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Von Braschler, Gan. Manager ‘Wild West’ existed here Sue Lafky, Editor Caroline Duff, Office Manager. John Kline, staff reporter Published w eekly Thurtdoy» by The Outlook Publi»hmg Co So« 68 Sondy Oregon 9 7 0 5 5 Second clots postoge paid at Sandy Oregon 668 5548 SUBSCRIPTION RATES In M ultnom ah and C lockom ot Counties, per y e a r .......................... In N orthw est and Pacific Coast States outside Oregon per y e a r .................5900 57.00 Servicemen any address ................57.00 In O regon outside M ultnom ah and O utside N orthw est and Pocific Coast ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ lo ^ k o m o ^ o u n tie ^ p » ^ e e j\^ ^ » 0 0 Mf m AFR WMt._______ N Aa e e oc * H p A per Btftwt - Founuutf IBSS Pag« 2 IIH--X. I Sandy Poet, Sandy, Oregon 97055 No. 22 Jung 1, 1978 Sandy’s Growth Continues A proposal to move Sharon’s Food King outside the downtown core area has received much comment from area residents in recent weeks, especially from members of the Sandy City Council. The question, from our point of view, isn’t an easy one. Sharon’s Food King owner Gale Meier wants room to breathe, and is asking the city to annex a 3.64 acre plot of land on the west end of Sandy along Highway 26 so he can build. On the other hand, some council members have expressed fears that moving one of the city’s two grocery stores outside of the downtown core area will detract from the recent downtown improvements and possibley contribute to a Sandy version of urban sqrawl. The last thing anyone wants in Sandy is to see a duplication of the section of Burnside in Gresham which some have dubbed “Gour- met Gulch.” On the other hand, the cold hard facts are that Sandy is rapidly running out of downtown core area space. There just isn’t anywhere Meier can feasibly build except outside of the present downtown area. A grocery store needs parking and display space. Sandy’s growth demends that Meier either expand or lose customers. Meier’s request should be granted, but should serve as a warning to area residents that a careful watch is needed to avoid urban sprawl in Sandy, Now is the time to make your opinions known in how Sandy will ¿row. The Sandy Comprehensive Plan Revision Meeting will be held next Tuesday evening at 7:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers. Your voice can make a difference School Property Taxes Oregon isn’t the only state where complaints are being lodged against ‘‘overreliance on local property taxes for funding public schools.” A suit has been filed in Massachusetts which, if sue- cessful, will force a shift to a broader based levy for public school financing. Similar suits have been filed in California, Connecticut, New Jersey and Ohio and all have led to less dependence upon property tax levies for school support. The challenge in Massachusetts is much like that heard in Oregon — school financing should not be dependent upon the amount of assessed valuation (property) in the district. A broader-based formula would provide more equal educational opportunities for children statewide. __ , Property taxes are relatively easy to assess and thus convenient for school levies But they do not at^ UP equality for children in school. The Massachusetts case will take at least two years to ajudicate but it seems to be part of a growing trend to shift patterns of school financing. We expect something of the same here. How About Moving Billboards In its search for money, Tri-Met is considering the sale of bus ad- vertising which, it’s estimated, would raise about $100,000 per year. That, we think, is progress Ever since its inception, Tri-Met has been adamant about sale of ad- vertising on buses. Somehow, it was considered beneath Tri-Met’s standards. Now, however, the money crunch has become extremely tight. The payroll tax has been stretched to its legal limit and fare-box increases are next in line. it seems to us that the $100,000 advertising would bring in isn’t to be passed off. We’ve seen buses all over the world with advertising and we found them no less comfortable or convenient. We hope Tri-Met follows through. Cutting the Bureaucracy We don’t think any state has quite the number of boards and commissions as does Oregon. For instance: The Rogue River Coordination Board, the Chewings Fescue and Creeping Red Fescue Commission, the Mobile Home Construction Standards Advisory Board, the Emergency Fire Cost Committee, the Furniture and Bedding Advisory Council, etc. Are they all necessary? Apparently not. The 1977 Legislature passed a Sunset law which provided for review of all commissions and agencies. Those which the legislature did