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4 - SAN DY (Ore.) POST Thur».. Jan 19. 1978 (Sec n Hobnobbing with the stars Suit dismissal pondered The final chapter in a claw action la w s u it on b e h a lf of B u ll u s e rs m ay R u n w a te r be w r itte n J a n 30 in th e Portland chambers of U.S. D is t r ic t Judge James M Burns. Burns w ill hold the 9 a m hearing so Portland resident users of Bull Run water w ill have an opportunity to present their objection», if any. to the dismissal of remaining claims in the lawsuit involving the Bull Run Reserve and watershed “ From now on, my involvement in Bull Run is not going to have any le a d e r s h ip in v o lv e d ,” s a id S andy resident Joe M iller, who instigated the class action lawsuit with his wife, Amy. , in 1973 M iller favors continuation of the suit. The Forest Service and other defendants to the la w s u it have proposed that the remaining claims in the lawsuit be dismissed because the changes in federal laws since the filing of the lawsuit have made the claims moot. Also a pp aren tly in fa v o r of dismissing the remaining claims is Charles Merten, lawyer for M iller and the class during the lengthy legal proceedings. In a letter dated Dec. 15 and ad dressed to M ille r, the Oregon Environmental Council and the North west Environmental Defense Center at Lewis and Clark College, Merton noted that the Bull Run Trespass Act no longer exists since President Carter signed a new bill outlining management of the watershed on Nov. 23,1977. Judge Burns, in closing the Bull Run Reserve last year, ruled only on the firs t claim involving the Trespass Act. The four remaining claims in clude: —The P u b lic T ru st claim , a derivative of the Trespass Act claim. This said if the Trespass Act does not ban logging altogether, then nonetheless the Forest Service is »till logging too much and thereby en dangering the quality of Bull Run water —The ciearcutting claim Merten said the statute that served as the basis of the claim has been amended by Congress so as to allow ciearcutting —The Multiple Use and Sustained Yield claim. Merten said this was a contention that the Sustained Yield Act was being violated because the Forest Service was not maintaining the 300- year-old timber growth in Bull Run. —The N ational E nvironm ental Protection Act, which Merten said claimed that nothing should be done in the Bull Run Reserve pending the filing of an environmental impact statement. “ The sustained yield and NEPA claims are not, in my opinion, mooted by the repeal of the Trespass Act,” wrote Merten. “ The question is: shall we continue to press them?” “ I si^gest that we voluntarily dismiss our remaining claims without prejudice to our right to reinstate them later,” Merten said. M iller expressed concern for the wording of the new law which removes what he said was “ previous legal protection for the Little Sandy River as a future water source.” He said the new law “ opens a large part of it to recreation and multiple use without completing an environmental impact s ta te m e n t. “ If this is to be challenged under other laws, this should happen before people get used to using the area for recreation, hunting and fishing,” wrote M iller in the Bull Run newsletter. “ We have seen how difficult it was in the Lolo Pass area to exclude people once they have become accustomed (even though illegally) to enjoying i t ” Curved spine talk due “ Stand up straight. Do you want to grow up with a curved spine? If you’ve said that to your daughter or son, it may have been a waste of breath. If your child slouches, holds one shoulder lower than the other or stands w ith a hip ju ttin g out, the child may have scoliosis, not merely some bad postural habits. Joyce Kram er, nurse for the feeder schools in the Sandy Union High School D istrict, w ill hold a meeting and show a film concerning the problems of scoliosis at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Jan. 24, in the high school reference library The meeting is part of a program the area schools have participated in during the past three years to check for the condition. Mrs. Kramer said scoliosis is a condition, not a disease. It affects 80 percent more girls than boys and gets started during adolescence. Although its cause is