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Sewing center Water power see pg. 3, sec. I V o i. 71 see PS- P sec. II TheSandy Post No. 10 SANDY OREGON THURSDAY MARCH 5 19 8 1 S F ■ I S P S 481 180? S ingle Copy 20* suburban b> DAN DII.I.ON Following a nationwide trend, the crim e rate in Sandy rose 24 percent d u r ing 1980 At the same time, however,' the Sandy Police Departm ent’s arrest rate jumped 48 percent A ll of which means, according to San dy Police Chief Fred Punzel, “ We caught more of the bad guys." Since the late 1970s the trend has been that while urban crim e has followed a steadier path, crim e in suburban areas has shot up and areas like Sandy are especially vulnerable "Transportation is our number one p ro b le m ," Punzel said Would-be burglars come out from the Portland area to less-populated areas like ( lackamas ( ounty to hit sm aller towns because they know there isn't the man power for the police to be everywhere they'd like to be That is coupled with the d iffic u lty of tracing unmarked stolen goods, which are easily fenced or sold through garage sales, according to Punzel In Sandy, the number of burglaries jumped from 49 in 1979 to 92 in 1980 The police were able to clear only six the firs t year, and 39 of those com m itted during 1980 During December 1979 the Sandy area was extrem ely hard hit by thefts and burglaries A number of those crim es weren t cleared until the spring of 1980 and are reflected in that y e a r’s statistics provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation "Our re sidential bu rg la rie s are greater in number than our business b u rglaries," the police chief said The reason is that businesses, after being hit a couple times or seeing their fellow merchants hit, are installing alarm systems "Y ou and I can’t afford to put those systems in our homes," Punzel said “ Identifying our residential burglary problem is why we re starting our pro gram next w eek," he added That pro gram w ill help area residents make th e ir homes sa fe r and establish neighborhood watch programs to help the police combat the rising number of residential burglaries and thefts (See story on page 3.) P art of the program to help police recover stolen property would be engraving d riv e r’s license numbers on property like appliances and other easi ly salable merchandise That would in crease the police’s recovery rate and help residents get their stolen property back In 1979, burglaries and larcenies rob bed Sandy homes and businesses of $79,627 Only $11,368 was recovered. In 1980 the numbers rose to $153,280 lost and $63.648 recovered By contrast to the sm all items generally taken in burglaries and Sandy larcenies, the Sandy police had a rem arkable recovery rate for motor vehicle thefts. I^ist year the department recovered all 28 vehicles that were stolen The d if ference — the vehicles are easily traceable through their serial numbers I heir a b ility to recover the stolen vehicles help improve the department 's overall recovery statistics for lost pro perty - 56 percent in 1979 and 61 per cent in 1980 Here is a breakdown of Class l c runes in Sandy during 1980 Homicide . 0 Rape ...0 Robbery 5 Assault 30 B urglary 92 Larceny 261 Motor Vehicle Theft ...2 8 Arson ... 4 The total cash value lost for these crim es was $280.476. 15-year old charged in thefts Sandy police this week arrested a 15-year-old and charged him with theft and burglary following incidents in the past two weeks. The youth was charged Sunday with taking skis and other merchandise from a vehicle parked near the U niver sity Square Apartm ents They were valued at $510. He was also charged w ith an e a rlie r burglary at the apart ments during which various merchan dise was taken E a rlie r in the week, personnel at San dy Office Supply reported a burglary. Someone gained access by kicking in the door. An undisclosed amount of cash was taken E arly Saturday, Sandy police a r rested Todd Alan Branthover, 18 of Gresham on charges of attem pting to elude a police officer, crim in a l mischief and d rivin g under the influence of in toxicants following an incident near 362nd Avenue He was lodged in the Clackamas County ja il Charles George Cunningham, 42 of Sandy was arrested Saturday morning and charged w ith d rivin g under the in fluence of intoxicants and resisting a r rest following an incident near Tupper Road and Highway 211 He was lodged in the county ja il. Three juvenile boys were cited by Sandy police Feb 20 on charges of c rim in a l m ischief after they scrawled their names and telephone numbers in some fresh concrete. The case was turned over to juvenile authorities and the boys w ill make restitution Sandy High musicians feted Five Sandy High music students have qualified for the state contest as soloists. Senior Dale Goracke and junior Dean B arker placed first in the Tim ber Valley district competition last week Both also received superior ratings Goracke plays the tuba and Barker the alto saxophone The two w ill participate in the state competition scheduled fo r A p ril 25 in Bend. The contest w ill be at Central Oregon Community College Also qualifying for state are three v o c a lis ts P a ig e D a u g h e r ty , a sophomore alto, placed second at district and Mat Madison, a ju n io r tenor, also placed second Junior Katrina Howell placed th ird in soprano Another music student, senior Kelly Muck, w ill participate in a three day "M usic in M a y " festival The SUHS soprano was chosen to join students all over the state for the group event scheduled for Pacific U niversity in Forest Grove this May. u r h.'.°r. M ,k' K “ “ "**11 o i Si‘ ,,dv ” 'gh «restie»! his w a \ to l w r.ipup, see page I, section I II , I . ,, . , . Photo by Mark Llovif .........." 1 " I....... >■'»«« •» ehM W r» Iln h h M l f<Hlr4h in Ih r IM .rn .m rn l. For . c o m p ir,. City considers senior complex question by I)A .