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Damascus School enrollm ent ¡umps "The Reminder" A full d ay of c la s se s is sch ed u led for D a m a scu s Union E lem en tary School Sept 4 School w ill b egin at 8 30 a m an d run through 2 3t) p m lor g r a d e s 1-3 G rad es 4 and up will run through 3 20 p m B u ses w ill run the sam e rou tes a s last year P rin cip al V em on Lang said en ro llm en t at th e school has risen from 66« stu d en ts last yea r to 720 th is fall "T his a rea is grow ing by le a p s and bounds,*' he said C o n s tr u c tio n o f a n o th er Walter C. TayUe, Lee Irwin. Ca • Publisher» Tnomas C Taylor. Editor Entered at the P ost O ffice at Sandy. C lackam as County. Oregon, aa second class m atter under the A ct p i C on gress o f March, 1879. Member o f Oregon N ew spaper P u b lish ers A ssociation and N ational E ditorial A ssociation Published ev ery Thursday by Outlook Publishing Co.. P O. Bos SUBSCRIPTION RATES A nnual Subscription in Clackam as and M u ltn om ah Counties $ 4 00 Elsewhere in Oregon ............................ $ 4 5 0 M, Sandy, Oregon 97QSS 668 5548 In U n ited Stete .......... ......... $6 00 Servicemen and W om en $4 00 * " -A b r i^ h‘*>* at theoff ,/ . ” 01 school^ , of milk wu k. !"r c h tt will b» * , n m - •» Ï Ï . , assign* • ? ? f L n,on 'hu f a P ^°« m a n fourth.^ s^aney seventy wr |d¿ SClfnc' «dl Helsby, vocal mint e le m e n ta r y sch ool h a s been ap p roved by voters, though no full vocal «■.- - 1 t* » v a iia to T iä S A N D Y , O R E G O N . T H U R SD A Y . AUG 2 3 , 1 9 7 3 Boy dies in collisi on C am eron R ay B erg en , 5, Rt 4 B ox 1358. B orin g, w a s killed M onday m orn in g in a tw o car co llisio n at th e in tersection of 185th A ve and D ivision St a cco rd in g to sh eriff's reports T he boy w a s a p a ssen g er in a car driven by h is m oth er. Linda M B ergen 26 Mrs B ergen s v e h ic le w a s tr a v e lin g along w h en it co llied w ith a car d riven by H elen M Andrews 45. 2044 S E 185th A ve T he A ndrew s v e h ic le was a t t e m p t in g to tu rn onto D iv isio n w h en th e collision occu rred , acco rd in g to sheriff s rep orts M rs A ndrew s an d a p a sse n g e r in her ca r John Q M undorff. 52 . 2029 S E 185th How About School Unification ? T he g ro w th of th e S andy-H oodland a r e a is h a v in g a d ire c t a ffe c t on the fu tu re of o u r school s y s te m s T h e obvious a ffe c t is th e n eed for m o re c la ssro o m s p a c e in all the d is tr ic ts Both S andy G ra d e School a n d C o ttrell G ra d e School d is tric ts a r e in th e e x p a n sio n s ta g e a n d Sandy H igh School d is tric t is g e ttin g a bu ild in g bond issu e re a d y for th is fall Also. W elches G ra d e School d is tric t will be m a k in g use of a tr a ile r to house its m u sic c la s s e s th is y e a r B oring G ra d e School a n d Bull R un G ra d e School d is tr ic ts a r e th e only tw o d is tr ic ts w hich se e m to h a v e tn o u g h sp a c e to m ee t th e in c re a sin g s tu d e n t load for the next few y e a rs . L a st w eek th e high school b o a rd h eld a n open m ee tin g to d isc u ss a lte r n a tiv e s for its plan to e x p a n d One of th e issu e s ra is e d in the m e e tin g by a re s id e n t, w as w hy the high school a n d g ra d e schools did not m o v e into a ju n io r high school p ro g ra m to m e e t th e e x p an sio n needs of a ll th e d is tr ic ts a t once. He q u e stio n e d th e need fo r e a c h d is tric t h a v in g its ow n e x p a n siv e building p ro g ra m . T he a n s w e r to th is q u estio n is it c a n not be done w ith o u t u n ific atio n of the school d is tric ts into one la rg e d is tric t T h e u n ific atio n issue is one w hich h a s b e e n p re tty well a v o id ed h e re in th e p a s t But w h e th e r a r e a school d is tr