Voters asked to help
Sandy's water situation
The city of Sandy is faced with two
major dilemmas: it doesn't.have enough
water, and it doesn't have enough money
to pay for additional water.
To help solve the problem, the city of
Sandy is asking its patrons, the water
drinkers and users themselves, to pass a
91.3 million bond levy.
The levy would provide a 16 inch ex­
tension line from Alder Creek, located
approximately seven miles east of town. A
treatment facility and two reservoirs are
included in the project.
Voters will vote on the measure at city
hall on Sept. 10. Polls will be open from 8
a.m. to 8 p.m.
Carl Hatfield Jr., Sandy city manager,
said Sandy's present rate of 450 gallons of
water a minute from Brownell Springs will
not provide for future demands.
At the present time, the city maintains
less than 100 water hookups. Hatfield noted
that once two or three subdivisions locate
here, Sandy’s water will be gone.
An increase of 93.80 per 91,000 in
assessed value is expected if the bond is
passed Monthly water rates will also
increase
City residents will pay an increase in
monthly rates from 94 to 95 50. Water
patrons outside Sandy will pay their share
of the new water costs, too. Minimum
monthly payments outside the city are
expected to jump from 98 to 916 a month.
However, Hatfield explained minimum
volume will also be increased, allowing
customers more flexibility in meeting
minimum rates
Special discount rates for senior citizens
will not be affected by the proposed bond
measure.
Beginning last year, city engineer
M artin Boatright began searching for
alternatives to Sandy’s water dilemma.
After studying and reviewing all available
water sources, Alder Creek was picked as
a water source.
Boatwright said that on a comparative
basis, bringing water from Alder Creek
would be less expensive to the taxpayer.
He added that two thirds of the Alder
Creek source is located in a total water­
shed area, which the forest service intends
to maintain solely for this purpose
Sandy F ire Chief Bob Rathke said the
additional water supply could improve the
district’s rating and lower insurance
premiums.
If voters approve the bond request, the
water line and project could begin
operation by 1976.
Bringing the Alder Creek extension to
the voters followed a string of approvals
for the project from: The Portland
Boundary
Commission,
CRAG,
Clackamas County Planning Department,
State Water Master, State Health Division,
and the Mt. Hood Planning Unit, among
others.
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Another petition has been filed by nine
persons against the county’s conceptual
approval of the proposed Cedar Ridge
development.
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AU nine petitioners either live or own
land in the Hoodland Corridor from
Brightwood to Rhododendron. They are
M r. and Mrs. Joe A. Kasper, Hugh Smith,
Violet I. Ojak, Robert L. Torson, Watford
Reed, Crescence Jo Keller, Albert F . and
Florence Hornecker.
County Bi-Centennial
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kick-off plans
get underway here
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varm August day . . . cavorting about in
he waters of Roslyn Lake. This young lass
found the liquid quite refreshing,
especially on her toes. Temperature waa
reported at M Tuesday.
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Meetings planned on upcoming
Alder Creek water extension
C ity officials and councilmen are
volunteering time to discuss and answer
questions on the proposed Alder Creek
water extension.
Persons interested in having the city
officials visit in informal meetings at their
homes should call city hall at 668-4343
Tuesday at 12 noon buses will leave city
hall to tour the city's existing water
facility at Brownell Springs and the
proposed Alder Creek extension site
Martin Boatwright, city engineer, wiU
be on hand to point out the proposed sites
for the new reservoirs and show where the
16 pnch extension line wiU be placed.
The tour is being conducted by the Sandy
Chamber of Commerce. Everyone is in­
vited.
Tuesday evening, the city council will
meet to discuss the upcoming bond vote on
the 91.3 million Alder Creek water ex­
tension
It sounds as if Sandy will fire the musket
for a complete county-wide kick-off for
next y e a r’s planned Bi-Centennial
celebration.
Beginning next year, communities in all
50 states w ill celebrate the second an­
niversary of this country’s birth.
Fourteen city service chibs and special
interest groups sounded approval for
Sandy’s participation in honoring the
founding of this country for the entire
cotnty last week.
The special meeting was attended by
Frank Quinlan, executive director of the
Oregon Bi-Centennial committee; Mrs.
Helen Cannon, Clackamas County director
for the Bi-Centennial committee; and
Clackamas County Commission Chairman
Fred Stefani.