unknown, Mrs. Kramer said science has determined that it tends to have a genetic nature. If caught early, Mrs. Kramer said most sufferers have the condition corrected through a brace or exercises. Surgery is a final resort. Mrs. Kramer said parents are invited to attend the Tuesday session or contact her through one of the school districts. by Lori Varosh staff reporter Starry, starry night. The rare site in East County this time of year is a regular feature at the Mt. Hood Community College planetarium Bob G. Anderson, d ire c to r of planetarium programs. regularly hobnobs with the stars “ Astronomy ia the Coamic Journey,” ia the message plastered on his office wall The decor consists of a floor to ceiling photograph of the moon. His preoccupation continues to be in evidence in a box of Converse All-Star basketball shoes in the corner It is the doomed room 30 feet across that inspires Anderson’s continual fraternization with space. “ I t excites the imagination,” the astronomy instructor explained. “ The sky in the planetarium is so close to the real thing ” Sky theater programs tour the heavens from sunset to sunrise any day of the year V ivid oranges, pinks and purples melt with background music into night. The pinpoints of light appear more realistic in the planetarium, in fact, than they do outside near the pollution and lights of Portland. Arc lamps help the planetarium projector reproduce the stars ac curately. “ Normally, they make the blob on the ceiling bigger to connote brightness.” Anderson said. “ The arc lamps can really give us a brighter light.” The Spitz A-4 projector looming like a Star Wars weapon in the center of the theater is the best instrument in its AT THE CONTROLS Bob Anderson prepares to price class, he figured. “ It has a two manipulate the night sky. The Mt. Hood ( ommunih fold function: to show the positions and College planetarium programs director uses the star the motions of the sky accurately.” Stars are illuminated through holes in the projector bulb. Planets, however, anything space-related, with help from are each mounted on a separate drive the projector, slides and other visual aided by m irrors to accurately depict aid. A ninth-grade class w ill be treated the different orbits. to a “ bucketfull of Mars slides that’ll The collection of pinpoints of light on knock their eyes out. the ceiling are designed to give children “ I t ’s amazing to see how inqusitive and adults a sense of fam iliarity with these kids are,” the director said. “ The the sky. distances in space are so huge, the sizes Programs for school children can be are so big, kids love to trip on it. There s arranged at the teacher’s convenience a na tural awesomeness to the sky “ We try hard to relate the program to Adults are equally fascinated and what the teacher is doing in class," inquisitive, according to Anderson, but Anderson explained. “ Then students they ask questions only when children come w ith the attitude that this is going are not around.” to make sense. They won’t just come to “ I really enjoy talking to retired folks sleep,” who saw Haley’s comet in 1910. If you Anderson is well-equipped to discuss ■ I projector, slides and other visual «Ha to » » k e children and adults more familiar with all facets o “str»nom>'' (Post photo) see something like that, you never forget it.” Schools tend to neglect astronomy in today’s tightened curriculum. The MHCC planetarium can fill the void. A Wednesday class, “ Planets and Stars for Adults Who Wonder About Them,” w ill be from 7 to 9 p.m. for three weeks beginning Feb. 8. “ Stars and Planets for Parents and Kids” w ill be Saturdays, Jan. 21 to Feb. 11 from 10 a.m. to noon. A sack lunch program for adults w ill highlight each planet during the winter quarter at 12:15 p.m. Thursdays. All classes are in the M H fC planetarium. Fraud found TAKE O F W EIGHT W IT H O U T EATNG LKE A BIRD. Some weight loss programs allow you a speck of food here, a fleck there or none at all. Not so with Today s Weight Watchers * Program’ Our nutntionally-balanced food plan lets you eat delicious juicy cheeseburgers, real cocoa milk shakes, steaming baked potatoes, savory ham and egg and lots more—within lim its-and still learn to lose weight. Jo»n Weight Watchers today. Eating like a bird is for