not re enact, would be terminated, Thus far, three hoards have been. reviewed and all three—State Board of Watchmakers, State Board of Landscape Architect Examiners, and the State Board of Auctioneers—have been recom- mended for termination, None represents a major cost item in state budgeting but if not necessary—and a lot of state boards are not—they should be eliminated. Even small savings count. No End to Postal Squeeze Now that the 15-cent stamp is a reality, can 20 be far away? Not the way the U S. Postal Service is going. First-class [»ostage rates are now 300 percent higher than 10 years ago. The big factor, of course, has to be wages. Nearly 90 percent of all postal costs involve salaries. The Postal Service justifies the elating wage costs—nearly louble over 10 years ago—by ex- lining that postal workers were seriously underpaid a decade ago. No longer is this the case. Moreover, some of the fine print usually is overlooked by postal officials. Postal wages, for in- stance, are the same everywhere, irrespective of any cost-of-living factor A postal employee in V Broken Bow, Neb., is paid just as much as one in New York Washington, D.C., or San Fran- cisco Moreover, contracts negotiated in recent years make it inevitable that wages will go up again—just as will postage costs. Quite ob- viously, substitute ser- vices-United Parcel, for exam- ple-will continue to grow, . *ncrpases which became effective Monday include all classes of service. Post cards went ^rom 9 t0 10 cen^*» newspapers and magazines increased by 30 percent, advertising circulars by 20 percent and packages by 37 percent, Long-distance telephone may be cheaper. just Faster, Rafshoon, Faster!” letters to the editor Tri-Met To the Editor: Since the T ri-M e t tone rates do not seem an equitable solution to T ri M et’s financial problems, I am offering some alternate rate structures. Instead of havin g a Fareless Square, call it the Transit Square and offer a $10 annual pass. This would be cheaper than bringing a car downtown for parking fees over a year’s period. Hotels and motels could give receipts to out-of-town guests to obtain c o m p lem en tary th ree -d a y fre e T ra n s it Square passes from the T ri- M et tic k e t o ffic e upon request and would stimulate downtown business. It would seem logical to offer a life time pass to seniors at an initial fee of $10. Seniors would have more money upon entering the Social S ec u rity age and generally would be able to afford it. Hardship cases could be handled by w elfare as the public is paying for it regardless of which end of the stick it’s on. There may be some m erit in one bus going out Division to Gresham and returning on Powell, while the Powell bus might return on Division. The same might hold true on the Holgate-Foster line and other lines in the suburban areas It would take up the void in service in many areas. Instead of “ dead ending” the Route 21 bus at Powell, bring it down on Po w ell to cross 160th ■ utheast on its return TB »rket Street. Why not consider a “ dead head'* run down Southeast 122nd in the morning to take people to work and another at night to bring people back home? As for a 65-cent zone rate for east of 82nd, it should be less, as the core of T ri-M et is no longer downtown but at 96th and Powell Zone rates only help the downtown area, but what happens to north and south routes in East County? W ill that be 65 cents for six blocks, or 10-blocks — or aren't they considering any additional service to East County? I can see a rate increase per fare plus a transfer fee, but the zone ra te is something else D. Irw in 10602 SE Long Portland Roads To the Editor: A message from home’’ Ballot Measure No. 5 had the endorsement of many p o litic a l lea d e rs, most newspapers, most cities and counties who would receive funds and the highw ay c o n s tru c tio n in d u s try financed an awesome media campaign; yet the people of Oregon d efeated B a llo t Measure No 5 (gas tax in crease) by a wide margin Why9 Probably because people simply do not believe the money w ill be used to fix mediately: streets, roads and highways. Through this amendment, O LTA (an association the people of Oregon can lock serving the forest products up highway funds for use transportation industry) was only on the highways — and the only announced we, the people, w ill hold the s ta tew id e group cam key. paigning in opposition to the O LTA members wish to measure. thank everyone who helped That opposition was not defeat the 2 cent gas tax based on the issue of whether scheme and all those who Oregon highw ays need have already signed our improvement; they do. petitions to end “ highway Rather, the forest products