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Vol. 72 No. 11 SANDY. OREGON THURSDAY MARCH 18 1982 CUSPS 481 IMP Singlo Copy 25« City, businessmen work to weather economy U. ■ Ak! by ITAL DAN ffkll DILLON 1 _ _ _a • . — leaders attended the Sandy City Council meeting to demonstrate their The Sandy business community is willingness to work with the city in concerned about the economy and any capacity to improve economic looking for ways to weather the conditions locally. downswing Insurance broker Bruce Cook Monday evening some 30 business pointed to an increase in highway traffic without a corresponding in crease m business According to the state Highway Division, Cook said, traffic on the west end of town increased from 11,600 vehicles per day in 1975 to 14,200 in 1980 at the east end, the rise <9 was from 8,200 to 10.600 "While the numbers are growing. the number of people who've stopped hasn't kept pace,” he said, resulting in “ a lot of concern ” Despite the potentially grim situa tion, Cook said, " I think we’re op- tim is tic ” A committee, composed equally of Ironically, Monday's agenda con business people and non business tained three issues that could help people, will be appointed at the April local businesses economic develop 5 council meeting to take a look at ment, a review of the sign ordinance Sandy's sign code. It will make and a request by a local businessman recommendations to the city council for an auxiliary sign concerning any amendments which Bill Granstrom, owner of Sandy may seem necessary Arco, asked the council for permis Jordan outlined steps the city will sion to use an A board sign to adver take now that the Economic Develop tise gas prices ment Commission report is complete Such signs are not allowed under in order that it doesn't become a local sign ordinances static document: He said he put up a sign earlier to — The city should commit itself to advertise prices competitive with an active role in promoting economic Gresham service stations but was development with staff support and a asked to remove it by city officials new executive committee appointed “ I can’t compete without the by the city council. gallons,” he said. The City Council should continue D espite fears that it would to authorize local participation in the “ snowball” throughout the com Small Cities Industrial Attraction munity, become an eyesore and be Program and use that effort to difficult to enforce, the council market the community, while leav agreed to give local service station ing the marketing of individual pro owners 30-day permits, if they sub perties to the private sector. mit a written application to City — The City Council should continue Manager Roger Jordan The city will its commitment to expanding the do so only until an ordinance can be sewage treatment plant and building prepared outlining its position a new water reservoir "We may have to do some flexing — The City Council should also to he* some of these businesses." develop a public facilities master C o u n c ilm a n D e an e W ess elin k pointed out. plan for areas zoned industrial and future industrial, including a plan A biennial review of the sign or showing methods of providing sewer, dinance may help the city be more flexible water and streets in the. areas. Action Center, city gain Block Grant funds Alisha Watts, a Cottrell School fourth grader, experiments with a talking computer at the county wide TAG Fair sponsored by Clackamas ESI) Photo by K u u Nebon recently at Clackamas Community College. Gifted students share ideas at fair by DAN DILLON Educators are constantly looking for ways to maintain students' enthusiasm in their day-to- day classroom activities When the range oí aptitudes and interests vary along a wide spectrum, however, the teachers' job becomes that much more dif ficult A program operating throughout the county, however, works to help teachers keep one group of students, who might otherwise lose in terest in education, curious about new pursuits According to a Clackamas County Education Service District spokesman, these students might otherwise be the most likely candidates to drop out of school They are students whose IQs are above average. "Bright kids get bored and drop out of school,” said Russ Nelson "The average IQ of school dropouts is above those in school ” Yet, thanks to a county wide festival, bright students get a chance to get together and share ideas with their peers that they might not other wise get to share. The Clackamas ESD sponsored the second annual countywide Talented and Gifted Fair recently at Clackamas Community College in Oregon City. Some 400 students from 13 of the county’s 2« school districts participated, according to Marilyn Hess, TAG coordinator for the ESD whose position is sponsored by the Northwest Area Foundation. The non-competitive fair allows bright students to be involved in a consortium of ideas that they might not normally be exposed to in the classroom Last year the fair tended to emphasize science projects, Nelson said. This year, however, the range of projects was limited only by the students' imaginations. The TAG students emphasized communica tions, art, poetry and literature, theater and mime, Nelson said Students also focused on "real social issues,” such as energy alternatives A couple students build solar panels that actually worked And the students are young—all elementary and junior high students. “ The students came up with an idea, then researched it,” Hess said "Then they came up with a project.” The fair was a sharing of pro jects. Some students, however, came just to observe. Welches School is just getting started with its enrichment program, yet the teacher “ brought all her kids down from the mountain to attend the fair to see what is in store for them ," Hess said. What is in store is a chance for an exchange among young persons and a chance to maintain an interest in pursuing new ideas Only the Clackamas County Board of Commissioners stands between two Community Development Block Grants for Sandy that would improve streets in the north-central area and enable the Sandy Community Action Center to purchase its own home. Approval by the commissioners is considered a formality after the pro jects were O K’d by the Policy Ad visory Board and the Citizens Ad visory Board, according to City Manager Roger Jordan Linder the plan, the non profit Com munity Action Center will receive $132,000, probably later this summer, to be matched by its own $30,000 for purchase of a permanent home Chairman Pete Sulzbach said the center currently pays rent, lights, heat and telephone bills through an agreement with Clackamas County Action Agency. “ If we can beat rent,” he said, "we figurewe can still keep operating even if federal funds are cut off to the county.” Sulzbach said the center's m at ching funds came from a bequest for the purposed of buying a facility. He said the aim is purchase of the Sandy Post Office when a new postal facility is built Nothing is final on Mt. Hood CPO blasts updated area plan proposal by MICHAEL P JONES Post Correspondent The Mt Hood Corridor Citizen Planning Organization no sooner received official recognition from the Clackamas County Board of Com missioners than it locked horns with the commission. The CPO has requested the com missioners