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The Sandy City Council will
meet at 7:30 p m in the city
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The C lackam as County
9:30a.m
Hoard of Commissioners meets
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at 10:30 a in in the county
Firwood's Neighbors Inc will courthouse in Oregon City.
meet at Firwood School at 8 M ain topic on the board's
p n i tonight Guest speaker agenda is an amendment to the
will lie Robert Schumacher, solid waste ordinance.
C lackam as
County
Com
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missioner.
At 7 p m tlx* Clackamas
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County Planning Commission
Welches
Grade
School will meet at the courthouse in
families will be able to attend Oregon City Separate requests
the PTA potluck picnic at 6 30 by F re d W ickersham and
p in in Wildwood Park
E a g le Crest M obile Home
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Park, Inc , for unzoned area
development permits will be
The regularly scheduled Aug
discussed
32 meeting of the Metropolitan
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Service District hoard has been
TUESDAY. AUG. 26
cancelled for lack of agenda
The Sandy Area Chamber of
items
Commerce meets at noon at the
Amber luntern
MONDAY. AUG. 25
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The Welches Grade School
Board will hold another special
TIIUKXDAY.AUG.2M
Businessmen's coffee hour
meeting at 8 p m in the school
Agenda item s w ill include begins at 9:30 a m at Oregon
fillin g
of
three
faculty T rail Savings and I xmiii
vacancies, continued work on a
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The Hull Run Citizens
parent-student handbook and
C om m ittee w ill
work on the board’s policy Advisory
discuss management options
review project
for the Zig Zag Ranger District
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Sandy's water bond election at a 7:30 p in meeting Thurs
is today with polls open in the day, Sept 4, at the Mt Hood
N ational F orest supervisor's
city hall from 8 a m. to8 p m
office. 2440SE 195th Ave
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THURSDAY. AUG. 21
Sandy businessman will have
a chance to wake up at the
coffee hour at Oregon Trail
Savings and Loan beginning at
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Sandy P o st Sandy, O regon 97055
No, 39
Thurs., Aug 21, 1975
Reservoir needed
Faced with only a handful of water
connections available and the refusal
of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development grant funds for
construction of a water storage tank
Sandy voters will go to the polls
Monday to consider a $155.000 water
bond issue designed to help solve the
city's water problems.
No one claims that building a new
tank will end the continuing threats of
running out of water, but as part of a
long-range design to supply the city to
the limits of its expected growth the
storage facility will help.
With a larger storage tank the city
would have between 150 and 235 new
service connections to supply growth
in the city for up to five years. Each
new water service hookup would
mean more tax income to the city. As
the tax base of Sandy would expand it
would mean a lower rate of tax on
each individual.
When it comes time for completing
the expansion of the water system by
constructing a new supply source at
Alder Creek the growth of the city
would lessen each individual’s
financial burden in paying for the
system.
An expanded tax base brought on
by growth in Sandy would not just
help pay for water service, but would
contribute its share to all costs of city
government.
Payments for the water bonds
would be made from revenues from
the current water service charges
and a recently adopted system s
development charge for new con
struction. There would be no tax hike
or water rate increases needed for the
issue.
Sandy must have more water to
grow. The proposed water storage
tank is necessary to provide that
added water. If Monday’s voters do
not approve the bond issue there will
be no growth. No growth means
higher taxes for the people who live in
Sandy.
Let’s vote yes for the water bond
issue Monday and help share our local
tax base with our new neighbors
growth will bring.
Tell It To Trl-Met
The Tri-Met Board of Directors has
placed a Tuesday deadline on any
written comments from the public on
its latest collection of revenue in
creasing proposals before it makes its
own choices on Sept. 2. The transit
system’s suggestions for getting more
local money include submitting a $5 a
year automobile registration fee
increase to Tri-county voters in May,
a 25 per cent jump in the payroll tax, a
nickel hike in bus fares and the selling
of advertising in buses.
