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A ‘W 'r Vol. 72 No. 4 SANDY. OREGON. THURSDAY. JANUARY 28. ,982 ( I SPS 481-180* Fire district braces for potential limitations measure is OK d by voters in November The property tux limitation pro Those options include cutting the posals that gave local budgeters grey district's budget in half and laying off hairs in 1980 are making a re three employees, waiting until the appearance on the statewide level. 1982 general election to see what hap That has some local officials study pens. then asking voters for a cash ing options as they prepare for what over-ride, or building a cash reserve services they w ill offer ,n the future now. and then asking for an over-ride which would carry the district an ad Currently four property tax lim ita ditional year, he said tion measures have been approved At its last meeting, the board by the state attorney general for in postponed fillin g the fire fig h te r clusion on the ballot if initiative peti mechanic position until it can study tions gather a sufficient number of the "whole p ictu re " of options, registered voters' signatures Rathke said In the meantime, truck One measure, sim ilar to Measure 6 maintenance is being passed around in 1980. could have a devastating ef among the paid and volunteer firefighters fect on the service level of the Sandy Fire District One method that is being studied to For example, if the limitations continue with equipment p rchases were in effect today, the district's is through bond levy elections, budget would drop from approx Rathke said. Because bonds are imately $508,000 to $250.000, Fire separate from the tax base voters ap Chief Bob Rathke said. proved in ,980, they would not be sub “ I t ’s really e a rly," he said " It's ject to any possible lim itation going to be July before we know if it ’s Drawbacks to that plan include in even going to be on the ballot." terest payments on bonds and re Nevertheless, he has reviewed op asking voter approval for equipment tions with the district's board so they which was OK'd with the tax base, he can prepare themselves if the said. CPO bylaws face review this evening Suzanne Jones (Jill) and M ark Kuntz (Bon) lead the cast of Sandy Community Players' production of "But terflies are Free" 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday on Jan. 29, Jan. 30, Feb. 5 and Feb. 6. For a review of the play, turn to page 2, section I. County commission OK’s new water system plan by MICHAEL P. JONES Post Correspondent Clackamas County Board of Com missioners last Thursday approved the A ld e r Creek W ater Users Association's plan for five self- governed special service districts The five districts, called 261 districts, would alleviate the Alder Creek Water Company’s problems, according to Jock Stewart, Associa tion chairperson He said that the Riverside, Barlow, Country Club, Sleepy Hollow and Wildwood Annex systems would each become their own entity with their own boards of directors None of the districts could be held accountable for the others’ problems, nor could they be forced to financially assist one another. Edward Sullivan, Portland at torney representing the Association, and members of the Association board met with Commissioners Stan Skoko and Ralph Groener who found the proposal acceptable. MOVES TO BOUNDARY COMMIS SION "They w ill initiate a written resolu tion to bring the matter before the Boundary Commission," Sullivan said. The commissioners w ill send the re s o lu tio n to the P o rtla n d Metropolitan Area Local Govern ment Boundary Commission during the first week of February and, if ap proved. each of the five districts w ill have to negotiate with the company's court appointed receiver, Gene Gin ther, individually. Single Copy 25« The nude body of a woman found along Highway 26 above Rhododendron was id e n tified Tuesday as that a of 21-year-old Sacramento, Calif., woman. Linda Marie Scaletta was iden tified through her fingerprints, ac cording to an Oregon State Police investigator Traces of alcohol and tran quilizers were found in the body, but the exact cause of death has not been determined That deter mination is pending completion of further tests, according to Dr W illia m B ra d y , c h ie f s ta te medical examinar. Scaletta's body was found Jan. 17 about 10 feet north of Highway 26, about one-quarter mile above Camp Creek Campground Her car, which had California license plates, was found Friday in Portland near SE 13th Avenue and Tacoma Street Shopkeeper admits guilt tions of selling securities without a license " In Oregon you have to be registered to take money from people and invest it in securities. In this case he was not registered," M iller said. The deputy district attorney said Newman used a variety of invest ment schemes in 1978 and 1979 Newman w ill be required to repay all 10 victims in the case. M iller said. Other penalties for securities fraud include fines of up to $10,000 and im prisonment of up to five years He said that Newman faces that for each count. Newman operated Gantenbein's Kelso Store at the intersection of Orient Drive and Kelso Road The store is now under new ownership and is called Nikola's Market. Sullivan said that each would have to acquire the assets of the company as separate entities. He said he anticipates not pro blems, despite the fact that they are s till legally owned by Gerald "R ed" Bennett of Portland Ginther is reportedly owed $140,000 for operation of the company since he was appointed receiver by Federal D istrict Court in September 1980 QUESTION OF AC CEPTABILITY M arvin Price, an associate in Gin- ther's engineering firm , said the Association's plan fo r the five districts may not get Boundary Com mission approval He contends that the commission may have "con siderable concern" whether the five, small districts are acceptable. " I f you look at the history of the Boundary Commission, you w ill find that they have historically denied the formation of these small, special districts," he said "B ut, that doesn't mean they w ill not approve this one. ” He added, "The 261 districts seem to satisfy the real needs of all the ma jo r participants and Ginther will agree with that ” RECEIVER CHAIRS COMMISSION Ginther is chairman of the Boun d a ry C om m ission, a condition Association members term "sen sitive.” "Clearly Gene's going to have to divide himself from the entire pro ceedings," Price said " I t is a very sensitive matter and the only sensi ble thing he can do is divorce himself