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A Lively Race For Mayor
There w ill be no shoo-in in this
year s m ayoral race, so at this
early date we re not about to
predict a winner
We w ill,
how ever, venture the opinion that it
w ill probably be one of the most
interesting races the city has seen
in years
Sandy city government, in the
past, hasn't often evoked an out
pouring of enthusiasm and interest
00 the part of area residents It s
possible that city residents were
g e n e ra lly s a tis fie d w ith the
workings of the c ity's management
and remained quiet
I t ’s also
possible that the c ity ’s recent
growth has brought to light some
city problems which have hit a
nerve w ith some who live here
At least two of this year s
candidates have entered the race
because of what they see to be
lackings in the system: one quite
possibly because of dissatifacuon
w ith the relationship between city
hall and the police departm ent the
other because of the way he per
ceives the c ity ’s policy toward
growth
Both situations would
benefit from some lively discussion
and debate during the next few
months
Starting in the summer, we think
it would be valuable for the can
didates to hold a m onthly debate in
the city council chambers on topics
such as city services, growth, the
police departm ent and possible
solutions to the c ity ’s downtown
parking problem Other topics, of
course, would also make debatable
m ate rial
We would like to see this cam
paign become issue-oriented The
candidates don't need to spend a lot
of money or inundate voters w ith
signs and buttons
That s not
needed in Sandy. What is needed to
gain our support is some strong
answers to the problems that this
city is facing. Nothing less w ill do
the job (SAL)
Too Many Elections
Secretary of State Norma Paulus
thinks we have too many elections
here in Oregon
She doesn’t mean that too many
issues are given to the voters,
rather that we have to go to the
polls too often If everything was to
be combined into one or two
elections, the turnout might be
substantially greater.
We agree with Mrs Paulus
In an area such as ours w here we
have seven school districts, three
fire districts, water districts, etc.,
i t ’s even d iffic u lt for The Post to
keep tra c k .. and that's our job
Mt. Hood Community College
had an election last month, last
week some school districts sub-
m ined th e ir budget levies Come
May 23 we ll have the prim ary
election plus tax base elections for
M t, Hood and the Hoodland F ire
Departm ent Later this sum mer,
Bonng F ire w ill seek approval of a
levy. E tc . etc., etc.
Mrs Paulus sugges* that these
many elections shall.-. be com
bined Better turnouts inevitably
would ensue, and taxpayer's
money would be saved in the end
I t ’s up to the legislature to
change election laws
Recent
legislatures have, in fact, reduced
the num ber of elections—but they
should go even further We hope
M rs .
P aulus
pursues
her
suggestion
County commenr
by Bill Sanderson
There may be no legal or
even p ro vab le connection
between the spring of the
year that brings m the time
for prim ary elections and the
spring' in which a ’ young
m a n 's fan cy tu rn s —etc
etc.”
Rut there a a certain
relation ship between the
unusual shenmgans of our
political fnends and those of
the young men ¿3 the adage
as the »itching season for
c o u rtin g and p o litic k.n g
chaws near.
W itness the case of our
fre sh m a n
county
com
m is s ie n e r .y o u a g
R a lp h
Groener. »ho, with less ’.har
half of his first term as a
C lac ka m as County Com
m issioner
served
has
Ballot measure topic
of Firwood group
A baiiot measure proposing the
m e rg e r of the C o lum bia Region
Association of Gcnrtmtaeoa and the
Metropolitan Service Dtstnct » ill be
the toptc of iiscjssxx-. at a Wettaesday
April 19. meeting of Firwood Neigh
bors
Speak;ng in support of B allo t
Measure No 6 » ill be D r Ronald C
Cease director of the masters program
m public adm .rjstratxxi at Portland
State L 'a v e rw t) and chairman of the
Tn-County LocX Government C<
rmsswxL
C lac ka m as County C om m issioner
Robert Schumacher « ill speaa in op
position to the n eas -re which will go
before voters on Ma - 23
.Aiso on the agenda of the 7 30 p m
meeting at Firwood School a a report
00 a five acre aonm* appùcatxc and
eiectioc of officers T h a a the annual
meeting of the Firwood Neighbors
For more informata» call Walter J.
