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Tax rate vote
set for June 27
Von Braschler, Gen. Manager
Caroline Duff, Office Manager.
Sue Lafky, Editor
John Kline, staff reporter
The Sandy High School existing tax base The tax
Board voted unanimously to levy was turned down by M y
adopt the $2.7 million budget votes A pril 4.
A second proposal to
it approved earlier this year
and is looking to get funding establish a new tax base of
for the local share of the total $1 98 m illion was defeated by
at the upcoming serial tax a margin of 1,719-1,336 in the
rate levy vote set for June 27. prim ary election three weeks
D istrict voters have twice ago.
The $5.76 tax rate would be
turned
down
funding
proposals for the district s 54 cents higher than last
share of the budget. That year's rate but 12 cents less
local share comes to l.w / than the rate for 1976-77. It
would be 67 cents below the
million.
The upcoming vote is the 1975-76 rate.
D istrict
Superintends nt
th ird of three possible
alternatives to come up with Dr. Jack Peters said Monday
the requried funds. If passed, that the establishment of a
it would establish the high stable tax rate w ill allow for
better planning for the school
school tax rate at $5.76 per
in
the future.
$1,000 of assessed valuation
He warned that if funding
for the next three years.
The first budget proposal is not passed by the voters
to come before the voters fo r next y e a r’s budget,
was a tax levy of $1.4 million “ We’ll be out of business by
to supplement the $248,000 Thanksgiving.”
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The budget concerns us all
Local taxpayers concerned with
the increasing size of city gover
nment, needed services, urban
growth and the new city budget
should participate in the Sandy
budget hearing at 7:30 p.m. in
council chambers.
This is not a comprehensive
planning meeting, so policy
changes are not a consideration.
But where local tax dollars go
during the next fiscal year must
involve us all greatly.
Voters will be asked to improve a
serial levy in a June 27 election, for
fixed rates lasting three years, so
public information and public input
is needed now.
City council proposes a three-
year operational serial levy
amounting to $4.02 per $1,000 in
assessed property valuation.
The proposed tax rate rises from
$4.57 per $1,000 in assessed
property last fiscal year to a
consolidated rate of $6.50 per $1,000
assessed valuation.
Taxpayers now must pay for the
$1.5 million bond for expansion of
the water system and a $150,000
community center bond, whereas
construction funds from the water
bond were invested last year for
city revenue.
The proposed city personnel
roster for the new budget is 30.5
employes including three in the
city manager’s office, one planner,
two librarians, 3.5 recreation
department and senior center
workers, two in the building
department, seven in public works,
two at the sewer treatment plant
and a police department of 10. Five
of these empployes are listed as
federally funded CETA workers.
The proposed general fund
budget shows an increase from
$506,835 last year to $736,214 for
fiscal 1978-79.
Sandy’s budgeting for the future
concerns all who reside here, so we
urge all local taxpayers to attend
the June 19 budget hearing for a
detailed accounting of just where
all their money is going. (VB)
Dig in to clean up community
Residents concerned with weeds,
litter and sticker bushes on the eve
of Mountain Festival Days are
urged to bring a shovel to Meinig
Memorial Park at 9 a.m. Saturday.
The Mt. Hood Mudders and
Mountain Festival Committee are
spearheading a community clean
up effort to ready the somewhat
neglected city park to serve its
annual role at site of the arts and
crafts festival July 8 and 9.
Recent vandalism to the state
area as well as downed trees,
overgrown sticker bushes and
general litter have left the com
munity park an eyescore.
Let’s not expose our many out-of-
town festival visitors to this sort of
neglect. City Public
Works members are working hard
alongside CETA temporary em
ployees to ready the park by next
week.
The Kiwanis club also deserves
credit for their wee’ of hard
weeding, mowing and cleaning
throughout the downtown area.
These are hard-working com
munity leaders who have taken the
time on several evenings to cap a
days’ work with a couple hours
behind a shovel and shade. The
work needs doing, and someone
must get it done.
