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About Sandy post. (Sandy, Oregon) 1938-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1976)
T. Telford due honor by Firwood group Oregon D epartm ent of Revenue representative Robert F ielder and Clackamas County Commissioner Tom Telford w ill be guests at the Christmas meeting and food drive of Firwood’s Neighbors. Inc. on Tuesday, Dec 14. The 7:30 p.m. meeting w ill be held at Firwood School. Telford, who w ill be leaving office in January, w ill be honored by the group for his pust assistance and long association with citizen participation and neigh borhood organizations which began locally with Telford’s initiation of the Boring- Sandy Study in 1873 Fielder, a tax specialist with the state Department of Revenu«*, w ill be making a return visit to present some in-depth material on the tax elements covering the Exclusive Farm Use Zone, and House Bill 301S. That legislation prescribes the way so- calk*d “ restricted-development" land lying within Exclusive Farm Use or Transitional Timber zones, be assessed It also prescribes regulations for public water. Firwood’s Neighbors w ill continue the practice of contributing to the Sandy K iw anis Christm as food d riv e by requesting members to deposit canned food in the barrel at Shorty's Corner, and at Tuesday night's meeting. Waters arraigned on murder charge Bernard Waters was arraigned last Thursday and entered an innocent plea in response to an indictment charging him with first degree murder in an apparent “ quick-draw * shooting incident in a Government Camp motel. The Clackamas County D is tric t Attorney's office said the trial date has been set for Feb 15. Bail was reduced from 1 10.000 to $3,000, a D istrict Attorney's office spokesman reported In November. Waters was arrested in connection with the shooting death of Jack Lee Warren, 30. of Hillsboro State Police said an apparent “ quick- draw'' contest between the two men in a Government Camp motel room resulted in Warren's death Warren’s 8 year old son apparently watched the incident, police said Waters surrendered to a resident state patrolman in Government Camp and directed police to the motel room where Warren’s body was found Waters was a cook at Timberline Lodge Weather 1. H 49 34 Dec. 2 28 47 Dec. 3 28 Dec. 4 42 45 Dec. 5 37 38 Dec 6 45 46 39 Dec. 7 55 43 Dec 8 Troutdale station weather re«dings made by 8 a m. Pr. .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .07 are Welcome to The Post W E ’VE M O V E D to our new building at 17270 SE Bluff Road. The newspaper staff and a job printing shop previously located in Gresham will host an public open house all day F riday for area residents to examine the new facility. The Post building was designed to blend in with Sandy’s recently adopted wood and stone motif. The architect was Jim Houston of M ilw aukie and construction was handled by K LM Construction of Sandy. (Post photo) LID 4 delay continues Voi. 66 Single Copy 16c SANDY. OREGON, DEC. 9. 1976 No 50 Merchants auction, tree lighting kicks off Sandy Holiday Festival ROY W A LLA C E, an employe of Sharon’s Food King, w ill serve as auctioneer for the M erchants Auction F riday night at 8 p.m. Proceeds w ill he used toward helping defray costs of the Dec. IW-IK festival. ( Post photo) Santa Claus w ill arrive by train for the kick-off for the first annual Sandy Holiday Festival which w ill begin Friday evening The celebration's food festival w ill begin at 5:30 p.m in the festival entertainment center. A merchant’s auction to raise money for the festival and a tree lighting ceremony w ill happen later in the evening. Activities for the Sandy Holiday Festival w ill center around the Gordon Stone Building (Old Sandy Market Building) located across the parking lot from the Sandy Rexall Drug Store and behind the Sandy Country Flower Sht»p At 7:30 p.m. Friday there w ill be a C hristm as tree lig h tin g ceremony. Decorations for the tree, which w ill be located in the parking lot of the Sandy Rexall Drug Store, w ill be provided by children from Sandy Grade Sch«xil A youth choir w ill sing at the ceremony. The merchant’s auction will happen at 8 p.m Included in the list of items to be sold for the benefit of the festival are steak dinners, a “ Games People Play" carpet, an insulated vest, silver bowl, turkeys, camera, clock radio and stuffed animals. More entertainment w ill follow the auc tion Sandy Holiday Festival chairman Lynn Ellis said children's games are scheduled for kids on Saturday morning from 11 a m. to l p.m. At 1 and 3 p.m Saturday, Sandy Kiwanis w ill sponsor free showings of “ The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come" at the Sandy Cinema There w ill be a children's theater at 4 p.m at the festival center with the Steve Christensen Stage Band playing at 6 pm . A melodrama by the Bird Cage Player’s w ill be held at 7 p m. The name of the melodrama is “ The Lady Logger.” The Reflections w ill provide music from 8:30 to 12:30Saturday night for dancing or listening. Also slated for the festival is a free drawing with prizes such as a microwave oven. CB radio, eight-track tape deck, ping ping game and skate board. Free showings of "D r Doolittle" w ill be held next weekend, along with a bluegrass concert by Sure Fire, entertainment by barbershop singers and entertainment by the Sandy High Pionaires. Food booths w ill be manned throughout the festival. Sweitzer's Mill hearing Dec. 27 A The Clackamas County Board of Commissioners w ill take testimony and evidence on Monday, Dec 27, in regards to a zone change application for the proposed Sweitzer’s M ill on Mt. Hood, The application for the proposed Wemme development has been filed by Steven Sweitzer to change the zone from Recreational Residential (RR) to Planned Commercial (PC). At its Nov. 22 public hearing, the Clackamas County Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of Phase I of the development to the county com missioners with conditions Sweitzer said the first phase of the development w ill include a restaurant, delicatessen, bank and small shops. The development is proposed for property located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Welches Road and Highway 26. The second phase of the development would include a 60 unit hotel which would be integrated as part of the overall scheme. Sweitzer said he would not seek an okay for the second phase until sewer facilities were