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V ol. 72 N o. 24 SANDY. O REG O N THURSDAY. JUNE 17. 1982 (l'SPS M I-IM » ) Sandy schools top national test average Ross to lead parade by DAN DILLON Sandy E le m e n ta r y D is t r ic t students reached a high water mark during the recent school year when they equaled or surpassed the average in the 13 te ting batteries of a national, standa ...zed test That marked the first time that district students have fared so well in the California Achievement Test At the same time the test, administered in 35 states, pointed out areas where the local curriculum could be strengthened “The thing that's different is we have no grade in any of those 13 bat* teries of the test that is below grade placement." district Superintendent Clark Lund pointed out. He noted an unusual percentage of students ranked in the 90th percentile or above in the test. He said that means that an eighth grader who ranked in the 90s is performing at a 12th-grade level in basic skills; a fifth grader would exhibit ninth-grade ap titudes in basic skills The California Achievement Test includes four areas related to reading, one to spelling, two to language arts, two to mathematics and one to reference skills Those sub-groups are then totaled The result for Sandy Elementary District was “especially high" scores in reading and language arts, and "a b o ve a v e ra g e " m a th e m a tic s scores, Lund said While it is nice that the students did so well, the superintendent is keeping the achievement in perspective. “ All it tells us is how our children are doing the the national averages, " Lund said “ It helps us know where we want to maintain and where we can improve " He said the information garnered from test results could be applied to grade levels, individual classrooms and individual pupils With individual students, the infor mation can be used in parent-teacher conferences so tne teacher may point out areas where the pupil needs im provement It can tell whether Sandy Sandy area residents burned rock’n’roll records and books Sunday after a church service at Sandy Assembly of God Elementary School, for example, is during which the music albums were denounced as carrying out the work of Satan. Nearly 300 persons took part in the activity. covering the curriculum. SUHS rehires probationary teachers Two of the 19 p ro b a tio n a ry teachers, whose contracts were not renewed in March after what Board Member Paul Tucker called “a bath of tears,” were rehired Monday. Sue Chambers, who has worked for Sandy Union High School one year as an intern and three years as a special education teacher, will be tenured if she accepts the school’s contract. Dr. Jack Peters, superintendent, called her the “guiding light" of San d y’s special education program. Clackamas County Educational Ser vice District funds pay for the pro gram. Peters said rehiring Chambers will help keep SUHS in compliance with state and federal handicapped educa tion laws The board unanimously agreed to rehire Chambers, as well as Jan Luelling, librarian. Luelling, said Peters, has been in strumental to making the library a vital part of our educational process. He said, “ We used to lose books, and I know this is unusual, but in one catagory we ended up with six more books than we started with." Luelling will gain tenure with ac ceptance of the contract. Dennis Crow, vice p rin c ip al, discussed California Achievement Test results. Sandy’s freshman class finished average or higher in 90 per cent of the 41 tests, which tested reading, writing and math skills. Sandy rated very high in seven of the 41 tests, high in 11 of the tests, average in 19, and below average in four. Areas to emphasize included gram matical problems and multiplication. The junior class tested out at average or above in 80 percent of the tests. They rated a very high score in two of the 41 tests, high scores in 13, average scores in 18 and below average in eight.. Areas to em phasize included multiplication, geometry and certain grammatical areas. Board Member Bob Boring said that he would be interested to see how Sandy compares with other schools in the county and state, in stead of just nationally. Dick Harrison, student services, said ESD has discussed th at possibility, but Portland schools and others do not participate in the California Achievement Test. It was pointed out that some schools don’t do any testing Board Member Wayne Johnson commend ed Crow for his diligence in develop ing the program He cited examples where Crow made changes in SUHS’s curriculum to adjust for problems. Monday was the first day incoming freshmen from feeder districts could test out of classes This allows students to take more advanced classes during their years at SUHS. Crow reports that 61 students “ challenged” classes. This is the largest number of students ever to challenge, and that was with two days remaining Board Member Gary Cleland said that he would like to know the percen tage of students who successfully challege classes Crow said he would compile this information Lenchitsky seeks spot on SUHS board by SCOTT NEWTON Terry Lenchitsky is one of two per sons seeking Sandy Union High School Board of Directors Poa. 2 in the June 29 election. Jeffrey M iller of Sandy is also run ning. An interview will M iller w ill be published in next week’s Sandy Post. Inside SECTION I Keeping Posted.......................... 