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SANDY OREGON, THURSDAY. SEPT 30. 1376
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Water bond approved
A 61 5 million water bond was approved
by Sandy voters Tuesday with 232 “ yes"
votes and 96 "no” votes.
This was the third time the bond had
been put before the city voters for the
purpose of financing a connection to Alder
Creek to obtain more water and create
new water storage areas. The city to
reaching its capacity for obtaining water
from its present source at Brownell
Springs, according tocity officials
The water bond was previously defeated
in September, 1974, with a tie vote of 107-
107. The bond was again defeated with a
vote of 162 128 in October, 1974.
The City of Sandy has filed water rights
for use of up to 1.6 million gallons of w ater
per day from the creek.
W o rke r appeal said successful
at Oregon Bulb Farm
TOM CAT to 26 year» old. That'» roughly equivalent to IRZ
year» oM la humaa age. according tohto mtotres». Phyllis
Finlay, who work» la Sandy. Tom. whose pedigreed name
to Klltey of Rohaway. to a two-owner c a t HI» previa
owner »bowed him to championship honor».
He's 26 years young
No other cat like Tom
by Suzanne Athmun
Phyllto Finlay has had a cat since the day she was born.
She wishes she could have Tom Cat until the day she
dies
•‘No cat could replace Tom ," she said.
The pedigreed Silver Gray Persian and his redheaded
owner talk the same language.
••We both have a real w ill to live—we absolutely refuse
to give up,” Phyllto said.
People who say cats don’t care about people are wrong,
Phyllis said, re la tii« how Tom ‘•anticipated my every
move" while she recovered from a near-fatal auto ac­
cident.
"H e was giving me energy and strength,” she said. " I d
say to him ‘We’re not down yet’ and I just know he un­
derstood me. I was all alone— I had nothing else to live
for.”
Tom stayed by her side as she recovered from the ac­
cident and endured a divorce.
Tom, who has the highfalutin’ name of Klltey of Rob-
sway, was three times national sweepstakes winner
before Phyllto bought him 13 years ago.
He’» a sprightly 36. this year That’s roughly equivalent
to 182 human years. Phyllis said
He doesn’t look a day over 100, though he pads around
Phyllis's Gresham home a bit haltingly these days
The cat who gave so much to his owner when she was
down is now on the receiving end
Tom has had a run of bad luck. Last winter he got a cyst,
then came down with pneumonia, which Persians are
quite susceptible to, Phyllis said.
• Then he got a fur ball the size of a grapefruit which
had to be removed,” she said sadly
That was followed by a stroke which laid him flat for
weeks while he was fed intravenously.
"Hecouldn't even get up."
Phyllis’s father, also a cat lover, helped nurse him back
to health with the aid of beef liver, eggnog ( made with egg
yolks and a little cream ), and an exotic cat food called
Kitty Queen, which costs 38 cents for a tiny can.
"The vet had given up on him, but Tom didn’t give up,”
Phyllto said. "H e has such a will to live.”
Meanwhile. Phyllis had moved from Sacramen­
to, Calif., to Oregon and gone to work for TransAmerica
Title Insurance in Sandy
She and her favorite feline were reunited when the son
of her fiance, Don Schilling, brought her cat up from
Sacramento on the airline.
Tom has always stuck as close as possible to his
mistress.
•'When I was traveling, he always slept in my suitcase
because he didn't want to be left behind.”
He had another favorite sleeping place.
"H e likes to nap in a man’s tennis shoe—especially if it's
d irty," Phyllis shook her head
Phyllto admires Tom's tenacity.
"H e stands up for his rights—he won’t let anyone walk
over him ," the owner said. "H e was always boss—we once
had 22 cats—except for a parrot—Tom couldn't figure the
parrot out because he talked like a person and just didn't
act like a bird ”
Tom knows what you’re telling him.
"When he starts across the street a ll you have to do to
call his name and he comes right back. He knows he isn’t
supposed to be doing i t ”
In his younger days, Tom was speedier than a rabbit.
Now he mostly goes for short walks in the Regner Road
neighborhood or nape on a newspaper in the living room.
Phyllto does see some action.
“ If I open the refrigerator he’s right there," she
laughed.
Dr. Nicholson says college
needs to tighten belt
Mt. Hood Community College is not
throwing in the towel because of a suc­
cession of budget defeats.
