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School boards to hold meetings Three area schiMil boards w ill hold their regular monthly meetings Monday night Sandy Union High. Sandy Grade and Welches Glade school Imards w ill all convene al » p in at their respective schools The Welclies hoard is scheduled Io discuss appointment ol a new hoard member to till a vacancy created by the resignation ol Get .iId Redding. says acting Supl John Cook Wedding's resignation becomes ellective Monday Bourd eliairm an Bruce Erickson says the hoard w ill prohuhly discuss the best wav Io till the position at Ihe meeting and w ill not appoint anyone until a later date The Welches directms w ill also hold an executive session at (tie meeting Io deal w it ti personnel matters m the district I ook says that use o| the school building alter class hours is included in the agenda lor (tie buard At Sandy Grade School Ixiard members w ill act on the hiring of three new teachers One ol the added faculty members w ill work full time while the oilier two have been hired as part lime teachers, Supl < 'lark Lund says I he grade school Imard authorized Lund to till the positions at its September meeting Lund named the new teachers as Donna Robinson, lu ll tune teacher hired with Title I funds. Donna Carline. half tune teacher lor lust grade, and Kathleen I ’o lle r hall tune music teacher I lie hoard w ill lie piesented a budget pre,taralion calendar lor the 1976 77 school year Supl Lund says the hoard w ill also discuss adoption ot three district |M»licy changes Ore would involve "m in o r revisions" in ihe district's code ot condqct for students, he says Another would redefine job description policies of ihe district and Ihe thud proposed change would cover district Workmen's Compensation policies Other grade school agenda items w ill include installing a water meter for the sprinkling system on the school’s athletic field, construction of walls at the Firwood School playshed and sale of two school buses. The Sandy Union High school w ill also be reviewing its proposed hudget calendar •Monday and discussing developing new procedures New procedures under consideration are non renewal and dismissal of probationary teachers and hoard hearings for both actions I tie board w ill be informed ol contract negotiation progress by Supl JoDeMarsh and w ill hear the schedule of the high school's ojx-ri house Rhododendron group meets Saturday Joey s ski Shop in Rhododendron w ill he the meeting place this Saturday at 2 p in lor the Rhododendron Neighborhood Group Robert Moody, citizen coordinator (or the Clackamas County, w ill attend the afternoon m eeting An election of executive committee memtiers is also on the agenda Eauhton .md Woodland area residents tlav e also I wen invited to the meet mg Single Copy 15' SANDY. OREGON. THURSDAY. Oct 9 1975 No. 46 Zoning rules change proposed by Howard Scott Post editor Actual costs of any work would be figured on a per hour basis, Hatfield says The base fees for zoning applications are Public hearings w ill lie field next month by the Sandy Planning Commission on $200 (or a zone change, J150 for a con three proposed ordinances affecting ditional use permit, $5(i for a variance, at zoning in the City of Sandy, it was decided least $200 for a subdivision, and $50 for a partition by the city council Monday If passage is recommended by the One ot the ordinances to be considered would add a technical services deposit to planning commission and the council passes the measure it would go into effect fees required for applications for zone immediately changes, conditional use permits, zoning In a second zoning ordinance proposed variances, subdivisions and partitions The added deposit of $2(X) would cover by the planning commission any area the actual cost of special engineering, annexed by the city would retain the planning or legal services in connection zoning given it by the county until a zone with such applications If actual costs change is requested The third items would create a a r exceed the in itia l deposit, the city wisild chitectural control zone in the business collect another $2(H» Any balance left after compfetton of city district of downtown Sandy. New construction within that zone would work would be refunded to tlx* applicant be required to have natural appearing C ity Manager Carl Hatfield says that work being done to prepare applications wood or stone exterior finishes Proposed finishes for new or remodeled for the planning commission and city buildings would be approved by the city's council is taking more and more time of design review board city employes and consultants The new measure would not apply to e xistin g buildings unless e x te rio r remodeling was planned Interior design would not be affected The planning commission