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About Sandy post. (Sandy, Oregon) 1938-current | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1979)
K 7 • Ask for sprinkler ordinance Firemen take plea to Council At a special informational meeting Monday night, the City Council heard a proposal by the Sandy Eire District asking for an ordinance that would require certain buildings to install sprinkler systems for fire protection every fire out, tail whut we're putting out now is ushes," The sprinkler systems would act as an on duty 24 hour fire suppression force At the same time it would notify the fire department to respond.” Under the proposal, new and existing buildings would be required to install the systems, depending upon the oc cupartcy loud, type of occupancy, area in square feet and number of stories. New buildings would be required to be protected with sprinklers before occupancy. Existing structures would be given up Io ten years to comply At the meeting, local businessmen expressed concern about the potential for inventory losses due to water damage That could be avoided, ac cording to Jim G allag h er, fire prevention officer, by tying the alarm termination to the fire station Eire Chief Hob Itathke called sprinklers “ the most effective fire estinguishing system known for large buildings’* and said that they could lower community fire protection costa He said that the Sandy Eire Depar tment has averaged 16 firefighters per structure fire in the past, but noted that at fires in buildings over 5,000 square feet, 21 firefighters are needed. “ Eventually," he said, “ we will put He said that in 96 percent of the fires in structures with sprinkler systems, only two heads are necessary to control the blaze The ordinance, if it is adopted, would require sprinkler systems in buildings of public assembly with an occupancy over 100 persons Buildings over 5,000 square feet on the ground floor level or more than one story, regardless of square footage, would be required to install the sprinklers Hensons for the proposed ordinance are to keep the overall coat of fire protection down by requiring built in protection rather than adding equip ment and manpower and passing the increased cost to all district taxpayers “ W e’ll have to ask for a lot more bucks," said Rathke, if the proposal never goes into effect. Affected property owners would receive economic benefits by installing sprinkler systems through reduced fire insurance premiums. Most systems pay themselves in an average of five years through that reduction, ac cording to Hathke. At two informational meetings for the community’s tiusinessmen, scheduled for tonight at 7 p.m and Eriday at noon, the fire department will have rates from insurance companies and loaning institutions to give an indication of financmg available for installation. Eire board members will be on hand for the meetings at the Eire Hall to answer questions of area businessmen Voters to decide fate o f schools Sandy area voters will be faced with levies and board elections when they go to the polls this Tuesday. Sandy Union High School and Mt. Hood Community College will be asking for approval of levies, and candidates will be seeking positions in a variety of districts The Sandy Union High School District is asking for approval of a $ 199,379 one year serial levy for construction and renovations Heplacement of a con demned roof is one priority earmarked for the funds, and two science rooms would be added to the school The art room would be remixieled and the track would be changed to the metric system and its drainage reconstructed The levy would mean an addition of 54 cents per $1000 of assessed value to the present tax rate for the coming fiscal year. T hree candidates are seeking positions on the high school district board They are Donald E Gould, 36, and independent insurance salesman; Wayne H Johnson, 40, a production supervisor for Omark Industries, and Calvin Gilbert Jones, 46, a Portland fireman Mt. Hood Community College is seeking approval of a $19 million special levy to balance the school’s INDEX Hoodland Happenings............................................................ Page 7. Section I Keeping Posted ..................................................... ................ Page 7 Section I Editorial, l e t t e r s ...................................................................... Page 6. Section I Area N e w s ................................................................................. Page I. Section II People, C h u rc h ......................................................................... Page 2, Section II Home a G a rd e n .......................................................................P a g e t. Section I I Legal N otices....................................................................... Pages 6.9 Section II Sports. Recreation ..........................................................Pages 4. 5 Section I I I Television d irec to ry.......................................................... Pages t - t . Section I I I $13 5 million 1979-80 budget. Taxpayers would pay $1 76 per $1000 assessed valuation if the levy passes There are three openings on the Sandy Eire District Hoard Ronald G Krebs is running unopposed for Position 1. In the race for Position 2, there is a three-way battle The candidates are Richard Carey, 30, a banker; Jim Duff, 44, a grade school teacher, and Charles Carol Thurikill photo A Herrell, 38, a firefighter with David Ozounian sips broth after rescue from Mt. Hood ordeal Multnomah County District 10. Tom Day is running unopposed for Position 4. There are four openings on the Baring Water District board and all candidates are running unopposed. They are Barbara Sherwood for Position 1; ' Richard Eabrycki for Position 2; by CAROL THLRLK1LL known as a “ white-out", covered the County Deputy John Emmons. Charles Christopher for Position 4; and Post Correa pone ent summ»t about 2 p m Sunday The Sheriff's Department coor John Liepold for Position 5. fhey headed downhill and camped dinated the search groups and Moun Dennis Reese is running unopposed above Mississippi Head at the 7,600 foot After being holed up in a snow cave tain Rescue and Safety Council of for a position on the Government Camp elevation of Mt. Hood for the next day for more than 40 hours, Randall Varga Oregon coordinated the rescue. Sanitary District board and a half Emmons said the rescue units were all The Welches School District election of Portland and David Ozounian of When we realized we were very called to assist because weather con has Richard Claus running unopposed Ogden, Utah, were brought down the close to death, we tried to think of ditions excluded the possibility of using for Position l and Alan Jensen running slopes