MHCC President D r Stephen Nicholson
told The Post last week that a lot of belt­
tightening obviously will be necessary
because of voters’ refusal to approve a
<783.000 budget levy Sept 21.
"But we still have 94 per cent of our
budget. We’ll have to be careful but we still
can offer a first-rate program We’re not
going tocry ‘wolf’ ."
Nicholson said the college has yet to do
an extensive analysis on the levy election
defeat but said the message was loud and
clear.
"The problem is, we are at a loss to
interpret the exact focus of this message.
We felt our attempts to economize, and the
resulting reduction of the tax rate by
almost 20 cents, was a sincere effort to
meet our students' needs and the tax­
payers' mandate."
He said he keeps hearing that the tax­
payers are having a special aversion to
paying taxes this year.
"B u t if that to the case, then why Is the
college being singled out while the other
school districts and cities are having their
budget levies approved?"
The MHCC board will meet Oct 13 to
plot a course of action and Nicholson said
he did not believe the decision would be for
another levy request.
" I will not recommend a fifth levy
election," the president said. "W e will
have to go again early next year and we
are really going to be in desperate straits.
"W e will have to make our request in
early, maybe March or April, and we will
need the time to get ready.
"As for now. we will just have to go
without and make do with what we have.
And make sure it is still offered at the
highest possible level."
Nicholson enumerated a number of ways
the college could save money :
—No new faculty. Instead, part-tim e
instructors will be used where necessary
—Reduction in and delay of m ain­
tenance work. A modest use of operating
expenses
—More careful scheduling and larger
classes
—Combination of classes. Instead of one
class a quarter for 10 students, one class a
year for 30 students
Nicholson said the college will look at
class minimums Normally, at least 12
students are necessary to offer a class
Salaries are fixed by contract or by
union agreement and nothing can be done
about these However, such vacancies aa
occur may or may not be filled
The appeal for workers at the Oregon
Bulb F a rm (O BF) was successful.
About 30 people applied for positions at
the bulb farm after The Outlook, The
Sandy Post and other media reported
workers shortages at the OBF.
The initial OBF story Sept 23 said the
fall harvest of bulbs was behind schedule
because of a lack of personnel to man
certain duties.
At that time a harvest completion date
would likely have been pushed past the
normal closing date of Nov. IS when
gathering of bulbs is the most difficult.
While the OBF is temporarily out of
danger from such a dilemma, more
workers will soon be needed as work a t­
tendance at the farm drops.
Tom Ellis, field representative for the
state employment division office in
Gresham, said he w ill continue to collect
names of people who are interested in
working for the OBF.
He also noted that potato farmers need
hired hands while people interested in
berry training, balling nursery stock and
cabbage and vegetable harvesting are still
needed in the Gresham-Sandy area.
For more information on these and other
jobs, Ellis can be reached at the state
employ ment office (665-3102).
"L ast Thursday when I went out to the
farm , it was running a t 95 per cent
capacity," said Ellis “ Of the 30 people
that were hired, we found that 20 of them
heard about the situation in The Outlook.”
Ellis added the OBF would be in full
production for two weeks and suggested
London bus to travel
to Bull Run hearing
There will be a formal public hearing on
the D raft Environmental Statement for
the Bull Run Planning Unit tonight from
7:30 to 10:30 at the Bonneville Power
Administration Auditorium in Portland.
The Sandy M e tro p o lita n T ra n s it
Authority will be providing rides to the
hearing in their recently purchased
London bus. The bus w ill be leaving from
the Clackamas County Bank a t 6 p.m.
Approximately 50 people will be able to
obtain rides on the vehicle.
Those wishing to make reservations for
the bus trip should contact The Sandy Post
at 668-5548
Both oral and writ* ” t » ‘imony w ill be
accepted at the hearing, but oral
testimony will be limited to three minutes.
Copies of the statement are available for
review at local public and college
libraries, as well as the Portland Bureau of
W ater Works and the Mt. Hood National
Forest office in Gresham.
The statement will be available for
comment until Oct. 30. All response
received from the public will be con­
sidered in the preparation of the final draft
environmental statement estimated to be
published in early 1977.
that an evening shift might be slated.
However, Jim Farley, OBF office
manager, later said not enough evening
personnel could be hired and the plan was
scrapped.
Farley said he is quite pleased with the
results but he sees the rush fading soon.
“ It's been quite a change,” said Farley.
"We were short Monday though, so we
moved people around to work a t full
strength
“ We’re still behind but we should be able
to finish up by Nov. 15 after all. I can ship
some truckloads out this week.”
