Vol. 72 No. 16
SANDY, OREGON THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1982
( VSPS 48I-1IM)
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Post office names Sandy site
The U S Postal Service has filed a
conditional use application to build a
new Sandy post office on the nor
theast corner of McCormick and Wolf
Drive.
City Manager Roger Jordan said
Wednesday morning that the Postal
Service anticipates submitting its
paperwork in time for the May 5
Planning Commission meeting which
w ill consider the conditional use and
partitioning
The architectural plan would go
before the Design Review Board May
27 and on to the City Council at its
June 7 meeting for final action
Por ex-shopkççpçr
Fraud draws 5 years
Photo by Dan Dillon
Sandy firefighters work to cut holes in the roof of Sandy High’s art room
to ventilate the attic where a fire damaged the building last week. Once it
was vented, firefighters had little trouble suppressing the blaze.
Fire damages high school art rooms
An alert Sandy High School senior averted
what could have been a m ajor fire last Thurs
day afternoon at the school
When Greg Reid, who was working on a pro
ject in the art room, looked up and saw flames
coming out of the ceiling, he followed his first
reaction and pulled the fire alarm.
“ (The other students in the area) thought I
was just going to pull a prank and I said,
’There’s a real fire in there,’’’ he said the
following day
"That young gentleman did everything ex
actly correct,’’ commented Sandy Fire M ar
shal Jim Gallagher, "and he should be com
mended for what the fire department was able
to do Just a few more minutes and we probably
would have lost at least half the building.’*
As it turned out, damage was lim ited to ap
proximately $20,000 in the art facility, where
Gallagher estimated total value at approx
imately $850,000.
The call came into the Sandy Fire Depart
ment at 1:17 p.m When firefighters arrived on
the scene, smoke was pouring from the roof of
the converted garage behind the school that
serves as the art facility.
Two crews attacked the blaze One entered
through the kiln room door where the fire
originated and a second through the a rt room
door.
At 1:30 p m ., Sandy Fire Chief Bob Rathke
called in a second alarm that was answered by
firefighters from Hoodland, Boring, Gresham
and Fire D istrict 10.
At that time, the fire was “ confined, but not
extinguished,” according to Assistant Fire
Chief Gary Connelly.
“We couldn't see for sure what we had,
because of the smoke and the heat,’’ Gallagher
said.
Crews on the roof were cutting holes to give
ventilation "Once the roof was vented, we
could get to the fire and put it out.” Gallagher
said. “ Ventilation made all the difference in the
w orld.”
The fire was under control at 1:40 p.m. and
the second alarm was recalled.
According to Rathke, the cause of blaze
began approximately seven years ago when the
kiln, used to dry ceramics projects, was install
ed.
The heat radiating from the kiln, which burns
at 2,350 degrees inside, slowly dried out the
wood in the ceiling and lowered its ignition
temperature.
Gallagher estimated that the fire had been
working for approximately 10 minutes before
Reid noticed it and sounded the alarm.
Robert Karsten, who was teaching in an adja
cent area, was the first teacher on the scene
and turned off the gas firing the kiln.
“ I ’ve always worried about this happening,”
Karsten said “ We were lucky when it happen
ed. We could have shut the kiln down and
thought it was safe and it could have been
smoldering up above and caught fire later.”
Damage was limited to the kiln room and a
clay storage room, Principal John McMahan
said. The following day, students were using
the rest of the building, he said, but " it stinks.”
The k iln ’s chimney was destroyed in the fire,
but most of the bricks were saved Karsten said
he has been working to improve the kiln for
more than a year, adding an extra wall on one
side to insulate.
Gallagher said the fire probably would have
burned all the way down to the photography lab
if the alarm had not come in when it did, an
area of 7,500 square feet.
Fortunately, he said, the alarm is tied direct
ly to Alpine Ambulance which automatically
notifies the county dispatch, saving precious
minutes “ That aided us a little bit also,”
Gallagher said.
A former Sandy s to re ke ^^r who
pleaded guilty to swindling Sandy
area residents in securities deals was
sentenced last week to five years in
the state penitentiary and required to
make restitution to his victims.
Lewis M ilford Newman, 57, also
known as Leon Mickey Newman, ad
mitted his guilt in Clackamas County
Circuit Court to two counts of securi
ty f r aud violations, said James
O’Leary, Clackamas County district
attorney
Circuit Judge Winston L. Brad
shaw sentenced Newman to five
years in the Oregon State Peniten
tia ry with a minimum of two years
before he is eligible for parole.
