Image provided by: Friends of the Sandy Public Library; Sandy, OR
About Sandy post. (Sandy, Oregon) 1938-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1979)
Thur« . D«c 6. 1474 (S«< I) SANDY (Or«., POST Council endorses Alder Creek plan for preservation Decision postponed on condos The decision on a proposal to develop 131 lots and 61 condominiums in phases at Zig Zag Village has been continued by the Clackamas County hearings officer to Tuesday, Dec. 11. The Sandy City Council has endorsed a plan to preserve the environmental quality of the Alder Creek drainage while the U.S. Forest Service m aintains a logging operation in the area Jack Armstrong, the ap plicant, proposed at a Nov. 7 hearing to obtain a waiver of the portion of the Subdivision and Partitioning Ordinance which requires all public roads be county roads. “The city has worked with Forest Service personnel attempting to ensure the Alder Creek timber cutting doesn’t adversely affect Sandy,” said City Manager Roger Jordan. This was approved by the County hearings officer June 20, 1979, but the County Board of Commissioners remanded the proposal at its Sept. 24 meeting to the hearings officer for further testimony. The property is located on both sides of I olo Pass Road surrounding the existing development of Zig Zag Village at the end of Snow Cap Way, Smith Loop and Village Loop Road, in the Lolo Pass area. A non-farm use ap plication, filed by Howard Englund Allmain, to con struct a single fa m ily residence, not in conjunction with a farm use, will be considered by the hearings officer at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec 10. The property under con sideration is located on the west side of SE « 2 n d Avenue, approximately one- quarter mile south of its intersection with Music Camp Road in the Firwood area. Also on Monday’s agenda is a decision on a request for a variance. Boyd Daugherty is proposing to reduce the fiv e -a c re lot size requirement to one acre, to allow a one-acre 1M to be divided from the l?86-acre parcel. The property is located on the east side of SE 257th Avenue, approximately one-quarter mile north of its intersection with SE Hoff- meister Road in the Boring area. The applications and records are available for inspection at the Department of Environmental Services, Planning D ivision, 902 Abemethy Road, Oregon City. The drainage is the municipal water supply for the c ity . The area in question, approximately 12 miles southeast of Sandy, was studied under the Huckleberry I^and Use Plan in 1975. That set the direction for high quality water and timber management in the area. Photo by Dan Dillon The ghosts of Christmas past and present, Andrea Bailor and Kimberly M iller, show Scrooge, Ken Fox, the fate that awaits him as the Sandy Community Players rehearse for their upcoming production, “ Christmas Carol.” SCP brings ‘Christmas Carol’ to life Imagine the contemporary hassles of getting through the Christmas season meshed with the tradition of Charles Dickens’ “ Christmas Carol.’’ Forgetting which present is wrapped under which paper, last-minute struggles to assemble a toy and breaking Mom's favorite ornament can make anyone forget about the special feelings of Christmas. Taking those trials into consideration, the Sandy Community Players have adapted the Dickens classic with an original script. The production will premiere Friday, Dec. 14, at 8 p.m. It will continue Dec. 15,20, 21 and 22 at 8 p.m. A special 2 p.m. matinee will be held Dec. 16. Santa Claus will be in the lobby at all per formances. The script was developed by a committee which put some ideas to the 38-member cast. They used those ideas and improvised from them and rehearsed. The script was then rewritten with parts adapted from the original story. Tebo and Bob Cratchit by Hank Emerich. The ghosts are played by Kimberly M iller, Pam Cansler and Andrea Bailor. Jason Wilhite is Tiny Tim. The prologue begins with the contemporary problems of getting into the Christmas spirit and evolves into the telling of the tale as it is acted around a con temporary family. M a rk Kuntz, dram a teacher at Sandy Union High School, is directing the production. He also designed the set which involves four levels and four stairways. Scrooge will be played by Ken Fox, Marley by Greg Jim Wilhite is learning the tricks of the directorial trade as assists nt'director. He also composed the opening number to the show. Tom Ten Eyck is musical director and Larry LaMarsh is technical director. The original costumes were designed by Gerri Ellis and Laura LaMarsh. This is the first production in which the Players have used all original costumes, according to Wilhite. According to the Forest Service plan, approximately 990 acres of young growth timber will be partially thinned. Approximately 80 acres of overmature and diseased timber will be clear cut and 225 acres will face no harvesting because of poor site quality. Timber adjacent to streams will be left as permanent buffers. Ron Humphrey, timber management planner, told the city council that skyline logging will be used to provide full support to logs crossing streams and partial support to logs into other areas. Logging w ill be limited to the driest times during the year to reduce erosion. Portland General Electric who secured the line and removed the trees. Sandy Fire District per sonnel and police responded to a bomb threat at Sandy Union High School Wed nesday morning at 10:45 a.m. A search was made of the school and nothing was found. A second bomb threat was received at the school at 11:30 a.m. No explosive devices were found after the second search. Sandy police arrested a juvenile for shoplifting after the person allegedly took a candy bar from Sandy Rexall Drug last Thursday. James Dale Jewell of Sandy was lodged in Clackamas County Jail after a citizen made an arrest and charged Jew ell w ith harassment. R.S. Smith Chevron reported a criminal mischief to police early last Saturday. Someone threw something through a