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Sandy Post, Sandy, Oregon 97055
No. 42
F R ID A Y . SEPT. 12
At 8 p m the Sandy Union
High School varsity football
team plays its season opener in
McMinnville.
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TUESDAY, SEPT. 1«
A women's coffee will lx* held
at the home of Eileen Ashley,
19626 SE 295th, beginning at
7:30 p m
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The Sandy Area Chamber of
Commerce will meet at noon in
the Amber Lantern.
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Thurs., Sept. 1 1, 1975
An Issue That Means Something
We read reports that Pres. Ford
plans to m ake "less, not more big
governm ent” his cam paign issue in
1976.
If he does, he has picked a mighty
good platform.
If there’s anything that bothers
people today, it’s the unchecked
growth of federal government and the
billions of burdensome rules and
regulations this entails.
People simply are fed up to the gills
with government intrusion into every
day affairs.
Normally, you hear most of the
complaints about government in
terference from business and in
dustry. But more and more of the
complaints are coming from the
every-day citizen, the guy who pays
m ost of the bill for burgeoning
bureaucracy anyhow.
Out a t Mt. Hood C om m unity
College, for instance, a new federal
requirem ent forces the college to
identify the high school from which
each student graduated, plus if he
ever attended another college or
university.
The information, once gathered,
will be poured into HEW computers
for who-knows-what.
But Mt. Hood's enrollment forms do
not p ro v id e fo r th is ty p e of in
formation. The present supply of
forms will have to be junked and
replacem ents printed, or else an
addendum attached to each student’s
record.
And fo r w hat? So so m e HEW
functionary can w rite a paper on the
mobility of students . . . at a cost of
thousands and thousands of dollars to
the constituency of every community
college.
I t’s this kind of nonsense which
Pres. Ford plans to make a cam paign
issue. More power to him.
Ballots may be cast today for
New postal rates
effective Sunday
’W h a t Do They Do W ith Teachers
When They Play Hooky?”
New postage rates become
effective at 12:01 a m Sunday,
the U.S Postal Service has
announced
Killing the Golden Goose, etc.
We a re not much im pressed by the
decision of the U.S. Postal Service to
hold off increase in postage until after
Christm as.
We’d be a whole lot m ore impressed
if the Postal Service could put its
house in some sort of order. Politics,
plain politics, dictated the brief delay
in imposition of higher rates.
The Postal Service intended to
implement an increase from 10 to 13
cents prior to Christm as. But after
putting out a trial balloon, the Service
quickly retreated in the face of an
outraged public. The taxpayers were
furious over the apparent eagerness
of the Postal Service to collect higher
fares for Christmas cards.
But putting off the increase for a
week or two isn’t going to save anyone
much money. We’ll still pay 30 per
cent more for first-class postage
come Jan. 1. Other classes of mail are
going up as much or more. Second-
class mail (newspapers, magazines,
etc.), for instance, also will be in
creased 30 per cent but on a phased-in
basis.
The rate increases, obviously, are
largely due to the new contract which
the Postal Union got several months
ago. The term s of that pact m ade a
sizable hike in postage inevitable.
T he h ig h e r the ra te s clim b,
however, the more alternatives will
be found to th e m ails. We well
rem em ber during depression years
when Puget Sound Power and Light in
Seattle had its month-end statem ents
hand delivered. At 13 cents per each,
that could be a profitable route once
again.
Newspapers traditionally spend a
great deal on postage, but m ore and
m o re th e y ’re going to c a r r ie r
delivery. Suburban weeklies like The
O utlook, the V alley T im es in
Beaverton, the Milwaukie Review,
etc., already rely heavily on carriers
and will do even m ore so.
P riv ate delivery firms—United
P arcel Service, the Greyhound Lines,
etc —also will inevitably pick up
more and more package business.
The Postal Service may well be
pricing itself right out of business and
this m akes some sort of federal
subsidy inevitable. Lo, the unlucky
taxpayer.
College Sports Aren't Dead Yet
We hope the recent resignation of
a th le tic d ire c to rs a t both the
University of Oregon and Oregon
State doesn’t lead to a pell-mell panic.
College sports may be in trouble but
they’re far from dead. They’ve been
buffeted by inflation, by federal
regulations, by all sorts of problems.
But what business doesn’t have the
sam e things to face today? And
college sports are nothing more than
a business proposition.
Football traditionally is the big
m o n ey -m ak er w ith
b a sk e tb a ll
som etim es chipping in with a little
profit. Everything else operates in the
red.
But there certainly are places
where the big money-raisers (football
and basketball) can save. They don’t
always have to fly first class, they
don’t need expensive board and room,
fancy publicity gimmicks, they don’t
need to recruit all over the U.S.A.
The resignations of Jim B arrett
(OSU) and Norv Ritchey (Oregon)
were not solely dictated by economic
problems, so we hear. There should
be no panic because they are moving
on to other positions.
