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The crime rate is sneaking
higher and higher in small
towns like Sandy and local
officials are concerned.
To assist local residents
and help them protect their
belongings, the Sandy Police
Department is implemen
ting a community education
program to begin prevention
measures at home
According to Police Chief
I- red Punzel, the program
will use police officers and
volunteers Volunteers, he
said, are still desparately
needed
The program will focus on
home security and point out
the use of locks, fences and
other preventive measures
to slow down, if not eliminate
burglars “ The thing that's
bothering us most in the
residential burglaries is that
the access to houses is super-
simple,” Punzel said recent
ly.
With the volunteer pro
gram, the police department
will be able to point out how
burglars are getting into
local homes.
The program w ill also
To subscribe call 668-5548
Finally, the program will
help neighborhoods organize
neigh bo rho od
w atches
where neighbors keep an eye
on each other's homes dur
ing absences
The program will begin
with a two day training ses
sion
next
week
fo r
volunteers and police of
ficers, March 10 and 11, at
the Sandy C o m m u n ity
Center Anyone interested in
participating in the program
is asked to contact the Sandy
Police Department, 66« 5566.
for more information
destroyed It was a set fire,
according to Gallagher The
vehicle had been reported
stolen by Multnomah County
officials
Saturday, fire district per
sonnel responded to an il
legal burn at St Michael's
Catholic Church They were
burning construction debris,
according to Gallagher
Sunday, lint in a furnace
filter flashed at a residence
on
H ager
Lane and
firefighters responded to the
smoke scare
The district also respond
ed to two first aids, two
minor or non injury auto ac
cidents and four mutual
assists with Boring Fire
District, including a fire on
Wildcat Mountain Road that
destroyed a barn
To date, the district has
responded to 121 alarms At
this time last year, the
district had answered more
than 300. “ Discounting the
storm (last year), we're
about average for calls,"
Gallagher concluded
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Residential burning re
opened in the Sandy Fire
District Sunday, according
to fir e
m a rs h a l J im
Gallagher The season will
close June 15
Although there had been
speculation that the Depart
ment of E nviro nm e nta l
Quality would remove Sandy
from the area of its proposed
permament ban on burning,
Gallagher said the agency
will reevaluate the whole
system again in six months.
D is tric t residents who
have burning permits from
the last season need not app
ly for a new one, Gallagher
said If a patron does not
have one or has moved, they
may obtain a permit any
time during working hours, 7
a m. to 5 p m., at the Sandy
fire station. There is no
charge.
The district responded to
11 alarms during the week
Last Friday morning, at
6:45 a m ., the d is tric t
responded to a car fire at
Marsh Road. A 197« Datsun
pickup, valued at $4,000, was
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cover the proper identifica
tion of valuables in the
home Most households have
not marked their valuable
m erchandise or w ritte n
down the serial number
somewhere for safekeeping
Consequently, there is no
identification number for the
police to put in the computer
to trace stolen items If more
people identify their mer
chandise with the driver's
license number, Punzel said,
it would be easier to trace
stolen goods
Residential burning
allowed until mid-June
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Bike-a-thon seeks volunteers
The chairman of the St
Jude Children’s Research
Hospital Wheels for Life
Bike-a-thon this week asked
residents of the Sandy-
Boring area to volunteer
their time and energy for the
April 4 ride
Volunteers are needed to
conduct the Wheels for Life
Bike-a-thon April 4 to raise
funds to su p p o rt the
research center in its battle
a g a in s t
c a ta s tro p h ic
childhood diseases.
“ We're looking for people
who are w illing to contribute
a little of their time to help
us help children live," said
Anita Tinjurn, chairman
“ Our biggest need is for
riders since they are the one
who make the event a suc
cess.
“ Those who want to ride
should pick up their registra
tio n sponsor fo rm s at
Reliable Realty in Sandy and
start getting sponsors,’’ Tin
jum said Everyone who
raises $25 w ill get a St. Jude
C h ild re n 's
Research
Hospital T-shirt, and those
who raise $75 or more will
receive a special biker’s
back pack
There will also be special
prizes Grand prize will be a
10-speed bike and second
prize, a skateboard In addi
tion, there w ill also lx* "sur
prise" prizes for the top win
ners collecting the most
from their pledgers within 10
days after the ride has been
completed
The ride w ill take place in
the Mountain Shadow sub
division, off Kelso Road
behind Kelso School The
course w ill be set up the day
before the ride so parents
and pledgers w ill have an op
portunity to inspect the
course prior to the ride
The ride will take place
from 9 a m to 3 p m and
riders will ride a maximum
of 20 miles
At St Jude’s, doctors and
scie n tists are studying
le u k e m ia ,
H o d g k in 's
Disease and other forms of
childhood cancer, as well as
other deadly diseases that
strike the young The results
of research conducted there
are shared with doctors and
scientists all over the world,
enabling stricken children to
have a better chance to live
Volunteers may contact
Anita Tinjurn, Reliable Real
ty, 668-74« 1 or 668-6043, to
help
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Break-in nets charge
A Boring man was a r
rested last Tuesday, Feb 24.
after he allegedly broke into
Sandy Ridge School
Virgil K Phillips, 64, was
arrested at 12.23 a m on
charges of fir s t degree
burglary, unauthorized use
of a motor vehicle and
second degree theft
He
allegedly broke out a window
at the unoccupied school on
Highway 211 and took a
typew riter, according to
Clackamas County sheriff's
deputies
Deputies were alerted to
the scene by a silent alarm
Phillips was lodged in the
county jail
Babysitting fees taxed
Considering the number of taxes on net profit if it is $4(M)
mothers and fathers who or more A second form must
work and pay for the care of be used for this purpose
their children in private
homes, the b a b ysittin g
business looms as one of the
most widespread occupa
tions available to people who
work at home.
One responsibility that
should not be overlooked is
to report the dollars and
cents of that activity to the
Internal Revenue Service.
The IRS receives numerous
c a lls each ye a r fro m
babysitters who want to
know how and where to
report their income, what
deductions are available to
them and how they stand
concerning Social Security
taxes.
According to the IRS. a
home babysitter is in a
business, and is required Io
report income like any other
sole proprietor Likewise,
they are entitled to deduct
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Income and expenses of a
babysitting business are
reported on Schedule C, an
attachment to the regular in
come tax return, form 1040
The net profit
is then
transferred to the income
tax return, added in with all
other types of income, and
the tax computed
In addition to income
taxes, however, the home
babysitter w ill pay self-
employment Social Security
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Dare to be unpopular.
(Temporarily.)
Tell them you're doing something for their own
good and they might not like it
Part of being a good parent is losing a few
popularity contests with your kids It's an old cliche,
but when they come to understand better, they'll
respect and thank you
(Consider that by age 1« the average youngster
has spent the equivalent of two and a half uninter
rupted years of watching television 45 more time
than he or she has spent in classroom education >
There's no substitute for the guidance, time.
understanding and love that you can give your
children at home These are lessons they carry into
the classroom and all through their life
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