions
until the plan is completed and the
city is better able to handle questions
about supplying water and sewers.
This combines with the already
stated council policy of not discussing
the extension of the city’s sewer line
outside the city for hookups.
Together, these two policy
statements mean the city w ill only
grow inside the present city lim its
until the plan is completed.
Before voting on the policy
statement Monday night, several
councilmen expressed concern over
the anticipated shortage of water for
On the Rock
The Post carried a story this week
about the Sandy Centennial and
Barlow Road Days steering com
mittee's search for a rock to mount
the Centennial plaque.
It is a shame it has taken the
committee well into the sixth month
of the Centennial year to suddenly
decide the present rock is too small.
the task of working on these problem
areas.
Supposedly, this new committee
will also be able to suggest other
sections of the plan which they think
might be in need of revision.
It will be interesting to see how this
new "com m ittee” w ill meet the
problems in this plan. Especially
since the plan has met almost total
disapproval from county residents at
these recent hearings.
We also hope, the county planners
do a better job selecting a “ working
committee" than the county com
missioners did in selecting the review
committee which is still investigating
charges against the planners and
their director James Hall.
This review committee is now-
heading into its seventh month
without any sign of concluding the
investigation or making any
recommendations.
How long w ill this new planning
committee have?
We invite your inspection of our facilities
and any questions you might have concerning
funeral service.
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"This year Its the Watergate Hearings."
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LETTERS ToThe EDITOR
expects response and rebuttal
To the Editor:
As an interested member of Chief Rathke responded to my
the community and also the letter and he and I could con
wife of one fireman and the tinue these running responses
mother of two more who have for several more editions and
quit due to the recent upheaval still have things in the same
Sandy this summer.
in the Department. I would like tirm o il I would rather ter
During the past few summers, a to ask Chief Rathke how he can minate the verbal battle now
shortage has been reported and again make a statement saying these and let the public have their say
men are not in the top third of at the polls.
this summer it appears the cur his Department?
I would like to compliment
tailment of lawn watering and excess
Since when a re officers the F ire Dist board for the job
use of water w ill have to be enforced. appointed after many years of they have done It takes many
faithful service, if they do not donated hours and the good
Previous to these two policy qualify
for that position Also, they do is never known, only
statements, the council meetings had why were my husband and son when there are problems are
been bogged down several times with named Firem en of the Year. they then reked over the coals
I feel they were in error to
requests by developers for sewer and Bud for 1967 and Michael for absolve
Chief Rathke in the
1972, if they are not qualified
water hookups outside the city. Often, for their work after the years of recent controversy as I think
these requests were not even on the volw teering their time going to the Board, the Chief, and the
schools and firefighting etc. for dissident group were all in
agenda for discussion.
error
the community?
By establishing a no-annexation
The Board, of which I was a
I would like to have our Chief
policy until the completion of com give me and the rest of the part at that time, was willing to
prehensive plan, the council is not community the qualifications listen to the dissident factions
and started on a
saying the city w ill never grow of the men he now has in his grievances
Department and how much constructive program to rectify
through annexation. Instead, the service each one has to make as many of the problems as
Council is taking the position to wait them such experts’’ Also, how soon as possible so that the Fire
D ept. would again be a
for the comprehensive plan to give can he say the men do not show cohesive,
friendly working fire
up for fires all the time as that
the city good guidelines to look at any it is an understanding when a fighting group. I feel that the
future annexation requests.
man joins that he will answer disagreeing factions were
p re m a tu re in bringing the
calls when he is in the District
But what of the men who work battle into the open without
giving the Board more than one
out of town?
As for making accusations month to work out the many
that these men are not in problems confronting a new
The plaque was unveiled at the Feb.
terested in the welfare of the Chief
Regarding Chief Rathke, he
10 dedication ceremony and it should District, w ill you tell me why
has done a good job of ad
they
have
spent
so
many
years
have been on display since then
in the Department, and many ministration and has effected
Instead, it has been gathering dust in of them without any pay at all? some good, new programs He
the city hall.
If the people in the District has taken the blame for a lot of
If anyone has a large rock about would like to know how many things that were not always his
hours these men spent away fault. I have agreed with his
five feet tall and a flat surface on one from
right to make changes and
home, ask their families
side, please contact a member of the how many meals and special appointments but I have stated
Centennial committee so the plaque occasions were postponed or that I do not necessarily agree
with whom he appoints.
completely missed because the
can be properly displayed.
At the latest budget hearing,
whistle blew and away they
I stated my reasons to the
went.
