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Hogan Rd. project open I¥ 1 U I raised C ity crews are raising the five manholes along Proctor Ave The m anholes are being raised to the new surface level of the street following im provement work W «H «r C. T s y U r, Lea Irw in , Co • Publlsbar* Tnom«» C Taylo r. Editor Entered at the Post Office at Sandy. Clackamas County, Oregon, as second class matter under the Act pf Congress of March. 187# Member of Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association and National Editonal Association Published every Thursday by Outloob Publishing Co„ P .0 . Bos *1. Sandy, Oro«on »70$$ SUBSCRIPTION RATES Annual Subscription in Clackam as and M u ltn om ah C ounties Elsewhere in Oregon S4 00 $4 50 668 5548 In U n ite d S ta te ..... . . . . . . ........................ $6 00 Servicemen and W om en $4 00 COW POKES SANDY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPT 13, 1973 W a n t V o te on P o rt Tax Will you pay the tax to help support the Port of Portland without voting to do so'’ You can answer this question by signing one of the petitions now cir culating to get a vote on this issue A successful petition drive will mean you will have a chance to vote on whether you pay this tax. If the drive fails to get the needed 27.IMH» signatures, then you will be paying the tax as of July 1. The recent legislature voted to give the Port of Portland the right to tax at the rate of an estimated 16 cents per $1,000 of true cash value on property in Clackam as, Washington and Multnomah counties Before this action, the Port's tax base was just Multnomah county. Petitions in the Sandy area will be available through Sept 25. At that time, the petitions will be turned in to the county and state for certification of signatures If the petitioners have the needed signatures, a vote on this issue will be held statew ide on Nov. 5, 1974. We urge you to sign the petition Sandy and Clackamas county does not need another tax ( T r i- M e t) without a vote of the people. Tansy Fight C om es H e re F rid a y The fight against the poisonous tansy ragwort weed will move to Sandy Friday. Local residents will have a rare opportunity to get the latest in formation by attending the second Sandy Sem inar on Tansy. The seminar will begin at 3:30 p.m and run until 9 p.m. at the high school An impressive list of experts on the tansy will be assembled They will enter into discussion on the weed and will be available for local people to question The need to control the growth of this weed is tremendous in the Sandy area and the rest of Clackamas County. The key to controlling the growth is to have an informed public willing to take the steps necessary. This seminar will provide you with the information you need to protect your property against the poisonous weed. We urge you to attend this seminar and support the effort to control this weed. Remember, it will take everyone's individual effort to control the spreading of tansy LETTERS ToThe EDITOR To the Editor St Michaels annual ham dinner and bazaar was a fine success again this year Many people donated a lot of hard work and tim e to this a ffa ir every year The p a rish io n e rs of St Michaels would like to say ‘thank you" to the Post for their co-operation for publicity and coverage of the dinner and to the community for their support Thank you Mrs Shirley A Roth Rt . 3 Box 484 Boring To the Editor The Port of Portland asked the 1973 Legislature to expand its boundaries to include C lackam as and W ashington C ounties w ith M ultnom ah County After three Senate votes and six House votes on SB 325. one of which defeated the measure, the expansion was granted I would briefly explain that the large number of votes on this hot issue included motions to refer to various committees, motions for reconsiderations as well as for final passage The final passage had a m argin of only one extra vote The result of this expansion means the added area w ill be blessed with the opportunity of helping support the operation of the P o rt through p ro p e rty taxes Also, the Port w ill have a larger valuation base for more bonding authority The m a jo r ity of the legislators opposed to SB 325. including myself, did not have particular quarrel with the need of or the job the Port is doing Two m ajor concerns were 1 Where really should be the lim its of the boundary . who benefits, if the State of Oregon has authority and shares the benefits should revenue come from the General Fundn 2 We felt that this type of legislation which w ill increase property taxes should not be forced on the taxpayers without asking them through a referendum vote The Port lobby was dead set a ga in st the people of C lacka m a s and W ashington C ounties v o tin g on th is measure On Oct fi this legislation w ill become effective and the taxes to the Port w ill show on this year s tax hill unless .».0») signatures of registered voters started