Chirp and Twerp
Housing authority!
defends actions
The
County
Housing
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Authority backed its actions in Si hum
a meeting with Clackamas satisfy
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c o m m is s io n e r s follow in g
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charges against the county
housing authority
The housing authority was
charged with allegedly ignor
ing
g u id elin es
set
up
by the U S Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development The rules do
not perm it setting dollar
v a lu es on free food and
educational benefits as basis
for computing housing projects
rents
The housing authority said
they were following their legal
counsel in their actions
W alter C. Taylor. Lea Irwin, Ca • Publisher»
Thome» C Taylor, Editor
Entered at the Post Office at Sandy, Clackamas County. Oregon, as second
class matter under the Act pf Congress of March, 1878
Member of Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association and National Editorial Association
Published a»ary Thursday by Outlook Publishing Co.. P.O. Bos M , Sandy, O rtyo n 77055
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Annual Subicnptton in Clackamas
and M-.Hnomah Counties
Elsewhere m Oregon
$4 00
$«-50
688 5548
In United State ....... .......................... $6 00
Servicemen and Women .................. $4 00
SA N D Y, O REGO N, T H U R S D A Y , AUG . 30. 1973
Any M ore Parks?
The Sandy city council expressed
concern for more park area in the city
Monday night The council appears
split on the need to purchase added
park property
One of the mam reasons for
questioning any added park lands is
the need to spend available funds to
develop the nine acre city park
located behind the city hall This
development is currently being held
up until federal funds promised
become available
During the development of the
city’s comprehensive plan, one of the
main concerns voiced by citizens was
the need for open space or green ways
inside the city It appears the council
has heard this and in looking for
possible park property is trying to
meet this demand
But as several council members
stated following the meeting, the city
must first develop its present park
They also feel the need for more
citizen support before spending
money for more park land.
If the citizen concern for open space
is real, then there is a need for a
citizen's committee to be formed and
the committee then could get the
council moving to purchase more
open space or park lands before the
cost of property goes much higher.
W hat about N ight Football?
Could night football games become
a casualty of the burgeoning Pacific
Northwest power crisis?
Probably not since the real crunch
will come long after the upcoming
football season Nevertheless, a lot of
people feel that night football is a
luxury, a luxury we can do without.
Their reasoning is quite simple
football is for students and af
ternoon football would be every bit as
practical as football at night.
Moreover, the saving in power would
be substantial
School officials aren’t so sure In
the first place, a very considerable
amount of revenue would be lost to
the districts Secondly, other ac
tivities go along with football—after
game dances, for instance—and these
would be impossible to schedule
following an afternoon game.
G o vern m en t by Leak
Folks who have complained abcut
“trial by newspaper’’ now can add
another difficulty
government by
leak
One way or another, almost
everything in the Watergate hearings
was leaked to the press. Daniel
Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon papers
and got off scot-free And now. details
of Vice-Pres Agnew’s presumed
problems have been leaked
Nothing it seems, is secret Most
everything is spilled in the public
prints even before legal actions, if
any, are filed
We don't know who is guilty or not
guilty in Watergate but a fair trial
seems highly unlikely at this junc
ture Television and newspapers
already have boxed the good guys and
the bad guys into neat packages
All these things are highly partisan
in nature The Democrats are taking
Finally, some school people say
that the energy required to light a
football field is no more than that
used if the same number of people
was sitting at home watching
television, running the dishwasher,
etc.
People at PGE aren’t so sure about
the latter contention. A lot of energy
is required to light a football field.
Almost certain
to become
casualties are freshman and jayvee
games at night. Most of these are in
the afternoon but those few scheduled
at night will go.
Much depends, of course, upon
weather in the next few weeks If the
record-breaking drought continues,
something more severe than the
voluntary 7 per cent reduction ob
viously will be necessary
"Guess which one is doing »he washing!
TWERP: "Yeah. And guess which one went
home to M other for Labor Day!"
