Japanese poster
exhibit scheduled
An exhibition of recent
Japanese posters will be on
display in the Mt. Hood Com
munity College Center March
25 through April 5.
This display of over 50
posters represents some of the
best recent posters produced in
Japan The colorful exhibit
includes posters for travel,
televisions, cosmetics, plays,
exhibits, automobiles and
books. Many are experimental
and produced at the designer’s
own expense as an art form just
for exhibitions. The majority of
the posters are printed offset
Lee Irwin, Publisher
Paul Keller, Editor
Jo Espersen, Advertising Manager
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and the rest with silkscreen
process
The posters are notable for
their high quality photography
and
unusual
p rin tin g
techniques.
These posters are circulated
by the Western Association of
Art Museums.
Exhibit viewing at MHCC is
free to the public. Hours are
Monday through Thursday, 8
a m to 9p .m .,F rid a y s to 5 p.m.
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Day attends
short course
Watergate: The Ways To Go
We’ve deliberately tried to sample
ypinion on W atergate recently and
ind four different camps:
(a) The Fire-N ixon-tom orrow
?amp. These people feel his guilt long
since has been established and he
should either resign or be impeached.
(b) The Don’t-fire-Nixon camp.
These people feel the Democratic-
liberal-media axis is trying to do
som ething w ith W ate rg a te they
couldn’t accomplish at the polls.
Nixon should stay, especially in view
jf his adm itted accomplishments in
foreign affairs.
(c) The Let’s-wait-and-see camp.
These people simply don’t feel that
the evidence is all in, that until Nixon
is c h arg ed and convicted of
something, he’s innocent.
(d) The C o u n try -can ’t-stand-it
camp. These people think while there
may have been hanky-panky, the
traum a resulting from a presidential
ouster could well ruin the country.
We would say that Camps b and c
are getting smaller, Camps a and d
are getting bigger. Fewer and fewer
people are undecided, more and more
are taking sides.
What will happen? We surely can’t
guess especially since Oregon isn t
precisely the USA in microcosm.
We’re hardly typical. But there seems
to be a very strong feeling that
something—one way or another—
should happen. People are getting
terribly, terribly tired of hearing
about W atergate.
Benefits from the Gasoline Crunch?
Now that the Arab oil boycott ap
parently is ending, we can say it:
The gasoline shortage wasn’t all
that bad!
Why such a dumb conclusion?
Several reasons:
(a) It taught all of us to do a lot less
driving, to skip unnecessary trips, to
use public transport when feasible.
(b) It brought a 55-mph speed limit
and that in turn brought a sharp
reduction in traffic fatalities. The
freeways are safer today.
re) It nflwte all of us drive more
sensibly. No more jackrabbit starts,
racing our engine; we kept our cars in
better tune.
Hopefully, most of these things will
rem ain even after gasoline becomes
more plentiful, especially the 55-mph
speed limit.
There is absolutely no need to
return to our wasteful ways, to use the
automobile to go across the street.
Even though rationing will be
avoided, we simpiy are not going io
have all the gasoline we need. Con
servation measures still will be
continually necessary.
We a re n ’t and never were amongst
those who suggest the automobile
should be forever sidetracked for
some other form of transit. I t’s here
and we need it. But more thoughtful
use of our cars, more response to
energy -saving suggestions won’t hurt
any of us.
Hoodland land exchange
approved by BLM
Twenty-two acres of national resource
land in the Wemme-Wildwood area under
the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land
Management will be exchanged for 122
acres of land owned by William C. and
Winnie B. Murphy of Beaverton, Salem
BLM district manager B. T. Vladimiroff
has announced
The properties located in northern
Clackamas County have approximately
equal market value, he said.
The federal lands involved are 19 lots in
a 40-acre homesite subdivision along the
Sandy river When first created in the late
1960s. the lots were made available to
veterans only on a lease-and-purchase
basis
“ Only 16 of the 35 lots went into private
ownership,”
related
V la d im iro ff,
“because many of the veterans failed to
meet the terms of the lease, especially the
requirement to build a suitable dwelling.