return to a more citizen- oriented review process for the area's plan. According to C h airm an John McMahan, the CPO ’s executive board has unanimously agreed that proposed changes in the Mt. Hood Community Plan and its zoning and development ordinances are unac ceptable proper decision,” McMahan asked In a letter, he wrote that the CPO’s executive board "unanimously voted to reject the process, the proposed timelines for input, testimony, and review, and to officially notify (the commissioners) of our displeasure and cause for concern over the lack of adequate public input on the draft under consideration ” revisions by the Clackamas County planning staff unilaterally generated strikes at the heart of this concept and, on that basis alone would be unacceptable to the community we represent,” McMahan said which the I^and Conservation and Development Commission had asked for For exam ple, M cMahan said, In addition, McMahan said the significant amounts of private land board is “especially troubled" by the have been re d e s ig n a te d as lack of public notification concerning timberland and the permitted densi the proposed changes He said the He said the board's stand against ty of development has been substan proposed the 17-member board feels the changes and the process tially reduced as a result the problem has led to a void in the represents its concern for represen Board member M arilyn Leslie planning process and could pose ma ting the area cited an example of one parcel where jor problems for the mountain and its "Not one single representative McMahan said the original Mt. the density was reduced from one citizens wanted to take any action that might Hood Community Plan, adopted in unit per five acres to one unit per 40 not totally represent the people they "Without adequate time to review 1976, represented extensive citizen acres were elected to serve,” he said the proposals and worse, the lack of participation in the planning process In addition, she said, there is a available materials or data, how can from start to finish The board accused planning staff sewer clause which would not permit we be expected to make a rational "The current draft of the proposed of going beyond a review of wetlands any private septic system for new construction in the designated urban areas such as Wemme, Welches. Zigzag and Rhododendron Instead, owners and developers will be required to hook up to the new Hoodland Sewer District and maintained by the service users tion and unity of the citizens' group provements, it is no easy task to con McMahan said CPO members and within each geographic area and In a report to the Commission. vince the users.” other citizens of the area will be at each will concentrate efforts to pro Gerald C Schmidt, of Oregon Water Schmidt said that by allowing the tonight's scheduled plan review vide adequate and safe drinking Consultants, wrote that based on his customers a role in the system's meeting in full force to make the water experience in working with smaller operation, and by giving them an op county planning representatives He complained that in the past not water systems there were two main portunity to determine their future aware that their proposals and all the systems had problems with problems common to all systems, direction, participation will not be a notification tactics are not accep quantity and quality of water private and public, problem table. Stewart said that because all fiver A former state Health Division Stewart agreed and said the In a letter delivered to the commis systems were owned by Gerald employee, Schmidt said that most customers' recent role in the hear sloners prior to tonight's meeting, "Red" Rennett, who was battling the water systems are privately organiz ings process illustrates that. the CPO requested the county return Oregon Health Division, the U S En ed, administered and maintained, Schmidt admitted that most small to the original process of involving all vironmental Protection Agency and which neither requires nor en companies usually have difficulties citizens in the development of the Federal District Court on allegations courages participation from people financing necessary capital Im area's plan. of contam ination, the systems being served provements for financing water The CPO has offered to meet with “ became targets for condemnation • ‘ T h e s m a ll w a te r sy ste m s system improvements the county to develop a new review proceedings ” historically have had little planning “ A special service district allows process which would allow new pro At last Thursday evening's and no aid in understanding good the people to bond, make special posals to be submitted for review meeting Commission Member Eric waterworks practices.” Schmidt assessments or to finance water (See related story on page I, ser Jorgensen applauded the organize said “ If those systems do need im tion I I . > system improvements," he said Boundary Commission OK’s water plan by M IC H A EL P JONES Post C o rrespo nd ent The Portland Metropolitan Boun dary Commission last Thursday unanimously approved the Alder Creek Water Users Association plan to form five separate water districts The approval summed up months of work and dedication by the customers of the problem riddled company, said Chairperson Jock Stewart For the first time since the early 1970s, the five water companies that made up the Alder Creek Water Com pany are legally independent, he said Unlike in the past, Stewart said, each district will be administered The center has been at its presen location for five years, Sulzbach said Prior to that it was located in th< building that c u rren tly house: Decker & Scales and Sandy Travel The city will receive $35,000 in 1964 to be matched by its own $11,600 foi improvements to Pleasant Street Beers Avenue and Scales Avenue T o ta l im provem ents a re not finalized, Jordan said, but he an ticipates storm drainage and some street improvements will be ac complished He plans to involve residents of the area in the decision-making process Fall fatal to Sandy River fisherman \ 55-year-old Fairview man died Tuesday night from injuries sustain ed earlier in the day when he slipped and fell 40 feet onto rocks while fishing in the Sandy River about one quarter mile below Marmot Dam Jack L Moore died about 5:15 p.m at Portlan d Adventist M edical Center According to Scott Roskelley. a hospital spokesman, Moore was ad mitted to the facility at 2:15 p m with multiple fractures and facial lacera tions after he was airlifted from a small island in the river by a 304th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron helicopter Moore reportedly slipped from a riverbank, landed on some rocks and fell face down in the river He was pulled from the icy river and onto an island downstream near Marmot Dam by Tom Oldenburg, 26, of San dy C la c k a m a s C ounty s h e r iff's deputies credit Oldenburg's action for prolonging fellow fisherman Moore's life an additional few hours He was placed on a litter and hoisted approximately 150 feet into the h e lic o p te r , a c c o rd in g to Roskelley. and flown to the hospital Index SECTION 1 Keeping Posted Inside the Church School Lunch Menus Senior Center News Editorials, letters Sports. 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