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»’ Ve’- Legislator 37th Oregon jSatìdy M k An East Multnomah County Legislator has asked Speaker of the House Jason Boe to form a special task force to investigate creating a 37th Oregon county—consisting mainly of rural communities such as Sandy, Boring, Damascus and Corbett. Hep. Hick Gustafson, D-Multnomah County, said he does not have a bill for the proposal, but formation of the 37th county is his idea of what should be done. Gustafson said he is “ not real keen” on the tri-county proposal merging the Columbia Region Association of Govern ments with the Metropolitan Service District because it would add a third level to government. " I would rather see the issue of an urban county raised, "hesaid. “There are all these regional service districts in the three counties ( Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington) and very few of them are responsive to the public,” Gustafson said. “Often the boundaries make no sense ” The Democrat said Portland-area legislators need to investigate forming an urban county that can provide regional services. “ This would restore some confidence in regional services and provide respan siveness that is necessary,” he noted. In addition, Gustafson said forming a rural county would increase the awareness of legislators and make them more sen sitive to rural needs. “ Hural communities are being sub jected to the urban needs of counties,” he said. “ They are not represented and are dominated by urban legislators. “ The main thing is to get an urban county that can provide regional services and make some kind of functional use of county government.” Gustafson said all the details of his proposal have not been worked out, but added he did not believe the tax bases in rural areas would be adversely affected. He said his proposal would negate some of the conflicts that exist between rural and urban areas because urban areas decisions would not have such a large effect on rural areas. “ Hural areas have different needs, but there is no distinction in government between the different urban and rural needs," Gustafson said. “ Obviously, the proposal has some problems, but it's something that needs to be looked at.” Gustafson said the proposal is.still two to four years away and added the only way he would push for it would be if a special task force consisting of House and Senate members was formed to determine if it would work À G reat Way To The M t, H ood Playground Vol. 67 Single Copy 15c The car which slid then plunged 400 feet off Highway 25 in the Laurel Hill area ‘ went so smooth it was just like they were trying to do it,” according to an eye witness Suzanne Sargent, Portland, was in a car going westbound from Mt. Hood Saturday when she saw the car driven by Hugh Kirkwood Hennesy, 21, of 5816 SE 67th, Portland, jump the guardrail. Hennesy Mrs Blunt said public disenchantment with big government has been widely recognized She added that the political maze prompted M ark Hatfield to propose a senate bill in July, 1975, dealing with the developm ent of neighborhood co r porations Hatfield said he hoped to encourage “ a return to sim p lic ity. . . to giving the democratic process human size.” To provide further incentive to the formation of the neighborhood. Mrs Blunt said Hatfield further stipulated the provision of “ • federal income tax credit for funds contributed by an individual to a duly recognized neighborhood co r poration .” Mrs Blunt said sim ilar proposals for neighborhood involvement will be included in recommendations to be submitted by the Tri-County Ixx’al Government Com mission to the Oregon legislature in the near future. Firwood's Neighbors has invited local residents to attend tonight's meeting straight part of a road and then taking a turn Race car drivers also use this strategy to increase their efficiency, he added. Letting up on the accelerator too soon can also cause a car to slide — especially a stick shift “ The back wheels can stop so abruptly that it causes the back wheels to slide,” he noted. " I f you are driving on ice and have to slow down, let up gently so the back wheels have a chance to catch." If a motorist does slide, Grolbert said locking the brakes is not the thing to do. “Turn the wheels into the direction of the slide so the front wheels can get traction again.” Grolbert cautioned drivers to watch for shady spots in rural roads Ice sometimes doesn’t burn off in the shady spots and drivers can “come to a curve with shade and end up in a ditch,” he said. Grolbert said there is no set formula for what speed should be kept by motorists during the icy weather. “ Don’t go any faster than you feel comfortable,” he noted. “ If your car starts to slide