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rhwr» July IS, I9B2 i$-c. 2) SANO* (Ore.) POST -3 Effects of chlorination on fish considered ment Concerns are now being raised pertaining to the im pact, if any. the chlorinated water will have upon the area's fisheries Such con cerns are not new and were raised as early as the mid 1970s when studies on the sewer were being made by Clackamas County of ficials by M ICHA EL P JONES P o tt Correspondent Questions surrounding the impact of chlorinated water on fish are being raised by en viron m en talists in the wake of the opening of Mt. Hood's new sewage treatment facility The Hoodland Service District's treatment plant, located on Bright Avenue in Welches, went “on-line” in February and began ser vmg an estim ated 400 households, restaurants and other businesses. M IG R A T IO N IM P A C T At that time the Depart ment of Fish and Wildlife recommended that the ef fluent from the plant be discharged into the Sandy rather than the Salmon River. The departm ent iden tified the Salmon River as a major producer of rest Nutritional program an aid to children Waste from the 15,406,000 plant is treated through c h lo rin a tio n and then discharged into the Sandy River during the high flow months from October 1 through May 31 The Clackamas County Public Health Division has openings for women, in fants and children as part of its Women. Infants and Children (W IC ) nutritional program. Eligible women are those who are pregnant or breast feeding, and infants with health problems related to nutrition. From June 1 through September 30, effluents are sprayed on the golf course at Bowman's resort and the Rippling River develop Persons participating in WIC must also meet low- itK'onie requirements A public health official is in the Sandy office the se cond Thursday of every month The public health division s office is at the Em anuel L u th e ra n Church, 421 N.E. Pleasant. Or, call Frances Spak at 655-8476 Public Notices NOTICE OF ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thot at an •laction to ba bald on Tuesday August 10. 1982 between the hours of 8 00 a m ond 8 00 p.m. there will be submitted to the qualified voters of the follow ing districts the following ques tions SPECIAL OPERATING LEVY OUTSIDE THE TAX BASE QUESTION Shall Sandy Union High School levy $2 705,474 outside the tax base for operating expenses during the school year 1982-83“ PURPOSE The district does not have a tax base which pro vides for the educational pro grams required by State Statute and odopted by the school board. Therefore, voter approvol of an operating levy is presented to the district voters each year. The total dollars will fund a reduction in programs and services, in cluding teachers, materials, supplies, and maintenance. No new programs or services hove been added. If this measure is approved, $2.382.946 of the taxes levied in the 1982-83 fiscal year will be financed partially by the State of Oregon which in cludes the $313,853 current tax base $636.381 will be totally financed by local tax payers without any partial state payment. WELCHES ELEMENTARY NO. 13 OPERATIONS LEVY QUESTION: Shall Welches Elementary School District levy $106.782 in excess of the statutory limitation for an operating levy for 1982 1983“ PURPOSE: These funds are to provide for the continuation of existing programs for the Welches School Distrct. The district's tax base does not provide sufficient funds to support the district's pro grams If the measure Is approved. $72.012 of the taxes levied In the 1982 1983 fiscal year are eligible for portial state fun ding. However $34.770 of the taxes will be totally financed by local taxpayers without any partial state payment. The combined levies would cost approximately 574 per $1,000 evaluation before applicable tax relief We anticipate the total tax rote for next year to be approximately $ 30 less than the current year. George D Poppen County Clerk P782-11 7-15 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATS OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF CLACKAMAS P782-13 715 Prebege Deportment Estate of: NORMA LAUZON FLEISCHMAN Deceased No P82 5-18 Notice to Interested Persons Probate proceedings in the estate of Norma lauzon Fleischman. deceased, are now pending in the above en titled court, wherein Gladys. G. Slack the undersigned, has been appointed and has qualified as the personal represenative of soid estate All persons having claims against said estate hereby are required