\ DILLON Before it establishes a new ordinance revising standards for parking re quirements at senior citizen housing complexes, the Sandy City Council decided Monday night that it should determine what constitutes a senior The council was ready to act on a pro posed ordinance which would have established a senior housing complex as a development “ consisting solely of persons over the age of 60ye a rs," when Ginny Brewster, who sought the new parking requirements, objected She said that because she is financing her proposed 20-unit senior housing complex through the Farm ers Home Adm inistration (F H A ), she would have to rent according to its standards Chose standards define seniors as about 55 years and older, she said adding, I m not absolutely clear on it . " As a result, the council tabled the mo tion until its March 16 meeting for con sideration In the meantime, city staff w ill check with state standards regar ding a definition of senior citizen Along with establishing new parking standards for a senior housing com plex, the delayed ordinance would allow m ulti fa m ily housing as a condi tional use in a com m ercial zone and allow home occupations as a perm itted use in a high density residential zone The first ordinance change is aimed at allowing the Brewsters to build their senior housing complex on a site behind ( edar Plaza which is currently zoned C -l, co m m e rcia l They had asked the council in December fo r a variance on the number of parking spaces necessary at a m u lti-fa m ily complex, from two spaces to 1.7 per unit. At the February Planning Commis sion meeting, Mrs Brewster cited Can by Village, an FHA project, which has 52 units and only :w parking places, Estacada Village which has one park ing place per unit and a complex in Molalla w ith 32 units and parking places. The delayed ordinance would suggest minim um standards for such a com plex. 1.5 spaces for each one-bedroom unit, 1.75 spaces for each two-bedroom unit, and two spaces for each three- bedroom unit. The B rew sters w ill bring th e ir schematic drawing to the March 26 meeting of the Design Review Board for approval and then face a public hearing on their conditional use at the A p ril 6 council meeting The modification to the text of the high density residential d istricts would perm it home occupations to be con ducted w ithin one and tw o-fam ily dwell ings In other action, the city council: — approved the annual Lions Beer Garden for July 912, in conjunction with the Mountain Festival. a p p o in te d D e a n e W e s s e lin k representative to the T ri County Local O fficials Advisory Committee appointed Vern Richards, Calvin Jones and Tim Ward to a council sub comm ittee on legislative issues. March ballot crowded with candidates by DAN D ILLO N Photo by Mark Floyd Dale G orarke. a senior tuba player in the Sandy High pep band, was recently nam- ed first piare in the T im b ri ' alley District as a tuba soloist. The ballot for the March 31 special election w ill be considerably fu lle r than the ballot that voters saw at the Feb. 17 election Area school districts and ju ris d ic tions w ill be seeking approval of money measures and conducting board elec tions Sandy Union High School D istrict w ill ask voter approval of its $2 1 m illio n A ’ ballot and $96.500 B ballot Along with operating funds, the 'A ' ballot includes funds for improvements to Rannow Stadium and the track The SUHS B' ballot proposal would provide a counselor, an acoustic ceiling for th e .a rt classroom, an acoustical treatm ent fo r the lib ra ry floor and development of new baseball diamonds on school property. Sandy E lem entary School District w ill seek an OK for its firs t B ballot The d is tric t's A' ballot w ill provide $1 59 m illion. The $333,094 B ballot w ill include a proposed kindergarten program , two school buses and a maintenance trac tor, the Talented and Gifted program. co-curricular athletics and activities, a counseling p ro g ra m and o utdoor school The Sandy Community School's allotm ent and exterior painting for the Aquatic Center are also included. C o ttre ll, B oring, B u ll Run and Welches school districts w ill also have levy elections on the ballot The Clackamas County Education Service D istrict w ill make its th ird at tempt to gain approval of a $3 4 m illion levy That money is supplementary to the ESD’s authorized levy The $3 4 m illio n would be part of a $6 9 m illion general fund budget which includes $2 6 m illio n for a handicapped child fund which would be distributed to local school d istricts fo r assistance in their handicapped student programs. C andidates fo r v a rio u s d is tr ic t boards include: Sandy Union High School Board — Position No. 1, T e rry Lenchitsky and Paul Tucker Sandy Elem entary School Board — Position No 1. Harold H Hayward Jr. and Dennis T raxler, C ottrell School Board — Position No I. Michael Cholbi, unopposed. Position No. 2, Judy Lenchitsky, unopposed. Position No 3. L a rry Werth, unoppos ed Boring School Board — Position No. 2. Michael Byrd and Shigenari Nagae; Position No 4, Stuart McKenzie, unop posed, Position No 5, D ixie Whitmore, unopposed Bull Run School Board — Position No. 2, Ron Jantz. unopposed, Position No 3, Jim Bollerman, unopposed. Position Teddy Peetz and Karen L Rollins Sandy F ire D istrict Board — Position No. 1, Rick Carey, unopposed; Position No. 4, Charles M arkw ell, unopposed; Position No. 5 Gus DePaepe. unoppos- cci Hoodland F ire D istrict Board Posi- tion No 3 Maryanne H ill and „ . Ray , M ille r, Position No. 4, Peggy Hergert and Michael Igo; Position No 5, and John ¡¿arson ( la c k a m a s E d u c a tio n S e rv ic e D istrict Board — At large Position. John Rowell of .Sandy and Dick Groener of Milwaukie. Index SECTION 1 Keeping Posted School Menus Senior Center News Obituaries E d ito ria l, I.etters Public Notices., Richard McAbery and David Olson Boring F ire D istrict Board — Posi tion No. 4, Dee Wescott, unopposed. Position No. 5, E a rl Meier, unopposed Boring Water D istrict Board - Posi tion No 3, Donald Schroeder, unoppos ed, Position No. 5, John Liepold, unop posed Government Camp Sanitary District SECTION II Area News About P eople.. Classified Ads 2 4 4 6 ....7 I 2 8-11 SECTION II I Sports. Recreation 1.9 TV D ire cto ry ........... Inside Tab Board — Position No I, Maryanne Hill M M 1 1 • -, i- ’ • • v .v.
