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Sandy youth charged with father’s slaying
by DAN DILLON
The 17-year-old son of a Sandy
chiropractor found slain last Friday
morning has been charged in his
father's death
Herbert Harlan Hazelett was taken
into custody Friday evening and
charged with the shotgun killing of
his father. Hubert Harold Hazelett,
52. a Sandy chiropractor active in
civic organizations
Last Friday morning, a fisherman
found a body at 9 15 a m in the San
dy River near Kubitz Road, about a
mile east of Sandy, and notified
authorities
According to Sandy Police Chief
Fred Punzel, a pickup truck found in
the ditch off Ten Eyck Road a short
time later between Roslyn Lake and
Dodge Park was registered to the
elder Hazelett Subsequent investiga
tion identified the victim
The younger Hazelett was arrested
that evening and appeared before
Clackamas County Circuit Court
Judge Winston Bradshaw who a r
raigned him on a first-degree murder
charge and ordered him held in
custody at the Donald E Long
Juvenile Home
An autopsy performed Saturday by
the Oregon state medical examiner
found the cause of death was shotgun
wounds and massive head injuries
As of Tuesday afternoon, no hear
ing had been scheduled for the
younger Hazelett.
Punzel said options to be studied in
clude trying the case in juvenile
court or remanding it to auult court
If the case is retained in the juvenile
system and he is found to have com
mitted a criminal act, Punzel said,
Hazelett could be held until age 21 in
a detention facility or training
school
No decisions had been reached as
to whether an adult court remand
would be sought Tuesday.
The initial investigation was con
ducted by Sandy p o lic e , the
Clackamas County Sheriff's Depart
ment and Oregon State Police
The investigation is being con
tinued by Sandy police and the
sheriff’s department
The Sandy police chief said the
death occurred in the Hazelett home,
39601 Pleasant St., sometime during
the late hours Thursday evening or
early hours Friday morning
He refused to comment on a possi
ble motive.
This m arks only the second
homicide in Sandy's history. The first
occurred in 1978 during a holdup at
Irene's Tavern.
M r Hazelett was born Oct 27, 1929
in Kendallville, Ind He had been in
the Troutdale and Sandy areas since
1982, moving from Monrovia, Calif.
He married Barbara Kirk on Aug
7, 1959 in Sioux City, Iowa
He had an associate's degree in
funeral service from Mt. Hood Com
munity College and doctor’s degree
in chiropractic from Western States
Chiropractic College He had practic
ed in the Sandy area since 1976.
He was a member of the Elks Club,
National Rifle Asssociation, Oregon
State Rifle and Pistol Association.
Douglas Ridge Rifle Club, American
Chiropractor's Association and the
Oregon Association of Chiropractic
Physicians
He was a member of the Sandy Op
timist Club and Sandy Area Chamber
of Commerce and had served as a
junior deacon at the Gresham
Masonic Lodge.
He is survived by his wife. Bar
bara ; and five sons, Hubert, Howard,
Harvey. Herbert and Harry.
Funeral services are still pending
at the Gresham Little Chapel of the
Chimes
SUHS board dismisses
19 teacher contracts
by SCOTT NEWTON
Paul Tucker, Sandy Union High
School board member, called it a
"bath of tears ”
Dr. Jack Peters, superintendent,
said, "This is one of the most difficult
assignments that I've had, I fee , in
32 years of education ’’
He then recommended to the board
that the contracts of 19 probationary
teachers not be renewed
There are 21 probationary teachers
at the high school Britt Tucker and
Judith Fisher resigned before the
board meeting Monday night
Those affected by the non-renewal
resolution include Welcome Rum-
baugh, Mark Kuntz, W Alan L ’Hom-
medieu, B Sue Chambers, Barbara
Haggerty, Nancy Haskell, Robert
K arsten , Lois Lunak, Jeannie
Rossos, John Smith, Victoria An
drews, Tim othy Brown, Charles
Kearney, Joseph Kniser, Jan Luell-
ing, Molly Knudsen, Scott McMullen,
Glenda Massie and William Boyd.
The resolution also calls for its own
rescission or modification That ac
tion would be placed on the agenda of
the board meeting following voter ap
proval of the tax base election in May
or a subsequent special operation
levy request
Peters recommended that the
board pass the motion because of the
"serious financial situation of this
district.”
No one is on the list for non-renewal
because of performance, Peters said.
He added that the student-teacher
ratio would go from 17-to-l to 26-to-l.
It's going to be difficult to tell a
social studies teacher that his class
will go from 35 students to 45, Peters
said.
” 1 think it’s a choice that must be
made at this point," he added
The board passed the resolution
unanimously
The board also unanimously pass
ed a resolution to submit a tax base
election to the public May 18
The current tax base is $313,853, an
amount that has grown by 6 percent a
year since 1918
The board is asking for a tax base
of $3,588,965, which would provide for
"a sound fiscal approach to educa
tion.” according to Peters
The budget committee, comprised
of members Matthew Shields Jr.,
Patty Klascius, Terry Lenchitsky,
Dan McDonald and Marvin Hansen,
recently submitted a $4,884,673 docu
ment.
