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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
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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
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But Walker said other harvesting methods
are now being considered A cost-benefit
a nalvsis" showed that helicopter and horse
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(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