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Dennis Day to Headline Stage Show Walter C. Taylor, Loo Irwin, Co-Publishert Dennis Day’s great tenor voice will sound over the fair grounds tn Gresham next month when Jack Benny's favorite •Inger headlines free stage shows at the Multnomah County Fair July 28 through Aug. fl. With opening of the 60th an nual fair leas than a month away, preparations for all fair activities, Including the twice dally free stage show, arenear- ing completion. lAiy’s singing and comedy will top a hill that will include one of the nation’s outstanding trained dog acta, the Arwoods; the Lyons family of pint-sited junior acrobats, and a combo of grandmothers -- "The Friv olous Five” -- that is one ot the funniest musical surprises of all time. Entered at the Post Office at Sandy. Clackamas County, Oregon as second- class matter under the Act of Congress of March. 1879 Member of Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association and National Editorial Association Published every Thursday by Outlook Publishing Co. Pa«e 2 Sandy Post, Sandy, Oregon $2 Annual Subscription June 30, 19M A Little Light on the Draft Hearings on Selective Service cur rently under way in Washington. D.C., hopefully may shed a little light on a confused situation. The unpopular war in Viet-Nam has resulted in an attack on Selec tive Service by everyone from Con gressmen on down to parents of those youngsters who have been drafted. For a variety of reasons—relatively high physical and mental standards, dependency deferments, educational deferments, occupational deferments etc.—only a relatively small percen tage of young men are being tapped by the draft. There are many suggestions—a uni versal draft at, say age 19; elimina tion of educational deferments; es tablishment of a lottery plan etc. None of these would do anything more than add more inequities, more problems. We can think of nothing more de structively wasteful, for instance, than to turn all the nation’s 19-year- olds over to the government. Obvious ly, only a small percentage of them would serve in the military. What in the world would the government do with the remainder? College deferments also are being roundly attacked. Why. the critics ask, should money be the determinant of who gets shot at in Viet-Nam? The inference, of course, is that only the rich go to college. Ignoring the obvious fallacies in such an argument, one need only ponder figures presented by Lt. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey. Selective Service director: Some 56 per cent of all college males eventually serve in the armed forces, only 43 per cent of non-college men. Critics of educational defer ments just can’t seem to distinguish between exemption and deferment. College doesn’t mean exemption from the draft, merely deferment. We suspect there will be mount ing pressure for changes in the draft as long as the senseless war continues in Viet-Nam. We only hope whatever changes are made, make sense. The "three M’s," Moon Mullen, Merrill Bartruft ano Merle Hill are joined by Gene Collier m front nt sign erected to draw attention to the Mt. Hood Lions annual holiday weekend Chuck Wagon breakfast at the Lions Hall pavilion at Weinme. coln County Historical Society got wind of its impending demise. These things happen all too often nowadays. Interesting old homes, buildings, trees, landmarks, etc. go down before the bulldozer as the mark of "progress.” We seem to have scant regard for the historical or even the aesthetic value of things around us. Thus, we applaud the efforts of Portland architect Lewis Crutcher and others who fight, often almost alone, to save some of our historic heritage, to eliminate some of the commercial blight (signboards, pow er poles etc.) which we see every where. Some other things often are as im portant as “progress.” The Stadium Plot Thickens The split over just what the Port land Metropolitan area should do—if anything—about a multi-purpose ath letic stadium expanded this week. One group, headed by Mayor Bud Kyle of Tigard, seeks a tri-county sta dium somewhere south of Portland near the Baldock freeway. County Commissioner Mel Gordon would like to build a stadium in the North Portland area, specifically in conjunction with a refurbished Paci fic International building. And the other two county commis sioners, Dave Eccles and Mike Glea son, would like to purchase Multno mah Stadium as a stop-gap measure, then seek enabling legislation for a tri-county approach. They feel there are grave doubts about its legality otherwise. It seems to us that the Eccles- Gleason approach is the sound one. We doubt if the voters are going to approve any stadium idea very soon and unless Multnomah can be ac quired. Portland will have no place for baseball, pro and college football etc. If, after use of Multnomah as an interim facility for a time, a tri-coun ty stadium is approved, nothing will have been lost. Multnomah still could be sold at a profit. We don’t think the time is quite ripe for an all-out stadium drive. But at the same time, Portland simply cannot afford to have no stadium at all. Thus the short-term acquisition of Multnomah stadium makes sense. We hope the city and/or county can do so. The Surplus Disappears Nature may have taken a decisive hand in the argument over “surplus” water from the Pacific Northwest. The Southwest, of course, eyes our water resources most covetously and some sort of diversion from the Co lumbia and/or Snake rivers seems likely, political realities being what they are. However, this spring the Pacific Northwest is experiencing its worst water shortage in 30 years. Cattle in the highlands of Eastern Oregon and Washington have been forced into high-mountain pastures. The ranges have dried up. Non-irrigated crops may be facing a severe loss; some areas may see a hay crop less than half of normal. In land Empire wheatlands are having their most severe water problems since the 1930s. All this, of course, could