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M **", Voi. 71 Single Copy 25’ No. 50 County gains another LC DC extension South Korean city C la cka m a s C ounty re c e iv e d another extension last Friday before its land use plan is reviewed again by the state Land Conservation and Development Commission A fte r re vie w in g the c o u n ty’s evidence on the zoning of several disputed rural parcels, the commis sion granted 150 days to revise the plan, said Ardis Stevenson, assistant director of envirt amental services for the county. LCDC affirm ed an earlier subcom mittee study of the zoning of approx imately 3,000 rural acres in the coun ty LCDC gave official approval to decisions including the county’s in dustrial zoning in the commercial area of Boring. Stevenson said The commission also agreed with the county in excluding the Hoodland area, which is part of the Mount Hood corridor, from the list of rural farm or forest usage However, the commission refused a commercial zoning for Carmel Estates, the 30-acre ares near the in tersection of H ighw ay 26 and Highway 212, she said Carmel Estates has been named as a possible site for various motel and shopping center developments in the past six years. The city of Sandy has enlisted sup port from I, (MM) Friends of Oregon to combat the com m ercial center, citing unneceessary for Sandy m er chants and the lack of public ser vices. such as water and sewer, at the site The commission and Clackamas County officials continue to disagree over the zoning of the rest of the Mount Hood corridor Other disputed areas are in the western portion of the county near Wilsonville “ The process is down to fine little points now,” Stevenson said. “ We could have our plan acknowledged by summer ” The county has been developing its land-use plan since the legislation was approved in 1974, according to Roger Kirchner, LCDC information officer If the county and LCDC can ham tner out a finished plan by the end of the 150-day extension, it would be one of the few counties to have a com pletely acknowledged plan. Out of 36 counties, only eight have complete comprehensive land-use plans. “ T h a t’ s good p ro g re s s fo r Clackamas considering counties in the Portland Metropolitan area have a lot of different zoning problems that many other counties don’t face,” he said. With groups, such as 1,000 Friends of Oregon, contesting the county’s plans, the county must show con clusive evidence to back up its recommendation. If the final deci sion doesn’t satisfy the protestors, the appeal goes to the Oregon Court of Appeals, said Richar the staff at torney for 1,000 Friends of Oregon who has represented the city of San dy in its two-and-a-half-year struggle against Carmel Estates eyes Sandy as 'sister' by DAN DILLON On the surface, it may seem that a small town like Sandy wouldn't have a lot in common with a city of 40,000 in South Korea where the climate is “ something like Chicago.” But the people of Yeoju, South K orea, are not looking fo r sim ilarities in their search for a “ sister c ity.” They vant to pro mote friendship between their city and a city in the land they feel a close relationship with. John Lim , a native of Yeoju and head of the Korean Chamber of Commerce in Oregon, wants to coordinate the partnership bet ween Sandy and Yeoju. The idea is to promote friend ship between the two cities and, perhaps, lean a little about each other. 'T v e been thinking to myself, if you have a sister back in Korea, what would you do?” Lim asked. “ Send a letter, maybe visit each other. Whatever we can do to pro mote friendship.” The idea for the sister city pro gram sprouted when Lim 's cousin from Yeoju visited about a month ago. The cousin, a high school principal, is an advisor to the mayor They had discussed the possibility of a sister city in the United States and called upon Lim to help find one. Lim said he called cities in the Portland metropolitan area and the Gresham mayor suggested Sandy. Monday night Lim w ill visit the Sandy City Council at 7:30 p.m. to present his proposal Yeoju is the home of clothing manufacturers, pottery factories and a Coca-Cola bottling plant, Lim said. The city, 50 miles southeast of Seoul, is also popular w ith tourists The tomb of the king who invented the Korean alphabet is in Yeoju, as well as a famous Bud dhist temple and the scenic Han River. Lim said that Koreans feel a special tie to the American people because so many “ died for the Korean people to enjoy their freedom” during the Korean War “ The Korean people owe a lot to the American people,” he said “ We are grateful to Americans and try to do something for the American people,” Lim said "And what we can do is to pro mote friendship. ’’ SUHS may drop plans for new arts center Staff photo Pete Sulzbach of the Sandy Kiwanis Club thanks more than 7b G irl Scouts for their donations to the club’s annual Christmas basket