V ol. 72 No. 21
S A N D T O R 6 G O N THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1982
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Gresham chase
lasts u n til
east o f Sandy
A Portland man, attempting to
elude Gresham police in a high-speed
chase, was arrested late Monday
evening after his radiator hose ap
parently broke about five miles east
of Sandy
Shots were reported by area
residents, but officials said no one
was injured
The man had fled from police at
high speeds through the Rockwood
area, Gresham and Sandy.
The in cid e n t began when a
Gresham police officer spotted a
vehicle suspected in an incident at a
7-11 Store at NE Kane Road and D ivi
sion Street in Gresham.
According to Gresham police
reports, officers had been on the
lookout for a maroon Buick after its
driver reportedly smashed a cash
register at the store
When officer Pat Duley circled to
pull the suspect over at approximate
ly 11 p.m Monday, the man fled at
high speeds, traveling west on NE
Stark Street.
Duley followed the suspect, iden
tified as Samuel G. Hanna, 23. The
polite car was traveling at 8« miles
per hour and Hanna was reportedly
pulling away.
Hanna skidded onto East Burnside
Road where it intersects Stark
Street, and continued east at more
than 75 mph through Gresham to
Highway 26
Duley and officer Jeff Cripen ar
rested Hanna after he pulled off the
highway about five miles east of San
dy
Hanna was arrested for eluding a
police officer, reckless driving, at
tem pted assault and c rim in a l
mischief.
S
RESPONSIBILITY
Sand} hire Marshal Jim Gallagher is flanked by second-grader Paul Carden and fourth-
grader Julie I Inian as they were greeted Tuesday morning on their arrival at Firwood
School. The two youngsters got a ride to school in the fire engine after their entries were
selected in the Sandy Fire District's slogan contest. Paul's entry was "Be Careful! Fire is
th»»rZi‘‘SPonslbi"tv " Jul‘<*'s
“To Care and To Help." The two were selected from n
Sandy Volunteer
lh<> FWe *° SCho01’ lhe two wer<* #iven 0 5 checks, courtesy ol
Sandy;
Sandy Elementary D istrict board
members decided last Thursday
evening to keep the district transpor
tation service the way it has been.
At the same meeting, the board
began steps to unravel a plumbing
problem that has plagued Sandy
Elementary School for the past two
to three years.
D istrict officials w ill study the pre
sent district-operated bus service
and analyze it, with expectations for
minor fine tuning, rather than turn it
over to the private contractor who
had wooed the school board with pro
mises of financial savings.
Dorsey Bus Company, of Portland,
had earlier told the school board
earlier this year that the firm could
save the district up to $100,000 a year
A company spokesman said that the
private contractor could reduce
operating costs by at least that much
per annum for the next five years.
The district, however, could have
been required to sell its fleet to
Dorsey—an alternative that was not
viewed as entirely desirable.
If the district didn't like the private
contractor, it would be hard-pressed
to re-establish a bus fleet.
stage.
At the time of the board presenta
Chapter 114 of the OSEA, which
tion, district superintendent Clark
represents 58 local school support
Lund said, " I have a feeling the
employees, has requested that the
classified employees and drivers
dispute be reviewed by a factfinder
may be opposed to the concept" of
This request was made' after two
driving for the Dorsey firm
eight-hour mediation sessions failed
The classified employees and the
to produce an agreement
district are currently wrangling over
According to Chapter 114 President
a new contract. The current contract
O rville Carden, the dispute does not
expires June 30.
center solely on monetary issues.
Those negotiations between the
"We realize that things are tight
Oregon School Employees Associa
right now," said Carden, "but the
tion and the Sandy Elementary
district has been unwilling to con
D istrict have reached the factfinding
sider other contract improvements.
such as procedures for layoff <
employees, employee discipline, ai
bitration to settle contract dispute
and other contracturai rights held b
district teachers and other publi
employees."
