The Sdf ndv Post
Von Braschler. Publisher
Editorial & Opinion
C o ro lin e D u ff Office Monoger
Dan Dillon. Editor
Scott Newton. News Editor
SANDY, OREGON. THURSDAY. AUGUST 5. 1982
Chlorine-high water may hurt
Did that last fish you caught in
Roslyn Lake smell chemically-
treated like the swimming pool’
A Welches member of Audubon
Society believes upon test results
he gave state and local agencies
that something may be fishy, in
deed, about chlorine level in local
waters
His “ k it” tests suggest alarm
in g ly high concentrations of
chlorine above the new Hoodland
water treatment plant on Sandy
River and downstream as far as
Roslyn l^ake. Now the trick is get
ting the Department of Environ
ment Quality and Oregon Fish
and W ildlife concerned about
danger to m igratory game fish
and their insect feed enough to
conduct their own thorough site
investigation.
The chlorine level in the lake
appears twice that of federal En
vironmental Protection Agency
safe guidelines. That may explain
why mostly only “ suckers" and
other garbage vacuum fish show
up on fishing banks lately.
No direct danger to people from
heavily cb’orinated water has
been cited yet, however.
The state DEQ found high
chlorine level on the opposite
bank from the private tests, but
has stalled any stream survey for
weeks. The reason, they say, is
reduced manpower after three
years of state cutbacks.
I t ’s a mystery how so much
chlorine found its way into the
w a te r. P o s s ib ilitie s in clu d e
Zigzag Village authorized sewage
dumping during high water mon
ths, seepage from the Village’s
sewage “ lagoon” and a pre
ponderance of mountain sewage
seepage into the rive r from a
number of sources.
The last possibility suggests the
mountain corrodor has reached
growth saturation with its present
sewage handling as a whole, and
could stagnate further building.
Obviously, what’s needed is an
immediate stream survey by
DEQ and site investigation by
state fisheries experts before
things get out of hand. If livability
and economic survival aren’t
serious considerations, perhaps
the future survival of Oregon’s
upstream fish population should
be.
Area residents who feel strong
ly about getting answers to this
problem should call DEQ at
229-5696 or state Fish and Wildlife
at 229-5551. (VB)
Tuesday’s school levies crucial
Vote on schools Tuesday. I t ’s a
shame to continue voting down
W elches and Sandy H igh
operating levies, simply because
not enough voters make it to the
polls.
If either school district strikes
out this third time at bat, students
and staff w ill return to school
September without local money
needed to operate. Sandy High
reportedly can’t operate past Oc
tober without local funding and
plans with levy failure Tuesday to
cut 13 of its brightest young
teachers. Welches School has
threatened sim ilar cuts in staff
and activities
Sandy High seeks to levy $2 7
m illion in local taxes for 57 per
cent of their total operating funds
Some 55 percent of the school’s
budget goes toward salaries The
requested levy means $5 14 per
$1,000 in assessed home value
from taxpayers
Smaller Welches School, mean
while, requests 57 cents per $1,000
evaluation in a combined A B levy
that amounts to $106,782 locally.
As with Sandy High’s combined
A B levy, a large chunk of that
levy amount would qualify for
state property tax relief. Both
schools, however, suggested they
might separate this A levy portion
from the B levy portion, should
voters force another test at polls
Sept 21.
Welches anticipates its local tax
rate for next year w ill be approx
imately 30 cents less than the cur
rent year. Sandy High, mean
while, has reduced funds for pro
grams and services including
teachers, materials, supplies and
maintenance, with no new pro
grams or services.
The public push for quality
education has turned to “ shove,”
and the ones least able to land on
their feet in the tustle are young
students whose birthright for a
free public education is threaten
ed
For their sake, we urge all
district voters next Tuesday to
visit their assigned polling place
at either Boring Grade School,
Bull Run School, Cottrell School,
Firwood School, Kelso School,
Sandy Elementary School, Sandy
City Hall or Wemme Lions Club
(VB)
Ask the superintendent:
Lunch program defended
Readers blast, defend school budgets
School needs cuts
Levy explained
Once again we, the property
taxpayers, are asked to shell out
to Sandy Union High School hard-
earned dollars money that most
of us can ill afford in these hard-
pressed times.
