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About Sandy post. (Sandy, Oregon) 1938-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1982)
^ SANDY (O r« ) rOST Thur» Aug 13 l<*2 >>•< I) People Home & Garden Features Area News The Sdintfy Post Service District land tied up in legal dispute by M IC H A EL P. JONES Post Correspondent District's 15,496.000 sewer treatment plant is located A complicated legal pro ceeding is underway con cerning ownership of the property on which the n e w ly -c o n s tr u c te d H o o d lan d S e rv ic e The dispute is over free sewer hook ups allegedly granted in exchange for the sale of 6 2 acres of land for a sewer treatment plant in Welches, near the junction of Bright Avenue and Ar- rah Wanna Boulevard The land was sold to American Guaranty Lafe, the owners of the Rippling River Resort, by W B. and H Dorothy P a rk e r of Salem in February, 1977, for $12,500 A ccording to Nelson Walker, one of the at torneys handling the case for the service district, the Parkers claim when they sold the land to American G uaranty the company agreed to allow them a number of free hook-ups to the sewer treatment plant At that time the service district had not been form ed and American Guaranty was considering building its own treatment plant Kindergarten set to open Lucretia Creitz of Bor ing, who has nine years ex perience as an elementary school teacher, is opening a kindergarten this fall "1 just feel we need a kindergarten in the area,” she said The kindergarten SUHS graduate to head radio station Matt Simonia, a com m unication arts m ajo r from Sandy, has been rum ed manager of the George Fox College student radio station in Newberg, KGFC. Simonis will be a junior next year The 1980 SUHS graduate has been active as an on the air personali- Benefit auction planned A community potluck dinner and auction, with the proceeds going to the Hoodland fireworks fund, is planned for Sept 4 at the Hoodland Women's Club on Welches Road. A tug of war between W elches G rad e School teachers and students is scheduled for 4 30 p m , with sign up at The Book Place T h e f a m ily p o tlu ck begins at 5:30 with the auc tion an hour later Persons are advised to take their own table service Auction donations may be made at The Book Place, Call 622 3280 or 622 4671 for more information ty. as well as serving as a technician He's also served as m en's b asketball team m anager, freshman orien tation leader and deputa tion team member. The station uses carrier current for its on-campus transmission of programs. It is headquartered in the college's student union building. Simonis is the son of M r. and Mrs H G Si mom* of Sandy w ill be held Tuesdays, W ed nesd ays and Thursdays from 6:30 a m to noon at the Hood view S ev en th -d a y A d v e n tis t C hu rch. «4385 S E 288th Court, Boring It is a p r iv a te kindergarten, not affiliated with the church An open house will be held Aug 30 at 10 a m C r e its , who has a bachelor’s degree in educa - tion, taught for a year in Salem, six years at Milton Freewater and two years at Hoodview School in Bor ing She has not been teaching the pax three years so that she could “ keep our home, keep the fam ily going ” The registration and en try fee is W0, with ISO charged per month for tui tion B rid es R e g is te re d at ( l o i x h r r r American Guaranty, even though the sewage treat ment plant has been com pleted and is in operation Last fall the Parkers fil ed a s u it c la im in g A m e ric a n G u a ra n ty violated the terms of the sale, and that the owner ship of the land should revert back to them They are also claiming the land is worth more than $25,000 It was agreed that the property be purchased by the service district a few years ago for $25,000, but it has not been technically purchased, said Walker. He said American Guaran ty can't insure a clear title to the county until the dispute is settled by the courts No money has thus far changed hands between the service district and A Sun FLEE1 C A s GROOM Cozann R Banek Ann Crawford Colleen McGuire Sylvia Haubncka Diana Kudma Jan Drysdale Joelle Ghigleri Denise Hildenbrand Kathy Kohall Sandra Kinney Laurel Moller Kim Ogle Julie Semler School of Coobery * All sizes I Accessories Jeff Ahlquist Ben I^ers Ken Cahill Karl Minich Robert Fisher Mike Ivey Steven Coffman Ken Downey I«eeB Miller Todd Schweitz Jeff Seiler Brad Anderson Hal Ueland ’ 'W o v e g o t If N e w • Used • A bused DODSON'S BARGAIN STORE *\(c L O U D T R E E & SuÑ J/T W” clear title to the property, or else the public may be subject to all sorts of claims, said Abrams Walker said the county will not lose its nght to ownership of the property because of the initiation of the condemnation pro ceedings The only issue to tie resolved is the amount of money to be paid for the property Even though the county constructed the plant, the Parkers are claiming the service district is bound by A m e ric a n G u a r a n ty 's earlier promise of free hook-ups Walker said he doesn’t know how many free hook-ups are involved in the claim AUGU8T-SEPTEM B E R k a r ^ - y BRIDE when they sold the proper ty to Amencan Guaranty there was some sort of ser vice they would be getting, according to Abrams The title is not an issue now But the sale is. To g u a ra n te e the county's eventual legal ownership of the property. Abrams said condemnation proceedings are underway “ The court will establish and, if the Parkers win, they will reportedly ask $252,000 from the service d is t r ic t , ac co rd in g to Walker D ave A b ra m s , the u t ilit ie s d ir e c to r fo r Clackamas County, said when the sewer plant was constructed they knew “ there was a cloud over the property ” The Parkers assumed p R lÇ t. h 0 4 *5 SIZE 70^1 668-8690 'J F L E E J^^ a O 38888 Pioneer in Sandy 112N Main M A M « Gresham 4'( APPLIANCE mm ( PARTS ä PROFESSIONAL SOLUBLE PLANT FOOD Oenerat Purpose 20-20-20 Authorized Service For: • • • • • • Amana Frigidaire G.E. Jenn-Air KitchenAid Maytag A favoni« lor g«n«ral us« with a» house and garden plants Mad« Io professional »Ian dard» to give you professional results al home PRICE » oz e TVS' [1 S 7 6 -2 1 95« Weekly outdoor plant specials! 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