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THURSDAY. JAN. 13
Oregon T rail Coffee Hour
begins at 9:30 a m.
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Representatives from the
Tri-County Commission will
address the Firwood’s Neigh
bors, Inc tonight at a 7:30 p m.
meeting set at Firwood School
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Rape and self-defense will be
the topics of the Dover
Extension Group meeting
slated today from 10 a m. to 2
p.m. More information may be
obtained by contacting Winne
Allison at 668-5787 or Nancy
Fenton at 668 5468 Babysitting
will be provided
SATURDAY. JAN. 15
The Sandy-Hoodland Jaycees
will gather Christmas trees
from Sandy area curbs at no
cost sta rtirç at 8 a.m.
M O NDAY. JAN. 17
The Sandy City Council will
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Sandy Post, Sandy, Oregon 97055
Sheriff Promises Change
We like the changes we re seeing in
the Clackamas County Sheriffs
Department.
Recently elected Sheriff John
Renfro has promised increased
coverage by deputies for the East
Clackamas County region as well as
for the rest of the county. Public
sentiment appears to be strongly in
favor of a move in that direction.
Renfro also plans to enlarge the
county’s burglary prevention team
and give special attention to juvenile
crime in the county. He has even
planned several cosmetic changes for
the department, including changes in
uniform style and color and the color
of the patrol cars. We support his
plans and desire to stress new policies
within the department with cosmetic
as well as organizational changes.
We are also pleased with Renfro’s
desire to work closely with the press.
More public information is being
made available through the d e p a rt
ment and we believe this change of
policy will better allow our readers to
understand what is happening in their
county law enforcement agency.
We are optimistic about Renfro’s
leadership ability and enthusiasm
and believe he is off to a promising
start in his new position. (SAL)
A Case of Pollitis ?
M t Hood Community College may
commission a poll to determine
financial attitudes toward the college.
This comes on the heels of four
straight budget defeats which have
left the college understandably
concerned about “ What’s wrong?
However, we wonder if another poll
is the answer? The very well-
respected research firm of Bardsley
and Haslacher conducted an attitude
poll for the college a little over a year
ago (September, 1975).
That poll found that “ finances”
were the most pressing problem
facing the college. It also found that
“ tax-related levies” which “ we can ill
afford” were the chief complaint.
Thus we think it’s already pretty
clear—with or without another
poll—that the voters feel the College
is spending too much money. Perhaps
a decision not to commission another
poll is a good place to start.
A M atter of Priorities
In the same breath that he “ hopes”
college tuitions won’t go any higher,
Higher Education Chancellor Roy
Lieuallen says he will seek $1 million
in general fund money from the
legislature for athletics.
We admire Dr. Lieuallen but we
think in this instance he has his
priorities badly askew.
We simply cannot support funding
big-time sports at Oregon, Oregon
State and Portland State at the ex
pense of other students. That’s what it
amounts to.
If the legislature can afford to give
the jocks $1 million, it ought to be able
to subsidize plain, every-day students
as well.
The general fund appropriation for
sports is sugar-coated with the
promise it will be used only for so-
called minor sports which otherwise
would suffer. But the money, in ac
tuality, would"go straight to big-time
football and big-time basketball
which thus would be relieved of their
long-standing fiscal responsibility for
smaller sports.
We don’t think students will take
kindly to any tuition increases when
such a subsidy is being given to more-
fortunate athletes. The program calls
for $300,000 each to Oregon, Oregon
State and Portland State with the
remaining $100,000 to be divided
among smaller schools.
If the legislature does have $1
million av ailab le for higher
education, we’d suggest using it (a) to
keep tuitions down (b) for faculty
salaries and (c) for research,
facilities etc. We would rank big-time
sports about (zz).
The People’s Right To Know
Like most newspapers, The Post
regularly publishes legal notices.
These notices, publication of which
is required by law, cover everything
from probate notices to budget
notices to notices of election.
Value of their publication has been
questioned by some legislators so an
18-month study recently was un
dertaken to find out just how many
people actually were reading these
notices.
The study found that nearly 13 per
cent of adults in Oregon had read a
legal notice in a given week. Of those
who had read a newspaper, more than
one-third had read a legal notice.
Roughly 87 per cent of those who
read legal notices and 71 per cent of
non-readers think they should be
continued.
The survey was conducted under
the aegis of the Oregon Newspaper
Publishers Assn, but the steering
committee included members of the
ONPA, legislators and represen
tatives of the Oregon Assn, of School
Boards, Assn, of Oregon Counties,
League of Oregon Cities, Oregon Tax
Research, and Oregon Dept. of
Revenue.
Predictably, the survey showed
that people who are interested in local
government most often read the
notices. Legals, as they’re called in
the trade, let people know what is
going on, how their money is being
spent, etc.
Notices also go out over radio and
television as well as being printed in
newspapers. Oregon counties spent
roughly one-tenth of one per cent of
their operating budgets printing
legals last year. Rates are set by the
state legislature and without ex
ception are a lower figure than
normal advertising rates.
Sandy rabies
clinic Saturday
Governor Straub: "-and we have lived within
our means I"
Taxpayer: "But NOT within MINE I"
Í letters to the editor
Sandy Post for all your help and
publicity.
A very special note of thanks
To the Editor:
is to be extended to Joe and
T he
San-Cada
C B 'ers Marilyn Parsons, owners of the
spaghetti feed was a real Quick-stop cafe in Damascus,
success and a good time was for their help and time donated
enjoyed by young and old alike. to prepare this meal.
