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Vol 72 No 32 SANDY O REG O N THURSDAY AUGUST 12 ,982 (ISP S «M1IMO> Single Copy 25« Voters fail SUHS levy; officials ask assistance 1e' ' _ ...... A r"r „ » j y — —— * — k. w* »Uff , 1 L _ W o * Jf *' I ** J It’s back to the drawing board tor Sandy Union High School officials and board m em bers a fte r the d is tric t's second attem pt at an operating levy was defeated by voters This time, however, school officials hope district patrons w ill be more helpful in the budgeting process when the school board convenes Aug 16 Voters Tuesday re je cte d the district's $2 7 million proposal by a 1,328-1.061 margin The Welches School D istrict’s combined A B ballot was approved 365 284 "W e’re all disappointed," said Dick Harrison, director of student services " I think that goes without saying " Superintendent Jack Peters was unavailable for comment, but Har rison and Assistant Principal Dennis Crow are optimistic that the school board w ill arrive at a budget that is palatable to district patrons "We are going forw ard," said Crow. " A ll alternatives w ill be discussed at the board meeting Deci > M Jt„ Photo by Sandi Poutala Susie Gwynn munches a banana as J.P. McLellan tells her he wants to call off the wedding in one act of ‘‘Lovers and Other Strangers." The play, produced by Sandy Community Players, opens Friday evening at the Community Theater at N p.m. with a special one-dollar bargain night. It runs for four weekends on Friday and Saturday nights. County fair gates swing open Tuesday The 76th annual Clackamas County F a ir gets off to a rousing start this Tuesday, Aug 17. when hundreds of yo u n g s te rs pour th ro u g h the fairgrounds gates in the 1982 version of the annual Kiddie Kapers parade The parade w ill leave Canby bet ween 10 and 11a m Tuesday is K id ’s Day at the fa ir Wednesday w ill be 7-Up Fam ily Day and Thursday is Senior Citizens Day Stage shows w ill be presented on the hour every hour each day beginn ing at 1 p m with a wide variety of professional and amateur enter tainers booked for the six-day event. The annual IRA World Champion ship Rodeo has slated performances each weekday night, beginning at 7 30 p m and Sunday at 2 p m Headliners Jo Anna Burns, who was a finalist in Lawrence Welk’s quest for a "Champagne Lady." and B ill Younger, a balladeer who looks and sounds like Burl Ives, w ill spearhead a parade of performers during the fa ir "O ur outdoor stage is really going to get a workout this year," said Gerry Mickelson, fa ir manager The big even of opening day w ill be the annual talent contest scheduled to begin at 8 p.m Tuesday night The event, which draws capacity au diences every year, w ill offer variety acts in two age groups, a junior and an adult division with the age break at 14 Some 30 acts, all of which have been carefully screened in prior audi tions, w ill be presented during the evening The Miss and Mr 4 H coronation w ill be held on the outdoor stage at "People w ill come to the meetings with their ‘we wants' ‘We want a performing arts center, we want a better vocational education pro gram ' but they they vote no at the polls." he pointed out "People should participate in the democratic process at other times besides at the polls " The chance lor greater citizen par ticipation w ill be this Monday, Aug 16, at 7:30 p in when the school board convenes in Rooms 50-51 at the high school Council extends hunt for new city manager • k j W ..J sions w ill be made with the interests of the students in mind Harrison cited a need lor greater community involvement in planning the budget "I'm not speaking lor Jack." he said, "but the decisions will be dil ficult The board needs a lot of sup port and advice People should come to the board meeting Aug 16 with their recommendations "We need to know what people w ill vote for We know what they'll vote against." Harrison said 6:30 p.m Tuesday The 4-H Fashion Review is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday evening The Old Time Fiddlers w ill be on hand to entertain from 8 p m until late in the evening on Thursday, Aug 19, which is Senior Citizens Day. A sharp contrast to the old-timers w ill be a presentation by the Doris Davis Belly Dancers at 2 p m Thursday The bulls they bring to the annual F a ir rodeo are so mean they truck them to Tulsa, Okla., each year for the nation’s top rodeo event, the In ternational Rodeo Association finals. Major events at the rodeo include both bareback and saddle-bronc riding, bull riding, calf roping, g irl’s barrel racing and kid ’s bull riding, an event open to youngsters 13 to 15 years old. The fairgrounds barns w ill be packed with prize livestock, with judging events going on in the showr ings each day of the fair. A con tinuous series of horse shows are scheduled Thursday through Satur day and there w ill be special exhibits of rabbits and poultry A full program of 4-H and FFA events are on schedule, with the an nual Junior Livestock Auction slated for 1:30 p m