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Vol. 72 No. 52
SUHS administrators
set up temporary shop
Sandy Union High School's board
of directors is considering replacing
the adm inistrative office with a
sim ilar modular office building at the
same site, for now
The building burned Dec 22 just
after midnight A breakdown bet
ween the aluminum wiring and the
electrical outlet was blamed
Superintendent Jack Peters and
George Morgan, the district's in
surance agent, ag ree th at the
replacement value should be about
$70,000 The shell of the building was
valued at about $45,000
Joan Hay, deputy clerk, told the
board at a special meeting Tuesday
night that an inventory of the whole
school, including contents of the
district office, '-as reproduced from
Clackamas County Education Ser
vice District files Among the equip
ment destroyed in the fire was a new
$10,0QQ co m p u ter te rm in a l and
printer, and a new $4,000 copying
machine
Morgan, who represents Walrad
Insurance Agency, told the board his
company w ill promptly pay the
"reasonable” replacement value, at
today's costs
Until a permanent home is ready,
the district is renting the top floor of
the Pioneer Square building In the
meeting room at new office where
the board met Tuesday evening,
there is a fireplace, which was stock
ed with wood, but unlit.
“ We haven't tried out the fireplace
yet,” Peters joked at one point.
“ W e re all a little nervous about
fire ."
SUHS, participating in what is call
ed the Marketdyne Safety Group,
underwritten by the Insurance Com
pany of North Am erica, w ill receive
"incurred expenses" up to $5,000 for
tem porary expenses This w ill allow
the administration to stay in the
Pioneer Square building until a deci
sion can be made about buying a new
modular office building
B esides re p la c e m e n t, b o a rd
member Bob Boring said a few other
considerations might be taken into
account He suggested the district
spend the m inim al amount of money
necessary to pour a new footing
where the form er building was
located
Boring also suggested a sprinkler
system be installed
Peters w ill gather information on
modular homes for the Jan 10 board
meeting and determine answers to
legal questions about the bid process
Capital improvement funds are
simply not available to build a new
administration building, Peters said.
The last capital improvement at the
high school was the repair of a roof in
1979.
The ESD had most of the fiscal
records needed by the school, and
employees’ records survived in fire
proof file cabinets
Wayne Johnson, board president,
has board meeting notes dating back
to 1969
The p rim ary loss was work done on
the 1963-84 budget, with about two-
thirds of the document ready to go to
the printer at the tim e of the fire.
P rin c ip a l
Jo h n
M cM ahan
estimated, and Peters confirmed,
that about 180 to 200 hours of time
have been lost
Peters said it would be “ im prac
tical” to have a document ready by
Jan 17, the date of the first budget
meeting
F o r the present, Peters said
th ey're “ not u ncom fortable" at
Pioneer Square, though they are a
ways from the school.
To speak to adm inistrative person
nel, one m ay call 668-5266 or 668-7134.
Sandy claims victory
at Carmel Estates
The city of Sandy has won a signifi
cant victory in its continuing battle
with Clackamas County over a plan
to develop a major shopping center
at the Boring interchange
The latest victory occurred Dec 21
when the Land Conservation and
D e v e lo p m e n t
C o m m is s io n
acknowledged the County's com
prehensive plan, but put a stipulation
on the site at the intersection of
Highway 212 and Highway 26
LCDC gave the County specific in
structions to redesignate and replan
the Carm el Estates property for non
commercial use
Local officials have been challeng
ing the shopping center at the site
since December 1975, arguing that
such a center would have a drastic
negative impact on businesses and
merchants in Sandy
They have also claimed it would
hamper the city's plans to develop its
own comm ercial and service base.
The city has been aided in its legal
challenge by the Metropolitan Ser
vice District and 1900 Friends of
Oregon.
Since 1975, LCDC has supported the
city's position on four separate occa
sions. The most recent decision by
the LCDC Board provides clear
direction to Clackamas County to
abandon its plans to OK development
of a m ajor shopping center at the in
tersection, according to city officials.
M ayor Ruth Loundree argued on
the c ity ’s behalf at the acknowledge
ment hearing.
City M anager Tom Reber, who also
attended the hearing, along with
Wilson and George Morgan, ch air
man of the local Economic Develop
ment Commission, credits the suc
cess of the city at the hearing to
Loundree’s testimony
S u n photo
Emergency medical personnel from Sandy F ire District lift M ark M arczak of
Portland from his vehicle following an accident Christmas Eve morning.
M arczak was eastbound on Highway 28. about four miles east of Sandy, when
he lost control on icy roads and spun out. striking a westbound car driven by
Janelle Carnahan of Sandy. Both were taken to Gresham Community
Hospital. Carnahan suffered broken ribs and Marczak had internal injuries.
Through Community Corrections
Volunteers humanize judicial system
by DAN D IL L O N
Barbara Lightheart is working to
"humanize the system."
