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
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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.