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Vol. 72 No 18 SANDY OREGON THURSDAY MAY 6, 1982 (IS P S 481-180» Single Copy 25« For coming fiscal year Accomplishments noted, district sets new goals by DAN DILLON with keeping firefighters up to date on training for certification at the end of each year by keeping track of what classes have been attended and what classes are needed The district also plans to replace the fire engines at the two substa tions with new rigs The old rigs w ill be kept; one w ill serve as a pumper and the other w ill be remodeled into a special apparatus ng the following fiscal year FIRE PREVENTION The district is re-evaluating its en tire fire prevention program, con sidering the addition of another paid firefighter to take the prevention method to district residents and schools, a fire code to allow for more inspections or maintaining the status quo “ There's all kinds of facets you can go into, but the question is, it is cost- effective," Rathke said The Sandy Fire Department is completing what officials consider one of the best years in its history with the implementation of a number of new programs designed at keeping the department all volunteer “ Overall w e>- in pretty good shape,’’ said F it . *hief Bob Rathke. “ Some things are really starting to je ll.” During the year, the district in itiated a pension program for the volunteer firefighters Rathke said the program is “aimed at maintain ing a viable and effective operation for a long time to come ” It makes the Sandy department the only volunteer operation in Oregon with a pension program and is the ac complishment that Rathke said he is most proud of in his 10 years as chief A sleeper program that has volunteers spending the night at the fire hall for quicker emergency response was also initiated this year and already the d istrict noticing its benefits A new emergency medical techni que was »»„.oduced during the year, Rathke said, and !* is saving lives. It involves inserting a tube down the throat of a victim to allow free passage of a ir to the lungs The district has also refined its training program to the point where it is “ one of the best probationary training programs for a department our size,“ according to Rathke. Flushed with the district s success during the current fiscal year, Rathke w ill take a budget calling for $637.286 in the form of tax levy to the fire d is tric t’s Budget Committee this Monday evening at 7:30 p m. Estimated tax rate would be ap proximately $2.55 per $1,000 assessed valuation, down from $2.75 a year ago The budget, which represents the third year of a six-year tax base, is aimed at continuing the d is tric t’s level of service. “ Pretty much we re carrying on what we’ve done and trying to im prove on them,” Rathke said The district has plans to add a small computer to its operations for easy record-keeping Volunteer reim bursem ents and pension would be kept on the com Students at Bull Run School celebrated Arbor Day Friday by planting more puter, according to Rathke, as well than 10« trees that were donated to the school. Austrian pines, shore pines as training records and black Japanese pines were planted around the school grounds by such Those records assist the district He wants to get the community in volved in fire prevention and thereby expand the program He cited cities in Minnesota with populations of more than 80,000 that have maintain ed all-volunteer fire departments Rathke envisions the possibility of training persons in the community to make fire safety inspections, thereby eliminating some of the burden from the paid firefighters Utilizing citizens would allow the paid firefighters to make better use of their time TRAINING SHIFT The district w ill shift the emphasis of training funds from the line per sonnel to officers and paid staff. R athke said the d is tr ic t has established a sound e r ' gh training program that it can j the bulk of training of line personnel in house The Sandy Elementary D istrict School Board took its knife to the d is tric t's 1982-83 levy proposal recently and cut $316,363 away from the proposal that was rejected by voters March 30. They did it with a big assist from the state of Oregon who upped the basic school support that had been projected with the original budget was prepared “ We’re going to operate a very austere, but very intact program with this proposal,” said Superinten dent Clark Lund. The new $19 m illion proposal, if given passing marks by voters, would result in a tax base of approx imately $8.21 per $1,000 assessed valuation The biggest difference from the $2.2 m illio n proposal that was defeated earlier came with a $269,511 jum p in state basic school support. That was created when the official certified figures outshone the verbal advice given at budget preparation time. Additional outside revenue means less money that has to be tacked on the district patrons’ pro perty tax assessments. The largest reduction came in teachers' salaries, according to Lund. New teachers w ill not