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V ol. 72 N o. 37 SANDY OREGON. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 1982 ( I S P S IMI-IMI) Body found in Brightw identified SUHS readies for vote, shut-down of school I The body of Herbert Eugene Weed, 25, was found handcuffed in a field 18 miles up Wild Cat Creek off Highway 26 He had been shot Officials are not making known some facts in the case as they continue investigation Death is believed to have occurred about Aug 26 Weed lived in Southeast Portland and was self-employed No decision reached yet on manager Following a day long session last Saturday interviewing prospective candidates to serve as the city of San dy's new city manager, local officials are undecided who will fill the posi tion. Former City Manager Roger Jor dan resigned Aug 31 to accept a sim ilar position in Dallas, Ore., where he had previously served as assistant city manager Jordan has been retained as a consultant by local officials to assist in the search for a replacement. Mayor Ruth Loundree said the City Council spent Saturday interviewing six finalists but it reached no decision on a successor She said Jordan has been asked to do some research before the final choice is announced. “ We haven’t settled on anyone,” she said. “ I ’m hoping Monday night we can decide ” The City Council will meet in ex ecutive session—not open to the public—to discuss the selection, she said. The regular council meeting will get underway at 7:30 p.m. in San dy City Hall Photo by Dan Dillon A Boring firefighter stands in the mist as he sprays out the last of a fire that destroyed an abandoned shed on Richey Road in Boring last Friday. The shed was destroyed in an unauthorized burn, according to Fire Chief Matt. Shields. Because the shed was abandoned. Shields said no loss was estimated. Dips slightly, but turn-around seen Sandy enrollments reflect state trend First-week enrollment figures for Sandy area schools dipped slightly this year, going right along with predicitions that enrollments in Oregon would drop. In the Sandy Elem entary District, 1,426 students had enrolled by Mon day this year, compared to 1,453 on a similar date one year ago. At Sandy Union High School, enrollment was down “ about 20 students” from a year ago. Verne Duncan, state superinten dent of public instruction, had predicted a dip in school enrollments in his annual prognostication, citing the state’s poor economy as the chief reason for the decline “ We had predicted steady growth fo r the 1980s,’ * Duncan said, “ because of a sharp increase in the number of Oregon births since 1973 “ But fewer Oregon jobs mean fewer Oregon students,” he said. “ Unemployment chased thousands of families out of the state last year, giving our schools our biggest stu dent loss in history.” Duncan said the num ber of students attending elementary and secondary schools in 1961-82 was down 1.9 percent and represented the lowest total since 1964-65. “ I don’t believe we’ve hit bottom yet,” he said “ Many parents who left the state last year for work cameback this summer to move their fam ilies.” Locally, school administrators are so sure that will be the case in Sandy’s future. “ Our current enrollments reflect a cycle in the drop in population growth," said Sandy Elementary Superintendent Clark Lund. “ We have a trend going the other way, though, now.” He expects Sandy Elem entary District’s enrollment to climb over the next three to four years, noting that local kindergarten through second-grade classes have larger enrollments than upper grades. Currently, the district’s second largest class is the first grade. The largest class is the sixth grade and, when combined with this year’s fifth grade class district-wide, Lund an ticipates that Cedar Ridge School will experience one of its all-time largest enrollments next year Throughout the district, only Kelso School shows an enrollment increase The other schools, however, have ex perienced only a “slight drop.” At Sandy High School, Dick H ar rison, director of student services, said part of the school’s attendance drop can be attributed to the loss of students from the Redland District. L a s t y e a r ’s g ra d u a tin g class represented the last of the students from that district who will be bused to Sandy. As as result of that anticipated loss, he said he planned the cur riculum to accommodate approx imately 1,160 students by the end of the first semester “ If indeed, we do have 1,160 students at that time, it will be down,” Harrison said. However, he pointed out that Sandy High School has had a stable enroll ment for the past 10 years, never fluctuating more than 80 students. “ I don’t envision any drastic rises or drops in the next two to three years," he said. Neither administrator expects the lower enrollments to affect their district’s state Basic School Support. Lund pointed out that the support is only partially based on enrollment and with the m inim al drop, it shouldn’t ad ve rs ely a ffe c t the district. At SUHS, the missing students are “ mostly tuition students (from Redland), so it will not affect