robbery” forever. truckers feel that there is a Chuck Rogers, president better way to fund needed OLTA highway improvements: the P.O. Box 2167 passage, in November, of a Salem 97308 constitutional amendment that would re-dedicate high way funds to the single purpose of fixing highways. Oregon voters agreed by a vote of 2-to-l! This am en d m en t would To the Editor: allow much needed highway It was a shock to read that improvements with no in Sandy’s council and others crease in taxes. In fact, the were opposed to Gale M eier’s e n tire s ix -y e a r p lan as petition to build west of town. presented in February, 1978, I am a steady customer at can be accomplished if user Sharon’s in spite of the taxes are re-dedicated. p a rk in g being congested. O LTA is leading a vigorous Some of my friends go on to initiative campaign to place Gresham because it is such a the co n stitu tio n a l a m e n d hassle getting in and out of m ent on the b a llo t in that spot. November and the deadline In a ll fairn ess, each fo r ra is in g the 61,646 business would profit by the necessary signatures is July opening up of that corner, 4. We need the active support and w e who p a tro n ize of those who feel as we do: Sharon's would enjoy driving that highway taxes should be a bit farther to park in a less spent on highways — not on congested lot. non-highway pet projects. Sincerely yours, Please help us gain the Virginia Seal necessary signatures! Call 20880 SE Firwood Road or w rite and the petitions will Sandy be forwarded to you im M oving Sharons King Tut lectures offered at MHCC Mount Hood Community College w ill present a lecture series June 23 and 30 about Egypt and related areas as a supplem ent to the K ing Tutankhamun Exhibit Tour scheduled for Seattle this summer Each lecture w ill start at 7:30 p.m. in the A rt M all Theater on the Gresham campus. The F riday night series will introduce background information about the young king, the history of Egypt and the C arter Expedition Slides w ill be shown of a rt objects and there w ill be an opportunity for questions and answers K irk Lybecker, who has a master of fine arts degree and has been on a r cheological digs with the Kansas Historical Society, w ill be the series’ lecturer F o r m ore in fo rm a tio n co n tact Lin d a V est- M arkw art at the MHCC A rt M all G allery, 667-7309, and for le c tu re series re s e r vations contact B etty Schedeen a t the M H C C Foundation office, 667-7153 Measure would amend W C. Harris, president of the Public Power Coalition and M aster of the Oregon State Grange, has announced that petitions to place a measure on the November ballot which would amend O reg o n ’s P eo p le’s U t ilit y D is tric t law a re in c i r culation in this county. The amendments to the present P U D law would make it much easier for People in Oregon to form PUD 's to qualify for low-cost F e d e ra l h y d r o e le c t r ic preference power Those wishing to sign a petition or get one for c ir culation should contact John Ludi, 36595 SE Highway 211, Sandy '6686.385 > Association to meet T he C liffs id e C e m e te ry Association w ill elect board members at a meeting 7:30 p.m. Monday, June I , at the Sandy F ire Hall by Lynda Lesowski The term “ The W ild W est,” in referen ce to conditions that existed here a hundred years ago, was no exaggeration. Clackamas County was not exempt from the lawlessness that was rampant west of the Rockies M a in ta in in g law and order was made more difficult for sheriffs and their deputies by the vast distances that had to be covered and total depen dence on the horse as a mode of transportation. There are many local folk tales about outlaws of the past, and the woeful story of Perry Vickers and the outlaw called “ Steele” is typical. In the early 1880s, Pleasant Roork was justice of the peace a t Po w ell V a lle y . Adam F is h e r was an irascible local businessman, and Perry Vickers was a rough-and-tumble mountain man, known as the first guide on Mt. Hood and keeper of the lodge at Su m m it Meadow. T h a t’s the cast of characters, and this was the setting: Summit Meadow was once an oasis for immigrants, where worn cattle could rest by the creek and graze on 50 acres of good pasture. But the place also had its p itfa lls — lite ra lly . I t was marshy, and wagons often got stuck and had to be pried out with poles. Perry Vickers, the first settler at Summit P rairie, built a cabin there in 1868. He cleared a trail to the tim berline, opened a trading post and was known for his hospitality to travelers. One day in 1882, Adam F is h e r cam e to “ P le a s ” Roork complaining about a man called “ Steele,” who a lleg ed ly had