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Vol. 72 No. 15
Second son charged
with father’s slaying
Prevention set
on fire losses,
education plan
The younger son of the Sandy
chiropractor whose body was found
floating in the Sandy River March 5
has been cleared of murder charges
k the case
by DAN DILLON
They say the three legged stool is
the steadiest foundation because it is
solid with the ground.
The Sandy Eire District is taking
that approach with a three pronged
plan of attack to increase awareness
of fire prevention techniques in the
district.
Eire Marshal Jim Gallagher spent
the past month studying fire loss
history in the Sandy district during
the past four years and decided on
objectives the district can follow to
reduce the number of fires in it boun
daries
Gallagher spelled out inspection,
investigation and education as the
keys to a successful fire prevention
program
“ With a full inspection program,
you can use a fire code which tells
how you can use. maintain and pro
tect a building," he said
A fire code would give the district
authority to make inspections. Cur
rently inspections are done only by
request.
"We can expand our fire investiga
tion program ," he said, "p rim a rily
in relation to arson type fires by
developing a closer working relation
ship with the state police "
Finally, the district w ill take what
it learns and give that to the public in
a series of educational opportunities
Gallagher sees the three tying
neatly together “ We have to know
what caused yesterday s fire ," he
s a id , “ so we can p re v e n t
tom orrow 's" with inspection and
education
Gallagher's proposal is a nine-
point plan that was presented to the
Fire D istrict Board Tuesday night.
The leading cause of fires since
1978 has been electrical failure, ac
counting for 19.2 percent of the
d is tric t’s blaze. The fire marshal's
first proposal would be initiation of a
program on identifiable electrical
fire cause problems
The program could be taken to
elementary and high schools through
home economics and shop classes, he
said, along with adult education
Wood stove installation and faulty
maintenance caused 23 5 percent of
the d istrict’s fires in the time period
and Gallagher recommends expan
ding the Wood Stove Inspection Pro
gram Currently, he said, he does
25-30 inspections a month and a new
printing was just completed of the
wood stove pamphlet
Arson fires accounted for 15.4 per
cent of the districts fire alarms and
G allagher can see th a t being
eliminated with a strong investiga
tion process that catches the arsonist
and discourages future set fires
He would develop a program
th ro u g h d r iv e r e d u ca tio n and
automotive classes that would teach
students to know the signs of poten
tia l vehicle fires, which accounted
for 21 8 percent of the district's fires
since 1978
One qu a rte r of the d is tric t's
responses were to unauthorized
burns, Gallagher said. That may not
even be a true picture because many
times, he said, the fire chief or duty
officer goes out to the scene himself
without a fire truck
Gallagher sees the need for a
tougher district policy on unlawful
burning, to eliminate the need for
district firefighting apparatus being
on the road.
"We re talking about something
that's 25 percent of our responses,"
he said "W e’re talking about signifi
cant figures and we are a volunteer
fire department. The efforts of the
fire prevention program are to get
(fires) on a declining basis "
And with remaining a volunteer
department a major part of the
district's master plan, the district's
fire prevention efforts become more
important.
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That came five days after his older
brother, who had earlier been im
plicated. was charged w ith the
shooting
Sandy Police Chief Fred Punzel a r
rested 19-year-old Harvey Hayden
Hazelett on April 8 for the murder of
his father. Hubert Harold Hazelett,
52.
E a r lie r p o lice had a rre s te d
Herbert Harlan Hazelett, 17, at the
fam ily home March 5 for the murder
and held him at the Donald E. Long
Juvenile Home in Portland.
Tuesday m o rn in g , Clackam as
County Circuit Court Judge Charles
Sams acted on a juvenile court peti
tion against Herbert Hazelett and
dismissed charg i against him, said
Janine O'Neill, of the Clackamas
County district attorney’s office
She said the petition was made
after further investigation in the case
resulted in last Thursday’s arrest of
the elder Hazelett son
No further charges w ill be sought
by the state against the younger
Hazelett. Punzel said He has been
released from custody.
Harvey Hazelett had been arrested
March 17 and arraigned on charges
of hindering prosecution, tampering
with physical evidence and unlawful
removal of a body in connection with
the case
Those charges were dropped after
the murder charge was filed.
An autopsy showed that the elder
Hazelett died from single gunshot
wound to the chest and abdomen and
multiple head injuries
Harvey Hazelett is now being held
in the Clackamas County Jail without
bail
Water users seek help,
get no sure answers
by DAN DILLON
Just maybe the Easter bunny’s helpers left one egg in here, thinks four-year-old Nathanael Miller of Dodge Park
as he searches for Easter eggs among the dozens of empty egg cartons stacked by Sandy Kiwanis members last
Saturday in Meinig Park. Hundreds of children attended.