us that much," Harrison said. Commissioners OK golf course change by M IC H A E L P. JONES Post C o rre s p o n d e n t Despite objections by the Mt. Hood Corridor Citizen Planning Organiza tion, the Clackamas County Board of Commissioners voted Monday to allow American Guaranty Financial Corporation to convert 14.5 acres of B ow m an’s G o lf C o u rse to developable land. In their new role as hearings of ficers, the commissioners voted to approve the request. The proposal will allow the modification of a condi tional use permit, originally approv ed in 1965 That paves the way for removal of two parcels of land from the 126-acre golf course. Following the hearing, Clackamas County planner Gary Naylor said the conditional use change will give T by SCOTT NEWTON one lives. Parents considering transferring I Joan Hay, deputy clerk at Sandy their high school-aged student to I Union High School, has a file three another school have also had ques j quarters of an inch thick explaining tions Hay said that if a student I school closure procedures. changes districts, his parents must I For someone who cares about pay tuition in that district unless they educating young people, that’s not or a guardian live there I exactly a productive use of one’s Tuition at Parkrose High School is time, Hay pointed out. $3,498 this year. I But, for the last two weeks she has If the school closes an athlete may . been figuring out how to implement transfer to another school and com the closure of the school. pete However, the Oregon School “ I guess I ’m expecting the worst Athletic Association would not allow and hoping for the best,” said Wayne that same athlete to come back and I Johnson, board president. participate for Sandy if the school A major topic at the school board reopens meeting Monday night was the clos Other district patrons know they ing of the school, and Superintendent paid $4 35 per $1,000 valuation to Jack Peters addressed students at an SUHS last year, but thought the $4 70 assembly Wednesday morning to per $1,000 valuation being asked for discuss the same thing this year was in addition to the $4 35 On Sept 21 voters may approve or valuation This is not true disapprove an operating levy, which For 1981-82, a $75,000 house with a is divided into “ A ” and “ B” ballots. $4 35 valuation cost $326 25 in school If the “ A ” ballot of $2,069,093 is taxes. If the “A ” and ” B" ballots defeated, all athletics and student ac pass Tuesday that same property, tivities will cease Sept. 28 The last with a valuation of $4.70, would cost day of school would be Sept. 29. the owners $352 50, or $26 25 more On Oct. 19 voters could again con The “ A ” and “ B” ballots will be sider the district's budget, with a yes voted on separately. The ” B" ballot vote getting students back in school is for $404,040. Included on the "B " on Oct. 21. The next election would be ballot is the $32,440 swimming pool Nov. 2. fund. $41,-22 in athletics, $15,360 for If the school closes teachers would club advisors and $134,446 for sup be laid off, and a skeletal staff, com plies. prised of Peters. Hay, Jerry Swails, “ We re trying very hard to regain m aintenance supervisor, Esther some credibility for the school and Bradford, switchboard operator how it’s managed,” Johnson told The (half time) and security personnel, Post. would remain. He feels the board has responded to Though it costs $25,818.24 per what the public wants by “ taking the school day to educate the almost 1200 activities out of the daily homework” students that attend SUHS, with and re tu r n in g to a “ c o re maintenance, insurance, security curriculum.” personnel and other expenses it Johnson added, “ We’ve carved a would cost $5,776 62 to have the pretty good chunk, too.” building sit empty, according to Hay. Peters said, “My contact with peo School officials have spent some ple leads me to believe we’re going to time recently trying to clear up be successful Tuesday.” misunderstandings about the budget, Peters had a number of meetings and property taxes. Some people on the mountain Monday, and reports have been under the mistaken belief receiving positive feedback. that all the property taxes they pay Peters pointed out SUHS opened in go to the SUHS district, when in fact 1914, and has never closed, even dur those dollars also go to the city, coun ing the depression. That “ historic ty, the elementary district and the consideration” also provides him fire district, depending upon where with a reason for being optimistic. The young man found slain Sept 4 in a field near Brightwood has been identified as a Portland automobile mechanic. by DAN DILLO N Single Copy 25< American Guaranty the opportunity to develop that portion of the golf course into housing. “ If they can take it out of the condi tional use for the golf course, then they can develop it,” said Naylor. '’But we don’t have any specific development proposal before us They have only submitted a concept on an aerial photograph. ” Naylor said the first parcel to be af fected is approximately two acres of grass and small trees It is triangular and sits between the