be hired to fill positions vacated by two teachers who are leaving the district. “ We w ill still maintain a favorable student-teacher ra tio ," Lund said. While there w ill be a general trend towards larger classroom loads, the move w ith “ bring about equity across the d is tric t,” he said Some schools have had smaller loads in the past and that w ill gradually work out to a more even distribution. A maintenance vehicle, budgeted at $4,000, was cut fromthe budget. Some fencing at Sandy Ridge School Photo by Dan Dillon volunteers as. left to right. Mindy Tykeson, Sandy Kdgren, Sheena Kitchens and Karyn Leas. and behind Cedar Ridge School, valued at $7,000, was also eliminated Lund said the district could do one of those projects with revenue in the current budget, if the school board authorizes that action. He cited a security problem at the rural Sandy Ridge site. The district w ill eliminate $6,000 that was to be transferred to the lunch fund from the general fund “ The picture isn’t quite as bleak as it was in January as far as the amount of transfer needed," the superintendent said. “ Actual pro gram costs haven't been running as high as we thought they’d run. With the other drops, the con tingency dropped proportionately, losing $15,000 for a total tax decrease of $345,320 Reminiscent of Franklin Delano R o o s e v e lt’ s New D e a l, one Democratic candidate for governor has a plan that would put 23,000 out- of work Oregonians on the public payroll. Don Clark. Multnomah County ex ecutive, recently outlined his back- to-work proposal in an interview with The Post. Taking $300 m illion available in the state Unemployment Compensena- tion Fund, Clark proposes to form an Index SECTION I Keeping Posted ...................... 2 Inside the Church.......................5 School Lunch Menus................. 5 Editorials, Letters ................... 6 Sports, Recreation................. 7-8 SECTION 11 Area News.................................. 1 Hoodland Happenings .......... 1 Senior Center News ................. 3 About People ............................ 5 Classified Advertising ........ 6-9 Oregon Employment Corps, Clark said that current unemploy ment benefits don’t provide Orego nians with a decent standard of living over an extended period of time R a th e r th a n e x te n d in g those benefits, he would propose that these funds be combined with available federal monies, a job-loss tax fund, local matching funds and a revised corporate income tax allocation to create the 15,000 member Adult Employment Corps Clark would then make those peo pie available to communities where unemployment has hit hardest serv ing in public works capacities, building sewers, water projects and b u ild in g the in fra s tru c tu re on industrially-zoned land so that when there is a recovery, the state w ill be ready to accommodate industry "You can’t have growth unless you have someplace for the businesses to relocate," he said. The program would be phased out when unemployment drops below 8 percent An 8,000-member Young Adult Employment Corps for those who are m arginally into the job market and potential “ tax users," would be utilized to do forest brush clearing and planting trees in anticipation of a revitalized tim ber industry. They would also help taxpayers save by weatherizing government buildings As with the adult corps, local governments would supply the engineering, materials and supervi sions for the projects REV ITALIZING CONSTRUCTION "N a tio n a lly they have to do something," Clark said of the home building industry. “ Ultim ately, it's the high interest rates that are killing us." He said a non-profit corporation, backed by the state, would attract money from pension and retirement funds because it would offer a safe in vestment. The money could them be made available to banks and savings and loans on the condition that is be loan ed without the customary fees. Clark said that could allow home loans to be provided at rates of between 11 percent and 12 percent, rather than 14 percent and 15 percent. His second step in revitalizing the homebuilding industry would in stitute lease-option agreements for homebuyers. Using housing authorities to sell bonds, the state could assist in the in itia l construction cost and allow young people to move into a new home with essentially nothing down. The money would go into an escrow account that would be used as the down payment after three years A third proposal would allow first- time homebuyers to move into semi finished homes. That, Clark adm it ted, would take some working with local building authorities to ac complish. HEALTH CARE Clark called his plan for health care the “ boldest initiative coming out of the whole campaign." He said the state could create, by statute, a State Health Care Fund fro m p a y ro ll ta x on Oregon employers that would cost less than they pay now in fringe benefits. Clark said that $1 5 billion, less than is now being paid out by employers, could provide health care for every Oregonian w ith such