2 Senior Center News........... . . . .4 Obituaries....................................5 Editorial, Opinion...................... • . * * * — " .................. « I SECTION U Area News............................. l SECTION III Classified Ads.......... laafcle Tab TV H e w s ..............taida Tab Single Copy 25« Len ch itsky re g u la rly attends SUHS board meetings and has been going to budget committee meetings for two years. He was chairman of this year’s budget committee. “ I felt the ’82 budget was very, very well put together,” Lenchitsky said, adding that the budget commit tee received info rm ation from teachers and administrators before making final decisions "The cuts that were made—and there were many—were for the good of the students and the community, and preferably for the good of the taxpayers," he said The budget committee, school of ficiate and others were openly ag gressive in trying to get a tax base levy passed in March. Lenchitsky feels that increased land assessments, in conjunction w ith th e depressed econom y, resulted in the defeat of the tax base. He feels his business experience would transfer well to work as a beard member He said, “The objective in this case, instead of making a profit, is to educate our students the best way that we can with the dollars we have Terry Lenchitsky to spend.” Lenchitsky put in nearly 25 hours last winter on the budget committee alone That does not include time spent at board meetings His goals, according to information he provided The Post, include prac ticing good money management and providing affordable but quality education “ I ’ve worked with kids all my life," said Lenchitsky, who has lived in the area for 14 years He's been involved with little league baseball, Boy Scouts, Kiwanis youth groups and church youth groups Lenchitsky manages the Sunset Fuel and Engineering Company of Portland About 230 people work for Sunset F u el, which distributes heating oil to about 1,000 customers in the metropolitan area He and his wife, Judith, have four children. One will be a senior at SUHS next school year They live on Bluff Road between Orient and Sandy Lenchitsky farms 10 acres He has one acre in raspber ries, and also has cattle He has a bachelor of science degree from the University of Portland, is president of the SUHS Booster Club and St Michaels Parish Council He is a member of the SUHS co-curricular activities advisory committee, and is on the Sandy Kiwanis Club board of directors Veteran Portland newscaster Richard Ross will be at the head of the Sandy Mountain Days parade when it heads up Pioneer Boulevard this year Festival Chairman Darrell Dempster said this week that the KATU- TV news anchorman has agreed to be the parade’s grand marshal. The parade will begin at 7 30 p m on July 8. Shannon Montgomery, who is organizing the parade, said the final list of entrants will not be ready until the end of the week but she is op timistic that many of the bigger entries in last year’s parade will make a return appearance. She said that the Royal Rosarians have made a commitment to ap pear in the parade. Firemen’s actions save old Dover Schoolhouse by DAN DILLON A little luck and quick action by Sandy firefighters last Wednesday saved the old Dover School from total destruction “ Another minute or so in arriving and we probably would have lost the whole damn thing," said Sandy Fire Marshal Jim Gallagher The blaze caused an estimated $20,000 damage to the 3,600-square- foot structure, which as valued at an estimated at >75,000. Loss to con tents was valued at >10,000 The 56-year-old structure was on the brink of becoming totally engulf ed in flames when the first Sandy fire engine arrived on the scene at 11:39 a m., 11 minutes after the first alarm came into the main station. However, firefighters were alerted to the possibility of a fully-involved fire by Dover firefighter, Tom Kasch. He radioed from the Dover substa tion that the building had been puff ing yellowish-gray smoke when he drove past it as he respoonded to the alarm Smoke that color is a sign that all oxygen in the building has been uabd and the fire is waiting for a new oxygen source t<> explode When Sandy Fire Chief Bob Rathke arrived at the scene, six miles southeast of Sandy at the intersection of Kleinsmith and Kitzm iller roads, flames were shooting out of the eaves and the attic was totally on fire. Firefighters