of M t Hood in good condition by everything that was right to do," said a unopposed for Position 5. a team of mountain rescuers late a helicopter. weary and hungry Ozounian There are three positions open on the Tuesday afternoon Searchers concentrated their efforts Hoodland Eire District board and all “We kept saying how important it is Varga, 21, and Ozounian, 23, were on the west side of the Mississippi three candidates are running unop taken to Bess Kaiser Hospital in Port to be prepared throughout the first Head Varga and Ozounian had ap posed. They are H. Riley Caton for land to be treated for frostbite. night," Varga added. proached the summit via the Southside Position 1, Gary Cleland for Position 2 Approximately 58 people from five The two experienced climbers left Route. However, the natural slope of and Peggy Hergert for Position 3. county and two explorer scout rescue the mountain pulls “ lost" climbers to No one filed for the three openings on Timberline at 4 a m., Sunday intending groups combed the mountain, for the the west, according to Emmons. the Mt. Hood Loop Water District to take a 12-hour climb. They ran into climbers, according to Clackamas trouble when ground-level clouds, board. Rescuer Jay Adams said his group, Three A, saw fresh tracks first and later saw Varga climbing out of the snow cave as avalanche and wind conditions worsened. Frostbitten climbers rescued Modified MHCC budget saves teachers’ positions Two Mt. Hood Community College teacher positions were saved last Thursday as the board accepted modifications for a reduced budget recommended if the April 3 levy does not pass The hoard accepted President Steve Nicholson's recommended cuts, which include elimination of 9 5 teaching positions, five classified employee positions and half-time administrator. Those cuts would allow the college to operate under an $11.8 million budget, with $643,000 held In reserves in case the college enrollment drops, cutting hack anticipated state revenues The hoard, acting as a budget committee, also adopted the full $13.5 million budget, which would require passage of the April 3 levy of $19 million N ic h o ls o n re c o m m e n d e d modifications in the cuts which allowed the college to rehire a literature and composition instructor and a chemistry instructor it had told it would terminate next fall if the levy fails Included in those modifications was keeping an administrator in the in struction supervisions division, who would have bumped the literature in structor. Nicholson recommended eliminating all capital outlay provisions, meaning no department can purchase any new equipment next year if the levy fails. That elimination and other changes allowed the college to keep the in- s true tors at a cost of only $15.332 That would be taken from reserves, said MHCC budget officer Gary Nichols. The savings also allowed the board to increase the two foreign language in structors to 78 percent. Full-time teachers had been notified they would be cut to 66 percent if the levy fails. The positions that were terminated and instructors not to be replaced in cluded an aviation instructor, two civil engineering instructors, an import auto MT. HO O D C O M M U N IT Y COLLEGE DISTRICT V instructor and an electronics services in structor. Those term inations eliminate those departments and classes. Nichols said. Teachers who would be terminated had to be notified by March 15 under state law or would have to be retained through fall term, explained faculty association president Mike Finnigan Yet he believes programs should have been cut before faculty was terminated “ If the teachers aren't cut, their programs have been cut,” Finnigan said. Two literature and composition in structors were terminated, and half time positions in business and visual and performing arts will not be filled All second year year and con versation foreign language classes would be cut if the levy fails under the administrative recommendation The two foreign language teachers were notified at their contracts would be reduced by one-third. At the meeting. Thursday, aviation student Denise Gillespie asked the board not to cut the program, citing the good job market in that field She also said the closest aviation programs were in Eugene and Ellensburg. Wash The levy-supported $13 5 million budget adopted by the committee in cludes no cuts and no additions in programs and service It is a 15 percent increase over the current budget The MHCC tax base is $2.6 million this year. It can increase by six percent a year or about $150,000 for next year. With the administrator’s reduced budget, the college could handle 5,400 E TE (full-tim e equivalent) students If the levy passes, it could serve 5,900 E TE , business manager Bob Scott said The state pays colleges based on their E TE level Finnigan said he will not fight the administration or the board on the cuts, but w ill instead work for passage of the levy. He said the board has indicated that the programs would be reinstated if the levy is successful Just before the climbers were found, all groups had been instructed to sweep both sides of the Hog's Back, south of the summit, and return to Timberline Lodge “ It was by pure luck that we found them,” Adams said. “By chance one of them came out." While they were in the snow cave, the climbers said they remained still, clutching each other for warmth. They kept their hopes up by talking and continually thinking of su rvival techniques. Periodically one would check the other s breathing and look for rescuers outside Equipped for a short one-day climb, Varga and Ozounian returned with extra food and water they had rationed. Emmons said they weren’t well dressed, but they had essentials — ice axes, climbing ropes, and crampons. A down coat, a tarp and one pair of rain chaps were shared between the two Neither had a sleeping bag Both say they may climb again, but would be more prepared next time. They had candles and matches, but Varga said it would have been helpful to have a flint and a radio. This was the first climb of Mt. Hood for both men. Varga had some mountain climbing training through an Army ROTC program and had ice climbed in Europe Ozounian, a long time friend of Varga, had never climbed on ice, but was experienced in rock climbing. Both were using crampons for the first time. Varga's mother, Jacqueline, said that she continually had faith in the boys because of their experience She and her two daughters Janet, 27, and Anita. 25, kept a sleepless vigil at Timberline Lodge. Mrs Varga said she was expecting a call from her son at 8 p.m., Sunday and later called the Clackamas County Sheriff's office Monday at 1 a m The Varga family waa on hand to greet the rescued climbers when, they arrived at Timberline Lodge in a snowcat
