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SANDY, OREGON THURSDAY, AAAY 20 1982
The $<fndy Post
People
f fonie & Garden
F eatures
Area News
Boring board votes yes on $30,000 park
by GWEN BOGH
Post Correspondent
A fte r rehashing a contractual
agreem ent between Clackamas
County and Boring School D istrict at
previous meetings, board members
passed the (30.000 park improvement
proposal last week
The (30,000 is part of a (180.000
federal grant allocated to Boring for
community improvements
Areas of concern in the park agree-
ment were changed to reflect the
board’s requests It was not clear to
board members whether the district
or the county had jurisdiction over
the park, so the agreement was
changed to read that Boring district
policy would prevail.
The elapsing term of the agree
ment was Jnother area that board
members sought to cla rify Five
2nd Mt. Hood
plan found
little changed
by MICHAEL P JONES
Post Correspondent
The second draft of the proposed
revisions of the Mt. Hood Community
Plan was mailed out to recognized
Clackamas County citizen planning
organizations in the area last week,
leaving some residents wo., dering
just what the intent of the version
really is.
The new draft, which differed little
from the county planning staff’s
April 20 revisions, was objected to by
both the development minded and
conservation-oriented residents.
The county’s A pril version had
s p a rk e d d is s e n s io n a m o n g st
residents who learned that their land,
which was zoned one unit per five
acres, had been rezoned to one per
forty acres
The most recent d ra ft w ill be
discussed at one final citizens plann
ing meeting before it is presented to
the planning commission and the
Board of County Commissioners next
month.
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That meeting w ill be Wednesday,
May 26, at 7:30 p.m at the Hoodland
Women s Club in Zigzag
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years after completion the county
relinquishes ties with the district
regarding the park
Three people w ill be selected at the
advisory board meeting in June to
represent the district They w ill con
fer with park contractors prior to and
during construction No date has
been set as to when construction w ill
begin
A state grant in the amount of
(20,000 is available to Boring and
Damascus schools next year for the
salary of a developmental specialist
for prim ary grades The money w ill
be shared between the two districts
based on their student populations
Boring has S il students. Damascus
has 822 This grant is for the 1982-83
school year only and w ill not be car
ried on into the following year. Gale
Meier, school board chairman, said
the person hired must be forewarned
that there is a “ 99 9 percent chance
that they won’t be hired for the
following year ”
Jerry Cannon, budget committee
chairman, gave the status on the
1982-83 budget He said, “ We dug in It
line by line We worked long and hard
and put a lot of time in it ’’
He recommended the board adopt
it for next year “ I think i t ’s well put
together and should be adopted,'* he
said
Following the budget committee's
recommendation, the 1982-83 budget
was adopted.
Tabled at the last meeting was a 2
percent salary increase for ad
ministrative staff members It was
brought bac’ on the floor Ad
minstrative staff at Boring includes
Jerry Prickett, principal, and Joe
Taylor, superintendent.
In contrast to those supporting a 2
percent administrative salary in
crease, opponents advocated that the
increase is not justified in times
when governmental agencies as well
as the private sector are freezing
wages and even taking pay cuts.
But Stu McKenzie, board member,
said that adminstrative pay raises
have been m inim al in the district. He
said, “ We’re about 6 percent below
the average.’’ He added, "The cost of
living was not addressed."
The 2 percent increase would cost
the d istrict approximately (1,600
more In actual salary and fringe
benefits per year for both ad
m inistrators, according to Faith
Wilson, deputy clerk.
While the 2 percent administrative
salary increase was approved by the
board, board members may request
an evaluation of administrators next
year
Carolyn Fonnes, special education
teacher at Boring School, addressed
the board regarding overcrowding in
the classroom and the need for addi
tional help
While main streaming «putting
special education classes in to
regular classes) has worked for some
students, it hasn't worked for all, ac
cording to Fonnes. “ We have certain
students who are not able to main
stream," she said.
Addressing the issue of limited
space in the special education
Chad Chapman, T.J. Vkre and Angela McCulloch. Boring School first graders,
sit in front of the area that will eventuali.«! be developed into a park due to re-
classes, Fonnes said, “ I t ’s hard to
keep their attention because of space
problems These children have to
have a room that is quiet and not
distractive
Fonnes had captured everyone's
attention. Meier was taken back by
her report and. referring to the fact
that some Boring School classroom
space w ill be used by the Damascus
kindergarteners next year, jokingly
s a id , ’ ’ L e t's send D a m a scu s
kindergarten a Dear John le tte r."
Board members did not act on Fon
nes claim regarding special educa
tion downfalls but now are aware
that a problem exists
cent board of education action. The area is west of the Naas building.
300 gallons of fuel spilled in mishap
by MICHAEL P. JONES
Post Correspondent
The second gasoline tanker acci
dent within six months occurred on
Highway 26 near Government Camp
Monday, resulting in the spilling of
an estimated 90© to 400 gallons of fuel
near a stream.
The accident occurred at the east
end of the Ski Bowl parking lot at 9:12
am
Senior Trooper Ray Crawford of
the Oregon State Police Portland of
fice said that an Arrow Transporta
tion Company tractor, pulling a
trailor, flipped over onto its side due
to unknown circumstances
The d riv e r, 58-year-old Clyde
Calvin Cobb of 4332 S.E. 130 Avenue
in Portland, was not injured in the
mishaps.
The vehicle was said to have been
hauling 8.000 gallons of gasoline at
the time of the accident.
Trooper Crawford said because the
spill “ caused a very slow leakage of
gasoline into a culvert that drains
melting snow and run-off into Clear
Creek, the US. Coast Guard and the
Oregon Department of Enviornmen-
tal Quality were notified."
In addition the Hoodland Rural
Fire Department, the OSP, the
Clackamas County sheriff’s office,
Alpine Towing of Rhododendron, the
Sandy Fire Department, as well as
crews from both the Zigzag and Bear
Springs Ranger Districts, responded
and assisted at the scene.
Hoodland Fire Chief Don Armin-
trout, who arrived with a crew at the
scene ten minutes after the accident,
said the wreck had damaged a
pressure release valve, causing it to
leak.
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