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About Sandy post. (Sandy, Oregon) 1938-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1978)
- SANDY (Or«.) POST Thun.. Jan. 26. 1978 (Sac 1) Planning budget long process Peters says of the budget “ The ‘nice to have’ things are items we really ought to have but felt that those kinds of things should be decided by the people in the community (through their budget committee members).” Peters points out that the district can be operated with almost any amount of money but adds that under the need to have lim it ” 1 don’t want to talk about quality education.” So it was up to the board to decide what final balance of necessities and niceties would appear in the final figure. This is a process that goes back several months, when each department in the school figured out what it ’s financial requirements would be for the 1977-78 year. “ I try to establish a per-pupil cost for each budget based on the current prices that I have to pay.” said com munications department head Dennis Crow of his initial budget formulations. “ From that I project what I need.” For Crow and other department heads a continuing headache has been the rising price on textbooks, most of which have risen by as much as 40 percent in the last few years Crow said that he tries to purchase paperbacks whenever possible, but not a ll textbooks are available in the cheaper softcovers Crow, like other department heads, presented his budget to an ad m inistrative committee consisting of principal B ill MacFarlane, vice principals Gene Carlson and Diane by Douglas Gantenbein staff writer For the past tew weeks, the Sandy Union High School budget team has been sharpening their pencils and bearing down to the annual task of preparing a budget for the next year of the high school's operation Tuesday night, the budget committee and the school board put their final approval on a 12.702.182 budget, which w ill go before the voters April 4 for approval. It’s been no easy task In many ways. Sandy High is like a small town It has well over 1500 people there as either students, faculty, administrators or support personnel and in addition has complete transportation facilities to care for as well as the building’s physical requirements such as heating and lighting But there's one respect in which a high school budget of millions and a household budget of about $15,000 don’t differ much: It always seems there are more things to buy than money to buy them with. So to make it easier for the board to decide just where to put their money. Superintendent Jack Peters divided his budget proposal into two categories - those things the district could use but could get by without. The luxuries list included such items as the resurfacing of the track, lights for the tennis court and additional equipment for the machine shop. “ In the need to have category we try to get the things that maintain quality,” Cuchens and administrative assistants Margaret Trachsel and Crow himself. Together they worked the budget down several hundred dollars before foi warding it to the superintendent’s office. Total cuts in that first run of the budget amounted to about $225,000 But Peters still felt it should be less for his “ need to have" basic budget, so back it went to the departments for further paring U ltim ately, $320,000 was trimmed before Peters submitted the budget to the budget committee for their perusal. Then, following an informational meeting the budget committee held two hearings, including one marathon that went far into the night last Wednesday For most departments each budget item was reviewed. Various depart ment heads attended to answer any questions board members might have. What are the budget committee members looking at when they discuss the budget? “ It all boils down to one thing.” said board chairman Wayne Johnson “ That we get the optimum in an education facilities for the minimum amount of money. “ We don’t want a Cadillac but we do want something that makes good education for the student.” The committee makes cuts on some department head’s pet projects, but Crow for one feels they do a good job of determining the d istrict’s needs. “ I like the review and the input,” he said. “ When you get many opinions, you get better programs. I think i t ’s a good process.” Packwood to head alien labor hearings U r g iM r r r d IN am tw w J W K m «' f mous Starlre Owronds sal m soM 14K goM Togs are pncad to pamper rout Sudget and are permanenti» -egntered and proteced agamst lets Ore. » swi»i«eeas Sen. Bob Packwood. R- Ore., w ill continue his probe into problems of alien farm labor certification when he leads two hearings in Oregon next month. The first hearing is Feb. 10 in Portland before Select C om m ittee on Sm all Business. 8:30 p.m., in the new Federal B uilding, conference room 1578. The second hearing is in Medford Feb 13. Packwood said he's con cerned about com plaints from growers that they can't find domestic workers and field hands, and that federal regulations to re c ru it workers are too costly. "T h e hearings in Washington in December painted a pretty grim picture for our nation's growers," he said. “ It's becoming too hard for them to get seasonal help, and Oregon fanners have told me time and time again that unless the government acts, this y e a r’s harvest could be the worst yet.” The senator said he hopes that through the hearings he can glean more information about the p lig h t of the migrant farm worker, as well as the grower, and that sound recommendations can be made to resolve the problems. “ Oregon’s Employment Services Division has done a good job under trying c ir cum stances,” Packwood said. “ I want to see how we can expand the division's efforts Packwood earlier called for a full-scale study of the US. Employment Service operations, saying they may be hampering agriculture and fru it growing harvests. In d ivid u a ls w anting to testify at the hearings can contact Packwood's P o rt land office at 223-4471, P.O. Box 3621, Portland. 