In five and a half years she and a
sm all group of volunteers have taken
to heart the slogan “ Reach out and
touch someone,” working with pro
bationers through Clackamas County
C o m m u n ity
C o rr e c tio n s
and
enriching the lives of participants on
both sides of the law.
" In the five years of its existence,
I ’ve seen volunteers face rejection
month after month and eventually
reach a probationer long after
friends and fam ily have given up,”
she said. “ And I'v e seen changes in
probationers that I never thought
would or could change."
The Volunteers in Corrections pro
gram enlists people from the com
munity to help the justice system In
five and a half years, it has grown
from nine volunteers to more than 50
dedicated individuals who donate
nearly 800 hours a month working
with probationers in Lake Oswego,
O re g o n C it y , M ilw a u k ie and
Gladstone.
Now Lightheart, volunteer coor
dinator, wants to involve residents of
the Sandy-Mt. Hood area in the pro
gram
Volunteers work as tutors, case
aides, one-to-one counselors and
volunteer probation officers. In addi
tion, people help staff keep up with
paper flow and practicum students
learn about the career of probation
and parole officers
counselor at Clackamas Community
College told her about the program
and she was on her way, beginning as
a one-to-one counselor, then case
aide and finally w riting pre-sentence
briefs. In four years, she was on the
“I’ve seen volunteers face rejection month after
month and eventually reach a probationer long after
friends and family have given up.”
—Barbara Lightheart
The one-to-one counselor is among
the more popular roles taken by
volunteers. A counselor meets with a
probationer once a week to lend sup
port and serve as a model
“ They can do anything legal,”
Lightheart said. “ They do reach
them in ways that we, as official
au th o rity figures, c a n n o t-a s a
friend and companion, a contact with
the community and a role model.
“ I ’m not exaggerating to say they
fill a m ajor void in our probationary
system.”
Bonnie Collins joined the program
as a volunteer when it began
“ I had started back to college and I
wanted to be a cop, but I was too
old," she said, recounting how she
got interested in the program A
paid staff at County Corrections
“ Besides being worthwhile, it is
fascinating w ork—just the wide
variety of people you m eet,” Collins
said.
The probationers are from a wide
arra y of backgrounds.
“ Some are unbelievable," she said.
“ The m ajority are just real nice, or
dinary people who have made a
dumb mistake. They could be your
relative or a person next door "
Most probationers matched up
with volunteers have committed a
minor offense What this kind of pro
bationer most needs is personal en
couragement to make it through a
hard time.
Volunteers tend to work with first
o ffe n d e rs ,
L ig h t h e a r t
s a id ,
shoplifters, first-tim e burglars and
drunken drivers.
All she asks is three nights of train
ing, a six-month com m itm ent, and
mandatory attendance at a quarterly
meeting and annual summer party
T ra in in g is provided fo r a ll
volunteer roles. The next training
w ill be scheduled the first week of
February, and will be three evenings
of three hours each.
The first evening is a general orien
tation to the local crim inal justice
system, legal terminology and the
expectations of the probation system.
The second evening is basic counsel
ing skills taught by a psychologist.
On the third evening, role playing is
used to illustrate various problems a
volunteer might face, and detailed
explanations of each role are provid
ed.
M atches are made based on
geographic location, personal in
terests and the neds of the clients
available for matching. Lightheart
said that once training is complete, a
volunteer would have to travel to
Oregon City just once every three
months for the mandatory meetings
For more information, call B ar
bara Lightheart at 655-8603
Pair of fires damaged school during year
by DAN DILLON
Sandy High School was jinxed
twice by fire and once, nearly, by
closure during 1962 The w inter
storms that brought delight to skiers
created massivt congestion pro
blems and ultim ately led to a raise in
parking prices
JA N U A R Y
After a dry previous season, ski
area operators on Mount Hood
breathed a deep sigh of relief as 1962
opened with snow, snow, snow
Oregon State Police w eren't so over
joyed because with the snow came
the skiers and the first two weekends
of th e y e a r w e re te r m e d a
madhouse as traffic snarls stret
ched from Brightwood to Govern
ment Camp
Index
Schools and Portland G eneral
Electric also found tough sledding
when more than three feet of snow
blanketed the area at New Years.
Schools were closed for three to four
days in the area
Spot outages
plagued P G E crews who battled the
deep snow to restore power in sever«,
area
Sandy M ayor Ruth Loundree was
named 1961 Citizen of the Year for
her longtime service to the communi
ty
FEBRUARY
After three years of planning,
w riting and revising, the city of San
d y 's c o m p re h e n s iv e p la n w as
acknowledged by the state Land Con
servation and Development Commis
sion, making it guideline by which
future land-use decisions w ill be
made
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SECTION II
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Extended Forecast: D ry F ri-
day through Sunday with areas
of fog and low morning clouds
through Sunday Highs in low
40a Lows, 25 to 35
P r e c i p it a t io n :
D ecem ber
Total: 616 inches. 2 92 inches
above normal
1962 Total: 43.06 inches. 6 24 in
dies above normal
Troutdale airport
H L Pr
Monday
45 29 06
Tuesday
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Ed Storey, assistant vice president
a t C la c k a m a s C o u n ty B a n k ,
thwarted the first bank robbery in
the 71-year history of the bank’s San
dy branch when he tackled and held
the robber on the ground of Sandy
Elem entary School. Cameron Drew
Schleiss was charged with first-
Jegree robbery.
