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Vol. 72 No. 4
SANDY. OREGON. THURSDAY. JANUARY 28. ,982
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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