Saturday, Aug 21. The Atrium Art Gallery, the photo exhibit and Hobby Hall w ill occupy the mezzanine floor of the main pavillion, with a wide variety of com mercial exhibits on the lower level The Cookie JarParade w ill be a highlight of 7 Up Fam ily Day at the fair, Aug 18, and participants w ill gain free admission to the fa ir 4hat day by simply showing their cookie containers at the gate by DAN DILLON The Sandy City Council last week extended the hiring process for selec tion of a new city manager Because more people are in terested in the job than had been an ticipated—63 had applied by this week—the selection process was set back two weeks to allow more time for background checks of applicants As result, interviews with five finalists w ill be conducted by the city council on Sept. 11, instead of Aug 28 as had been planned. Outgoing City Manager Roger Jor dan, who resigned to take a sim ilar position with the city of Dallas, Ore , said. "We re hoping the new city manager could be on board by mid- October or, at the latest, the first of November." Jordan's resignation is effective Aug 31. During the period between managers, Mayor Ruth Loundree w ill handle managerial duties if ad m inistrative questions come up. Finance Director June Isaakson w ill handle fiscal matters The background checks, w ith assistance from the League of Oregon Cities, w ill assist the council before propspective city managers are called to Sandy. "We want to be sure we re serious about interviewing someone before we ask them to take the travel time to come up here for an interview ," Jor dan said He added that a number of applicants are from out of state, but because of the confidentiality of the hiring process declined to elaborate The five finalists w ill be selected from among 15 candidates who sur vive an in itia l screening by a citizens’ panel and the city council. The citizens' panel w ill be compos ed of Bruce Cook. Kathleen Eldridge, Mel Haneberg, Bob Kallen, Al Morner, M arilyn Rowell and Kathy Simonson. The council’s profile for a new city manager calls for someone with b u d g e tin g e x p e rie n c e and demonstrated financial know-how The council is also interested in fin ding someone with a strong sense of the needs of a small community, rather than someone who has been tested in the often turbulent waters of a larger m unicipality Applicants were asked to have a minimum of four years experience in local government administration Filing deadline for the position is Aug. 16. State terms own chlorine testing ‘invalid’ by MICHAEL P. JONES Post Correspondent Tests last week by the state D epartm ent of E nvironm ental Quality, investigating complaints that high levels of chlorine are polluting the .Sandy River and Roslyn Lake, were invalid, accor ding to an agency spokesperson L arry Patterson, regional DEQ supervisor, said tests conducted Thursday in the Sandy River near Wemme and at Roslyn Lake were invalid because DEQ investigators were looking for higher doses of chlorine than those reported by an Audubon Society member The chlorine was discovered by Dennis Tylka of Welches in the Sandy River and Roslyn Lake about a month ago His tests show ed a chlorine concerntration of 02 P atterson said the DEQ in vestigation tested for 2, a much higher dosage and easier to read with their testing equipment "A t 02. I don’t know if we can register that low concentration of chlorine," said Patterson, " I do know what the investigaton did is totally worthless ” Patterson said he doesn't know if investigators w ill conduct addi tional tests to track the source of the chlorine down He said "w ith a diminished number of employees at the department, we really have to pick and choose what we go after.** Mark Fritzler. DEQ public af- fa in officer, said Monday that the mix-up in the tests resulted when his department followed up on a complaint made by the operators of the new Hoodland Service D istrict sewage treatment plant, not the Audubon Society The employees of the Hoodland Service D istrict reportedly took tests in the same area as Tylka. just upstream from the outfall line in Wemme, and discovered a reading of 2 The service district reported the findings to DEQ, said Fritzler, so they wouldn't be blam ed for the high concentration of chlorine discharging into the river with the effluents from the plant Fritzler said investigators took the type of tests they did because below chlorine levels of .2 aren't generally a concern and shouldn’t cause adverse effects on aquatic life He also said testing for a lower dosage of chlorine would require complicated equ'pment, "not easi ly or readily avanable in the field ” Gerald M Bel,. DEQ fisheries biologist, said he does t know what effect low doses of chlorine w ill have on aquatic organisms He said to conduct such research would be complicated Unlike high doses of chlorine, which k ill fish in relatively short periods of time, it would be d ifficu lt to recognize the consequences of lower doses E arlier. Bell had said, studies