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w r m r~, • • < ▼ » n Mountain Days open beneath fiery skies Man-made lightning A BRILLIANT fireworks display filled the sky above the Sandy High football field Tuesday night. The fireworks Staff photo capped the opening day activities of the Sandy Mountain Days. See page 2, section 2 for the schedule of events. Organizers of the fifth annual Sandy Mountain Days promised that this year’s festival was going to be a “wing ding.” Judging from the success of the opening day activities, it seems that the organizers* word is good The festival got its sendoff on the Fourth of July with the annual com munity picnic at Meinig Memorial Park. Families brought their own meals and were served free water melon by picnic organizers. The highlight of the picnic, at least for the kids, was “nickel in the haystack.” A handful of coins was to6sed*into a pile of hay and the kids dived in for the cache Despite the title of the game, more than just nickels were tossed in the hay When one festival organizer chucked a few quarters in the pot, more than one adult was ready to jump into the melee Following the picnic, a musical review was held at the Sandy High football field. Dale Nichols coordinated the event which kept the full grand stand moving to the tunes of Glenn Miller, Harry James, the Dorsey brothers and other big band sounds. Those not in tune with “swing music” attended the disco dance at the Odd Fellows Hall. Dance music was provided by C T. Thomas. The day’s activities were capped by the fireworks display at the football stadium A crowd of spectators filled the grandstand and adjacent hill and greeted each burst of fireworks with an appreciative chorus of ooh’s andaah's. The crowd even tried to match the spectacular display with a few fireworks of their own as people at the bottom of the hill had to dodge a barrage of flying sparklers, smoke bombs and firecrackers from above. Several other events are on tap for the rest of the week as the town prepares for an invasion of about 10,000 visitors. The Sandy Mountain Days Parade will get under way at 7 p.m , July 6 on Proctor Blvd. Portland weatherman Jim Bosley will serve as parade grand marshall. Following the parade, Sandy mer chants will open up their stores for a moonlight sale which will last until 10 p.m. Sandy Mountain Days continues Friday with a pet rock race at 3 p m at the lot adjacent to the Country Delicatessen Winners of the races will be eligible for the Downs World Championship Sweepstakes to be held at7 pm An arm wrestling contest will pit Sandy strongmen (and women) against each other in weight class divisions Activities are scheduled to start at 7 p m., July 7, at the Pion<‘er Square parking lot. Over 100 artists and craftsmen will display their wares at the Sandy Mountain Festival this weekend. The Festival will take place at Meinig Memorial Park Saturday and Sunday. One of the more popular places in town promises to be the Lions Beer Garden which will be open July 6-9 across from the Sandy City Hall. Another favorite should be the Fun- tastic Carnival, open on the same date, on Strauss Avenue. A street dance at 9 p.m. Saturday in the Heritage Square will feature music by Cock ’n Bull Government Camp residents consider new fire district by MARK FLOYD In the wake of a fire which nearly gutted a Government Camp home in May, residents of the area are eyeing the possibility of creating a fire district on the mountain. Members of the Government Camp Neighborhood Group (GGNG) hope to form a new fire district and have it annexed to the present Hoodland fire district. The group's goal is to have the annexation measure placed on the November ballot for approval. GCNG should receive little opposition in the preliminary stages for forming the new district, according to Hoodland Fire Chief Don Armintrout. “With the area unprotected as it is, that should be no problem,’’ he said. In order to have the measure put on the November ballot, the group must get approval for the concept from the State Forestry Department and State Fire Marshall. They must also get approval of the Boundary Commission. Following that action, the signatures of 100 voters or 15 percent of the registered electorate (whichever is greater) is required to have the measure placed on the November ballot. Unless the measure is approved, residents in the Government Camp area could be without fire protection. Armintrout sent a letter to residents of Government Camp in Februrary, 1977, informing them that they had one year to solicit help in establishing a fire district. However, Arm instrout received no reply, he said. The Hoodland Board of Directors met four days after the May 4 fire and decided they had fought their last fire alone in Government Camp Th y /oted not to send equipment to fub're «$ rms. “ If Huckleberry Inn was to catch on fire it would burn to the ground,” Armintrout said. “ I have my orders that we’re not supposed to cover that area at all.” Despite the lack of fire protection, the Clackamas County Planning Com mission earlier the month granted a waiver of an ordinance requiring adequate water supplies and fire hydrants for new subdivisions in the Government Camp area. “ We didn’t feel it was practical to establish a fire district,” said Planning County heads fight 1978-79 budget cuts by JOHN DEAN OREGON CITY — “They’re at tempting to stomp on a guy that’s already down,” said a bitter Dexter Milne Friday. While Milne, the Clackamas County surveyor, was unable to convince the Board of County Commissioners to restore part of his budget cut before they finally passed the 1978-79 county budget, he and Sheriff