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Young girl dies in blaze Cause of a fire which took the life of a local 19-year-old child Friday night is still under investigation The young girl, Shirena Kay Compton, was killed in a blaze which totally destroyed the 35 foot mobile home in which she was sleeping Her mother, Mrs. Wilma Compton and a younger sister, Shanna, 5, managed to escape the blaze through the front door. Mrs. Compton made several attempts to rescue her second child from a back bedroom, but was forced out of the burning structure each time by lapping flames and smoke. The fam ily’s mobile home, Rt. 3, Box 273, is located on Shipley Road off the Upper Marmot Road near Roslyn Lake. The Sandy Rural Fire District No. 72 responded to the house fire after Mrs. Compton drove to a nearby neighbor's home to report the blaze. The alarm was turned in at 9.20 p.m. Funeral services for the girl were held this Tuesday at the Sandy Seventh Day Adventist Church. Interment was at the Cliffside Cemetery in Sandy. Shirena was a student at Hood View School in Boring. 9 A TEN Y EA R old girl died Friday night In the blaxe that destroyed this mobile home located on Shelley Road near Roslyn Lake, The girl’s mother and younger sister managed to excape the flames. (Post Photo) Early Post next week Thanksgiving will bring a change in publication day« for the Poat next week. Monday the Post will go to press to be mailed Tuesday. Deadline for news and display ad vertising copy will be Saturday at 12 noon. The Poat will be open Saturday from * a., to noon. Classified ads will be due by 5 p.m. this Friday for next week’s earlier paper Classified ads for The Gresham Outlook will have the regular deadline time, 12 noon Tuesday. Twelve bid for empty commission post Tw elve area residents have been recommended to fill the vacancy on the County Planning Commission left by Joe Ayers of Sandy earlier this year. Commissioner Tom Telford said he hoped the county commissioners would choose one individual from the twelve candidates next week. The newly appointed commissioner will fill out Ayers’ term and continue on the commission for a regular four year term, said Telford. The following persons have been sub mitted as candidates to represent thia geographical section of the county of the nine man County Planning Commission: Mrs. Robert Blunt, Rt. 1, Box 1040, Sandy; Milton Fox, Brightwood; John Thompson, Rhododendron; Maryanne Hill, Govern ment Camp; Gus Turner, Wemme; Ken Buss, Rt. 2, Box 1616, Sandy; Mrs. Hazel Stevens, Eagle Creek; Gene R Warren, Rt. 2, Box 620, Boring; David Mills, Rt. 1, Box 1225, Sandy; Mrs Jo Tuttle, Rt. 4, Box 565, Boring; Mrs Lynn Pearson, Govern ment Camp; and Tony Wickersham, Rt. 2, Box 1470, Sandy. Ayers had been assigned to the com mission earlier this year to fill the unex pired term of Ray Novotny, of Brightwood, who stepped down due to illness. He resigned in September stating a lack of support from the county commission on planning commission land use recom mendations had instigated the decision. He specifically cited the commissioners’ approval of phase one of the proposed Cedar Ridge development as an example of non support for planning commission recommendations. The County Planning Commission denied the original request to build the 1,600 unit development. The commissions’ reasons for the denial included the belief that the development would prejudge the environmental capacity of the Hoodland area, did not conform to the Mt Hood Plan, and reflected no public need Recount held in city race Voi. 64 Single Copy 15c SANDY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER ?1, 1974 Not so sweet story Where has all the sugar gone? by Nancy Barker Staff Writer 1 There are many answers to that question in the Sandy area. It depends upon whom you ask. Grocers feel that a goodly share of the sugar is going inside household cupboards, to be stored away for who knows what. Restaurateurs haven't noticed that it’s going anywhere but up Others, including a couple of bakers, think it’s going right out of sight! Obviously, the answer depends on one’s perspective. Understandably concerned about the price of sugar is Jack Elm er, baker, and co-owner of Heidi's Swiss Pastries, Boring. He speculates that it " . . . might put us out of business “ In the last 12 months, there has been a sugar price increase of about 600 per cent,” (wholesale) he continued. “ I t ’s almost wiping the profit right out in our trade. If