Note that only on the auto
registration matter will voters have a
chance to choose how much they want
to pay for mass transit. The only
reason the $5 a year registration
increase could be on any ballot is that
the last legislature placed a con
stitutional amendment on next May’s
ballot allowing such fees collected
within a transit district to be used on
mass transit in that district, and then
only if district voters choose at the
polls to levy the increase on them
selves.
Tri-Met has never been forced to
submit any of its taxes and revenue
plans to voters in the past and has
never placed any tax before the
voters by its own choice. Now that the
legislature has taken action we hope
the people in the three counties
supporting Tri-Met will tell its board,
in writing by Tuesday or in person at
the Sept. 2 meeting, that the transit
district should seek voter approval of
all its taxes.
Auto registration fees, payroll
taxes and the often threatened sales
and income taxes all should be put on
the ballot rather than being rammed
down our throats. A government-run
transit system may be the best idea
for a metropolitan area that covers
parts of three counties, but no
government should have the power to
tax without the explicit approval of
the voters. We should get to vote on
whether or not we are willing to keep
paying the taxes the Tri-Met board
imposed in the past.
Tri-Met can ask us to mail in our
opinions on transit taxes, but the
decisions should be made at the polls
on all transit.taxes.
Unemployed vs. Underem ployed
You read and hear a great deal
about the unemployed.
You hear a great deal less about the
underemployed, although there are
those who claim those who claim it is
every bit as serious a problem.
The underemployed are those, of
course, who have been forced to take
on positions below their level of skills,
or level of eduction.
More and more college graduates
are joining the ranks of the under
employed. They would rather wash
dishes or sweep floors than do
nothing And in the process, they are
displacing the poorly trained.
There are no government statistics
on underem ploym ent but a 1974
survey found that better than one-
third of all American workers felt
they were overqualified for their jobs.
Nor does there seem to be an easy
or quick cure for underemployment.
The governm ent has barely a d
dressed itself to the problem, if at all.
For years, the Great American
Dream has been to go to college and
graduate into a good job. The hard
facts are that by 1985, there will be
800,000 more college graduates than
there are jobs.
The U S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
predicts that college graduates will
have to take jobs which make little or
no use of their skills. This will result
in burgeoning job dissatisfaction and
continual job shifting.
Does this mean youngsters who are
in elementary or high school today
should look elsewhere than college.
Most assuredly not. With unem
ployment and underem ploym ent
apparently a fact of life for years
ahead, those with education still will
get the jobs, however little training is
required It does mean that education
which focuses on job skills probably
will be pre-eminent.
We hope that in the process,
however education isn’t downgraded.
The economy won’t forever remain
stagnant and rewarding, satisfying,
challenging jobs won’t forever
disappear.
Services idea draws protest
C lackam as County com
missioners heard mostly ob
jections Tuesday to a proposal
to form a department of human
services in the county during a
hearing in Oregon City.
No action on the proposal,
which was suggested as a
means of coordinating county
service agencies, was taken
S everal people testified
against the proposal Others
said th^ idea needed more
study
Chairman Tom Telford said
another hearing would be held
before action on the proposal is
taken
“Women And Children Last!”
To the Editor:
We want to say thank you to
so many people for the interest
they showed us by attending
our flower show recently at the
Sandy Grade School gym Our
response was so tremendous we
plan to have another in a few
more months.
Help wanted: Will some one
along Proctor Boulevard be
kind to a flower today and see
that they get sufficient water
these hot summer days. It is a
th rill fo r us garden club
members to drive through town
and see the planting areas
clean of weeds and a sprinkle^
running.
Our club has spent a lot of
money on the planting and a lot
of hours have been worked We
regret that time did not allow
us to get a ll planting and
weeding done.