Selection of a factfinder, who wil
hold a hearing and make an advisor
recommendation to both parties, wil
occur in the next few weeks. At tha
time a hearing date w ill be set.
The proposed plumbing work ir
Sandy Elementary comes in th<
wake of a problem that has existed ir
the north wing, constructed in 1952
for the past few years.
The pipes that circulate hot water
under the concrete in the wing are
deteriorating and leaks have caused
numerous problems
Following an energy audit earlier
this year, it was recommended to the
Portland can pass a tax base but San board by the engineering firm of
dy can’t.
Timmer and Associates that that
The only way our country and com particular system be abandoned
m unity w ill continue to grow is
Lund said the district w ill now
through the schools, Peters said.
think about that because of the grow
"A ll those brochures (the city of ing concern caused by the series of
Sandy announced an open-for- pipe failures
business campaign two weeks ago)
He said there has been a lot of tear
and everything is awash if we don’t ing up of floors in the past three
open in the fa ll." he added
years, searching for leaks
It was established earlier by the
"They are increasing in number
budget committee that if the tax base and increasing in the severity of the
levy failed, a $2.7 m illion operating problem," he told The Post.
levy would be placed before the
"We've got to correct that plumb
public June 29.
ing before the next heating season."
SUHS sets June tax levy election
The Sandy Union High School
Board of Education last Wednesday
rescinded an earlier motion concern
ing the repair of the art room, and
discussed the tax base levy vetoed
May 18 by district voters, when it
reconvened a recessed meeting
because Trim ble Construction is a
local company.
It was later discovered that state
statutes require the board to accept
the low bid, which was submitted by
Larry Culver Custom Homes of
Gresham
The board had earlier approved a
bid from Trim ble Construction of
Sandy for $14,751 to repair the art
room, which was damaged by a re
cent fire Board member Gary
Cleland had moved that they accept
the bid, though it wasn't the low one,
His bid was $14,383 Cleland
rescinded his motion, and board
member Wayne Johnson rescinded
his second. The board then accepted
the bid from Culver Custom Homes
S u p e rin te n d e n t Ja ck P e te rs
pointed out the error was made "in
good faith ”
The $3.6 million tax base levy was
voted down by more than 1,000 votes
May 18.
"The people on the tax base com
mittee are taking this personally,”
Peters said at the meeting, which
was held the night after the election
Terry Lenchitsky and others work
ed very hard, he added.
"That 1,452 understand the tax
base is marvelous," Peters said,
referring to the number of yes' votes
the district received
He said that he is disappointed that
City eyes fireworks, garage sales
The weather is warming and with
the end of the school year in sight,
local officials are asking for Sandy
residents' cooperation in a number of
areas
The Sandy Police Department has
asked that local residents refrain
from using fireworks
The city manager has asked that
local residents refrain from using il
legal off-site signs to advertise
garage sales.
Citing the hazards created, in
cluding eye and burn injuries, the
police department is trying to make
the public aware that violations of
fireworks laws w ill result in the con
fiscation of the fireworks and possi-
ble arrest of violators.
In is against the law to sell, keep,
offer for sale or use any fireworks
within the state of Oregon
Fireworks mean any combustible
or explosive substance, including
firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets,
Homan candies, wheels, fountains
and tablets or other devices contain-
ing any explosive substances or in
flammable compounds.
Sparklers, toy pistols, toy canes
and ? iy guns, any of which u*e paper
caps, do not qualify as fi.ewur4s, ac
cording to Sandy Police Chief Fred
Punzel They can lx* purchased and
used legally
In past years, the Sandy Police
Sandy woman honored for her heroics
Last June 27. Nancy Perkins
Burke, 32, of Sandy was at the beach
near B a rv ie w J e tty P a rk at
Tillamook Bay with her church
group
She and a Gresham man, John
Dezellem, saw someone struggling
about 50 yards off shore at the same
time. Independent of each other they
plunged into the 30-degree water and
began swimming
Before entering the water, Burke
said, she could faintly hear a second
swimmer but could not see anyone.