then opened up the roof to vent the explosive capabilities by g iv in g the c o m b u s tib le s somewhere to escape. If a door or window had opened, Gallagher said, the fire would have exploded. Nineteen minutes after arrival, the fire was under control. “ We had excellent response out of our volunteers and excellent work at the scene," Gallagher said. Thirty- two Sandy firefighters were assisted by tanker truck crews from the Bor ing, Estacada and Hoodland fire districts. The fire was reported by the owner of the building, Bonnie Workinger, 40296 SE Kitzmiller Road, and by a neighbor who saw the smoke as he was working in his field Cause of the fire was a woodstcve chimney in contact with combustible framing, Gallagher said The fire started in the living room—a former classroom—and worked its way into the attic. The occupant, Anna Malchow, was not at home and the building's owner had been watching it while she was away. Gallagher said Workinger had been in the building about 45 minutes before the fire was reported and had started a fire in the woodstove. The school building was con structed in 1926, replacing an earlier Dover School which was destroyed by fire. The building was used as a schoolhouse until the district con solidated with Sandy Elementary District. (See related story on page 5.) Second civil su it file d in tim ber theft case by M ICHA EL P. JONES In each case the persons and businesses who are alleged to have co m m itted the trespasses and A Gresham logger accused of wrongful timber removal are the timber theft who is one of the defen same, said Phillips. dants in a >1,860,000 suit filed by The trees were cut by the same Clackamas County has been named crews, shipped by the same trucks in a second civil complaint that seeks and sold to the same buyers, she said. damages up to >180,600 Phillips said on July 13, 1981. she Donald C. Rogers and W .R . and the Rogers’ filed a joint motion Rogers, co-partners in Rogers Con before Oregon Circuit Judge Howard struction Company of Portland, have J Blanding, requesting a consolida filed a suit in Clackamas County C ir tion of trials in the two civil cases. cuit Court charging that Tim M After hearing oral arguments from Henderson stole timber, crushed the defendants and plaintiffs, Blan rock and gravel from their land near ding denied the motion for consolida Brightwood along Boulder Creek tion On August 10, 1981, a motion for Also named in the suit are Hender considering the consolidation of the son’s wife, Darlene, his partner in two trials was again filed and again Henderson Forest Products, and the rejected Tacom a based Cascade T im b e r Because the two trials would be Company and two of its top corporate lengthy and complicated, and each officers. would contain the same evidence, The plaintiffs charge that Hender Phillips said a joint trial would have son illegally entered their property, been practical, saving both time and around Nov. 21, 1979 and “wrongfully money for all involved took" crushed rock and gravel No trial date has yet been set in valued at >25,000 either of the civil cases against Timber priced at >60,450, triple the Henderson. market value, was also allegedly cut and sold Post Correspondent The Rogers' suit claims that Henderson’s road construction and logging operations were conducted in such a manner that he violated the state's Forest Standards and Prac tices Act. As a result, the market value of the land allegedly suffered >45,150 in damages. In addition the plaintiffs are seek ing >25,000 in general damages and >25,000 in punitive damages The Rogers' property is adjacent to county land and within close proximi ty to land administered by the B ureau of Land M an ag em en t. Henderson is also charged with il legally removing timber from county and BLM lands along Boulder Creek, in addition to Forest Service land on Lolo Pass Road, near Zig Zag. C y n th ia P h illip s , a s s is ta n t Clackamas County counsel, said it is believed that gravel from the Rogers* property was used in the con struction of the roads that gave Henderson access to the county's timber This made both thefts “ part of the same trespass ” County cuts hearing crew The Clackamas County hearings officers are going out of business At a m eetin g re c e n tly ,, the Clackamas County Board of Com missioners voted to take over the responsibilities of the hearings of ficers in an effort to balance the county budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. The 30 percent budget reduction re quired for these divisions because of reduced revenue also means elimina tion of eight and a half jobs and >175.000 for materials and services “The county will save over >30,000 that is now pays to a Lake Oswego law firm to conduct hearings and make decisions on zone changes, con ditional uses, variances and other land use m atters," said Ardis Steven son, Environmental Services assis tant director