hearings w ill he at 7:30 p m Nov. 5. The council decided Monday to prepare amendments to the city's water and zoning ordinances in order to implement a revised water policy The new policy would lim it the number ot new water service connections any one development could have in a year Public works superintendent Ken Burdick informed the city that there are currently 1,039 units receiving water service Sale of u bond issue tor construction of the city's new water storage tank to F irst National Bank of Gresham was approved by the council First National was low bidder for the bonds placing a $140,382 price tag on the issue, or a 7 144 per cent interest rate Second bidder on the issue was Clackamas County Bank of Sandy at $142.46195. o r 7 2499percent. Councilman Vern Richards cast the lone dissenting vote against a proposed sign ordinance forcing the matter over to a later council meeting for final passage The ordinance, com bining sign regulations scattered throughout the Sandy zoning ordinance into one code, would also set a maximum sign size of 32 square feet and a maximum misdemeanor fine for violating the ordinance of $500 The sign ordinance included an emergency clause which required a unanimous vote for passage at a single meeting of the council Richards voiced disapproval of the $500 maximum fine, calling it excessive Other councilmen pointed out that the maximum fine for other misdemeanor offenses was also $500 and that a judge did not have to impose the maximum penalty in any case. The m atter w ill be reconsidered at a Oct 20 council meeting The council also directed the city engineer to proceed with work on two proposed limited improvement districts JOE (E .IK A of Sandy's Coast-lo-Coast hardware store displays one of two 111- speed bikes to be awarded as part of the Bost's annual subscription driv e Saturday evening. (Postphoto! Contest enters final days Tom Trask and Kim berly M iller shared honors for turning in the most new sub scriptions in the Sandy Post subscription drive last week and now all 29 of the en trants in the contest are scrambling to get new subscribers in the final three days of the annual event. Both M iller and Trask w ill receive prizes for their work last week Over all winner of the sales drive w ill have the choice of a motorcycle or a horse. saddle and bridle Other contest prizes w ill include «.a color television, cassette recorder and two lOspeed bicycles Anyone interested in helping out one of the contestants can turn to page 16 for a subscription order blank and a list of the sales kids A ll subscriptions must be turned in by 6 p m Saturday for contest credit. Winners of the drive w ill be announced at 7 p m . Saturday Firwood PTA meets tonight The Firwood PTA w ill hold an open house at the country building at the same house tonight to give parents a chance to time see their child's classroom and visit with Following the open house refreshments teachers. ~uUl.be served The open house starts a . .. J runs until There w ill be booths where parents can 8:30 p.m. sign up to join the PTA. volunteer for PTA Parents of children in classes at the activities and register to vote Sandy Ridge School w ill have an open Limits loom this w inter Enrollment surges at MHCC campus • Mt Hood Community College has more enrollment, perhaps as early as winter If the enrollment trend continues, the an unanswered question. Scott said Areas students than the combined populations of term «college "would have to be lim iting hit first would be specialized courses, such TroutdalV. WooiFVillage and Fairview • • The reason is a fall enrollment figure enrollment no later than spring and as the vocational technical series, where It's causing problems that w ill be much higher than the state possibly winter term,,' Scot, said For the first lim e in the school's history, established enrollment figure upon which /page 7 How enrollment would be limited is s till reimbursement money is portioned out officials face the possibhty of lim iting MHCC receives an average of $7(X! in state funds for each full time equivalent student at the school, explained Bob Scott, college business manager Tax rates for residents of Sandy have last year When the college's full time equivalent been published by Clackamas County Total assessed value for all property in reaches 6,317, state aid stops Assessor Juanita Orr the city was placed at $20,327,640 com Projections indicate MHCC's full time Total rate for all district taxes w ill be pared to$18.098,080 for 1974-75. equivalent enrollment w ill exceed 7.IWM! $33 88 per thousand dollars of assessed Tax rates for the city, county and all during the fourth week of school, when valuation, Mrs Orr says, up from $33 80 special districts are listed below enrollment figures are turned in to the state. Sandy resident tax rates 1974-75 1975-76 Since the college w ill not receive the $700 in state aid for those extra 7(X) full time County ............................................. $ 1.1U $ 1 .0 5 equivalent students, that's $490,(XX) tha, has to be made up elsewhere S ch o o l D is t. No. U6 . . . . 