drive. The girls, from ( Kelso, Sandy, Firwood and Welches Schools, donated gifts to be included for children in families who receive the holiday good cheer. The drive ends tumor - row. Dec. 18. according to Sulzbach. ECOS may withdraw planning request by MICHAEL P. JONES Post Correspondent The Environmental Committee on S u ita b ility (ECOS) m ig h t ju s t withdraw its bid to become the Mt. Hood corridor's Community Plann ing Organization at the next meeting Jan 28. M a r ily n L e s lie , s e c re ta ry - treasurer of ECOS, said the Dec. 3 CPO formation meeting did much to spark an interest in a community planning group, but with this in terest, she said, she noticed the negativism and complaints about the organization for its past role fighting development it deemed unsuitable. ECOS has had an active voice fighting a proposed Zigzag heliport, the Boulder Creek hydroelectric plant, the Alderwood mobile home subdivision and the Clackamas Coun ty comprehensive plan. At the first meeting to select a CPO, critics charged that ECOS members were on public assistance and were not even property owners L e slie said the m a jo rity of members are property owners and no one is on welfare Randy Priest of Welches, one of the heliport proponents, said he wanted the board members of ECOS to stand up and tell him what they do in the community. “ Basically, what you’re asking u s .. . is to tell you our name, what we do (for a living) and tell you our in co m e ,” said J im T in k e r, a Brightwood homeowner and ECOS member. Leslie said recently that “ if the m ajority of the people wanted to call the CPO something else, rather than ECOS, then i t ’s OK. If it meant, by using the ECOS name, that the CPO would not be approved, then the name should be dropped “ If i t ’s advantageous at this point, because i t ’ll eliminate a lot of con troversy, then we’ll withdraw the name,” she said. Leslie said that ECOS has done ex a c tly w h a t it s ta rte d out to do—“ spark the interest in forming a CPO.” in an area and get one of their members on the steering committee, the traditional control of the moun tain would be removed.” If ECOS is not accepted as the CPO, she said, the organization w ill still remain active in the area's plan ning process She said that as long as the need for ECOS exists, the group w ill continue to exercise its rights and oppose what it considers bad development, and support “ good” development, She siad the attendance of more than 300 persons at the meeting was proof enough that there is a need for an informational vehicle to let the people know what is planned for the Mt. Hood area According to Leslie, the name ECOS would play only a minor role in the effectiveness of the CPO, but the group’s bylaws, which w ill be voted on at the next meeting, would be. She said that bylaws have built-in protec tion to insure that the m ajority of the community could participate in the CPO’s operation and decision making process, if they wish to. “ Our future not only depends upon what happens with the CPO, but what other issues arise in the next few years.” “ The sub-chapters are the key to keeping it from getting closed off to the comm unity,” Leslie said "B y a group being able to organize together The next CPO organizational meeting w ill be held Jan 28 at 7:30 p m. in the Welches Grade School gymnasium. “ As things move on, things w ill take care of themselves,” said Leslie. “ The battle is worthwhile for what i t ’s creating. The Sandy Union High School Board of Directors introduced the possibility Monday night that it may not put the $3.2 m illion three-year serial levy, to be used for a fine arts complex, before voters in March Considering the state of the economy, board members question ed the chances of getting voters to ap prove the levy. The board, however, decided to go ahead and employ Richard Gessford and Associates, architects for the plan, for another month, as the research being done could be used in the future The board agreed to discuss the issue again at the Jan. 11 board meeting. In other business, board members gave Superintendent Jack Peters permission to write letters to the Oregon S tate P o lice and the Clackamas County sheriff’s depart ment, on the board’s behalf, concern ing automobiles passing buses when the red lights are on. It is illegal to pass a bus when its red lights are on, but Peters said that he is concerned because there has been an increase in the number of violations this school year, according to reports from bus drivers. He added that he has issued a directive to students to get on and off the buses on the side of the road on which they live. The problem is most evident on Highway 26 Because there is no me dian strip, cars from both directions are required by law to stop. The board agreed unanimously to send a letter of commendation to Mike Kostrba, athletic director. Kostrba's active participation in the