College sports can tighten their
belts even further, can seek more
alumni support; in short, they still
can do a lot of things to survive.
And even if sports program s had to
get back to their original intent—to
provide recreation and entertainm ent
for the student body—that wouldn't be
all bad. In other words, the ship isn’t
sinking.
Unde Sam Pays the Freight
It w asn’t even down in the fine
p rin t; it was right out in headlines:
"Sinai peace pact to cost U.S. $9
billion.'*
Yup. th at's the price tag put on
com m itm ents which we have un
dertaken to get Israel and Egypt to
sign a peace agreement.
How come the U.S., you might ask?
How come we always get stuck? How
about Russia or China or some of the
oil-rich Arab nations?
T h a t’s b ecau se we d o n ’t have
"gunboat diplomacy” anymore. We
have "m oneybag diplomacy.” We
buy our way into everything
And therein is the real weakness,
I
the big danger to our diplomacy. The
expression "bite the hand that feeds
you” could very well apply here. If-
our com m itm ents a re n ’t m et on
schedule or Congress balks at all the
expenditures, we m ay be right back
in the soup again.
Sec. of State Henry Kissinger thinks
otherwise. He points out that the last
Israeli-Egyptian w ar cost us $2.5
billion directly plus another $10 billion
in costs related to the Arab oil em
bargo.
Sec Kissinger probably is right
But we s u re w ish som eone else
som etim e could pick up p a rt of the
tab.
operating levies in the Sandy
Union High and Welches
Elementary school districts
See page one for a list of polling
places
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W EDNESDAY. SE PT . 17
/. proposal for a water main
extension tor the Abler Creek
Water Co will lie considered by
the Portland Mctrofiolitan Area
Ix x a l Government Boundary
Commission at 7 p m. in room
602 of the Multnomah County
Courthouse in Portland
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THURSDAY. SEPT. IK
The weekly businessmen's
coffee hour opens at 9:30 a m.
in the Sandy branch of Oregon
T rail Savings and Loan
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To the Editor:
I read last week’s letter from
Earl I.. Covey, superintendent
principal at Welches School He
says $4 per thousand like it's a
drop in the bucket. Add it to all
the others who need more tax
dollars and you get a tax load
that most of us, especially those
of us on near fixed incomes,
and it spells disaster
Can’t these school principals,
teachers and administrators
understant the money bucket is
dry
This guy Covey needs an
assistant principal like I need a
sailboat for the ZigZag river
I say let’s go out at the next
voting day and vote no to this
school spending binge they are
on.
Let's make the best with
what we have.
Roy Bunting
Box 276
Wemme
To the Editor:
Next Tuesday, Sept 16, is the
date that the qualified voters
will go to the polls to cast their
ballots on the Welches School
tax levy.
In summary to our letters we
would like to review some
factual information We believe
that our school is strong in
teaching the basics and at the
same tim e we provide an
enrichment program in terms
of remedial help, music and
sports
Like many other districts
who have additional personnel
to develop curriculum and to
evalu ate instruction, plus
student guidance—we have
added
a d m in is tr a tiv e
assistance. Also included are
funds to provide for outdoor
education and a part time nurse
to be shared on a pro-rated
basis with other schools in the
Sandy Union High School area
We also provide a k in
dergarten.
All the above is provided at a
tax rate of less than *4 per
thousand dollars of assessed
value Last year’s tax rate was
$4 78
This will be our third vote on
the levy, and only one more
election is possible, but it will
represent considerable cost to
the taxpayers in that it will
have to be past the tax-
assessors deadline
We believe that our tax levy
and school program suggest
that there is considerable cause
to cast a positive vote at the
polls
E arl L Covey
Supt-Principal
Welches Elementary School
Wemme
To the Editor:
What happens at Welches
after Sept 16 if the budget
fails? The school will have to
get along on whatever remains
of the $65.000 over budget from
last year, plus whatever of our
allocation it can wheedle from
the state
The budget committee will
reconvene and finally produce
an acceptable budget for the
November election We will pay
for another $1,000 election and
for the 6,000 supplementary tax
statements. We will lose our 3
per cent discount for early tax
payment on the Welches por-
tion — all thanks to the ad
m inistratio n 's
bull-headed
brinksmanship But school will
continue.
What happens if the budget
passes? The administration
will reflect that its blackmail
has paid off, that its bloated
salaries are justified, that a
certified staff of 19. including a
vice-principal is necessary in a
school of 255 and they will
rationalize that while $474.000
was $65.000 overbudgeted last
year with 28.3 enrolled, it is
reasonable to require $510.000
this year with only 255
The administration continues
to carp about our low millage
This has no relationship to
school efficiency — only upon
exorbitant appraisal. Welches
cost per pupil is among the
state's highest
Money is not the only reason
for budget failure. A board
member told voters they should
not reject the budget because of
dissatisfaction with personnel,
achievem ent,
policies
or
discipline He should take note
that the polls are the last resort
for frustrated patrons, groups
and
facu lty
who
have
repeatedly approached the
board only to be shouted down
by the administration's un
muzzled response.