Since we all share in the benefits
of Sandy Mountain Days each year,
let’s share equally in the task of
preparing for the gala event. (VB)
Support the theater group
The newly formed One Way
Theater group gave two per
formances of a Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
play, “Happy Birthday, Wanda
June’’ Friday and Saturday night
and judging from the audience
receptions of the productions, the
group could well have a hit on its
hands.
Director Harry McLean and the
cast and technical crew had ob
viously put in a great deal of time
and effort over the past few months
to
bring
off
the
play.
Congratulations are in order to all
involved from Judy Sheppard, who
first initiated the idea to form a
theater group, to the cast and crew
which put the show together. It was
a job well done.
The group has scheduled at least
one more production of the play for
this Sunday at 2 p.m. at The
Theater on Proctor Boulevard.
Why not get out and support
Sandy’s community theater.
Sue Lafky, Journalist
Today’s issue of The Post is the
last one under the editorship of Sue
Lafky.
Sue, who has been Post editor for
a little over two years, is returning
to school for graduate work in
business. Some day, Sue hopes to
have her own paper.
Don’t bet that she won’t. Sue is an
unusually talented young woman.
We have known her since her high
school days and have followed her
burgeoning career with much
interest. She won high honors in the
School of Journalism at the
University of Oregon and we were
delighted when she came to work
for The Post full-time.
We think she has done an ex
ceptional news job in Sandy. You
can teach most anyone to write;
it’s much more difficult to find
someone who knows a story, knows
what makes news, This is Sue’s
forte. She digs and digs deeply into
the stories she writes.
We know she regrets leaving
Sandy. We suspect Sandy folk
regret even more that she’ll be
leaving. (LI)
the SOVEREIGN STATE of AFFAIRS
great speech
SOLZHENITSYN AAADE
AT H A R V A R O '
HE SAID OU R COUNTRY IS
MORALLY BANKRUPT A N D
SPIRITUALLY EXHAUSTED...
WE HAVE A DECLINE OF
COURAGE AND OUR LEGAL
Smith upset at
sick leave abuse
“ There’s Talk Of A Diet..."
Letters to the Editor
G rowth
To the Editor:
John Kline’s article in the
May 25 Post seems to reveal
blatant contradictions from
our local politicians.
According to the article,
they claim the City of Sandy
is not pushing for growth.
And yet, they have suc
ceeded in getting the voters
to finally approve the new
water system capable of
handling 20,000 people, and
are in the process of securing
approval for expansion of the
sewage treatment plant.
In addition, they seem bent
upon rezoning a dditional
property for industrial use
and also to provide for
numerous developments in
the area. Looks like the old
politicians' disease — saying
one thing and doing another.
Most, if not all, of the city
council
m em bers
are
business owners in their own
right. Could it be that they
are alrea d y envisioning
those
d o lla r
signs
m ultiplying on their cash
registers?
I think it ’s pretty obvious
by now that realtors and
developers don’t care about
land use planning and
population density, and, I
suspect the city council may
be in the same league.
L e t’s get one thing
straight: City life is not even
close to being an ideal way of
life. As soon as people begin
being crowded in upon one
another, inherent problems
develop.
I don’t like the thought of
Sandy's population doubling
to 5,000 let alone 20,000 by the
year 2000 1 hate to think of
som ething so ugly as
Beaverton's urban sprawl
happening to Sandy.
But if our politicians have
their way, that's the way it
w ill be. Paul Helton may
term it “ the perfect com
munity for suburban, rural
living," but it w ill turn out to
be a living hell with a higher
incidence of crim e than we
now experience, a much
higher tax base, and traffic
lights on every cross street
all the way to Gresham
It may be too late to stop it
now, but the least we, as
concerned citizens of Sandy
can do is to vote down
every tax measure and bond
issue that comes before us
from now on, and elect of
ficials to our city govern
ment who are responsive to
our interests, instead of
prim arily their own.
