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About Sandy post. (Sandy, Oregon) 1938-current | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1979)
Small investment aids Sandy future by VON HKAKCH1.EK What started as a Mu,(MM) Invest In Sandy's business future nine years ago has paid off In a 62 million in dustrial park and projections of 200 new Jobs here Howard Berger, president of Sandy Industrial Development Corporation, reports that Sbudy Industrial Hark is now filled, Con sequently, the 26 local stockholders in the founding corporation plan to close their books and turn the site over to the city to m aintain. It hasn't been an easy nine years From the early bouts with DEQ, a recession and expansion from eight acres to 47 acres, but the cor poration took pride with final parcel sales last December to foundry operator M ike Maiden and painter sculptor Lorenzo G higliroi The pork, annexed in 1971 by the city of Sandy, w ill provide the city w ith a healthy tax base on valuation of 62 m illion in land, buildings and improvements, by Berger’s estimation And once Tim berline M anufacturing expands this fall, to absorb Neonex Leisure Products* Holidaire T rav el T railers, fifth- wheelers and other models, Sandy Industrial P ark should employ some 200 persons Not all of the p ark’s 14 active and inactive residents are big employers, but Tim berline, M a r Hook and B a ert’s M etal Products fit that bill M O D EST B E G IN N IN G “ The funny thing is," Berger, a retired hanker said, “ none of us In the corporation went into the thing to make a lot of money We just wanted to see the town grow and get some industry." The whole thing started in 1970 when Berger and others in the corporation heard that T im berlin e Manufacturing in Gresham wanted to expand, but felt hampered by Gresham zoning There was no place in Sandy, either, since everything suitable was in heavy tim ber Some civic-minded busi ness people approached property owner Werner (sell west of town through local realtor Phil Jonsrud I sell's property was not in the city at the tim e, but when the investors approached Clackamas County for a zoning change to industrial use, it insisted that the city of Sandy first annex the in dustrial site Tim berlin e wanted eight acres, so Berger scoured the business sector in Sandy for money for incorporation. He needed 6200,000 for T im berline's new land and building in the original plans, but Berger changed the plans when he reached 6160,000 in fund-raising efforts. He and his comrades raised 640,000 to buy the land and borrowed 6160,000 to put up the building which they leased to Tim berline with an option to buy (L ater, new owners of Tim berline bought out their lease ) The investment group secured a Sm all Business Adm inistration Loan through Clackamas County Bank with U S . Bank as p ar ticipatory bank, because the amount was beyond the local bank's loan lim it. NO EASY STA R T Truss T Structures, Inc of Woodburn put up the original T im berlin e building which the tra ile r m anufacturer staffed initially with only two or three persons Then Berger and corporate officers E a rl M eier, vice president; attorney Paul Biggs, secretary. Clyde Sutherland, treasurer, Clarence Freem an, and Ivan B arker decided to expand into a full-scale industrial park. They purchased an ad joining 39 acres from Iseli with the idea of paying for it as property was sold Baert's M etal was first to move into the new park. The developers cleared the land and put in a street and underground utilities. Glenn Sheppard cleared the land for them , and M artin Boatwright served as project engineer. But the project hit an early snag w ith D EQ , which required that slash be buried, not burned. The developers had to build a w all of earth and fill over all cleared slash, which required a m a jo r earth- moving effort from a high point in back of B a ert’s Still, everything looked rosy for filling up the park early, and Berger reported at an annual board meed ng in October of 1973 that he expected the park to fill by that tim e the next year. Then the recession and scare of 1973 74 hit, Berger said, and comm ittm ents of manufacturers to locate in Sandy Industrial Park were cancelled But the gas shortage scare oi 1973 passed, and the park filled in December, 1978 Berger figures it ’s a good legacy for the 28 investors to leave Sandy with, now that the corpora Uon has come to the end of its task P R O F IT A B L E FO R ALL The industrial p ark’s been profitable for those 26 civic- minded investors, too, with land prices soaring to6l6,(MM> to 616,500 per acre for fully developed parcels. First industrial occupants bought into the park at 65,000 per acre without im provements, at a tim e when tem porary septic tanks had to be employed. Berger figures that there is need yet for more in dustrial development in Sandy, and that suitable land should be examined for rezoning F utu re develop ment, however, w ill be left to new, younger investors, he said. “ Most of our group of 26 (stockholders) are elderly now, and we want to quit We figure the job we set out to do is done.” Healthy business SUM photo N EW ID -O W N E R K of Health House health foods store in Mandy's Heritage Square are Della Christensen (le ft) and daughter Kharon Poublon. both of Kandy. They recently purchased the year-old business from Diane and Bruce Kchrlver. The new owners plan to add a new line of herbs and classes in cooking and good health. Kharon Poublon. who continues to work aa a secretary at Clackam as County Bank in Kandy, has taught classes on health foods and cooking. “I frequently have to explain that the original notices contained few facts and much opinion about the events, and we have little inform