Mayor Haneberg delivers
'state of city' message
"A city without plans does not plan to go
a n y w h e re ,"
Sandy
M ayor
M e lv in
Haneberg told the Sandy City Council
Monday night.
Haneberg delivered what may be the
first "state of the city address" given
during the city's history
Haneberg urged the council to work for
review and revision of the city com
prehensive plan, bring the comprehensive
plan into compliance with the Land
Conservation and Development Com
mission and come up with a detailed study
and plan for the c ity ’s immediate growth
area.
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The Poet has reprinted the text of the
mayor’s speech on page 14.
Haneberg also urged the council to work
for more local improvement districts for
the city and more planned open space in
residential areas.
Councilmen Bruce Cook and Warren
Decker were absent from the meeting.
The council postponed discussion on a
request by Jeff Ehlen to reconsider an
earlier council decision on a sewer
reimbursement agreement. City Attorney
Jack Hammond submitted a legal opinion
to the council for consideration before the
next meeting.
The council appointed Councilman Jim
Duff to meet In a work session with city
staff to review water, connection and unit
rate definitions for a proposed ordinance.
The council refused to approve an or
dinance which would have amended the
c ity’s municipal code to allow conditional
uses medical and dental facilities within
R -l, R-2andR-3zones (residential).
The council denied an appeal by the M t.
Hood Saddle and Tack Shop on a decision
by the Sandy Design Review Board con
cerning an identification sign for the store.
The council recommended that the owners
of the store go back and work with the
design review board on gaining approval
for the sign.
SANDY, OREGON. THURSDAY JAN. 20. 1977
No. 3
Mountain first-aid group to organize
A meeting to discuM emergency
medical services in the Government Camp
area is planned for 7:30 p m. Monday at
the Cascade Ski Club in Government
Camp
An emergency first-aid group is being
formed in the Government Camp area A
mini-class in shock treatment and
possibilites of having an emergency
medical technician <EMT> training course
will be discussed at the meeting.
Until late last summer, Hoodland
Rescue covered emergencies in the area.
Because the rescue unit has become part
of the Hoodland F ire Department. the law
requires that the unit stay Within the
boundaries of the Hoodland F t t > District
(which ends at the bottom of Laurel Hill on
Highway 26)
At present there is no emergency
medical service available from the bottom
of Laurel H ill to the edge of Parkdale
M <fe information about the Monday
meeting may be gained by contacting
Kathy
Carlson, 272-3469, or Nance
Kosencranz 622 3953.
Florence Schmitz honored
by Chamber of Commerce
Florence Schmitz was named Sandy's
31 degrees below and s ir rode four miles to
Citizen ef the Year at the annual Sandy
Area Chamber of Commerce installation
dinner Tuesday night at Bowman s Mt.
Hood Resort in Wemme
Mrs Schmitz, who was bom in the Sandy
area and educated in Oregon, was chosen
for the honor by a committee from the
Chamber of Commerce
She taught school in Eastern Oregon and
in the Sandy area Mrs. Schmitz still does
some substitute teaching in the Sandy area
schools
school on horseback. A fter that winter, she
returned to Clackamas County and taught
for two years at Molalla.
During this time she met her husband,
the late Edward Schmitz. At the tim e of
their courtship she became an ardent
baseball fan. She said her favorite sport is
still baseball
She was m arried in 1933
The longtime Sandy resident attended
Oregon State University and Oregon
College of Education
She began her teaching career in a one
room school near Dufur The first winter
the temperature was sometimes down to
As a charter m ember of the Sandy
Business and Professional Women's Club
(B P W ), Mrs. Schmitz served as its
president five times. She is presently
serving as editor of the Oregon BPW
magazine.
In 1972, Mrs. Schmitz served as a
secretary-treasurer of the Sandy Civic
Services organization She is the executive
secretary for the Sandy Chamber of
Commerce and is the Chamber of Com
merce representative to the Associated
Chambers meeting each month.
Mrs Schmitz has worked with the
Kiwanis Club, birthday calendar and was
active on the Sandy Bicentennial Com
mittee.
Ivan Barker presented the aw ard to the
longtime Sandyite.
Outgoing Chamber President Gale
Meier passed his gavel to incoming
President Dan MacDonald at the dinner
Meier announced that Chamber board
members Joe DeMarsh and George
Morgan had served out their terms of
office.
Sandy City Manager Paul Helton served
as master of cer emonies for the evening’s
festivities at Bowman's. Entertainment
was provided by The Aliens, a barbershop
singing quartet
Helton told those attending that Sandy
would be the site of a Northwest Regional
Pet Rock Race next summer during the
Sandy Mountain Festival.
Last July, the city gained attention by
featuring a pet rock race.
Festival organizers have decided to
make the rock race an annual event,
Helton said.
SUHS receives
accreditation
board praise
IV A N H A R K ER presented the Sandy Cka..«uer of Commerce's annual
Citizen of the Y ear Award to Florence Schinltx at a Tuesday night
banquet at Bowman’s Mt. Hood Resort In Wemme.
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(Post photo)
Sandy Union High School has been
praised by the accreditation board of the
Northwest Association of Schools and
Colleges.