A t Sandy library
County tie-in seen with computers
by DAN DILLON
Patrons of Sandy Public Library
w ill have access to more than 250,000
titles in the near future
That's quite a jump from the 15,000
titles that currently rotate through
the local facility.
The boost w ill come with the in
stallation of a computerized catalog
and circulation system in the library
that w ill link Sandy with 33 other
libraries countywide
" I think it’s going to add a lot to
what we can do for the public,"
Librarian Sue Newlands said this
week.
" I t w ill give us an opportuniy to
work more directly with the public
because we w ill not have to be so in
volved w ith the labor-intensive
chores.”
Those chores, which include billing
for overdue books, filing in the card
catalog and weeding out the collec
tion, w ill be done by the computer
That w ill be important because
Sandy Public Library is growing.
The library circulation in 1979 was
38,820 That increased to 46,856, or
about 21 percent, in 1980. In 1981, the
circulation jumped another 32 per
cent to approximately 62,000.
"Obviously, all the labor-intensive
tasks associated with operation of a
lib ra ry increase proportionately
w h ile s ta ff le v e ls re m a in e d
constant,” Newlands said.
The automated system works by
putting complete bibliographic in fo r
mation and patron identification into
the computer A code is attached to
all lib ra ry materials and each in
dividual's library card
"Once our collection is converted,
nearly every aspect of operating the
library w ill be made more efficient,
productive and cost effective," she
said.
Cost of installation w ill be approx
imately $8.000 and include three te r
minals, one of which w ill be for
patron use. Maintenance of the
system w ill cost the city approx
imately $1,500 annually.
" I f we were to hire one additional
full-time equivalent employee to the
library staff, it would cost the city
about $13,000 a year," Newlands
said. " I ’m very doubtful that one ad
ditional person could accomplish
what automation w ill."
The lib ra ry w ill go through a
10-day shutdown in early summer
when the computers are installed to
give local librarians some hands-on
experience and allow them time to
code in the 15,000-plus titles in the
Sandy library
When it reopens, the county's
whole lib ra ry system w ill be the
library for locals with the a bility to
get a book, if it is in at another
library, becoming practically over
night with daily van service between
the 33 sites countywide
Total conversion to all county sites
is expected to take from 12 to 18 mon
ths
The potential presence of federal
funds makes the Alder Creek water
problem a bit tricky, US. Rep Den
ny Smith, R-Ore., told represen
tatives of the Alder Creek Water
Users Association Saturday.
Because the Mt Hood corridor
s itu a tio n is unique n a tio n a lly ,
however, the freshman congressman
told the group, "Hopefully, we can
help stop it at this point," before it
goes into the court process.
In Sandy for a town hall meeting,
Smith told the audience of 40, " I f we
get government back to the local
level so people know what the money
they're being taxed is for, they w ill
know that it's being well spent.”
The Water Users Association has
been embroiled in the controversy
surrounding the Alder Creek Water
Company since the group formed in
November 1981 to provide its own
solutions to longtime questions about
water suitability.
Now, the association is concerned
that a $1.75 m illion federal loan could
be forced on the group by the man ap
pointed receiver for the company in
September 1980
Gene G in th e r, a B e a ve rto n
engineer, has made pre-application
to Farmers Home Administration for
the money to upgrade the five water
districts in the system and repay his
own expenses.
The association has fought it, but a
federal judge ordered FmHA to ac
cept pre-application on the loan.
Smith, who has introduced a plan
to freeze federal spending for two
years until the federal budget is
balanced, would be happy to keep the
money in federal coffers.
His plan, the Smith-Grassley Pro
posal. would allow Congress to only
spend a much money as it takes in
and no more
" I f you can’t afford to spend, you
don’t do it," he explained.
He denied charges that his pro
posal would put a lid on benefits.
Rep. Denny Smith
"W ith the budget situation and with
growing unemployment, we have to
increase payments because they’ve
been paid in,” he said
Smith feels the reduction in in fla
tion which has taken place should
help lim it hardship on Social Security
recipients. Also, he feels his proposal
would help restore solvency to the
system.