to present them, in due form, within four months after the dote of the first publication of this notice, as stated below to the under signed at the following od- dress now designated at the place for the presentation of claims, fa-wit: Jeffrey A. Crook. Attorney ot Low. P O. Box 118 Sandy OR 97055. All persons whose rights may be affected by the said prooat« proceedings may ob tain additional information from the records of the court, the undersigned personal representative or the latter's attorney(s) who (are): Jeffrey A. Crook Attorney P.O. Box 118 Sandy, OR 97055 or Gladys G. Slack Personal Representative 47707 SE Wagoneer Loop Sandy, OR 97055 Dated and first published: June 24. 1982 P682-10 6-24 ____________________ 7J REQUEST FOR BIDS Sandy Union High school District No. 2 invites bids for the following BAKERY. MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS, CUSTODIAL SUPPLIES. AND LIGHTBULBS Detailed specifications are available from the Contracting Officer. Bids must be sealed and submitted in writing to the Contracting Officer at the District Administration Office by the time of the public open ing. which is 4 00 p.m., Mon day. July 26. 1962. This agency intends to award contracts to the low bidder who complies with bid requirements and specifications. This agency reseves the right to reject any and all bids. CONTRACTING OFFICER Joan E. H ay, Business Manager Sandy Union High School District No 2 17100 Bluff Road Sandy, Oregon 97055 668 8011. ext. 201 AOVCRTISEMiNT FOR BIOS Sealed proposals for the re h a b ilitatio n of various streets in the City of Sandy, Oregon addressed to the City Manager. P O. Box 116. San dy. Oregon 97055 will be received until 10 00 a m. on the 2nd of August 1982. in the Council Chambers, City of Sandy, 39250 P io n e e r Boulevard. Sandy. Oregon at which time all b'ds will be opened and publicly read aloud. The project consists of a) removing and replacing ap proxim ately 1100 square yords of osphalt pavement chip sealing approximately 4200 lineal feet together with construction of approximately 1000 lineal feet of asphalt penetration macadam. Plans and specifications may be examined and obtain ed from the office of the City Engineer at Sandy City Holl 39250 Pioneer Boulevard. San dy. O re g o n , te le p h o n e number (503) 668-5533. A copy of the documents may be ob tained ot the City Hall in Sandy * upon a payment of $25.00 fo1* each set. The full amount of deposit will be refunded if each set of documents in returned in good condition within 10 days after bid open ing. Bidders who are in doubt as to their qualifications are en couraged to contact the City Engineer informally to deter mine if a prequalification re quest is necessary. Pre qualification requests must be submitted by no later than 5 00 P.D.T. on the 26th day of July. Each proposal must be sub mitted on the prescribed form and accompanied by a cer tified check or bid bond payable to the City of Sandy Oregon, in an amount of not less than ten (10) pecent of the total amount of the proposal submitted The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a bond for faithful performance on the contract in the full amount of the Contract price. The owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any informalities in bidding No Bidder moy withdraw his bid for o period of forty-five (45) calendar days after the date set for opening thereof Roger Jordan City Manager P682-12 7-15 7 22 You gel more for your money w ith a Stihl F S 8 0 dent and anadromous fish in the Sandy River system They were concerned with the possible avoidance of the Salmon River by rest dent and anadrom ous salmonids if treatm ent plant efflu en t w ith or w ith o u t c h lo r in e is discharged without ade quate dilution '* William E. Pitney, the chief of the department’s en viron m ental manage ment section, expressed such concerns in a letter to engineers studying the treatment facility for the area Pitney said that adult salm on and steelh ead returning to spawn in areas in the upper reaches of the Salmon River would have to pass th ro u g h the Welches area during their upstream migration from November through March, while ‘ juveniles could be d r if t in g or m ig ra tin g dow nstream throughout most of the year ” The department had con cerns about the treatment facility’s outflow if it was to empty into the Salmon River It was feared the im portance of the stream, as it pertains to the fisheries in not only the Sandy River system but also in the lower Colum