Then the 1964 flood came through and
severely damaged several homes and
lots ”
V la d im iro ff stated that property
damage from future floods will be avoided
because the deed to Murphy will contain a
restriction limiting the use of the flood-
prone areas to park or non-intensive open
space.
Murphy's lands are on steep hillsides
adjoining BLM's Wildwood Recreation
Site. Vladimiroff pointed out these lands
have scenic values that are important to
the recreational development of the Mt.
Hood area.
In addition to the influence on the
recreation site, a new trail to Huckleberry
Mountain has been proposed which will
cross or pass close by Murphy’s lands.
“This exchange has not been an easy one
for us,” Vladimiroff reflected. “When we
first announced our plans to classify the
federal lands for exchange in M ay 1972, we
ran into some stiff opposition from the
adjoining landowners. The opposition
disappeared, however, when M r. Murphy
agreed to let the present landowners have
the first opportunity to buy the adjoining
lot from him at the same price we used in
our appraisal ”
Although BLM has approved the ex
change, Vladimiroff noted that there is
still more to be done before it becomes
final
"A notice must be published in a local
newspaper for four consecutive weeks and
deeds must be examined by our legal staff.
The notice provides the last chance for
persons who wish to assert a claim to the
federal lands or who object to the ex
change All claims or objections must be
filed with our Portland office and with M r
Murphy within the next 60 days,” he said,
“but we do not anticipate receiving any.”
Meeting set in Damascus
The possibility of toll free telephone
dialing between Damascus and Gresham
will be discussed at a public meeting at 8
p m Tuesday, March 26. in the Damascus
School cafeteria
Bob
Knutson
from
Continental
Telephone, which serves the Damascus
area is scheduled to speak Tom Kent
from General Telephone, which serves
Gresham, is also on the agenda
Toll free dialing between the two areas
has been discussed on numerous occasions
during the past several years
Presently, it’s a long distance phone call
from Damascus School to Sam Barlow
High Damascus School graduates attend
Barlow
It's also long distance to M t Hood
Commiaiity College and the Baring Post
I
Office, which serves the Damascus area.
The major question of whether to in
stitute toll free calling or not revolves
around one major question —cost.
Knutson from Continental Telephone
pointed out Tuesday that toll free is a
deceptive description of opening up the
phone lines
Costs for establishing toll free calls
would be borne by telephone subscribers,
probably through a rate increase People
who are ctrrently making many toll free
calls to Gresham would benefit the most
from dropping toll charges
The cost would be shared, however, by
all subscribers in the Damascus area, the
majority of whom make few or no calls to
Gresham each month.
General Telephone, likewise, would pick
up a share of the cost.
Sandy B uilding Inspector
Tom Day attended a special
three-day short course at
Oregon State University with
145 other building inspectors
March 4-8.
The training is offered by the
u n iv e rs ity ’s
School
of
Engineering each year as a
public service for building
inspectors from cities, counties
and industries throughout
Oregon.
in c
L -M -3 -1
most objectionable cartoons
against Cedar Ridge. He also
wrote a letter to the Oregon
City Enterprise-Courier which
was fille d w ith as many
distortions about the Cedar
Ridge proposal as were his
cartoons
How then, could he write a
fair and unbiased article?
It is obvious to all of us who
attended the hearing and
listened to the testimony that
he dicfci’t.
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A ren ’t you just a bit
ashamed?
Fred Thornberg
Wemme
To the Editor:
I wTsh to‘ extend my kindest
regards to the Sandy Rescue
and the Sandv Am-
Squad and the Sandy Am
bulance Service for the fast,
efficient and most court.ous
service extended to me when so
desperately needed Saturday
morning, March 9.
Lewis R. Johnson
To the Editor
What is in a name?