The second week in July has been aet for
what is to be a much heralded affair
throughout the county.
Sandy’s debut at hosting a county wide
event of this scale will include four gala
days from July 10-13, beginning with a
Miss Bi-Centennial of Clackamas County
coronation on Thursday. An all county
parade is in the planning stages for
Satirday.
Quinlan explained to a packed audience
the purpose of Sandy’s celebration is to set
in motion a county wide recognition of the
Bi-Centennial year.
While July may seem light-years away,
Area schools ready for first day
Schools in the Sandy-Boring-
Hoodland area are ready and
waiting for students to arrive
Tuesday morning.
Aside from changes in lunch
prices and programs, most of
the schools will be operating
much as they did last year.
Raises in hot lunch prices at all
area grade schools re fle c t
increased food costs; Sandy
High School has abandoned its
hot lunch program in favor of
vending machines
Sandy High students may
bring their own lunches or
make their choices at the
school's vending machines,
which offer sandwiches, drinks,
and candy.
Early bird students may take
special buses to their
(For schedules, see last week's
Post). Otherwise, the buses will
run on the same schedules as
last year. There will be a full
day of classes Tuesday.
Sandy Grade School will also
bold a full day of classes,
starting at 9 a.m. Buses will be
on the same schedule as last
year. Hot lunches will be served
the first day to first through
sixth graders for 40 cents,
seventh and eighth graders will
pay SO cents for lunches, same
prices as last year.
Up at Welches Grade School,
a full day of classes is slated,
with buses running an regular
schedule. Students may pur­
chase hot lunches the first
day, at a price of 40 cento. Hot
hatch tickets «dll be available
at 97 for 20 lunches.
Fire Department managed to save an
attached bunk house and nearby shower
and restroom faciiitiea. along with a
storage shed. Camp F ire Girl» had juat left
the area that day. Firemen were called
back to the scene later that night to ex­
tinguish a blase In the storage shed. Cause
of the second fire is under Investigation.
Foul play is suspected.
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Cedar Ridge takes
another legal slap
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F IR E CAUSED by a defective chimney
destroyed this boildlng at Camp Namana
Sunday night. Neighbars turned in an
alarm after seeing flames aheat up
through the structure’s reef. The Sandy
Cottrell will hold only a half
day of classes Tuesday, and
wiU start serving hot lunches
Wetfoeeday. Prices will be 40
cento for students, and 73 cento
for adults. Buses will be on last
year’s schedule.
Also running a half day
Tuesday will be Boring Grade
School, with buses running on
last year’s schedule, subject to
change Hot lunches, starting
Wednesday, will be priced at 40
cento for students, and 90 cento
for adults
Bull Run Grade School has
the lowest priced hot lunches
at 33 cento for pupils. They will
be served the first day, which
wiU be a full day Both the
grade school and high school
will nm on a regular
Sandyites must work like Minutemen if
their Job is to be successful. This Wed­
nesday a parade committee met to begin
plann ing
Gary Sandblast, chairman of the local
Bi-Centennial com m ittee, said the
Clackamas County Commissioners will
soon act on naming Sandy as the official
city for the birthday kick-off.
In the meantime, the local committee is
applying for a Bi-Centennial charter
p roclam ation, and M ayo r
M elvin
Haneberg is sending letters to all other
county mayors announcing Sandy’s plana.
On Sept. 37, representatives from
Sandy, have been invited to attend a state
wide Bi-Centennial meeting in Portland.
Members of the Sandy Bi-Centennial
committee are: Sandblast, Florence Sch­
mitz, Ivan Barker and Dale Nicholls.
Organizations who pledged support for
next summer’s festivites include: the
Sandy Pioneer Association, the Sandy-
Hoodland Jayceea, the Sandy Lions Chib,
the Sandy Cbember of Commerce, the
Sandy Women’s Club, the Sandy Business
and Professional Women’s Club, Boys
Baseball, the City of Sandy, Sandy
R etired Teachers Association, Sandy
Golden Age Club, the Sandy Kiwanis Club,
Sandy Dad’s Chib, the Oral Hull Foun­
dation, and the Sandy Union High School
Employe Association.
Children rescued
from house fire
Three young children escaped from a
burning home early Monday by sliding
down off a rooftop on a garden hose they
had tied to a television antenna.
