Tburt
Hannah Eldredge born
David and Jan Eldredge
of Brightwood recently an
nounced the birth their
daughter. Hannah Jane
She was born Jan. l l in
Forest Grove She weighed
eight pounds and 10 ounces.
Economic slump traced to 1960s
a n d w a s 21 in c h e s lo ng
Grandparents are Mr
and Mrs Harry Gower of
Fresno, C a lif, and Mr and
Mrs Dick Eldredge of
Pleasanton. Calif
A lth o u g h th e im
m e d ia te causes o f
Oregon's financial woes
can be found in the
economic slump of the
past two years, the roots
of the problem trace
back to the late 1980s
says an Oregon State
University extension ex
pert on state and local
taxation
Students on honor roll
About 300 persons were
on the honor roll for the
winter term at Western
Oregon State College A
grade point average of 3 5
to 3 09 is required, as well
as a load of at least 12
credit hours
Lauri McDonald of Bor
ing and Lisa Kaenell H olli
day of Eagle Creek were in
cluded in that group
Gresham Alarm
— Inc.
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668-5016 or 666-5200
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During those years,
p e rsonal incom e in
Oregon grew at an an
nual rate of more than
11 percent, employment
FREEZER
ALARMS
•
at 3 percent and popula
tion at 2 percent. The
sta te 's general fund
shared in the prosperi
ty, thanks to its heavy
reliance on personal in
come taxes
“ When you look at the
history of those years,
the first thing you notice
is that the state was con
servative in its revenue
p ro je c tio n s ,” Weber
said “The state always
took in more monev
from tax collections
th a n i t th o u g h t i t
would
As a result of these
unanticipated revenues,
the state treasury ended
each biennium w ith
more money on hand
than expected. Even
though the planned en
ding balances were
reasonable and prudent,
the a c tu a l e n d in g
balances—the money
left after all the state's
b ills
had
been
“ From 1987 through
1973, Oregon had a
m o d e ra te ly g ro w in g
economy that created a
pattern of expectations
in regard to state tax
revenues that people
had little reason to
assume would change,**
said Bruce Weber, an
economist for the OSU
extension com m unity
development program
BURGLAR
FIRE
SECURITY ALARMS
bv»<n«ti une» IMZ
p a id - w e r e
con
siderably higher
These
e n d in g
balances ranged from a
low of $18 million in 1971
to highs of $200 million
in 1975 and $271 m illion
in 1979
“ You could call it an
e m b a rra s s m e n t
of
riches and it occurred
e v e ry
b ie n n iu m ,”
Weber said
The
L e g is la tu r e
resp o n d e d
to
the
favorable revenue situa
tion during this period
by in c re a s in g the
payments from the state
general fund to local
governments and to tax
relief
D uring the 1989 79
decade, general fund
s u p p o rt
fo r
lo c a l
governm ent and tax
relief rose from 39 per
cent in 1969 to 48 percent
in the 1977-79 biennium
In
1979,
the
L e g is la tu re faced a
g ro w in g ta x p a y e r 's
revolt, inspired p rim a ri
ly by Proposition 13 in
California
When
the
1979
Legislature convened,
there had been a decade
of moderate economic
growth, a history of con
servative revenue pro
jections, a substantial
and increasing ending
balance in the general
fu n d , and a tre n d
toward increasing state
expenditures for local
government aid and tax
relief
Responding to the de
mand for tax relief and
lo o k in g at the e x
perience of the past
decade, the Legislature
enacted a continuing
program of tax relief
that more than doubled
the proportion of the
general fund used for
tax re lie f from just
under 9 percent to 19
percent
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Mt. Hood Community
College has been chosen to
coordinate a study of the
econom ic im p a c t th a t
Oregon’s community col
leges have on the state.
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community college has on
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The study, to be con
ducted by the college's
research office, w ill be
completed by the end of
March with the major part
of the data being collected
this week.
D r. M ike Stevenson,
d ire c to r of the MHCC
research office, said, “ This
s tu d y ’ s d e fin itio n o f
economic impact is the ad
ditional money in circula
tion within the state or col
leges' districts due to the
existance of the local com
munity colleges
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the economic impact from
July I, 1980, to June 30,
1981 The total impact for
any college w ill include the
d ir e c t
and
in d ir e c t
economic effect an institu
tion generates
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sum of appropriate institu
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impact is the product of the
d ire ct im pact tim es a
m uiitplier that represents
the way in which the initial
expenditures are spent and
respent by others in the
state or districts
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this study it is crucial to
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economic.