Cedar Ridge—perhaps not
less accurate than Timberline
R im
Why not E vergreen
Ridge, but then the aspiring
Alder trees would still be
slighted
Now,
if
the
proposed
development goes in I have a
b e tte r
n a m e — B R O W N ’S
BOOM TOWN
Respectfully,
Margaret Ann Fielding
P.O Box 112
ZigZag
P S. A song—M r Burns?
To the Editor:
I
consider
it
most
irresponsible journalism when
a person like W illia m E .
Sanderson is chosen to write a
so called
“ news story'*
regarding the Clackam as
County hearing on Cedar
Ridge
In case some of your reader*
might miss the point. William
Sanderson is ” 01’ B ill” who
drew the two most vicious and
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LETTERS ToThe EDITOR
To the Editor:
Days ago it was a society that
casually treated the service
station owner with respect and
congenialty—when it was
convenient. But times have
changed. No longer are S. S.
owners asked curtly for a fill up
and “take a look at the engine,
M ac.”
Instead, humanity confronts
the S £ . owners with a facet of
human nature alm ost as
nathetic
Now we see the
apologetic, shamed, begging
citizen with a five paragraph
explanation (truth or not?) of
why they need gas again this
week. A n d -(s tu tte rin g ) they
ask hesitantly if it would be
possible to have five gallons to
make it home. Then two days
later that thoughtful litfle gift,
a bottle of booze, a tip, a bribe-
they play with the touchy
subject of buying favor or
contempt.
Nowadays S 5 . owners are
faced w ith the depressing
business of handling a life line
that the proud, contemptuous
people of yesterday took for
granted, and the anxious people
of today beg for. It seems
strange to wish for customers
to come in and say, “F ill her
up, and what the hell took so
long?”
But it would make times
seem normal and even the
rudeness of yesterday is
preferable to the new friends
(buddy-buddy all of a sudden),
the little gifts that aren’t truly
gifts but a little reminder to
don’t forget about “m e” and
that dirty feeling of being liked
and used simply because we
hold the keys to the gas pumps
and not liked simply because
we’re good people.
Sincerely yours
Joyce Boston
Brightwood
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SAFECO
To the E ditor:
Until I read William San
derson’s coverage of the
Clackam as
County
Com
mission hearing, I had thought
that names made news.
Apparently, M r. Sanderson
didn’t want it known that all 22
of those who appeared for
Cedar Ridge were residents of
the
Hoodland
C orridor.
Nineteen of them are per
manent residents and include
most of the area’s elected
leadership. The rem aining
three are part-time residents.
Of the 16 who appeared in
opposition, only two are per
manent Mt. Hood residents and
another two own sum m er
homes in the area. Of the
balance, only six even reside in
Clackamas County.
No wonder Jerry Redding,
chairman of the Welches school
board, leaped to his feet to
exclaim: “ It is obvious that a
great number of people from
Portland and Milwaukie think
we residents of Hoodland, who
actually led the way toward
planning in this county, don’t
have enough sense to protect
our own environment.”
No one reading Bill San
derson’s article could have any
grasp of the true facts. These
'» cts " e
th?“ <* us herehin
the Hoodland area,
who
pioneered in planning by
initiating and supporting the
Mt. Hood Comprehensive Plan
are for Cedar Rld8 e
Those who oppose it include
many who opposed the plan and
who now try to subvert it.
It is no accident that Hugh
Smith, a Portland attorney and
Rhododendron summer-home
owner, who appeared against
Cedar Ridge, represents in
terests who fight to bring ad
ditional dams into Hells
Canyon. In both instances, he
represents those who would
step backward Many of us who
are for Cedar Ridge, in con
trast, know that growth will
come to Mt. Hood. We want it to
come in an orderly and planned
fashion And when a project,
like Cedar Ridge, meets and
exceeds the requirements of
our plan, we approve.
01' Bill can't distort that
Dick Seller
Alpine North
ZigZag
understandable, for many of us
have left the city to get away
from its crowded areas, noise
and smog. And unfortunately,
unless we have acquired a
home or built one on a sizeable
piece of land, we are extremely
vulnerable to such an even
tu a lity as having a home
erected as close as 20 feet to our
own.
