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Vol. 72 No. 31
The Sandy Post
High chlorine levels found in river
by M ICHA EL P. JONES
Post Correspondent
High concentrations of chlorine,
which is toxic to fish life and aquatic
insects, have been discovered in the
Sandy River
The chlorine was first discovered
in early June by Dennis Tylka of
Welches, while conducting a study on
the potential environmental impact
of sewers on rivers and wetlands in
the Mt Hood corridor
Tylka. a member of the Portland
Chapter of the Audubon Society,
analyzed the water in the Sandy
River above the outflow pipe of the
new Hoodland Service D is tric t
sewage treatment plant
The tests, said Tylka, were taken
about 100 feet above the pipe where
he discovered the chlorine was 02
parts per million gallons of water
The U S Environmental Protection
Agency has a ceiling of 001 parts per
million of chlorine residue to avoid
harmful effects
One month ago, after further ex
ploring the effects of chlorine on
stream life, Tylka notified the
Oregon Department of Environmen
tai Quality, EPA, the National
Marine Fisheries Service and the
Oregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife.
Irving Jones, Department of Fish
and Wildlife biologist, said discovery
of the high concentration of chlorine
caused a concern He said studies
have shown ‘water having that much
chlorine in it is not good for the fish
nor such insects as daphnia or
worms ”
“With salmon existing in the San
dy,” said Jones, "the situation looks
even worse.”
Even if the chlorine proves harm
ful only to the insects, he said, there
is still a problem because they are a
source of food for the fish
Jones said he first learned about
the chlorine problem in the Sandy
River system last week He discuss
ed the situation with DEQ and was
told they will do more testing and
follow up with an investigation to
track down the source of the
discharge
This unacceptable level of chlorine
in the Sandy River, explained Jones,
could prevent salmon, trout and
steelhead from passing upstream to
Clear Creek, the Zig Zag River,
Henry Creek and Still Creek, which
are important habitats
“We are quite concerned,” said
Jones, “ that the water quality in the
Mt. Hood area is maintained because
of its importance to the fisheries.”
A1 Hoose, D E Q la b o r a to r y
manager, said his office has had on
ly a limited look at the problem.” He
said budget cuts haven't allowed the
department to conduct an investiga-
tion because of a manpower shor
tage The northwest region office has
lost approximately 50 percent of its
staff in the past three years.
The last thing 1 heard about it
(the investigation) was they (DEQ
employees» found chlorine on one
side of the river, but it did not stretch
completely across,” he said
Hoose said this high concentration
of the chlorine was found on the north
side of the Sandy River Tylka,
however, took his test from the south
bank
The nearest sewage treatment
plant is located at Zigzag Village
upstream from the test area, off Lolo
Pass Road.
The Zigzag plant has a permit from
DEQ to discharge into the river bet-
ween the Oct. 1 and May 31, when the
river has high enough flows to ade
quately dilute the chlorine-treated ef
fluent.
Wixom said a stream survey will
be made sometime in the future and
all possibilities will be investigated
at that time.
Tylka is critical of DEQ and said
the seriousness of the situation w ar
rants a quicker response because he
reported it a month ago.
“ 1 don’t want the rivers to be used
as a gutter to accommodate develop
ment,” said Tylka. “ If the state can
not afford the cost of monitoring
growth, then they should restrain
growth until they have the funds to do
their job. Only then can we insure the
health of our rivers.”
SUHS official
‘optimistic’
about levy try
Sandy U n ion
H ig h School
S u p erintend en t Jack P e te r is
"cautiously optimistic" about the
chances of the district’s special
operating levy Aug 10
The district's first attempt for an
operating levy failed June 29, and a
tax base levy was voted down in May.
The budget was not changed
following the 1,099-895 defeat in June.
The budget committee and the
board of directors feel it is a "solid
budget,” Peters said. “This is what
we need to operate school ”
The school is asking for $2,705,474,
which would be $5 14 per $1,000
assessed valuation to homeowners
The budget is up 5 6 percent over
last year's, although offerings have
been reduced, Peters said. Total
revenues are expected to be down
$590,000 Basic School Support is ex
pected to be down $75,000, although
that figure has not been firm ly
established.
Revenues w ill also be down
because of reduced income from in
vestments, and an end to tuition from
Redland students.
Gary Adams, president of the San
dy Education Association, has
reportedly mailed 200 letters to other
educators in the district asking for
support, and mem bers of the
classified staff are canvassing the
community via the telephone
About 115 students are also out
talking to people “They are student
leaders who want school to open,”
Peters said.
If the budget is voted down it will
be split into “A ” and " B ” ballots on
Sept 21. Alternatives will be discuss
ed at the Aug 16 board meeting
should the budget attempt fail.
