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About Sandy post. (Sandy, Oregon) 1938-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1982)
4 SANOV ( O r * ) POST Thuf* Jonuory 7 I U 2 (I* I) The year began w ith skiers praying fo r snow, progressed into a record hot spell and ended w ith a blizzard, but that’s how it was in 1981 by DAN DILLON 1«H1 began with a drought that caused the area's economy to slump as winter recreationists stayed away from Mt Hoods winter playland in drove It ended with a five-day fall of snow that, ironically, again shut down mountain ski resorts tem porarily as Highway 26 was closed to motorists trying the reach the lifts The slumping economy played a major role throughout the year as rising loan rates slowed housing starts and reduced the number of working loggers and lumber mills In its last report for the year, Western Wood Products Associa tion reported that 33 percent of the state's mills were closed and that 26 percent had curtailed activity But, while the economy cut into purse strings, some old nemeses returned to the surface, some new challenges tested the community and the area goes into a new year under a blanket of snow that hints, while we look back, that new sur prises are on the horizon for 1962 cuit Court decision lim iting the amount of assessments it may col lect on the Heritage Square park ing lot Judge Winston L Bradshaw ru l ed that property owners involved in the construction of the local im provement district could be assess ed only $66,19« of the $105,000 the city spent to build the parking lot By year's end the appeal was finally ready for presentation to the Oregon Court of Appeals A decision is expected sometime dur ing the coming year Hildebrand North America mov ed into Sandy Industrial Park, transferring its production of lumber dry kilns, wood waste burners and microprocessor pro cess control systems The firm hired nearly KM) area employees The company went out of business in August Creditors met in October to plan a course of ac tion after the firm filed bankruptcy papers in September JANUARY A three-week dry spell drained the Mt Hood ski slopes of their snow and their skiers “ The ski area has lost any oppor tu n ity to have an excellent season," the manager of the Clackamas County Bank branch in Wenrime said Richard Busby, Independent Bank of Sandy president, was elected president of the Sandy Area Cham tier of Commerce Sandy Postmaster John Metsger •tepped down after 25 years of ser vice Darrell Dempster, co chairman of the Sandy Mountain Festival, was named winner of Sandy's an nual Community Service Award MARCH Sandy experienced its first bank robbery March 24 Wayne Wood mancy, 22, of Sandy, was arrested in Portland and charged with the robbery of the Sandy branch of the Benj Franklin Savings and Loan hours later, following anonymous tip« to Sandy police Sandy’s Dorothy Shrum was chosen volunteer of the year by the Oregon Com m unity Education Association th«* city's first ever recipient of the award Sandy voters nixed the idea of a new kindergarten in the Sandy Elementary District, but approved the d istrict’s A ballot proposal and elected Dennis Traxler to serve on the board In the high school district, voters denied all money measures and re elected Paul Tucker to his seat on the school Itoard FEBRUARY Sandy officials moved ahead to appeal a Clackamas County Cir APRIL A team of specialists from the state Department of Education leu Mat« btosen gtrt a kMb awl the Waft** gave the Sandy E le m e n ta ry District a clean bill of health in its standardization test The city kicked off a crime prevention program aimed at educating local residents about b L rg la r proofing th e ir homes through a series neighborhood meetings The police department w ill conduct a sim ilar program as the new year moves ahead, hoping for a larger response from area homeowners Trimble Construction Co of San dy was named as one of 10 par ticipants in the 1981 Solar Parade of Homes, a showcasing of solar co nstruction techniques in a Hillsboro subdivision that could garner national attention MAY Four developers’ plan to build a heliport on Salmon River Road, near Highway 26, met with stout opposition Opponents cited its pro xim ity to the Welches School, lloodland Women’s Club and the highway as reasons for stopping the project Efforts are underway to have the site dedicated as a park Mt Hood Hospice organized to provide care and attention to per sons with terminal illnesses and th e ir fa m ilie s The program generated interest when actress Ann Sothern appeared in Portland in its behalf during the fall in a series of benefits Voters OK'd Sandy Union High School's budget proposal, but again nixed the Sandy Elementary D istrict's attempt at a B ballot pro posal for Ihe second time The B proposal was resubmitted in June and again vetoed by voters, spelling doom for the district's in- terscholastic athletic program. Talented and Gifted program and its support for