the price stays where it is, we may survive.” Elm er cited the example of two bakers he knows, who recently went bankrupt. He feels that the small shortage is not enough in itself to cause the price spiral, but that panic buying is aggravating the situation. “ I t ’s the same thing started by the oil companies," opined Elmer. "They’re taking a commodity we need, just like gas, and developing a shortage when there really wasn't any. " I ’m really being ripped o ff!” The other baker in the area, John McKnight of the Peppermint Patisserie at Hoodland Park Plaza, Wemme, echoed similar sentiments. When asked if he had any problems because of the sugar crisis, he quipped, "Only the coot! ' ‘People are willing to pay so fa r, but I'm not really making any profit,” he con tinued. ‘T ’ve had to raise my prices, but not enough “I ’m using just as much sugar—there’s not much I can change.” Both bakers stated they were also having problems with shortening, which has jumped in price about 400 per cent in the last year, according to Elmer. But that’s another story Sugar affects other products too. Two other local businesses use a lot of the precious white stuff Sandy's little old winemaker. Loretta (alias ” M a ” ) Bender isn 't having problems, yet, due to foresight. "We made the last batch of wine before sugar went up,” she recalled. We had bought enough to carry over until spring. We still have enough left at the old price. “ If we had to produce wine at the present price of sugar, we would have to raise our prices. We haven’t done t h a t - raised our prices just because it has gone up.” Over at the Candy Farm , Pete Argeris is not too worried. " I ’d have no problems if I had a barrel of money,” he laughed. While the price of sugar is up, so are the Candy F a rm ’s sales. "Our sales are up 15 per cent or more,” Argeris claimed. “People are having the attitude that they’re not taking chances on making their own, so they’re going out and buying it.” It sounds good, but there is one little hitch. " I have to put in more hours in order to cut the overhead,” he admitted. " It (the sugar price sprial) will put us out if it gets worse.” Grocers in the area have become used to changing their sugar prices at least twice a week, and keeping shelves stocked to meet the demand. "We’ve noticed a big increase in sugar sales,” commented John Christenson, manager of Williams Thriftway, Sandy. “I hate to call it panic buying, but people come in and pick up two or three sacks at a No. 47 W EATHER H L Pr Nov. 13 <1 41 .00 Nov. 14 55 39 .00 Nov. 15 57 35 .00 Nov 1« 52 35 .00 Nov. 17 54 44 1.09 Nov. 18 54 44 .33 Nov. 19 52 44 .70 station The Troutdale weather readings are made by 8:30 a.m. Committee meets on Mt. Hood water A recount vote between Donald Blair follows: and Vernon Richards, candidates for the Sandy City Council Sandy City Council, will be held here Candidate Votes Wednesday, Nov. 27. 324 According to Norm Bass, Clackamas George A. Burg O linY Bignall 270 County Elections Department supervisor, 232 recounts must be performed in races Vernon L. Richards 213 recording margins of 25 votes between Donald Blair Ed Burke 202 third and fourth place candidates. A law passed by the 1973 State Mayor Melvin Haneberg, running un Legislature requires the recount under contested for another term at this position, these circumstances. received a total of 390 votes. Two write-ins Final computerized vote tally shows were also counted in the mayoral race. Blair in fourth place, 19 votes behind According to election officials, Ruben Richards, 232-213. Under the city’s voting Hoffman received ten votes and present procedure the three candidates with the city councilman Jim Duff had one vote. most votes fill the three vacant council An update on the city’s tax base request seats. count shows the proposal was beat 277 to Updated vote tallies reported this week 145. E arlier results listed the defeat at 25« by the county elections department are as to 119. Hearing on mobile home ordinance held A hearing on the county’s proposed Mobile Home Ordinance will be held The Ad Hoc Committee on the Mt. Hood Friday at 7 p.m. at Sandy Union High Loop Water District’s annexation proposal School. will report its findings Monday, Nov. 25 at The Clackam as County Planning 10 a m . in the Colum bia Region Department will conduct the meeting Association of Governments’ main office. Last month the county planning com CRAG’s headquarters have moved from mission decided