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Voters to weigh levy issues Four area school districts w ill go to the polls Tuesday, June 17, from 8 a m to 8 p m. in attempts togain voter approval for their 1875-76 operating levies Sandy Union High, Sandy Cottrell and Welches elementary schools w ill each have a money measure on the ballot The high school is presenting a *1.088.112 issue a lter voters rejected a $1,184.485 levy in March This levy represents a cut of $86,383 from the defeated measure Sandy Grade School is asking for $»78,825 to balance its budget for the coming year Cottrell and Welches grade schools both have operating levies lower than measures approved by voters last year Cottrell is asking fo r $157,270 and Welches is requesting $337,806 “ A 20 to 30 per cent rate of inflation Superintendent Joe DeMarsh says the forced the costs of services and materials high school levy proposal wHI cover the up, says Bryant in explaining the levy district's basic costs and includes no new increase programs for the coming year Cottrell superintendent Jean Lundy says The high school district total general that an additional $31,1(6 61 in slate basic fund requirement for the coming year is school support is the major factor in the $1,881,418 with the balance not covered by district's levy reduction Last year the the operating levy coming from a $208,730 district had a $168,740 operating levy tax base and state and federal support Cottrell s tax rate has been lowered to Sandy Elementary School D istrict has $13 81 per $1,000 of true assessed value no tax base and must seek voter approval from $17 21 last year, because of the state of its budget each year, says superin support hike, Mrs Lundy said tendent Tony Bryant. The general fund The C o ttre ll d is tric t general fund requirement for 1975-76 w ill be $1,771,642 requirement is $285,925 compared to The grade school levy request is $240,387 $308,359 for the 1974-75 year Like Sandy more than the 1874 75 levy of $738,528 Grade school, Cottrell has no tax base Welches Grade School, also operating without a tax base, is seeking approval of a levy $17.485 below the $355.291 issue passed last year Earl Covey, district superintendent, says the measure represents a reduction in the tax rate from $4 78 to $3 94 per $1.0«) of true assessed value Covey says that the Welches general fund requirement has increased three and one half per cent to $510.565, but pointed out that the requested levy was a reduc tion. Welches w ill receive an increase of $11.722 in state basic school support funds to bring the total for the coming year to $98,506. Band to form Don Gardner, band director at Sandy Union High School, has announced that a summer band is being formed in Sandy to participate in the Clackamas County Bicentennial kick-off in Sandy July 10-13. Players from neighboring high schools, freshman level or older are invited to take part in the program, Gardner said Rehearsals w ill be at the Sandy Grade School band room Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m. beginning tonight For more information call Gardner at 668-6565 jSstfjdy Great Way To The Mt. H ood Playground V o i. 6 5 H othouse HANDY AND Boring firemen battle a blase in a vacant bouse just off Highway 26 at Orient Itoud Thursday, June S. Mandy fire officials said the fire caused $5,000 damage to the house, but report that no one was injured. Cause of the fire was "suspicious,’’ (ire spokesmen said. The fire is still under investigation. (Host Photo) Single Copy 15' SANDY, OREGON. THURSDAY, JUNE 12. 1975 «M Chamber plans feed The Hoodland Chamber of Commerce w ill sponsor a Salmon Bar B-Q this Saturday, Flag Day, beginning at 5:30 p m at the Lions Club Ha 11 in Wemme ■■■ ; ,■ MHM County labor talks break down Clackamas County commissioners have Negotiations with the group represent refused io offer more than a 7 per cent ing the sh e riffs deputies have also broken wage increase to m embers of the down and an unfair labor practice com ( lackamas County Employes Association plaint has been filed by the National Union The commissioners decided in executive of Police Officers against the county session to refuse the request of the commissioners association, which includes 347 employes The complaint, filed with the State of ouUide ihc sheriff's and public work* lh w 'oii Enjploye Relations Board alleges departments, lo r wage boosts above 7 per th.il the <4>nimissinners "huve engaged, cent, said adm inistrative assistant Jerry and are engaging in unfair labor prac Justice tices" under Oregon laws Ko<l Scamahorn. a m em ber of the The complaint is based on a television association's bargaining team, said the* interview of Justice of Portland's KOIN association had come down from a 23 per broadcast station. A p ril 21 cent request to a figure "between? and 12 The police officers' association alleges per cent. Scamahorn declined to name that Justice revealed confid en tial theexact figure the union would accept bargaining information in the interview A 7 per cent settlement by the county lie is also being charged with threatening had e a rlie r been rejected by the a work force reduction in a memorandum Clackam