ic ts m ove to unify in th e fu tu re or not, it could h ap p en th ro u g h a bill from th e s ta te le g isla tu re A gain in th is session, the le g is la tu re e n te re d a u n ificatio n bill onto the floor of the H ouse F o r th e firs t tim e e v e r, th is bill had the su p p o rt of the e d u c a tio n c o m m itte e and w as p a sse d by th e H ouse It then died in c o m m itte e in th e S e n a te a fte r being in tro d u c e d onto the S e n a te floor It is tim e for the issu e to b e e x p lo red a n d given se rio u s thought by a r e a school officials a n d re sid e n ts. Tw o im p o rta n t c o n s id e ra tio n s should be does un ificatio n p ro v id e b e tte r e d u c a tio n for ou r s tu d e n ts ; a n d does it e n a b le the b e tte r u se of all c u r r e n t school fac ilitie s now in u se by th e six a r e a d is tric ts It w ould be b e tte r for e v e ry o n e c o n c e rn e d if u n ific atio n c a m e a s a re s u lt of th o ro u g h stu d y an d w ork by a re a p e o p le and school ad m in is tra to rs , th a n by a m a n d a te from th e s ta te le g is la tu re The Power Shortage A « fl* It should by now be a b u n d a n tly c le a r th a t th e P a c ific N o rth w e st is fa c in g a c ritic a l p o w er s h o rta g e In te rio r S e c re ta ry R o g e rs M orton w a rn e d o v er th e w eek en d th a t if we d o n 't s ta r t s a v in g on p o w er now. the situ a tio n will be ev en w o rse next w in te r or sp rin g His w a rn in g s h a v e been echoed by D an H odel, B on n ev ille P o w er a d m in is tra to r T h e p roblem is p rim a rily due to the long d ro u g h t a fflic tin g th e P a c ific N o rth w est U n u su ally heav y fall and w i n t e r r a i n f a l l c o u ld s a v e th e s itu a tio n , but p ro b ab ly w o n 't T h e only solution is s h a rp c u tb a c k s in pow er u s a g e H e re a r e so m e su g g e stio n s on w hich a ll of u s c a n act * T u rn off y o u r te le v isio n se t, e sp ec ially if it's c o lo r O ne color TV u se s a s m u ch e le c tric ity a d ay a s an a v e ra g e A m e ric a n household did 30 y e a rs ago ♦ T u rn dow n y o u r h e a tin g th e r m o sta t. w e a r a s w e a te r if n e c e s s a ry If it’s a ir-c o n d itio n in g , se t th e con- tro ls fo r a few d e g re e s w a rm e r. ♦ T a k e few e r sh o w e rs, tu rn off u n n e e d ed lights. « If y o u 're in b u sin e ss, sw itc h off u n a tte n d e d m a c h in e s , cu t dow n on lig h ted o u td o o r a d v e rtis in g ★ O p e ra te y o u r d ish w a sh e r only on full lo ad s, u se hot w a te r s p a rin g ly . T h e se a r e ju st a few su g g e stio n s If we d o n 't sa v e on pow er now, a prolonged c ris is m ay be in ev ita b le . In d u stry will be c u t b ack first but the a v e ra g e h o m eo w n e r in ev itab ly will s u ffe r too. if not in use of e le c tric ity , p e r h a p s in h is jo b "A sign o f the tim e s .” P e rh a p s 1.000 p e rso n s h a v e been laid off a lre a d y b e c a u s e of pow er s h o rta g e s a n d if the s itu a tio n g e ts any w o r s e , t h o u s a n d s m o r e w ill b e w ithout work U nlike so m e o th e r s h o rta g e s , th is is one o v e r w hich w e c a n h a v e so m e in flu en ce V ery sim p ly , sa v e on e le c tric ity w h e re v e r a n d h o w ev er possible Paper Shortage Causes Cutbacks You m ay h a v e n o tic e d c h a n g e s in re c e n t e d itio n s in th e S an d y P o s t and we w ant you to know w hy O ur supply of n e w s p rin t h a s been s h a rp ly re d u c e d We fac e a situ a tio n s im ila r to th a t felt by th e g a so lin e s ta tio n s o w n e rs th is s u m m e r —the d e m a n d e x c e e d s th e su p p ly T he in ab ility of n e w sp rin t m a n u f a c tu r e r s to m ee t th is y e a r 's n e e d s h a s b een a p ro b le m for th e p ast few