to postpone adoption of Sylvan hill to 527 S W Hall St. in downtown the new ordinance until public input was received throughout the county. Portland. (Continued on page 16) Local community effort helps Kiwanis project The Kiwanis Christmas Basket Com Sandy Presbyterian Mariners and Mary- mittee is receiving cheerful cooperation Martha Circle will do the same at their as it goes about its work of seeking help December meetings. Sandy Women's Club from organizations and individuals in the will also bring gifts for the Christmas Sandy area community. basket project a t th e ir D ecem ber, Sandy High Key Club, under the meeting. leadership of Jeff Richards, is planning on something a bit beyond the usual class competition in canned food collection Estacada High School students are to be challenged to a contest in food collection for Christmas basket purposes in each community. Sandy Junior High students are already working on their share of the Christmas basket project. Sandy Intermediate and Prim ary Schools will help too. Supt Naas of Boring Schools says his students will be pleased to help in food collection. Principal Jean Lundy of Cottrell School advises that her student leaders are also happy to participate in the annual project here Tentative approval has been given for use of the Masonic Hall for assembly of foods snd presents and packing of baskets Verification awaits next meeting of the Sandy Masonic Order Sandy Kiwanis members and their wives are bringing wrapped presents marked for suitable ages of boys or girls to their Ladles Night meetings Helen Lamke is working at her usual car trunk load of stuffed animate and dolls as presents for young children. Helen Sulz bach, Joyce Marcy, and Mrs. A. White are among others using craft skills to dress dolls or construct other presents. Two petitions circulating Sandy and Boring Fire Stations will receive and hold contributions of gifts for children and will help applicants apply for Christmas baskets Hoodland Empty boxes are being accumulated and stored. Three hundred will be needed Application forms for Christmas baskets will be available at the Sandy Community Action Center Information about the project may also be received here. Cash contributions should be sent to Don Deming, Kiwanis secretary, at Pioneer Real Estate office or P.O. Box 71. The Kiwanis Christmas Basket Com mittee of Roy Jevons, Frank Marcy, Mark Smith and Pete Sulzbach wish to extend warm thanks to all who are helping make the project a success The original public hearing on adopting the mobile home ordinance into the existing Clackamas County Zoning Or dinance text was ridden with controversy. Opponents of the mobile home ordinance feel it would allow an influx of people into the county in search of inexpensive housing on surburban and rural lands. Members of the planning commission subcommittee who proposed the ordinance said last month that they felt certain types of mobile homes of sufficient quality would fulfill a comprehensive plan goal of “providing a decent home and suitable living environment for every Clackamas County fam ily.” The proposed ordinance is designed to be both lenient in its allowed use of double wide w its , and potentially strong in controlling mobile units by allowing fines up to $500 for movement or placement violations Besides receiving verbal testimony at Friday’s hearing, a questionnaire will be distributed to gain input on the proposed ordinance Copies of the Mobile Home Ordinance are available from the Clackamas County Planning Department, 940 Warner-Milne Road, Oregon City. The meeting to be held here Friday night is one of a series of hearings being held throughout different areas of Clackamas County. O UR CO NSTAN T downpour of rain halted long enough thia week for the water« of the Bendy R iver beneath the Revenue Bridge to reflect the «urroundlng scenery (Poat Photo) A group of Hoodland residents are seeking signatures on two petitions now circulating the mountain corridor. One petition supports retaining the Rhododendron Post Office Postal officials have indicated someday a central post office fa c ility m ay replace existing mountain post offices. Persons interested in the petition should call Mrs Robert E. Zwick at 02-3730. Signât ires are also being taken on a petition asking for additional Oregon State police patrols to prevent burglaries of businesses as well as private homes from Cherryville to Government Camp The petition asks for three more officers
