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Keeping Posted Lee Irwin, Publisher Howard Scott. Editor Caroline DuH. Advertising Manager Pubi, »had waakly Thursday» by The Outlook Publish,ng Co Bo« 68 Sandy Oragon 97055 Second do*» postoge paid ot Sondy Oregon THURSDAY. O U T.»« A weekly businessmen's coffee gets under way at 9:30 a m. in the Oregon Trail office ooo F R ID A Y . OCT. 17 A Jerry Lewis movie, “ Big Mouth.” will be presented by the Welches PTA at 7: 30 p.m at 668 5548 SUBSCRIPTION RATES In Multnomah ond Clockomos Counties per year Servicemen, any oddress 5 00 5 00 In Oregon outside Multnomah ond Clockomos Counties per yeor ‘ 6 00 ln Northwest ond Pocilic Coast Stotes >7 00 outside Oregon per year Outside Northwest ond Pocilic Coast ‘ 9 00 states per year No. 47 Thurs., Oct. 16. 1975 the school. ooo SATURDAY. OCT. is The Sandy Grange will hold a booster night at theGrange hall beginning at 6:30 p m with a potluck dinner. ooo A Lot of Money You could see eye brows being lifted all over fhe place when Mt. Hood Community College announced plans for a five-year serial levy. . The proposal, which will be voted on Jan. 13, seeks voter approval of a $11,500,000 levy. It would be ap portioned out at $2,300,000 per year for each of the next five years. No one questions that Mt. Hood needs more money; the tax base approved in 1970 is just not adequate any longer. But $2.3 million per year for five years? The college explains it this way: “The board anticipates that con tinued costs, growth and inflation will require additional requests for special levies on an annual basis. Voter authorization of a five-year serial levy will provide stability, reduce costly elections and allow the board to make longer term plans and projections.” Use of multi-year serial levies is not unusual, but most often, they are used to pay off capital construction projects. They are not commonly used for operating expenses. The College obviously has projected its enrollment five years ahead. But what if the projections are faulty. What if enrollment drops? What if it increases spectacularly? The College will be stuck with the $2.3 million figure. What, too, will happen if inflation levels off? Will the College have asked for too much? Or if inflation goes even higher? Will the College then have to come back for still another special levy? It is enormously difficult to project income and expenditures over a long term. But by going the five-year serial levy route, the Coiiege has undertaken that task. The preference obviously is to spread things out over five years. Some might ask why doesn’t the College go for a new tax base since that approved in 1970 is demonstrably inadequate? We don’t know, but we can only guess that a tax base election still might be in the cards. A tax base can be changed only at the time of a general election.......i.e., in May ot November, 1976. It seems to us that by holding the serial levy election in January, the College is keeping its options open. If the serial levy goes down in January, a tax base vote could be slated in May. That’s just good politics. Plenty of time remains before the January election. We hope the pros and cons are thoroughly ventilated in the meantime. Not Exactly a Smart Move If you live in Hoboken or Savannah or Sacramento, you should be very glad that Oregonians elected Bob Straub their governor. This is the same governor, you see, who this summer decided to kill a controversial freeway and thus free millions of dollors in highway funds for use anywhere but in the sovereign state of Oregon. But, you’ll say, all the governor wanted to do was to divert funds from the Mt. Hood freeway over to the other highway projects and to mass transit. True, but by diverting the funds, the governor cut off Oregon from so- called “escalation” monies. The federal government provided that because of inflation, freeway funds would carry an escalation clause. Once diverted, however, the escalation clause was ended. There are estimates that the governor s action will cost Oregon anywhere between $80 million and $200 million over the next five years. The funds now will be freed for use in other states. A11 of which isn’t exactly good news for Oregonians. But it’s great if you live in Hoboken or Savannah or Sacramento. The pull-out pressure, of course, comes from the lousy football season the two Oregon schools are having. Between them, they’ve won exactly zero (0) and the prospects of doing better aren’t bright until they finally play each other on Nov. 22. However, the season isn’t even half over and miracles do happen. Moreover, this is just one particularly sad season. In years past, both Oregon and Oregon State have been respectable. Secondly, football is just one of the PAC-8 sports. Take anything else— basketball, track, baseball, wrest ling, gymnastics, etc.,—and both Oregon and Oregon State are fully competitive. USC may be murder in football but in basketball and track and everything else, they’re mere mortals. M O N D A Y . OCT. 20 Finally, if the Oregon schools ¿ítí&iA M e Etitob To the Editor: In regards to the letter from Nancy Park published in last week's Sandy Post. While I mean no personal offense to her, I do take issue with her comment urging the school board to find a more permanent solution to her baby-sitting prubiem. As a mother I understand her desire to have the best possible care for her children. But the responsibilty for that care lies with the working parents. Not with the community. And certainly not with the school board. If a program of this nature is needed in the community, then those using the program should both organize and finance it. Jeri Richardson 41050 SE Allgeier Sandy This isn’t to say that we ever expect to see Oregon, Oregon State, Washington or Washington State in the Rose Bowl. The population disparity between the Pacific North west and California is such that the northern schools just can’t be com petitive. But they can try. The PAC-8 often is compared with the Big 10 and you don’t hear Iowa or Indiana or Northwestern wanting out just because they seldom get to Pasadena. They recognize the value of league membership. Carlson elected to dealer office Pete Carlson of Carlson Chevrolet Co. has been elected to an office for his area in a nationwide organization of Chevrolet de?'ers Chosen as representative from his d is tric t to the Chevrolet Dealer Council, he will serve as spokesman for Chevrolet dealers