bia R ive r, would be greatly reduced. Through both research and practical experience, the department said that trout and salmon will avoid areas with chlorine even “ at very low concentra tions ” It has been reported by the department's biologists that trout have avoided chlorinated water with as Campaign funds go to ECHO, Sandy Center C a ro ly n S m ith . a Rhododendron Democrat who ran unsuccessfully for a seat in House District 23, has kept her campaign pro mise of donating unspent campaign fun'1- ♦« the needy Smith recentl., donated $50 to the Estacada ECHO Center and $50 to the Sandy Community Action Center A former small business owner in Estacada, this past spring Smith served is a infer............. of the ECU» t i i nlet Board of Direi inr" uatu uie vacancy could be filled. “ Fishlife in the Sandy little as 001 parts per River is not expected to be million At Columbia River significantly impacted in dams they report that itially because of the in salmon have even avoided troduction of chlorinated passage over fish ladders e fflu e n ts d u rin g high because traces of chlorine stream flow discharge.” were present in the water continued the report "Low G e ra ld M . B e ll, a stream flow discharge of fisheries biologist who treated effluents has been works as aq u atic to x prohibited by the discharge ic o lo g is t w ith D E Q ’s standards, thus avoiding laboratories and applied possible adverse impacts " research office, echoed ECOLOGICAL DESER T similar concerns Bell said that if fish are Bell sail that fish, par exposed to chlorinated ticulary anadromous fish water for a long period of such as s a lm o n and time they will lose the abili steelhead, can detect the ty to swim and will lie on presence of even small the bottom Within 24 hours traces of chlorine in the they will die water ‘ due to the irritation to their gills " In the 1976 U S. En Once the fish detects viro n m e n ta l P ro tectio n chlorine, Bell said that they Agency manual on quality will not move upstream, criteria for water, field thus migration and spawn studies on the the relation ing are disrupted ship between fish and In an October 1977 study chlorine showed that if the for the county by Stevens, concentration was not kept Thompson and Runyan Inc. m in im a l, th en the of P o rtla n d , p o te n tia l discharge of these treated adverse impacts of the new effluents could be toxic to tr e a tm e n t p la n t on fish. fisheries was denied Bell said chlorination “ Chlorine is commonly problems can be identified used to disinfect sewage ef by an absence of mayflies fluent, killing pathogenic and stoneflies in a river. bacteria and viruses,” said T h e s e a re im p o r ta n t the report. “ It has long sources of food for fish been known to be toxic to ii> ,i< .i < ,i . . aquatic life in heavy con centrations, and detrimen 8 ’ i \-f" .1 uiMM tal to salmonoids in rather ntui Medford, the pro low concentrations. blem s associated with chlorination can mean the loss of more than these aquatic insects In an area 300 to 400 feet d o w n s tre a m of th is stream's outflow pipe a biological study showed that there is an absence of not only food but fish He referred to this zone as “an ecological desert Yet, even when the con centration of chlorine is low. there are still adverse impacts on the stream's fisheries Bell said the discharge pipes of most plants are located near a bank where the c h lo rin a te d w a te r gradually mixes with tht river water through its cur rents and flow s. T he Welches plant discharges in this manner. While the mixing process is taking place, said Bell, p ro b le m s are b eing created Bell said small fish stay near the edge of streams to escape p re d a tio n H o w e v e r, w h ile th e discharged chlorinated ef fluent flows downstream, these small fish will head tow ard the m id dle to escape the treated water until ♦♦ 1* -roperly diluted .it, said Be 11, is a higher pred atio n ra te , which directly effects the Please turn to Page 5. 9 ft ft f t / Our 17th anniversary sale continues and you’ll find extra savings on all of our famous brand appliances, television and video recorders plus our full selection of LA-Z-BOY recliner chairs. Stop by today for all of these low anniversary sale prices and our convenient credit terms. KitchenAi v v v J E N N -A IR $5O Rebates O U tlO e V S M W Got *50 back from KitchenAid on selected built-in and portable dishwashers* or a KCS-100 Trash Compactor. 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