ation on which to base a news story," Bakke con tinued. The workshop w ill help participants prepare pub licity releases for other media as well as the Post. Any interested individual m ay attend, but registrants a r t asked to telephone the Community Center at 668- 5569 by F riday morning. M ay 11. F u M h K w Nanonal - , Clarence Lithio, of Sandy, died in Portland on A pril 24 at the age of 78 M r. Lithio was bom in Corwith, Iowa on June 15, 1900 He was raised in Iowa where he completed his education He moved to Minnesota, and m arried Signe W ar- manen in 1924 They »*— BUXTON’S Los Meat Company SaaNy SM-4I3I > Custom S lau gh tering G ra in F e d L o cker B eef • C ut, W ra p p e d Be sure to attend M usical play pro d u ctio n by Sandy Union High School 8 p.m. Curtain M ay 1 0 - 1 1 - 1 2 In SUHS a u d ito riu m (Com m ons) * W ritte n by M ichael S tew art M usic by Charles Strouse & Lee Adam s „ n ,. F ra t. FNv'aFa»» by IK. OwHaaA •W » “ F u b l^ n f C »a. M 448 554« SUBSCRIPTION RATES » •««1* tar.«. A v a ila b le ot Sandy R e x a il D rug Sharon » Food King, Sandy Floo« C o v e rin g & Sandy L u m b e r. ’ and C la rk . I7OO ..trae ..M o o In N o r tA w a .* a n d M e rtx Caaat I i « m »»H l*» » • > • " *•> ræ » »« 00 OwWida Ho,0>w«a> and F erite Caaat t i l 00 Sondy Roof. Sondy O ro q o n » 7 0 5 5 N o 18 M o y 3. 1 97 9 Gem Show! Statement of C o n d itio n C O M B O L IO A T IO N C F O N T O F C O N D IT IO N ( l a a l a U l e f O a m a a llc » a k a lU la r la a ) (Donat Amount« m Thouaanda) TTTU OF I T h is is a s h o w in g a n d o f f e r i n g f o r S A L E o f g e n u i n e r u b ie s , e m e r a l d s , s a p p h ir e s , d ia m o n d s a n d m a n y o t h e r v e r y r a r e s t o n e s . G r e a t s e le c t io n o f m o u n t e d m e r c h a n d i s e a n d c u s t o m j e w e l r y D e s ig n in g d o n e in o u r s t o r e . MANY VALUABLE PRIZES AAoy 11 and 121 No purchase necessary! I / J u s t c o m e in ! PICTURED, $8 00 Sopphire ring, first prize . . Your photo 8 " x 10“ in color on polyester/cot- ton shirt Machine washable Order now' 20% Off FREE Prize» given every hour! 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. on All Purchases 1. Grand Prize.............................I'800"° L o d y t b lu e s a p p h ire A d ia m o n d May 11 & 12 Trifari Jewel» ’/i PRICE L _ y * y o ENTIRE MONTH OF MAY, 1 V 9 Fabulous selection! May 11 A 12 rin g - 4 p .m . Sat. Accutron lady's MKT gold witch *360* 3. Gent’s Accutron..................... M 2 5 * 4. Hand-cut crystal decanter.. . ’ 115** 5. Krmentz gold overlay bracelet 6. Seiko quartz alarm clock MOO* .... ’IS” 7. Oneida stainless steel silverwaie set........................ 1 Many other prizes.................. I a w __ tâHMfuto i» fcAFCfoS Sandy Retail Drugs •Z R a n t N a l l H m m U I-M M Hoodland Park Pharmacy A Frozen — Locker Pocks C a ttle H a u lin g on Tuesdays W e Do O ur Own Cure & Smoking Friday & Saturday May 11 & 12 Custom made from your color print or slidç A fte r retiring in 1965. the Lithios moved to Sandy M r. Lithio was a past m em ber in the Lion 's Club He is survived by his wife, Signe Lithio; 2 children, Doris Kohlenberger of P o rt land; and Thomas Lithio of Illinois; six grandchildren and three great-grand children M em orial services will be held Friday, May 11, at 1 pm at the Sandy Comm unity Presbyterian Church Sandy Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. • A d u lts .............................$ 1 .5 0 • S tu d e n ts ....................... $ 1 .0 0 S en ior C i t i z e n s ............... 50* Discounts on a d v a n c e ticke ts (US PS 481 180) •M U * Clarence Lithio rem ained in Minnesota where he was employed in a paper m ill T IC K E T S : The Sdntty Post <>••>*" N a w ,fa « a , A rthu r G. Berglund, a Sandy resident for more than 30 years, died in a Portland hospital on April 27 He was 77 M r. Berglund was bom in Carlsbend, M ichigan on M arch 11, 1902 He was raised in M ichigan where he completed his education He moved to Oregon in 1921 and lived in the Sandy and Boring areas where he met A m elia Krebs They were m arried in Vancouver, Washington in 1925 In 1948, the Berglunds moved to Sandy. They became active members of Im m anuel Lutheran Church. A fter retiring as a brakem an for the railroad in 1967, M r. Berglund enjoyed the outdoors, hunting and cutting wood. He in survived by his wife, A m elia; two children: Shirley Barnett, of Lincoln City; and Wayne Berglund of Sandy; five grandchildren, and seven great-grand children F un eral services w ere held A p ril 30, at Im m anuel Lutheran Church in Sandy Vault interment was at Sandy Kidge Cemetery The fam ily requests that memorials be made to Im m anuel Lutheran Church Building Fund Sandy Funeral Home was in charge of arrangem ents "Bye Bye Birdie” Post schedules workshop The Post is sponsoring a newswriting workshop for area residents who must prepare publicity releases for organizations The workshop is scheduled for F rid a y , M ay 11 at 1:30 p m in the M elvin Haneberg Comm unity Center The workshop is designed to tra in participants to w rite news releases for churches, clubs, service groups and community activities Registrants w ill learn how to select newsworthy facts, how to arrang e them in the form of a good release, and when to supply them to the news media The workshop is being held to aid the above groups in publicizing their events, according to Post news editor Kaye Barton Bakke “ M any people send us lengthy notices about ac tivities and are disappointed when the news stories we publish are so b rie f." she commented Arthur Berglund I m m 39084 Proeter Blvd. iu Sandy, OR I -t team * O»rm -M -nt t*M-v a. aa SOth * • / » > » O - i t e r I **»M» < .a a I