At this time the club wishes to
We also want to thank the
express th e ir sincere ap
Sandy-Estacada
merchants
preciation to all for there and the Sandy Union High
cooperation and help in making School for their special part.
this endeavor a real success Without their help this would
We would like to thank the
Spaghetti feed
not have been possible
T hank you also to the
Estacada Senior Citizens Jolly
Band whose time was donated
to the club for a relaxing
prelude while all our CB
buddies and honored guests
from Oral Hull Park enjoyed
their meal
Our next break will be on
Feb 14 at the Shingle M ill in
Estacada, beginning at 2 p.m.
The public is invited
The San-Cada CBers
Citizen involvement topic
The Sandy City Council will discuss the
c ity
planning commission recom
mendations regarding citizen involvement
committees
and
area
improvement
committees at their 7:30 p.m. Monday
meeting.
Sandy City Manager Paul Helton said
this will be the beginning of implementing
the Land Conservation and Development
Commission (LCDC) rules requiring
citizen participation.
Helton said response from Sandy
residents has not been good so far and
more volunteers are needed
LCDC requirements call for a local
citizen advisory committee to recommend
to elected officials, planning commission
and planning staff a program for assuring
"continuous opportunity for people in the
community to exchange ideas and infor
mation with government relating to land
use planning."
The Sandy City Council will also hold a
public hearing on whether conditional uses
such as medical-dental facilities should be
allowed in residential areas (R -l and R-2
zoning).
Clackamas county studies
hearings officer proposal
The C lackam as
County
Board of Commissioners will
discuss the formation of a
possible hearings officer board
during their Monday, Jan. 17
meeting.
Under the proposed plan,
th ree
m em bers
of
the
Clackamas County Planning
Commission would form a
board to conduct hearings on
change requests. Testimony
would be transcribed by the
board and transcripts for
warded to members of the
commission in case of appeal.
Classes start
Classes at the Sandy, Cottrell
and
Welches
Com m unity
Schools are slated to begin on
Monday, Jan. 17.
More information about the
class offerings may be ob
tained by calling the Sandy
Community School at 668-5744;
C o ttre ll at 668-5521 ; and
Welches at 622-3397
County Commissioner Robert
Schumacher said the goal of the
proposed changes is to erase
the burden on the present
planning commission as well as
assist landowners wanting zone
changes.
Schum acher
said
some
people who come before the
planning commission have to
wait until 2 a m. for the com
mission to get to their agenda
item and that decisions made at
that time of the morning are not
always fair due to fatigue.
Under the proposed plan,
three members of the nine
member planning commission
would be set up to conduct zone
change request hearings. The
other six commissioners would
rota te to do other work
Schumacher said the board of
c o m m is s io n e r s
w ant
suggestions on how the county
can better provide orderly
planning decisions.
The public hearing on the
proposal will come under the
regular business on Monday.
BUXTON'S
Lee M e a t Com pany
Sandy SOB-MSS
Custom Slaughtering
Grain Fed Locker Beef
Rabies clinics have been
scheduled for around the area
to assist pet owners in
qualifying their dogs under the
s ta te ’s m andatory rabies
vaccination law
A fee of 84 per vaccination
will be charged for either dogs
or cats There will be a clinic
from 2-4 p m this Saturday at
the Mt Hood Animal Hospital,
37820 Hwy 26, Sandy
The law provides no
can be licensed without proof i
current rabies immunization
Minimum age for vaccination
of either dogs or cats is four
months
Dogs originally vaccinated
between four and six months of
age must be revaccinated a
year later and every third year
thereafter
Dogs first vac
cinated at six months must
receive another rabies shot
every three years Cats should
be revaccinated every year.
A special clinic limited to
senior citizen pet owners will be
held on Saturday from 9 a.m . to
noon at the Dove Lew is
Emergency Veterinary Clinic.
SW 11th and Main in Portland.
The charge will be the same as
at other clinics, but special
effort will be made to ease the
process for the seniors
Budget meeting set
T he Sandy
E le m e n ta ry
District Budget Committee will
meet at 8 p m. Wednesday. Jan.
19, to conduct a work session on
the development of a 1977-78
d is tric t operating budget.
District patrons are invited to
attend
The budget committee will
meet on Wednesday. Jan. 26. at
I p m . to receive the budget
message and document for the
1977 fiscal year.
Any person may appear
before the board to discuss the
proposals
A copy of the budget
document is available at the
Sandy E le m e n ta ry School
District administration office.
Jernsted on committeos
Sen. Ken Jernstedt, R-Hood
River, has been named to four
com m ittees for the 1977
legislative session.
He will serve on committees
tor local government and
elections, state and federal
affairs-rules, and environment
and energy. Jernstedt will
serve as vice chairman of the
Labor. Consumer and Businesi
Affairs Committee.
" I am very pleased with mj
assignments," he said. "AU
four committees are verj
active, hard working ones
which cover a very broad rang«
of subjects of major concern tc
the large senate d istrict which 1
cover."
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TUESDA Y. JAN. 18
The annual Sandy Area
Chamber of Commerce dinner
will begin at 7:30 p.m. at
Bowman's Mt. Hood Retort in
Wemme.
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Welches School Board will
hold a special meeting at 7:30
pm .
Negotiations
and
budgetary matters will be
discussed. An executive session
will be held.
W EDNESD AY. JAN. 18
The Sandy Area Merchants
will meet at G riff’s at8:30 a m.
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A meeting of the Taking Off
Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) group
will be held at 9:30 a m. at the
home of Barbara Boswell, 21421
Firwood Rd.
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