8.9H 1 0 .6 2 Thai's the reason enrollment w ill likely C lack . I .E .D .................................. 2 .7 7 2 .5 5 have to lie curtailed later in the school U .K .S. No. 2 . . . . . . . . 5 .6 7 6 .4 3 year The college's total enrollment figure for C ity No. 6 .................................... U .6 3 8 .8 6 the fourth week of school is projected to be Rood No. 6 .................................... 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 12,500, an increase of approximately 18 per F ir e No. 7 2 ................................ 1 .7 7 cent over last year I .9 1 The full time equivalent figure is Mt.Hood Comm. C o lle g e No. 1 . I .6 7 2 .2 3 established by dividing the credits each V ec to r No. 1 ................................ 0 .0 2 0 .0 3 student takes by 15, which is the minimum P o rt No« ! • • • • • • • • • 0 .1 9 0 .2 0 credits needed for classification as a full tim e student $33-80 TOTAL RATE $ 3 3 .0 8 Local tax rafes set f> Post office has plenty of room Postmark Boring BORING Letters mailed here w ill soon be relieved of that cramped sensation In March of next year, the town’s new post office on High way 212 w ill take over from the small, fa m ilia r office down town It w ill tie a big change The new building has 8,780 sq ft of floor space, about 4's times the space of the current post office, which has served Boring for 40 years The new post office is so spacious it even has an executive res, room for the postmaster, said Postmaster Wilbur Shutes with a smile, I Steady growth, and the an ticipation of more to come is the reason for the new post office, Shutes said. In the past five years postal subscribers have doubled to about 3,300 mailboxes serving an estimated population of 13,000 In the past four years, ser vice has expanded from three light duty routes to six heavy duty routes, Shutes said Volume of mail on a heavy duty route is the maximum a single route can carry, Shutes said He anticipates 10 such routes in the next five years The new post office w ill be hrick with a tile roof A.D Ford Co. is contractor Cost is ap proximately $700,000 Whatever the landscaping, it w ill lie enhanced by several tall, swaying trees that were left in front of the new struc ture The new post office should be a boon for carriers, clerks and customers, Shutes said "W e have 117 post office boxes at our present location, which aren’t enough," Shutes said, "A t the new post office there w ill lx1 400 boxes and room for more if we need them ." At present, there is room for only three carriers to load their trucks at the present post of flee. Shutes said The new post office w ill have a separate, covered stall for each ca rrier Heating and cooling equip ment w ill a ll be located on the roof, which should make it so quiet on the inside you could hear an airma iI stamp drop B oring Post O ffice is responsible for a much larger area than just Boring. Shutes said Boundaries for the post office are Dodge Park to the east, 172nd Avenue to the west, Multnomah County to the north and Barton to the south B ike r in ju re d A I3-YEAR-OLI) Sandy area youngster was injured in a car-bike accident Monday- on SE Trubel Road about 4:45 p.m. Dan Crawford. 40445SE Trubel Road was taken to Gresham Community Hospital with a broken ankle and scalp cuts. GOING HUNTING ? ? ? If you re hunting fo r o new C hevrolet cor or fun truck and you w a n t m ore value at low er prices - then by all m eans you should com e to Carlson C hevrolet s Car C orral in Sandy. It s s tric tly OPEN SEASON rig h t now on left over 75 Chev Cars and Trucks a t Carlson s. You II save the large 76 price increase and still save the year-end fa cto ry a llow ance too. We still have a good selection and we II find it fo r you if w e don t hove it. You II save a BUCK and spend less DOE when you aim at a new Chevy a t C arlson Chev s HAPPY HUNTING GROUNDS If you don t fin d the rig h t shot from our HERD you can o rd e r a new '76 Chev and we II DRESS IT OUT to suit yo ur a p p e titie So d o n ’t get BUCK FEVER and don t pass the buck just bring your "DOE” ta g and SHOOT IN to CARLSON S CHEVY CORRAl You II BAG the best TROPHY that con be found in THEM THAR HILLS Think a b o u t it - and rem em ber when you do go hunting you pass rig h t by Carlson C hevrolet so stop in at Carlson s w he re the co ffe e pot is alw ays w arm We w an t a ll HUNTERS to BE-A-WARE o f our large r inventory at lo w e r prices w here you II g et more service w ith less e ffo rt at PETE À Sand, •M -4111 CARLSON SANDY Open Evenings I Sunday
