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The Sandy Post SANDY ORFGON THURSDAY January 21. 1988 Single Copy 25' (USPS 481180)_____________________________ SERVING THE COMMUNITY FOR SO YEARS City Hall plans prom pt debate Sandy Portrait B u sin e ss lead ers d ivid ed o ver e xp a n sio n p ro p o sa ls The Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce ha» selected Sandy High School Superintendent Kent Heaton as the I9K. citizen of the year. H eaton th e citize n o f year by SCOTT NF V4TON Staff w riter The Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce’s citizen of the year is a high school superintendent now . but he was not a model high school student Kent Heaton said he had a "rebellious streak" and was often called into Superintendent Theodore Grunsruds office to account for the latest prank that had been committed in Lisbon, North Dakota. But Heaton surprised Grinisrud, whom he remembers as wearing starched white shirts After serving a stint in Korea. Heaton attended North Dakota State College. By the time he graduated, Grinisrud was state Superintendent of Public Instruction, and was handing out diplomas at Heaton's graduation Grinisrud was surprised to see the former troublemaker make good. Heaton can still remember his words "Kent Heaton'1 1'U be damned." Heaton's high school experience left him with a belief that all people are capable and have potential, and he worries about the students who are not in the mainstream "Are we reaching them'’ Are we really understanding them'” ' The Sandy High School board is pleased with S an d y g e ts a b e tte r n e w sp a p e r Readers of The Sandy Post will notice many changes in today's edi tion I he Post has a new design, w ith an easier to-read headline typeface as well as an improved masthead In addition to making The Post readable, the changes w ill give it a more pleasant apjx-arance and allow more use of color Also starting today, The Post is in- trixlucing a feature called Sandy Portrait This feature, which will appear once a month, w ill focus on in dividuals of note in Sandy and its su r rounding communities Those in dividuals may range from communi ty leaders to neighborhood eccen trics The P ortrait" normally w ill be acco m p a n ie d by a fu ll- c o lo r photograph Today’ s "P o rtra it," which appears above, features Kent Heaton, who was named Sandy's ( itizen of the Year by the Chamber of Commerce Readers who want to make suggestions for tbe Portrait" feature should feel free to contact i he p,,st In another effort to improve news average The Post has hired Sandy resident Christine Bierman as a part- time reporter Bierman will work from 'Die Sandy Post's office and from her home The changes should help The Post provide a better newspaper with more cox erage of local news some of the programs he lias set up to reach such students Monday night the board announced the results of it* annual evaluation und found Heaton ex cellent" to "outstanding" in all areas, said Jeanne Doty, chairwoman of the board Heaton, who lias worked in Sandy since August 1986, was pleased about earning the chamber honor, which is voted upon by members of the chamber board “ I was really taken aback," he said of the award that was presented Saturday night at the chamber's annual banquet " I t choked me up a little Heaton said he has always liked the communi ty of Sandy, and has wanted to live here for some time Now that he lives and works here, he plans to continue to be involved In addition to belonging to several professional organizations, Heaton is a member of the Kiwarns Club of Sandy and Immanuel Lutheran Church Heaton's wife, Marilyn, is principal at Boring Upper Grade School, and they have eight grown children and 13 grandchildren Heaton, who grew up on a farm, said he has had several career opportunities, from working for the federal Department of Justice to atten- INSIDE ding medical school or entering, the private sec tor But sc in thing .bout education held his at tention. It s an interesting thing to fie in because you are shaping the lives of a lot of people." he said Every person in life has had an experience with the educational system “ I've been for tunate,” Heaton said " I'd like to make that op portunity available to a lot of other kids." Heaton has spent 31 years teaching, attending classes anil working as an administrator He has a master's degree from Portland State Universi ty and a doctorate from Brigham Young Univer sity His dissertation was a study program for underachievers When he worked for Clackamas Community College. Heaton used the theme of his dissertation as the basis for a program to help i allege students who did not do well in high school Part of the program dealt with the basics. Peo ple cannot survive in the world today without good reading and math skills, he said But at titude was also part of it. School counselors training at CCC helped im plement the program, part of which had to do Turn to PORTRAIT. Page 4. The Sandy City Council beard from a dozen business people Monday night, and they seemed equally divid ed over which of two City Hall expan sion proposals would be Ix/st More than 45 people crowded into the council chambers to hear the debate But the council held off on a final decision in the matter The City Council is considering ex pansion because of a lack of privacy and space in the police station, and t>eeaii.se of high usage of the library, among other reasons An independent task fori «■ studied the issue ami recommended expan- ding the present City Hall Die ex pansion would cost $480,000. and in eluded in the proposal is money to purchase the Boitano property when it becomes available Die Boitano property is next to Meinig Park, and city councilors have said the proper tx would tie a x .Unable addition to the park But City Councilor .Bin Duff has been promoting a minority report that calls for the city to spend $360,000 to purchase and remodel a former clothing store downtown That building is owned by Gresham resident Gordon Stone I he librai x and police station would lx- moved downtown under the plan Roger Atkins said most downlown businesses support the concept of moving the library and police station downtown Such a move w ild help to revitalize the cote alca. he said Pete Carlson agreed I can't understand the logo of not xxantil .'