The people are being asked to
take wage cuts We are are being
layed off or living in fear of
layoff
If your home is assessed at
152.000. you will be billed an exta
1267 28 on your property per year
or 122 26 per month
On June 29 a Welches School
A-B ballot was defeated by seven
votes. 210 to 216 Some 426
patrons remembered to vote.
Tuesday, Aug. 10,the district
again will offer a $106,782 A-B
ballot that is needed to continue
existing programs
Should the ballot again fail, the
following staff and activities ten
tatively have been identified for
eliminated from the 1982 1983
c u r r ic u lu m :
1.
S ta ff—kin d e rg a rte n teach er,
music teacher and physical
e d u c a tio n
te a c h e r ;
2
A c t iv it is —co c u rr ic u la r a r t,
drama and sports
On Aug 10 you will be offered a
levy that will cost about 57 cents
per $1,000 befor tax relief Are the
school's programs worth an addi
tional 57 cents’
At least exercise your right to
In these hard times ( for most of
us) It takas s lot of gut* for
anyone to ask the property tax
payers for any more money,
Why don’t we hear from Sandy
High about economy—cutting
back on the frills’
If our children were being pro
perly educated, maybe it would
be different However, the quali
ty of our teachers and ad
ministrators is pathetic at best
L e t’s get back to the basics and
forget those programs that are
next to m eaningless
L et's
economize
William H Tuttle
Sandy
K C Blackburn
Welches superintendent
Support school
Again Sandy Union High School
District must come to voters for
approval of an operating levy for
the coming year, a levy that will
sustain educational quality in our
community
Working in the financial in
dustry makes me acutely aware
of how devastating recessionary
pressures can be to business and
households alike One must
realize, however, these pressures
are equally devastating to our
public school system They, too,
must pay seemingly ever-higher
prices for goods and services
Our schools are tools the city
may use to attract business, jobs
and people to Sandy whereby it
may grow and flourish These
tools give our own young people
knowledge and ability to make
social and economic contribu
tions to the community.
As with any machine or tool,
the schools must be maintained
at peak operating efficiency in
order to accomplish this task
when required
I urge everyone to support their
own future Support the Sandy
Union High School levy
Kent Hall
Sandy
Tourney success
Thanks to all those who par
ticipated in and helped with our
tournament last weekend, the se
cond annual Sandy Women’s Soft-
ball Tournament was a great sue
cess
Special thanks to Jerry Swails
for preparing the fields and Will
Abshere for liming
Also thanks to Dennis and
Janice Traxler and Carol Hilstad
for scorekeeping, our ASA um
pires and all those who helped in
the concession stand
Our appreciation to Sandy L it
tle League and Mac McCall for
use of their concession and all
Sandy merchants who donated
special prizes
It takes community effort to
make local programs succeed,
and the SASA is finding this sup
port and cooperation in the Sandy
area
Barb Johnson
Brenda Leathers
Mary Tholen
‘Thank you’
Barlow T rail Long Rifles wish
to extend their gratitude to those
local businesses whose support
through donations assisted in
making our fifth annual black
powder shoot a success
Wynn G Thies
Vice-president
Personally speaking
by l)K JOHN PETERA
Superintrndrnt, Sandy High
QUESTION
Why doesn't Sandy High
School have a hot lunch program’
ANSWER
Sandy High School doe* have
a I m »( lunch program The only difference
l*etwren a hot plate lunch and the Sandy
High School met hod la In the manner of
aervlng Our food la vended, and aa a result
we have cut down on moat of our waate
Student* have a wide variety of food* from
which to choose and are guaranteed »elec
Ilona that are taaty and nutritious We are
able to keep food coat* down and thus can
return the saving* to students In the form
of lower prk-ea Our top price for any item
la 70 renta Moat of the food la freshly
prepared In our own kitchen and la weigh
ed and packaged according to the highest
»tandarda We have added a salad bar,
which la among the moat popula. features
of our lunch menu
Q UESTION
How did the recent evalua
lion of Sandy High School turn out’
ANSWER: You must mean the stan
'lards review that waa < onducted on our
campus March 2125 We received a »tan
dard ' rating, which means that Sandy
High School met State of Oregon re
(juirem enta in all areas Fulfilling the law
la what standards teams assess Each
