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Vol. 72 No 26 City manager resigns to accept Dallas post by DAS D ll LOS City Manager Roger Jordan sur prised the Sandy City Council Mon day evening at a special meeting with his announcement that he plans to leave the city Aug 31 for the same position in Dallas " I feel as though I am in a very uni que position,” Jordan told the coun cil. "M any times, when a city manager submits his resignation, it is due to dissatisfaction with the organization or community, or vice versa “ I am not in either one of these positions, which makes it all that much more difficult to make a deci sion to leave. "However, after being confronted with a new professional opportunity and an advancement. I have decided to submit my resignation as city manager of Sandy ” For Jordan. 32. his wife, Liz, and their fam ily - Sara, 6, Nicholas, 3 4 Roger Jordan and Anna, 2—the move represents a homecoming. He began his career in government in Dallas where he served two years as administrative assistant and two and a half years as assistant city manager before moving to the Sandy job in October 1978 "Because of the increased size of the city and organization. I will be able to in v o lv e m y s e lf m o re w ith managerial functions and less with daily operational concerns, " he said In his letter of resignation. Jordan cited Sandy's lack of a workable tax base and need for annual levy elec tions. " I think that it should be a high priority for the council and the com munity to establish a reasonable tax base to ensure a stable operating levy for the city,” he told the council When Jordan arrived, the city had a projected deficit of some 8200,000 By the end of the fiscal year, the budget was balanced In an interview Tuesday, Jordan cited some accomplishments and looked to Sandy’s future and his own. “ One of the things I'm most proud of is the organizational development of the city and the degree of cor responding profesionalism," he said “When I was hired, we worked on some basic goals -some predeter mined and some dreams," he said Predetermined was a sound city budget and good financial stability. The city has lived within its A levy for three consecutive years and pass ed its levy proposals on the first ballot each year since Jordan a rriv ed "W e have some services that otherwise are lacking in some com munities,” he said, noting the Sandy Senior Center, the recreation pro gram and cooperative program that backed the community school. There were street improvements to South Bluff Road, improvements to the collector street system and, now, to Tupper Road. "The thing I feel good about this is, we’ve accomplished it within the limited budget we've had available,” he said. Another major accomplishment during Jordan's tenure was comple tion and adoption of the city's com prehensive plan and acceptance by the state Land Conservation and Development Commission That falls under the category Jor dan label d "dreams " In the four years since he arrived, the city’s population ballooned by *8 percent, "Directing this growth for the benefit of the community is crucial because it has lasting long term effects on the community,” he said The comprehensive plan, with minor modifications, is designed to do that for 25 years As with any job, there were disap pointments. Jordan noted the failure to resolve the Local Improvement District No. 4 dilemma and lack of street improvements in the North Bluff area Still, he sees a bright future for Sandy. "The tax base is probably, in my mind, the single most important issue for the community for the pro tection and stability of people's in vestments ” In his new position, Jordan will replace a man he calls Dallas' " liv ing legend Retiring Howard Brand void has been on the job there for 20 years "Obviously, one of the most d if ficult things is following a person who is well-respected by almost the entire community,” he said but Jordan noted that he worked for five years with Brandvold and credited him w ith his own c a re e r ac complishments. The success I feel I've had in Sandy is a direct result of my tr aining ” Further into the future, Jordan has dreams, but makes no promises. ” 1 made a commitment to Dallas that I ’d stay there a certain period of time like I did with Sandy,” he said “ I feel I'm young yet, and agressive As opportunities come forward. I'll have to evaluate each ” Elementary levy OK’d; SUHS, Welches nixed Sandy Elementary District's was SUHS Levy Election the only operating levy approved by Y e s ............................................. 895 v o te rs T u e s d a y in e le c tio n s ’ No ..............................................1,099 throughout the area. Voters rejected proposals by both SUI1S Board Position 2 Sandy Union High School and »•Terry Lenchitsky ......................848 Welches School District. Jeffrey Miller ........................... 700 In races for school board positions, Terry Lenchitsky defeated Jeffrey Sandy Elementary Levy Election M iller for a seat on the SUHS board ✓ Yes ..............................................627 of directors Incumbent chairman N o .................................................563 Jack Layton was turned out of office in the Bull Run District in favor of Boring School Board Position I David Shaw. Sherry Marlow was ✓ Carl Aschoff............. . Unopposed unopposed in her attempt to com plete one year of a term vacated by Boring School Board Position 5 fo rm e r board m em ber M arcic M ichael B y r d ............................... 