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The Sandy Post
V o l. 72 No. 38
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Voters keep Sandy High School doors open
by DAS DU.LOS
Monday evening m ore than 70 San
dy High School students, most of
them seniors, m arched down the
streets of Sandy asking voters to give
them the op po rtu nity to attend school
lo cally
SUHS d is tr ic t vo te rs got the
message and Tuesday ra llie d in sup
port of the school, approving the A
ballot operating levy and preventing
a prom ised Sept 29 school closure
In u n o ffic ia l return s, the $2 6
m illio n “A” ballot passed 2,330-1,515
T he $404,000 *’ B ” b a llo t w as.
however, defeated 1,989-1.697 The
turnout represented 43 percent of the
d is tric t voters.
At Sandy High School Wednesday
m orning, it was a feeling of re lie f as
students, fa cu lty and sta ff rejoiced
“ I t ’s a re lie f to say the le a st," said
P rin cip a l John M cM ahan " I t ’s nice
to know that people are s till up for
kids ”
W hile the school w ill now be able to
operate, the defeated " B ” ballot w ill
leave som e voids in the program
The school w ill have to discontinue
its sw im m in g program , lose some
assistant coaches and stop paying
club m oderators a stipend McMahan
said W ednesday m orning that he an
ticip a te d the school board would
resubm it the ‘ B " ballot fo r voter
consideration
"T h e way to cut us back in specific
areas is in the budgeting process,”
M cM ahan said, “ ra th e r that take a
blanket am ount of money and say.
Do w ithout this "
In the new M t
Hood w a te r
d istricts, only Country Club W ater
D is tric t voters rejected issuing bonds
to m ake im provem ents The other
four d istricts were successful at the
polls
SANDY HIGH SCHOOL “ A" LEVY
.-Y es
2,330
No
....................................... 1,515
SANDY HIGH SCHOOL“ B” LEVY
Yes ............................................... 1,697
►»No..................................................1.989
COUNTRY
C LUB
DISTRICT
W ATER
Yes
18
►»No......................................................22
SLEEPY
HOLLOW
DISTRICT
►»Yes
No
W ATER
31
•
W ILDW OOD A N N E X
DISTRICT
W ATER
►»Yes....................................................13
N o ........................................................0
RIVERSIDE WATER DISTRICT
►»Yes
17
N o ........................................................1
Photo by Scott Newton
More than 70 Sandy High School students turned out Monday evening fo r a
m arch through Sandy to show support for Tuesday’s vote to keep the school
Welches teachers agree to contract
by MICHAEL P JONES
Post Correspondent
Teachers in the Welches School
D is tric t are expected to vote w ith in a
few days on a ten ta tive tw o-year pact
agreed on in a lengthy bargaining
session last Thursday evening
A fte r v o lle y in g proposals and
counter proposals back and fo rth for
nearly five hours, the school board
and Welches E ducation Association
te n ta tive ly O K 'd a contract tha t calls
fo r a 4 8 percent salary increase plus
experience increm ent the firs t year,
a c c o rd in g to Tom W ell, c h ie f
negotiator fo r WE A
The second year salaries w ill in
crease " 8 percent of the change in
the Jan ua ry 1982 to January 1983
P ortla nd consum er price index plus
experience in c re m e n t," said Well
He said the teachers’ 1982-83 and
1983 84 salaries w ill be applied to the
index recom m ended by the W EA
There w ill be a ceilin g of $200 plac
ed on insurance benefits, said Well,
The WEA o ffic ia lly took a vote
a f t e r s c h o o l la s t F r id a y and
unanim ously approved the contract,
the result of m ore than nine months
of negotiations.
Well said fo rm a l signing of the con
tra c t would occur a fte r both parties
have c a re fu lly exam ined the fina l
w ritte n copy of its conditions.
This is to m ake sure, said W ell,
that specific conditions both parties
agreed upon are in the document
D ic k H o ffm a n , s ch o o l b o a rd
chairperson and chief negotiator fo r
the d is tric t, said Monday tha t he an
ticip ated the m aster con tra ct would
be o ffic ia lly signed by Wednesday
afternoon.
He said the d is tric t began updating
the in d iv id u a l co n tra cts fo r the
teachers w hich reflected the new
salary increases “ as specified under
the new c o n tra c t."
W ith the settlem ent of contracts fo r
the 1982 83 and 1983-84 school years,
H offm an expects the school board to
begin negotiating the 1984-85 c ontract
w ith the W EA som etim e between
Novem ber and M arch next year.
He said the school board w ill now
place emphasis on developing a bet
te r process fo r pre pa ring the budget.