97208 Carmel Estates appeal unlikely An appeal of a recent Court of Appeals decision regar ding the proposed Carmel Estates shopping center in Boring appears doubtful, according to Jack H am mond. law yer fo r the plaintiffs. Hammond represents the City of Sandy, and area landowners Mr. and Mrs Charles Ruegg and M r and Mrs Otto Ourecky The Oregon City attorney said it remains unlikely that he w ill file a petition for appeal to the Oregon Supreme Court because the Oregon State Land Con servation and Development Commission has already disallowed the zone change for construction of the center at U S. Highway 26 and High way 212. C la c k a m a s C o u n ty Com m issioners, who ap proved the zone change in early 1976 have appealed the LCDC decision saying they had failed to apply the LCDC goal protecting agricultural lands before approving the zone change. Carmel Estates of Hood River has applied to con struct an office building, m otel, restaurant and grocery store at the 26.5 acre site. Mushrooms signal healthy lawn Toadstools in the lawn may be unsightly but they in dicate something good is happening in your soil, ac cording to Ray McNeilan. urban horticulture extension agent Toadstools. mushrooms, puff balls and other assorted fungi spore producers, pop up every now and then in most lawns DON’T GAMBLE WITH YOUR HEALTH TO LOSE WEIGHT. Crash diets may be appealing But are they safe9 In follow ing the Weight Watchers* Program we not only want you to lose weight we also want you to eat wisely and well. Thais why we advise you to see your doctor before starting our or any weight loss program The Weight Watchers Program is created and super vised by our world renowned Medical Director and expert nutntionists That s why the foods on our Program are not only delicious but nutritionally-balanced Play it safe Ask your doctor and join a Weight Watchers meeting today Losing weight tasted so good. ..WEIGHT WATCHERS IN MEMORY THOMAS PAVE July 27, 1899 January 21, 1978 S * r v tc a s w a r * h » i« j t u * t d < y . J a n u a ry 2 4 , 1 9 7 S a t tn a S a n d y L a t t e r D a y S a in t» C h a p e l, v a u l t I n t e r m e n t w as at C N t’ j i a a C a m a ta r y In S a n d y The Authority ’(ffiw jU 'M THB a o u TO IOSMG WEIGHT. ^ J O I N A N Y CLASS A N Y T IM E SANDY Assembly of God Church 41$ M t Hood Highway Mon 7 0 0 p m For furiwar c«n cwwei S o r e ly W R Q ff m rrr“ " P r TW UW U The Authority eerruna i mi m * ’ • »» » l.awT«WTT>»l« « o 8 » ' i » eg « t ih e o ^ a « wa »»$ o » WEK^«TW*TO«J5 ’ ware»««« »•» 668-6015 ‘ ‘ They are not usually damaging to the grass, but they may be offensive to the appearance of your turf, he said “ If they are a bother, rake them off with a grass rake.” McNeilan noted that these growths are only the top portion of an extensive fungus organization in healthy soil “ For the most part, they indicate a fungus that is breaking down organic material in the ground, he said “ Looked at from this view point. they are beneficial In the process of decaying particle s and changing them to humus, various m in era l elements and nutrients are released from the organic material by the fungus growth ” Mushrooms are often found in abundance in soils where sawdust or bark was rototilled in to loosen heavy clay soils. Or they may be in areas where old tree roots are being decayed “ In any case, they simply are a signal that life, growth and decay provesses are proceeding normally in your yard." McNeilan said EARL M E IE R (center) ponders a point during a budget hearing while district business manager Jim Smith (right) freeholder M itt Shields look on. Salem scene Legend follows capitol statue by Jack Zimmerman Associated Oregon Industries Oregonians tend to be fiercely proud of those who explored, settled and carved their particular state out of the Old West. Overland via the Oregon T ra il and by sea around Cape Hom the early settlers streamed westward in the 1830s and '40s to wrest this land from its native inhabitants and repel Britons with sim ilar notions. The Oregon Territory was created in 1848 and statehood achieved 11 years later. Legend and lore literally abound concerning these who fallowed Lewis and Clark to the fabled Pacific Northwest Consequently, it may come as something of a shock to discover Oregon’s most famous pioneer didn’t get here until Sept. 4,1938—and he arrived on a steamship out of Long Island, N.Y., via the Panama Canal Hardly a pioneer by ordinary standards, he never theless has achieved singular fame for epitomizing the spirit of those who claimed the land a century before his arrival. He is a statue. And he stands 24 feet tall atop of the Oregon Capitol Building in Salem, his 16,700 pound bronze bulk resplendent in gold leaf—gleaming in sunlight by day and floodlight at night—symbolizing those who founded the Land of the Em pire Builders. Variously known as The Pioneer, the Golden Pioneer and the Oregon Pioneer, he is without formal name. Actual conception appears to have been the product of his creator, a German-bora sculptor of national fame, who appears to have taken the statue's origin to the grave w ith him in 1957. U lric H. Ellerhausen was one of four artists who collaborated with architect Francis Keally, winner of a nationwide contest to design the present capitol building after its predecessor was destroyed by fire