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S A N D Y ^R E G O JO H U g S O A Y ^E B R U A R ) ^¿¿¿22« (V S H ^M biw n Sinai» Copy 2}« Graphics teacher questions budget emphasis by SCOTT NEWTON A drafting and graphics instructor at Sandy Union High School question ed whether the correct emphasis is given to vocational education in the district at a school board meeting Monday night. 'What I'm going to do is going to be viewed by some. I know it is already viewed, as being sort of disloyal to the school and that sort of thing." Paul Montgomery told the board " I hope i t ’s not that way. I ’m trying to present it in a positive way.” Montgomery gave the five board members an eight page chart com paring costs of co-cum cular ac tivities, vocational education, and other areas. " I think the figures are very ac curate." he said One set of figures reported that 1319.91 is spent per student in co- curricular activities, while $183.18 is spent per student in vocational education. ment the vocational arts department needs, or needs repaired, “the girls basketball team goes down to the women's basketball tournament" in Portland Montgomery told the board. "Now, my point with that again, is. that's OK. if we have the money and that’s what the board wants, and that's what the community wants "B u t I just want to make the point that we need to think about this stuff some more and evaluate those sorts of things." STATEMENTS TROUBLING He said that what brought this up were statements by people who "could have a very large impact on local schools " Those statements include, "Voca tional classes are more or less like a hobby," Programs cost too m uch," and "There is no vested interest in vocational education, either for it or against it." He said that he does not understand the implications behind the last state ment Montgomery said that he wouldn't want to see activities cut back unless it was for some important reason "The future of this country rests with technically trained people, and I don't believe that that's an exaggera tion," he said. Lynn Sondenaa. metals instructor, reported to the board on the outcome of the SUHS skills contest Fourteen contests were held with 125 voca tional education students competing. Sandy won 17 awards He also cited other information in support of Montgomery " I'm upset to think that statements are made that vocational education is de-emphasized here," Superinten dent Jack Peters said. "That bothers me because I agree with you, Paul Vocational education is an integral part of life. And I believe if you don’t have a saleable skill, then you're in trouble." He said that, not having one of Montgomery’s financial statements in front of him, he could not discuss the numbers on it, but pointed out that vocational education is the second-largest expenditure on the proposed 1982 83 budget, second only by a little more than $9,000 to com munications. an area where all students w ill take at least one class during high school. BUDGET HEARINGS SET In other business, and before Mon tgomery addressed the board, the 1982-83 budget was discussed Matthew Shields Jr. was elected chairman of the budget committee P a tty K la s c iu s w a j e le cte d Gas leakage avoids water for time being M A C H IN E R Y SA ID UNAVAILABLE "When we’re trying to get ready for a skills competition, or when we’re trying to help students in the classroom with machinery, we can be told we can’t get a piece of machinery fixed that’s vital to so meone le a rn in g how to be a machinist, or trying to learn how to be a machinist because the lathe is so off-center you can’t even get a cut on by MICHAEL P. JONES Post Correspondent it. ‘ ‘W e re told that money isn’t available, and I understand the economic conditions, don’t get me wrong on that. "We re told that we can’t have the money to do that but on the same day a wrestling team goes from here to North Bend for one day (a Friday), and Saturday also, costing two substitute teachers salaries, plus transportation and the driver “ I suspect th a t’s over $400 right there.” Montgomery said that that is just one example He said that while there is equip- Pholo by A Sandy man was injured Tuesday evening when the pickup truck he was driving slam m ed into a tree on Coalman Road. Eugene Halverson was taken Dun Dillon to Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center by Alpine Ambulance. He was treated for an injured shoulder and facial lacerations. To accommodate light industry. Commission recommends expanded sewer, water Sandy should expand sewer and water capacity to accommodate more light industry and pursue a core area pedestrian shopping mall, a city Economic Development Com mission has advised R e co m m e n d a tio n s and an economic appraisal of the city w ill be presented to the City Council 7:30 p m Feb 16. Commission chairman George Morgan w ill present the group's findings after two years of study. The Commission has recommend ed city government gear-up ag gressively to handle additional com merce and m a rke t its e lf w ith brochures and personal