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Mayors guide direction of city

Sandys mayors have left a legacy that shapes Sandys. Each has his or her own story, and here are two of them.

Melvin Haneberg

Mel Hanebergs face graces the mural on the front fa-ade of the Sandy Community Center, named in his honor and bearing the stamp of his tenure as mayor when social services to the community were growing.

Not long after he was sworn in 1970, Haneberg could see that the growth of Sandy required more direct management than the volunteer city council and mayor governance could provide. In 1970, he and the council researched the city manager form of government, adopted it, and hired Carl Hatfield Jr. as the first city manager in 1974. Haneberg served until 1978.

Someone once referred to Mel Haneberg as knee deep in public service, and his service on numerous boards and councils confirms that. He was on the school board, fire board, farm board, cemetery board, Sandy Historical Society and Community Action Center, to name a few.

Haneberg, whose professional career was as a manager for the Portland Water District in Bull Run, was a leader in fund-raising for the Community Action Center. Today it is the home of senior services, rec-reation programs, classes, and meetings of all kinds a major hub in

the social services of the community. Continued on Page (5)

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Elijah Coalman: Victim of society?

By Dan Bosserman

By some standards he was doomed

from the beginning to a life of crime, drugs,

poverty and homelessness. What chance

did he have at success? Yet he went on to

attain what could be considered the loftiest

pinnacle of achievement in the State of Or-

egon.

Born three miles east of Sandy in 1881, to immigrant parents,

little Lige lost his mother at 18 months. His single-parent father hired

Steve and Ellen Mitchell to care for him along with their nine children.

After a homeopathic pill doctor declared him consumptive at the age of

six, concerned parents in the neighborhood thought he had tuberculosis

and kept their children away from him.

Lige spent much of his childhood alone or in the company of Indian chil-

dren and his horse and dog. Eventually a Portland doctor diagnosed the

boys cough as a bronchial problem and recommended taking him out of

school after only four years of formal education.

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Hanebergs three children admire his devotion to his family. In the middle of the pack of 10 children, he gave up his schooling at Oregon State to return to the family farm to care for his widowed mother.

The farm on Phelps Road was the gathering place on Sundays for decades, before and after Mrs. Hanebergs death in 1953. She always assured there were plenty of casseroles in the freezer to assure no one in the family would go away hungry after a weekend visit and the tradi-tion was maintained long after she was gone.

The Sandy Historical Society benefitted from Hanebergs lifelong interest in science. While president of the society, he donated many arti-facts gathered during field trips with science teacher and administrator George Orr. The collection includes Native American artifacts including many arrowheads, tools and utensils gathered throughout Oregon.

One of his greatest attributes was to bring people together, said Car-olyn Baxter, Hanebergs youngest daughter. He was community mind-ed and always worked for compromise and the common good.

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Mayors guide direction of city

Sandys mayors have left a legacy that shapes Sandys. Each has his or her own story, and here are two of them.

Ruben Hoffman

He was a member of the Sandy City Council and council president in 1953 when Mayor J.L. Hite resigned. He was appointed to fill the remainder of the term and won election three more terms.

From the beginning, Hoffmans focus was on financial sta-bility for the city, borne of his convictions about business. His father, L.E. Hoffman, moved to Sandy when Ruben

was 2 and started Sandy Market. Ruben grew up in the business. Of all the Hoffman brothers, Ruben had the most to do with growing the family business to include food and meat deliveries to rural customers includ-ing PGE for its Sandy Dam project camp with 300-400 workers. They also supplied mill camps, road camps and Forest Service. Ruben also built a store in Rhododendron and used it as a base for food deliveries throughout the mountain community.

In 1938, the Hoffman brothers also built the Sandy Food Center, the first supermarket in the region, and operated it until 1945. The build-ing now houses the Sandy Library. Ruben also built the Sandy Rexall building today housing the UPS Store, Subway and Sparkys Pizza.

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A hub of Sandy commerce & social life

By Nancy Hoffman

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Hoffman partnered with Vic Bowman in 1951 to start Bowman-Hoffman Pontiac, the precursor to Weston Pontiac. They were also part-ners in the 7-Up Bottling Co. franchise for Clackamas County.

From the time Hoffman began to serve on the council, the city mu-nicipal inventory grew from a couple of pieces of decrepit equipment and $14,000 in warranted indebtedness. By the time he left office, the city had property for its new city hall, additional paving, new streets, house numbers, and a garbage service franchise. Water improvements included head works, growth in property and water rights, nine new fire hydrants and much more. Infrastructure improvements opened the city to additional growth. The voters also approved construction of the new city hall at this time.