. h ■ locate in a place that is visible.' Carlson said Mike Czajku. sp-aking a Ix-half of the m anagem ent of the < l.o Kama County Bank, which is located a, ro the street from the Stone huddlin' said locating the police station downtown would give police a more visible presence M e m b e rs of the ta s k foi ■ countered by saying they had looke I at the issue in depth and the expan Sion of the current site was till Ix-st option By operating out of two buildings, the city w ill pax more for utilities and lose effectiveness in managing employees, said Marilyn Howell, a member of the task force In the long run. 1 don't think it's going to be cheaper (to remodel a second buildingi," Rowell said Rowell pointed out that the city would gain only about 1,200 square feet of space by purchasing another building instead of expanding Howard Berger, a member of the task force, read a letter written by Phil Joiisrud, another memlier of the task foi< e, which said It would not be credible" for the city to leave only a small staff at the current City Hall By having the police station located at Citx Hall, the city prevents vandalism .it City Hall and in Meinig Park, fie wrote \t a tune when st binds are having a hard time gaming funding, tax (taxeis would not approve the pur i base of prime commercial real estate downtown, taking It off the tax rolls, Jonsrud wrote .loiist ud added that the t'ltx Hall expansion could be accomplished for onsnlerably les than was stated in tin- estimate, but that the task force was not given enough time to find where savings could lie made Berger said it was his opinion that all task force members would agree with Jonsruil's letter Bill Herzog disagreed that the city would be taking xaluable property off tbe market by purchasing the Stone bulling How can it be prime real estate if nobody will buy it 9" be ask ed l i e Citx Council bad ho|x*d to dei ide on an option to present to voters in March The proposed ex pai is ion w ill be discussed again at the Eeb 1 meeting Councilor Molt S| m iu e said he felt lushed t< make a decision Die citx of Sandx lias received a $100,000 library grant from the slate and needs to make a decision on bow to s|M'iid it 2 h u rt in S andy s h o o tin g Two men w ere injured hi a shooting Tuesday night that pi ohably stem m ed from a domestli dispute according to Fred Punzel. Sandx chief of police John David Eldridge. 24. re, eived multiple gunshot wounds and is in stable condition at Portland \dven tist Medn al ( enter Italpb I. Cejka 41. received a minor flesh wound. Punzel said Die shooting Is believed to lx- tbe result of a domestli dispute and is u n d e r in v e s t i g a t i o n by th e Clackam as County homicide team and the Sandx police. ' he said Ibe sbiMiting ix'curred at in 15 p in at 1H14U S E Seam an Ave R.V. Village hits higher gear $9 m illion cam p g ro und p rep ares for b u sy sum m er The Mount Hixxl R V Village in Welches is gearing up for a busy summer M ilt Hegstrom, general manager, said the owners will promote the campground in California, Arizona and Elorula this spring in an attempt to bring recreational vehicle en thusiasts to the $9 million. 217-acre park R V Village is in a construction phase" at present, with 247 sites open They plan to have 555 camp sites open by June 1 John Grey of Portland is the main investor and chairman of the Ixiard of R V Wonderland Preserve In« Hegstrom is president of the cor poration Frank and Dottle Hannigan. who began developing the park last spr SPORTS: Ih e Sandy H igh School g ir li tea m s w o n b u t the b o y i l o i t a i they iq u a re d off a g a in it th e li P a tk ro ie c o u n te rp a rti on th e b a s k e tb a ll cou rt Tu esd ay, fo r c o v e ra g e of h ig h ic h o o l spo rts, See Page 7. ing, are minority stockholders Hegstrom said they hope to draw retired travelers with a combination of Northwest beauty and recreational activities The F orest Service has provided a list of hiking trails and noted their degree of difficulty. Aerobics and water aerobics w ill be offered at the pool, which w ill be next to the 4,000-square-foot health center that is under construction Meetings, potluck dinners, games and cards w ill be offered at the 4 ¿00-squa re-foot multipurpose room, and square dancing will be among the a c tiv itie s o ffe re d at the 5,700-sqiiare-f«x)t activity center Th«' 4,500-square-foot registration and administrative building, the multipurpose building, an RV service center and a combination service sta tion and convenience store have lx*en completed, along with a laundry mat and 10 comfort stations The comfort stations w ill have showers and restrixtms for campers Hegstrom said the recreational vehicle park may offer as many ser vices as any campground in the coun try Most of the buildings are at the en trance to the park, with cam pgrounds spread along a 1 2-nnle paved road call«“«! ( ascatle Drive Campers in Cedar Village can hook up cable television or telephones, while other camping areas will offer only picnic tables, a harlx-cue pit and quiet People who are pulling campers probably will want one of the camp ing spots in Reaver Valley. w hich has pull through " sites Ih e camping areas rang«“ in size from 31 sites to 112 Recreation vehi cle enthusiasts are like a big family , Hegstrom said R V Village will try to a, i omiiHKlntc people who want to « amp in groups Security is also an issue with the people H e g stro m exp e cts as customers and so the village will have 24-hour security Cleanliness, friendliness and Turn to V ILI.AGE, Page 4 Milt H e g str o m . g e n e r a l m a n a g er of M ount H ood R.V, V illa g e , is p ictu red w ith a bull w h e e l" d o n a te d to th e park by th e C a sc a d e G e o g r a p h ic S o c ie ty . The w h e e l w a s u s e d to pull c a b le on early ski lifts o n M ount H o o d .