MARCH
The body of Dr. Hubert Harold
Hazelett, a Sandy chiropractor, was
discovered in the Sandy River near
K u b itz Road. His son, Harvey
Hayden Hazelett, 19, was eventually
charged with the m urder He pleaded
guilty to a reduced charge of first-
deg ree m a n s lau g h ter and was
sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Sandy Community Action Center
was awareded a $132,000 Community
Development Block Grant for pur
chase of a new home.
A P R IL
An alert Sandy High School senior
averted what could have been a ma
jor fire in the school’s a rt room when
he pulled the alarm to summon local
firefighters Greg Reid was working
on a project, looked up and saw
Barnes coming from the ceiling and
pulled the alarm The blaze was
caused by a kiln Damage was
estimated at $20,000
The U S Postal Service announed
it would build a new facility at the in
tersection of McCormick and Wolf
Drives
M AY
Paul Carden and Julie Ulman of
Firwood School were honored w ith a
ride to school on a fire truck after
their slogans were named winners in
the Sandy F ire District's slogan con
test
Three Sandy High School seniors
were honored at graduation Co-
valedictorians were Catrina Howell
and Denise Shokey, who was also
named outstanding senior by her
classmates Salutatorian was Kyla
Smay
JU NE
The heavy snowfall that opened the
year took a big bite out of Sno-park
receipts for the year, prompting an
announcement that parking fees
would jum p this winter
Sandy Assembly of God’s Youth
Life Group staged a mass burning of
rock'n’roll records and tapes in the
church's parking lot after a series of
lectures by the youth pastor on the
subliminal messages contained in the
music Nearly 300 persons took part
in the activity
Bull Run School District patrons
ousted two board members in a
recall vote but spared a third Karen
Rollins narrow ly averted recall
Board members Ron Jantz and Jim
Bollermann were not as fortunate
JU LY
After 25 years caring for the aged
in Sandy, St Jude's Home burned its
mortgage and observed the silver
jubilee of the Society of St Paul
which operates the facility.
The Sandy V F W Club pitched in
dram atically to help combat multiple
sclerosis and rew arded one its
bartenders in the process The local
club outdistanced other taverns and
clubs in the Portland metropolitan
area in the annual Ugly Bartender
contest fund-raiser to fight the
disease Bartender Gene Hoerling
and his wife, Elaine, were rewarded
with a trip to Hawaii.
C ity M a n a g e r R o g er Jo rd an
resigned to accept a sim ilar position
in Dallas, Ore.
V e te ra n te le v is io n n ew sm an
Richard Ross and Queen M yrtle
Deming were among the dignitaries
who helped make the annual Sandy
Mountain festival parade a success
AUGUST
A new 24-room dormitory was
dedicated at Oral Hull Park The new
d o rm sleeps 48 persons and
represents one of the last major steps
in a 25-year plan to design a park
especially for the blind in Oregon and
Southern Washington
S an d y U n io n H ig h S ch o o l's
operating levy was defeated for the
second time and school officials
warned that a third defeat would
close the schoool
SEPTEMBER
Following a rally by more than 70
Sandy High School students, urging
voters to keep the school open, the
third try proved a charm as voters
OK'd the SUHS levy and kept the
doors of the school open
Tom Reber. 31, a Minnesota city
administrator, was named Sandy's
new city manager, replacing Jordan
Welches School District teachers
agreed to a new two-year pact, con
cluding months of co n trac tu a l
negotiations.
OCTOBER
Sandy Public Library ventured in
to the computer age with a new
system linking the local facility to 14
other Clackamas County libraries
and more than 250,000 volumes
The upcoming election dominated
headlines as candidates volleyed
ideologies about land use planning
and the need for property tax reform
NOVEMBER
M ayor Loundree was overwhelm
ingly re-elected to a third term and
voters said no to land-use planning
and tax reforms, although narrowly.
In the wake of a state Supreme
Court decision, the city of Sandy
levied higher assessments to pay for
the L ID 4 parking lot Later adjacent
property owners balked at payment
of the assessments and the city took
over control of the S3-space lot. It's
future is still up in the air
DECEMBER
The city pondered whether it could
control siting of subsidized housing
projects locally and decided to leave
it up to the agency to show a need for
such projects
The .Sandy Community Players left
the Sandy Community Theater after
five years because of rising coats
A second fire of the year struck
Sandy H igh School as flam e s
destroyed the district office Faulty
w irin g was b lam ed
Loss was
estimated at $70,000