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THI Sandy Post Gresham High Girl Injured T H I M T . HOOD P L A Y G R O U N D ! *1 Elizabeth Hartm an, Editor Entered at the Post O ffice at Sandy, Clackamas County, Oregon, as second class matter under the Act of Congress of March, 1879. »Member o f Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association and National Editorial Association SUBSCRIPTIO N RATES Annual Subscription in Clackamas and Multnom ah Counties $3.50 In United States Elsewhere in Oregon $4.00 Servicemen and Women w '4 Published every Thursday by Outlook Publishing Co„ P.O. Boa 68, Sandy, Oregon 97055 l ì $4.50 53.50 December 11, 1969 Sandy Pott, Sandy. Oregon £ )' b ounce. y Humpty-Dumpty Business 6 N jt f f <f - r M x . Toy Poodles in s a tis fa c to ry condition Wednesday morning after being cau g h t between two cars T u e s d a y evening in the Gresham High parking lot. S he was leaving th e basketball game when she went to pick up a megaphone between two cars. One car moved forward and caught Miss Pynes between them. Then a second car hit a third car which knocked Miss Pynes fine. Walter C. Taylor, Lao Irwin, Co - Publisher* Pago 2 HATE LITTERBUGS - BE LOVABLE - A 17-year-old Gresham Highl School student, Susan L .l Pynes, 609 NE 198, was listed I ^ G K A T WAY JO PEOPLE IN SANDY Stud Service Black Silver W hite Puppies Aoricot Expert Grooming Rt. 3, Box 1250 Boring, Oregon 1 M ile N. of Barton on Boring Road Phone 650 3309 SELL YOUR HOUSE WITH A CLASSIFIED • In her must recent news lelter. Congresswoman Edith Green points onl that... •Som e 300.000 Americans die each year from diseases brought on by cigarette smoking. •'T o b a c c o subsidies and price supports paid to farmers totalled nearly $2 million in the first eight months of fiscal I960. •HEW last year spent $4.265,214 for a n ti-sm o k in g education and research activities. •The llept. of Agriculture last year spent $5,600,000 Io improve the tobacco crop and Io improve tobacco’s market-ability. •The U.S. spends about $230,000 annually to promote the use of American tobacco abroad. It’s little wonder that sometimes we get confused by the Alice-in-Wonder- land w an derings of government agencies. Tax Savings Are Illusory Congress with much noise and fanfare, is about to pass on a “lax reduction”, perhaps by increasing the per-person deduction, perhaps by closing up tax loopholes. But if you think you ’re going to save any money, guess again. P rop osed tax savings will be completely wiped out. in perhaps no more than two years by the bigger and bigger and bigger bite Social Security is taking. Right now, Social Security taxes exceed that which we pay in Oregon income tax. And if Congress, in its munificence, increases Social Security benefits, the result can only be SEE IT higher-lhan-ever earner. taxes on the wage Congress is talking about upping the wage base on which Social Security taxes arc paid from the present $7,800 per year to as much as $15.000. 'I his means you could pay about twice as much in Social Security taxes as at present and so would your employer. Few employers could stand that kind of an increase so prices inevitably would he hiked. So, don’t delude yourself that Congress is going to save any money. In fact, it probably will be very much the reverse. By Bob K a y Surely there is nothing more important to our future welfare than for all of us to do some heavy thinking about the education of our young, both in the home and in the schools. Previous a rtic le s have touched upon the former, let’s see what can be said about the schools. T axpayers a re In rebellion against the con tinually rising costs of the school system. I guess that around 80 per cent of all property taxes are allocated to that purpose. This, surely, is not because the public would favo r discontinuing the education of the young. The discontent stems ra th e r from the suspicion that our schools are not delivering full value for the money being spent. It grows more acute by the year. The cry from the students for greater relevance in courses of study and liberalised attitudes on the part of school ad ministrators is heard across the land. Thoughtful and dedicated teachers are b e c o m in g in c r e a s i n g l y frustrated in attempting to meet the needs of their students as they perceive them and are speaking out for new ap proaches to instruction that reflect new knowledge of the learning process and new educational concepts. There la a movement and a ferment going on in education but the question rem ains whether it is going fast enough or far enough. If many aspects of our society are deplorable, and I think young and old can agree on that, the schools are deeply Involved In both the causes and cures fo r the situation We cannot continue to keep pouring new wine into the old bottles and we must, all of us who care, take a long hard look at our schools, keeping a wide open mind toward naw idea® and the knowledge that ptayer without works is dead. 1 have likened the bread resting on four legs; the home, the school, the child, and the cultural dim ate of the society. To the extent that any one of these factors fail to meet the needs of the situation, the finished job is deficient. That leg representing society is unquestionably the most influential as it colors and molds the