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Jo and Les Swayze of
T ro u td a le re ce n tly a n
nounced the engagement of
their daughter, Michele
Delynn Swayze. to Tod Ed
ward Coombs
Coombs, son of Lynn and
Don Coombs, Sandy, is a
1979 graduate of Sandy
Union High School. Swayze
is a 1981 graduate of Col
umbia High School
Coombs is currently ser
ving in the United States
A ir Force Swayze is a
sales clerk at Meier &
Frank, at the Clackamas
Town Center.
A wedding date has not
yet been set
Booklet
on rivers
available
\ reference booklet,
" R iv e r
In fo rm a tio n
Digest,” providing brief in
fo rm a tio n on w e ste rn
Whitewater boating rivers,
is a v a ila b le fro m the
Bureau of Land Mange
ment's Oregon State Of
fic e , P.O . Box 2965,
Portland, 97208
The 65-page booklet pro
vides references on where
to find additional infor-
maion as well as including
b r ie f d e s c rip tio n s o f
popular boating riv e rs
throughout the West.
The p u b lic a tio n was
prepared as a public ser
vice by the Inteagency
W h ite w a te r Com m ittee.
Landfill
owner
awarded
Jack W. Parker, owner of
Rossman's L a n d fill in
Oregon City and a Lake
Oswego re s id e n t, was
nominated for a national
award by Clackamas Coun
ty last week.
Parker’s contribution to
c o n ve rtin g a p o llu tio n
liability into a new energy
and revenue resource was
c ite d in the c o u n ty ’s
nomination of him for the
f ir s t "G o o d N e ig h b o r
Award" from the National
Association of Counties
(NACo).
The award program is
part of the association's
“ alliance for business and
counties," and is intended
to recognize the contribu
tions th a t p riv a te in
dividuals or organizations
make to local government,
according to Ardis Steven
son, assistant director of
the county's Department of
Environmental Sevices
In addition to owning and
o p e ra tin g
R o ssm a n 's
Landfill, Parker is presi
dent of Clackamas Energy
Conservation Co
the public schools from
professional educators to
parents and school hoard
members.
It w ill be of special in
terest to anyone working
with Title I, talented and
gifted, and special educa
tion programs.
The workshop w ill be of
fered Feb 2 between 7 and
8 p m and w ill be followed
by a question and answer
period It w ill be held at
B a rc la y
E le m e n ta ry
School at the corner of 12th
and Madison Streets in
Oregon City.
To register, call Mitzi
Kennedy, Extension 235,
Clackamas ESD, 635-4341,
221-0116 or 266 1723
Agricultural income is up
BOX
GENERAL MILLS
Prie«« «W xtlv« W«d.. Jan. 27. thru Tw««.. P«b. 2
Parent involvement in
the schools w ill be the topic
of a workshop titled “ What
is Expected of the Home
and School in 1982?“ spon
sored by C la c k a m a s
Education Service D istrict
<ESD) and Oregon City
School D istrict
The workshop w ill be
presented by Pat Kopp
man, a national consultant
in parent involvement in
the schools. She w ill speak
on
to p ic s
such
as
“ establishing cooperation
between home and school,
ways to share home-school
learning responsibilities,
and parent-' as partners in
the educatio» »rocess ’’
The workshop is design
ed for anyone involved In
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Swayze,
Coombs
to marry
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Aid to local govern
ments and tax relief
combined to take 55 per
cent of the state general
fund budgeted for the
1979-81 biennium. In ad
dition, the state police
and state parks, which
had been financed by
the state highway fund,
were switched to the
general fund
"B a s e d
on
the
previous decade when
actualrevenues always
exceeded p ro je c te d
re ve n u e s.
the
Legislature felt safe in
making these expen
ditures No one had any
reason
to
e xp e ct
econom ic co n d itio n s
w ould
change
so
d r a s t ic a lly ,” Weber
said.
In 1979, however, the
growth rate of personal
income dropped sharp
ly. Total employment in
Oregon actually declin
ed in 1980
Colleges’
affects
studied
AT THRIFTWAY
LARGE, CHOICE, NAVEL
Joouory 28 1982 (S«t 2) SANDY (O re.) ROST— 1
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With the help of the U.S. census figures, the USDA crop
reporting service, farmers, food processors and others,
the Clackamas County extension service has prepared the
1961 gross agricultural income from Clackamas County
farms
Average production, yields and prices are used in this
report, but farmers must exceed “ average" in order to
survive the increasing costs of capital, labor, equipment
and supplies, according to Clayton Wills, extension agent.
He said that there was about a six percent hike in If
production costs
Crop
H orticultural, specialty
Farm forestry
Field crops
Livestock, dairy
Poultry
Total
1960 Actual
$43,671,000
6,680,000
10,476,000
19,610,000
17,143,000
$97,780,000