in the district at an October meeting of the organization to be held at the zone headqua rters in Portland. hearing on a proposed mobile home ordinance will be held by the Clackamas County commissioners at 10 a m in room 201 of the county court house in Oregon City. ooo The Sandy City Council will meet at 7:30 p m in the city hall Included on the agenda will be discussion of CRAG’s response to the city's proposed urban boundary designations o oo TUESDAY. OCT. I I Persons who feel that their property is being taxed for a higher use than zoning or land use rules would allow will be able to speak out at a 9:30a m meeting of the Joint Legislative Committee on Land Use in the Portland City Hail ooo At noon the Sandy Chamber of Commerce will meet in the Amber Lantern. ooo "Mom...Why Did Rich Little Resign From The Presidency? should drop out of the PAC-8, they’d consign them selves to instant m ediocrity, for good. Neither Washington» nor Washington State is likely to drop out of the PAC-8 and for Oregon schools to even consider such a move is foolish. Actually, we doubt if either Oregon school seriously contemplates pulling stakes; the impetus, we’re sure, stems from frustrated sports writers who want to write about a winner. We counsel patience. Basketball will be here soon. THURSDAY, OCT. 23 The Sandy Reliekah Uidge will hold its annual potluck homecoming dinner at 6 p m In the Ddd Fellows hall. ooo A businessmen's coffee will start at 9 30 a m In the Oregon Trail office A No Time To Turn Tall We think those who would pull Oregon and Oregon State summarily out of the PAC-8 athletic conference are pushing the panic button way, way too soon. A hearing on the disolution of the M l View Water district will be held at Sandy Union High School at 7:30 p m. Downtown Portland, where all buses go T ri-M et’s proposed auto tax will fail with the voters; don’t worry People don’t hate the line but they don't support it, the non-driving elderly, sick, poor, students, crippled, car-or license-less people who need it most and get so little service Make no mistake, public transit is necessary, even in an age dominated by the highway lot>bv Check the schedules and fares of commercial lines, then ask yourself what you would do tomorrow with a broken-down car, or none, or lack of one- dollar gasoline Don't forget e ith e rd o w n town, a bus ride costs nothing. The Romans get a free ride at our expense. Joe Stein • Star Route ZigZag To the Editor: As co-chairmen of the United Way for the Sandy, Boring and Hoodland communities, we want to convey a very special note of thanks to the secretarial job—senior level—class of business education students at Sandy HighSchool. This talented group of future business secretaries typed nearly 150 letters and envelopes to business people of our community on behalf of the 90 charities that comprise the United Way. Class instructor Barbara Beehler said her students felt it an opportunity to really be a part of the community and that this was their contribution to this very needed charity drive. We sincerely appreciate the time, effort and professional manner in which these letters were typed The United Way fund drive ends on Nov. 7, and we hope that each recipient of these letters will generously respond now to make our community participation for 1975 a success. R e m e m b e r— p eop le h elp people. Pete and Jane Carlson United Way area co-chairmen To the Editor: While agreeing with your anti-Tri-Met editorial I believe you are right for the wrong reasons. L ike it or not, C lackam as County needs transit and can’t pay for it. You overlook that we all pay those payroll taxes, in the nature of things But, for Tri- Met to levy »5 on our cars insults us, not because we don’t choose to use the bus but because too many of us cannot ride it. We can’t ride the token serv ce from Sandy and Boring, nor use the line to Brightwood or Damascus or dozens of other tri-county points because no service exists. No service planned. Not only arro g an t, this proves T ri-M et is not “ mass transit" in any sense, nor a service to the people who own it, but a narrow catering to the interests of the Romans of To the Editor: I would like everyone for the help that made me successful in the Sandy Post subscription contest. Kimberly M iller POBox46 Post Letter toed Sulzbach To the Editor: Your editorial, "A Power Plant’s Not Hard to Live With,” Oct. 9, suggesting the desirability of nuclear power TAkCAbREAlt INyOUR busycUy. Visit the Christian Science Reading Room. Read the award-winning newspaper, The Christian Science Monitoi, in our pleasant reading area. Explore the Bible and Christian Science maga zines in many languages Borrow an interesting book from our free lend ing library The Reading Room is free and it's for you. It can be a refreshing break In your day. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM Hours: 1 1 * 4 Dolly Closed Sundays 5 Holidays 395 W. Powell Mvd., Orosham plants indicated that we need much dialogue on this im portant developement in our country. I ’d like to offer a few thoughts to ponder: 1. Nuclear plants like Trojan produce heat which can vaporize steel and concrete container cores if not kept constantly cooled by a flow of water which must never be interrupted by pipe breaks, pump failures, earthquakes, sabotage or any other accident. If cooling stops, even briefly, a meltdown occurs and vast q uantities of rad io active /p ^ > 8 TUESDAY. OCT. 21 A “ kaffee klatch'' will begin at 7:30 at St. Michaels' Hall in Sandy tonight. Featured speaker is Renee Greenidge All ladies are welcome A car caravan will leave Thriftway in Sandy at 7 :25 p m The event is sponsored by Touch of Beauty Ministry ooo W E D N E S D A Y . OUT. 22 The Cottrell Citizens' ad visory committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the east building of the grade school Want to sell your house? Try the Classifieds Hill Rotrock Rotrock to run A detective sergeant with the Clackamas County Sheriffs department. Bill Rotrock, has filed as a Democratic can didate for county sheriff. Bill Rotrock was born in Kansas and moved with his parents to Clackamas County 34 years ago He began law enforcement as a reserve officer with the Oregon City Police department and later was a reserve officer with the county sheriff's office He was appointed as a full time deputy sheriff in 1959 Rotrock plans to use "there is no sub stitute for experience,' as his campaign slogan.”
