ir Letters to the Editor ir
To the E ditor:
I ’ve been a resident of North
C herryville Road for 28 years I
live at the bottom of the h ill
where the stop sign has been
placed. I can also say the sign
was always on the end of
H illcrest Road before.
I went out and talked to the
men when they were placing it
there and told them it did not
belong there and they said
they’d had orders to put it
there
Just last week when it was
icy a big truck was coming
down the h ill, he was coming
slow braking all the way, but he
kept sliding and could not stop
at the sign.
I ’ve seen other strange cars
come flying off the h ill not
stopping at the sign. There are
more cars going up and down
this h ill than ever uses Hillcrest
Road so I cannot figure where
they got their statistics.
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SANDY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JAN. 13, 1972
The C ig a rette Tax Election
We confess to having mixed sen
timents about next Tuesday’s vote on
the cigarette tax.
In the first place we are convinced
that the state needs the money. And
since we’re a non-smoker, what
better way to get it!
But then a second thought bothers
us. What about the precedent being
established?
This time, legislators have chosen
to soak that portion of the public
which smokes cigarettes. What about
next time? It m ight be candy bars or
cashew nuts; almost anything would
be fa ir game.
However one might rationalize, the
cigarette tax is a selective sales tax.
Arguments >f both proponents and
opponents leave something to be
desired. The alleged regressive
features of the tax, for instance,
bother us not one bit. No one has to
smoke and those who do, do so as a
m a tte r of free choice. T h e y’d
probably be much better off if they
didn’t.
Finally, it should be noted that even
if the tax is approved by the voters,
our total cigarette tax (9 cents w ill be
less than Washington (16 cents);
Montana and New Mexico (12 cents)
and California, Nevada and Arizona
(10 cents).
Some A dvice on a C a re e r
Occasionally, we’re asked to speak
at high school career days. Students,
of course, are interested in what
career they should follow and usually
ask some pretty fa ir questions.
We advise those with the academic
qualifications to go on to college, to
“ get a good education.’’
A couple of experiences lately make
us wonder, at least as far as the
monetary rewards are concerned.
A carpenter now gets $300 a week; a
painter who came to our house
recently gets $10 an hour which, for a
40-hour week, figures out to $400 per
week.
You won’t get those kind of salaries
with a college degree.
It used to be that a college degree
was the passport to financial success
and security; now i t ’s a union card.
People who work with their hands are
much more honored by our society, at
least monetarily, than those who
work with their minds.
Drugs
blamed
for fall
"Are You Ready For My Impersonation Of Abe Lincoln ?”
Troutdale annexation
Tax re,ief
okayed by big margin seminars
Annexation of a sizable tract
to the City of Troutdale was
approved in a special election
Tuesday.
The count was 44-26.
Only persons livin g in the
area involved were eligible to
vote.
Basically, the annexation w ill
extend T routdale’s boundaries
along the east side of the Sandy
riv e r to the old Kienow estate,
and along Jackson Park read
T
on the west side.
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Residents of the Jackson
Park area were largely op
posed to the annexation and
brought about the special
election.
Some 480 acres were involved
in the o rig in a l a nnexation
proposal but this was cut in half
by the Portland Metropolitan
Boundary Commission.
scheduled
M t.
Hood
C o m m u n ity
College, along with the other
co m m u n ity colleges in the
state, w ill offer seminars on the
Homeowners’ Tax Relief law
which took effect Jan. 1.
Dave Spooner, who heads the
program at Mt. Hood, said
there probably would be six
«.§everal hundred people w ill seminars between Feb. 1 aiffl
he. added to T ro u td a le ’s A p ril 15. He w ill announce the
pppulation by the annexation.
exac_tr dates and times next
week.
C o m m u n ity college p e r
sonnel
have
attended
workshops conducted by the
KJC? M A ’ T S
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m A P P E ki S
A report that a youth had
fa lle n
fro m
the top of
Lautourell Falls proved to be
something of a wild goose chase
Tuesday for sheriff’s deputies
and members of the Corbett
Fire Dept.