John Renfro will get their chances in the weeks ahead. Renfro and Milne are suffering the biggest cuts in this year’s county belt tightening. Renfro is taking roughly a 4 percent cut from 1977-78, which translates into $134,000 or $140,000 less, depending on which figures you use. The cut means Renfro could lose 11 of his 82 deputies. Milne has it even worse. The county budget committee chopped his budget by almost two-thirds, from $143,000 last year to $56,000 for the coming year Milne thus loses a field crew of three surveyors as well as a secretary, if the cut stands. Fortunately for Renfro and Milne, the commissioners expressly stated they will meet again this month to restore part, if not all, of the cuts. The commissioners may now make adjustments in any budget item up to $503,000, which is 10 percent of the total budget, the maximum allowed by state law. Of the 11 deputies Renfro could lose, six are Comprehensive Employment and Training Act Employees, whose salaries are paid mostly by the federal government. Renfro estimates the county pays $6000 for each CETA employee. Renfro would make the rest of the cut by laying off five regular deputies, who cost $20,500 apiece by his estimate. The large majority of the sheriff’s budget goes into salaries, Renfro says, and uniformed officers is the only area he says he can make cuts in . The CETA act requires that CETA employees be let go before regular personnel are laid off. Thus, while the Commission member Bill Spears. “ It is too isolated, it’s surounded by forest service land and it’s too far past Hoodland for annexation ” The new subdivisions are Wapinitia II and Alpine Park. Spears said that elaborate fire protection measures w eren’t necessary for the new developments because the building rate has been slow. Wapinitia I, which has already been approved, has 35 lots, but only 12 living units. The Wapinitia subdivisions are located outside of Government Camp. Alp;ne Park, which is in Government Camp, will be required to have fire hydrants installed in the event of a fire district is established. Wapinitia home owners would be required to provide pipes and hoses to protect their dwellings, Spears said. Government Camp residents have another method of fire protection ac cording to planning commission member Maryanne Hill. (Hill also belongs to GCNC) She suggested that the new district use a 3,000 gallon sanitation sludge truck which could be rinsed out after each use and used as an alternate water source. Opposition to a fire district in Government Camp may come from residents not wishing to shoulder the burden of an additional tax levy. “Some people don’t want a fire department because of the taxes,” Armintrout said. “But anything they save in taxes now, they more than make up for in higher insurance rates.” - À Great Way To The Mt, H ood Playground Vol. 68 Single Copy 1 5* SANDY, OREGON THURSDAY, JULY 6. 1978 No. 27 School Board to try fourth levy The Sandy Union High School Board will have a school tax levy at the top of its agenda again Monday at the board’s July monthly meeting. After facing three tax proposals defeats at the polls over the past three months, the board will be required to come up with another tax package for voters later this summer. The board held a specially called meeting last Thursday at which it was decided to hold a fourth election for the levy on Sept 19. T’ e tx n ’-d nr-<b to raise $1.67 million in operating funds toward the 1978-79 school budget from property owners in the district or make cuts in the budget that would be accepted in the Sep tember levy election. Members of the budget committee will be present at the Monday meeting to offer input on how the board should go about getting the funds necessary to keep the schools in operation. “We have about enough money to make it through Thanksgiving,” said District Superintendant Dr. Jack Peters. “ That’s not a threat, that’s just what the situation is right now.” The public is invited to attend the Monday meeting at the high school. The regular session begins at 7:30 Unemployment down in county Unemployment in Clackamas County and the entire Portland metro area has shown a significant decrease from this time a year ago according to figures released by the Oregon State Employment Division. “We had quite a good economic year,” said employment research analyst Kelly Freels. “ People were working in the spring this year who might normally be laid off.” The employment boom is a result of good overall economic conditions for the area, Freels said. The job picture for persons in the trading sector and in lumber and wood products has significantly improved over the past 12 months The combined unemployment rate for April and May this year was 4.4 percent in the Portland metro area (Clackamas, Multnomah, Washington and Clark Counties). The unem- ployment rates for 1977 were 7.2 per cent in April and 6.7 percent in May. However, not all of the decrease can be attributed to a healthier economy, Freel explained A portion of the decline can be attributed to a change in the Employment Division's method of calculating unemployment rates which took effect in January. But overall, the job picture is better than last year. Freel said Cont. page 10 Inside The Post Former city Recorder retiring after 19 years of s e r v ic e ...................................Page 3, Sec 1 Move afoot to expand county commissioners to five member b oard ..............Page 9, S eel Mountain Days get off to a big start with big band m u sic .................... Pages 1 and 2, Sec, 2 They wouldn't really do it, would they? For the answ er, turn to page 3 I . • M M mmmm I » » iWI» I » *