He was placed on five years proba
tion in the second case and in both
cases Bradshaw ordered Newman to
repay more than $293,000 to the 12
victims Payment to the victims w ill
begin when he is released from the
corrections facility
Newman operated the Kelso Store
when the crimes were committed in
1978 and 1979, O'Leary said The
store is now called Nikola’s Market.
Newman was indicted by the
Clackamas County Grand Jury on
Sept. 17, 1980, accusing him of 88
counts o securities violations involv
ing about $500.000
H e ' was indicted for obtaining
money from various Sandy area
residents for investment schemes
that did not exist. When he was
unable to p y the people their money
when it was due. they contacted the
Clackamas County Sheriff’s Depart
ment and the D istrict Attorney’s of
fice.
He was arrested in July of 1981 in
National City, Calif., and was ex-
tradicted to Clackamas County on
Sept 11, 1981
School plans update
Architects and engineers unveiled
a $550,000 plan last week to update
Sandy Elementary School and make
the building more energy-efficient
The proposal came after an energy
audit and complementary design
review to incorporate the audit’s fin
dings
Alan C urtis, of T im m e r and
Associates, told the Sandy Elemen
tary D istrict board that the school is
in better shape "energy-wise” than
he had anticipated when he began the
project.
He pointed out three areas where
energy conservation could be ac
complished: a timed start clock for
the boilers, insulation over some
classrooms and the gymnasium, and
automatic control valves on heating
units throughout the building
Cost of those three provisions
would be $17,100. The board voted to
apply for a $5,000 grant from the
state Department of Energy to install
the timed start clock, reasoning that
applying for all three would dilute the
chances of approval.
Heinz Rudolf, of Broome, Or-
in g d u lp h , O ’ T o o le , R u d o lf 4
Associates, outlined an extensive
remodeling program that would
carpet the building and lower the
ceilings for better acoustics, give ad
ditional cabinetry, enlarge the media
center and cafeteria, and convert one
classroom into a health station, office
space and principal's quarters.
Outside the building, landscaping
would mclude transforming the cur
rent bus parking into a grassy
playfield, provided a new bus area
could be found
Some of those improvements have
been mandated by the state standar
dization team
In turn, Superintendent Clark Lund
ou tlin ed three p o ssib ilitie s the
district could follow to pay for the
project: a "relatively sm all” bond
issue, serial levy or a tax base that
would complete the project in
phases.
Now, he said, the first priority fac
ing the school district is establishing
an operating budget. The board
meets tonight at 7 p.m to begin that
process
Governor outlines means to revamp LCDC
A bundle of sticks thrust into Vic
Atiyeh's hands by an angry citizen at
the Sandy Area Chamber of Com
merce Tuesday caught the governor
off-guard momentarily.
Sandy housing developer Ginny
Brewster said the kindling knotted in
a ribbon once represented Orego
nians' birthright, but now represents
her lost property rights She blamed
the Land Conservation and Develop
ment Commission, now under attack
statewide.
Then she handed the governor a
single large stick with a yellow bow
she said symbolized her tax burden
with the layers of government.
“ I ’ve yet to find a pocket of support
in the state for LCDC," Atiyeh
replied, looking up from the sticks
“ I ’m looking for some procedural
changes with some common sense."
governor said he'd deliver the sticks
to LCDC. but hoped it would be the
last time he'd be asked to do so
He said he’s revamping LCDC to be
more accountable to the public, and
that a new director and process im
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provements are first steps.
Many critics and petitioners are
asking if it wouldn't be better to
scrap LCDC and return the final say
in land-use planning to local govern
ments
" I f you could go back to 1971,”
Atiyeh answered “ But in 1982,
governments have spent a lot of time
and money (meeting LCDC re
quirem ents). (Scrapping LCDC)
would be effectively changing the
rules in the middle of the process
"There are a lot of people who
don't like (LCDC), but it's the pro
cess they dislike—not the concept
I t ’s on the process that I ’ve been
working as governor ’’
Atiyeh said he's making im
provements in Commission member
ship and the post-acknowledgement
phase of the planning checkoff pro
cess He said he anticipates less
litigation with these improvements.