We want to say thank you to
the KiwanisClub for giving us a
hand Thanks goes to Enola.and
Geneva for planting their area
at 7 a m before their working
hours begin and our many
thanks to Oscar for seeing to it
that we had coffee and cold pop
A kind word or kind deed is
not easy to forget Thanks to
the Boy Scouts who gave us a
hand at end of a shovel. We
appreciate the long hours that
have been given in labor by Ned
at the CPA office, Mr. Johnston
and others I am sure we missed
making contact with. Also the
areas that were cleaned of
weeds and filled with new bark
dust when we arrived were so
much appreciated, but we do
not know just who to thank
Keep up the good work; it looks
great
Remember the garden club is
w illin g to keep our city
beautiful But we can not do it
alone, we need every one to
help
Members of Sandy
Garden Club,
Virginia Andrews
Betty Bordeaux
Shirley Dyal
Hope Brader
Marge Jacoby
To the Editor:
I would like to add a footnote
to my resignation from news
editor to feature writer on the
Sandy Post staff four months
ago
People are still asking me
what sparked the job switch. So
this is for them, and for those
who haven’t bothered to ask but
wanted to know
First of all, it was a very
difficult personal decision of
my own.
A fte r
spending
months
reviewing my own priorities I
realized th a t, for me, the
pressures and frustrations
related to the job represented a
higher degree of inconvenience
than I am willing to accept
right now in exchange for a
living.
The Sandy Post continues to
enlighten its readers with good
reportage of local news And
really, that's all that counts
Paul Keller
P O Box «8
Sandy
To the Editor:
The Sandy Area
Boys
Baseball Association would like
to give a big thank-you to all the
people that contributed to the
Fredrickson Memorial Fund. It
is greatly appreciated!
This will be applied to our
account to supply basebpll
equipment
and
supplies
necessary to help any boy who
is really interested in playing
baseball.
The B aseball Association
would also like to express their
appreciation to all who gave
th e ir tim e this sum m er in
making the teams a success
during the season and for the
Bicentennial
Ernest Sander, Pres
Evelyn Proctor, Sec.
Gary Sandblast. Area Rep
To the Editor:
Hurt - Grateful - Hopeful
Hurt over the defeat, grateful
for the support of those who
worked for the budget, and
hopeful for the future
The very close, but defeated
budget was to put it mildly —
disappointing
It was like
having your thumb hit by a
hammer — you’re too big to cry
and it hurts too much not to
We believe that our low
summer turnouts, which have
averaged less than 78 per cent
of the May elections for the past
several years, has to be a factor
in
budget
in
th at
low
turnouts have as a rule
not resulted in budget support.
Various theories can be ad
vanced conveming low turn
outs, depending on your point
of view, but regardless, the
budget defeat is indeed serious
Our task w ill be to better
communicate the facts of the
budget to the public We believe
that an informed citizenry will
support the financial plan that
is needed to m aintain the
quality of education that our
school provides and our
children deserve
In the next several weeks we
will attempt to speak to the
facts We will acknowledge our
areas for improvement as well
as our strengths as we address
budget issues.
We
are
com m itted
to
providing our children with the
best education possible, and we
will need your support Next
week — Strengths and Areas
for improvement.
Earl L. Covey
Superintendent,
Principal
Welches Elementary School
Wemme
To the Editor:
The pro du ctivity of our
people is being used to finance
a corrupt element within our
governm ent
This elem ent
seeks total control over us This
feeling has been expressed by
people in position to know such
as form er Atty Gen Saxbe,
W illia m Simons and m any
others
When Sandy needed $180.000
for a reservoir the request was
denied The same day I read
this in the "Post" there was an
article in which it was stated
CRAG has received $800,(XX)
from the federal government
for, of all things, a study
As I have a lread y said,
CRAG's
m oratorium
on
building has been implemented
Layoffs averted
fhrough budget cuts
by the D E Q , the Oregon
Health Div. and others As a
result the lumber industry has
suffered along with all phases
of construction industries
Budget cuts of $330,(XX) made
What this all leads up to is by Clackamas County com
that people are being denied the missioners Thursday should
right to own a piece of ground enable the county to avoid
or a home by m aking it
laying off any employes
economically impossible to do
The budget cuts were sub
so D oesn't this go along
milted by 18 of the county's 23
with the CRAG’s spokesman's departm ent heads and, ac
statement that we would be cording to officials, were
forced to live in high density necessary to meet the 7 per
areas, a p artm en ts in p a r cent salary increase grunted
ticular’’ And just who will own general fund employes
these a p a rtm e n ts 9 I would
The budget cuts do not affect
believe they will be owned by the s h e riff’s departm ent.