stolen his si otgun. “ Arrest h in ! ” Fisher said, and Roork a p p a re n tly agreed, because the two hitched up and headed for E a g le C reek to get a Clackamas County w arrant. . L eav in g F is h e r behind, Roork went up to Summit Meadow w h e re it was thought that Steele had gone While there Roork deputized his friend P erry Vickers C ontinuing on, they learned that Steele had gone past Revenue’s and over the D evil’s Backbone where he traded the shotgun for a rifle at the trading post run by Philip Moore. . Arriving at White River, Roork and Vickers fell silent when they saw a m an sleeping by a fire. Assuming the man was Steele (whom they had never seen before) and ignoring their plan to approach w ith cautio n, Vickers suddenly charged ahead firing. In the exchange of gunshots, Vickers was wounded and the m an, whoever he was, escaped and was never heard of again. V ic k e rs was taken to Cornelius G ra y ’s place at W hite R iv e r w h e re the Barlow Road crossed, anJ where G ray ran a store. Before he died, Vickers said he wanted to be buried at Summit P ra irie next to the grave of “ Baby B arclay,” an infant im m igrant who never lived to see the valley. After his death, neighbors Sam Welch and Steve M it chell chopped down a tree to make a casket, and Vickers’ wish was fulfilled. He was buried at Summit Meadow. So it was th a t P e r ry V ic k e rs , who had firs t sq u a tte r's rig h ts to the meadow land, and whose friend John Revenue insisted he never charged a fee for taking novice climbers up the mountain, through his own folly also claims the distinction of being the first man murdered on Mt. Hood. Since V ic k e rs , S u m m it P ra irie has passed through various hands but has always been privately owned until its recent sale to the Forest Service. The small fenced cemetery is still there. T ,,., Crime prevention tip Remember to lock your home each time you leave. The most popular time for re s id e n tia l b u rg larie s is weekday daylight hours. In more than a third of the burglaries there is no for- ceable e n try ; windows had locked. doors and not been —From the Sandy Kiwanis Club and Sandy P o lice Department. Rides arranged to Food Stamp Office The Sandy Senior Center and Sandy C o m m u n ity Action Center have arranged with the Food Stamp Office in Maryhurst for a block of appointment tim e for Sandy area residents. The appointments w ill on alternate Tuesday ternoons beginning June and transportation w ill provided. be a f 13, be Gretchen Casey, assistant director of the Sandy Senior Center, said the two agencies decided to arrange for the block appointments after they found that many people who qualify for food stamps do not have transportation to atte n d food sta m p c e r tific a tio n in te rv ie w s in M aryhurst. "E ith e r they don’t have a car, or they have a car and can’t afford the gas,” she noted With the block of ap pointments, a ride w ill be provided for representatives of four fam ilies at a time. Those wishing to make an appointment should contact the Sandy Senior Center of the C o m m u n ity 'A c tio n Center and pick up a food sta m p ap p lic a tio n M rs. Casey said the application should be completed before the appointment, and that the center staff will help complete the application and s e c u re n e c e s s a ry documents She added that a week’s notice is needed to make the appointment w ith the food stamp office. P e te Sulzbach of the Community Action Center noted that a great many persons eligible to p ar ticipate in the food stamp program are not doing so. He said food stamps assist members of low income households to buy more food of greater variety to improve diets. To qualify for food stamps a single person household must have a net income of no more than $262 a month and a two person household $344 a month. This is incom e a fte r deductions which includes m e d ic al expenses and shelter costs A household m ay have resources of up to $1500 for a single person or $3000 for two persons over 60 This does not include the value of a person s home and lot, home furnishings, personal effects, a car or non-recurring lump sum payments such as in surance settlements, tax refunds or inheritances Any person who thinks tlw t they might be eligible for food stamps may contact the Sandy Senior Center or the Sandy Comm unity Action Center to receive more in formation and help in ap plying for food stamp cer tification Mobile home use permitted The C lac ka m as County hearings officer has allowed Kenneth Ogilvie to use a mobile home with attached deck as a single fam ily residence on his property at 242nd Avenue and Highway 212 in Damascus Ogilvie also m ay construct • daylight