The hose had been tossed up to them by
three forest service employees who were
passing by and spotted the children
trapped on the roof of the Jas Dahlman
residence, located Just off Highway 26 four
miles east of Sandy.
The forest service employes were Steven
Keener, Ralph Blyth and Doug Allen
Flames and fire had awakened the
children and forced them onto a porch
roof.
Quick action by the Sandy Fire
Department confined the actual fire
damage to the living room. Smoke
damaged rooms both upstairs and
downstairs.
Sandy firem en also rescued the
children’s two kittens.
Filed with the state Land Conservation
and Development Commission (LCDC)
last Friday, their petition asks that the
Cedar Ridge approval be declared void.
Attorneys for the petitioners say the
commission order is reviewable by LCDC
under Oregon laws because Cedar Ridge
violates provisions of the Mt. Hood
Community Plan.
Created last year through Senate Bill
100, the LCDC was passed by the state
legislature to enable citizens to determine
the future use of land throughout the state
Though specifically ordered to “develop
goals and guidelines, coordinate activities,
recommend
land
use legislation,
strengthen local planning and assure
widespread citizen involvment,’’ the clout
of the commission in acting as a
monitoring authority is unknown.
The petition filed Friday cites several
instances of alleged conflict with the Mt.
Hood Community Plan.
Thia new legal action to prevent the l ,600
unit development proposed for 400 acres
along UJS. Highway 33 near the Miller
Road intersection and Salmon River,
follows a w rit of review filed the week
before in Clackamas County Circuit Court
of similar purpose.
The writ asked that the decision by the
three-man Clackamas County Commission
to approve the project be reversed
The petition filed Friday focuses on
areas deemed to be in direct violation with
the M t. Hood Community Plan, including:
Density. According to the petitioners,
the Cedar Ridge development calls for a
density of four units per gross acre. The
Mt. Hood Plan allows for no more than 2.85
units per gross acre.
Scenic Roadway. Petitioners declare the
development’s proposed golf cart overpass
contradicts the plan’s preservation of
scenic roadways.
Commercial Activity. The commercial
center provided for in the development is
outside of the commercial Brightwood
area. Because the Mt. Hood plan insists
commercial activity not occur outside of a
commercial center and discourages strip
development along Highway 26, the
petitioners point out the technical coor­
dinating com m ittee and the County
Planning Commission staff determined
the Cedar Ridge project failed to address
the Mt. Hood plan’s concern “to suitable
accommodate a certain number of people
and their activities without damaging the
quality of the area.’’
In December, the County Planning
Commission recommended denial of the
Cedar Ridge proposal.
Planners said the development would
prejudge the environmental capacity of
the Hoodland area, did not conform to the
Mt. Hood Plan, and reflected no public
need.
After public appeals to the County
Commission, however, the commission
unanimously agreed the project was suited
for the best and highest use of the land.
A finding of fact issued by the com­
missioners declared the proposed
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Tuesday last day for filing
Tuesday Is the last day persons may file
for the upcoming openings in city
positions. Petitions are available at the
administrative office in Sandy City Hall.
Those city officials whose terms will
expire are Mayor Melvin N. Haneberg and
Councilmen George A. Burg, Ed Burke
and Mike Paluck. All but Paluck have
taken out petitions for reelection.
OUn Bignall and Bruce Cook have also
picked up petitions. A check with city hall
showed no other candidates had filed by
Tuesday of this week
Candidates must be registered voters
who have resided in the city during a
period of 12 months prior to the
election. Petitions must be signed by at
least 20 registered voters.
Candidates have until 5 p.m. Tuesday,
Sept. 3 to file for either the mayor or
council positions.
The general election is scheduled for
Nov. 5.
LAST CHANCE
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$300 to over $750 more than the last *74 price.
We, at Carlson Chevrolet have approximately 80 new 7 4 Chev­
rolet cars and trucks left to sell - many of which are at 2, 3 or even
4 price raises back. This can save you $4 0 0 or more, in addition.
We sincerely believe that it is the wiser to choose a new 1974
model car or truck, regardless of your make preference. The re­
quired Catalytic Exhaust system, besides costing about $150 will
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The 1974’t are getting in short supply throughout the country,
and we feel fortunate that we have the inventory to offer you a
good selection.
We’ll try hard to find any model of 7 4 Chevrolet car or truck
for you - in case we don't have it, so please let us help you make a
wise new Chevrolet selection.
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different.
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