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Bunco artists solicit unsuspecting residents Teenager» reportedly soliciting donation» from area residents (or a Sandy Union High School Junior varsity football team have been doing so without the authorization of the school district. Joe DeMarsh, superintendent of the Sandy Union High School District, told the Post that his office has received reporta of 13-15 year olds usking for donations for school teams which are not sponsored by the school "We wouldn't fund things that way," said IX-Mursh He added that even though tiie district budget hasn’t been approved, the activity program hasn’t been cur tailed " I suspect that this may be a local problem," he said. “ In times like this without a budget- these ureas become a little more fertile ground for a fund raising type of fraud." DeMarsh said the teenagers have particularly approached older citizens and people who don’t have a close association with the school and "might not realize that it is a fraud scheme of some type." DeMarsh added that the high school doesn't participate or sponsor door-to-door kinds of solicitation "W e’d like to know immediately from anyone who might receive such a request " DeMarsh also said the district has been alerted to mail fraud schemes In which school districts are asked to sign up for equal opportunity em ploym ent a d vertisements in a Portland newspaper that does not exist. The schemers, using Los Angeles ad dresses, send invoices to school officials for renewal of advertisements in the “ Herald-Dispatch" stating the school is an equal opportunity employer. “ Solicitation is part of the times,” said DeMarsh. “ All government agencies and schools are trying to comply with requirements that schools publish in newspapers of regional circulation that they are an equal opportunity employer and they subscribe to federal guidelines and equal opportunity employment." He added that he believed the nature of the requirement can open the door to this type of sales attempt. "This is the second or third time we’ve had this approach.” DeMarsh said his office was recently solicited by a Los Angeles company that wanted »100 to »500 to renew an equal opportunity statement advertisement "Somebody will call and give you the impression that you have previously ad vertised with them," he said. "They ask you to renew your support and previous ad hoping that someone wouldn’t know what’s going on. He said the bunco artists then say they will renew the advertisement and send their usual billing. * "About that time we know we have a scheme in progress." K epresentatives for the H erald Dispatch do not identify the newspaper location and DeMarsh said when pressed for a telephone or address, the callers immediately hang up. DeMarsh said when the district receives what it believes to be a fraudulant call, the Better Business Bureau and the state attorney general are notified. The good earth AUTUMN begins to cast its longer shadows, a resurgence of activity Is noted on Clackamas County soil, such as on this T.H. Belcher Nursery tree farm on Revenue Road. Roy Belcher is cultivating to loosen the soil after budding has tamped It down, although cultivation is not restricted to fall days. General deciduous trees are growing here, to be shipped to Eastern markets after they develop. Strawberry harvest good, raspberries average Vol. 66 Single Copy 16c SANDY, OREGON. THURSDAY, SEPT. 2,1976 No 36 After a slow start, the summer of ’76 turned out to be a successful season for strawberries in Clackamas County It was an average season for raspberries Frem ont Sprowls, Oregon State University extension agent, said acreage in the region was scarce for strawberries and the season got off slowly with the harvest eventually improving. CRAG chief McBride attacks opponents of SB 100 at Chamber meeting Those who want to repeal Senate Bill 100 are recommending a course of action which would have the exact opposite effect of what they want, Beaverton Mayor David McBride told the Sandy Chamber of Commerce Tuesday McBride, chairman of the Columbia Region Association of Governments (CRAG) executive board, and Larry Rice, executive director of CRAG, addressed the noon weekly meeting of the group "Reasons are being forwarded that this would increase local control,"he said. “ But that's not what would happen." McBride was careful to differentiate between CRAG and the Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) LCDC was created by the enactment of SB 100 during the 1973 session for the purpose of formulating and adopting statewide planning goals. CRAG is a comprehensive regional planning agency fo r C lackam as, M ultnom ah and Washington counties. According to McBride, CRAG provides an opportunity for citizens to have discussions in public, elim in a tin g backroom decisions on the location of highways and other projects. “ If eliminated, these decisions are still going to be made," said McBride. But he added that they are going to be made at a higher level, not a lower level. McBride defended the structure of CRAG to the chamber “ One of my difficulties in listening to objections to CRAG is that critics often refer to CRAG a s ’they.’ ” He added, “ CRAG is us." McBride said CRAG is a body of elected people. And he said a separate body of directly elected CRAG officials would provide a separate power structure that is not full of local concerns. McBride said cities such as Sandy and Beaverton could cope with that some call the power structure of Portland and Multnomah County. “ We could face them down. But this isn’t a practical problem. There hasn't been an instance that I can recall where that’s been a problem. The hardest thing to do is for Portland and Multnomah County to get together,” he said and defend Mayor Neil Goldschmidt's position in CRAG by pointing out that Goldschmidt often refrains from voting on issues “ The mayor has to be very careful of what the rest of his council thinks,” he said. City versus county breaks are more common in voting than Portland and Multnomah County versus the outlying areas," said McBride. McBride said the relationship between CRAG planners and city planners is very close. And when questioned about setting limits for cities such as Sandy. McBride