Howard Scott, Editor
Keeping
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Caroline Duff, Advertising Manager
Published weekly Thursdays by The Outlook Publishing Co Box 68
Sandy Oregon 97055 Second class postage poid at Sandy Oregon
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THURSDAY, NOV. 13
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At 9:30 a m. the weekly
businessmen’s coffee
hour
starts at the Oregon Trail of
fice.
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The Clackam as County
Library Board meets at 4 p.m
on the Marylhurst College
Campus in Marylhurst.
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Sandy area bikers will have
an opportunity to provide
suggestions on bike routes and
operation of safe bicycle
facilities at a meeting of the
State Advisory Committee on
Bicycles The meeting will
start at 7:30 p m
in the
Gresham
City
H a ll.
A
spokesman for the committee
has urged Sandy and Hoodland
area bikers to take part in the
meeting.
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Sandy Post. Sandy, Oregon 97055
No. 51
Thurs., Nov. 13, 1975
A "Phony" Idea
It long has been obvious that
certain p olitica l leaders in Portland
are try in g to strong-arm people out of
th e ir automobiles and into mass
transit.
What do people who are experts in
the fie ld think of this approach?
W illia m T. Coleman, U.S. Secretary
of Transportation, has this to say
(Nov. 17 issue of U.S. News and W orld
R e p o rt):
" I think any public policy directed
tow ard elim inating the automobile is
a phony, and the politician who
suggests it is not acting in good
fa ith .”
Coleman says the “ automobile is by
fa r the p rim a ry method of trans
portation and it w ill continue to be.
We have to recognize that it gave us
the great m obility we have in this
country. We also have to recognize
that it creates about 10 per cent of our
job opportunities.”
Coleman says that once a good
mass tra n sit system is developed he
would then urge mayors to have the
political courage to see that it is used.
The problem in Portland, of course,
is that the politicians are try in g to
elim inate the automobile w hile the
mass tra n sit system is s till fa r from
adequate. F urther, by try in g to
strong-arm people out of th e ir cars by
m aking d riv in g a “ livin g h e ll” (the
words of a Portland politician
recently), they are creating an ex
plosive p o litica l situation.
People can be induced into a good
mass tra n s it system. But they can’t
be strong-arm ed by id iotic ex
p e rim e n ts lik e th a t c u r re n tly
squeezing down the Banfield freeway.
”Why Not Secede From The Union And
Then We Could Get Foreign Aid.”
jQtíéM MeFctitot
Vox Popull
“ The public is damned m ad.”
Thus read the lead on an election
story coming out of Washington state
last week. Voters in Washington’s off-
year election were in an “ angry,
negative mood” when they went to
the polls.
They showed th e ir unhappiness by
turning out a number of incumbents,
by voting in overwhelm ing numbers
to restore the death penalty, and by
generally roughing up proposed
changes in governmental structure.
The vote on the death penalty
d e m o n stra te d c o n c lu s iv e ly th a t
people a re tir e d of “ co d d lin g
crim in a ls.” The vote on incumbents
showed people are not at a ll satisfied
w ith present office-holders while their
reluctance to adopt constitutional
changes showed they are tire d of
governm ental tinkering.
A coalition of teachers and labor
leaders who sought approval of a
corporate income tax fo r school
financing was badly beaten. The
people turned that idea down by a 2-1
m argin, indicating there is slight
support fo r fu rth e r escalating teacher
W ill this type of mood be general in
1976? We expect it w ill. People are
unhappy, they’re mad and they blame
the politicians—perhaps u n fa irly —fo r
mo6t of th e ir woes.
Most people vote against, rath er
than for, a given candidate and the
man elected president next fa ll m ay
be the one whom the fewest people
vote against. Which, we m ight add, is
a lousy way to run a railroad.
M ore Pay, Poorer Service
M ail rates are scheduled to in
crease by 30 per cent rig h t after
Christmas.
This wouldn’t bother us so much if
there were a commensurate im
provem ent in service. But there won’t
be. I f anything, m a il service w ill
continue to deteriorate.
We have a lot of m ail back and forth
between here and Newport on the
Oregon coast. What used to be an
overnight trip , now takes a fu ll two
days. Letters to or from Seattle also
used to a rriv e the next day; now it ’s
usually the th ird day.
U nited Parcel Service already has
taken away much of the package
business fo rm e rly handled by the
Postal Service, very sim ply because
it ’s quicker and cheaper.
Now, measures have been in-
troduced in Congress to allow p rivate
ca rrie rs to bid on first-class m a il
service. Unless service im proves
d ra stica lly and ra pid ly, Congress
undoubtedly soon w ill grant this
permission.
Why are costs going up so much?
L a rg e ly
because o f c o n tra c ts
negotiated w ith Postal Unions e a rlie r
this year which w ill increase labor
costs as much as $2 b illio n per year by
1978. L e tte r carriers, by mid-1977, w ill
receive $15,000 per year plus cost-of-
livin g adjustments which over the
past two years amounted to $1,310.
Once again, no one would begrudge
these salary increases if only they
were accompanied by better service.
But so far, a ll we’ve gotten is a 13 cent
stamp.
No Time To Get Out
Although we deplore the United
Nations vote equating Zionism w ith
racism , we certainly do not think this
is the tim e for the U.S. to bail out.
We need the U.N., probably as
much as the U.N. needs us. There
have been abundant times since
W orld W ar II when the presence of
the U.N. has helped defuse serious
crises.
