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Paul Keller, Editor
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Published every Thursday by Outlook Publishing
Lakey ends training
Army Pvt. Richard D Lakey,
son of Mrs Shirley M Lakey,
Sandy, has completed eight
weeks of advanced individual
training at the U 5 . Army
Armor Center, Ft Knox, Ky
During the training, students
learn the duties of a tank
crewman, including the firing
of the tank's armament and
small weapons
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SANDY, OREGON. TH U R S D A Y , JA N U A R Y 30, 1975
Counselors
to visit
MHCC
Caution Advised
Approval of all developments
proposed for the Mt. Hood area should
be approached with caution.
Our natural environment is fragile,
and man’s impact upon it is long
lasting. That’s why county planning
commissions, environmental impact
studies and proper land use com­
munity planning guides exist and are
required.
Development must be well planned
and considerate of environmental as
well as public need, not only on Mt.
Hood but everywhere.
Piecemeal, slipshod development
we don’t need.
We urge the county commissioners
to uphold the Clackamas County
Planning Commission’s denial on the
zone change request submitted by the
developers of Winterwood, a complex
proposed for Government Camp.
While the request for this phase one
step would allow 52 units on three
acres near the Multorpor ski facility,
the project’s entire package calls for
408 units on 32 and one-half acres.
Rezoning for a higher density use in
Government Camp with a sewer
district there that is totally incapable
of providing for any intensity
development is highly unwise.
Included in the developers long
range plans is a hotel and two six
story “mid-rise” apartments. Peak
population for the entire Winterwood
project has been estimated at 1,200.
The two high rise apartments would
be located at the foot of Multorpor
Mountain, visible from Highway 26.
Is this the kind of image Govern­
ment Camp wants to present?
Why Not a Woman?
At its meeting Monday night, the
Sandy City Council will elect a
temporary councilperson to fill in
during Vera Richards’ absence from
his position. We think the council
should consider naming a woman to
the post.
Certainly, their prime concern
should be naming a person who is best
qualified for the job. We just don’t
want women to be overlooked in this
process.
The city planning commission
currently has four ladies on its roster.
In fact, they outnumber the men
planners by one.
Maybe it’s time the city council
injected some female thinking into its
work sessions.
Saving the State Fair
The State Fair is in trouble.
Despite strong support for the fair
by Gov. Bob Straub, it appears the
legislative Ways and Means com­
mittee may be looking the other way.
Gov. Straub has proposed a $1.5
million general fund appropriation
for the fair. It is part of his proposed
economic stimulation program and
will provide funds for a new multi­
purpose building and other im ­
provements.
However, hearings before Ways
and Means have elicited little
legislative support for the fair, mostly
a host of unfavorable questions. Rep.
Harvey Akeson, committee co-
chairman, has worked very hard to
get the bill out to the floor but frankly,
is afraid he won’t make it.
Cloakroom gossip has it that a
group of Portland-area legislators
(Akeson most certainly not included)
think the fair has outlived its
usefulness and should be allowed to
die.
And that’s precisely what will
happen if the legislature doesn’t
provide some extra financing. The
fair is almost totally self-supporting,
but can only generate enough funds
for operation. It can’t support capital
construction, too. Unless the
legislature comes through, the fair
will simply vanish in three or four
years.
The decision, quite obviously, is in
the laps of the legislature. It’s their
fair and theirs to finance or not.
However, half a million Oregonians
visit the fair each summer. That’s
more than attend all the University of
Oregon (or Oregon State) football
games. Or the Portland Rose
Festival. Or the Pendleton Round-Up.
Etc.
We think the legislature will be
making a very big mistake if they
vote to close the fair. And that’s what
a vote to deny financing will mean.
If you’re one of the 500,000 fair-
goers, a letter to your representative
and-or senator might be crucial. The
fair hangs in the balance.
Economist
to address
Realtors
Dr. Fred I. Weber Jr. will
address the Greater Gresham
Board of Realtors at an ■ a.m.
breakfast meeting Wednesday,
Feb. S, at E lm er’s Pancake
House in Gresham.