large window at the station’s garage. The owner had cleaned up the scene before police arrived. Thomas Richard Bunch of Sandy was arrested for driving with a suspended license a fte r he turned himself in at the Sandy police station e arly Saturday morning. E arlier, an officer had stopped Bunch who fled from the scene on foot. Sunday police responded to an a n im a l problem. A Hereford bull was reported standing in the intersection of Kelso and Bluff Roads. The animal was gone when police arrived at the scene. Humphrey said the Forest Service is in the process of monitoring water quality in the streams. This past summer they began taking samples at the head waters of the Sandy water treatment plant. “ We feel we can continue to see high quality water coming out of the Alder Creek drainage,” he said. Water quality will be monitored on a monthly basis by the Forest Service. At the request of the council, the city will monitor the water at the plant on the other three weeks. In addition to the monthly sampling, the Forest Service will take water samples when abnormal events occur such as heavy rains or flooding. According to a Forest Service study of the proposed logging operation, the en dorsed plan rated higher than two other alternatives in five criteria. They were maintenance of w ater quality and soil productivity, tim b e r m a n a g e m e n t, meeting habitit diversity guidelines and m eeting Hazard Level 1 fuel con ditions. Sandy Garden Club Bomb threats at SUHS top police report Sandy police received a report of a burglary at Sandy Mobil Tuesday, Nov. 27, after station personnel discovered the till had been broken into. A fter taking inventory, however, the owner informed the police nothing was missing. Police arrested a juvenile for shoplifting Tuesday. The person was charged with taking one pair of blue jeans from Gordon Stone's. Police received a report of trees and telephone lines down on SE 362nd Avenue Wednesday. Police informed The thinning will be done in small clearcuts of one to two acres. Roads will not be built on steeper ground to prevent erosion on the mid-slopes. All areas will be revegetated as quickly as possible after logging to help cut down on the amount of sediment that reaches the streams. G R E E N E R Y SALE FrL, Dec. 14th, ft Sat., Dec. 15th 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. Wreaths, swags, center pieces, kissing balls, fresh boughs, cones and bows. Stop for a free cup of hot tea, at J A N Z B ERRYLAND West end Highway 26, Sandy, Oregon Secure their Future Garden chemicals okay to save With the garden season all but finished for the year, many garden chem icals remain unused. “ Insecticides, weed killers and fertilizers can be stored through the winter unless the label indicates storage is unsafe or ineffective,” says Ray M cN eilan, OSU extension agent. Many garden chemicals break down with age and will no longer do the job they are intended for. Malathion and diazinon, for instance, deteriorate rapidly when exposed to air. And the metaldehyde in slug and snail baits changes when exposed to air, water or sunlight. Hiking book added to library Sandy Public Library has received several new books by local authors and organizations. Don and Roberta Lowe have given the library their latest book, “62 Hiking T ra ils -N o rth e rn Oregon Cascades. ’’ The book is filled with maps, pictures and descriptions for the hiking enthusiast. The Sandy Chapter of the Oregon Retired Teachers has given the library the newest edition of “ Nursing Homes and R esidential Care Facilities in the Tri-County Area.” This is an excellent source for anyone con- templating a need for a care facility. The Sandy Garden Club has presented their award winning book, “ Marshland, Lake and Shore Birds” to the library. Each member chose a bird and gave a description and natural habitat of the bird. This text is ac companied with beautiful hand-painted illustrations by Maxine Taylor. . New juvenile books added include “ Secret Laves” by Berthe Amoss, “ Patchwork Girl of Oz" by Frank Baum and ‘ Complete Book of Horses and Horsemanship” by C.W. Anderson. They re simply angelic m ic e .. 7 °°^ For sheer animal magnetism nothing comes close to these whimsical little creatures— lovingly modeled by Kitty MacBride who, until now, made a small number in England each year for very limited distribution. A sprightly .71, Kitty MacBride was persuaded by Royal Doulton to permit larger production. And here they are, a new series of absolutely wonderful Heart stealers. Each, $00.00. You can fall in love with them a t . . . A double act You won’t always be there to cradle them safely in your arm s, but you can safeguard their m any to m o rro w ’s. As in flation nibbles away at the fa m ily dollar, we can show you ways to save. We pay the highest savings rate allowed by law. A regular savings account w ith us w ill pay you 5.25% interest. And we can show you how to earn a whopping 11.767% interest w ith a 6-month money m arket ce rtifica te on a deposit of $10,000 or more. For your fa m ily ’s future . . . L e t’s make sure i t ’s a happy one. The Sandy Post •A >ub>»ontiof intere*! penelty it required by low for eorly witbdrowol (USPS 481-180) O>»0on >«n«Ut Fubhcto« ■■»»>1, TKw<»«a,* b, Th» Ov’kxj* Fubtrahmq <j» ton«, O’eyor « ’M! toc*n« <I»M poa'ay« •« ton«, 0<»Qor Lazybones 66 0 5 5 4 8 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Royal Doulton figure* 8 Toby jug*. •n O>*>or o u l.4 . M utinom i an« Ckat kerne. CeenNM «•> veer >4 00 b- Morrbwe.' end Foc«x Cue.) kM'e. »»'••«e O eyen ee> ,ee> | 1 fl ftfl > • U WV Oui»«e Ner«>we*' end bec«K Co»«' iNdEpENdENT BANk of SANdy M iM B IR FOK 668-4136 H eritage Square in Sandy, Oregon a • » > 1 2 .0 0 No *4 lust good friends Ate*— W« carry 6 8 .M M.OO Sandy Ro«t Sondy Or«gon 47055 3 Dec 6. 1474 x e «««««* a * » « « «« ««**<» DRIVI 38 M 1 Proctor Blvd. in Sandy, Oro. IORRY O F IN » S Mon thru • » 7 Thur» Fri UF W ln«*w o p ," M Mon W«d 6 1 1 Thur» Fri. P.0. Boi 70 M I- 8 0 3 0