Beginning w ith M o n day’s slig h t
recession of employes, Farley says the
reduction in force will continue.
"W e should be able to go another week
without problems.” Farley said. “We still
have a few names on the list to contact but
as soon as we run out of names we’ll be in
the same boat. I don't know what our
situation will be like in two weeks.”
Farley said he is still getting phone calls
from potential workers and welcomes
even more applicants, particularly those
who can at least work part-time.
"W e have a lot of people who work a 10
a.na. - 2 p.m. schedule. We’ll hire them; it
isn’t a problem. We can use more people. ”
Meanwhile Ellis to attempting to in­
stitute a work experience program for
high school students in the area.
He has been contacting high school
counselors and offering the program of
work experience which would allow an
hourly wage along with credit for a school
day.
At MHCC
Sports phase-out suggested
Intercollegiate athletics at Mt. Hood
Community College should be phased out
during the next five years.
That was the suggestion made by MHCC
Board Chairman Rick Gustafson last
Thursday night at a meeting of the
college's activities committee.
Gustafson made it plain he was speaking
only as an individual board member, not
for the board as a whole, and that his
suggestion was no spur-of-the-moment
thing
“ I'v e been thinking about this for at
least two years."
Gustafson said the prim ary function of a
community college should be education
and community service and that he could
not support the use of tax dollars for an
intercollegiate sports program.
He conceded he had not fully thought out
his positions on other "co-curricular"
a c tiv itie s like band or debate or
publications. He said he was merely trying
to get a philosophical discussion under
way and that he would welcome a
rationale which would include sports in the
two main functions of MHCC (education
and community service).
Gustafson did say that club sports should
be encouraged as well as intram ural
competition
Gustafson said “ self-su pp o rtin g"
programs might continue but as a m atter
of fact, all athletic programs at MHCC
need financial help. He also said he would
terminate tuition waivers within two or
three years These go to both athletes and
non-athletes.
Gustafson said his remarks on athletics
were entirely his own and in no way
represented board policy.
The activities committee has been
engaged in a year long study of the entire
MHCC program, not just athletics, under
Original Mt. Hood plan
adopted by county
e
The Clackamas County Commissioners
Monday adopted the original plan for the
ML Hood Corridor
The County Planning Commission had
recommended 44 amendments to the plan
which would incorporate a density
population figure of about 14,000 to 18,000
persons inside Clackamas County region
of the corridor.
Swine flu clinic set
The
C lackam as
County
H e a lth
Department will sponsor a swine flu
vaccination clinic at the Sandy Senior
Center on Tuesday, Oct. 12.
Sandy-Hoodland area senior citizens are
invited to participate in the clinic, which
will be held from 2 to4 30 p m
A repeat of the swine flu epidemic which
killed thousand» of people in 1918 to ex­
pected to sweep the country again this
the chairmanship of Clem Eischen of
Rockwood. Sub-committee reports are
being prepared and a complete report w ill
be ready early next year.
D r. Stephen Nicholson, new MHCC
president, and Board Member Eulalie
Mishima also spoke to the meeting. Mrs.
Mishima ascribed recent MHCC budget
defeats to a need for a better explanation
of college policies and not to public
disaffection.
"The people haven’t turned their back
on education.” Mrs Mishima said.
year, according to Margaret W right of the
Clackamas County Health Department.
Mrs Wright said there w ill be a public
clinic in the Sandy area later in the year.
Flu shots will be given in order of priority
and senior citizens will be vaccinated first.
Anyone who to allergic to eggs should not
take the vaccine, Mrs W right noted. And
those being immunized should be free of
any illness or fever for at least 48 hours.
The commissioners have agreed to have
a comprehensive plan amendment drawn
up by Nov. 8 that would include any
changes proposed in the present county
plan for the Mt Hood area
Further discussions on the limits of the
area and the density of development will
take place before the amendment is drawn
up
“ It (testimony) got so involved that none
of us could cope with the enormous amount
of information.” said one of the com­
missioners to the Poet
The county commission heard lengthy
testimony in late August, mainly from
residents in the corridor Some suggested
the commission stay with the original plan
which would allow for more development
than the amended plan
The proposed interagency plan was
adopted by the Clackamas County Com­
missioners in 1973 It was developed by
officials of Clackamas and Hood River
Counties, the U S . Forest Service and the
U S. Bureau of Land Management