well blunt the drive of water-conscious South westerners. It could be mighty diffi cult to divert water from an area which has drought conditions of its own. Actually, however, the water prob lems here probably will be of brief duration. Next year likely will be back to normal. But even so, the cur rent shortage gives considerable am munition to those fending off water- hungry Californians. Chinks in the Poverty Program You hear a lot of grumbling about would have ruled out any applicants the administration’s poverty program anyhow. To qualify for Youth Project and we had reason last week to see employment, a youngster must come from a home where the Income level why, right here on the local level. Reynolds high school was given is not above $3,000 per year. The actual figure varies with the a $7,000 federal grant for a summer number of children In the family, work program for 15 students. but the $3,000 figure was about right However, government approval of in the Reynolds project. None of the the program was delayed so long that potential workers could qualify. by the time It arrived, all potential Thus, it’s difficult to see how the participants already had jobs. They program could do much for us lo couldn’t wait around all summer. cally. And, unfortunately, that has And in addition, the unrealistic re been exactly the same story from a quirements the government imposes lot of other places. I The average man's judg ment Is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses It, — E. W. Howe. a popular misconception of law has it that everyone who is injured on another’s property is entitled to recover all dam ages he may suffer from the owner of that property. Property owners themselves often believe this erroneous principle, and it is not uncom mon for a home owner, dis cussing an Injury at his home, to remark, reluctantly, "Well, I guess I'm liable--the acci dent happened on my proper ty." This is NOT the law. The concept of "fault" is still es sential to a recovery for dam ages in all but a few specialized fields at law and mere owner ship of private property does not produce the necessary "fault" for recovery. In most cases of accidents on his residence property, a home owner will not be liable for the resulting injuries. This is because most visitors at his home and on his residence property will be social guests. Towards his guests a home owner owes the duty only at refraining from willful and wanton misconduct, and at warning them of any hidden traps. He is under no obliga tion to use any active care for .their safety, and, if they are injured, he has no obligation to make good their damages. This rule is derived from the nature of the relationship between host and his guests-- the host receiving no benefit from the visit except thepleas- ure of his guests* company; it would be unjust to place upon him the burden of protecting his guests from all injury. As it was put by one judge, the visitor in a home takes his host as he is and for the purpose of lability becomes a member of the host’s family. A different rule applies to persons who come on one’s property for the purpose of a business In which the owner ’ Is engaged. Towards these per sons the owner owes the duty of "reasonable care" for their safety. Thus one who operates a store is liable to his custom - ers for injuries they sustain as a result ot his negligence. He must do what a reasonable man would do under the same circumstances to provide for the care and safety of these so Gene Collier, Merrill Bartruft and Jack Jancan, President of the Mt. Hood Lions, are trying out the new “green" behind the Lions Hall at Wemme. A Hole-In-One contest will be a new feature of the Chuck Wagon Breakfast this year. The annual Turkey Shoot will also be included at the July 2 and 3 affair. The Food and Fun start at 7 a.m. ITIZENS OLLEGE F orum News and Views About Mt. Hood Community College By ALAN GOODELL FUNDS APPROVED A college application for funds to improve Instruction in commercial and business edu cation has been approved by the Department of Health, Educa tion and Welfare. The college is slated to receive $13,952 for the purchase of typewrit ers, calculators, and other business machines. Courses to be offered this year Include typing, shorthand, office mach ines, office practices, and an introduction to business. CLASSROOMS ORDERED At a special meeting of the college board Thursday, June 23, bids were awarded to Holi day Mobile Building Sales of Portland for four mobile class rooms. The college will set up these classrooms on the Multnomah County Fairgrounds for this year. These trailers will be used for general pur pose classrooms, with one unit to be a specially designed busi ness education room fortyping, shorthand, and office machines. PHYSICAL EDUCATION Students attending Mt. Hood Community College are re quired to meet the same physi cal education requirements as those attending a senior insti tution: five credits in physical education activities and two credits in health education. A variety of courses will be of fered -- bowling, skiing, swim ming, skating etc. A student who is physically unable to participate In physical educa tion activities must present, at the time of registration, a signed statement by a physician attesting to his inability. RADIO REMINDER Each Sunday evening at 7:30, Mt. Hood Community College presents Community College Radio Forum on Station KRDR, Gresham. Many citizens, of ficials, and college personnel are interviewed on this pro gram so that the public will be Informed about what Is hap pening at the college. Administrative Assistant COLLEGE GETS EQUIPMENT At a meeting of the college board on June 16, 1966, bids were awarded for furniture and equipment for the college classrooms. Typewriters, tablet-arm chairs, and other pieces of equipment were secured through several bid ding suppliers. Portable classroom build ings are being ordered this week. As soon as the class rooms arrive and as soofi as the Multnomah County