If the tax base election in May
doesn't pass, the board will seek an
operating levy of $2,705,474 in June
Because of a change in the state
statutes, the district would not have
to divide its budget into A and B
ballots until September.
The district would have a $2,069,093
A ballot and a $838,381 B ballot.
Non renewal of the 19 teaching con
tracts would reduce the budget by
about $521,000
A public hearing on the budget will
be held April 5.
In other business, Principal John
McMahan discussed the school's at
tendance policy.
He said that several ideas for
changes are being considered after
discussing the policy with parents,
students (including the student coun
cil), community leaders and staff
members
McMahan feels there is no problem
with the board’s policy, but that the
procedures for carrying out that
policy are considered too lax by
students and parents.
Raymond Gaither, who has ap
peared before the board to discuss a t
tendance problems in the past, said
that it's hard to react to a verbal
report like McMahan’s.
Peters suggested a “ town hall-type
meeting.” One was scheduled March
29, rooms 50-51 at the high school at
7:30 p m,
School district studies
contract bus service
by DAN DILLON
"h» Sandy Elementary District is
seriously studying contracted bus
service because it believes some
money could be saved.
A recent study by a Portland firm
indicated the service could save the
district up to $100,000 a year. The
Dorsey Bus Company told the
district's board of education that
they could reduce operating costs by
at least that amount per annum for
the next five years
To accomplish that, however, the
district would probably have to sell
its fleet of buses outright which poses
a problem.
“ If we decided we didn't like the
service at the end of the contract.
Index
SECTION I
Keeping Posted .........................2
Inside Business
................... 4
Senior Center News ................. 3
Editorials, Letters ................... 6
Sports. Recreation "........... 7-8
SECTION II
Ares News......... ........................ 1
People..........................................2
Hoodland Happenings ..........7
Home and Garden ............... 8
Classified Advertising . . . 9-13
SECTION I I I
T V Revue................ Inside Tab
Photo by Dan Dillon
Jud (Rob Lawson), left, and his father, Scottie Templeton (Peter Sheppard), work to establish a relationship in "Tribute.”
Sandy Community Players stage ‘Tribute’
Lou Daniels and Jud Templeton are planning a gala tribute to honor
Scottie Templeton and they’ve invited the entire Sandy community.
Several of Scottie's closest friends will share unique and revealing
anecdotes. Scottie’s son, Jud, will bring everyone up to date with slides
of Scottie taken last summer and, as usual, there will be goodies and no
host champagne.
The event is "Tribute” by Bernard Slade, the newest production by
the Sandy Community Players, which opens tomorrow evening at 8 p.m.
at the Sandy Community Theater.
Directed by Katie Ten Eyck, "Tribute” is the story of a special father-
son relationship and their growing together one summer after a period
of estrangement.
Water users take plan to commission
by M IC H A E L P. JONES
Post Correspondent
The Metropolitan Boundary Com
mission will consider proposed solu
tions to the Alder Creek Water Com
pany controversy tonight and sup
porters are confident their plans will
be approved
Water Users Association Chairman
Jock Stewart said the boundaries of
the five special service districts
recommended w ill be approved
because "they are the only practical
solution ”
F iv e s e lf-g o v e rn in g s p e c ia l
districts will be considered this even
ing at 7 p m in Room 600 at the
Multnomah County Courthouse in
Portland. The districts are River
sid e, B a rlo w , S leepy H o llo w ,
Wildwood Annex and Country Club
Stewart said the Water Users’ pro-
we’d be hard pressed to re-establish
a fleet,” said Superintendent Clark
Lund
The other option is leasing the San
dy fleet to the contract company.
"That is more palatable However,
so-called dollar savings are less than
if we sold our fleet outright,” Lund
said.
A recent study by Sandy officials of
four other districts, which recently
went to contract bus service, bears
that out.
Officials in the Silverton High
School District said they are indeed
saving $100,000 per year, but as the
fleet wears out they are forced to pur
chase new buses—reducing the
overall savings to approximately
$85,000 a year and even less when
multiple purchases are necessary
Another implication is who would
man the fleet Lund said Dorsey in
dicated it would hire the present
drivers if the firm is awarded the
c o n trac t but, he added, “ the
employees have a point of view about
all that.
“ I have a feeling the classified
employees and drivers may be op
pose) to the concept ”
The classified employees and the
district are currently in the midst of
negotiating a new contract Their
current contract expires June 30.
The board of education will discuss
the pros and cons of the bus service
proposal at its meeting next Thurs
day, March 11, at 7 : » p.m. in the
Cedar Rldgo lib rary. Individual
members who spoke with other
districts will present reports.