59 Hazelwood, who moved from the ✓ Linda Shaw ........................ 116 district. In the Boring School District, voters elected Linda Shaw by a 116-59 Bull Run Board Position I margin over Michael Byrd Carl Jack Layton............................... 61 Aschoff ran unopposed for that ✓ David Shaw............................... 66 board’s other vacancy, Position 1. Spurred by a canvass of local voters last Saturday by district Bull Run Board Position 4 educators and parents, Sandy ■Sherry Marlow Unopposed Elementary District's 81.9 million operating levy was approved 627 563. Welches District Levy Election In the high school district, Tues Yes 210 day’s defeat marked the first voter ■No .......................................... 216 rejection of a levy proposal. Pholo by Sandi Poulalu The Sandy Mountain Festival Court will be presented this Sunday at the Ju ly 4 celebration at Sandy High's Pop Rannow Field. Pictured from left are Nicole Loundree, Queen M yrtle Deming, Liz Jordan, Evelyn Padrta and Emy Rutledge. Court, fireworks spark festival kick-off Royalty and a spectacular fireworks display launch the 1982 edition of Sandy Mountain Days with a July 4 celebration at Sandy High School's Pop Rannow Field An expanded tribute to the festival royalty is planned this year Along with the traditional presentation of the queen and her court, the Royal Order of the Bear Knighting Ceremony will also take place The Royal Order of the Bear are the escorts for the queen and her court Queen M yrtle Deming will be escorted by Don Deming, Evelyn Padrta by Vic Padrta, Liz Jordan by Roger Jordan, Amy Rutledge by John Rutledge, and Nicole Loundree by Carl Loundree The program begins at 8 p.m. with the presentation of the colors by Scout Troop 248. Dale Nicholls and his Tickle Creek Seven will swing into the act with Dixieland jazz and hits of the big bands after the opening ceremony. An all-star 'Little Big Band,’ featuring John McKinley on banjo, Lynn Teadtke on trumpet and Bill Becker on drums will also play. Royal festivities begin immediately after the 9 p m. welcome by Mayor Ruth Ixiundree and more music will take the program up to the 10 p.m. fireworks spectacular. Fall claims climber A Sandy man learning rock climb ing plunged to his death last Wednes day while attempting to scale the 225-foot pinnacle at Rooster Rock State Park on the Columbia River. Robert Arthur Ostrander, 37, ap parently unclipped himself from a safety line, bounced off a promontory and plummeted 100 feet, according to a M ultnom ah County Sh eriff's Department spokesman He was one of four climbers at tempting to scale the rock, according to the spokesman At approximately 5:15 p.m. he became unattached and fell No one else was injured in the in cident Ostrander died despite rescue ef- forts by the Corbett Fire Depart ment, Multnomah County deputies, Oregon State Police, Buck A m bulance personnel and Emanuel Hospital's Lifeflight helicopter crew He was pronounced dead-on-arrival at Emanuel at 6:45 p.m. Ostrander died of head and multi ple trauma injuries, said Marianne Koop, a public relations represen tative of the hospital. Westbound traffic on Interstate 84 was blocked for a short time so the helicopter could land This is the first reported death at Rooster Rock, said Bob Anderson, park foreman who has worked at the area since 1977 Paul Tucker: 1906-1982 High school board member dies Sandy Union High School board member Paul E Tucker died June 27 at his home Tucker. 75. worked at a number of occupations during his lifetime in cluding farming, but most enjoyed his work in the sale of building maintenance supplies It was while making his business calls on schools, that his interest in Inch ex SEC TIO N I Keeping Posted.................... ..1 lUvI V/waBwSra • »♦•«•«», ,.S Obituaries . . . . ...................... ..1 Inside the Church.................. . 3 Editorial, Opinion................. Sparta, Recreation................. 7-g i T v SEC TIO N II Area News ........................ 1 1............. — ■ hi Classified Ada TVf helping foster the education system began. White living in Gresham, Ttocker served on the Gresham High School Board of Directors He was first elected to the SUHS Board in 1W7; he was re-elected In IW L Born Aug 8, 1906 in Leadmine, M o , Tucker attended college in Idaho after completing his elemen tary and high school education in Buffalo, Mo While living in Idaho, he met Ruth Godfrey They later married in Vale on Oct. 1, 1932 They began their fam ily in Idaho, and later moved to Kentucky where he operated a retail store At the outset of World War II, they moved to Camas. Wash., before settl ing in Gresham in 1943 They moved to the Sandy area in 1974, settling in the Aims area Since moving to the area, he had been a member of the Aims Com munity Church. He Is survived by his wife, Ruth, a son. Walter of Sandy; a daughter, Paula Mollahan of Gresham; a brother, W alter of Newberg, six gran d ch ild ren , and two g reat- grandchilren. F u n e ra l se rv ic es w ere held Wednesday In the chapel of Sandy Funeral Home. Interment was at Cliffside Cemetery in Sandy The fam ily suggests memorials be made to the Aim s Comm unity Church in his memory Photo by Scott Newton Final make-up touches are applied to Katie Ten Eyck In preparation for tonight's Mt. Hood Hospice benefit snd opening af the Sandy Community Players* " P v t Get Rhythm” musical revue. Curtain time is 8 p.m. at Sandy Community Theater on Proctor Boulevard.
