June 6, 1974
City Council and the budget committee are open to suggestions from the community about how revenue sharing monies might best be spent. As such, City Manager David Crutcher is introducing a “mini-application” for individuals and organizations who may have suggestions. The idea, he said, is to get all requests for monies into a standard format so the budget committee can balance priorities. Last year’s supplemental budget went almost entirely to capital improvements.
Viewpoints around Foster and Green Peter dams are being beautified for the summer. A downstream day use area below Foster Dam will have 20 picnic tables, barbecue grills and landscape features. A committee will recommend naming it Andrew Wiley Park. On the southeast side of Green Peter Dam, a comfort station and parking area is being constructed, and a viewpoint will be on the northwest side of the dam. Also, sprinklers are being installed at Foster Lake across from The Point.
Students from Foster, Hawthorne, Crawfordsville and Oak Heights visited the coast during an overnight trip, touring the Oregon State University Marine Science Center, Oregon Oyster Co., the Tokyo Venture ship and tide pools. The kids toured a Japanese ship that was in the area picking up logs. There, they were given an opportunity to eat octopus and watch the crew do morse code on the radio. Other memorable experiences relayed by kids was oyster shucking and creatures they saw at the undersea gardens.
June 9, 1999
An ODOT project began on the west end of town, the primary purpose to resurface Highway 20. Other projects include traffic signals upgraded and synchronized with cross streets, handicap access improved, sidewalks extended to 55th Avenue, left turn lanes created, and curb “bulb outs” added. With some of these safety improvements, however, some parking will be reduced.
Mark Holden’s fifth grade class at Foster managed a $2 million budget to design and construct bridges using toothpicks. Five teams competed to see whose bridge could hold the most weight. Two teams tied, their bridges holding 2,950 grams.
City officials are hoping to complete a BMX track in Upper Sankey Park this summer. It’s the latest effort to provide additional recreational opportunities for youth. Volunteers completing site work for a new Community Center moved about 200 yards of dirt to the park for the track. Efforts are also underway to raise funds for a skate park.
Rose Lamb-Leplat wanted to thank firefighters for responding to a fire that destroyed her home, but still has reservations about the department’s response time that the fact her pets could not be saved. She said it took 35 minutes for an engine to appear at her home on 43rd Avenue, but dispatch logs indicate only seven minutes had passed. Lamb-Leplat said she asked firefighters to create a hole in the wall where her dog was last seen, but the crew told her that would enhance the fire’s spread.