you're going too fast and you'll have to slow down.” Program co-chairmen Paul Helton and George Morgan said a New York steak will be featured on the dinner menu. Besides the installation of officers, the Chamber will announce its Citizen of the Year Award. Entertainment will be provided by “The Aliens,” a bar bership quartet. “ The Aliens" were the second place Evergreen District regional champions for harbership singing in 1975, said Helton and added that they are the “ best comedy quartet west of the Mississippi.” Tickets may be purchased by calling M organ a t 667-4171 o r the Sandy City H a ll was pronounced dead on arrival Gresham Community Hospital. at “There was no crash, no nothing, they just disappeared over the hill. This is the license plate that was clipped off by the guardrail.” A passenger in the car, Lawrence B. Tinker, 26, of the same address, was listed in good condition Wednesday morning at G resham Com m unity Hospital. He received a fractured leg in the accident. “They were probably just going up to mess around in the snow like everybody else, "Sargentsaid. This is the second fatality within a year in the 8.32 m ile stretch between Rhododendron and Government Camp. A 16-year-oid girl plunged to her death last summer Her passenger survived There were 43 reported accidents in the same stretch in 1975, according to Dwayne Hofstetter, traffic section investigation engineer for the Oregon State Highway Division. There was one fatal accident in 1975 four miles west of Government Camp Two persons were killed and two were injured in that accident “The accident rate in that 8-plus mile stretch is about twice the statewide average for nonfreeway rural primary highways, Hofstetter said Its accident rate is 3 91 accidents per million vehicle miles compared to the average of 1.92. "Anytime there’s an area where there's a lot of snow, the accident rate is really high,’’ the traffic engineer said. The guardrails in the area are the standard size, about two feet. “ The snow packs up against the rail and seems to form a ramp to help the cars over the c liff,” one passerby theorized at the accident scene. Sometimes lots of snow can help prevent major accidents, Hofstetter said. “ Snowbanks can be e ffe c tiv e in preventing accidents.” he said. “ I can remember having some difficulty on the way to Mt. Hood and the packed snowbank contained the car. Luckily, no one was injured.” Story/photos by Suzanne Ashmun L IC E N S E PLATE was clipped off by the guardrail and left on Highway 2« after car driven by Hugh K irk wood Hennesey. 21, Por tland. began to slide in the snow while en route to Mt. Hood and plunged 4M feet in the Laurel Hill area. The carisee arrow) is barely visible from the highway. Hennesey was killed but his passenger survived. Board approves IED proposals The Sandy Union High School Board met in regular session Monday evening with representatives from the County Inter mediate Education District (IE D ) in at tendance The board elected not to request the IE D to place a budget exceeding the six per cent limitation before the voters. This election would deal with IE D equalization funds The county-wide service proposals were presented for local board consideration and resolution requests in program areas of media and film service, testing, outdoor school and trainable mentally retarded were approved by the board. John Rowell, area representative to the IE D Board and Tony Bryant, superin tendent, were present to assist the local board in its deliberations. In other action, the high school board approved a one-year renewal of the Sandy out of court case The Clackamas County Circuit Court has ruled the City of Sandy out of a court case opposing the proposed Carmel Estates shopping development in Boring Chamber dinner set at Bowman's The Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce has slated its annual officer installation dinner for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, at Bowman's M t. Hood Resort in Wemme. No. 2 Car slips over guardrail, plunges 400 feet Motorists learn to deal with icy roads Motorists may find themselves sliding to work during the early morning hours in cold winter weather But Sgt. Tom Grolbert of the Clackamas County Sheriff's Department has shared some tips for drivers which will improve their chances of ending up at a destination without any new dents in their fender Studded snow tires help, said Grolbert, but aren't a cure-all for icy weather conditions Chains also give traction, but Grolbert said damage can occur to both chains and the road if high speeds are maintained He added that although chains give better traction on ice, they cause low traction on dry pavement. 