♦—SANDY (O e > POST Thur» , Jan 1, W
(Sac 1)
The year opened with a storm
hut it wasn't an omen
faced a new decade as the area
and got a foothold in
Sandy's population climbed 87 percent
during the 1970s and the city , faced with the
rising population, took steps during 1980 to
make certain that the city will gracefully be
able to handle the growth.
The city council adopted a comprehensive
plan that outlines how Sandy will grow until
the end of the century To spread the tax base
evenly throughout the community and attract
employers, an Economic Development
Commission was instituted.
Beyond planning into the year 2000. there
were day-to-day happenings that sometimes
required quick answers and seat-of-the-pants
solutions.
Some long-awaited decisions were finally
made and some unexpected occurrences
surprised, and sometimes shocked, area
residents.
JANUARY
A devastating snow and ice storm swept
through Sandy during the first week of the
new year and created a power outage that
stopped service for nearly 12.000 customers of
Portland General Electric Company in the
Sandy district
The storm brought 230 emergency calls into
the Sandy Fire District that week — double
the average for a heavy month.
Ten Eyck Road washed out, cutting service
for nearly two and a half months for the
hundreds of residents who used the road in
their daily travels.
Clackamas County Sheriff John Renfro
resigned amid growing speculation about his
frequent vacations to war-tom Rhodesia
The annexation of Government Camp into
the Hoodland Fire District was approved by
the Portland Area Boundary Commission
Marge Hoffman was named Sandy citizen
of the year to honor her years of civic service.
The state Land Conservation and
Development Commission (LCDC) declared
a county zone change illegal at the Boring
interchange. The county refiled and was
nixed twice more
Lindsay Wagner. TV's “Bionic Woman, was the Mountain Festival's grand marshal.
FEBRUARY
The committee studying a proposed social
gambling ordinance recommended disap
proval of the idea to the city council.
1980
MARCH
Students moved into the new Kelso School,
completing the Sandy Elementary School
District s neighborhood school concept. The
$2.4 million facility opened with Judy Warren
serving as principal
An 18-year-old Sandy youth was shot and
killed by a reserve Clackamas County
sheriff’s deputy while allegedly fleeing the
scene of a burglary Reserve Charles Zulauf
was later cleared in the shooting of Mark
Allen King, whose family has since filed suit
in the case.
Area voters approved a city budget and
nixed a proposed Hoodland Water District.
Gary Cleland and write-in candidate Bob
Boring were elected to the SUHS board.
APRIL
Sandy Upper Grade School became Cedar
Ridge School.
Charles Smay became the new district
ranger for the Zig Zag Ranger Station,
replacing Roger Deaver.
Two library books were challenged at the
Sandy Elementary School for the their con
tent. The school board voted to keep the books
on the library's shelves.
MAY
Sandy high school senior Kit Howell was
named best high school singer in the state in
the baritone (¿vision.
The Sandy Fire District’s tax base and
building bund. Hoodland Fire District’s tax
base and Sandy Elementary School District’s
tax base were approved by voters. SUHS’s
tax base was nixed.
The Sandy area got its first dusting from
Mt Saint Helens in nearby Washington
JUNE
Rippling River, a $40 million complex in
Welches, was dedicated.
The city council approved the Sandy
comprehensive plan.
SUHS’s proposed budget was rejected a
second time by area voters
Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson
were named grand marshals for the annual
Sandy Mountain Festival parade
Human remauis were found in Tickle Creek
by a Sandy resident They were never iden
tified.
A fire severely damaged Hairline Coiffures.
JULY
A record-setting Mountain Festival went off
without a hitch.
Mount Hood rumbled for a week, prompting
volcano speculation, but nothing happened,
obviously.
Grant and Velma DeShazer were named
king and queen of the annual Sandy Pioneer
Association picnic.
AUGUST
The circus came to Sandy.
The Clackamas County Fair, spurred by
good weather, had record-setting crowds.
Cottrell School opened its first kin
dergarten.
SEPTEMBER
Voters approved an A’ ballot for SUHS.
St Michael’s Catholic Church was moved
from its old home at the intersection of
Pleasant Street and Strauss Avenue to a new
site on ljingensand Road.
A federal judge placed the Alder Creek
Water Co. in receivership and named civil
enguieer Gene Guither to take over operation
of the companv’s five systems
OCTOBER
Sandy Elementary District teachers
notified the school district of their intent to
strike.
South Bluff Road was finally paved
following years of negotiations between
residents and the city.
NOVEMBER
Mayor Ruth Ixnindree was re-elected Dr.
Tim Ward, Jim Duff and Calvin Jones were
elected to fill positions on the Sandy City
Council.
Tax base proposals for the city and two
local school districts were rejected by voters,
as was the county PUD.
Last-minute negotiations headed off a
potential teachers’ strike in the elementary
district. A three-year pact was agreed upon
A suspicious fire halted work on the
Welches School. Fire officials are in
vestigating the arson-caused blaze which
caused an estimated $270,000 damage.
DECEMBER
An arson fire damaged an unoccupied home
in Sandy Two juveniles were arrested in
connection with the blaze
Pho»<ih\ Lien Ih llo r
Ten Eyck Road collapsed and disrupted traffn for two and a half month''.
The January snowstorm blanketed Sandy and knocked out some power for a week, left and above.