Clackamas county seeks
input to land-use plan
Work continues on the
revision of the Comprehensive
Land-Use Plan for Clackamas
County
The plan is now being revised
in certain areas by a special
review committee of county
residents appointed by the
county planning commission
This spnng the plan was
heard at several public
meetings throughout the county
and many changes, revisions
and questions were asked about
the plan This nine member
review com m ittee was ap
pointed to recommend any
revisions to the plan
A key to any work by this
committee is based on input
from fellow county residents,
according to a spokesman for
the review committee
To get more public input the
com m ittee has slated a
full advantage of every opportunity to meeting on Sept 12 . 7 30 p m
embarrass the administration We at Clackamas High School
have no doubt that the Republicans Citizens of the county are
would do exactly the same if the shoe being urged by the committee
-
m em bers to attend this
were on the other foot.
meeting and assist in the work
But much of this just doesn’t square on the nine major study areas
with our concept of justice We re of the plan
porting data for the Com
prehensive Plan That there be
a conjunctive action Phase B of
the Plan proceeding at the
same time as follows Phase B .
Specific Development Pattern.
I. The Citizen input from neigh
borhood association s, com
munity study groups, com
munity organizations will be
sought
2 The Coordinating Council
will maintain liaison with the
various citizen groups to assure
all areas of the county are
represented
3 The Coordinating Council
will maintain liaison with all
citizen groups or neighborhood
associations in the county to
insure input into the Com
prehensive Plan as it affects its
munity
To insure that
rep resen tatives
of
these
com m unity groups will be
responsible for input into the
general portion of the com
prehensive plan cited above in
p hase A an'd lhat these groups
■ ■ may ---*
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as a whole
work on ~ Phase
B Specific Development Pat
tern
4 The Coordinating Council
may recommend and study
such other study areas erf
concern (other than the 9 areas
given» as they deem necessary
for an effective and workable
plan for the county
5 The Coordinating Council
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may . request
through the
commission specific
obviously totally supportive o f call,ng |tself
Clackamas
journalistic enterprise but we think County Coordinating Council,
the right of an accused to a free trial and local resident Duane
,, an even m ore basic rieht
Knapp 15 the Sandy Hoodland
IS
an e\en more Dasic ngni.
area s representative on it
A trial via mass media lacks the At the coordinating Council
protection of established judicial m eeting on Aug 8. the
proceedings A skilled manipulator of f°llow,n8 pobcy for work on the
symbols (words, pictures, etc.) can so
Phase A Generaj Policy
requiring
sway a nation that guilt or innocence statements of Comprehensive [>unng the Aujl 8 meeting, a
IS already firmly established
Plan The Coordinating Council presentation was made by
Freedom of the press and freedom the General p Policy
^ ^ Statements
^ n u SlaSkamas
ev"efop m '^ t
j,o r h o o ( j
of an accused to a free trial are not with background and sup Association (CCNDA) outlining
mutually exclusive We can't have
one without the other, neither can we
have one or the other
their goals and objectives of
encouraging citizen
par
ticipation through neigh
borhood groups The Coor
dinating Council expressed a
desire to encourage citizen
input of this type
Members of the Council noted
that 200 letters have been
mailed to people who had at
tended hearings and many
persons have volunteered to
work on the nine designated
committees, but many more
people are needed to insure
broad input into the vital
comprehensive plan
Preliminary subcommittees
are currently being formed and
interested citizens are urged to
attend the meeting on Sept 12
More inform ation may be
obtained by calling Mrs Helen
Huff, secretary of the Coor
dinating Council, telephone,
654 1278
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N E X T WEEK'S
N ot the Way To Go
We don't agree with the suggestion
by Ed Westerdahl. a member of the
State Board of Higher Education, that
admission standards to colleges and
universities be lowered
Westerdahl's suggestion would only
flood four year schools with students
who quite frankly have no business
being there
Higher education may be an
inalienable right to every taxpayer,
but having the right doesn’t mean he
has the capacity Unless reasonable
admission standards are in effect,
people who can t handle college work
will be wasting time and money
One of the virtues of the community
college concept is that people can find
out at home and at less cost if they're
ready for college Westerdahl would
I
«
put college and universities back into
competition
with
community
colleges.
Most states are turning their
colleges and universities into upper-
division and graduate schools. Lower
division work is being left primarily
to junior colleges
Westerdahl would buck the trend.
Admission standards to Oregon
schools already are lower than their
counterparts in nearby states To
drop them even further would be a
retrograde step and an expensive one.
We look to our four year schools for
quality, not quantity An open-door
admission policy will only make
Oregon a dumping ground for rejects
from other states
S A N D Y POST
For Inform ation on our
upcoming Subscript'011
Contest
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PARK T ARI.ES IN the city park behind city hall get little
aae a* the city await* federal matching (and* to help start
development of the park
,j>a»dy «ß
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