The Sandy Post
SANDY ORFGON THURSDAY January 21. 1988
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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 .