20 - SANDY (Ore.) POST Thurs., Dec. 2. 1976
Tri-County Commision hosts
'Critical Questions' conference
The
Tri-C ounty
Local
Government Commission is one
of five sponsors of “ Critical
Questions,” a citizens' in
volvement conference at the
Hilton Hotel Dec 3.. beginning
at 11:30 a m with registration.
The conference is open to the
public.
Kent Mathewson. former
Salem city manager, w ill be the
keynote
speaker.
Now
president of the Metropolitan
Fund, an urban affairs forum
serving the Detroit region.
Mathewsons topic w ill be
“ Regional Citizenship,
An
Imperative for the F u tu re " It
is intended to establish the
framework for development of
a regional citizen’s group
“ We have planned a con
ference format in which par
ticipants w ill be encouraged to
make some important com
munity decisions,” said Dr.
Ron Cease, chairman of the
Tri-County Local Government
Commission.
The 65-member Tri-County
Local Government Commission
is proposing an amendment to
the present M etro po lita n
Service D istrict <MSD> statute
which would p e rm it the
transfer of planning acitivities
now
perform ed
by
the
Columbia Region Association
of Governments tCRAG» to the
MSD
The commission also is
recom m ending
that
the
governing body of the ex
panding MSD be a 15-member
d ire c tly elected p a rt-tim e
council, and that the chief
executive o ffic e r also be
directly elected.
The commission w ill be
proposing legislation at the 1977
legislative session.
“ We are aiming for an at
tendance of 300 people at
Critical Questions.”
Cease
said. “ We are calling the
conference Critical Questions
because we are asking for
people’s reactions to our
proposals and also hope to get
some help on problems the
comm ission
has
been
strug glin g w ith — neigh
borhood involvement,
con
solidation of special districts,
and taxation problems where
city residents are paying for
both city and county services.
“ Much of the commission’s
work the next few months w ill
be based on ideas coming out of
t he co nf erence workshops,' ’
Cease said.
Other conference sponsors
include the First State Bank of
Oregon, Pav*s. Biggs. Strayer,
Stoel and Boley law firm , the
Metropolitan Action Council
and Coga n a nd Associates
Nuclear fallout didn't hurt milk
Oregon dairymen and the
consumers who use their milk
do not have to worry about their
m ilk supply being con
taminated by radiation as a
result of the nuclear cloud that
passed over Oregon Nov. 20.
State Director of Agriculture
Leonard Kunzman made this
statement after the state’s
dairymen had voiced concern
about the safety of using their
pasture lands The cloud was
from the nuclear blast set off in
the Peoples Republic of China
The d irector said that
preliminary reports indicate
more fa llo ut occurred in
and raw milk
Sanitarians from the Oregon
Department of Agriculture
were taking special samples for
the Division of Health this
week The EPA has requested a
sample from the Portland area
only
Routine samplings for testing
by the Division of Health
laboratory are taken by the
sanitarians the first Monday of
each month. Yearly routine
samplings of raw m ilk are
made for the EPA, with these
samples sent to a federal
laboratory in Nevada
The EPA special samples are
Oregon from a blast in the
Peoples Republic of China that
passed over Oregon in Sep
tember and even then radiation
levels were insignificant.
The Oregon Department of
Agriculture routinely takes
monthly samplings of milk
from seven different areas for
testing by the Oregon Division
of Health for nuclear radiation
contamination.
Other samplings are made on
request for the Division of
Health and the Federal
E nviro nm e nta l
Protection
Agency. The samples taken for
the EPA are pasteurized milk
of pasteurized m ilk and are
sent to a federal laboratory in
Alabama for testing.
Samples are taken on an area
basis with the state divided into
seven areas.
These areas and the locations
where the samples are taken
are:
eastern
Oregon,
LaGrande; central Oregon,
Bend, north coastal area,
Tillamook;
mid-Willamette
V alley.
C o rv a llis ;
south
Willamette Valley, Eugene;
southern Oregon, Medford, and
Portland
Sealed bidding ruled for timber
Oregon and Washington
national timber sales w ill be
made only through sealed bids
for at least the next few weeks,
the Forest Service announced
last week
The service decided against
granting exceptions to continue
oral bidding to l l cities or
towns that could have their
local economies hurt by the
decision.
Nine of the towns are in
Oregon and two are in
Washington and a ll are
dependent on national forests
for more than half of their m ill
timber of log supply. The
could face supply shortages if
m ill operators from outside
areas
successfully
buy
government timber through
sealed bids
The Oregon communities are
Prineville, John Day, Bend.
Redmond. Gilchrist. Hines,
Burns,
Lakeview
and
Brookings
“ There was no clear evidence
that the identified communities
would be adversely affected by
the interim sealed bidding
procedures,” the Forest Ser
vice said
“ Therefore, the
group recommended that sales
to be awarded before April 1,
1977 be advertised by sealed
bidding, except where oral
auction is approved by the
regional forester ”
The bidding decision brought
criticism from Sen. Mark
Hatfield. R-Oregon, and Rep
A1 L'llman, D-Oregon. The
congressmen asserted in a
letter to U S. Forest Service
Chief John McGuire that the
plans “ do not provide the
degree of flexibility that may
be necessary, in some c ir
cumstances. to protect com
munity stability and public
welfare in many parts of the
West.”
Oral auctions allow a local
bidder to continue increasing
his bid to top the bid of an
outside company A number of
forests that postponed sales
until the temporary rules were
decided are scheduled to
resume sales next week.
Among them is Mt. Hood
National Forest.
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Groener may need some seasoning
but will add fresh approach
Democrat Ralph Groener
could add a vitality and youth
ful
exuberance
to
the
Clackamas County Board of
Commissioners when he takes
office in January.
Groener, 34. upset incumbent
candidate Tom Telford an
eight-year veteran of the
commission, in the November
general election. However.
Groener is not a newcomer to
politics, having served two
terms in the Oregon House.
He has an arrogant style of
politicking, is an effective
speaker who is at his best when
punctuating his message with
debate from the audience, and
is a charismatic campaigner
who often wins converts after
having appeared in person
But Groener, by his own
admisssion, has much to learn
about county government
before taking office in January.
Veteran Commissioner Robert
Schumacher said he and
Commissioner Stan Skoko will
meet next month in a “ remote
place” with Groener to go into
some uninterrupted cramming.
Groener scores high points in
human services, but is shakey
when it comes to budgetary
matters, in which he admits to
having little expertise He lists
improvement of low income
housing as high on his list of
priorities, and has said there is
Flea market
set at Sandy
Grange
a need for more housing for the
elderly and the impoverished in
Clackamas County.
Groener said during his
campaign that he wanted to
remove Wally Telford, director
to the county housing authority,
from office. He stands by his
statement and claims that the
day he takes office “ won’t be
too soon ’ to remove him
The commissioner-elect said
he wants to bring a more
progressive attitude to county
politics and policies but said he
needs more time to decide on
wha t specifically he w ill do as a
commissioner.
Both Skoko and Schmuacher
believe Groener can make it as
a county commissioner, but
add that he needs a little
seasoning before he can dry the
wet spots behind his ears.
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Clip and Save this H andy Schedule!
5pm to 9pm
1 1am to 8pm
A flea market w ill be held at
the Sandy Grange Hall on Kelso
Road east of Orient Drive
Friday and Saturday, Dec 3
and 4, from 9 a m. to 6 p m.
Sandwiches, doughnuts and
coffee w ill be served
Tables are still available both
days. If interested, call 668 4317
or 668 7519
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