'Hie best way to accelerate on ice is to accelerate slowly so tlx* wheels don't spin, Grolbert said. “ Studs dig holes in the pavement and do damage.” And if it’s hard to get the car to move on ice, Grolbert suggested using the ac celerator to slowly rock the car forward and backward. Because most cars turn and brake with the front wheels, Grolbert warned against trying to stop and turn a car at the same time Sliding will occur, he said. Grolbert suggested braking on the SANDY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JAN. 13. 1977 Second fatality within year Tri-County proposal topic of Firwood's Neighbor group Representatives of the Tn-County Local Government Commission will be at tonight’s meeting of the Firwood's Neighbors. Inc. A slide presentation and discussion centering on the overlap of functions and services resulting from the current operation of 232 local government units and tax districts in the tri-county area will be included in the program, said M ary- Elizabeth Blunt of the Firwood's Neigh bors group John Frewing, a nuclear engineer serving on the commission, will address the group at a meeting slated for 7:30 p m. at Firwood School Mrs. Blunt said the commission was formed to conduct an 18 month study to see whether government duplication and size could be reorganized to meet human needs more effectively while still providing the service needs of tri-county residents for utilities, water transportation, education, etc. Mrs Blunt is a member of the com mission. O’ 1 at 668-5533 Chamber President Gale Meier said tickets would also be available at the Sandy Rexall Drug Store Chamber of Commerce officers to be installed next Tuesday include Dan MacDonald, president; Marge Hoffman, vice-president; Marvin Hansen; secretary - treasurer; and Florence Schmitz, executive secretary. Clackamas County Circuit Court Judge Howard Blanding announced a decision last Thursday which said the city could not remain a party in the w rit of review process The judge indicated one of the reasons the City of Sandy was removed from the case was that the city had not been in volved in the case earlier. The environmental interest group of 1 000 Friends of Oregon will not be a party in the writ of review process either. However, two neighbors of the proposed development may still remain in op position. An appeal filed by the city. 1,000 Friends of Oregon and the neighbors to the Land Conservation and Development Com mission has not yet been decided. The developer for the proposed shopping center near Heidi's is Paul Federici. Redland's tuition arrangement. Under the agreement, Redland’s eighth graders will enter Sandy High in the fall of 1977 and join the sophomores to-be from the current year's program The board noted ttyri throughout this past year numerous favorable comments had been heard concerning the tuition arrangement. District Supt. Joe DeMarsh said these included creating a greater degree of flexibility in scheduling classes, which had a direct, positive gain for all un derclassmen; adding an income feature which fully covered any expense incurred in the addition of student plus bringing in approximately $35,000 which will be used to offset local tax effort; and providing a basic educational service to young people Provisions of the contract lim it the number of incoming students and con tinues to require that Redland provide the home-to-school transportation The district entered into negotiations with the Building Construction Bond Agent for the payment of an account that had been pending since 1974. The board had withheld payment due to questions on the firm ’s performance. The original fee was reduced by the company and authorization for payment was conveyed. The board will meet again at 7 p m . Jan. 17 at which time annual adminstrative employe agreements and contracts will be discussed. Sandy-Hood land Jaycees to pick-up trees The Sandy Hoodland Jaycees will be picking up old Christmas trees this Saturday to assist in eliminating home fire hazards in the Sandy area. Sandy-Hoodland Jaycee President Bruce Cook said the trees will be picked up starting Saturday morning at 8 p.m Trees should be placed as near as possible to the street for pick-up Christ mas trees may also be taken to the Sandy Fire Department parking lot before noon on Saturday. The project is provided as a community service b' the local Jaycees and there will be no charge For more information, contact Bruce Cook at 668-6760 Hearing today The City of Portland City Council will begin taking testimony on the future of the Bull Run Reserve today at 2 p.m. The city council is expected to make a recom mendation to Congress concerning the future of the reserve. The Post continues its series on the Bull Run Reserve controversial watershed on page 14.