Dr. Weber is manager of the
E con o m ic
D e v e lo p m e n t
D epartm ent
of
P ortlan d
General Electric. He will speak
on the economic outlook in the
Gresham area and how it
relates to the housing market.
Visitors ar
certified by the civil service
office.
The 31-year-old Lake Grove
resident will head an agency
which c u rre n tly
receives
$39,000 per quarter from the
regional Office of Economic
Opportunity (OEO) to fund six
county-based human resource
programs
Though the future of OEO is
uncertain, Hildner said he had
heard from regional officials of
expectations of funding for the
immediate future Clackamas
County had
been
under
pressure for some time to
appoint a director to fulfill
requirements for fundings.
Since August 1974, the
program was operating with
only one full-time clerk typist.
But an OEO audit of the
program
emphasized the
program would not obtain
favorable
recommendations
for funding without a director.
Presently, grants received by
the office are distributed to
Legal Aid, The Clackamas
County Youth Commission,
Com m ittee
for
Progress
through Law, Senior Citizens
Council of Clackamas County,
A M
IS
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To see for all your
family insurance needs.
Ron Norquist
2O2A Highway 211
Sandy, Ore.
668-4327
tgxMl onganr Saw tarin » dwnt
M r. Fox.*,Moyá« wo could ask to bo
Includati In the Winterwood hearing.
There’s
something
here for
everyone.
LETTERS ToThe EDITOR
To the Editor:
“Winterwood,” a new town
fo r Governm ent Camp is
c u rre n tly in the planning
works. A zone change ap­
plication will be heard by the
C lackam as
County
Com ­
missioners on Feb. 5.
Obstensibly,
consideration
will be given for a zone change
from single family use of the
land to multi-family. Although
thia appear* to be step gne of
the master plan which proposes
408 dw elling units on 32^ acres
and includes a new commercial
town center, a hotel along
Highway 26 and three six story
"mid-rise“ apartment houses,
no fo rm a l change in the
original application has been
made.
Many interested citizens are
suspicious of this "piecemeal”
approach to securing approval
for such a tremendous project
on the basis of approval of the
first small nibble.
It appears that an attempt la
being made to play down the
enormity at the total ‘W in ­
terwood” plan. No mention of
“Winterwood” is made either
in the staff report to the
P lanning
Commission
or
published legal notices. A new
city with the population size
similar to the City of Estacada
would have a tremendous
impact on the small and deep
v a lle y th at contains the
existing village of Government
Camp and should receive a
great deal of public scrutiny
before Phase I or any sub­
sequent phases are considered.
Mt. Hood is a priceless
recreational resource for the
people of the Portland metro
area. I do not feel these values
will be enhanced by ‘W in ­
terwood.”
Contrary, not only with the
8,000 people who visit Govern­
ment Camp on peak weekends
be denied a true montain ex­
perience, I also believe the
residents w ill lose through
damage to the tourist industry.
Who wants to travel SO miles or
more from one sub-division at
home to another for rest and
recreation?
Local operators complain of
a failing economy and argue
that subdivision will help them.
With nearly a million visitors
annually to Mt. Hood it appears
they have a built-in market.
With a little sensitive creativity
they could probably figure out
how to separate the million
from more of their tourist
dollar without destroying the
very thing that most come to
enjoy.
In addition to potential
damage to the tourist industry,
subdivisions, shopping centers
and all that follows intensive
development will be costly to
most residents and owners of
mountain property in terms of
support for services required.
The choice will soon have to
be made by our commissioners.
Who shall be served, the
greater public need created by
one million persons or a hand­
ful
of
promoters
and
developers?
Betty Coleman
Rt. 2, Box 1000
Estacada
To the Editor:
The folks on Kubitz Road
have lost a dear friend. Ken
Thomas, who died in his sleep
last Thursday night, w as the
kind of neighbor that everyone
wished he had. We were the
lucky ones.
He was always ready to
extend a helping hand in any
kind of an emergency situation.
With his twinkling, little smile,
he gave, gave, gave.
