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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
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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
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Sports. Recreation
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$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
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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