Fire destroys
fam ily camper
A flash fire last Friday morning
destroyed a Sandy fam ily’s 11 year-
old camper and pointed to some safe
ty tips for area residents with recrea
tional vehicles
Mrs Robert Becker was cooking
breakfast in the camper just before
10 a m when the telephone in the
family home at 39900 Bumpy Lane
rang She went into the house to
answer the telephone and was
alerted by the barking oog that the
camper was ablaze
Sandy Fire Marshal Jim Gallagher
said the camper and its contents
were a total loss and estimated
damage at $1,000
One problem Sandy firefighters
faced when they answered the alarm ,
he said, was the narrowness of the
road. Because Bumpy Lane is a
private road, the usual dedication of
roadbed isn’t applicable
The Becker fam ily have fence in
their front yard and the fire engines
could not pull into the driveway.
Gallagher said the firefighters had
Just enough firehose to reach the fire
Because of the construction of
recreational vehicles, G allagher
said, It to advised that they are equip
ped with a smoke detector and a fire
extinguisher.
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Hazelett draws
20-year term
fo r slaying
A 19-year-old Sandy man was
sentenced last Wednesday to 20 years
in
p riso n
for
firs t-d e g re e
manslaughter in the March 4 slaying
of his father
However, Clackamas County C ir
cuit Judge Charles Sams found that
th e re w e re ’ m itig a tin g c i r
cumstances” ir. the slaying of Dr.
Hubert H Hazelett, 52, a local
chiropractor, by Harvey Hayden
Hazelett. As a result, he suspended a
five-year minimum sentence normal
ly required in killings involving a
fir e a r m , according to Deputy
District Attorney Janine O’Neill.
Sams ruled that the elder Hazelett
had a “ prolonged and great in
fluence” over his son, slowing the
younger man’s maturation and self-
confidence, O’Neill said.
She said that investigators found
that the elder Hazelett treated his
fam ily in a “ Hitlerian” fashion.
Suspending the minimum sentence
means Harvey Hazelett could be
eligible for parole in 30 months He
had faced a penalty of up to 20 years
in prison and a $100,000 fine
He was originally charged with
murder in the slaying of his father
but pleaded guilty to first-degree
manslaughter as part of a plea
bargain.
Dr. Hazelett’s body was found ear
ly March 5 in the Sandy River by
fishermen just downstream from the
Revenue Bridge
An autopsy revealed that the elder
Hazelett died from shotgun wounds
to the chest and massive head in
juries
H a z e le tt's yo u ng er b ro th e r,
Herbert, 17, was originally charged
with the murder. Charges against
him were dropped by the Clackamas
County District Attorney's office
after investigation in the case deter
mined his innocence
Oral Hull to
dedicate new
24-room dorm
Photo by Dan Dillon
Sandy Police Chief Fred Punzel and Firefighter Ron Smith talk with Norman
John Beatty, 38772 SE Lusted Road. Boring, after the car he was driving col
lided with a pickup truck driven by Patrick Rotherham of Portland one and a
half miles east of Sandy Friday afternoon. Beatty was cited for failure to yield
right of way by Oregon State Police.
A s contractors^ bids unsuccessful
Road improvements delayed two weeks
The city’s summer road improve
ment program was dealt a setback
Monday night when the Sandy City
Council rejected all bids from con
tractors vying to do the paving
The city will now go back through
the bid process, delaying the im
provement program by at least two
weeks
Two contractors bid on the job
which includes paving on North Bluff
Road, chip seal on Sandy Heights,
Hood Street and Hoffman Avenue,
and oil mat on Hoffman Lane, Hoff
man Avenue, Strauss Avenue and
Junker Street.
However, one bid was more than
$13,000 above Public Works Director
Greg Di Loreto's $34,000 estimate.
The other failed to provide a bid bond
which makes it invalid That bid was
some $11,000 below Di Loreto’s
estimate
He said he had planned to have the
contractors on the job, paving Bluff
Road by Aug 16 With the rebidding
process, it looks now like no road
work will be underway before Aug.
27
Di Loreto said the city is setting the
program up so that if the new bids
come in high again, some of the con
struction will be eliminated No
priorities have been set as to what
projects would be postponed, he said
That wasn't done the first time
around, the public works director
said, because he anticipated that he
would negotiate with the high bidder
until a satisfactory price was arrived
at The city council nixed that idea
and asked for the new bids
Until the new bids come in, Di
Loreto said city crews will do as
much preparation work as possible.
Crews are presently installing a
new drainage system along Bluff
Road from Highway 26 to Bell Street,
the same portion of the street which
would be paved under the summer
improvement program
In other action the council:
—Signed up for another year’s
dispatch service for the Sandy Police
Department with Clackamas County
Communications (C-COM) at a cost
of $4,842 Sandy Police Chief Fred
Punzel told the council that the local
police department has not experienc
ed the problems reported by the fire
departm ent because the police
transmitter is located at a different
site.
He said the cost, compared with
$5,163 estimated last year, takes into
consideration the possibility that the
Sandy Fire District and Hoodland
Fire District may solicit dispatch
services elsewhere
—Set Aug 16 for a joint workshop
session with the council and Sandy
Budget Committee to discuss a tax
base proposal for the November
General Election That tax base elec
tion is required by state law.