the corporate giants
Sheriffs deputies are currently
One party who was involved in binding arbitration with the
in this suit in the position of a county ov er u salary dispute
defendent was literally kicked
Savings to the county could
out of Lincoln County. He is increase another $35,000 if
now with the Oregon Health C o m m is s io n e r
B ob
Div., where he has been ac Schumacher approved an in
cused of the same malicious crease in zoning and other
antics. This resulted in SB 612 planning department fees
being passed This bill prac
Commissioner Tom Telford
tically eliminated the OHD opposes the move while
jurisdiction over mobile home C om m issioner Stan Skoko
parks
favors it Schumacher was on
A suitable question would
be—who installs these people in
key positions? There are many
people in positions of authority
who are injuring each of us by
destroying our freedom, etc.
They must be exposed and in so
doing so the chain of positions
will eventually lead to those
who wish to enslave us by
controlling our nation’s wealth
State Rep Ralph Groener,
Bill Schneider
Oregon
C ity , was elected
Boring
ch airm an of the Board of
Education
of C lackam as
To the Editor:
Community College and Bonnie
I would lik e to thank
Jones, Estacada, was elected
everyone who sponsored and
vice chairman at the board's
supported me on to Ithaca,
Aug 13 meeting Anne Nickel,
N Y., Aug 7 -12. You were the
M ilw a u k ie , was elected to
ones who made it all possible,
replace George Van Bergen as
part of a dream come true I
member from Zone 1
am very grateful to all of you
In other action, the board
I would also like to thank all
approved a proposed ad
of those who helped with and
m in is tra tiv e reorganization
contributed to the bake sale and
which would designate one
carwash.
dean to head the instructional
And most of all I would like to
area of the college D r Ron
thank coach Mark Smith who
Kaiser, former dean of oc
went with me to New York and
cupational education, was
through his patience worked
approved as dean of in
with me and did all he could for
struction.
me every since last November
The board heard reports that
(he also worked with me over
outdoor
recreatio n al
weekends and on his vacations) the
fa c ilitie s and Com m unity
through this August
Chris Roth C enter building courtyard
Blue M arlin Aquatic Club landscaping would be com
pleted in approximately three
To the Editor:
weeks
On Aug 14 the Sandy Com
munity Action Council met to
hear reports and to guide the
affairs of Sandy Community
Action Center Dick Harrison,
vice-president, reported that
Clackamas County Community
Action Agency and Clackamas
County Coalition For Social
Services
had
expressed
satisfaction with the work of
Sandy C om m unity Action
Center and had budgeted funds
% -
to pay the rent, utilities and
certain other expenses of the
center for the fiscal year July I,
1975 to June 30,1976
Sandy C om m unity Action
Council approved the granting
of office space at the center for
a federally sponsored youth
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counselling service and also lor
the biw eekly dispensing of
unemployment checks by the
A*
Groener
elected
board head
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vacation when the plans were
submitted
Largest projected savings
would come in the county
clerk's office which expects
$81.413. the bulk of it from
additional state fees.
An assessor's office plan also
calls for each employe to lake
three days off without pay for
the next 10 months This would
save an estimated $31.380
"IfAVE WENOT a U.
ONE fATllER?
h A Th NOTONE
G odcR EATEd
US?" Malachi 2 10
A lot of people acknowl
edge God as Father But
do they really understand
the man He made?
As you get ^deeper
understanding of the
Bible, the spiritual nature
of man and of all creation
appears Then Christian
unity and the brother
hood of man appear in
your life, too
Selections from the Bible
and Science and Health
with Key to the Scriptures
by Mary Baker Eddy, to
be read In our church
service this Sunday, will
help you understand the
Bible's message of
brotherly love in a new
light
We d love to welcome
you
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
CHURCH SERVICES
First Church of Chrltt,
Scientist
1526 W. Powell Blvd.
Gresham
10 a.m.
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