Oregon achoat la evaluated every five
years by criteria sat up by the Minimum
Standards for Oregon Schools Dozens of
•pertslMls loot into every corner of the
irhsal and verify whether the school meats
the intent of the law In our cess wa had B
of wham filed a Iwo-or
that slates thetr fin
F ortunately wa have no gaps Tbs
i rop art, wa received June 1« will
care fu lly by our beard of
Letter to the editor:
Hood Classic benefit showed class
directors It not only lists summaries of
the findings and at -nmendations. but
makes some constructive recommends’
bon* for future practice We ll be taking
all of those suggestions seriously
QUESTION Why does the photograph
that accompanies Or Jack Peters column
show him smiling, when the budget has
bean voted down twice’ Signed. ' Just
Wondering "
ANSWER Although I was disappointed by
our June St defeat, my smile comas
naturally whan I consider Sandy High's
great staff and excellent instructional pro
gram It M aaay far ma to be optimistic and
positive about the future, because I have
enormous faith In our com m unity’s
citizens and thetr willingness to invest »up
port tn our school The cooperation we
receive both from our employees and
patrons we serve Io enough for me to wear
• happy face I sincerely hope ¿^becomes
contagious
(N O TE: : D r. Esters w in answer
la care ef The Pest. P.O. Bex «
1 stopped by the Celebrity
Classic at Rippling River the
weekend before last, and I must
admit I waa a little intimidated
The whole thing. I thought, was
a little highbrow lor my tastes
Also, as I watched the tennis tour
nament, I didn’t see anyone
famous, and others around me
were going, "Who are those
guys?"
1 had just watched Mark Ham
by» spirited Hoodland Huskies
win a baseball game So I thought,
why run a picture of a bit actor
playing tennis when I ’ve got all
these pictures of local kith
Before 1 left the Rippling River
Resort 1 saw the tournament
director, Ann Donaca. though I
didn’t know it at the time
Donaca is M . going on 25
I talked to some Sandy people
who attended, and they laid mo
my impression of the event as a
highbrow affair waa off target
So I called the tournament
director to find out what the
Celebrity Golf Tennis Classic was
all about
Two and a half y e a n ago
Donaca a brother went blind. It
was just before he was tn receive
his degree aa an architect
te the
in at press tim e, Donaca figures
they raised between $15,000 to
$20,000 fo r the benefit of the Deaf-
B lind People of Oregon Inc and
the Kiw sm s Camp fo r Handicap
ped Children
The Portend Bee vers, KGW TV,
M a le tis+ C o lu m b ia D is trib u tin g
( liq u o r d is tr ib u to r s ) , C lassic
Chauffeurs, Stark Street Pizza
a n d A la ska A irlin e s donated
thousands of dollars to m ake it a ll
possible.
On top of that Donanca spent
nearly 1900 hours of her own time,
working with 50 committees.
" I bad the heat committee peo-
ik for,”
m id In explaining the
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and got it (I
her brother now hao the noe of ene
eye), te return, aha did pubic ser
vice
together a aUde
the OBBC that waa shown la
m e m b e rs
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Rippling River to
m Ostobrtty Cteeaic project, and
la ba a con-
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i hired. Given
Oregon's a ttrib u t« , abe said It
could ba "tbs biggest celebrity
event la the U X . te M year»."
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af Iba atar «f the
currently works for World Pacific
Pictures in Portland Her work on
the Celebrity Classic was inter
rupted for 10 days while they film
ed, on location, "Cycling through
China " The date of the showing
has yet to be announced Donaca
will also be on Entertainment
Tonight in the near future, inter
viewing the likes of Ben Vereen,
Kate Jackson and Lorne Greene.
Celebrities in attendance at the
Classic included Ralna English of
Lawrence Welk, O lym pic pole
vaulter Bob Seagren, Heisman
trophy w inner and H ill Street
Blues star Ed M arinero, Connie
S te v e n s , M ile s M c N a m a r a
(Johnny) of General H ospital,
Tom H a llick of The Young And
The Restless, Lou G rant's Robert
Walden (Joe Rossi) and W hite
House photographer D avid Ken-
Many of the atari had such
goad lime they promised to brin
their friends next time, Donee
The moat satisfying part for
Donaca, however, was when a
crippled girl bald bar tight and
taM bar how happy she waa that
(bay are getting the roof fixed (at
tba Klwaato Camp). In the and,
that's what it waa all about.