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Quarry gets OK Track kick see pg. 1, sec. Ill see pg. I, sec II Voi. 71 o ff The Sandy Post No. 14 Single Copy 25c Voters nix kindergarten proposal, SUHS levies by DAN DII.I.ON Sandy voters balked at following the rest of Clackamas County's generous nature and struck down three of four money measures submitted by local school districts Locally, voters denied Sandy Union High School District's A' and 'B' pro posals which would have given the district $1 8 million to maintain existing services under the A' ballot The ‘B’ ballot asked for 195,600 to buy a school bus, add a counselor and renovate the art room and library The Sandy E lem entary School District saw voters approve its ‘A' ballot for a $1 6 million operating levy. Voters denied the 'B' ballot which would have instituted a kindergarten program and continued such services as athletics and activities, the Talented and Gifted program and support for the Sandy Community School In the two board races, incumbent Paul Tucker defeated challenger Terry Lenchitsky for Position No 1 on the SUHS board Dennis Traxler defeated Harold Hayward for a seat on the Elementary School board "W e'll put the vote to the people again,’’ SUHS superintendent Jack Peters said " I would antic pate, not knowing what the legislature is going to Jo. resubmission of the 'A' ballot and some B’ ballot " He added that the new B ballot would not necesarilv carry the same items. Still, Peters was heartened by the voter turnout, which officials called “ good" countywide, and the closeness of the A' bailot defeat, 99 votes Clark Lund, superintendent of the Elementary district, was pleased that voters chose to support the basic pro gram, but was "a little disappointed in the B' ballot " I interpret the difference as being the com m unity's addressing the kindergarten question. All the other items have been standard operations ” Lund said the district will "un doubtedly" run a B ballot again, but would not speculate on whether the kindergarten will again be purt of it Th.it decision should come tonight when the district board meets at 7:30 p m in the Cedar Ridge School library He said that, under the state law, the district can submit the 'B' ballot pro posal twice more. The Clackamas County Education Service D istrict’s $3 4 million levy was approved by voters countywide It in cludes $2 6 milion for a handicapped child fund hich is distributed to local school districts for assistance in their handicapped student programs Sandy resident John Rowell handily defeated State Sen Dick Groener for a four year seat on the ESD board of directors Rowell has served on the board previously St IIS Ballot It Yes No SUHS Board Paul Tucker Terry Lenchitsky Sandy Elementary Ballot *A’ 1.021 1.328 Yes No 891 776 Yes No 789 653 Sandy Elementary Board Dennis Traxler .................... Harold Hayward 650 768 Sandy Eire District Board 539 465 Sandy Elementary Ballot It' Position No. I Rick C a re y .......................unopposed Position No. 4 Charles Markwell unopposed Position No. 5 Gus DePaepe unopposed This is a list election results available at press time: ESD Operating Levy 14.811 Yes.............................. No ......................................... ... 12 » 4 ESD Board John Rowell Dick Groener 18,156 7,789 SUHS Ballot A* Yes No 1,159 1.258 Statt photo Sands voters made a "good" turnout Tuesday as they nixed SUHS levies and a proposed kindergarten Tire district studies ways to remain volunteer by DAN DII.I.ON Maintaining a volunteer department has long been a goal of the Sandy Eire District Yet, it is approaching the number of annual alarms that has driven surrounding districts to go to a full paid staff Sandy Eire Chief Bob Rathke began Bank suspect jailed pending indictment The man accused of robbing the San dy branch of Benj. Eranklin Savings and Ixian last Tuesday. March 24, re mains in jail pending his indictment At a preliminary hearing in U S District Court Monday, Wayne Wood mancy, 22. of 38100 Sandy Heights St., was hound over to federal authorities until an April 15 hearing, at w hich time the U S district attorney's office will present its case Sandy Police Chief Ered Punzel said Tuesday that he received a telephone call last Thursday morning. March 26. at approximately 2 a m from an infor mant who claimed to know where the money taken in the robbery was hidden Punzel said that after meeting with the informant, a large portion of the money was recovered He said that all the money taken in the robbery has been accounted for "w ithin a few dollars ” According to investigating officers, a man approached an employee as the savings and loan branch was opening last Tuesday morning He said he was interested in opening an account Dur ing the course of the conversation, he gave the employee a note demanding money. Woodmancy was arrested that even ing in a downtown Portland restaurant by members of the Sandy Police Department and the Eederal Bureau of Investigation He was in possession of a small amount of currency at the time of the arrest. Woodmancy was also arrested on charges stemming from a Eeb 23 rob bery of the Western Bank at Gold Hill. studying maintenance of the volunteer rival of a volunteer directly from his system in October ano by June a home could be critical revamped se, of policies w ill enable the Secondly, it would give the outlying district to enhance what it offers its volunteers a greater opportunity to par volunteers At the same time, the extra ticipate Currently, when an alarm d o lla rs spent in s titu tin g the sounds, all volunteers go directly to the enhancements will be mild compared to main station The volunteers in the core what it would cost district patrons if the area get the majority of the alarms district went to a full paid staff because they get to the station quicker I^ast year the district responded to 965 alarms. "We’re going to reach a That can lead to a sense of futility for point one, two or five years down the an outlying volunteer who attends drills road, where it will be physically im faithfully, but seldom makes it to the possible to meet the alarm s," Rathke station in time to answer an alarm said Currently, the district has approx Direct response would help combat imately 45 volunteers. that. The Gresham Eire Department went Under the chiefs proposals, the full-pa,d when it reached 1,000 alarms. outlying volunteers would be issued Rathke said And there are depart emergency equipment for use as first- ments in Clackamas County that responders One person in each of six answer 1.300 alarms a year that are "phantom districts" would get a por- full paid Yet, going full paid need not be the panacea for fire protection as the population rises and the number of alarms grows In Minnesota, where manadatory pensions are established for volunteer firefighters, departments protect cities of more than 8<).0<H> per The