Fair has ended, the college will be gin setting up classrooms and equipment for opening the Fall Quarter in September. Estacada Gets Extended-Area Phone Service Is the time ripe for another try by Sandy-area residents for extended-area (toll free) telephone service with Port land and Gresham? Pacific Northwest Bell dis closed this week that it soon would spend $174,000 as its part in bringing extended-area service to Estacada. The Estacada area will get toll-free service to Portland and Milwaukie, effective Aug. 15, 1967. An order by the State Public Service Commission several months ago set that effective date. Sandy residents balloted sev eral years ago on toll-free service but the results were not conclusive In the opinion of the Public Service Commis- slon. Sandy and Gresham areas, of course, are served by Gen eral Telephone (nee West Coast Telephone). Estacada is served by an independent com pany, Estacada Telephone. The memtiers of the bandy Area Chamber of Commerce wish to take this means << ex pressing our gratitude and ad- miration of the skill and co operation sh own by our volun- teer fire department and the members of the Boring, Es- tacada, and Gresham Dist. *10 fire departments in fighting and contaUdng the fire of Juno 27th at our new (under c exist ruction) grade school. Our deepest thanks and ap preciation for a job well done! Sincerely, called "Invitees." (Oregon lawyers offer this column as a public service. No person should apply or interpret any law without the aid of an attorney who is completely ad vised of the facts involved. Even a slight variance in fact many change the application of the law.) SANDY AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Fair Parking People Sought A call has been Issued by Ross Cohen, who Is in charge of parking cars at the county fair In Gresham, for workers from the local area who are over 18 years of age and are Interested in working during the fair, July 28 through Aug. 6. Cohen said It has been his policy for several years to use local people for this work and he Is continuing this policy again this year. Those inler- ested should call Cohen at 223- 2135, or Mike Fisher at 665- 4877. Fireworks Display Set for Golf Club The annual Fourth of July dlsplay of fireworks at Bow man’s Mt. Hood Golf Club will be spixisored as usual by the Hood-Land Chamber of Com merce. Although the display Is held off til dusk, it is ad- visable to come early as this event annually draws crowds to Welches Road area. Ned E. Dyal, Secretary LETTER TO THE EDITOR As an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination to the Oregon House of Rep resentatives, I would like to thank all those people whohelp- ed me in my recent campaign. I would especially like to thank the late Hal White, past Chair man of the Democratic Party in Clackamas County, for the advice which he tendered me. I would also like to express my appreciation to State Senator Thomas Monoghan, for it was he, more than anyone else, who sparked an mtereat in public service tn me, while we talked over coffee In the Commons last summer at the University of Portland. Lastly, and most Important ly, I would like to express my deep gratitude to those who voted tor me. Although I came in second in a field of four, I feel that I gained a minor vic tory, which will be very useful • in coming years. Members of the Post staff will enjoy the Fourth of July holiday on Monday along with the rest of the city, state and nation and the Sandy Post office will be closed on that day. TTiere has been no change in deadlines for the Sandy Post the week of July 4, but early copy on Thursday and Friday of this week would be appreciated. Yours sincerely, Frank W. Amato HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO RECEIVE "EXTRA" MONEY ON JUNE 30, BECAUSE THEY SAVED REGULARLY BIG IMPROVEMENT Tried the new Sandy-Gresh am road yet? We have, the very first after noon, In fact, and it's a tremendous improvement. We figure it saves about 10 minutes on the Sandy tun from Gresham although Dale Bergh, who should know, says some times it’ll be as much as 15 minutes. To say nothing of the safety factor. We drove to Sandy often and never could get over the feeling of uneasiness. It was one of the most hazardous stretches of road in the state. The first vehicle, incident ally, to drive -- officially -- over the new stretch was a delivery truck from Mt. Hood Cleaners in Sandy. Closed Monday To the Editor! I would like to express my appreciation tor the fine co operation you and y<ur staff have extended to the Social Security Administration. The impact of the 1985 Medi care legislation has greatly in creased our publicity re<iulre- ments. Your cooperation in assisting us to bring to the attention of the fmbllc informa tion about changes in the Social Security laws has benefited many people by helping make them aware of their rights and obligations under the new pro gram. Thank you for your assist ance. Without your help our task of enrolling the aged would have been more difficult. Sincerely yours, /•/ Paul F. Johnson June 28, 1900 « Sandy Rural Fire District Sandy, Oregon Gentlemen: IT'S YOUR LA W Prog ress Isn’t Everything Here in America, we rationalize all sorts of behavior with the ex planation, "But that’s progress!” Lincoln county had a fine example of “progress” last week when a 110- year-old cypress tree was chopped down to make way for a new coin- operated car wash. The tree marked the spot where Lt. Phil Sheridan built a blockhouse in 1856 during Indian troubles. For many years the tree had been known as the “Sheridan tree” and a sign commemorating its historical signif icance placed on the trunk. However, all this came down at the altar of "progress.” In fact, the tree was down even before the Lin- Letters to the Editor SAVE HERE AND EARN 4% Compounded Quarterly Deposits Made by July 10th Draw Interest from July 1st county B ank S andy ope mutuai 7 2271 MEMitR f Maral Oagetlt Iniuranca Cergeratlee orza ruDAYS tili . • PJL