Not everyone shares our point
of view , however. R e tire d
people, younger city dwellers
wanting a second home, and
tourists seeking proximity to
ski lifts, golf courses, mountain
trails and fishing streams,
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'TIZENS P A D I I M
jO U E G I I v K U IW
N e w t and Views About'
M t. Hood Community College
by Jim Hulden
Coordinator of College
Information
Plans are in the works for the
observance of the college’s
eighth annual charter week
coming up in just about a
month.
E v e ry th in g
from
concerts and plays to a child
care conference, baseball
game, exhibits and lectures
will be included in the two-day
agenda. D em onstrations by
students and staff in many of
the vocational-technical areas
are planned to inform the
visiting
public
of
skill
programs offered to students.
Times and activities will be
released later this month, but
mark April 25 and 26 on the
calendar for the “Somethin’s
Always Going On Days” at Mt.
Hood.
ooo
Corbett High School is
hosting spring te rm ’s only
After Six class in self-defense.
Harvey Segur is the instructor
for the weekly gathering in
what he terms non-combatant
self-defense training. Just what
the course entails, I am not
sure, but it sounds like there is
going to be a lot of running
involved.
ooo
Speaking of running, hand
ball and paddleball enthusiasts
can now run their hearts out in
the courts at Mt. Hood each
Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The four courts will also be
open to the public from 6 to 7 :45
a m. Monday through Friday
starting next week.
ooo
Another evening class slated
for spring term begins Wed
nesday evening. Community
Choir is the title of the new
course to be instructed by Tom
B. Lewis, who will assist in the
choral program at Mt. Hood. It
is a college credit course and,
as Lewis stated, open to
community people ages 17 to 77.
The Creative Arts Division has
more information on this one
ooo
Stalking the woolly cater
To the Editor:
pillar is just one of the ac
To many of us who have
tivities planned for Biology
homes along streams or in
1974, a science class for
wooded areas of Hoodland, the
youngsters beginning April 8.
greatest calamity that could
Registration deadline for the
happen to us would be if
MHCC and OMSI sponsored
another home were built on
course is March 30. The five
either side of our property or
Satirday session class is open
directly across the way from
to youngsters in grades one
us This kind of apprehension is
through eight
DEMOCRAT 6ENE FR A N K LIN
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Gene Franklin started
earning his clothes and
spending money as soon as
he was old enough to pick
cotton and push a lawn
mower, in his native state
of Arkansas. Because of
economic need, he ac
cepted the responsiblities
of adulthood before his 16th
birthday. He moved to
Oregon at age 17. He
worked at labor, clerical
and sales jobs and served
in the Army A ir Force
before com pleting his
GENE FRANKLIN
education
Franklin is a certified public accountant. He has 21 years ex
perience in public accounting, with extensive experience in
auditing counties and other municipal governments. ne is a
graduate of the University of Oregon and Northwestern School of
Law of Lewis and Clark College He believes his experience and
knowledge of county government would be very helpful in per
forming the duties of county commissioner.
He has lived a busy life, and he believes in the dignity of all
labor.
He believes good country roads are essential. With costs
materially increasing and gas tax revenue decreasing, the
problem of providing good roads is increased He believes the
general fund may have to share some of its revenue with the road
fund He prescribes full value for money expended in all depart
ments, without impairment of essential services
He believes the county should promote mass transportation,
including light ra il passenger service, but mass transportation
should not be an operation of the county, and mass transportation
w ill not materially lessen the need for county roads
He believes planning and zoning needs should be determined by
a cross section of the people on the local level.
Franklin is concerned about credibility of government at all
levels He prescribes open records and plain, honest truth. He is
dedicated to the principles of paying as little tax as necessary and
getting full value for your money He w ill be a practical county
commissioner.
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and he'* broken hearted because he's lost the lease on
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