—Learned that there is a vacancy
on the Library Board George Burg
has served two consecutive terms
and is thus ineligible to serve
Anyone interested in serving on the
Sandy Public Library Board is asked
to submit a letter to Sandy City Hall.
Appointment will be made at the
Aug 16 meeting.
‘Lovers & strangers’ visit Sandy stage
by DAN DILLON
Trips lo the dentist don't generally
conjure up visions of lighthearted
entertainment, but the result of one
woman’s dental visits will offer San
dy theater goers the opportunity for
new comedic relief.
Doris Sheik, a veteran of theater
groups “all over the country,” makes
her directorial debut with the Sandy
Community Players next week when
“ Lovers and Other Strangers” opens
on the Sandy stage.
Sheik will bring with her a host of
new p erfo rm ers who may be
strangers to local audiences, but br
ing with them a wealth of experience
from Portland area theater groups
The director became acquainted
with the local theater group through
Marlene Tebo, a longtime SCP per
former and supporter, who works in
a Portland dental office. Sheik is a
patient in the office
The two talked about Sandy's
growing interest in live theater One
thing led to another, said Judy Shep
pard, SCP president, and Sheik will
be at the reins next Friday when the
comedy opens its four week run
G w y n n e W a rn e r. C la u d e tte
Webster, Alfred English and Roger
Kolaks, who all appeared with Sheik
in Portland Civic Theatre's produc
tion, “ Look Homeward, Angel," will
also perform in the production
Special guest artist will be Andrew
Edwards, managing director for
Lake Oswego Community Theatre
He appeared in “The Man in the Dog
Suit,” with Sheik, along with English
Sheik, who has a theater arts
degree from the University of
Wisconsin, met her husband working
with the theater group in Rockford,
HI As they moved around the coun
try they were involved as performers
and directors in Chicago, Cincinnati
and Newton, Mass . before settling in
pie.”
Portland
Local talent involved in the produc
The two started The Masquers, a
tion include David Stafford, J P M c
group in Parkrose, and shared acting
Clellan, Noel Allen, Donna Nash,
and directing chores for 10 to 12
Susie Gwynn and Julie Griffin.
years
She took a hiatus for a few years to
“ Lovers and Other Strangers” in
watch her son perform in athletics,
volves five short comedies that play
but three years ago caught the bug to
with typical, but in this case
get back into theater Since that time
hilarious, situations inherited in
she has worked with the Firehouse
man woman relationships from the
Theatre, I>ake Oswego Community
kitchen to the bathroom
Theatre, Pub Theatre and Encore
It plays on the crazy happenings
Players of Vancouver, Wash , as well
that occur when men and women get
Portland’s Civic Theatre
together
She directed “ Lovers and Other
Strangers” two years ago with the
Opening next Friday, ug. 13, at 8
Firehouse Theatre and finds it in
p m the play by Renee Taylor and
teresting working with the same play
Joseph Bologna will be presented
the second time around
Fridays and Saturdays through Aug
“ I t ’s very interesting to contrast
29 at the Sandy Community Players
what you do with the actors,” Sheik .Theater, 38935 Proctor Blvd
said
Opening night admission is $1.
“The people (in Sandy) are just
After that, tickets are $4 for adults
marvelous,” she continued. “They
and $2.50 for students and senior
have some very talented young peo
citizens
y
A new 24-room dormitory will be
dedicated this Sunday, Aug. 8, at
Oral Hull Park for the Blind as part
of the annual Funday activities from
noon to 3 p m
The newly finished dorm sleeps 48
persons and features a recreation
room. It represents one of the last
major steps in a 25-year plan to
design and build a park especially for
the blind of Oregon and Southern
Washington It will be dedicated at 2
p.m. with a representative from the
governor’s office
The new dorm will be dedicated
Philbin Hall, in memory of the
generous woman who left the
w h e re w ith a l to c o n stru ct the
building
PH ILB in HALL
DEDICATED
RUG. 8.1982
Philbin Hall will be dedicated in
memory of Evangeline Philbin, a
Portland woman who had a dream of
what Oral Hull Park could become.
Evangeline Philbin died in 1974
She was a career woman and lifetime
president of the original Portland
Woman’s Forum She became in
terested in helping build Oral Hull
Park in 1964 and had a dream of what
the place could become
The building is adjacent to the
Rainbow Lodge, which was finished
in 1975
The 22 acre park now has a lodge,
d o rm ito ry , c a re ta k e rs ’ house,
beautiful Gardens of Enchantment
with Braille and taped descriptions of
the different plant and tree exhibits,
a fountain and a variety of shrubs,
flowers and miniature fruit trees
Funday activities this weekend will
include games for the blind and a
barbecued chicken dinner prepared
by the Sandy Lions Club Cost for the
dinner will be $3 75 for adults and $2
for children All proceeds go to the
Oral Hull Foundation for the Blind
Those who buy dinner tickets will
be eligible for some beautiful prizes
Many special activities will be
spaced throughout the day on the
grounds The cakewalk will be con
ducted by three clowns with special
music. There will be square dancing,
a nail pounding content, log sawing
contest and a ringtoss game.