be n e fits as 100 percent p h a r maceuticals paid by the state That, he said, would be of particular impor tance to senior citizens on fixed in comes The whole plan would be put out to cost competition to keep the price down because "every dollar you spend on health care is one less dollar you have to spend somewhere else," he said He cited Multnomah County’s Pro A 19-year-old Sandy man has pleaded innocent to murder in the shooting death of his father, accor ding to a spokesman fo r the C la c k a m a s C o u n ty d is t r ic t attorney's office Harvey Hayden Hazelett entered the plea in circuit court in connection w ith the death of Herbert H. Hazelett, 52, said Deputy District A t torney Janine O’Neill. The Sandy chiropractor’s body was found the morning of March 5 floating in the Sandy River near Kubitz Road, about one mile east of Sandy. He died of gunshot wounds and and massive head injuries, ac cording to the state medical ex aminer's report. Circuit Court Judge Dale Jacobs said Hazelett w ill be tried June 21. E arlier, murder charges were dropped against Hazelett's 17-year- old brother, Herbert, who had been originally charged in the case. The charges against the younger Hazelett were dropped at the request of the district attorney's office, which said it was satisfied as to his in nocence “ There is a however,’“ Lund said. Uncollectable taxes were running approximately 7 percent in March, he said. Now, the amount of uncollec table taxes is running 12 percent to 14 percent. Council nixes members Accordingly, the Sandy district raised the amount of its anticipated uncollectable taxes 3 percent to a total of 10 percent, thus adding $28,957 for estimated uncollectable taxes. on committee Candidate Clark offers ‘new deal’ to unemployed by DAN DILLON A downed tree limb on power lines, not a Portland General Electric Company crew install ing a new u tility pole, knocked out power in downtown Sandy early last Friday afternoon According to Bob Kallen, San dy's PGE district manager, ser vice was interrupted for ap proximately 45 minutes last Friday when a tree limb fell against power lines on Born- stedt Road Lights were out some 45 minutes for customers in the downtown business area, and for customers out Highway 211 to Sandy Farms and in the Bornstedt Road area. He said that workers putting in a u tility pole at the intersec tion of Highway 211 and Pioneer Boulevard were not responsible for the lost power as some local residents suspected. “ They were working the line hot," Kallen said. "They did not cause the outage," he said. Trial date set June 21 for Hazelett case Added state money helps school cut budget by DAN DILLON Tree limbs take power in core area ject Health which uses private health care services to control costs and serves the elderly and working poor. BUSINESS ASSISTANCE “ My p rio rity would be expansion of small Oregon firm s with less than 50 employees," Clark said. Experts estimate that 70 percent of the new jobs w ill come from local firm s ex panding. he said "M y p rio rity would be to put Oregonians to w o rk," Clark said, rather than recruiting out of-state firm s that could bring their own workers. So-called “ diversified" industry is “ footloose industry," Clark said “ If they're here today, they can be gone tom orrow." He said Oregon can diversify its ex isting industry. “ We need to do more w ith forest products," he said “ Those trees are like money in the bank to us " He said the state should diversify its tourism industry and, finally, take advantage of its location on the Pacific Rim “ I t ’s the marketplace for the next 100 years and Oregon is sitting in the middle of it," he said. “ I t ’s our big gest source of future wealth " by DAN DILLON The Sandy City Council doesn’t want its members to serve on council-appointed committees as private citizens. At the April 19 council meeting. Councilman Jim Duff appointed himself as his citizen representative on the Sign Ordinance Review Com mittee Councilman Don Blair ques tioned the appropriateness of that ac tion Each council member had been asked to provide the name of a local businessman and resident to serve on the committee " I t would be my feeling that we should each appoint two, rather than appoint o urselves," Councilman Calvin Jones said at Monday night's meeting. The council agreed, indicating that it w ill not allow Duff to serve as his own representative The action followed a legal opinion, issued by Ci ty Attorney Jack Hammond, that in dicated the make-up of the review committee is up to the council F o rm a l c o u n c il a c tio n was postponed until the May 17 meeting because Duff was not present at Mon day's session. “ One of us would be placing ourselves in a dual role." said Coun cilman Vern Richards. “ Someone on the councilisn't going to be as objec tive to the recommendations of the committee " B lair agreed “ I don’t see how a person can sit on a committee, then get up here on the city council and vote on it when he could be the swing vote on the com m ittee," he said