contacts to businesses that might locate here The advisory panel noted in a report to Council that financing its marketing plans could prove d if ficult, but worthwhile to meet com munity economic development objec tives This land lies outside the c ity ’s pre sent municipal boundaries. Sandy, however, has designated the land as industrial growth area in its Com prehensive Plan and figures little problem in annexing and servicing it with sewer and water, according to City Planner Don Wilson Sparse industry and commercial development leave Sandy with pro blems, according to the Commission These include slim local job oppor tunities and a small tax base, s h o u ld e re d p r im a r ily by homeowners in the bedroom com munity. The Commission report says ideal engineer for a new city industrial development plan would be a private investment group Such a group, ac ting as a private land-holding cor poration, developed the present San dy Industrial Park Much of the c ity ’s designated In dustrial land today belongs to a few local landowners, who have voiced wilbngness to parcel off their proper ty for sale or lease That includes large tracts of land in the hands of a few landowners west of S E 362nd Avenue Duane Knapp and Ruben Hoffman of Sandy own ap p ro x im a te ly 75 acres of th is undeveloped industrial land. BONDS MAY BE NEEDED The city, however, may require general obligation bonds or other city financing for extension of a major in dustrial sewer trunk line and a southwest water storage reservoir, according to the Commission report. Best immediate potentials for in dustrial expansion w ithin the city, according to the Commission's report, include the Mt Hood In d u s tria l P a rk being m arke te d privately at the west end of town. Additional ready land within the c i ty lies in the Sandy Truck Lines site and Sandy Industrial Park, which the Commission claims is underutilized w ith vacant or underdeveloped parcels. The Commission also recommend ed the city strengthen Sandy's retail business sector by implementing a core area pedestrian mall, introduc ed in 1975 as the Sandy Downtown Plan. MORE PARKING NEEDED That plan called for covered walkways and offstreet parking The city has built one offstreet parking area at Heritage Square since introduction of that plan, but the Economic Development Comm- mission feels parking is a lingering problem in Sandy. Other hindrances to Sandy shopp ing, the Commission said, include lack of motels, a convention center and a shopping center that would at tract shoppers to town. The advisory group, however, Stays within Ballot A guidelines City budget proposal makes small jump The city of Sandy w ill need slightly more than $400,(MM) in taxes this year to balance the 1982 83 proposed budget. According to the plan unveiled Monday night for Budget Committee and City Council members, the c ity ’s proposed Sidget is up only two- tenths of 1 p.. v*ent over last year’s appropriated budget The General Fund is up slightly more than 6 7 per cent over last year’s budget As such, the city w ill be able to operate within the limitations of the state Ballot A formula based on infla tion and growth If approved by voters on March 30, the budget would cost city taxpayers an estimated $6 »4 per $1,000 «.Lsess- ed valuation for operation of the city and general obligation bonds already approved Last year, the tax rate was $6 81 per $1,000 assessed valuation I secretary Terry Lenchitsky, Dan McDonald and Marvin Hansen are also on that committee, in addition to members of the board of education Budget committee meetings w ill be at SUHS in rooms 50-51. The first meeting w ill be tonight, Feb 11. at 7.30 p.m. The second and third meetings, also set for 7:30, w ill be Feb. 16 and 18 A budget of $4,959,313 is proposed. That is a 7.2 percent increase over the $4,625.322 budget for 1981-82 An A ballot of $2,382,946, with a m ill levy of $3.90 per $1,000 valuation, is proposed That leaves $716,992 for the B ballot, with a valuation of $1 36 per $1,000 "We re proposing to you that we do almost what we did last year,” Peters said, adding that some pro grams have been reduced or cut. GENERAL FUND $302,713 $254,704 $85,744 $74,418 $54,920 $54,432 $46,075 $44,240 $36.857 $35,923 $31,858 $19,790 $5,900 $4,850 $3,750 $l,osa.«74 Police Department Public Works Library City Manager's Office . Non-Departmental Senior Citizens Program Contingency Fund Building Department Planning Department General Services Recreation Department Legal and Judicial Parka-Parkways Community Center City Council TOTAL In his budget message. City Manager Roger Jordan noted that nearly all m aterial and service ap propriations are at the same level as last year "Appropriations were increased only in cases where It has been pro ven that the existing appropriation was not adequate, or where we simp ly have very little control over the In creasing costs, such as the ap propriation to pay u tility service costs," Jordan said This year’s budget projects a 5 per cent cost-of-living increase for all ci ty personnel, with a modified merit step for those employees who are not at the top of their salary range at this time The m odified salary package enabled the city to prepare the budget w ithin the Ballot A state for mula Because the city w ill slay within the Ballot A limitation, the state w ill cooperate with the taxpayers As a result. 