Deems president, at 468-37M or €21»-
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Nine hole group play planned
The M t Hood Golf Club
Ladies group has decided to
meMade a nine hole grewp
play for laches day
Ladies
day a held beguaung at 9
a m or Thursdays
The decision was made at
the
group s
y e a rly
org an izatio n al
luncheon
m eeting
at
O bie s
Restaurant m Portland on
March »
B eginners a re w elcom e
and in tro d u cto ry
group
Those interested m a y
Those
interested
my
cotkact Jim skaugstad the
golf
professional
at
Bowman s. before April 31
Junior golf lessons w ill be
avx a b k m June More in
fo m a o o c will be available
later according to a ctab
spokesman
Corrections noted
The Post apoiogiz« for
»ad verten t errors last week
» a story about the proposed
T ic k le C ree k local i n -
pro* enter, t d s tn e t
The Q ty of Sandy d o « not
seek
annexation of any
involved m the
L ID
The city's
an n e x a tio n
pohey
is
voluntary and only upon the
request
of the property
owner d the area can be
served by a t y fan b tM s
The a ty see*» nght-of way
approv al for a 12-meh sewer
tru th nne from E m iie Rich.
M yron Tupper and
Hoffman,
three
outside city h m iU
ild be affected by the
A c tu a lly
omy
the
Metropoi ta r Local B out
d a ry C o m m issio n, apoa
petition by mwabed property
d nm oort af the
project at the tim e of the
ro ty
project
The Rich
Topper and
H o ffm a n p ro p e rties a re
relatively undeveloped large
tracts and the owners may
be asked to pay a reduced
pnrttopatary amount baaed
T he
conncil
seeks
procedura* a lte rn a tiv « from
the
city
en g in ee r.n g
p a r t i« w ill be in
troduced at n o t regular
counr.’. meeting May l
The
present
sew er
treatment plant s e rv « a
population of -bout 2 .5 « but
n dwigned to service 5 . « •
Completion of a phase D of
the sewer treatm ent plant
w ill increase m a x im u m
service to I X 5 « popidabon
The T x k ie Creek hne
would
p ro v id e
for
d eve lo p m e n t an W ew er
Road, but wmdd end at High
way 111. not Shorty s Corner
« reported Shorty's Com er
a out of the urban growth
a re a ,
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c u rre n tly
by the CRAG
A young man's fancy
Groener s rapid
become a candidate for the
scramble across the political
position of s ta te com -
fields m search of new
mtssioaer of labor
worlds to conquer or better
Of course, at h e age.
p ayin g jobs to do the
young Ralph qualifies for
conquering with, one runs
both the young men in the
into a s u rp ris in g ly w ide
adage and as a pohtxian.
vanety of opuuons
and so the advent of spring
may be doubly upsetting for
They range from . “ Who is
ban
Ralph'Groener’ ’ to Oh. you
And then—when be turns
mean that state senator from
14) for work with a black
the M ilw aukie area '
eye t sometimes the visahle
Obviously, these quesbo«
badge of differences between
do not make a very good
both
young
men
and
basis for opinion forming and
politicians who have earned
so i turned to my one in
thetr spring strutting r.tuafcs
fallible source of considered
into the arena of fisticuffs I
_
jlib lic
opinion, m y oc-
vow may be w m taak ua*
m a g ic o f the s e m i m
« g e n e r ar. neighbor Phmias
P Chottv
M r Crotty coo-
workaig
sioers everything and he just
In attem pting to test public
happened to be w aitin g by
opinion re g a rd in g Com-
letters to the editor]
Prompt action
To the Editor
I *a n t to express our
thar.is and appreciation to
the Hoodland F ire Depart
meet for their swiftness and
efficiency tn putting out the
fire at the W e lc h « School
Sunday nig h t
Also our
thanks to the Sandy F ire
D e p a rtm e n t
fo r
th e ir
assistance
Without the prompt action
and efficiency of our local
fire department, we could
have lost part or all of our
school When one t a k « into
consideration the distance
some members must travel
just to arrive at the scene of a
fire, and then watch the
excellent job they did or. our
trader fire, we should be
gratefui to have such a
»otiderful group of fellows
Thanks again fellows for a
job »e ll done
JobnM Callaghan
Superintendent
W e lc h « Elem entary School
and those who worked so long
and hard on my cam pa ign
Thank you for your efforts
Now that we are sue
cessful. we must get to work
Pease know that I will
welcome yot» suggestions
and thoughts
Leah Behan
Rhododendron
Thanks
To the Ecfctor
Many many thanks to the
dear fr.ends and neighbors,
the Rogers for the telephone
calls and the transportation
to Rockwood, and to the
Clackamas County
Sertfl
departm ent.