After the swim through the break
ing surf, eight to ten feet high, the
pair reached Michael Holt, then 13, of
Vancouver, Wash., who babbled.
"Thank you, thank you” to his
rescuers
Dezellem kept Holt afloat until con
verging Coast Guard boats could find
them He waved his arm as the trio
was carried further out to sea
Burke said she first began to
realize her danger when she spotted
the boats and waited for rescue
The stuggling figures were spotted
had been spotted from a Coast Guard
tower about 12:25 p m Three Coast
Guard boats, an inflated launch, a
nearby volunteer fire department
and a helicopter from Astoria were
dispatched to the scene Frogmen in
wet suits appeared on the beach.
The trio was picked up about 15
minutes after being spotted
They were taken by Coast Guard
launch to Tillamook County General
Hospital. They were sick from
swallowed sea water and Holt’s
temperature was dangerously low
for awhile
The three were tre a te d fo r
hypothermia and released
Last week the two rescuers
gathered at the Coast Guard station
and were presented silver lifesaving
medals for their heroic action
The other Boy Scout who had been
in the surf with young Holt drowned
in the incident.
The inflated launch was flipped in
the surf and Coast Guardsmen re
quired help from the hovering
helicopter to help right it. Robert
Neumann, 15. also of Vancouver, was
last seen at 12:45 p m
Department and the Sandy Fir<
Department have been plagued with
complaints from concerned citizens
This year, the two agencies are seek
ing the cooperation of all local
citizens
GARAGE SALES
Now that spring cleaning is over
and resalable items have been
sorted, city officials have been
bothered by the number
llegal
signs offering bargains U ,
h«,ve
been tacked on to u tility poles in the
city
It is illegal to use an off-site direc
tional sign during the week to adver
tise a garage sale, according to City
Manager Roger Jordan.
On-site signs are legal, he pointed
out, as are off-site signs on the
weekend However, the city is en
couraging local residents to stop by
Sandy City Hall to pick up the signs
designed by local crews.
The city is producing its own signs,
according to Jordan, "to eliminate
ticky tacky signs that seem to arise
on every telephone pole and down
every alley."
Burning buses
g e t attention
o ffirefighters
Sandy firefighters this week tackl
ed two separate incidents involving
burning Volkswagen buses
Last
W ednesday,
a
1968
Volkswagen bus was completely
engulfed in flames when firefighters
arrived at the Hudson Road site
where it caught fire. According to the
Sandy Fire D istrict run sheet, the bus
had a full gas tank and was carrying
a full gas can and lawn mower which
had just been filled up
The incident is under investigation,
according to Fire Marshal Jim
Gallagher
Monday, a 1977 Volkswagen bus
was damaged when it caught fire on
Trubel Road. The blaze apparently
started as the result of an electrical
problem, Gallagher said The $5,000
vehicle sustained $1,000 damage.
Sunday afternoon. Sandy rescue
personnel were called to the Sandy
River, just three quarter miles from
Dodge Park after a rafter injured his
knee in the river Rescuers carried
the injured person the three-quarters
miles out from the accident site
Saturday, Sandy firefighters were
called to wash down Firwood Road at
Deep Creek after a truck struck a
guard rail and liegan leaking fuel.
A fire in a stump at the intersection
of Davis and Van Fleet Streets last
Friday afternoon was the result of a
youngster playing with matches The
youth was turned over to his parents.
During the week, Sandy Fire
D istrict personnel responded to 21
alarms, raising the 1982 total to 342,
well ahead of last year at this time
At May 1, 1982, the district has
answered 278 alarms, compared with
242 on the same date in 1981.
Index
SEC TION I
Keeping Posted............2
Inside the Church........ 4
Senior Center News__ 5
School Lunch Menus__ 5
Editorials, Letters.......6
Sports, Recreation... 7-8
SECTION II
Area News..................... 1
Woodland Happenings .2
Classified Ads............6-9
SECTION III
TV Revue — Inside Tab