WARNING TO REAGAN
The governor also had words of
w a rn in g fo r P resident Ronald
Reagan, who earlier spurned his
pleas at the White House for housing
subsidies for depressed Oregon
“ I believe the president can get
that (federal) deficit down and bring
interest rates down to make us a
stronger economy in this state and in
this nation,” Atiyeh said
The governor said federal defense
spending should be cut to control
federal spending, a move he said
would curb inflation and bring in
terest rates down.
For every percentage the interest
rate goes down, Atiyeh contended,
the nation could save $4 billion
He said some $40-$50 billion could
be saved by bringing high interest
rates that strangle the economy
under control.
“ I suggested he could cut down on
that deficit in a lot of ways that make
sense to bring those high interest
rates down. We were patient. But,
Mr. President, we’ve become impa
tient,” Atiyeh said
“ I ’m interested in seeing the presi
dent’s theory work, because I believe
it w ill,” Atiyeh said, with a word of
warning
" I 'l l be sending him a detailed list
of what it means in Oregon," he said
of interest rates that have crippled
industry and building.
IM AG E CHANGE N E E D E D
In an interview with The Post
before his chamber speech. Atiyeh
said Oregon has to change i‘s image
about prospective immigrants, both
transient and permanent.
“ There’s a sign at the border that
says, 'Welcome to Oregon. Hope You
Enjoy Vour Stay.’ That sounds a lit
tle negative,” he said "The first
thing we re going to do is take the last
part out.”
The governor talked about the
emigration of Oregonians seeking
greener pastures and the immigra
tion of new Oregonians with d if
ficulties fitting in
" I think it's a credit to Oregonians
that they don’t want Workmen's
Compensation or welfare,” he said,
speaking of Oregon migrants who
have traveled to energy rich Wyom
ing seeking work “ They want a job,
"D uring the war. we brought peo
pie from all over the United States to
help build ships here in Oregon I t ’s
just a shift, of things
" I feel it's a credit to Oregonians
that they feel this way People have
always traveled where the jobs are ”
That attitude is part of the reason
ing behind recent letters from the
s ta te D e p a rtm e n t o f H um an
Resources to Southeast Asian
refugees advising them that Oregon
can no longer give assistance with
federal funds and suggesting they
seek help, or jobs, in other states or
contact their original sponsors for
support
“ It wasn’t a matter of kicking them
out,” the governor explained " I was
trying to say, ‘We re concerned about
you. We can’t help you, but there are
other places that can or maybe your
sponsor can help you.’"
Some other immigrants, moving
into the Antelope area, drew no
praise from Atiyeh
"The followers (of Bhagwan Ra-
jneesh) have not been sensitive to the
residents,” he said "They are not
re a lly good n e ig h b o rs
T h e ir
philosophy is happiness I think they
should extend that happiness to
others.”
He pointed out, however, that both
sides followed Oregon law in the re
cent election to disincorporate and,
because of that, threatened appeals
may be for naught on both sides.
ECONOMIC D E V E L O P M E N T
Atiyeh said he has fought with the
legislature to wrest new money for a
state-level economic development
commission for marketing, tourism
and higher education to attract new
technology.
Now, he said, the state has the
ability to work in a partnership with
small towns like Sandy to attract new
commerce
* Sandy and the state are now in a
partnership and all you need to do is
(iov. Vic Atiyeh smiles as he looks at a bundle of sticks presented him Tues
contact us and let us know how we
day by an angry property owner fed up with the state planning procedure.
can help,” the governor said
State agencies are now working
eyeball to eyebnll to get through red
neighborhood watch movement and C alifornia: "There's definitel)
tape to help local areas develop
increasing awareness of the market
market, and it won t be cheap po’
economically
for stolen goods.
for C alifornia," Atiyeh said. “ I
On correction facilities: “ It's a
On appointing a .Supreme Court
been the leader in terms of conser
sheer recognition that in order to chief justice: “ Vic Atiyeh doesn’t tion and alternative sources
deal w ith c rim in a ls , we need
need any more appointments,” he energy I fought for the Regio
someplace to put them ," he said. " I'd
said " I felt strong enough on this to
Power B ill I'm way out in front
like to see the state involved in veto the b ill and call a one day
this one Leaving WPPSS pla
preventing crime from occurring in special session If you get the best ad
where they are is not the answer
the first instance, which means a m in istra tio n , you get the best
“ If Ted Kulongoski feels this is
change of attitudes ” The governor justice "
way to go. he's just going to hav<
also expressed in te re s t in a
On sales of WPPSS power to
live with that."