Sandy Community School JUNE Tiny Bull Run School District Tbe Mandv Mountain k t t l l i i l asfaltti ri ra » aa ■\ year ago ski area operators were praying for snow. This year, (he snow got so had that, for a lim e, ski lifts were in accessible to motorists came under fire when its school boarc tempted to terminate the contacts of three school teachers Overwhelming community sup port, amid charges of state viola tions during the termination pro cess. led to the reinstatement of two of the three educators Treva Tom pkins of Sandy, separated from her son for 19 years after he was taken from the fam ily's front porch, was reunited w ith her son, a re s ta u ra n t manager in Wixxlburn Sandy Country Market opened as an outlet for locai growers and craftspeople to sell their wares in Nelson Pioneer Memorial Park Developer Carl Bright unveiled his plans for incorporation of Welches as a city The proposal split the mountain area until it was tabled The plan, however, is not officially dead JULY The Sandy Mountain Festival a t tracted record crowds, again, with its two-day festival of arts and crafts in Meimg Park Ix x a l resi dent George Bruns, who served for many years as a musician for Walt Disney Studios, was named grand marshal of the parade Sandy Fire District dedicated its new expanded fire hall The $460,464 project now allows the d istrict to provide space for firefighters to sleep at the pro gram -a move which has met with great success, according to Sandy Fire Marshal Jim Gallagher, as response tim es have g re a tly decreased Otis and Erma Rich of Boring were named king and queen of th«1 annual Sandy Pioneer Association picnic Reedway M a n u fa ctu rin g , a sawmill on Orient Drive, was near ly destroyed by a late night fire Eighty-three firefighters from six fire districts battled the flames for more than two hours Loss was «estimated at $lU(>,tMM) AUGUST Arnold Becker, postmaster at Cannon Beach, was na '.av J to head Sandy's post office Five days of temperatures over 100 degrees hit the area As a result, the woods were closed to loggers and campers Sandy's water system withstood the test, however Welches School, with its history of construction problems, faced another F a u lty w orkm anship caused to building to settle uneven ly and quickly, causing the floors to buckle, as cracks appeared. SEPTEMBER Chuck Jones, p ro p rie tor of Ferguson’s Power Equipment, was named Sandy’s retailer of the year The nomination followed a letter to the editor in The Post which cited his honesty in standing behind what he sells Six lloodland F ire D is tric t firefighters were stricken when they fought a brush fire under Bon n e ville Power A d m in istra tio n power lines near Uolo Pass Road The BPA said the reaction, suf fered by the firefighters, should not have tx>en caused by the brush- retarding chemicals they said they used However, reaction from the state Department of Forestry and lloodland Fire District disagreed OCTOBER E le m e n ta ry School celebrated its 5oth birthday with a co m m u n ity-w id e p a rty which featured past teachers and ad ministrators The Wy'east Day Lodge was dedicated at Tim berline The 44.000 square foot fa c ility was designed to take some of the pressure of daily use off the historic Timberline lxxfge Mt Hood T im e s h a re was ordered to stop selling vacation plans at the Green Tee Motel in Welches by the state Real Estate Division after charges of ques Sandy tionable sales practices and lack f a s. - e license NOV EMBER A tragic traffic accident stunned the community when a vehicle car rying three Sandy High School students collided with a Tri Met bus on Orient Drive as the students were on their way to the school s state football playoff game in Gresham Dead was senior Carey Larson Senior Chris Jones was seriously injured and hospitalized for nearly two months He is now recovering at home Senior Dean Fischer suf fered a broken arm in the crash That same evening. Clackamas County sheriff's deputy Jimmy Shoop was killed when his patrol car was struck as he was r«»spon ding to a second accident on Orient Drive The driver of the car which struck Shoop s cruiser. Gay May of Boring, was later indicted for second-degree manslaughter in the accident High winds, estimated at more than 70 mph, swept through the Sandy area uprooting trees and leaving homes in some places without power for up to four days DECEMBER After years of controversy, the Alder Creek Water Company woes appeared to be near an end as users of the system prepared to choose a new management method to correct the system’s deficien cies after it had lx*en placed in receivership more than one year earlier The city of Yeoju, Korea, made overtures to the city of Sandy seek ing to become its sister city in a cultural exchange program Snowstorms hit the area, dump ing more than a foot of snow in the Sandy area and much, much more farther up the mountain Power outages were spotty and heavy snows made correcting them d if ficult