Two youths, both fro m
Portland, apparently had been
experimenting with drugs and
one took a minor fall. The other
youth panicked and went back
to the road whei e he told a road
department crew his partner
was “ badly hurt or dead.”
A search crew was organized
and the second youth located on
the tra il. He was not seriously
hurt.
Both w ere taken to the
County Hospital where they
were treated.
COW POKES
There's a grade school bus
that picks up children all along
Hillcrest road then goes up and
picks up children on North
C herryville Road. If that bus
evpr got hit when it could not
stop at that sign, there would be
two communities of children
injured or killed.
The B ib le teaches the
stubborness of men, we sure
see it in this w orld today, and
that stop sign is really stub
borness on the part of someone.
E ffie A Ballou
One thing you can
know in advance:
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When you come to
Sandy Rexall Drug
you w ill receive sat
isfaction as well as
friendly service.
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210 R»OCTOB A V I-S A N D Y ,O « BOON »70S J
By Ace Reid
Drug meeting set here Doerksen on trade
It is hoped that a large crowd w ill tu r
nout for the next Drug Information
discussion set for Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. The
programs are being sponsored by the
Sandy Woodland Jaycees and the Sandy
Grade School PTA and they are being held
in the Sandy Grade old gym.
In the first of a three part series held last
Tuesday a small crowd attended the
conference.
According to a spokesman for the
groups, the idea behind this three part
series is to help inform the residents of the
area on drugs.
on pot, and ruin your life because you
might not be able to get o ff i t ” , commented
Tracy. Her brother T erry decided that
“ pot makes you see things differently, and
act d iffe re n tly” .
Evan felt the ta lk "helped (me) un
derstand the harm ful effects of drugs - if
you start, you m ight get hooked” and
summed up the attitude of those in a t
tendance when asked if he would want to
try p o t: “ no w a y !”
These were the reactions of some of the
children present, at the P.T.A.-Javcee
Minta«.»«
mission to Far East
Several Oregon machinery
Ben Doerksen of Grestutm
w ill one of the 30-member manufacturers also w ill be
Oregon Trade Mission headed seeking new markets. Products
by Gov. Tom McCall who Will o ffe re d w ill in clu d e food
travel to six countries of the processing machinery and car
F ar East Jan. 28 - Feb. 18.
washing equipment.
The
tra d e
m issio n
is
A ttra c tin g in ve stm e n t in
scheduled to visit Hong Kong, Oregon facilities by overseas
Jan. 31 - Feb. 3; Kuala Lum pur, firm s also w ill be a mission
Feb 4-5; Singapore, Feb. 67; o b je c tiv e .
John
F u lto n ,
Taipei, Feb. 8-10; Seoul, Feb. econom ic developm ent ad
11-13; and, Tokyo, Feb. 14-18. m in is tra to r, w ill co o rd in a te
Main thrust of the mission this sales effort, which w ill be
w ill be expanding markets for supported by representatives of
Oregon agricultural products banks, utilities, the P ort of
and opening up new m arkets in P o rtla n d , the cham bers of
the countries of the western commerce and shipping and
P acific Rim, the governor said. transportation interests.
Irv in Mann, state director of
Luncheons and receptions for
agriculture, and Jay G latt, a p p ro p ria te gove rn m en t o f
a gricultural trade development ficials and prospective buyers
specialist, w ill coordinate the are planned in each country.
sales e ffo rt fo r th e fa rm But the main business of the
m arketing team which w ill mission, the governor said, w ill
include grower and processor be carried out in individual
representatives for many of the m eetings between Oregon
state’s leading commodities. sellers and overseas buyers.
