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Bull Run hearings begin H earing* on the future of the Bull Hun Reserve w ill begin in Washington, D.C., next Monday, The U S House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs w ill hold hearings on Monday, July 25 The Senate *ut> com mittee on public lands and resources is slated to conduct hearings the next day. Three separate measures on the Bull Run have been proposed in congress Those measures include: —A bill introduced at the request of the Oregon Environm ental Council which would elim inate multiple use or public access in the Bull Hun Reserve, but would change boundaries of the reserve to reduce its area to 96.984 acres. J IM R YA N b working whh yonng students «Ummer nrweram class. special ( Post photo I Students retain knowledge in summer school program by Sue Latky Sandy Post aditor Teacher Jim Ryan isn't aa concerned about what his summer school students learn as what they retain. Ryan, a special education teacher at Sandy Elem entary School, is teaching a six-week summer school class geared for mentally, emotionally and physically Elem entary School when she first con (acted Richard Keough of the Clackamas County Association for Retarded Citizens and urged him to work for the summer school program He gave the program a green light. “ We were the group he heard from the moat." Knight smiled and said of the decision to hold the program in East Clackamas handicapped students "W e may not be able to teach that much thia sum m er.” said Ryan, "but we can reinforce what was happening In the child's individual program during the regular school year ’’ This summer could be termed the maid en voyage for the program which is one of two in Clackamas County that is providing summer school activities for these studrnts. many of them whom are con sidered trainable mentally retarded (T M R * But the other program, at South Shores in Lake Oswego, is geared for younger students while Sandy 's program has been developed for students from 7-1« years old Ryan said summer school programs for handicapped students are rare and sever al from the Gresham and East Multnomah County area have enrolled In the Sandy program, The class w ill meet Mondays through Thursdays from® a m t o 2 p m. until Aug I I . Ryan said student* may either sign up for the rest of the session or for a week of class "W e’re doing different activities each week," he said. Cost for enrolling a student In the program is 110 a week and there is the possibility of scholarships for students who are in financial need Havir^t • summer school program for handicapped students was largely the brainchild of Sandy resident Gayle Knight, whose daughter Debbie is in the class "Sum m er school to me is necessary" said Knight "AU children lose during the summer and for these kids It’s so much greater ” Ryan echoed that concern for the loss of knowledge during the summer months The special education teacher tested his students in both spring and fall. " I'd notice a considerable loss of knowledge and skills in the fall," he said. "And that was with the same tester " Knight was a room parent at Boring County After approval was granted. Knight started phoning the parent» of potential students. "Everyone I talked to was in terested in seeing the program begin." Some parents, however, had already made plans for the summer Ryan and Knight said they debated whether or not to start the program this summer on somewhat short notice They decided to go ahead, even though they would like mare studenta to enroll and are operating on a bare bones budget Next year, the organizers ‘ ope dw program w ill have a stronger foundation because of thia summer's ground work •‘I t ’s easier for parents to say yes to something they know is going to work." Knight said Summer school activities are both social and academic in nature One-to-one tutoring is provided and students continue to work on what they were doing in the regular school year If students are learning number con cepts during the regular school year, that's what thev should learn In the summer, Ryan said At the end of the summer Ryan will w rite up an evaluation on each child to assist teachers who w ill be working with the student during the regular school year. Other activities during the summer include trips to the grocery store, the post office and telephone company A trip to the bank is also in the plan* ” 1 took my students to the bank during the regular school year," recalled Ryan. •They first thought it was a ja il because of the bars ” Movies and cooking projects are also on the summer agenda And for more creative efforts, the youngsters w ill do woodworking and other arts and crafts projects. “ One reason I ’m personally interested in the program is that it ’s hard to keep these kida entertained during the summer. " said Knight Parents can always let television do the entertaining Meadows ski area Input summarized A summary of public input on the six Mt Hood Meadows ski area alternatives will be published within two weeks, a Forest Service spokesperson announced this A decision on the future of the Meadows area w ill be baaed on an analysis of this report