from the proceedings. "This whole thing is a complex. long-term process in w'hich a number of state and federal agencies have been involved and the Boundary Commission plays only a p a rt," he said. " I feel the Boundary Commis sion w ill view the whole proceedings in the larger context and w ill choose this solution because this one meets with the approval of all the other agencies involved and meets with the approval of the m ajority of the residents ’’ Because they are reviewing the boundaries of five separate districts, the Association w ill I k * billed $400 per district. Stewart said the Association is hoping that the Boundary Commis sion realizes that it is actually look ing at one large district that is being divided into five smaller districts and that the charge lx* only $400 That point has no, been decided A meeting to adopt the proposed bylaws for a citizens* planning organization (CPO) for the Mt. Hood corridor w ill be heid tonight, Jan. 28, at 7:30 p m. in the Welches Grade School gymnasium. A group of 50 residents met Jan. 19 to draft the bylaws for the CPO which has been tentatively named the Mt Hood Citizens' Planning Organiza tion That proposal w ill be presented to the rest of the community tonight According to M arilyn Leslie, four sets of bylaws were examined and the best facets of each were included in the draft. She said that operating rules from ECOS, the Rose City Park N e ig h b o rh o o d A s s o c ia tio n in Portland, a model submitted by the Clackamas County environmental services department and a Zigzag Neighborhood Group proposal were examined. After the Jan 19 meeting, Leslie and Patty Cook of Brightwood met and com piled the bylaws and presented them to the environmental services department which w ill pre sent copies to all attending tonight. The model bylaws allow for in dividual communities in the Mt. Hood area to have local autonomy. The sub-areas are Wildcat-Sleepy Hollow, Brightwood. Zigzag-Lolo Pass, Welches and W ildwood- Wemme Each w ill hold its own elec tion to select two representatives to the CPO's board of directors Three at-large members w ill also be e le c te d . F o u r o ffic e r s , fro m anywhere in the district, w ill round ou, the board. "Nothing that’s been done is bin ding." said Leslie. "They are subject to change at this meeting " Storm brings landslides, shuts down ski areas Schwahn said, "The tremendous amounts of rain and snow melt caus ed this slide," as well as others in the Mt Hood area. Unpredictable winter weather clos ed the m ajority of the Mt Hood ski slides occured on the Barlow Trail resorts last Saturday and sent mud Road west of Brightwood Another and rock crashing down on Io road vas discovered on Marmot Road ways in the area. when the rain caused a bank to give Jack Schwahn. Clackamas County way and sen, a four to five ton rock on to the road road foreman, said that overall the freak weather conditions caused only Closer to Sandy, slides occurred on minor damage and that the biggest Aims Hill, Coalman Road and near Dodge Park. problem his crews faced was a slide on Salmon River Road that sen, rock Saturday morning skiers met with and mud down a hillside, blocking the high winds, heavy rains and warm road. temperatures which caused the snow The slide occurred about m id to mel, quickly Area rivers swelled m orning on Saturday and was and driving conditions on Highway 26 discovered by a motorist. were hazardous because of slush and Hoodland Fire Chief Don Armin water collected in the roadway. trout said a crew from his depart Sgt Dan Wolf, of the Oregon State ment was dispatched to the scene, P o lice , said th a t despite the about one^uarter mile south of dangerous road conditions, there Welches Grade School They found were no major tra ffic accidents the road about three quarters block Gusts of wind up to 50 miles per ed by mud. rock and one large hour closed ski lifts at Timberline. boulder Mt Hood Meadows and Ski Bowl all Schwahn said a county crew was day. Only one run at Multorpor and put to the task of clearing the road one at Summit remained open which took nine hours The biggest A la rg e fa lle n tre e closed headache, he said, was the boulder Timberline Road for about a half which weighed an estimated 10 to 12 hour Saturday night, according to tons D istrict Engineer Harry Woodward, One scoop truck attempting to of the state Highway Division Down* move the four- by eight foot rock ed trees is a typical problem, he said, broke an axle throughout the Mt Hood area. by MICHAEL P. JONES Post Correspondent »•»■.- >’? Fingerprints help identify dead woman by BAN BILLON The former operator of the Kelso Store charged with fraudulent sales of securities is awaiting sentencing in Clackamas County. Leon M Newman, 57, who alleged ly sold securities to a number of San dy and Boring area residents, adm it ted guilt to two counts of fraud earlier this month The Clackamas County District A t torney’s office is conducting a pre- sentence investigation to help deter mine penalties in the case Sentenc ing is set for late February, accor ding to S Dennis Miller, deputy district attorney. Newman was arrested in National City, Calif , in August on an Oregon warrant and transferred to Oregon City where he faced the fraud charges and accompanying accusa .--• ' •< • In this particular case, he said, it was fortunate that skiers had vacated the mountain early because visib ility was limited with driving rain and darkness when the tree fell slide closed Highway 35 near Mt. Hood Meadows last Friday. That, too, is a common occurrence for the winter season. Hood River deputy sheriff Steve Reynolds said the slide closed one lane of tra ffic, but "wasn’t any big deal ” Woodward said because of the steep snow banks lining Highway 35, that 18 inches of new snow was just too heavy When a wind gust came up. the bank gave way creating a "m in o r blockage." Monday and Tuesday, the concern became flooding Clackamas County officials fielded calls from area residents complaining about flooded basement* and yards "Everyone's calling about w ater," S chw ahn s a id . Schwahn said drainage ditches plugged with debris were responsible for most of the flooding. Near Brightwood, a home that was constructed in the actual bed of a creek which had been diverted had problems Schwahn said the rerouted creek was runnning through the front door and out the back This 12-ton boulder disrupted traffic on Salmon River Road Saturday after heavy rain* dislodged It. blocking the for nine hours. --- j