Board directly and answered
In all the years, these men
their questions to me about my
paid for their own training
statements Also in attendance
uniforms, gas, etc., how many
were a group of “ young Lions",
of the people in the District
of several meetings the commissioners are
knew the fear the families of the new men in the F ire Dept.,
holding in the county to discuss the
who stated they were willing to
these fellows were living with?
changeover
follow the expected appointee
Do
you
know
that
five
times
as
Currently the city of Sandy is one of the
into any kind of fire. I only hope
many firemen are killed each
drop off spots for the Abundant Food
that their faith is well founded
year as policemen? For many
Program in the county The food truck
and, if they remain in the fire
many years our men were
stops at the Sandy Community Action
doing this out of their hearts So fig h tin g service, they w ill
Center each week delivering food.
re a lize how foolish th a t
how can any man say these are
statement was as it takes
not dedicated men?
initiative of their own to work
Obviously this m atter bears
some looking into on the part of at fires as well as having ex
p e r ie n c e d
le a d e r s h ip .
a few others besides our five
F ire fig h tin g
is a tough,
man board. Perhaps the State
dangerous job and one needs
Portland The firm also has an application
F ir e
M a rs h a l,
A tto rn ey
more than faith to do a safe and
for its Salem plant which is awaiting ac
General or the International
effective job at fires.
tion from the pollution agency
Association of F ire Chiefs.
R eg ard in g
the
C e n tra l
Furthermore, there is a serious
“ I f we can not add to the Portland plant,
Dispatch
for
Boring,
Sandy,
legal
question
as
to
whether
or
we will be short 17.4 per cent of what we
and Estacada, we, as the
not
the
F
ire
Department
is
need to meet power needs by Sept 1. And if
Board, bowed to the pressure cf
actually Chief Rathke’s private
the Salem increase is also denied then
the dissident group and their
dom ain. P erh aps A tto rn ey
PG E will be short by over 24 per cent,’’
arguments in effort to smooth
General Johnson or the courts
said Jackson.
'
out the inner turmoil. Their
can help us in this regard?
A recent strike has also delayed work at
arguments were basically that
Imogene Fischer
the company's new Trojan Nuclear plant
Box 332 they did not want to give up any
control of the Sandy Dist. to any
at Rainier
Sandy, Oregon
other Dist. Yet they were
Jackson said the low water level of the
perfectly willing to have the
To the E d ito r:
streams this spring will be a key in causing
Sandy
F ire Dist. be the Central
R
ecently
I
had
a
le
tte
r
the power shortage this “
published regarding the Sandy Dispatch office. They felt that
the Pacific Northwest.
F ire Diet, and its problems. the Sandy area has mare dollar
value and should be main of-
When a letter Is
County plans change to food stamps
The proposed changeover in Clackamas
County from the present Abundant Food
Program to food stamps w ill be discussed
in Sandy on June 27.
The Clackamas County Commissioners
will hold a special meeting on the subject
at the Sandy city hall at 8 p.m. This is one
School His wife, Cynthia, la the
daughter, of Mrs
Lorraine
Dulley of 2178 S Bakers F erry
Road, Oregon Cltv.
The airm an is remaining at
the A ir Training Command
base for specialized training in
the security police field
fice. It would have cost about
$30.000 to put in a dispatch
center to be the core and the
board thought it was a little
foolish when the Boring Fire
Dist already had such a center
Actually, the sooner the three
districts unify, the better fire
fighting units the whole area
will have Clackamas County
will probably force such a move
in the very immediate future as
they are now in the process of
having a county wide num
bering system as well as the
county communications system
already in effect
Thank you for allowing me to
have letters published and I
hope that the F ire Dept will
settle down to the job that they
are hired for
I will still
disagree if I feel they are
wrong, but I will also give them
a pat on the back.
H arry Amacher
Rt 2 Box 925
Ye» sir, my place has ah the comfort» of home . .
that it, if you ain't use to many c o m fo rttl”
Prepare for
more comforts
by saving
regularly
with us.
Sandy
LETTERS
TO THE'
EDITOR
M em ber Federal Depotil Insurance Corporation
(Continued on Page 14)
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PGE expects electricity shortage
With the nation now experiencing a
shortage of gasoline, there is also talk of
an upcoming shortage in the Pacific
Northwest of electricity.
Neil Jackson, local representative for
Portland General Electric in Sandy, told
the Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce the
shortage of electricity is for real.
" P G E ’s contract runs out with the
Bonneville Power Administration on Sept
1 and we at present have no new power
sources to cover this loss,’' said Jackson.
He referred to the recent denial by the
pollution control authorities to allow PG E
to increase the power from a plant in north
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sneak preview this weekend. We ll open officially on Monday, June 18.
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