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About Sandy post. (Sandy, Oregon) 1938-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1978)
Thurs.. Jon. 26, 1978 (Sec 1, SANDY (Ora.) POST - 9 Alder Creek Water Co., city, lock horns in water battle Sandy woman raped on Highway 26 A 24-year-old Sandy woman was raped last Thursday evening by a man who grabbed her from behind and pulled her into a brushy area while she was walking beside Highway 26 about 10 miles east of Sandy. Clackamas County Sheriff Deputies said the woman told them that she met the suspect who was hitch hiking, at about 5:45 p.m. on the darkened highway. The suspect was described as being jn his early 20’s, 5-9 to 5-11 in height and between 135 and 140 pounds. She told deputies that he had a “ very slight build.” The man had shoulder- length dishwater blond hair, a brown mustache and medium-length sideburns. Deputies said there are no suspects, but an in vestigation of the incident is continuing. The City of Sandy and Alder Creek Water Co. may lock horns in a legal battle over the Alder Creek water system. Alder Creek Water Co. President Red Bennett says he won’t sign a water agreement the city council approved last week. “ There’s no way in the world we could sign the thing,” Bennett told The Post. “ We would have to subjugate our rights to the city to do that and it would be impossible to do.” “ Why should he want to sign it,” asked B e nn e tt’s a tto rn ey, B rian O’Brian. “ The contract says the city has no lia b ility —they can do anything they want. There’s nothing in it for him (Bennett).” The agreement drawn up by Jack Hammond, the c ity ’s attorney, allowed for Alder Creek Water Co. to hook up to Sandy’s water system during times when maintenance on the c ity ’s dam or intake muddies the Alder Creek supply. The privately owned water company has been hooked up to Sandy’s system since high waters in November and December washed out part of Bennett’s water system. Bennett said he serves approximately 300 people with water from Alder Creek. Sandy City Manager Paul Helton said the action was taken because Bennett has had more than enough time to put his own lines in working order. In approving the agreement Jan. 16, the city stipulated that Bennett w ill not be allowed to tap the c ity ’s line if he refused to sign the contract within 10 days. However, since that time Hammond said Bennett had indicated that he was going to clean out his own intake and get off the c ity ’s line. “ As long as he does that—at least for the moment we don’t have any problems,” Hammond said. “ Our only recourse is to shut him off our line if he doesn’t take some steps to put his own line in operation.” Bennett said his problems with the Alder Creek line began last summer when contractors for the city began work to extend the c ity ’s water supply to Alder Creek. “ The situation up there has caused people on the system an awful lot of problems,” Bennett said. Some homeowners in the area, however, said that problems with Alder Creek Water Co. started before the city began work on the new line. “ I ’ve lived here four years and it’s been a problem,” said Nancy Johnson, who is spearheading a task force of Alder Creek Water Co. users who met last week for the first time. Approximately 40 people attended a Jan. 18 meeting at the Forest Inn at Alder Creek to discuss problems with the water system. Mrs. Johnson told The Post that some residents are concerned with silt in the water, health hazards, turbidity, low water pressure and lack of main tenance on the system She said the task force w ill hold regular meetings during the coming months to discuss alternatives to solving the problems. So far, she said, there has been a strong interest in the task force. Both Mrs. Johnson and Helton blamed the problems of Alder Creek Water Co. on Bennett, not the city. “ The problems Alder Creek has had in the past and are still having are pertinent to their own system and not to the fact that the City of Sandy is taking water from Alder Creek,” Helton told The Post. “ We have not disturbed his system or intake. A ll we have done by proper engineering is to provide safe guards for emergency situations or an intertie to protect the flow of water in emergency situations.” Seasonal farm employment falls after harvest C la c k a m a s C o u n ty ’ s seasonal farm employment fe ll s ig n ific a n tly between October and November as the filbert harvest came to an end, according to State of O re g o n E m p lo y m e n t Divisions officials. T otal n on -a gricultu ra l wage and sa la ry em ploym ent rem ained un changed in the county during this period, officials said. The Oregon C ity local office reported a 5 percent rise in total employment insurance benefit payments issued to area claimants between October and November. f---- Bennett took an opposite approach to the problem “ They’re mad at Red Bennett, a lot of them ,” acknowledged the w ater company president “ Maybe I should have been a lot tougher on the city and contractor.” He said he had tried to cooperate with the c ity ’s contractor. “ All that did was make us look foolish in the long run ” Bennett said he believes the com p laints of the w ater users are legitimate. “ They’ve got my support I ’ll cooperate in any way possible This does help us out in dealing with the city of Sandy ’ He added: “ I t ’s unfortunate that they’re mad at me because I ’m the one who’s helping out. We’ve got a heck of a lot more satisfied customers than dissatisfied.” According to Bennett, there have been more than 30 outages since the city started work on the system. Contractor for the c ity ’s project is Stadeli Pump and Construction of Silverton. “ I ’m sure the State of Oregon w ill be involved in this before it’s all over,” said lawyer O’Brien, “ along with the public u tility commissioner, state watermaster, the court—you name it.” want ads Too Late to Classify FOR L E A S E , office or retail space in new building in downtown Sandy, 668 4744 days. _J M E N 'S SUITS, ladies clothes, full bed, stereo component center, various other items. About ’/ j m ile North of Stark on Hensley 1968 D A TS U N , station wagon, autom atic transmission, good tires, m echanically good, 76,000 miles. S475. 666 1606 SALE. N O R W E G IA N Elkhound puppies, 2 months old. $20 apiece 668 4208 C U R TIS M A T H E S 25” color TV, stereo, excellent condition. $350. Coffee table $40, record cabinet, $15. 622-4671. 1974 C H E V . 4x4, PS, PB, dual tanks, sliding rear window, body roof, runs good, $3000 668 7157 W E S T IN G H O U S E W ASHER , and dryer, gold matched. 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