redistricting was instrumental to get ting SUHS in its new district, the Wilco League, Superintendent Jack Peters said. “ There were several schools that didn't agree with our request to be in D istrict 3," he pointed out. The board unanimously approved a request to begin the application pro cess for Title I programs. Dennis Crow, assistant principal, said that 70 percent of those in the math and reading program brought their skills up to grade level, which is the goal of the program Finally, the board agreed to hire Barbara Surber as dance team ad visor for $757, Christa Thurber, assis tant dance team advisor for $252, Scott I^athrop, assistant FFA Club advisor, for $252, and Georgia Lenon, special Kiwanis Youth Club advisor, for $252 Sheriff, DA to study illegal dumps by MICHAEL P. JONES Post Correspondent The Clackamas County district at torney's office and sheriff’s office w ill investigate the illegal sewage Index SECTION I Keeping Posted........................ 2 Obituaries ............................... 4 Senior Center News..................5 Editorials, Letters ..................6 Sports. Recreation .............. 7-8 SECTION II Area News................................1 Around the County ..................2 Hoodland Happenings ......... 3 About People .......................... 7 Home and Garden .............. 11 Classified Advertising .. 13-16 SECTION II I Television Directory Inside Tab dumpings that have hit the Mt. Hood area during the past year. The Clackamas County Board of Commissioners voted last Thursday to turn the investigation over to those agencies at the request of a group of Mt. Hood area citizens who met with Commissioner Stan Skoko Dec. 8. At that meeting, they urged him to solve the problem of the illegal dumping and seek legal recourse against those responsible. The citizens also asked that an or dinance be drafted to regulate septic and holding tank owners, as well as pumper truck operators, to insure that the sewage goes into a treatment facility and not on to the road Last Thursday, Comrfflssioner Ralph Groener told his fellow com missioners, “ We’ve had this problem in from of us long enough “ Whether this is true, we should do something about it. If it ’s not true, we should put the fire out,” he said Skoko said the problem is true, but there is not enough county staff to adequately deal with the situation. He said the board could not expect the problem to go away “ until the moonlighters are apprehended “When raw sewage la dumped In m a n y a re a o f the g e n e ra l v ic in ity —on roads, in streams and in abandoned w e lls —we m ust do something about it,” Skoko said. “ I t ’s something we must do." John McIntyre, director of en vironmental services for the county, said his office has been accused of taking too much time in dealing with the matter, but “ any time we’ve had a hunch, we’ve gone out there and in vestigated.” McIntyre told the commissioners that he is “ getting a lot of heat because of the spills,” but added there is nothing his office can do. He said residents in the area are quick to criticize, but have done nothing to help No one has turned in a license number or ever witnessed the actual dumping of the sewage, which he called “ crim inal activity.” dumpings have become “ a crim inal matter and i t ’s going to be more crim inal later on,” if something is not done soon After the matter was turned over to the district attorney and sheriff’s of fice, Groener was less than op tim istic that a successful conclusion w ill be reached “ If anyone thinks the district at torney's office has enough personnel to hide out behind a tree to catch dumpers, they are wrong,” he said. Groener said that no county o r dinance could be passed to regulate septic or holding tanks and pumper truck operators because it is the state's jurisdiction. He said it is a matter for the Department of En vironmental Quality to look into That agency, however, has not been able to help in apprehending illegal dumpers. “ (The residents) are the first to know and are well aware of the go ings on. but no one has seen anyone do It," McIntyre said. “ We’ve had no leads on this thing.” Skoko said he was encouraged with this first positive step towards get ting the dumping stopped. Skoko argued that the county’s In ability to investigate the dumpings would do little, if anything, to solve the problems. He said that now the He c a lle d it a “ s m e lly proposition,” but it has to be dealt with before it becomes a health pro blem s u f f photo This early-model Malibu overturned early last Saturday morning at the in tersection of Highway 26 and East Brightwood Loop Road. The unidentified driver was apparently southbound, approaching the highway and skidded on the soft shoulder. The car flipped over and stopped just before the highway. Neither the Clackamas County sheriff’s office nor Oregon State Police reported anv record of the accident.