Bob Hawley
58425 E. Marmot Rd.
Sandy
Traffic
To the Editor:
I am w riting in response to
your June 7th e d ito ria l
concerning tr a ffic abuses
and the need for cracking-
down on them. I do not live in
Sandy, but I have an interest
in the town as my retired
parents live in Sandy.
For almost two years my
parents have resided in the
community of Sandy. During
this time, they have stated
how nice the town and the
people have been to them.
They haven’t really com
plained about the lack of
parking or the people who
speed through Sandy, but
now, I feel that we have a
right to yell — and loudly —
about the traffic situation
and the abuses going on in
Sandy.
About a week and a half
ago, my mother', who is a
retired citizen, was driving
through Sandy on Proctor
Street and someone rear-
ended her car and took off.
She was not parked or even
stopped but driving normally
down the street. A young
man, a witness, did stop to
see if she was hurt and
needed any help. The hit and
run driver didn’t care that
much and proceeded down
the road.
Because of the accident,
my mother spent three days
in the intensive care unit and
came very close to dying.
How long she w ill have to
remain in the hospital and
what other problems may
occur from the accident are
yet to be seen. On top of the
injuries to my mother, the
car has to be repaired.
Luckily, my father has
insurance that w ill pay to fix
the car now, but in the long
run they w ill have to absorb
the cost of someone else’s
negligence by paying higher
insurance premiums.
There is no way that my
parents can regain this cost
as there is no one else to
penalize unless it might be
the indifference of the people
in the town of Sandy for not
controlling traffic. I just
j
hope the person who hit my
mother is sleeping well and
with a clear conscience — if
that is possible.
With the heavy flow of
traffic that is always going
through Sandy now, it seems
to me that control is more
im p o rta n t than, as you
stated, waiting for a serious
traffic fatality.
Wake-up people of Sandy!
Don’t let your community
become lik e the Indy
Speedway or a huge jumbled
parking lot. Do something
about this problem now
before you regret it, because
if you don’t, maybe it w ill be
your mother next time and
she won’t be so lucky as to
live.
Penny S. Deurwaarder,
4601 NE 48th St.
Vancouver, Wash
Donald L. Christilaw,
19141SE 359th Pl.
Sandy.
Talent praised
To the Editor:
Sandy,
Ore.,
has
something else to be ex
tremely proud of now: The
newly form ed One Way
Theatre.
The grand opening of John
Kent’s Theatre in Sandy was
also the opening night of
“ Happy B irth d a y , Wanda
June," the second endeavor
of this group.
While this play by Kurt
Vonnegut, Jr., is a little off
beat, the presentation of it by
Director Harry McClane has
been proven the forward
looking a ttitu d e and op
timism of the participants.
It has also proven that
there is talent on a grand
scale in the area.
I, for one, am glad the play
was not censored in any way
as it is a timely, socially
pertinent play. Stage setting,
lighting and direction are all
on a professional scale.
Thanks. One Way Theatre.
Hope you have continued
success..!
C. Champion
1939 NE 122nd
Portland
Hints offered
Bobbi Wold, a s ta ff
member of East H ill Church
in G resham , w ill share
“ Happy Hubby Hints” at the
Tuesday, June 13 meeting
of the Sandy Kaffee Klatsch.
The session w ill start at
7:30 p m . with refreshments
and coffee, Kaffee Klatsch
s ta rtin g at 7:45. Kaffee
Klatsch is held at St.
BOYD & WOOD Michael's Hall next to Sand>
Grade School.
Mrs Wold has been a
speaker
fo r
numerous
women’s retreats and has
ministered with her husband
of 26 years, Ken. at marriage
enrichm ent sem inars and
retreats.
She is also a Touch of
Beauty counselor and Bible
study teacher and the mother
of seven children. She is a
graduate of L ife Bible
College
SPD offers cards
SYSTEM DOESN T W ORK.