By the time he left office, the city had $95,000 in sewer and water funds, and $15,000 in the general fund.

His deep involvement in civic improvement included the school board. While he was on the board, he made dramatic improvements to the safety of school property and acquired additional school sites.

Hoffmans financial focus helped the city and school district move forward successfully and position itself for prosperity that followed.

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Sandy mayors guided growth of City

By Howard Vaeretti

The first Sandy mayor was E.F. Bruns who began his term in 1911. He only served one year. P.R. Meinig succeeded him in 1912 and served through 1918. The City of Sandy was incorporated Nov. 14, 1913.

Mr. Meinig was followed by Blanche Shelley, the first woman mayor, who began serving in 1919. She was mayor in 1919 and 1920.

Caspar Junker was elected in 1921 and served until 1925.

W.A. Proctor was chosen mayor in 1925. In 1926, he resigned and was succeeded by J.C. Loundree who served a short term as acting mayor. Fred L. Proctor then became mayor in 1927. He served two years and was succeeded by R.S. Smith who also served two years.

In 1931, Cecil Duke served a very short term from January to April. J.C. Loundree then took over for the balance of 1931 and the year 1932.

John Maroney became mayor for the years 1933 and 1934.

In 1935 Charles Sharnke was elected and served until 1943. He was followed in 1943 by Eldon Mills.

The year 1945 was the beginning of a four-year term for Verne Alt.

John R. Mills served a very short term in 1949. He resigned in Sep-tember of that year and Joe Yoerger was chosen and served until 1951. 1952 saw the election of Tom Scales. In March 1956 he resigned. J.L. Hite was appointed by resigned and was replaced by Ruben Hoffman

whose term lasted until 1963. Continued on Page (12)

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The mayors terms go on as follows:

Mike Paluck 1963-1966

Harold Eades 1967-1970

Mel Haneberg 1971-1978

Ruth Loundree 1979-1983

Deane Wesselink 1984-1990

Dick Harrison 1990-1992

Mark Mullins 1993-Oct. 1994

Linda Malone Oct. 1994-2010

Bill King 2011-Present

As stated previously, the City of Sandy was incorporated on Nov, 14, 1913, making this year of 2013 its centennial.

Note: Sandys longest serving mayors include Linda Malone 15 years; Mel Haneberg and Charles Sharnke 8 years each; and Ruben Hoffman 7 years. Sandys three women mayors were Blanche Shelley, Ruth Loundree and Linda Malone. A mayor is elected to serve a two-year term while City Council members are elected to four-year terms.

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By Russell Collier, Pastor Rivers of Living Water

The Beginning Is At The End

That may sound strange, but it is true. The beginning IS at the end. You

begin a new day after the end of the old day. You begin a new job after

the end of the old one. After you have completed a race, you begin prep-

aration for the next one. You get the idea. But most importantly, we

begin a new existence at the end of our natural life.

The bible clearly speaks on this subject. "...it is appointed unto men once

to die, but after this the judgment." (Hebrews 9:27). This judgment deter-

mines what type of new existence we will begin - eternal life with Jesus

Christ, or eternal damnation in the lake of fire. There is a stark contrast

between the two (see Revelation 20:11-15; 21:1-8).

It may not be something that is a popular topic of discussion, but the fact

remains true...we will die. Many people have opinions on what happens

afterwards, but the eternal God knows what will happen. There will be a

judgment which separates all people into one of two groups - the saved

or the damned. This is the reason why God in His mercy offers us salva-

tion.

The judgment of our life is determined by our spiritual condition at the

time of death. Are we saved? This means are we saved by Jesus Christ

from the judgment against the sins of our life. It is only possible to be

saved and avoid the judgment of damnation if the death, burial and res-

urrection of Jesus Christ has been applied to our life. According to Acts

2:38, this happens when we repent of our sins, when we are baptized in

the name of Jesus Christ for the remission (forgiveness) of our sins, and

when we receive the Holy Ghost (which is the Spirit of Jesus Christ). We

then continue to live in this saved spiritual condition through daily devo-

tion to Jesus Christ and through following His word.

We each have the same hope for a new existence of eternal life instead

of eternal damnation. It really is our choice. That's not an opinion. That's

the bible. Choose eternal life!

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