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About Sandy post. (Sandy, Oregon) 1938-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1978)
'• < « S"« W *R R T * W X % X X « er o ’ 1 tu s c h t OKI tin * Hoodland by JOHN KLINE A long awaited plan to establish a prim ary care medical facility for the Hoodland area got off the ground Tuesday night Representatives from Providence M edical Center in P ortland gave assurances to a gathering of ap proximately 60 Hoodland residents at the Chamber of Commerce meeting that they would work jointly with persons interested in the project toward establishment of a permanent medical center. The facility would alleviate what is regarded as a critical need for medical services for residents in the area and persons coming off the mountain in need of emergency treatment Providence administrator William Connelly said he and a group of resident doctors at the Center have studied the idea of establishing a medical facility in Hoodland and are ready to commit themselves and the resources of the Providence complex toward getting the p roject underway "a s soon as possible.” The idea for establishing a medical center in Hoodland has been in the works for a long while. Connelly was approached with the idea of involving Providence in the establishment of the Hoodland facility by members of the Hoodland Chamber less than a month ago The facility would include emergency services plus at least one full time physician for fam ily medical services. Plans for the facility and identification of the medical needs for people on the mountain w ill be worked out by a joint committee of 10 persons five from the Hoodland area and five from the Providence Center staff Chamber president Lowell Njust said he and Chamber executive secretary Gus Turner are accepting names of people interested in serving on the committee. The names should be submitted to them by Wednesday, Sept 27 Connelly and three doctors affiliated with the Providence Center gave their views on how the groundwork could be laid fo r the Hoodland fa c ility . Presenting views on various aspects of the proposal were Dr Dale Reynolds, a general p ra ctitio n e r, D r Gary Rothenburger, a surgeon, and Dr David G ilb e rt, internal medicine specialist. A near unanimous show of hands from the people in attendance gave the contingent from Providence assurance that people in Hoodland are supportive of the medical facility. Dr Rothenburger said that from indications he has seen the area could support from two to three full time physicians “The crux of the problem is you need physicians who can take care of a wide range of ailments, a general prac titioner who can treat colds, sore throats and the like ” Dr Gilbert said that what is needed is a prim ary care center that could serve elderly patients as well as children. "The kinds of doctors we may be looking for are interns with 3-4 years experience who are looking for a long term place to establish a practice.” He added that with the Providence Center serving as a back up facility, the resident physician would have a team of specialists to consult with D r Reynolds, a leading health care planner in Oregon, said a number of problems would have to be addressed before the facility could be built Among them are the amount of space needed, what types of equipment would be required and how the financing of the facility would be handled A d efin ite tim eta ble was not established fo r com pletion of the facility but the doctors said they would like to be ready to open the facility by June or July of next year. Ì Voi. 68 Great Way To The Mt. Hood Playground Single Copy 15* SANDY, OREGON. THURSDAY, SEPT. 21, 1978 No. 38 38 New DMV office moves a step closer for Sandy-area residents by MARK FLOYD Sandy residents may not have to travel to Gresham to pick up their driver’s licenses next year following the State Transportation Committee’s approval of a request by DMV Administrator Harold L. Grover for seven new field offices, including one in Sandy. The final obstacle facing DMV of fic ia ls is authorization of the Legislative Emergency Board to spend the $571,000 allocated for the new of fices The Board, com prised of members of the state House and rates Of that amount, $571,000 w ill be used to build offices in Sandy, Florence, Lincoln City, Cedar Hills, Stayton. Madras and Heppner The remaining money w ill be used for relocating or remodeling offices in Albany, Tillamook, Astoria, Burns, The Dalles, McMinnville, east Eugene, Bend, Medford and Grants Pass. It is hoped that the new offices w ill take some of the strain off existing DMV divisions The Gresham and Beaverton branches are overcrowded and DMV officials are confident that the proposed Sandy and Cedar Hills offices w ill take off some of the strain. However, no one is quite sure what kind ,i effect the expansion ml^ht have. ‘‘ I t ’s a wait and see thing,” said Sid Ruvensky, manager of the Gresham office. “ But there’s a lot of people up the mountain that wouldn’t have to Sandy Union High School w ill remain construction, voters turned down the come this far. open for the remainder of the year after request, 