m onths. Also, s trik e s in th e n e w sp rin t m a n u fa c tu rin g in d u stry h a v e c a u se d us a loss of p a p e r th a t w e will n e v e r be a b le to re c o v e r It is ou r a im to pro v id e th e s a m e a m o u n t of new s c o v e ra g e a s w e h a v e in th e p a s t H ow ever, s to rie s will u su a lly he s h o rte r, p ic tu re s m ay be s m a lle r, a n d so m e p ic tu re s m ay not be u sed a t all We a r e h e re to k e e p the public in fo rm e d w ith new s a n d a d v e rtis in g m e s s a g e s , an d we will co n tin u e to do so d u rin g th is e m e rg e n c y p erio d We will a p p re c ia te y o u r u n d e rs ta n d in g a n d su p p o rt u n til th e n e w sp rin t s h o rta g e is o v e r. Your Effort Needed T he n ex t tim e you ta k e a S unday rid e in th e S an d y a r e a notice a ll the ta n s y ra g w o rt w eed g row ing in the fields T his poisonous w eed is a m e n a c e to both m a n a n d a n im a ls a lik e If not b ro u g h t u n d e r c o n tro l, it will co n tin u e to s p re a d T he key to c o n tro llin g th e w eed is th e resp o n sib ility of e a c h ind iv id u al who se e s th e w eed gro w in g on his or h e r p ro p e rty It does no good for you to try to co n tro l the ta n s y ra g w o rt on your p ro p e rty if y our n e ig h b o r lets it flourish on his I> ets all w ork to g e th e r a n d rid th is a r e a of th is poisonous w eed to c o m e down for an a p p r e c ia b le t i m e ,” s a id th e P ortland builder “ In Canada and in E urope th ey're paying m uch m ore in in terest rates than w e've been a ccu sto m ed to paying and they a lso put a m uch larger p ercen ta g e of their spen d ab le in com e into h ou sin g” D isap p earan ce of a v ailab le land for housing in th e United S tates is rep eatin g in m any a rea s what h as b ecom e sta n d a rd in m a n y E uropean c o u n t r ie s — th e v ir tu a l elim in ation of the sin g le fam ily d w ellin g Mrs Bergen 4 daughter MicheBe I *ere also taken fc1, Commiauty Huspita Investigation uftfc, *as continuing earh No citations had Tuesday H AVE FUI Gué» the One™ v Attendine» A’ The 19730« k S New bank Interest rates may stay high In te r e s t r a t e s fo r h o m e building are not likely to go down soon That is the opinion of Jack M ahaffy. E ast County hom e builder" after his return from an ex ecu tiv e board m eetin g of the N ational A ssociation of H o m e B u ild e r s in Q u eb ec recen tly M ahaffy is 12th region al v ice president of NAHB and past president of the H om e B uilders A s s o ia tio n o f M e tr o p o lita n Portland The NAHB e x ecu tiv e board m em b ers picked up som e in ternational v ie w s on housing problem s in a joint m eetin g with the e x e c u tiv e board of the Hom e B uilders A ssociation of Canada "The outhkgt every w h ere is that interest ra tes are not likely Ave *ere both ,! W | mishap 1 the tim e is com in g w hen one fa m ily on one lot w on't be p ossib le ex cep t for the very w ea lth y ," said M ahaffy "The w ay the cost of good b uildable land con tin u es to e s c a la te w e can s e e the d ay com in g w hen w e ll be a s m uch into m ulti- fam ily housing -con d om in iu m , to w n h o u s e s o r a p a r tm e n t c o m p l e x e s —a s th e y a r e in S can d ’navia ta e virtual elim in ation of the sin g le fa m ily d w ellin g “T h at's why I sa y the fellow who w aits for low er interest m ay n ever get a h ou se, b ecau se C otM S«L 4 free tickets T he O regon Bank h a s filed an ap p lication for a branch bank in G resh am If th e F ed era l D eposit In su ra n ce C orporation approves th e bank w ill b e lo ca ted at the so u th ea st in t e r s e c t io n of D ivision and B urnside - . 