said he believed if both Sandy and Clackamas County agreed to the boundary of the city, that is where the lim it would be set. Rice said the proposed urban growth boundaries tor Sandy allowed for between 11,000 and 20,000 people. He added that it would be up to the city voters to decide whether or not they want to grow in the upcoming water bond election. “Of course, a lot of farms w e if U-Pick and their success depends upon whom you talk to," Sprawls said. "B ut in general, production was good. ” Sprowls said the average was probably about three tons of strawberries to the acre, which he said was about average. He also said the average price was about 25 cents a pound * "A problem in giving an average price is that they (the growers' change their prices so often. But it usually comes out to about 25 cents." Sprowls said the raspberry season was one of the longest in recent memory. “ Yet the production was fairly normal and a lot of farms were even reporting less than last year. I haven’t figured that one out yet.” Sprowls did say that there were also a lot of good raspberry yields being reported. ALTHOUGH SCHOOL bells won’t ring for mother few days for most area students, .'uttrell students are busy at work. Taml Boyles Is • fifth grader In the classroom of Amy Ingels. (Pont photo) Lazy summer days end School bells will ring out for numerous iandy-Hoodland students on Tuesday after he last lazy days of summer during the .abor Day Weekend. Sandy Union High School enrollment la »xpected to be 1,200 this year The school will open for a full day of classes on ruesday without an approved budget. Firwood School in the Sandy Elemen- tary School District, is expected to open with 490 students Officials estimate that the Sandy intermediate building will have 500 students and the upper grades are expected to have 420 students Sandy Elementary School District is also opening without an approved budget Welches enrollment is expected to be 300 students this year. Bull Run enrollment is expected to hit 75. The implications of an election failure in September were reviewed with the Nov. 2 date being the earliest time at which another election could be held. The committee asked District Supt Joe DeMarsh for an approximate time-line which might lead to school closure should the district fail to achieve funding in September The group decided to prepare a privately sponsored mail-out to express support for work in the library and park systems The cuts in services came as the result of an election where county voters turned down a three year parka and serial levy of »630,711 each year to keep parks and libraries open. around Oct 1. As for farmers quitting or selling out, Sprowls said many were unsure of their future in the berry growing business “ Some just don’t know what’s going to happen. Some of the places have been sola and the growers don't know what the new owners are going to do They aren't sure if their contracts will be renewed.'' Sprowls said some of the berry farms are just barely surviving and the lineup for next year would not be certain until January. “ All the berry growers work on ad vanced funds and January is when they apply for their credit. That’s when we ll know who'll be back in business for next season ” Redland school site The Clackamas County Board of Com missioners Monday approved a con ditional use permit for a high school for the Redland School District. The commissioners granted the appeal of Shirley Dessert which overturns the the operations budget and point out the overall positive programs that now exist which could be threatened if funding was not available. The group was made up of in dividuals from retired families on fixed incomes, businessmen and area employes The committee expressed hopes that the m ailer would not only express support for the school but remind voters of the most important election Libraries, parks to close following Clackamas election Clackamas County libraries will close Sept 30 So will county parks Playground equipment in the parks will be removed, as will trash containers and picnic tables. Maintenance in the parks will cease. The county will lay off employes who The blackberry season has been strung out by the wet and cold, he added, and he guessed the season would end sometime Commission approves Patrons organize to support September SUHS budget election A group of high school patrons met a Sandy resident Tuesday evening in the Sandy High School Library under the chairmanship of George Morgan to seek methods through which support for the Sept 21 Sandy High School Budget could be generated. Discussions centered around the low voter turnout in previous elections and the budget reductions made by the budget board. He said the quality was good this year, in spite of the rain, and that there was very little mold. The vote was cloae—6.58» casting ballots against the measure to 6,?36—In voting in favor. Those ballots represented 11.33 per cent of the registered voters In Clackamas County. planning commission's denial of the permit. The planners on July 19 turned down the conditional use permit to build the school on a site in the Redland area. A bond issue election has been set for Sept. 21 on the high school Freshmen students in the Redland district now will attend Sandy Union High School while the remainder of the students attend Estacada High School The Redland patrons have been divided over the question of a new high school. The Redland School Board sees a need for a new high school, while another group. Responsible School Planning, is opposed to the proposal. 89-year-old patient gone Ulya Wilkins, an 89-year-old patient from Baunach’s Home for the Aged, has been reported missing from the home since last Thursday. Sandy Police Chief Fred Punzel said Mrs. Wilkins walked away from the home Thursday afternoon and may have been in a confused state of mind. The Sandy Police Department made an extensive search of the area surrounding the home after she was reported missing and told the Post that “ We can t come up with anything." Punzel has asked for anyone who thinks they may have seen Mrs. Wilkins to contact the police immediately She is described as being 5 feet, 2 inches tall with blue eyes and gray hair She also may be wearing glasses.