The lis t of products offered
A two-man advance team.
w ill include m int, onions, hops,
wheat, grass and legume seeds, Stanley Sparks, international
fresh and processed fruits, trade manager for economic
potatoes, peas, beans and developm ent d iv is io n , and
frozen fru its and vegetables. ( L lo y d P o rte r, in te rn a tio n a l
trade specialist, U S. D epart
ment of Commerce, left Friday
to make final arrangements in
each city.
College
enrollment
CA PTA IN CHARLES Thomas (rig ht) from
Cla.kam as County Sheriff's Department
shows some of the materials he used in the
drug information meeting held Tuesday.
In this first program, a representative
from the Clackamas County Sheriff's
Department presented a film and talk
concerning drugs. This program was
d ire c te d to w a rd s the com m on drug
marijuana
The second program set for Jan. 18 w ill
feature a discussion of the medical
problems associated with drugs Guest
speakers are planned who are authorities
in this area.
According to Lloyd Christensen, Jaycee
chairman of the programs, it is hoped that
a form er drug addict w ill be available for
one of the programs to talk with persons
attending the meeting
The th ird program in the senes w ill be
directed towards the open forum style with
a panel available to answer questions from
the public.
“ These programs are free and meant to
be inform ational for those attending.'*,
stated Christensen
“ The movie showed how you can get high
The next meeting is this Tuesday at 7:30
p m. at the Sandy Grade School. Lloyd
Christensen, Jaycee chairman of the
programs, listens to Capt. Thomas.
( Post photo)
drug program Tuesday night.
The movie was about m arijuana, and
was narrated by Sonny Bono (of Sonny and
Cher, for the inform ation of the unhip). It
showed, in living color, how teenagers get
started on pot, how it may affect them
physically, and how their distorted mental
condition can lead to actions which en
danger not only themselves but others
After the movie on m arijuana. Captain
Charles Thomas, from the Narcotics
Division of the Clackamas County Sheriffs’
Office, spoke on his experience in dealing
with m arijuana He had samples of seed,
plants, cut and uncut “ grass” , lids and
joints mounted on plaques He also burned
a small amount of pot to demonstrate the
unique odor
Since someone in his position has access
to many sources of inform ation, Captain
Thomas' talk was both fascinating and
startling.
increases
W inter term enrollm ent at
Mt. Hood Community College
has
a lre a d y
exceeded
enrollment figures from the
1971 w inter quarter.
Some 7,443 fu ll and part time
students had registered for
MHCC classes as of noon, Jan.
10. Late registration is still in
progress and several hundred
more students are expected to
enroll.
The 7.443 head count is
already 60 more students than
enrolled w inter term last year
A pproxim ately 60 per cent of
those enrolled are fu ll tim e
students—a total of 4.479 This
is nearly 1.000 more full tim e
students than last w inter's total
of 3,493
W inter enrollment is down in
co m p a riso n w ith fa ll te rm
s ta tis tic s .
The
1971 fa ll
enrollment saw a total head
count of 9,608 and a full-tim e
enrollment of 5.168
t
ooo
Auto excise tax collections
have jumped from $66 m illion
in 1927 to about $1.8 billion
today.
state Department of Revenue
and w ill, in turn, pass along the
inform ation to local citizens
who a tte n d fre e se m in a r
sessions on property tax relief.
Chamber
to hear
Bladine
"I'm c ->na run that steer by now and fer gosh sakes
rope am cause we might not find another clear
spot like this fer miles."
Your time and
temperature bank.
No matter how cold
it is outside-A warm
welcome awaits you
inside
P h ilip Bladine, M cM innville
publisher, w ill talk to the
Greater Gresham Chamber of
Commerce Monday, Jan. 17, at
noon in the Garden Village
Restaurant.
Bladine w ill talk on “ fighting
the ecology n u ts .” He is
president of the Western En
vironment Trade Association;
also past president of Oregon
N ew spaper
P u b lis h e r s
A ssociation an A ssociated
Oregon Industries.
we are your financial
trouble shooters.
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