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.
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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
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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
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