The board recently evaluated the school
and stated in a note that “ the school is
commended on the new addition and
remodeling completed," and for "a good
lib rary program backed by good m aterials
and budget."
The board also praised the high school
district for “ continued development of new
programs for the individual student in
special education, alternative school and
freshman reading."
In the report, the high school was also
noted for having a “ good variety of
courses showing good balance."
The program review was completed in
two stages by two committees. A state
committee consisted of representatives
from Forest Grove, Salem, Bend, St.
Helens,
M ilw a u k ie ,
P o rtla n d
and
Springfield. A second committee was
comprised of one member from each of the
seven association m ember states.
T H E POST staff visited the State Capitol last Friday to
get the story on what East Clackamas C e u ty legislators
are thinking about at the start of the session. See pictures-
storles on pages 16.17 IS.
Post photo)
Capitol: People make it jump
The Capitol. A heroic structure filled
with ordinary people
I t ’d be difficult to pick a legislator out of
the crowd.
Let a House of Representative page put
the office in perspective:
"W e make up little flash cards with their
pictures and quiz each other on their
names,' ’ explained Susan Ford, 20,
assistant sergeant-at-arms, and Rebecca
(Becka) Perry, 18, page. “ We have to
know who’s who."
Susan, 1974 Sam Barlow High School
graduate, and Becka, 1976 Corbett High
School graduate, are getting a nitty-gritty
look of the legislature at work.
Sometimes it works well, sometimes not.
But don't underestimate the power of a
single constituent. Legislators read Let
ters to the Editor and answer phone calls
from the people in their district.
A well-written letter from a neighbor
back home can be as effective as an arm -
twisting lobbyist. The home folks have the
vote.
Sometimes even party politics take a
backseat to a visit from a constituent
(that's legislator talk for voter).
“ Why weren’t you at the party caucus?"
a representative was asked.
“ A constituent came by to see him and
when it comes down to the party or people
from the district, the constituent wins,"
the legislator's w ife explained
I t ’s a simple case of getting re-elected.
“ You might say the House gets a
evaluation from the voters every two
years." one representative said.
Visitors to the Capitol— like Sandy Post
E d ito r Sue Lafky and Gresham Outlook
staffer Vicki Irw in and this w riter—have a
challenge in finding their way around the
labryrinth that is the new Senate and
House offices.
It can be a blinding proposition. The
colors are about as noisy as a hot and
hungry kid in an ice cream store.
Chartreuse carpeting. J In accordance
with Fairness Doctrine, it does coordinate
nicely with the plants). Plum couches,
which by any other name would be purple.
(The couches are comfortable.) Orange
cubes. ( Coffee tables sans coffee.)
And the piece de resistance: black and
white chairs (W hat some have called
psychedellic, others have called head
splitting.)
But all furnishings aside, it is a friendly
place. Opponents on the legislature floor
can be cronies in the corridor
There may be occasional cloakroom
carpers, but the Oregon Legislature’s
overriding feeling is one of openness,
according
to
newspeople
speaking
Saturday at the Understanding the
Legislative Labryinth workshop sponsored
by Oregon Press Women
Bound by the open meeting law with an
inquisitive public watching and a prowling
press, the legislators can hardly keep a
hidden agenda.
They probably wouldn’t want to,
anyway. Power goes to the people at the
p o lls .
Wanda McAlister, past president of
Oregon Press Women, pinpointed this
perception when she gave her wrap-up at
the legislative workshop. Her story says it
all:
“ It was the tim e of the French
Revolution. The mobs were storming the
gates. One man struggled to join the
raucous crowd.
“ Where are you going’ " another man
asked
“ I have to follow them ," the man
replied. “ I ’m their leader.”
So it is with the Oregon Legislature.
New councilman urges planning
Sandy City Councilman Bruce Cook
believes that planning
today will make
for a better tomorrow
Cook, who was elected to fill a council
seat in November, began his four year
term on the council at the first of January.
He said it w ill take strong leadership
within the council and the City of Sandy
staff to make that planning come to pass
Cook sells life insurance for Cal Western
Life Insurance in Sandy and is the
president of the Sandy Hoodland Javcees
He retired from a position on (he plan
ning commission when he was elected to
the council
“ The planning commission is an ex-
tremely important body,” Cook said. “ And
there are some pretty sharp people on the
planning commission.”
Now is the tim e to plan for five to ten
years from now,” the new councilman
added Parking is one of the m ajor issues
he would like to see the council tackle.
Someday there are going to be more
nearby shopping centers which will
compete with Sandy businesses. Cook said.
“ In order to keep Sandy a strong
business entity, we’ve got to plan to
compete with the future shopping centers
that w ill be around."
To gain more parking areas for the city,
Cook would like to see the city purchase
more property for local improvement
districts This will help business in the
community, he said.
Cook believes the Sandy comprehensive
plan needs to be updated to insure a
“ strong city entity for the future."
“ Those cities that have been successful
in handling their growth are there because
of a lot of pre-planning. ” Cook said.
Cook said he enjoys hearing the con
cerns of Sandy business people and
residents.
“The more input I get, the happier I am.
And the more input 1 get, the more sound
the base I have for m aking a decision "