- The Sandy Post
SANDY OREGON THURSDAY. OCTOBER 7. 1982
Vol. 72 No. 40
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Library ventures into computer age
by DAN DILLON
You'd think the Sandy Public
Library would be bursting at the
seams when it re-opens in two
weeks
By that time, librarians and
volunteers will have increased the
library's “collection'' by nearly
250.000 volumes
It won't require major remodel
ing or renovations to house the new
books, however They will ail be at
the fingertips of patrons and
librarians on a computer screen.
Sandy Public Library is closing
its doors Friday evening—re
opening Oct 19—to begin linking
its new computer system with 14
other public Clackamas County
libraries and some 15 high school
and college libraries in the area
The net result will find Sandy
library patrons able to reserve a
book in the Lake Oswego or
Milwaukie libraries and, possibly,
have it in their hands the next day
“I think it's a very positive step
for the public and ourselves as far
as saving money and giving the
public the opportunity to utilize a
computer," said librarian Sue
Newlands "That and the fact it
will be so much more beneficial
with the idea of 250,000 books ver
sus 15,000 books "
She has lined up 25 volunteers to
help enter Sandy's catalog into the
computer system, financed largely
by the Countywide Library Levy,
so that it will also be available to
other libraries
“If a book's in another library,”
Newlands pointed out. “we should
have it the next day.”
After a penod of transition, the
public will use one of the three ter
minals to search out titles they
want With a little assistance from
a librarian they will be able to
retrieve any book in the coun
tywide system
There will be a number of other
pluses beyond the immense growth
in available ft 'es
“In our own particular case, cir
culation and patrons have increas
ed so dramatically, without
something like this there would be
a dramatic drop in service,”
Newlands said.
Since 1979. the number Sandy
Public Library patrons have
jumped from 1.978 to 4,470. Cir
culation jumped from 3,800 in 1979
New sign amendments
criticized at hearing
by DAN DILLON
Despite a complaint that it
discriminates
against
local
businesses, the city of Sandy's sign
ordinance was amended Monday
night.
Aimed primarily at providing tem
porary
assistance to local
businesses, the ordinance amend
ments allow for temporary signs
advertising special prices and signs
to attract farm labor during summer
months
The amendments were the result of
a six-month study by a sign review
committee, completed in late sum
mer
But at least one member of that
committee, who was before the San
dy City Council Monday appealing a
decision against his off-site sign,
thought the committee cast a deaf
ear on local businesses' real needs
Librarian Sue Newlands checks the availability of a book on the new computer system at Sandy Public Library. The
library will shut down Oct. 9-18 while library staff and volunteers convert the local catalog to the computer system.
to 6,200 in 1981. “I'm sure it’s a lot
higher now than it was even last
year," she said.
“Automation particularly ap
plies to the type of thing we're
into,” Newlands explained. “The
types of things we do are so labor
intensive.”
That includes checking books in
and out of the library, keeping
track of overdue books and fines
and reshuffling the card catalog to
keep it up to date
Under the old system, it took one
staff person an hour a day to count
and alphabetize the circulation
cards. Now, there will be no cir
culation cards to worry about.
“The machine will record tran
sactions
automatically,”
Newlands explained. "It will do the
filing.”
The greatest fear of library
patrons who discover an overdue
library book hidden back in the
closet—the huge fine—will be eas
ed Rather than accumulating a
large fine waiting for the librarian
to find time to send out overdue
notices, the -achine will promptly
notify holders of delinquent books
"Overdue notifications are
another thing that will save us
time,” Newlands said. “Now, we
don’t have the staff to notify as pro
mptly or often when people have a
book overdue."
With the new computer system,
it will be a 50-cent fine with the
first notice, no matter how many
books are printed on the notice
Seven to 10 titles can be printed on
a single notice, reducing the
overall fine, Newlands pointed out
Second notice, mailed two weeks
after the first, will bear a $150
fine.
“We think this will actually be
better for most people, as far as
fines are concerned. It will be
easier." she said.
Part of the system is on-line with
the countywide system as local
library staff have coded in books
when they found time, partially to
get a jump on the week-long
closure and partially to get some
hands-on experience
“We re learning as we go,”
Newlands said. “We’ve been doing
a few at a time for the last few
months "
At a cost of $8,000 to local tax
payers for the initial hook-up, the
computer system is expected to
make the library more efficient
and greatly enhance the collection.