292 to 162. “ We also get a lot of people from the voters in the district approved a $1.4 School s p irit was in evidence Warm Springs Indian Reservation who m illion operating levy for the school throughout the state for operating stop here when they come into Portland Tuesday. levies as all but one passed. The Corbett to do their shopping,” he added The levy, which was defeated by 64 levy failed by a margin of 328 to 286. “ We’re sure hoping it w ill help,” votes in A pril, passed by a handy In addition to the levy approval at Ruvensky said “ I think it w ill, but it’s margin of 1172 to 812, a 59 percent Sandy, other levies in Clackamas which hard to predict how much.” approval rate. passed were in Estacada, West Linn, The proposed offices are part of a But in Welches where the school Dickey Prairie. But a $57 million program to improve services and board there was seeking approval of a building levy in Estacada went down, directly related to an opinion from the $2 99 m illion bond package for school 1,092 to 910. Attorney General’s office suggesting that the DMV charge more to private agencies fo r inform a tion on non crim inal offenses, accordng to DMV public inform a tion o ffic e r Venita Howard. If the Legislative Emergency Board authorizes the spending of the money, DMV officials say they hope to have the Sandy Elementary superintendent drawing and specifications from the buildings ready for use in Janaury Clark Lund w ill meet with architects of state Department of Education last It is not known where the DMV w ill be the new Kelso school at 2 p.m. next month. DOE architectural consultant located in Sandy, but the City is more Tuesday to open construction bids on W.G. Wilmot said in his letter of ap than ready to accept the new office, the project. proval that ‘ ‘the architectural work according to Mayor Melvin Haneberg The bid opening w ill be held at the presented is exemplary of the highest said. “ We’ve had a lot of complaints office of Broome, Oringdulph, O’Toole, standards of the profession.” about people having to go to Gresham Rudolf and Associates in Portland, The school board w ill meet in special or Portland for the DMV. architects for the school session Sept 26 to consider the bids and “ We would welcome that sort of Lund received approval on the award a contract. service here ’’ Senate, w ill convene Oct. 12-13. Funding for the project w ill come from the DMV, according to the assistant public information officer Dave Davis. “The money comes from increased user fees from private insurance companies and non-law enforcement government agencies,” he said. ‘‘It doesn't cost a lot to set up and operate the buildings, they’re not going to be mammoth things.” Davis estimated that the DMV w ill receive $2 million in revenue for the current biennium from the new billing SUHS levy approved; Welches bond fails School bid openings set for 2 p.m. Tuesday Reynolds trial goes to the jury by JOHN DEAN OREGON CITY — Prosecuting and defense attorneys delivered concluding arguments yesterday in the tria l of Jake Clarence Reynolds, 27, charged with robbery and aggravated felony murder in the shooting death of Kermit Carney of Portland in Irene’s Tavern June 10. Deputy D istrict Attorney Steve Maurer, the prosecuting attorney for the state, claimed a “ chain of c ir cumstances’’ linked Reynolds with the shooting But defense attorneys Richard Crist and John Lowe in their responses said much of the circumstantial evidence was contradictory. Circuit Court Judge Dale Jacobs is presiding at the tria l The ju ry is now in seclusion. In the scenario Maurer drew for the jury, Reynolds and Jerry Lane Nored, who is also accused in the shooting, had been in the tavern several hours earlier The defense did not contest this assertion. Maurer told the jury that Reynolds took on a look of disgust when a bar maid at the tavern informed him he couldn't collect on the games he had won on a pinball machine Reynolds then asked tavern owner Lorraine Urnaut what time the bar closed and left with Nored, Maurer said. Urnaut and Barbara Holder, a friend of Carney, testified they saw Reynolds and Nored leave the tavern in an orange van. Maurer then drew links between Reynolds and Nored and the masked robbers who held up the tavern at 1:30 am . Holder testified that Reynolds' voice in the tavern was the same as that of the robber who shot Carney. Another witness. Charles Smith, had testified that the voices were different, but said all other characteristics bet ween the masked robbers and Reynolds and Nored were identical, Maurer said When state and local police arrested Reynolds at his home later that mor ning. they found an M -l rifle under his bed, the same model used in the shooting Sgt George Matsuda of the Oregon State Police crime laboratory ran tests that showed Reynolds’s rifle was the one used in the shootii^, Maurer said. Matsuda had testified that when he shot a teat bullet with the rifle, the marks left by the barrel of the rifle on the bullet matched those of a bullet found in a wall of the tavern after the shooting. Maurer said police also found a mask with two eyeholes on Reynolds' property