The Sandy Police Depart
ment still has “ T ra il Blazer
trading cards with crime
prevention tips available
Youngsters can come in
person to the police depart
ment located in the basement
of Sandy City Hall to pick up
one or more cards
Remember to leave a radio
playing when you are gone
T urn the volume low,
preferably to a talk show
This w ill create the im
pression of a conversation
Jim
Sm ith,
business
manager for the Sandy High
School district, is concerned
about the excess sick leave
he says some teachers at the
school have been taking over
the past several months.
“ I ’ll say it right out,”
Smith commented at the
school board’s June meeting
Monday night. “ I think we
have
some
unethical
professional people" who are
allow ing the situation to
happen.
Smith said his grievance is
with the medical doctors who
send letters stating their
patients are unable to do
their jobs.
Smith said there were a
number of instances in which
teachers were taking ad
vantage of the sick leave
policy at the taxpayers’
expense.
“ Somewhere down the
line, something is going to
have to be done about the
policy,” he said. “ It costs the
district a lot of money ”
Oral Hull Park
donations sought
A fund is being set up to
provide accomodations for
blind persons wishing to visit
Oral Hull Park just outside of
Sandy
A large number of out-of-
town persons have requested
accommodations prompting
the fund, according to Marie
Webb of the O ral H ull
Foundation for the Blind.
“ Requests have been
coming in from persons
throughout the state and
from Washington to come to
the park," she said.
The fund, known as the
Thompson Memorial Mobile
Home Fund, is being
spearheaded by Berge and
Vera Thompson of Wood
burn The Thompsons, who
are both blind, made the,
initial donation of $2,000.
Oral Hull Park is specially
designed to appeal to senses
other than sight. The park
contains hiking paths, fishing
ponds and gardens as well as
the opportunity to socialize
Contributions to the fund
may be sent by check to the
Oral Hull Foundation for the
Blind, Inc.; P.O. Box 157
Sandy, Ore., 97065.
Berry Commission
presents budget
O re g o n
S tra w b e rry
Commission members w ill
present a proposed budget of
$65,000 for the fiscal year
1978-79 at a public hearing
June 28. The hearing w ill be
held at the Oregon Depar
tm ent
of
A g ric u ltu re
Building. Salem, in con
ju n c tio n w ith the com
mission’s regular meeting.
A m ajor part of the 1978-79
budget w ill be allocated for
continued research. The
research this year w ill be
planned to compliment the
Pacific Northwest Regional
Com m ission-funded feas
ibility study on mechanized
harvesting of strawberries,
the processing of these
berries and their utilization
The proposed budget was
completed at a June 5
m eeting at the North
W illam ette
Experim ent
station
Raisins don’t stand
up to chocolate chips
by SHARON NESBIT
Last week Gladys was contemplating the raisin.
Now, Gladys and 1 have been known to sip of the fruit
of the grape We have even sampled grapes in their
native state. But the raisin, Gladys concluded, is a
fraud
“ I think it’s because they’re such a terrible disap
pointment," Gladys theorized, recalling all the times
she has expectantly bitten into what she believed to be
a chocolate chip cookie only to learn that the cookie's
interior was cluttered with raisins.
"The way I figure it," explains Gladys, “ if you’re
going to put small, brown things in cookies, they
should be chocolate chips "
Gladys and I were charter members of Chocoholics
Anonymous (CA), an organization formed when
chocolate chips became about as expensive as in
dustrial diamonds
Our ( A counselor, Vera, preferred vanilla and spent
hours extolling that non-flavor. Convinced that we
must quit chocolate cold turkey, she wouldn't even
allow us a cocoa substitute Gladys and I took to
secreting pint bottles of hot fudge sauce in our purses
to spike our vanilla ice cream
Vera threw a fit when she smelled Hershey on our
breaths and discovered we were still on the sauce
“ I never did like vanilla people,” Gladys sniffed
Vera was so mad she refused to attend Gladys
wedding The cake was four layers, chocolate from top
to bottom with chocolate filling, roses and trim and fat,
little chocolate cherubs And not a raisin in sight.
It made your face break out just looking at it