And they won’t even have to
knock out a wall to do it
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Bruce Cook, of Bruce Cook &
Associates, told the council, "One of
the things that has been said
repeatedly is that the sign ordinance
is a guideline."
Cook was appealing a decision by
the Design Review Board that denied
him a 128-square-foot sign across
from Janz Berryland
Local ordinance is "explicit that
we don’t allow off-premise signs," Ci
ty Attorney Jack Hammond pointed
out. “It just isn’t allowable legally ."
However, Cook contended, "Signs
equal jobs."
He pointed out that billboards
advertise out-of-town products and
services, yet no one has complained
in the past five years about them. But
when a local businessman tries to put
up a sign, he is denied, Cook said
“You're discriminating against
people who are trying to bring money
into this community," he concluded
LOCAL BUSINESS •
That set the stage for council to
determine what constitutes a local
business and who should be allowed a
sign.
Mt. Hood Meadows and Janz Ber
ryland asked the council for permis
sion to put up a sign advertising both
businesses during alternate seasons
However, because Mt. Hood
Meadows is not locally operated, the
council was asked to determine if
their selling lift tickets and special
packages at Janz would constitute a
local business operation
“An on-premise sign has to adver
tise something sold on the premises,”
Hammon'! explained "Does it con
stitute a legitimate, independent
business enterprise?”
Mike Clark, marketing director for
the mountain ski resort, explained.
“We fee) the mountain has long had a
relationship with Sandy and this is a
perfect link for it.”
The "perfect link” would be an of
fice on the Janz site selling the
special ducats and packages. He
noted a similar operation in the
Sylvan area of Portland that was suc
cessful last season.
In turn, the two businesses would
construct an electronic reader-board
sign that Janz would use in the sum
mer months to advertise produce
specials and Mt Hood Meadows
would use in the winter months to
advertise the ski area and broadcast
public service announcements, such
as traffic advisories and snow condi
tions.
Clark explained that the sign would
be made available to the Forest Ser
vice and Highway Department for
announcements in the public in
terest.
Building Official Tom Day told
council that the Design Review
Board had not problem with the sign.
"The whole hang-up at DRB (who
denied the request without pre
judice) was what constitutes a
business."
Mt Hood Meadows agreed it will
rent a space from Janz, staff it dur
ing all office hours and not impose on
Janz staff to sell lift tickets That
satisfied the council
APPROVAL CONDITIONS
The council then adopted condi
tions that address the nature of the
business operation for Mt. Hood
Meadows on the site and operation of
the sign:
1. Council standards will be
adhered to as long as the sign is in
place and operating.
2. Commercial advertising on the
sign will be limited solely to products
and services of Mt. Hood Meadows
and Janz Berryland which are of
fered for sale on the premises
3. The sign replaces one sign of
equivalent size.
4. The sign will be covered by a
repair and maintenance agreement.
Land auction draws fire, state investigation
by MICHAEL P. JONES
Post Correspondent
An investigation of potential viola
tions surrounding a recent land auc
tion at the Rippling River Resort in
Welches is currently underway by
the state Real Estate Division.
Paul Martin, chief investigator for
for the Real Estate Division, said he
is looking into possible "technical”
violations of licensing and advertis
ing statutes surrounding the auction
of 69 home sites owned by American
Guaranty Financial Corporation.