0 0 0 ' - Î0 T m F*r P»$t yen C‘u« > bq . S*” c* S’ a’ e h ■ An w * veú befo»« A4 3 Fwr» r i i be X. U S a irlin es a re ex p ected to in crea se their fleets by 1.000 aircraft to about 3,600 w ithin the next d ecad e, sa y govern m en t ex p erts T he num ber of A m erican pilots w ill grow from 762.000 today to 1.206 800 t •... if 'H e y . Ja k e, it’s them neck» on suppote to rope- A F IV E Y E A R old Boring boy w a s killed Monday in a two car collition at lkSlh Ave. and Division St Dead on a rrival at G resham C om m unity H ospital was B an kin g it ro p in g . T ob «w* do it in tht rilM wiy it our baaL W e can »ho« I” how e a $| it * J h a v e an accoei’ ch e c kin g or u ” Cameron Ray Bergen, son oí Linda M Bergen. Rt t Box USX driver of the car at right Future Farmers ready for fair M ore th an 2.000 F u tu r e F a rm ers of A m en ca w ill take part in F F A a ctiv ities at the O regon S tate F air Aug 25-Sept 3, a c c o r d in g to R a y m o n d R h o d es. FFA d iv is io n superintendent A lm o st 50 V o c a tio n a l A griculture instructors will be servin g as superintendents and a ssista n ts under Rhodes, who is agrib u sin ess S p ecialist for the sta te D epartm ent of E ducation Mike McNutty of North Marion w ill s u p e r v is e th e se in stru ctors T h e S la t e F a ir is th e h ighlight of the yea r for Oregon C ity. M issouri, th is O ctober in F uture F a rm ers T hey exhibit connection toith the national their b eef and d airy ca ttle, F F A convention h o g s , s h e e p , g o a ts , w o o l, a g r ic u ltu r a l e n g in e e r in g ooo p rojects and crop p rojects N orm ally, about 500 fed eral N u m erou s sp ecial ev en ts also em p lo y es retire ea ch m onth, but w hen there is a coat-of- are sch ed u led On T uesday. livin g ad ju stm en t the C ivil A ug 28, th e S ta t e F F A S e r v ic e C o m m is s io n an d livestock judging con test, dairy a g en cies are bom barded by ca ttle judging con test and dairy retirem en t ap p lication s products judging con tests will he con d u cted W inning tea m s in th ese th r e e ev e n ts w ill represent the sta te in the N ational co n tests in K ansas denies development H O R S E R A C IN G D A IL Y The unanim ous d ecision of the hoard to deny the request w as m ade w h en D e p u ty D istrict A ttorney R obert Burns reported the d evelop m en t a s proposed “ would con stitu te a a,___i l ___ _______a_ * » tn the NJtlOrt< The “ BIG ONE” expands its h o n z o $ WEST Pacific Rim w ith the theme E AS Clackamas county T h e C la c k a m a s C ou n ty C om m ission ers denied a bid by B o n n ie L u re D e v e lo p m e n t (¿roup for a d evelop m en t in the N atural R ivers corridor along the C lack am as R iver The commissioners took the action last week The group has been seeking to develop a MO acre recreational park O W N F«IDAVS Til » HELEN R E D D Y * “ All Seat» Re*e'y*o The C la c k a m a s C ounty N atural R ivers Act a s ap proved by cm oity voters in N ovem ber, p r o h ib its th e construction of m obile hom e parks and trailer courts or parks Burns found the proposal did not con stitu te a m obile hom e park T he B onnie Lure group w as seek in g to construct facilities fo r 500 c a m p in g u n its on p r o p e r ty lo c a t e d n ea r th e con flu en ce of the E agle Creek and the (T ack am as R iver POST T IM E M o n F ri , B 30pm S«f Sun Labor D ay. 1 Oupm RODEO HORSE S H O W 14 )l c o m b " » d 'Oden horta «how w ith the w orld "i lo p co w b o yt P 'u i fam ed I ip trra n t at every perform ance Evening Performance« (Sat thru Sun I M atinee Performance« (Sat "». S u h t & W ed I ■t*"' JIM NABORS All seat» Rete- » i MERLE HAGGARD Sat Sept ’ . A ll S eel. » p p * RICH little . KAW ASAKI North wait Amateur Motocro«« Championship»/Aus 7 9 A 30 N 4(m R e p u W ’C o f C h in * Ftsfmvond Motercyclo Rata« AMA Sanctioned/ 1 abor Day 8 30pm O r ie n t a l Sept 2 8pm GATES OPEN 10 AM DA ILY Admission W *" c i 75 Adotti S1 ch,ldr«n 6 * .