Green Tee Motel and the resort’s former restaurant. The second parcel encompasses approximately IS 5 acres and lies Just east of the golf course fairways It is forested, contains swampy soils and has a pair of small ponds U n d e r th e c u r r e n t zo nin g classification, a proposal such as American Guaranty's is allowed, ac cording to Naylor That is backed up in the county's proposed land use designation which goes before the s ta te L an d C o n s e rv a tio n and D e v e lo p m e n t C o m m is sio n in December In a report to the commissioners, the planning staff recommended ap p ro val of the conditional use modification. They said exclusion of these two parcels would not adverse ly affect the golf course because they are not part of the playing area. If these parcels are later developed for housing, the planning staff said, this “ would be consistent with ex isting or potential development on adjacent parcels ” The commissioners' approval of the request, goes against sn earlier recommendation made by the Mt. Hood Corridor CPO The local plann ing group voted 8-5 on Aug 30 against the conditional use permit modifica tion. Bob Dorman, an officer of the CPO, said the biggest problem for citizens who attended the meeting was the lack of available information "We got a technical piece of paper (from the county) that told us nothing,” said Dorman Concerns such as the need for the conversion of 14.5 acres of recrea tional land to a condominium use and the timing of the proposed project during difficult times in the real estate market, were raised by CPO members “ The consensus of those present was there wasn't any real reason to change the zoning of the property.” said Dorman. “ The zoning was pro per when they orginally did it.” Mountain high school not tied to SUHS vote by M IC H A E L P. JONES Post Correspondent Mt. Hood area voters should exer cise caution, said Welches School Superintendent Kenneth Blackburn, if they believe voting against Sandy Union High School levies will lead to a mountain high school. Blackburn is currently gathering facts on 11 school districts in the state that are comparable in size to the Welches area Not a formal school board or superintendent proposal, Blackburn is gathering information about costs, curriculum offerings and building facilities needed for a small high school with a student population of 145 because of the in quiries by taxpayers,. Even if a new high school proves feasible, Blackburn thinks it will be months before it could open “There may be people operating under the erroneous assumption that a Welches High School will become a reality with the defeat of SUHS’s levies." said Blackburn. “This is not so” Establishing a high school is a “ lengthy process,” said Blackburn. During the interim, SUHS needs to remain open If the A and B levies are defeated, Blackburn estim ated the SUHS District could spend up to $1 million “ closing the system down Parents in the mountain area could then look forward to no high school in close proximity for their children to attend, said Blackburn To continue the education of their high school-aged children, Blackburn said parents would have only a limited number of options available to them. shut down, the district would be under “ no obligation to pay for tui tion in another district for students.” “ It comes down to if you cannot provide a school for students in your own district there obviously isn’t enough money to pay the tuition for students, or even selective students, in another district,” said Blackburn. Four autos collide on Sandy street It wasn't as spectacular as recent c h a in -re a c tio n c o llis io n s in Portland's Vista Tunnel, but a four- car accident last Wednesday after noon illustrates a common problem with driving on Sandy's two main thoroughfares Randall Martin of Sandy told police he was driving west on Proctor Boulevard when he saw a car p a r a lle l p a rk in g in fro n t of Clackamas County Bank As he slow ed, his car was hit from behind by one driven by Neeta Rowe of Portland Her car, in turn, was struck by one driven by Cynthia Hauser of Sandy and she was struck by a vehicle d rive n by Kevin Robinson of Estacada None of the drivers were injured. Police said the vehicles were following too close, but no citations were issued. Index SECTION I The first would be to “ physically move” to another district, either the entire fam ily or just the student, said Blackburn This would prevent the fam ily from being charged tuition which could be as high as $3,000 or more a year per student This does not include the cost of transportation to and from school Editorial, Opinion ....... Senior Center News__ Keeping Posted ........... Inside the Church .. Menus Obituaries Area News Sports, Recreation . . . . A n o th e r a lt e r n a t iv e , sa id Blackburn, would be to pay the tui tion to another school district, “ if they would even accept the student.” Blackburn also said if SUHS does Classified Ads........... Inside Tab TV Revue .................Inside Tab Football Program ..In sid e T a b ......... 2 .... 4 ....... 4 ........ 5 .13-14 SECTION II