A majority of the sites, which
varied in size from one-quarter to
one-half acre, were reportedly sold at
the Sept 12 auction in the Rippling
River Lodge The sale attracted
more than 300 persons
Martin, who did not attend the auc
tion, emphasized his office is not con
ducting "a full-fledged land probe "
Rather, he is looking into advertising
violations and violations committed
by developer Carl Bright, the out-of-
state auction company and two of the
event’s auctioneers
As of Monday, Martin had received
just one formal complaint about the
land auction He said Neal Davis, a
Portland sportswear manufacturer,
filed the complaint, claiming decep
tive advertising of the sale which ap
peared in a number of issues a
Portland newspaper
Davis claimed the advertisements
for the auction were misleading
because they stated there would be
no minimum opening bids However,
when Davis arrived at the auction he
learned the owners had a “reserve
clause” and retained the right to ac
cept or reject any offer if it was
below the reserve price published in
the auction’s brochure
The questionable advertisement
was published with the copyright
notice of Kennedy-Wilson, Inc. of
Santa Monica, Calif., who conducted
the auction The company designed
the advertisement in addition to a
similar one which appeared in the
Wall Street Journal
“The advertisement in this par
ticular paper (The Oregonian) is the
one which caused the problem,” said
Martin. “Apparently the Wall Street
Journal advertisement did not state
there was ’no minimum opening
bids’”
James Anderson, president of
American Guaranty, said a questions
and answer period was held prior to
the sale and the minimum-price
Head-on crash fatal to two hunters
by MICHAEL P. JONES
Post Correspondent
Friday morning two hunters at
tempting beat the heavy traffic on
the opening day of the deer hunting
Index
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Keeping Poated
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Editorial. Opinion
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Inside the Church
5
Senior Center News .............. 5
Obituaries
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Menua........................................ 6
Inside Business
7
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Sports, Recreation............... >10
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Area News ................................1
About People ........................... •
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season were killed in a three-car col
lision one mile east of Zigzag
The accident occurred at 5:30 a m
at the east end of the Faubion Loop
junction on Highway 26
Oregon State Police trooper John
Rizzo, who investigated, said a Ford
pickup driven by John Carpenter. 22.
of Beaverton, was returning from
Timberline Lodge heading west
bound on Highway 26
Carpenter’s vehicle, said Rizzo,
crossed the center line and entered
the eastbound lane striking a pickup
truck head-on, instantly killing the
two occupants
Dead are two Portland residents,
the drive* Dean Fisher, 58, and a
passenger Dale Shuttuck, 41.
Carpenter and a passenger,
Michael Poff, >4, of Portland, were
injured in the coiiiaon. Rizzo said
they were taken to Gresham Com
munity Hospital and «dmitted for
lacerations. lag and head injuries
After the initial impact, a third
vehicle struck the other two.
The third vehicle, a 1982 Datsun
pickup, driven by Keith Halsey, 32. of
Aloha, was traveling east Halsey
was unable to stop and slid into the
other two vehicles He was not in
jured
Traffic was rerouted from
Highway 26 through Faubion for
nearly four hours
Trooper Frank Morton, of the OSP
Portland office, who reconstructed
the accident, does not believe there
was excessive speed involved in the
accident He said it will be about two
weeks before the the official findings
of the investigation will be available
Both Carpenter and Poff were cited
for open containers of alcoholic
beverages in s motor vehicle, said
Rizzo
In addition, Rizzo said an in
vestigation for driving under the in
fluence of alcohol and negligent
homicide is continuing Te findings of
that investigation will be taken to a
Clackamas County Grand Jury
structure was explained.
He said 34 of 69 lots were sold at the
sale. Of those sold, 30 went for below
minimum price Anderson said that
American Guaranty made a counter
offer on those bids within 20 minutes
He said Davis offered $10,000 for a
piece of property American Guaran
ty counter-offered and Davis did not
accept Anderson said the average
lot price at the auction was $25,000.
“A lot of people who bought lots at
the auction are going to build right
away," Anderson said. “Some of
these will be building their perma
nent homes there ”
The purpose of the auction, accor
ding to Anderson, was to spur
building activity at Rippling River
Howard Coleman, a Santa Monica
attorney r presenting the auction
company, said the firm, as well as
everyone involved, acted in good
faith. He said that because Kennedy-
Wilson was from out-of-state, they re-
tained Howard Feuerstein, a
Portland attorney “so we would
know what we could or could not do.”
This, he said, is standard practice
when auctions are being conducted
outside the state of California
"There were great pains taken to
comply with Oregon law," said Col
eman. “Each state has different laws
concerning real estate, and we will
hire a firm from within that state to
insure we do everything in accor
dance to its statutes "
He said the advertisement “clearly
stated" that the complete details on
financing, terms and conditions of
the sale, was listed in the auction
catalogue
"Anyone who was seriously in
terested in attending would have sent
away for the brochure,” said Col
eman. “If they would have done this,
they would of known about the
reserve price prior to the auction."
Coleman said the auctioneers, Don
Kennedy and Robert Mendenhal of
Pounder Reality, tried to clarify
misunderstandings before the auc
tion At that time they discussed the
reserve price, specifying that unless
the bid was “equal to or greater than
the reserve price,” American
Guaranty had the right to accept or
reject the offer "within 24 hours after
the auction."
He said this was the first land ac
tion conducted by the company in
Oregon and was the first time they
have had a complaint registered
against them