available to the area. Sweitzer said he is looking for a June opening for the first phase. The application and record is available for inspection in the office of the Clackamas County Planning Department, 840 Warner Milne Road. Oregon City, from 8:30a m. to5p m. SUHS board to meet The Sandy Union High School Board w ill host its annual joint meeting with the d istrict’s feeder schools at 8 p.m. Monday in the high school reference library. The boards w ill discuss the joint high school-elementary school curriculum project. The board w ill also review the athletic offerings in the various districts. The feeder districts to Sandy Union High School include Boring, Cottrell, Welches, Bull Run, Sandy Elementary and Boring. Local Improvement Districts (LIDs), the c ity ’s Christmas lights and reim bursement to a contractor for sewer and water line installation were up for discussion at the Monday night Sandy City Council meeting Sandy City Manager Paul Helton reported to the council that it appears Carroll Rader and King Chieu Lieu are not going to participate in LID 4. the c ity ’s parking district King Chieu Lieu owns the Double Dragon Restaurant. The council instructed the city staff to send letters to the two property owners stating the c ity ’s offer to purchase rights- of-ways to the land. If the property owners don’t accept the offer within 20 days, the city w ill file condemnation proceedings on the properties. Work on the local improvement district w ill not start until the end of December, because of the rights-of-way have not been received by the city. Bids for the project contract, which w ill include paving and grading, w ill open Dec. 27. The council was asked to suggest names for two planning commission vacancies. Planning commissioner Bruce Cook w ill start a term on the Sandy City Council in January and member John Rowell’s term w ill expire Dec. 31. The vacancies w ill need to be filled by City of Sandy residents, according to the city law The council also authorized an agreement for securing reimbursement to developer Jeff Ehlen for a portion of the construction and installation costs of a sanitary sewer line and water line. The development is located near Highway 211 and Meinig Road behind Meinig Memorial Park. One of the benefitters from the sewer and water lines would be the proposed Bill Trimble development. Some controversy arose at the council meeting over the assessment understanding between Trim ble and Ehlen. Developer Ehlen constructed and in stalled a sanitary sewer line and water line for the development at his own expense. Developer Trim ble needs to hook up to the development to service his subdivision. The controversy arose when the council was asked to determine what a fair assessment would be if other properties connected to that sewer line and water line within a ten year period. “ We’re caught in the m iddle," said Helton. The law requires the city to determine the assessment. C ity consulting engineer M a rtin Boatright suggested that the council decide what the assessment w ill be at their adjourned Dec. 20 meeting The council w ill also decide how much property could be assessed for the hook-up. At the last council meeting, Merl Dahrens was given ten days to clean up his property on Pleasant Street before the city started proceedings to abate nuisances on the property. The property was not cleaned up when the council met Monday. Dahrens appeared before the council Nov. 22 and said he had found two places to store refrigerators, stoves, washing machines and other miscellaneous scrap metal that surround the outside of his home. City Manager Paul Helton said Dahrens had not yet conformed with the agreement and the council decided to make Dahrens an offer in which someone would move his property to the storage area and a lien would be placed on the property for transportation and labor costs. The council also voted to give Dick Halvorson, director of the Sandy Senior Center, a $57 a month net raise. The action confirmed discussion which took place during an executive session during the last council meeting Halvorson had been offered a higher paying job with Lake Oswego and the city did not want him to leave Sandy . The council agreed to pay the fire department $550 for putting up Christmas lights in the city. The firemen had originally asked that the city pay $700 for the services. A representative of the volunteers apologized to the council for the short notice given for the rate increase request. City staff reported to the council that it would cost them more than that for the time and labor to put up the lights. Councijman Jim Duff said he thought the lights are in sad shape and the council should consider getting new lights. Holiday decoration contest set for homes, businesses Bright Christmas lights and-or holiday decorations w ill bring rewards to some Sandy residents and businesses this year. The Sandy Chamber of Commerce is again sponsoring its annual Christmas Lighting and Decoration Contest. There w ill be separate categories for private residential and business decorations The contest is open to homes and businesses within the Sandy city limits. Deadline for entering the contest is Saturday, Dec. 18 Entries should be addressed to Christmas Decorations, c- o The Sandy Post, P O. Box 68. Sandy, Or. 97055. An entry blank is available on page 8 Entry blanks mav also be brought to The Post. Winners w ill be announced at noon Tuesday, Dec. 21. at Foothills Inn during the Sandy Chamber of Commerce meeting The firs t prize winner in the residential category w ill take home $25 from the Chamber of Commerce and $25 from MacDonald Real Estate The residential first prize winner w ill also receive a S inch d rill from Cejka’s Coast-to-Coast Store and a 12-14 pound frozen turkey from Sharon’s Food King The second prize residential winner w ill receive $15 and a year’s subscription to The Sandy Post tor an additional free year added to their present subscription). The third prize winner w ill be given $10. The first place business winner w ill gain possession of a trophy donated by Oregon Trail Savings and Loan and $15. The second place winner w ill receive $10 and the third place winner w ill receive $5 Names of all winners w ill be published in The Post. The contest w ill be judged by a committee from the Chamber of Commerce Judges w ill not be allowed to enter the contest Entries w ill be judged on originality and esthetic qualities