the birds. Losing weight neveA A f H C f r j T tasted so good. WATCHERS The Authority. ‘@ Y O U ’RE THIS CLOSE TO LOSING WEIGHT. JOIN ANY CLASS A N Y T IM E ! SANDY A s s e m b ly o f G o d C h u rc h 411 M t H ood H ig h w a y OOp m Fw »ur«w ln1wm«Mon COM CoMod Mon 7 Fraud control activity in the fourth quarter of 1977 (O ctober through Decem ber) through the Oregon Em ploym ent D ivisio n 's Unemployment Insurance Benefits section, brought recom m endations fo r the prosecution of nine new cases. This brought the to ta l number of cases to be prosecuted during the fourth quarter to 40 Six cases were completed d uring the quarter leaving 34 cases pending, said a spokesman for the employment division. The completed cases brought two convictions in Clackamas C ounty; one conviction and one declination in M ultnom ah County and one conviction each in Linn and Jackson counties. In these cases the courts ordered restitution of monies paid in four cases; suspended sentences in three cases; imposed sentences to be continued in two cases and set probationary periods in five cases ranging from 18 months to three years. During the fourth quarter, a total of 370 determinations were written in which 4,764 alendar *eeks of unem ployment insurance benefits were disqualified for w illful, false s ta te m e n ts , or misrepresentation A total of 1155.956 was recovered in overpaym ents of benefits during the quarter. A PRECISION INSTRUMENT, the planétarium projector is designed to accurately duplicate not only positions of the stan, but Management plan reduces timber sales The Mt. Hood National Forest w ill implement the preferred alternative for the Jim’s Auto Repair 1 0 % D ISC O U N T FOR SENIOR CITIZENS 668-4663 Located 1 ’/» miles east of Sandy on Hwy. 26, west end of Vic’s Auto Parts. W EIG HT vr-M-rr— 7- T h e A u tn C tltV Rodlond (M9) J9T 1«' W wkdtvi I » » » ■WCiCHT WATCMM" ANO# AM MG»«T1MO TRAOiMAAM 0»W««HT WATCMM HTOANATlOWAl *«C MAtotoASM’ «V »WIGHT WATCH»« KTIWWATKWAV also motion of the planets. Other visual aids in the Mt. Hood Community College planetarium bring the outside in. (Photo courtesy MHCC) Ml types of repair Jim Middlebrooks 1 Timber Management Plan, as outlined in the fin a l statem ent, said Forest Supervisor Dale Robertson this week The decision was made in conference with Regional F orester D ick Worthingon The preferred alternative w ill become the tim b e r management plan for the next ten years It describes an annual sell level of 364 1 million board feet a year “ Although the Mt Hood Forest contains about 1 m illion acres,” said Umber s ta ff m em ber Wendall Jones. "Only about 824,000 acres included in the com mereiai forest land base Of thia, timber harvest is only prescribed on about «62,000 Jones went on to add that there was significant public input on the d ra ft en vironm ent statem ent. He said concerns expressed in the input were considered and many changes occurred in the final statement as a result "An example,” said Jones, “ is that the final reflects a 29 percent reduction of number of acres harvested, while at the same time reflecting only a 2 5 percent reduction in the annual harvest levels The timber management plan indicates no harvest levels for the 142,000 acre B ull Run Reserve Management directives for the recently legislated 95.000 acre Bull Run Watershed Management Unit w ill be developed in continued cooperation with the City of Portland A fin a l environm ental statement w ill be issued for this area Management p re scriptions for the remainder of the 142,000 acres are contained in the M t. Hood Planning U nit F in a l E n v iro n m e n ta l Statement MacGregor enlists M ark A. MacGregor, husband of Shannon MacGregor, 56161 East High way 26. Sandy, recently enlisted in the United States Air Force, according to SSgt. David H. Masuo. the local Air Force recruiter. MacGregor departed Jan. 10 for Lackland A ir Force Base, Texas Upon suc cessfully completing the Air fo rce ’s six-week basic tra in in g course, he w ill receive further training in his chosen career field as a security specialist. MacGregor w ill be earning credits toward an associate degree in applied sciences through the C om m unity College of the A ir Force while attending basic and other A ir Force technical training schools.