by fisheries biologists have shown that trout w ill avoid passage upstream if as little as 001 parts per m illion of chlorine residue is present Bell also said tests at the Colum bia River dams have shown that salmon w ill avoid passing over fish ladders if sm all amounts of chlorine are in the water If future testing does not reveal the presence oA chlorine in the Sandy River or in Roslyn Lake. Bell said, that should not be inter preted as meaning it never was in the water or that it won't happen again Monitoring w ill be the only way to keep on top of the problem "The thing about chlorine, i t ’s volatile," said Bell. " I t ’s just like carbonization You open the bottle for a while and the carbon is gone That doesn't mean it wasn’t there in the first place "Chlorine comes out (of the out fall pipe) and goes into the at mosphere Over a period of time it goes away ” Dave Abrams, Clackamas C’oun ty u tilitie s director, said last Thursday he requested a report on the chlorine found above the outfall p ip e fro m D w ayne W o rle y, superintendent of the sewer plant He said the report w ill detail the te sts ta ke n by the p la n t’s employees as well as the testing procedures and equipment used The findings of that report w ill be made public " I am quite confident it (the chlorine source) is not us (the sewer p la n t) but we want to make sure the stream ’s okay," said Abrams " I t 's part of our job If it's happening upstream, it w ill flow downstream and we re subject to the blame as well as anyone else” The report w ill also be sent to DEQ. said Abrams, so that agency can evaluate the plant's testing procedures for preciseness and to determine if the testing equipment is satisfactory Abrams said he wants the employees of the plant to begin monitoring the chlorine levels in the Sandy River and do whatever they can to track down whatever the sources of contaimination might be " I want to start a program of continual testing so our records w ill reflect what is happening to the riv e r," said Abrams "The fishery is vital to that <the Mt Hood-Sandy > area and d peo ple think there is damage being done to the fisheries, it wouldn't be good." said Abrains "The com munitv has spent a lot of money to protect tha, river, and we have to sec that it remains protected " Roslyn Lake testing proves futile by MICHAEL P. JONES Post Correspondent Tests by the state Department of Environmental Quality last Thurs day failed to verify the existence of high levels of chlorine in Roslyn l,ake near Sandy. The chlorine was reported in i..° lake by Dennis Tylka of Welches, an Audubon Society member who was following up on sim ila r com plaints about the Sandy River in the Mt Hood area Larry Patterson, DEQ regional supervisor, said the testing equip ment used would only register con centrations of 2 m illion parts chlorine and not the lower d(«e of 02 which Tylka reported Tylka said he tested the lake as well as the water which passes through the power generation fa cility on the lake where it flows into the Bull Run River His claims of chlorine in Roslyn Lake is being disputed by Portland General E lectric's Bull Run Power House, an engineer for the city of Portland's Water Bureau and a state Department of Fish and W ildlife fish biologist " Jay Massey, a fish biologist for Fish and Wildlife, said the high chlorine level in the lake was a pro blem several years ago on two oc casions. but that isn't the case now " I don’t have any knowledge of chlorine coming into the reservoir now," he said The man-made lake, which was built sometime between 1910 and 1912. began generating power to a predecessor of PGE's in 1912 It is stocked frequently, according to Massey, with "catchable tro u t," "W e re not having a problem with fish su rviva l," he said Tylka claimed tha, one likely source of the chlorine is the Bull Run River which is a domestic water supply for Portland He said water is occassionally sold by Portland to PGE Bob Wesselink, PGE Bull Run powerhouse operator, said that PGE purchased w a te r fro m Portland last fall for 130 days from Nov 13 to A pril 2 During that time an estimated 106 m illion gallons of water flowed the five miles from Marmot Dam into the lake every 24 hours Paul Norseth, Portland Water Bureau's chief engineer, denied any responsibility on the city's par, for releasing chlorinated water into to the lake In his 25 years at the water com pany. Norseth said, he is aware of chlorinated water tieing mistaken ly released into the lake only once Carl Bell, Bull Run powerhouse supervisor, said it is hard for him to believe there is chlorine in the lake He said the only time he re m e m b e re d c h lo rin e con (aminating the lake from Bull Run water was about nine years ago, but no, recently, to his knowledge As for dead fish being found in the lake, Bell said, they could be "suckers" killed by fishermen who don't want them He has seen this done a number of times Bell said he has received calls from fishermen concerned about what Is going on in the lake