in 1935 Nowhere in minutes of 42 meetings conducted by the official Capitol Reconstruction Commission between Dec. 4, 1935 and March 31,1939 is there a hint anyone but Ellerhusen conceived the statue Nowhere in printed rules for the contest to design the building is there a word about statutory atop the dome—let alone even mention of the dome. But when Realty's design was declared winner, the pioneer began to a ttract attention Photographs of the Water line extension requested by Pearson The Portland Metropolitan Area Local Government Boundary Commission w ill hold a hearing Wednesday, Feb 8. Room 602 of the Multnomah County Court house The proposal to be con sidered is e x tra te rrito ria l extension of a water line outside the Welches Com munity Water System The extension consists of approximately 400 feet of 1 inch water line from the district’s existing 2-inch line on Welches Road southeast to property to be served in Clackamas County Request was made by Robert Pearson for a single connection to a building site on Pearson s property on Welches Road original 16-inch model drew immediate response from critics throughout the state. Its accoutrements lacked this or that. And its most vocal detractor abhorred what he termed the smooth- shaved figure carrying a Boy Scout axe and likely wearing rayon underwear. He thought the capital should be adorned by a statue of Sacajawea In a letter to the commission, Ellerhusen responded to his critics, explaining his pioneer figure was meant to represent ” , . . upstanding youth. . . feet firm ly planted on the ground—his ground The rough in dication of the chin. . . hints at the first silky beard of youth...suggesting , about 50 or 60 sleeps north west of Independence. ” He admitted the axe appeared small close up and went on to explain the technicalities of perspective that must be considered when creating a statue to be viewed from 300 feet away some 160 feet in the air. “ The regular, yard-long axe,” he wrote, “ is also the proper symbol for the Oregon pioneer, as the long knife was the symbol for the Kentuckians. The double-bitted axe is the symbol of the specialist, who was not necessarily a homebuilder. “ The pioneer is holding a piece of canvas, it is left for the imagination of the beholder if this be the cover of the covered wagon or some other tenting,” he con tinued. “ The story to be read being that this pioneer, having taken possession of his land, is about to put up some temporary shelter with indication that the permanent home is being built, the tree stump in dicating that a tree has been cut of a size practical for log housebuilding.” The sculptor's explanation quelled complaints and he was permitted to continue his work without further harassment. He actually created many of the capitol's adornments, including the great eagle over the main entrance, beaver and sea otter flanking the eagle and the wheat and salmon over the east and west en trances. respectively. In bronze, in addition to the pioneer, he executed the great seal in the rotunda floor and over the main en trance—on the outside a sailing vessel, the cow, sheep and on the inside the stage coach, pack animals and early locomotive. Total cost, $22,431.50, generally conceded quite a bargain compared with works he had done elsewhere throughout the country. Despite the pioneer fig u re 's obvious anonymity—reinforced in a letter from a commission member to Charles A. Sprague of the Oregon Statesman—speculation persists Ellerhusen must have worked from some sort of model. One version claims the sculptor used a likeness of Gus Weis, legendary logger from Southern Oregon, who had a habit of winning Paul Bunyon contests during the 1920s And not a few bonafide descendants of real pioneers believe they perceive a sim ilarity with the west-facing statue’s face and that of an actual antecedent. It is doubtful Ellerhusen intended other than the symbolic pioneer that emerged from his mind’s eye. Nonetheless, the artist did possess a keen w it and only after installation of a magificient frieze on Lousiana's State Capitol did he reveal one seven-foot figure in a business suit was actually a likeness of The Kingfish—Huey P Long Board meets /from page 2 start wondering Why is it that in such an “ advanced" society such as ours, we still don't have the power to protect ourselves from the poisons of big business’’ For in essence what you and I think of as bread, fruit, meat, and other e v e ry d a y n u tr itio n a l necessities, are realty filled w ith a dditives and un- iry chemicals My own fam ily for years has tried to lim it their diet to more health food, avoiding fast foods, m anufactured munchies, white sugar, white bleached flour and all the additives put in the foods we eat. Yet it is sim p ly becoming impossible One can't go into a store anymore without finding additives in almost everything Highway 26 now has a few health food stores but it just isn't enough for the m ajority of the population My suggestion is that we try to "re v e rt" back to nature and the more healthy and pure foods If we don t soon, the result w ill be quite obvious in a few generations That is. if we still have an earth to live on because who knows what w ill become of man and his progress?" Sincerely yours. Brenda Strong P O Box 251 Brightwood. Ore 97011 Sandy Design R e vi Board w ill meet a* 7 :30 p I Jan 26 in the Sandy C Library. Applicants Brad Pickir and Fred’s Tire Shop v seek approval for signs a B arbara Fox i t seeki renewal of a ski shop si| Also on the agent Carlson Chevrolet w ill ma a request for approval parking, ingress and egre and landscaping Ruffi and Ruffing w ill propose new asphalt plant in t Industrial Park