other three. Thus, if we are unhappy about our children and our schools we should begin to take stock of our own values and habita of mind regarding the schools and what we expect from education in general. Our reflective thought may well uncover another instance of the sins of the fathers being visited upon the children. Our society is dedicated to the idea that all people are created equal. This is true in so far as all share equally the stream of life and human consciousness. All have equal opportunity for evolutionary growth in spiritual awareness. It is a fallacy to construe this dictum to mean that we are all equal in aptitudes and capabilities. We obviously are not. Our ambitions for the education of our children should reflect a recognition of this fact. The educational process must be geared to the child as he is and not the other way around. Although we, as a people, believe in equality, we struggle m igh tily to achieve and maintain ln-equality in job and social position. We direct our energies to acquiring “status" and seem to think that to the degree that we succeed, we acquire an aura of superiority over our fellows. We show less concern with what a person is than with what he does for a living. Were we more enlightened we would recognise that the work of the carpenter, the garbage collector and the mechanic is as n s e n a r y to our well being as that of the doctor, the lawyer or the captain of their jobs well and were decent human beings, all would be respected equally. Some jobs would require higher education and some would require other kinds of training. So what. Nine-tenths of the work of the world does not require a college degree and more than half of our youth do not possess the aptitudes necessary to profit from one. For these, the time and money being spent at college is largely irrelevant. Not only does this constitute a major waste of resources but it impairs the ability of the in stitutions for higher learning to do the right kind of a job for those who really need what ¡?u r. they have to offer shows thermore, the record th at a la rg e m a jo rity of students entering college today fail to complete the course. P rin c ip a lly because of its u nsu itab ility to their capabilities, they drop out. This major defeat so early in his career often exerts a most destructive influence on the person which could scar him for life. It seems to me that our colleges and universities as they are now constituted should be reserved for those who have demonstrated the capacity to utilize them effectively and relieved of the burden of having to provide a status symbol or an em ploym ent credential for those who have other aptitudes. SandyChamber Sets Election Tuesday, Dec. 23, has been set by the Sandy Chamber of Commerce as the election date for officers for the coming year. The election will be held during the regular noon lun cheon . m eeting at T J ’a Restaurant. All members are asked to attend SANDY FUNERAL HOME - A '* / // -r? « -.M e ’-f c -t ✓ TREES OF A L L SIZES - and colors, too may be found at Janz Berryland this year. If you don't see what you like, they'll spray one to order for you and wrap it for easy transportation to your home. The store also has a vertible forest of natural Christmas (Post photo) trees in wide variety. J~ToThe EDITOR1» W e Invite Your Inspection of Our Facilities Located at 303 Pleasant St., Sandy, Oregon HELP! GET SANDY CLEAN 668-6015 A T T A C O BELL To the Editor: As everyone knows, on December 1st the Mountain View Water District bond issue went down to defeat. The Board of Directors, elected by the people, spent much tim e working with the Attorney and the Engineers to bring the facts and the cost to the Voters. To avoid the cost of a useless election a survey was made to determine if there was enough interest to call an election. The survey indicated that the issue would carry about two to one. Between the time of the survey and the election,’' (someone pushed a panic button and the results were that bonds were not approved. The in formation presented by the opposition was not exactly the same as that of our qualified Engineers. This, along with a healthy increase in taxes, spelled the doom of the bond issue for the present. It is ob vious that this community is not yet ready for water. When a man takes the lead in the community for something that he believes will improve the conditions of the people he is most always subjected to much abuse. I am sure that Mr. Clarence E ri has not escaped. AU the people who thought the construction of a water system was a good thing owe him a vote of thanks. M r. E ri gave many unselfish hours to the District and put thousands of miles on his automobile. I am sure that his efforts were not in vain—only delayed. E. Lloyd Holt Chairman num bered skirm ishes; th ey, th riv e on posthumous I presentations and reach full m a tu rity only with the realization that miniature flags bloom exclusively over the I WE RE PROUD OF ALL OUR FOOD ITEMS . . . BRING IN THIS COUPON A N D TRY ONE OF EACH AT THIS SPECIAL PRICE 11 IP THIS I IH I’O.V graves of governm ental messengers of peace and freedom. Yes, it surely most be a failure in research. Wake up, peace merchants; read the words and know this world is not your market place. 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