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About Sandy post. (Sandy, Oregon) 1938-current | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1988)
Single C opy 25* Teacher contract calls for 3 percent raises Sands High School teachers w ill receive a 3 percent raise each year for three years under term s of a settlement reached last week The teachers and the board narrowly averted a teachers strike when they reached a settlement at 5 30 a m on A p ril 13 Terms of the contract were made available Monday night, after both sides ratifie d the agreement Superintendent Kent Heaton said he thinks the agreement is one the d istrict can live with He said both sides compromised The teachers voted to ratify the contrai l last week I he board officially approved the agreement Monday evening In other action, the btsird extended Heaton's contract .mother two veal '- l he txtard voted 4-1 in favor of the extension, with fe rry le m h its k y la s tin g the opposing vote Heaton, who earns $4H.iHW> a year, has not rei eiv ed a raise sini e he took his joi» at Sandy in August 198», l he board's action extends his c o n tra il to June 30, 1991. but does not preclude the (Missihilitv of a raise at a later date E a rlie r in the school year, the d is tric t gave 3 percent raises to its two vice principals P rincipal Dennis ( row received a 5 percent raise Heaton said Crow was underpaid consider ing his responsibilities He still earns below average compared to principals in neighlxu - mg schools." Heaton said ITuler term s of the agreement, starting salaries for teachers w ill increase from the current $16,418 to $16,911. $17.418 and $17.'*41 over three years l he d is tric t's most experienced teachers those on the top of the salary schedule earn $30,003. which w ill increase to $31.242. $32.180 and $3.1.145 Crime decreases in Sandy in 1987 Forest practices criticized Burglary . vehicle theft and assault in Sandy tixik a significant drop hi 1987, according to a review of crim e statistics prepared by Sandy P o lite t hief Fred Punzel I d like to take credit for th a t. but in a ll reality I c a n 't." Punzel told the (Tty Council Monday evening Burglary cases dropped 65 p ercent. vehicle theft 33 percent .uni assaults 25 peri ent, according, to the report The only category of m ajor crim e that showed an increase was rob bery That increase could be a t tributed to shoplifting, i ases in which the s h o p lifte r became abusive. Punzel said In such cases, shoplif ting is upgraded from simple theft to robbery Sandy had a bank roblx-ry and a store robbery in P»86. but only one, unarmed service station robbery in 1987 However, four shoplifting a r rests were upgraded to roblx-ry T here were 32 burglaries in the city in 1987. 14 vehicle thefts and three assaults That compares with 97 burglaries, 20 vehicle thefts and four assaults in 1986. a year that Punzel rem em bers as 'disastrous by SCOTT NEWTON Staff w riter U S Forest Service practices m general, and plans to log Enola H ill in particular, were targets for a group of 24 people who met Tues day evening at Rippling River Resort About half the members of the Enola H ill citizens task force and other area residents met to listen to Andy Kerr of the Oregon Natural Resources Council The council works to influence public policy on the management of Oregon's land and w aterw ay. ■ Kerr said the democratic process could work to stop logging on Enola H ill if the group was able to generate community support He also said it was his opinion that there would tie a good basis for a lawsuit against the Forest Ser vice, an action that could end or delay plans for logging The Forest Service has met with members of the task force every other week for four months to try to find an acceptable compromise for the Enola H ill logging plan Enola H ill is near Rhododendron The meeting Tuesday was not sponsored by the forest Service, but the same fo re s t Service employees that led task force meetings were invited to attend Donna Iam b, Zigzag District ranger, was criticized several times during the course of the meeting for failing to attend " It's really disappointing they (the Forest Service) couldn’t Punzel listed several factors for the decrease in crim e in Sandy He said the ( 'tty ( ’ouncil’s efforts to stop juvenile crime (»laved a part A ndv Kerr of the O re g o n N a tu ra l R e v o u rte v C o u n c il d is p lay s the U S. fo re s t Service s Turn to LOGGING, Page 4. lhe d istrict w ill pay $2.16 for m edical in surance the firs t year under the new contract. $250 the second year and $260 the th ird year Not all teachers receive the m axim um amount of insurance paid by the d istrict The two sides also agreed to an early re tire m ent plan le a th e rs w ith 15 years of ex- jx-rience at Sandy who are between the ages of ¿8 and 62 w ill be able to draw $400 a month in retirem ent pay until the age of 62 n a tio n a l fo re s t plan. After nearly six months of work, most members of a task force created to study a pro posal to log K n ob H ill rem ain i»p|x»scd to any logging in that area But a forester for the U S f orest Service says that the task force's meetings w ill help the service as it decides how to prix veil w ith its plans for the hill Ixjst November, forester Kathleen Walker said she hoped the Enola H ill task force could finish up its work by January It is three months beyond that target Tate and the group is expected to meet at least one more tim e A consensus does not appear likely Walker and task force members agree that for the most part, the group is opposed to any logging on Enola H ill Of the group's dozen members, only two are in favor of any logging on Enola H ill But Walker says the review program has had its benefits We re try in g to look at areas when- we i an lx- responsive." she s a id One area of concern for members of the Hhododendron Summer Home Association is the Henry Creek watershed When the fo re s t Service announced its plans to log on Enola H ill last summ er, homeowners said the logging m ight adversely affect their water supply. forcing them to purchase an ex pensive filtra tio n plant Although W alker would not say what the Zigzag ranger's final