Scottie is played by SCP newcomer Peter Sheppard; Jud is played by
Rob Lawson, a Sandy High School drama student who has appeared in a
number of productions
Bob Anderson plays Lou Daniels. He was first seen in "The Odd Cou
ple,” produced last summer by the Players.
Maggie, Scottie’s first wife, is played by Linda Andresen, making her
first SCP appearance Sally, a model Scottie picked up in the hospital, is
played by former SUHS student Coreen Bergeson.
Stella Hemmer plays Dr. Gladys Pettrelli and Laura LaMarsh plays
Hilary, a woman from Scottie's past.
The play runs March 12,13,19,20,26 and 27, and April 2 and 3. All per
formances are at 8 p.m.
posed plan has been given the bless
ing of the Environmental Protection
Agency, state H ealth D ivisio n,
Clackamas County Board of Com
missioners, the Forest Service and
the com pany's court-appointed
receiver, Gene Ginther
The plan was chosen by a majority
of the water company ’s customers in
a January election
"We fully intend to walk away
from the Boundary Commission
meeting with everything we want,”
Stewart sad. "W e’ve put a lot a work
into (th e proposed d is t r ic t ’s)
feasibility and maps ”
Based on the support of the water
company customers and various
government agencies, Stewart said
the Water Users Association has
been given every indication that its
proposal will be accepted by the com
mission, despite its past unwill-
ingness to approve small districts in
close proximity to one another.
"Frankly, there's no other solu
tion,” he said. "We have the only
strong solution to the problem that’s
backed by all the parties involved.”
Ken M artin, Boundary Commis
sion administrative assistant, said
the board will determine whether to
accept the five smaller districts or
one large district. The areas to be
served are non-contiguous, however.
"There is an issue of one or five,”
Martin said. " It is not their physical
connections, but the issue that they
were once part of one big district ser
viced by the Alder Creek Water Com
pany ”
There is no requirement that areas
involved be connected, Martin said.
He said the determining factor will
be "the ability of each of the propos
ed districts to deliver adequate quali-
ty and quantity of service and to
maintain the firm integrity of the
units of government involved
"The system, as it was put together
by Red Bennett (the system's
original owner), didn't make a lot of
sense,” M artin said. "They were all
together under one company because
that's what he had acquired. They
didn't all become part of the Alder
Creek Water Company because they
made a lot of engineering sense ”
At tonight’s hearing, Gerald C.
Schmidt, of Oregon W ater Con
sultants, will present the engineering
plan for each of the proposed
separate districts.
He has estimated the total cost of
upgrading the five systems at
$127,569 The company’s receiver
estimates that he can rebuild the
system for $784,000
Mobile homes OK’d for wetlands site
by M IC H A E L P. JONES
Post Correspondent
The Clackamas County Board of
Commissioners Monday evening
voted to allow development of a pro
posed mobile home subdivision in
Brightwood.
The decision to allow the proposed
192-unit, 46-acre subdivision over
rules a decision made last fall by a
county hearings officer who had
denied the conditional use permit.
The hearings officer was concern
ed that the subdivision would impact
wildlife habitat and wetlands He fur
ther ruled that the development pro
posal to develop private roads,
rather than county roads, should not
be allowed.
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He stated further concern that zon
ing and development ordinances and
conditions in the Mt. Hood Communi
ty Plan and county comprehensive
plan would be violated.
The county commissioners said
that because the development is in an
area currently under scrutiny by the
planning staff as a possible wetlands
area, the subdivision’s proposed den
sity may be less than sought by the
developers
They said the specifics on the
allowable density will be left up to the
planning staff pending completion of
its study.
Doug McClain, Environmental Ser
vices Department planner, said the
commissioners' action "only approv
ed the development in concept ”
Density and specific locations of
mobile home units will be determin
ed in the near future after wetlands
are identified, he said The result will
probably cause "minor revisions” in
the development's plan, McClain
said.
Planning staff members will deter
mine specifically where development
will be allowed and what provisions
will be taken to protect wetlands
after the study is complete.
Under the existing Mt. Hood Com
munity Plan, approved in 1976, and
zoning ordinances development is not
allowed in restricted areas such as
wetlands, steep slopes or 100-year
floodplains. McClain said. For all,
excluding wetlands, the developer
could get credit for the acreage en-
compassed and transfer the density
to b uildable areas w ith in the
project’s site.
However, under a proposed revi
sion of the Mt. Hood Community Plan
and proposed toning amendments,
density transfers would be allowed in
wetlands One half of the density of
this area could be transferred to
unrestricted areas, according to the
proposals
The transfer amendment is cur
rently just in the draft stage and in
formation hearings are scheduled
March 18 and April 30. The Planning
Commission is scheduled to hear
testimony on revisions of the Mt.
Hood Community Plan M ay 10. The
County Commissioners w ill hear
testimony May 36.
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