Because salaries represent 60 to 70
percent of the d is tr ic t’s expen
ditures, a signed tw o-year co n tra ct
w ill s im p lify th e ir efforts
" I ’m glad we can devote our tim e
to other things n o w ," said Hoffm an.
"O ne of the things we w ant to do is
s ta rt a new budgeting process that
w ill s ta rt at the ground level and
allow input fo r tea chers."
A factfind ers rep ort on the salary
dispute had recom m ended no ceilin g
and said tha t the insurance coverage
fo r teachers at Welches was inade
quate.
The teachers also w ill have one
personal leave day per m onth, not
two as o rig in a lly sought.
Also, there w ill be no extended
leave w ithout pay or sabbatical leave
w ith pay, said W ell
Sign law revisions aid businessmen
by DAN DILLON
Local m erchants m ay find it easier
to advertise th e ir business if recom
m endations sent to the Sandy C ity
C ouncil by the Sign O rdinance
Review C om m ittee are approved
The 14 person c o m m itte e m et
throughout the sum m er and this
week the results of those meetings
were announced
The p rim a ry changes regard tern
p o rary signs The com m ittee recom
m ends p e rm a n e n t a d o p tio n an
em ergency ordinance that allows
te m p o ra ry signs ad vertising special
prices o r sale item s
They would be subject to standards
and would req uire a p e rm it from the
c ity m anager or his designate
The second provision would allow
signs to advertise fo r seasonal fa rm
labor. Under this provision, a ll tern
porary signs would have to be located
w ith in 100 feet of these intersections.
H ighw ay 26 and 362nd Avenue;
H ig h w a y 26 an d B lu f f R o a d ;
H ig h w a y 26 and H ig h w a y 211;
H ighw ay 26 and Ten E yck Road, and
Highw ay 26 and Langensand Road A
local p e rm it w ill also be required
An extension on the tim e lim it for
stream ers and banners fo r grand
openings was recom m ended from
seven to 30 days
Local businessmen are being fu r
nished w ith a copy of the proposed o r
dinance changes for th e ir study p rio r
to the Oct 4 public hearing before the
C ity Council at 8 p.m. at C ity Hall
In other action, Sandy C ity Council:
— Appointed Sandy Police Chief
F red Punzel to the C lackam as Coun
ty 911 User Board Com m ission as the
c it y ’s representative
A task force recently studied im
plem entation of the 911 system coun
tyw id e and discovered the greatest
draw back is the discrepancy bet
ween ju ris d ic ito n a l boundaries and
telephone com pany service areas.
Under the cu rre n t 911 program in
Sandy, both fire and police calls go to
the Clackam as County em ergency
center C-COM for dispatch
However, Sandy F ire D is tric t is
m oving to a new dispatching center
and the convenience of c e n tra l
dispatch for both local agencies w ill
be discontinued
The User Board Com m ission w ill
study ways to overcom e these p ro
blems and hasten em ergency se r
vices throughout the county w ith an
enhanced 911 system
Funding fo r the 911 system is p ro
vided by the 3 percent tax on
telephones. The task force reco m
mended that each governm ent agen
cy receiving these funds jo in together
and invest them in the County Inve st
m ent program t gain the high-
interest yield, a move that Punzel op
poses
“ If we re going to invest m oney, I
th in k we should do it lo c a lly ," he
said.
—Appointed June Isakson acting
c ity recorder
Pilot makes unscheduled stop on 26
A Gresham area pilot and his son
escaped serious in ju r y Tuesday
afternoon when they encountered
engine trouble over T rilliu m Lake
and struck a horse tra ile r durin g an
em ergency landing on Highway 26
P ilot C arl Leathers, 57, and son
C arl Leathers J r., 40, were rushed to
a Sandy doctor by a passerby fo r
treatm e nt of m inor cuts
Leathers reportedly trie d to land
his single-engine Moody Low-W ing
plane in a snow park lot at the Snow
Bunny entrance
As he made his approach up the
highway westbound tow ard the lot at
60 mph, he struck an unidentified
east bound ca r w ith a horse tra ile r in
tow.
The horse reportedly was valued at
8150,000, but the only damage to the
tra ile r was a slight dent.
Leathers $122,000 four-seater prop
plane, however, suffered extensive
damage
Leathers said he tried to lift the left
side of his plane to miss the car, but
hit the top of its trailer. His plane
then reportedly bumped into a metal
highway sight post, which broke the
plane's aileron.