as County Police O fficers sent tothe sheriff's department. Association The complaint alleges thut the acts were attempts by the commissioners to "coerce and intimidate members of the bargaining unit during the collective bargaining process." Justice said last week that the charges are "without any basis " Justice said that during the interview he discussed county budget problems, possible sheriff's department staff cuts and a possible law enforcement serial levy He said he did not reveal any con fidential negotiation matters during the television interview The memorandum was a report to the sheriff sim ilar to one sent to each county department, Justice said An attorney for the police uni, said the association believes the memorandum was an attempt to "ille g a lly communicate with employes " City names 17 ta committee Seventeen Sandy area residents have been named to the city's Citizens Advisory Planning Committee, it was announced by City Manager Carl Hatfield J r The committee w ill hold its first meeting Tuesday a, 7:30 p m in the city hall to begin its task of recom m ending the boundaries of Sandy's ultimate urban service area Hatfield said this boundary w ill mark the lim its of the area in which Sandy w ill supply water, sewer and other city ser vices in the future. Assistance for the committee w ill be supplied by the city, Clackamas County and the Columbia Region Association of Gov -rnments "The committee w ill have to have a City to hold hardship hearing The Sandy Planning Commission w ill hold a public hearing on an ordinance to allow te m p ora ry p e rm its for m obile homes in "hardship cases" at 7:30 p m Wednesday, June 18, in the city hall The ordinance would provide that the city council could grant a temporary perm it for a mobile home for a maximum of one year. Permits could lie issued when an illness or in firm ity required close "attention or supervision," says City Manager Carl Hatfield The ordinance would allow a request for such a perm it to be act«) on by the council without the need for a separate hearing by the planning commission. Hatfield says. The planning commission w ill also consider a request by Sandy Industrial Development Corp to partition a twoacre parcel in the Sandy Industrial Park Policy meetings set A series of special meeting to discuss school policy has been scheduled by the Welches Eleipentary School Hoard, says superintendent E arl Covey. The meetings w ill be each Monday at 7 30 p m at the school In Wemme Memorial Park. Frederickson was born Oct. 31, 1902, in Thurman, Iowa He was raised in Iowa where he attended school After finishing high school, he entered Iowa State University where lx- studied chemical engineering He then began his 20 year career working in heavy construction Dec 31, 1935, Frederickson married M arjorie Birkby They lived in the Mid- West until 1940 when they moved to Oregon In 1943, the Fredricksons moved to Sandy where Kenneth became involved in business and in 1948 began working in the appliance business. New service charges have been ap proved by the Government Camp Sanitary D istrict to go into effect July 1. Hookup charges for a single fam ily residence w ill be $1.000 Commercial and m u lti-u n it hookup charges w ill be Frederickson had always been involved in civic activities and especially enjoyed working with the youth in the community. Darrel Aschbacher, airline pilot, Don Brader, electrical engineer, Tony Bryant, school superintendent, Don Deming, re a lto r, Kenneth H a llg re n , fu n e ra l director, Lynn Harris, teacher, Mrs. M a rjo ry H offm an, housewife, Dan MacDonald, radio broadcaster, Mrs. June McClure, teacher. Mrs Kay McCurdy, realtor, George Morgan, insurance agent. Miss Marguerite Payne, research com munications officer, Bob Rathke, fire chief, John R ow ell, fa rm e r, R obert Sullivan Jr., pharmacist, Mrs Jo Tuttle, housewife and Gene Warren, fanner Brader, MacDonald. Sullivan. Mrs Tuttle and Warren are from outside the c ity . The other m em bers are Sandy residents negotiated w ith the district's board, but w ill not be less than $1.000 per unit, says Lloyd Musser, chairman of the board Musser says that the monthly rate w ill go fro m $4 to $5 fo r single fa m ily dwellings. Commercial units are now billed at $5 a month he said. Water meters are being installed and Musser says that following a three-m onth period the d is tric t w ill establish new rates based on the amount of water used. Firwood's Neighbors to study zone maps He was also active as a member of the Elks for 42 years, past master of the Sandy Masonic Lodge, past president and Lt. Governor of the Sandy Kiwanis, past patron of the Order of the Eastern Star, member of the chamber of commerce and the Sandy Union High School Board. He is survived by his wife, M arjorie; three sons: Dr Edward W Frederickson. Texas; D r W illiam A Frederickson, O klahom a; and Capt Robert Frederickson, California; three sisters: June Rose, Zora Coulthard and Catherine Axtell; two brothers: Carl and Gordon Frederickson and four grandchildren In lieu of flowers, the fam ily requests that memeorials be made to Sandy Boys Baseball in care of Clackamas County Bank. recommendation