No. it isn’t the patrons who
need to be told how to vote It is
the board that needs to
recognize that they cannot
continue to repudiate the
electors wishes. If the budget
fails, it is likely they will have
learned this lesson. If it passes,
they should not be recalled;
they should be indicted for
extort ion
Milton M. Eox Sr
Brightwood
To the Editor:
The Welches School budget
of $510,000 is up $34.290 but due
to additional resources we are
able to present a tax levy
$17,485 less than last year The
projected tax rate is less that $4
in comparison to a rate of $4.78
last year.
We are pleased to have added
to our services an ad
ministrative assistant. With
additional help we can begin to
refine our programs and make
curricular changes for con
tinued im provem ents. This
need has been identified by the
Oregon
D epartm en t
of
Education,
the
Board,
Administration and PTA. Here
are the board's response to
some questions:
S alaries: The board has
made the decision in the past
and will in the future pay the
salaries necessary to hire the
best administration, teachers
and classified staff possible to
insure the best education
possible.
Teacher-Pupil Ratio: Our
classroom loads average 21.5
per class with classes in excess
of 25 having aide assistance
New features? Yes Outdoor
education and school nurse
services.
Why is the d is tric t a t
tempting to acquire more land?
The Mt Hood Comprehensive
Plan indicates that additional
land will be needed in the future
for elementary students This
land will be dedicated by the
county at practically no cost to
the district.
How long can the school
operate without a tax levy? We
estimate until some time in
November.
Are there funds available to
help districts that continue to
vote down tax levies? No. This
is a popular misconception.
Can the school issue warrants
to operate the school with a tax
levy’ There is no possihlity of a
deficit financing program.
Questions have been raised
about cutting the budget: We
see no way of doing anything
significant in tax reduction
without losing the quality of
education and cutting services
Failure to pass the tax levy is
New, permanent rates for
first class mail will remain the
same for the first ounce— 10
cents.
For each additional ounce the
rate will be 9 cents, a penny
decrease over the current 10
cent rate
Cost to send a postcard has
been reduced from 8 to 7 cents,
Ixiwes said.
Businessmen
who
use
business reply cards will face
an increase to 5 cents per piece
up to 13 ounces and 8 cep Is per
pieces over 13 ounces, L ow es
said.
Rate tables for second class
postage have changed and
information is available at the
post office. Lowes said.
Third class rates have in
creased from 8 to 10 cents for
the first two ounces Each
additional two ounces will cost
8 cents, the same as the present
rate, he said
Fourth class, parcel post
rates have also changed.
Information on the new rates
can be obtained at the post
office
There is no change in air and
priority mail, Ixiwes said
On Sept 25, 1973, the U.S.
Postal Commission filed for
new domestic rates with the
Postal Rate Commission Since
March 2, 1974, the postal ser
vice lias been operating under
temporary rates allowed by the
postal commission, pending its
final decision
In August, the commission
reported its recommendations
on the new postal rates and
these recommendations go into
effect Sunday
Deputies given Increase
Clackamas County police
count suiMilantial increases in
off icers will receive a 7 per cent
salary boost, effective Sept I
John W Kaitner. arbitrator
between the rounty and the
C lackam as County P olice
Officers Association, ordered
the increase Friday
Before any reductions of staff
are made. Keltner ordered that
a co m m ittee be form ed to
consider the budgets of the
sheriff, civil, jail, tax, revenue
sharing
and
b urg lary
prevention departments
K e ltn e r c ritic ize d county
commissioners for not seeking
more funds to operate during
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“ I find it difficult to un
derstand budget planning
which does not take into ac
the cost of personnel services in
this period of our economic
history," Keltner's report said
Keltner said that if layoffs
are necessary because of the
pay boost, they should be
spread throughout the six
departments.
Keltner's report completes
negotiations
between
the
county
and
the
police
association which began in
March.
A factfinder recommended a
9 per cent salary boost in June,
a recommendation accepted by
the commissioners but rejected
by the police association
because the increase would
probably have meant layoffs of
some police officers
Progress continues
Foundations are now being
poured on a tree-filled lot in
Boring, site of the new post
office expected to open next
March.
The building, which is being
built by A D . Ford Construction
Co. 8,700 square feet, a big
jump from the current post
office which measures 1,888
square feet
The new building will include
space for future growth,
designed with large parking
lots and other improvements
designed to aid in customer
service Architect Charles H
Colburn of Colburn, Sheldon
and K aji designed the struc
ture, which will be owned by
the U.S. Postal Service.
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