30 percent of the local property tax burden w ill be paid by the state under the program which has been in effect for the past three years. generally feels Sandy has a lot to of fer toward economic growth. In its sales pitch for Sandy, the Commis sion report cites good industrial land opportunities, adaquate commercial sites downtown, a labor pool for new employers and resources like plen tiful water. And while Sandy once feared sewer problems, a recent engineering report indicates the city could safely accommodate another 300 hookups w ithout m a jo r expansion, C ity Manager Roger Jordan noted. CITY’S LOCATION GOOD* The Commission also figures the city claims a good strategic location for relocating businesses on a major highway near Portland, an interna tional airport and recreational sites on Mount Hood Chairman George Morgan also re p re s e n t’ s Sandy E co n o m ic Development Commission in a three- city effort to attract more light in dustry to eastern Clackamas County The small industries attraction program of Sandy, Estacada and Molalla w ill provide each of the con cerned small cities with a marketing package that city boosters w ill stuff with sales points for their hometown. Personal presentations by local boosters then w ill be made to firm s likely to relocate Morgan said that Port of Portland technical advisors that are helping the small cities assure Sandy that its two-year planning and sales points put this city in an advantageous posi tion, compared to Estacada and Molalla The uphill fight, according to Jor dan. is to sell this end of the county as a proper site for industry, since coun ty commissioners have deemed the Clackamas area as the county's in dustrial hub The next step in Sandy 's marketing effort, then, w ill be preparation of a community profile for a sales packet to boost the locale for industrial and other commercial development Sandy’s economic development commission has recommended in its report to City Council that the Com mission be contined in present form or with volunteers to boost the area The gasoline which spilled when a ta n ke r o verturned Jan. 15 on Highway 26 six miles east of Govern ment Camp could eventually wind up in the head waters of the Salmon River, according to a Department of Environmental Quality spokesman. Approxim ately 4,300 gallons of gasoline were spilled when a tanker trailer, being pulled by Kenneth Lee Dervy of St. Helens broke loose and began passing him Mark Fritzler, DEQ information officer, said that although the crew from Willamette Environmental Ser vices, who responded to the scene for clean-up, could find no evidence of gasoline in the Salmon R ive r drainage, the possibility still exists, that some of it could get into the head waters F ritzler said that by the time WES crews arrived, there was little they could do because the gasoline had already leaked into the heavy pumice soil. The clean-up, he said, "was beyond any technology we have to day. It was impossible to dig up half a mountain to find out where it went." As temperatures warm, Fritzler expects most of the gasoline to evaporate although some could get into the water If any does get into the water, according to Fritzler, the en vironmental impact is expected to be m in im a l because g a s o lin e evaporates quickly "We don’t have any plan or staff to monitor the situation," he said, "but we still have to rely upon the citizens to notify us if they see gasoline in the area ” Fritzler said that a likely place for the gas to appear would be in meadows where ground water from Mt. Hood's slopes appears to collect. " I f it turns up, and it may, it w ill be in the meadows and small streams nearby the spill site," he said DEQ officials know of no ground or surface water systems near the head waters used for domestic purposes. Fritzler did indicate that there could be a number of "bootleg systems" where residences pump water direct ly from the river into homes. " I f people discover any gasoline, we ll respond immediately to clean it up, but we’ll have to rely upon the recreationist and others in the out doors to help us locate any sites," Fritzler said Test-core samples drilled by WES at the time of the accident showed that none of the spillage had then reached the river, according to Ed Minugh. who headed the WES opera tion Index SECTION I Keeping Posted ..................2 Inside the Church....................3 Inside Business ................... 4 .School Lunch Menus __ 5 Senior Center News ....... 5 Editorials, Letters .............. 6 Sports and Recreation __ 7-8 SECTION II Area News.............................. 1 Hoodland Happenings ......... I Around the County .............. 2 Classified Advertising .. 12-15 SECTION III TV Revue............... Inside Tab I I * : -î