Sandy
F ire
D e p a rtm e n t and A lp in e
Ambulance for the wonderful
s e rv ie « they performed
Thanks to the many fnends To The Sandy Post staff
and relatives of George
Please know that I am very
Nara gen who passed away
pleased
w ith
yo u r
A p ril 5. 1971. of a heart at newspaper
I read it faith-
f u ly and feel m ore and more
tack
A m a M Naragonand a p a n of the Sandy com
E a rl Gibson munity through it. We live
i SE Coalman Road m Aims I
I also appreciate your
r e s p o n s iv e n e s s
to
suggestions I have had
Pleased
New member
To the Editor
As a newly elected school
board m ember of W elch «
G rade School. I wish to thank
>11 those who voted for roe
Peggy * « <
Rt 1 Box 573
Troutdale. OR »TWO
After we had rescued our
littie s t k itte n fro m the
earn est atte m p ts of M r.
Crotty s irascible little mutt
to do said kitten great bodily
fa rm
» e exchanged the
fo llo w in g greetings and
pleasantries
Me
“ You ought to have
that nasty little beast on a
leash’ **
M r Crotty:
"W ell, you
ought a have some tall trees
around here so that puny
httie cat could get up out la
th w a y !"
I explained my problem
about not getting any real
answers to my questions
about
C o m m is s io n e r
Groener s newest political
goal
The only »king the
oldster seemed to be in
terested in was that Groener
had gotten a “ shiner” in a
fight
‘ •Who was he fig h tin '
with” ’ be asked, and then
without waiting for an an
swer. “ An’ did he lick *im?’
He was obviously disap
pointed in m e for not
knowing more of the in
teresting details
He was
not. he said, much in favor of
those who reso rted
to
violence “ B ut,” and here a
wicked gleam came into the
old fellow 's eyes, “ if he'd a
licked the ta r outta one of the
other com m issioners or
o ffic ia ls
around
th at
courthouse
th a t's
been
raisin* all the’ h~I about
zoning and hiring a whole
new gang of high-paid
burycrats, I'd vote f t r im in
a minute!**
“ But since be didn t? 1
prompted gently
“ Ha'int made up my mind
yet,’’ the old man grumbled,
calling his dog and starting
for home
And that's my
public opinion poll on the
matter as of now
Keeping posted
Librarian to speak
THL RSDAY. APRIL 13
Oregon T ra il Coffee Hour
w ill start at 9:3 0a m
ooo
The W elch « School Board
w ill meet at 7:30 p m for a
regular meeting Items of
discussion
include
the
rebuilding of the music
program after Sunday's fire,
discussion of the district's
levy election on May 23. and
a report from the building
advisory committee
MONDAY. APRIL 17
The Sandy Union High
School Board w ill meet at
7 30 p m in the reference
library. Agenda items in
clude discussion of the recent
budget defeat, a report on
c la s s ifie d
e m p lo y e s
prepared for the district by
an outside ag en cy, an
analysis of the district’s
general fund revenues and
expenditures, food service
and a school calendar
TUESDAY. APRIL IS
Richard T uffli. director of
the
C la c k a m a s
County
L ib rary, w ill address the
noon session of the Sandy
Area Chamber of Commerce
at T .J .’s Restaurant.
Fines waived
This week is a dream come true for library patrons
with overdue books
As part of National Librarv W eek activities April 2-8.
the Sandy Library is accepting any library * books and
won t charge a fine. The books w ill be routed to their
home” libraries according to Sandy librarian
M argaret Crownover.
Elementary board gives
go-ahead to school
The Sandy
E le m e n ta ry
Board
Tuesday night gave the green light for
the d ra ftin g of fin a l cons tr a c t mo
on the distnet s 9 9 « 0 «
» take advantage of new s to the west
Firwood School expansion project
A
far bids on the six room adtfc
two will be made in »ate Jrnie
north
A belfry over the school s front en
trance w ill house the old. original Kelso
hell The cafeteria and gym
are placed ta the s<Mth of the
school s 12 rooms ta help protect Owm
The board voted In seek fiwther m-
formation on the design s k e tc h « tar a
from the sun
The
design
12 room school for the Kelso area
Super;ntendent Clark Lund said that
while the board was very favorably
classrooms to receive
The btaldtag »
commodate another two-story i 2 room
unit at a later date raising the total
capacity «I the structure to « 0
¡mpress-d with the overall
presented by architect Hewn
there was some question as Is
rcsnomK fensdahty of a
le r< h skylight m the sketches
The board ab o questioned the ar
ctatert s angled «tin g of the
The overall desap) shows a
set slightly off a x »
SERVICE
WE GIVE!
also
allow s
The estim ated price tag sn the
in 92 4 million
Lund said that the board will
their May
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