contested rural residential zon sons with volunteer staffs ing of acreage in the Boring area, as Rathke has looked at that and a pen well as others, has temporarily put a sion program is part of the program he hitch in building a Clackamas County is recommending to the district board planner said last week of directors and the volunteers And while a decision on the county's Under the proposal, when a person proposed zoning in the area is expected signed up to become a volunteer, they soon from Oregon's Ixind Use Board of would be asked to make a commitment for a certain period of time "W e’re Appeals (LU BA ), the county has aready received word it will likely have looking at 20 years," Rathke said. to fight to keep those areas available An aribitrary amount of money would for rural residential as well as rural be placed annually in the pension fund for each volunteer based on alarm and commercial and rural industrial — uses, he said d rill attendance and points for outside schooling Rathke thinks now that the County planner Dave Poese told the amount would be $3oo With that, he C lackam as C ounty R epub lica n said, after 20 years service, a volunteer Women's Club last Thursday that ongo would be eligible for about $120 a month ing challenges to the rural zoning of ap for life. proximately 11.000 acres throughout Membership in the volunteers itself is the county have made it "d iffic u lt" for also undergoing some changes design the county to issue building permits in ed to enhance the system those areas. The revised requirements reflect The zoning of the acreage is being where people live and "good common sense," Rathke said Some volunteers, challenged by lono Friends of Oregon, a in outlying areas, w ill respond directly land use watchdog group, and the to the scene of an emergency That Metropolitan Service District, which generally contend the county has not would fill two needs First response is crucial in first-aid fully justified designating the land emergencies A precious few minutes residential, commercial or industrial instead of preserving it for farm and are critical in heart attack cases Therefore, if an emergency occurs in forest uses, Poese said the outlying area where running time Metro also argues that rural residen for the emergency rig is greater, the ar tial zoning allows too much develop- table radio to improve communication between the scene of the emergency and the district’s firefighters Each volunteer in the phantom district would be issued a four-channel scanner, also Another proposal to improve service and lie’ ter utilize' the abilities of the outlying volunteers is a sleeper pro gram That would involve having a rescue crew on duty at the station on Eriday and Saturday evenings The phantom districts were conceiv ed because of the size of the Sandy Eire District Ideally, if there were suffi cient funds and a larger population, there would be six more substations throughout the district based on runn ing times. Rathke said That would reduce the average response time, encompass the whole volunteer program and lower a "b u r nout" problem among the core-area volunteers who respond to the bulk of emergencies now Because that is unfeasible. Rathke divided the district into the six phan toms Currently, however, volunteers live in only three of the six Recruit ment is a possibility for the district to man those additional areas, he said, although the fire department has never used that method Right now the district firefighters have no problems meeting the alarms. "We exist by law to provide fire protec tion," Rathke said. "Yet, it ’s first aids that would force the department going full-paid." Currently, 64 percent of the department's calls are first-aids Responding to the medical emergen- cies requires special EMT training As a "token of appreciaton for the extra time people spend achieving this level," Rathke is proposing a skills recognition award or bonus. There would be standardsthat would have to be maintained to remain eligible for the award He said the district is emphasizing public self-help in its emprehensive plan and volunteers who teach multi- media first aid or (’PR classes would also be rewarded. The problems of meeting alarms are not here now. Rathke said, but realistically they could be in the not toodistant future "They're not here now, but I guess we re getting prepared for the 80s " Contested zoning slows Boring building ment outside its urban growth boun dary, he said Under rural zoning, pro perties can be divided into five-acre — and in some cases one-acre — parcels, while under farm and forest use designations the smallest permissible lot size is 20 acres. Until LUBA and the state Iaind Con servation and Development Commis sion iLCDC) reach a decision about those lands, it is possible any building permit issued according to the con tested zoning may eventually be found inappropriate. Poese said. " If. say. we issue a building permit for a five acre lot, and then our zoning is overturned,’’ the zoning requirement might revert to 20-acre lots, he said The county would then be liable for any hardship that would pose for the pro perty owner, he said "I'm not saying we won't issue a building perm it," Poese said "But I'm saying that the county is in a difficult position " LUBA has already decided against the county in 12 of the contested areas — mostly in the western area — and has "indicated o ra lly" that it w ill side with the challengers of the Boring area cases, he said Both L U B A ’i adthe county's recom mendations go before LCDC April 30, when the county’s land use plan w ill be considered for approval The Boring "ru ra l center," identified by the county, is situated around the com m ercial-industrial center along Richey Road, S E 282nd Avenue and Highway 212 Inside a " r u r a l c e n te r,’ ’ the minimum lot size would be reduced to one acre. Poese said This would allow more development in an aready- identified community, he said, while five acre or 20-acre lots would remain outside the center boundaries to pro mote concentration of development within the centers and prevent urban sprawl In the Boring center, 25 to 30 percent of the land is designated rural commer cial or rural industrial, he said Of the remaining residential acreage, about half is already developed If every available single acre were developed. 45 more homes would be built in the center, averaging two homes per year through the year 2,000, he said However, because of soil and sewage disposal problems in the area, it is likely that half that number w ill ac tually be constructed. While the county believes that level of development is reasonable for the area, and was careful to include criteria such as water and fire districts, it may still have to convince LCDC, he said. Index SECTION 1 Keeping Posted Senior Center News__ Public Notices ... Editorials. 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