for the city council by the latter part of August,” said Mayor Melvin Haneberg. The committee w ill then work on a long- range review of the Sandy Comprehensive Plan Recommendations from that review are due the city council next summer, Hatfield said. The Sandy city council voted that the citizens group be limited to not more than 20 members of which at least two thirds must be residents of Sandy. The council also emphasized that the responsibilities of the committee would be limited to its two goals and that it would undertake no other planning functions unless directed to by the city. Persons named to the committee are: Government Camp raises sewer rates Frederickson funeral set for Friday Kenneth R Frederickson, owner of Frederickson Appliance in Sandy, died Monday. June» He was 72 Funeral w ill be held Friday at 2 30 p m in the chapel of Sandy Funeral Home Entombment w ill be at Forest Lawn N o . 29 •Jr County maps showing areas within E irwood s Neighbors five communities slated for zoning or rezoning by the County- Comprehensive Plan w ill be available for examination and discussion at tonight's June 12, 8 o’clock meeting of Firwood's Neighbors. In c at Firw ood School's Central Area. These areas include C h e rry v ille , Dover, Firwood. including Highway 26. Hillcrest, and portions of the Mt Hood Corridor term inating at Wildcat Creek The color-coded maps drawn by Dave Poese. cartographer and stafff member of the County Planning Department w ill indicate areas designated as agricultural land and tim ber districts by the County Compreshensive Plan as well as those rural areas planned for portions of the Mt. Hood Corridor. Poese w ill discuss the m inim um acreage necessary for residential building sites in the various zones, and any zoning options that the comprehensive plan may permit within those zones Kenneth R. Frederickson FRIDAY THE 13th County budget faces reduction Faced with another $527.000 cut in an- ti< ¡paled revenue for the coming year, the < lackamas County budget committee voted F rid a y , June 6, to e lim in a te negotiated pay raises for employes from tin“ general fund and to raise money by selling tim ber off county land. The committee also chose not to put a law enforcement serial levy on the ballot this year and instead w ill try for an in crease in the county tax base next May The committee, which had balanced tbe $» 9 m illion budget at one point, was in formed last week that revenue from California and Oregon Railroad (CAO) timber sales would be at least $527,000 below the anticipated amount, county commissioner Stan Skoko said $3 4 million OAC has informed the com mittee that the figure has been lowered to $2.9 million. Skoko said OAC could reduce the amount even further, leaving the revenue as much as $800.000 short of what had been an ticipated for the $9 9 m illion general fund Slow sales and a lack of tim ber har vesting due to poor market conditions were blamed fo r the reduction in estimated receipts. Skoko said. The timber funds are I he largest source of general fund revenue for the county, according toSkoko. Skoko said the budget committee w ill have to rework its proposed budget before the July 1 deadline Three law enforcement programs cut The county budget com m ittee had - from the county budget earlier have been estimated revenue from tim ber sales off reinstated (>AC land in Clackamas County to be about ! A burglary prevention program and juvenile burglary prevention and adult probation program s have a ll been allocated funds for the coming year, said Commissioner Tom Telford Provisions for employe "anniversary" salary increases of 5 per cent were left in the budget by the committee The proposal to increase the tax base next year was approved unanimously by the committee composed of the three county commissioners and three citizen members. The committee budgeted about $220,000 income from timber sales off county forest land, but delayed a planned $150.000 timber sale until the market improves. With the Friday changes the county budget for the coming year w ill be about $9 6 m illion according to the committee The Best Day (other than today) to invest in your future motorino pleasure is Friday the 13th We feel that this would be an extremely ucky day for you, because we have well over 100 new Chev fun cars and trucks in stock just waiting to move into your garage We have a slug" o f new ones coming because we re locked up in another funny National Chevrolet Sales Contest. This time 3 Sales persons and one Manager go to Bermuda or Puerto Rico and the dealer stays home, so everyone at Carlson Chevrolet has gotten "Sales H app y". Naturally to s e ll more w e H A V E to reduce prices even more than before. Think aoout it - it may not make sense, but you’ll invest less in a new 75 Carlson Chevrolet now You'll be happy, Chevrolet w ill be happy, 3 of our Sales persons w ill be happy and w e'll sell more cars and trucks • or less. We have big, little Vegas that are rated at 37 MPG on the high way and w e have bigger, more luxurious Chevrolets at economy prices we feel that you deserve We hope to see you this Friday the 13th in Sandy at PETE CARLSON SANDY Opnn Evenings I Snnday
