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
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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
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a t t e m p t in g
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D iv isio n w h en th e collision
occu rred , acco rd in g to sheriff s
rep orts
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p a sse n g e r in her ca r John Q
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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
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■ 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
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Sun
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