Anne Heisler of the Mt Hood National Forest supervisor's office reported that about 450 responses were currently in her office "W e had juat 250 Friday, and now we re swamped " Heisler considers the response on the Meadows issue to be very good. "W e felt that If we got over 350 letters we'd have good input," she said "This shows there’s a lot of interest and that’s good ” As each letter cornea in, it is reed and a brief analysis of Its contents made before It goes In the report Heisler declined to make any estimates a t to public opinion at this point, noting that “ no m atter what the issue, the early letters differ from the ones at the end " Briefly, the six alternatives being considered are: A) Lim it expansion of the ski resort to the Hood River Meadows lift currently under construction, setting the area's m axim um capacity at about 4,500, the current capacity The Oregon Environm ental Council favors this choice B) Construct another chairlift above the Ttm berlinr and add sufficient parking to handle a peak capacity of 8,300 Like Plan A, this plan would not allow for overnight accomodations The Sierra Club is on record in favor of Plan B C) Construct overnight accomodations for 1,350 people west of the current access road and just south of the parking lot, increasing peak skiing capacity to 8,750 and peak visitor capacity to 7,150 D> Allow accomodations for 1,700 overnight visitors, increasing total skier capacity to 8,ISO and total visitor capacity to 8,850 B ) This plan would authorize nine new chairlifts in addition to the five existing 12 But Ryan and Knight point out that the summer program offers students a chance to work with new kids and new project* “ I t ’s much better than being at home," Ryan said The program is a joint venture between parents and the Clackamas County Association for Retarded Citizens The C la c k am a s County In te rm e d ia te education District and Sandy Elem entary School Diatrict have also supported the —A bill which would require the Forest Service to "consult and coordinate" with City of Portland officials to ban any ac tivity found to be "significantly" harmful to the c ity ’s water supply This bill would not grant the city an equal partnership in running the watershed. The timber in dustry and Forest Service support this bill —A bill proposed by the City of Portland w hich would estab lish " c o -e q u a l" management of the watershed and provide for the Forest Service or counties which reap Bull Run tim ber receipts to buy a filtration plant for the city’s water supply in case lugging in the watershed dirties the water Portland hearings on use of the watershed w ill not be held by the U.S. House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, a subcommittee chairman wrote this week to Portland Mayor Neil Gold schmidt. Rep Teno Koncalio, D-Wyo., chairman of the subcommittee on Indian affairs and public landu, told Goldschmidt he agreed with the Portland City Council that field hearings in Portland "would maximize local input" but that such hearings are impossible during the next several months because of conflicting schedules. "Added to this,” Roncalio said, "are indications that the Senate may adjourn for the year by mid-October—a situation th£t makes swift action on the Bull Run problem imperative if we are to have legislation before the six-month hiatus ” City receives state funds The City of Sandy is due to receive 912,433 in state revenue sharing funds as a result of action taken in the Oregon Legislature. The City of Sandy Budget Committee and City Council w ill meet early next week to discuss ideas on how to spend the funds "T h e re ’s no strings attached on the type of use." said City Manager Paul Helton Suggestions from city residents are welcome So far, recommendations for possible project Besides Knight and Ryan, the classroom also utilizes the skills of tutors Lis Cox, Penny Curtis and Eileen McDonald. For more information about scholarship possibilities or the program, contact Richard Keough at «35-4318 or Gayle Knight at 668 7846. Ryan said he would like to have com mitments from parents by the end of the qpek if they would like to enroll their ‘ children in the summer session uses include utilizing the funds as an offset against property tax levies, hiring extra policemen for the Sandy Police Depart ment and using the money for capital expenditures A public hearing on possible uses w ill be held Monday night at 8 p m in the Sandy City Council Chambers At that time the Sandy Budget Committee will offer proposals concerning the uses. A second hearing will be held before the City Council at 8 p.m Tuesday night Copies of the budget c o m m itte e proposals will be available for inspection at City Hall after July 25 Comments may be submitted in either oral or written form The State of Oregon allocated 915.2 million to Oregon cities with Portland receiving the largest chunk, getting more than 94 million Money w ill come from an increased percentage in the stole liquor tax and the program w ill be an on going one G reat Way To The M t. H ood P layground V o i. 67 Single Copy 15c S A N D Y , O R E G O N , T H U R S D A Y . J U L Y 21. 1977 No. 29