recommendation might be. she said there was a consensus that the Henrv Creek watershed should be avoided lhe fo re s t Service's original preferred a lte rn a tiv e " was to remove 4 8 m illion board feet of tim ber. which would provide 40 jx-ople w ith jobs for a year and contribute $541,200 to Clackamas County Counties receive 25 per cent of the gross tim ber receipts from tim ber harvested w ithin its jurisdiction The f orest Service would net $162,000 from the sale W alker said it was possible to get com parable numbers from a different plan than what originally was proposed The f orest Serv ice had proposed clearcut- tmg 76 acres and selectively thinning another 61 But Walker said other harvesting methods are now being considered A cost-benefit a nalvsis" showed that helicopter and horse tu rn to TASK f (>H( f Page 4. B u rg la rie s 1986 198 7 97 >2 C ar th e fts 20 1986 198 7 14 A s s a u lts 4 ) 1986 108 7 R o b b e rie s 2 5 1986 1987 (xilice in investigations also (»laved a (»art. he said Police believe they cleared several 1986 burglary cases w ith arrests in 1987 T wo adults are serv mg ja il sentences for some of the burglaries, and two juveniles moved from the area after being charged w ith burglary l he city has kept crim e statistics lor five years i i f those years, crim e was at its worst during the recession (>ci lo t) of 1982 and 1983, Punzel said M a jo r crim e was at its lowest in 1987 The council's enactment of a curfew tixik juveniles off the streets late at night, he said In addition, the council, along w ith city councils statewide, opposed a proposal to decrease the size of the Mi ( 'laren juvenile detention center At least one Sandy juvenile was later sentenc ed to Mi ( laren. Punzel said The dollar amount for loss of pro- (M'lty also was down, which was gixxl new s to Punzel Public a w a re n e s s , such as Neighlxtrhixxl M atch program s, also contributed He said in the past year (x-ople have indicated a willingness to report suspicious activity Punzel said the Police D epartm ent handled fewer anim al control com plaints lx-i alise alxiut TIKI fewer dogs arc running loose The Task fo rce re m a in s o p p o s e d to lo g g in g Sandy crime aggressiveness of the Sandy In 1987, property valued at $88.572 was stolen or damaged, a drop of $126.445 ovei 1986, when property valued at $215,017 was stolen or damaged 1 1 . d in citations were up to 2.415 from 2.368 last vear W eekend skiin g c o n tin u e s at M ea d ow s and T im berline Weekend skiing is expei ted to con tinue at area resorts through the spr mg Mount H ik m I Meadows w ill lx- open d ’2 23 24 and 10 andMay i. 7 and 8 Tickets are $16 for adults \ i » i T im berline Ixxlge w ill be open weekends through May 28. and then w ill lx- iifx'ii daily during the sum mer L ift tickets are $16 for adults Ski Bowl M ultoi|x»r w ill he open if it has a sufficient snow pack People should eall the "snow phone" al 222-2695 to find out for certain I n ki ts for adults are $15 I.ill tic k e ts at Meadows and T im herline have been reduced for sjinng skiing Meadows dropped its prices by $5. and l im lx-rlm e dropped it s ,»rices by $2 ITckets at Meadows foi youngsters II and under are $12. and a halfday tn k it from noon to 4 10 p i l l . is $10 At ITmlx i line, the Pucci and thi M am Mile chair lifts w ill be III operation except during hu h winds when tlx Magn Mile doses When th e M . l g l i Mile c lo s e s I lx V l( l o t la Station lift is o,x-nc<l Volunteers answer the call INSIDE S ports: Pioneers p la yin g to u g h The Sandy H igh School b a s e b a ll te a m Is g iv in g pause to m any o th e r team s in the M o u n t H o o d C o n fe re n c e . The P io n e e r s d e fe a te d C e n te n n ia l H igh School on M o n d a y a n d then cam e close to k n o c k in g off the s ta te 's N o. 9 -ra n k e d te a m on Tuesday. For d e ta ils , see S ports. Page J. Senior center, m em orial and park b e n e fit from e ffo rts An army of volunteers descended u|x»n Sandy this weekend, undertaking a variety of landsi air ing. painting and cleaning projects About 60 members of the Sandy Living Way Fellow ship Church and another 20 from the Sun nyside Foursquare Church landscaped around the veterans m em orial, painted the inside of the Sandy Senior ( enter, cut blackberries and nxifed the gazefxi at M einig Park "T h e y ’re am azing." said City Manager Tom Heber They're an a rm y ; it's like the Marines Associate Pastor I/»well Weare said the Sandy church has a youth program with a goal of pro viding com m unity service And it has active adult leaders who are w illing to teach and supervise ser vice projects A professional roofer cleaned the moss off the gazebo in M einig Park ami replai ed missing shake shingles The people who painted the downstairs of the Sandy Senior Center work professonally as painters, and one of the landsi apers at the ¡»ark where the v eterans m em orial is l<x ated is a profes sional landscaper The group also built a h arrie r separating the ¡»lay area from a road in Meinig Park, and cut down "demonic blackberries” at the Sandy Senior Center and along Meinig Avenue near Meinig Park A design flaw at the gazebo also was solved I he gazebo form erly bad low headers, hut they were raised Saturday The church has worked on other improvement projects in Oregon. and members also have made several trip s to Mexico to work constructing church buildings, setxxils and residences I .ast year church members did landsi aping work at ( T t v Hall fx-fore the Mountain FestlV al weekend We're trying. to give substance to fa ith, try ing to develop an attitude alxiut se rvice." Weare said I he i huri h s cleanup effort coincides w ith the ci ty of SandyT spring i leanup whl< h is in ita ae< ond week Dumpsters w ill lx- available Saturday and Sun day at Meinig Park and at Sandy tira d e School, 39065 Pleasant Ave Mike Walker (»libili works d irector, told the City Couneil Moml.iv that city residents filled three 30 yard dumpsters and one 20-yard dum pster last weekend T he City Council directed K rlx -r to send a letter of appreciation to the church for its efforts lhe city of Sandy paid for m ate ria ls on the building, cleaning and painting projects