Responding to charges that the
proposal is politically motivated in
an election year, Smith admitted that
despite the freeze there are any
number of things that could overrule
the it, such as a war, and give Con
gress the open pocketbook it has
drawn from in the past
The congressman, who is seeking
election in the new 5th Congressional
D istrict, criticized the Congress for
not making "lough decisions." but
defended it against charges that
basic services for the elderly and in
firm are being slashed
" I have to stand on the fact that
b a sic
s e rv ic e s
a re
be in g
maintained." Smith said
Sheriff sees improvement, but effort may fall short
by VON BRASCHLER
Sheriff Paul M cAllister of Sandy
told the Chamber of Commerce here
Tuesday his department is gearing
up with more trained officers, a com
puterized crim e lab, a narcotics
team and a larger ja il.
He also said the effort may come
up short
" I ’d be first to say we're not pro
viding the kind of protection we
should." he said, "but in a couple
months our new officers w ill be all
trained and out there "
A special levy last year funded the
sheriff's department back to its 1977
strength with 32 new officers It also
funded a $900,000 computer for crime
analysis and enlargement of the
crowded county ja il to 122 beds
Unfortunately, M cAllister said the
expanded county ja il when com
pleted won't be big enough.
" It's got so bad, I've had to call
some municipalities and ask them
not to incarcerate, unless they ab
solutely have to ," he said.
The present 72-capacity ja il houses
120-130 prisoners on a Friday night
Some 70 percent of them are sentenc
ed prisoners, while a few years ago
some 70 percent of county ja il oc
cupants would be awaiting trial.
"When we open the front door, we
have to run some out the back door,"
M cAllister said
A proposed $60 million state bond
this year would fund the first new
security center built in this state
since 1958 with a facility for state
prisoners somewhere in the t r i
county area
Also proposed is
another 150 bed fa c ility to in
carcerate county prisoners from
C la c k a m a s ,
M u ltn o m a h
and
Washington Counties.
"O ur county is very, very ripe for
drug enforcement," M cAllister said
"Hey, it's in the grade schools I t ’s in
the junior high. I know this personal
ly. We want to go after where i t ’s
coming from and cost them some
money "
The new sheriff said the depart
ment is a stricter, tougher bunch of
county cops who seek greater coun
tywide visibility.
The department fielded 19 cars on
county roads last Friday. That in
cluded reserves and sergeants who
now pull road duty.
The d e p a r tm e n t’ s 32 new
members- hand picked from 844 ap
plicants, have undergone new s tr
in g e n t p h y s ic a l e xa m s and
background investigations in place of
psychological tests.
Sheriff McAllister himself trim m
ed down to set a department stan
dard
“ I t 's a m a zin g how th e y ’ ve
responded," McAllister said of his
men "They’ve lost hundreds of
pounds."
The recruits are cross-trained to
serve in all department operations,
McAllister said
" I inherited a can of worms, in all
honesty," McAllister said "W e’ve
cleaned up our mess I'm not a head
hunter, but we do treat everyone the
same now in terms of enforcement."
The new sheriff’s levy also has
enabled the department to add three
dogs to sniff out narcotics and
bombs
Bomb threats are prevalent lately
in the co u n ty—p a rtic u la rly the
Oregon City area
The sh e riff departm ent’s new
crime analysis computer has proved
inexpensive at $900,000 compared to
Lane County’s $8 m illion computer
system, M cAllister said, He’s also
proud of its progress with two former
deputies as p ro g ra m m e rs and
Multnomah County looking over their
shoulder for example
M cAllister said the county recently
moved its only satellite precinct from
Estacada to Sandy to escape gas
securement limitations and security
problems
“ The
n ig h t
I to ld
th e ir
(Estacada's) city council we were
going to move from there, we had
eight tires slashed," M cAllister said.
"That points up the problem right
now."
He credited Sandy Police Chief
Fred Punzel with popularizing a new
kind of light in patrol cars that’s sav
ing county deputies money on
flashlight batteries
M cA llister said deputies were
spending $2,000 per year on flashlight
batteries, with most batteries disap
pearing around Christmas time.
"We now have a better light, and it
saves money." he said.
Identity told o f man found
at Roslyn Lake last week
The Clackamas County Sheriff’s
Department this week released the
identity of the Portland man found
last week at Roslyn I^ake.
Quentin Verne lies, 33, was found
in the early morning of A pril 6
slumped against his car at the lake
on Thomas Road
According to Det. Loren Peterson
of the Clackamas County Sheriff's
Department, it was determined that
lies died from self-inflicted wounds,
including cuts
According to sheriff's department
reports, lies’ vehicle had been seen in
the area the previous evening at ap
proximately 10:30 p m ,