pouring it around roots are turned into the Secretary of of plants that looked a bit State by that date If the peaked Then when she was Petition for Referendum is sure of results, all plants got it successful the effective date and growth was startling With w ill be postponed u ntil after 5 November 1974 when the voters squash and tom oatoes and other plants that should not be of Oregon w ill vote on the watered from above <This was measure Of course if SB 325 is rejected by the voters it would lor a city lot sized garden), she burned cans containing about not become effective as much water as you can get in To me it does not seem right a two lb. coffee can Strips of for the Port and the Legislature flannel or toweling, like wicks, to do this, sim ilar to the in famous T ri Met legislation of a reached to the bottom of the cans and were tied just tight few years back, without your enough around the plants just vote If you feel the same above the ground to be snug but please sign your name to one of not cut off sap movement She the petitions which 1 have added a couple of tablespoons delivered to the area Better or so of the fe rtiliz e r water to yet. secure one and circulate it each can This watered the for twenty signatures We need plants but not the weeds she your help b a ttle d w ith iro n d e te r Sincerely m ination Rep Jack Summer The jars of canned goods she Rt 1 got off that narrow long city lot Heppner. Ore w ere phenomena, — peas, D istrict 55 Representative c a rro ts , beets, ra s p b e rrie s , apples, green beans, corn, onions cucumbers pumpkins, To the Editor sunflow ers, squash (fo u r kinds' strawberries If she I would like to pass on a tip to thought it was good for the people w ith burning problems hyman txidy or tasted good she When we moved off the farm , squeezed it in. as well as one of too many years ago than I care the prettiest rose gardens in SE to enum erate, m y Mama Portland »25 hushes!. missed the fe rtiliz e r she got I w ish someone would from the farm animals we had distribute color pics of tansy as She disa pp rove d chem ical it looks when it firs t begins to fertilizer, both on principle and grow F irst year it appeared. 1 from a financial angle, as she was charmed by its foliage never made all that much Thank you money Mellie Rawcliffe She devised this cheap and Rt 3 Box 245 very effective method (and a Sandy. Ore little stinky so should be kept some distance from the house w indow s and not w here To the Editor prevailing winds w ill bring it to This last Saturday night, we homeowners' nostrils i had the misfortune of having a She filled two large barrels yearling calf shot, and killed (metal or wood would work, or and butchered in our pasture old fashioned portable laundry We also have a neighbor, who. rinse tubs, or even an old big at possible risk to his life, b a th tu b -a fence could go chased these youths and around or clim bing shrubs or obta ine d a d e s c rip tio n of some such» She filled them them so the police were able to half full of water Into these she a p p re h e n d th e m th re w a ll grass c lip p in g s , by morning At this time, pulled weeds, non-acid leaves when most people refuse to (no w alnut', vegetable gar become involved, this is a bage carrot tops, rusted let refreshing note, and so we tuce leaves, even scraps of thank you M r Pat O'Hara, also newspaper and tissue and other the city, county, and state paper that would disintegrate police easily, including egg shells and Sincerely, stirred well, and let stand Mr and Mrs Dale Dowell When the water level went Rt 2. Box 1643 down, she added more water, Sandy. Ore stirred every night after work In two to three weeks she I.* City begins taking steps to update police force a report by a 3-man com m itte e . co m m issioned by Mayor Melvin N. Haneberg, to e va lu a te the Sandy P o lice Department, indicates that the department is doing a pretty good job with the equipment and manpower it has to work with The committee, composed of C hief D eputy S h e riff B ill Brooks of Clackamas County, M ilw a u k ie C hief of P o lice Donald R Jones, and Glad stone Police Chief David R Clemens, spent over 250 man hours on its evaluation of the 4- man department Sandy’s 1972 73 police budget of $18 36 per capita was com pared to that o f nearby Estacada s per capita figure of $32 02. Of the th irty police d ep artm en ts in the CRAG reporting area, Sandy's total law enforcem ent budget ranked last The co m m itte e re co m mended the imm ediate ap pointment of a records clerk to re lie v e p a tro l personnel of clerical tasks, thus perm itting them to give more attention to the requirements of law en forcement The committee also cited the need for two ad ditional police o ffic e rs —one to be added next year, and the second to be added the following year The a d d itio n a l personnel would enable the department to e sta b lish 24 hour police protection and free the chief