which fit the description of witnesses, Maurer recounted testimony by state policeman Fred Huffman, chief in vestigating officer, that Reynolds told him, “ I know I did it... Well, if I did it, I must have did it while I was drunk .” But defense attorney Crist pointed out several alleged discrepancies in the testimony linking Reynolds to the robbery Crist said the robber thought to be Reynolds wore black, shiny boots and dark blue pants, while those who had seen Reynolds in the tavern testified he wore brown boots and white pants Crist said the “ reasonable ex planation" why Reynolds asked Urnaut what time the bar closed was that he wanted to return to play off some of the games he had won, “ It doesn’t necessarily mean he was going to come back and rob the tavern,” Criat said. Crist said the “ masks” introduced as evidence against Reynolds were merely a handkerchief sized piece of cloth with two holes cut in it. “ The state Cont. on page 4 Vic Atiyeh: “Voices are not being heard’ Staff photo ‘The^peoples choice* Atiyeh lines up behind ‘6’ by JOHN KLINE Republican gubernatorial candidate Vic Atiyeh reaffirmed his stance in favor of ballot Measure 6 here Tuesday as “ the people’s choice" for property tax relief in the state He came down hard against his op ponent, Gov. Bob Straub, for what he termed a lack of leadership and for aligning himself with Measure 11 which the Legislature adopted in special session two weeks ago. Atiyeh made his remarks one week to the hour in which Straub addressed the same Sandy area Chamber of Com merce audience the previous week. Straub gave a hearty endorsement to Measure 11 last Tuesday but Atiyeh lambasted the plan as “ a shallow at tempt to hoodwink the people of Oregon.” Atiyeh’s speech dealt prim arily with the issue of property tax relief He said the issue points up a striking differencg between himself and his opponent Atiyeh acknowledged "fla w s" in Measure 6 as it now is written but said they could be “ cleaned up’’ in the next session of the Legislature He suggested the final plan be sent before the voters for approval sometime in February Atiyeh proposed a redrafting of Measure 6 in the Legislature special session but the plan was defeated by a 30-30 vote in the House and 17-11 in the Senate " I know Measure 6 has its flaws,’’ he told an estimated crowd of 100 Tuesday at TJs “ But it’s the plan of the tax payers “ There were over 200.000 people who signed the petition to have it placed on the ballot," he said. “ Those voices are not being heard by the present governor,” Atiyeh said if Measure 6 is passed and receives more votes than Measure 11, he would propose that assessed valuation of property be kept at 1977 or *79 levels instead of having them rolled back to 1975 levels as is called for now with Measure 6. He also proposes to do away with the 2 percent per year increase in assessed valuation and allow property values to be raised by a consumer price index figure established by the Legislature. Atiyeh pointed out that Measure 6 places an upward lim it (1.5 percent) on the amount of taxes that can be levied against a property owner He said Measure 11 offers no guarantee on the amount of taxes that can be levied “ Measure 11 calls for the state to pay half of all property taxes." he said “ But who is the state? It’s you and me We ll pay half locally and pay the other half in income taxes. We re being bribed with our own money.” When asked whether schools would be affected if Measure 6 goes into ef fect, Atiyeh said he did not believe they would but added “ it ’s time for all of us to tighten our belts " Atiyeh also stated that he has been a backer of property tax relief legislation for several years. He said Straub jumped on the tax relief bandwagon only after the issue made headlines in the state after passage of California’s Proposition 13. Kent announces for mayor John W Kent, owner of The Theatre in Sandy, announced his decision to file as the sixth candidate for the office of mayor of Sandy in the Nov 7 election Nov. 7 elect ion Kent, 37, said in a prepared an nouncement that he is running on a p la tfo rm of bring ing ‘ ‘C hristian honesty to city government through one simple rule: do to others as you would want them to do to you. " Kent worked in lumber and building m aterial sales 10 years before coming to Sandy to operate The Theater He is an associate member of the Sandy- Hoodland and the Gresham Javcees He lived in Gresham eight years before moving to Sandy earlier this year Kent joins councilmen Jim Duff and Bruce Cook as well as Dick Harrison, Ruth Loundree and Dennis Wolf in the race for the mayor’s oP»ce. Duff. Cook and Harrison are the only candidates who have subm itted petitions w ith the required 20 signatures to the City Recorder’s office. Deadline for filing is Oct. 6 at 5 p.m Inside The Post The U.S. Forest Service hires coneheads to work in the fo r e s t...........................Pg - 9 Sec. I Seniors from Sandy tour the Mt. Angel Oktoberfest.....................................pg. 4, Sec. II. Retired widow operates blueberry farm in her spare t im e ....................................... pg. 3, Sec. II