That caused the plane to jum p an
embankment on the south side of the
Pholo by Von R ranrhlrr
Gresham pilot Carl Leathers and son Carl Leathers Jr. escaped serious injury Tuesday afternoon, when their small
plane bounced off a horse trailer and jumped an embankment in an emergency landing on Highway 26 near the Snow
Bunny entrance.
highway, where it crashed nose-first
into a large tree
Witnesses said the plane was sput
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tering, as it barely cleared the trees
south of the highway.
The highway had been congested
with large trucks minutes before, but
lu c k ily c le a re d fo r L e a th e rs '
emergency landing attempt.
open. The ‘ A ” ballot was successful—the school won’t close Sept. 29 as
threatened.
‘M oose’ snaps at chance
to jo in police force
by DAN DILLON
"M o o s e " is snapping at the chance
to jo in the seven-man Sandy police
force.
The
1 6 -m o n th -o ld
G e rm a n
shepherd and his ow ner, police o f
fic e r C arl Faught, have been m aking
three trip s a week to M t Angel since
J u ly tra in in g to become a team in the
local police force.
When he graduates in Novem ber,
“ M oose" w ill be ready to track,
m ake searches, detect m arijua na
and s trik e te rro r into the hearts of
anyone who m ig h t want to harm his
pa rtn er.
The tra in in g process focuses on
tra ckin g , beginning w ith picking up
the scent of the owner and follow ing
him " I t gets him enthused and in the
rig h t fra m e of m in d ,” Faught said
“ They usually want to find th e ir
ow ne r,”
F rie n d ly tra ckin g gives way to
agressive tra ckin g “ T h a t’s where
we have aggression on the end,
where w e’re tra ckin g a bad g u y,” he
said.
I t ’s im p o rta n t fo r the dog to
understand the difference between
O fficer Carl Faught demonstrated
the two. “ I f an older person is out
"M oose’s " capabilities for the City
there, we don’t want him to go up and
Council Monday.
bite his a rm o ff," he said
kind of th in g .”
The tra in e r, M t. Angel Police Chief
Although his tra in in g is not com
V icke ry "th ro w s in a few other things
plete, "M o o se " has assisted in three
to keep the dog interested,” Faught
trackin g cases for the local police
explained. "T h e y get burned out.
departm ent and each tim e has gotten
Some days th e y’re on; some days
his man
th e y’re o ff.”
He and Faught also m ake routine
The v a rie ty the tra in in g offers in
patrols through M einig Park each
cludes an obstacle course, gunfire
night and Sandy Police Chief Fred
and "ta k e s " on a vehicle where a
Punzel said vandalism in the park
suspect m ig h t have second thoughts
has disappeared
about being cooperative w ith the
The chief said the dog w ill be p a r
police o ffic e r or stickin g around
tic u la rly valuable in building sear
"T h e dogs get keyed up on these
ches where a suspect is inside.
takes,” F aught said "T h e y love that
Elementary board sets
test for tax base plan
Sandy E le m en ta ry D is tric t voters
have the op po rtu nity to stabilize the
d is tr ic t’s funding process when they
go to the polls Nov. 2 and elim in a te
the p o ssib ility of school closures for
three years
The Sandy E le m en ta ry D is tric t
Board voted Monday night to put a
$2 6 m illio n tax base proposal on the
ballot adhering to state statutes that
m andate such proposals in even
num bered years
Superintendent C lark Lund said
Tuesday the s ta te re q u ire s the
d is tric t propose a tax base because it
passed an operating levy in 1981.
This would m a rk only the second
attem p t by the d is tric t to gain voter
approval of a la x base The firs t try
cam e in I960 am id heated labor
n e g o tia t io n s b e tw e e n d i s t r i c t
teachers and the school board
Despite that unsettling clim ate.
Lund said, the tax base was defeated
by ju st 99 votes w ith the largest voter
turnout in d is tric t histo ry That adds
op tim ism fo r this second try
"W e ’re not planning on em pire
bu ild in g ,” he said, "b u t we are
seriously com m itted to c a rry in g out
an exem plary p ro g ra m ."
Should Ballot Measure 3 pass its
November test w ith the voters, Lund
is unsure what the effect would be on
the d istrict. He is attending meetings
this week and next to study the im
pact of the 1.5 percent pro pe rty tax
lim ita tio n that measure proposes
Index
SECTION I
E d ito ria l, O pin io n................... 2
Keeping Posted........................ 4
Inside the Church .................... .4
Senior Center News ............... 5
M e n u s ...........................................5
O bitu ary .................................. 5
Area News .............................. 6
Sports. R ecreation............. 9-10
SECTION II
Classified Ads.......... Inside Tab
TV Revue ...............Inside Tab