from patrol duty, enabling him to utilize his tim e in planning, staffing organizing, directing and coordinating the activities of the police department Sandy's business com m unity was surveyed by the com m ittee and 40 per cent of those interviewed cited that more manpower more patrols and 24-hour service was what they thought their police depart ment needed to do a better job for them C o m m itte e in s p e c tio n s showed a lack of necessary e qu ip m en t, and a g la rin g deficiency in the departm ent's telephone system The in spection of both police cars operated by the City of Sandy in d ic a te d th ey should be replaced as soon as possible The 96-page report dealt with ten m ajor areas of concern and w ith 25 sub-areas The by product of the evaluation was the establishment of 19 goals to achieve o ve r a th re e -y e a r period If these goals are a t tained. the evaluation com m ittee says Sandy w ill have a "model police department '' In addition to interview ing Sandy officials, citizens and. businessm en, the police ", always wanted to rope an antelope, now I jig looie from one!' g e t loose from e v a lu a tio n c o m m itte e also received assistance from the Office of the Governor, the A tto rn e y g en eral. Oregon State Police. Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U S Defense Investigative Services. Oregon Board on Police Standards and Training Clackamas County S h e riff. C olu m b ia Region Association of Governments »CRAGi and the Clackamas County D istrict Attorney Mayor Haneberg states that steps have already been taken to correct many of the non fis c a l d e fic ie n c ie s of the department and that the city a d m in is tra to r has recom mended the use of federal revenue sharing funds to erase those im m e d ia te fis c a l problem* as noted by the fin a n c ia l worry S e e th e financi a d v is o rs at our bank. COUNTY IN P tP iH D W fa U M V t OKOON MM141 W OO O IA NO MANCH WEMMf *21-3131 r icb t ‘ Sepot,' u u u . u jxw T ’ '* . OPEN FRIDAYS TIL i PM evaluation committee 'TheTuit&ummit gw Bill raises filing fees for offices C lackam as C ounty C lerk. George D Poppen, reports House B ill 2755. passed by the Oregon Legislature, goes into effect Oct 5 The b ill raises the filin g fees for the following public offices a $50 00 from $20 00 for county o ffic e s , in c lu d in g district attorney and district court judge; b $20 oo from $10 00 for state senator or representative in the le g is la tiv e Assembly, c $10 00 fro m $5 00 fo r d is tric t o ffice s w ith in the county, with the exception of district attorney or district court judge All declarations and petitions for nominations required to be filed w ith the Secretary of State, county clerk, or city clerk, recorder or auditor, as the case may be. shall be filed not before the 250th day and not later than the 70th day before the May 21, 1974 P rim ary Election C lacka m a s C ounty o ffice s and positions up for election in 1974 are (he following County Commissioner Position No 2. C ounty C le rk ; County Treasurer. County Surveyor. State Senator Position No 13 & 14, and State Representative Position No 24 . 25 26. 28. 55 4 56 Reviewers have problems The review of allegations against the Clackamas County Planning Commission and its director is continuing, but with problems The committee, under the d ire c tio n of the c h a irm a n Robert laihman has never really been able to establish a format for its hearings (the committee did try , but has not followed i l l or what the out come of the hearings should be R ecently several county residents who made in itia l charges and demanded (he review have not been going before the committee for their bearing dates Several have stated a lack of support for the review com mittee and concern over the non action of it The committee has been m a kin g its re v ie w since J a n u a ry and the county commissioners are s till waiting for a report Now to add to the confusion, county p la n n in g d ire c to r James Hail on advice from his attorney is no longer w illing to appear before the committee concerning the charges against him But s till, the review com m ittee continues to proceed and last week held its 17th special meeting The county commissioners .ippomted the committee and have indicated a need to con elude the review Two weeks ago lathman stated the com m ittee would need approxim ately 10 weeks to complete Ha review Over 50 members of the Mt Hood Recreation Ass»* i reasons they call Mt Rood the Fun Summit *IK * offerv<ji Association are three of the top ski areas in the world T ° st ski over 100 miles of spectacular ski runs and America > "n 4e >ou*>^ season The other members of the Association are able to pro\ the best in golfing, dining and lodging while you stay n- famous year-round recreational area of Mt. Hood See your travel agent or w rite or phone M t Hood Recreation Association, Inc. Zip Zag. Oregon 97073 Phone 503-272-3311