When his son died four years
ago, Ken established the Larry
Thomas Memorial Fund to help
deserving athletes at Sandy
High School. His generosity
was legend.
We’ll always remember Ken
helping grade our road, as­
sisting one of us who was out
of power or water, or dropping
by with a bushel basket of com.
That’s the kind of person he
was.
and the Sandy and Molalla
service centers.
H ild n e r, who holds an
economics degree with em­
phasis
on
business
ad­
m in istratio n from Illin o is
College, is finishing work
through the University of Utah
for a masters degree in human
resource administration.
He is no newcomer to social
service programs, however,
Our condolances go to his
having come to C l a m a s wjdo
p -
County from the P ortlan d
.
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Steering
C om m ittee,
the “ « J . Io“ " ' he" to even
m etropolitan
project.
a re a ’s
Planners set zone talks
The Sandy Planning Commission will
discuss bringing com m ercial zoning
districts into conformity with the Sandy
area comprehensive plan at its next
meeting, Wednesday, Feb. 5.
Other items on the agenda include
discussions on the proposed sign or­
dinance, and on the joint city council­
planning commission mooting «-oming up
They also receive instruction
in field radio operation, map
reading and tank maintenance
and repair
Counselors from Oregon
State University will be on the
Mt. Hood Community College
campus, Tuesday, Feb. 4, to
talk with prospective students
OSU will be in the MHCC
Counseling Center from 9 a m.
to 3 p m to answer questions
c o n c e r n in g
c o u rs e
requirements for programs,
eligibility, and other important
information
Appointments will not be
necessary
County appoints OEO director
Clackam as County com ­
missioners have appointed
Jonathan D. Hildner as director
of the county’s community
action agency.
H ild n er,
a
senior
ad­
ministrative analyst with the
county office of financial ad­
ministration for the past nine
months, was chosen from a
group of three candidates
Control office will be selling
licenses at $8 a piece. Those
waiting until after March 1 will
have to add on a $7 penalty
Owners should bring in
license applications if they
have previously received them
in the mall from the county.
Unlicensed dogs in the Sandy
area will have their chance to
rem edy the situation W ed­
nesday, Feb. 5.
If their owners will bring
them to the Sandy city hall
from 12 to 4 p.m. that day, a
representative
from
the
Clackam as
County
Dog
Wednesday, Feb. 1».
There will also be a continuation of a
public hearing on a request for a zone
change from R-2 to C-2 on a .48 acre of
property on the west side of Bluff Road
opposite the Sandy high school, to allow for
a possible future expansion. P art of the
property was formerly used as a i
OEO
To the Editor:
I would like to thank the
Bahai's for the award given to
me on Dec. 10, but I am only a
cog in the Sandy Community
Action Center.
I want to share it with those
that worked with me at the
H .E .L .P B desk, Alice Olson,
E th el Sutherland,
Maude
Johnson,
E sther
R uther,
B a rb a ra Douglas, G ertrude
H a rris o n ,
S hirley
H a th ,
Claudia Goodell, Leonard Cool.
These are the regulars, but
there are many more that fill in
when needed. Then there are
the women that are always
making quilts and the churches
and clubs that gather food for
us to distribute, the people that
donate usable clothing, fur­
niture, and household wares,
and the officers of our
organization
Without all this, my efforts
would be very ineffective.
As tri Torbergson
Coordinator of the H E L.P.S.
Desk
Sandy Community
Action Center
Sandy
To the Editor:
C ongratulations
to
the
Portland television station that
put the work into the program
that was a "toast and roast” to
Gov. Tom McCall.
It should be envied by all
media.
A man of Gov. McCall's
s ta tire should not, and will not,
go
unnoticed.
We
saw
presidential timber at its best.
Respectfully,
Tod W. Yeager
G reat Big
6 4 th
A n n iversary!
January 31, 1975 9 a.m. to 6 p.m?
at the Sandy Head Office & at the
Wemme Hoodland Branch
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Anna Paluck and Kathy
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M r. and Mrs. Schaumberg
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