We long have fe lt that the U.S. was
paying a disproportionate share of
U.N. costs, however. It would be
entirely proper at this tim e to review
the amounts of money we’re giving
the U.N. We should provide no more
than our fa ir share.
Once again, however, the Arab-
Comm unist victory in the Zionism
m otion shouldn’t cause us to pick up
our m arbles and go home. We’re not
going to win every debate and even
though the Zionism resolution is
to ta lly wrong, there’ll be another day.
The prom pt and vigorous response
of Pres. Ford and both Senate and
House should make our position
e n tire ly clear. Collapse of the League
of Nations was one of the contributing
factors of W orld W ar II. We don’t
want to see the U.N. go down the
same way.
Tit for Tat
In elections last week, San F ran
cisco voters strongly rebuffed public
employees . approving
motions
that outlawed strikes by police and
firem en, provided a package for
sm aller pay raises in the future, and
»
repealed a fat pay form ula fo r public
cra fts unions
So what happened?
So the next day, police issued three
tim es the number of tra ffic tickets as
would have been norm al for that day.
To the Editor:
Despite three letters to the
mayor and city manager of
Sandy since Aug. 21, I have
been unable to learn what are
the prospects that Sandy might
some day want to use water
from the Little Sandy River.
I think it is important for
citizens of Sandy to know this,
because if Sandy ever hopes to
use this water source, it would
behoove its citizens to inform
themselves soon about the
plans for this area that are now
being proposed by the Bull Run
Planning Unit, and that will be
submitted very soon for public
comment as part of a draft
e n v ir o n m e n t a l
im p a c t
statement
If the public is to be admitted
to this presently closed area,
even on a permit only basis, for
Christmas tree cutting; or if
logging is going to continue
there, it would make a dif
ference to any community that
might use the water.
There is a file of little-
publicized information con
cerning these types of impacts
on water quality, as well as
other sides of B ull Run
questions, in the main public
library in Portland. This file
has been developed by the Bull
Run Interest Group which is
open to anyone to participate
in. Anyone can contribute
material for inclusion in this
file. It is an experiment in
promoting an open exchange of
information on an important
issue by interested citizens.
Joseph L. Miller Jr..
52815 E Marmot Rd.,
Sandy
To the Editor:
I don’t enjoy speaking out in
public, but I feel compelled to
respond to E arl Covey’s plea
(Oct. 30 Post) for people to
register th e ir convictions
publicly.
First, I want to express the
opinion (which I often voiced)
that when Earl first came to
Welches, he was an excellent
administrator I didn’t always
agree with him. but he seemed
to really careabout people and
he gave a lot of himself He
listened
patiently
and
responded constructively. He
did many fine things at Welches
and many of us will remember
them
However, I saw a change and
that change came toa head last
year I wish to register my
opinion again that there were
many major problems with the
administration A few were
very serious They were not all
just intangible trivial matters
I won’t go over the specific
incidents and the general at
titudes.
Some of us kept hoping that
Earl would respond to the
many complaints, suggestions,
pleas and demands, but he
didn't seem to listen with an
open mind any more.
Public employes must listen
to their public. Of course
students, parents and teachers
have created some problems as
well as the administrator But
when misbehavior, even almost
violent misbehavior, is ap
p arently
tolerated;
when
people's trust, respect and
confidence
in
th eir ad
ministrator has been lost; when
the morale of the teaching staff
has been destroyed and when
the school budget has been
voted down three times, it is
tim e to replace th at ad
ministrator.
It was a painful experience
for some of us, too, when E a rl’s
resignation was called for. and
the many reasons for it were
brought out in the open Many
specific incidents w e re n 't
mentioned.
However,
even
though it hurt, weagreed that it'
had become necessary. The
damage could no longer be
repaired by the present ad
ministrator. Since we agreed,
we remained silent. To voice
our agreement would only add
to his hurt. To voice our sorrow
would imply that we disagreed
Some of us do still care though,
and we are deeply sorry that
such an extreme action finally
became necessary.
Doris Peterson
59160 E. Marmot Road
Sandy
To the Editor:
Have you questioned the
agencies CRAG (Columbia
Region
Association
of
G overnm ents) and LCDC
(L an d
Conservation
and
Development Commission) and
the rules and regulations they
have set up concerning your
land?
Have you felt that your
concerns have not been heard
because you have not been able
to vote for these agencies, their
administrators and the land
control
laws
they
have
established? These agencies
were set up through our
legislature and have the power
to make any Law concerning
your land that they feel follows
the broad goals set up by our
legislature.
Most, if not all of us, are for
preservation of our farm and
forest lands The questions
arise mainly concerning the
methods and rules when they
eliminate private ownership
rights.
I became concerned about
these
agencies'
leadership
when I heard at a meeting at
Sandy City Hall from a CRAG
representative, "We should
stop thinking of land as a
p riv a te commodity to be
owned, bought and sold; but
rather as a natural resource
owned by everyone.”
I have an initiative petition
which would put on a ballot
election two measures which
would let you vote for or
against LCDC and CRAG and
the laws they’ve established
These petitions do not eliminate
local zoning and health con
trols.
I for one do not like an agency
making laws that is not
responsible to me as a citizen
because I did not elect them
Even if you do not agree with
me you should be able to sign
these petitions if you feel people
should have the vote for
choosing how they will be
governed.
I have 18 petitions which can
hold 40 signatures each To get
these measures on the ballot we
need 65.000 signatures by Uec
10. 1 need help with the
petitions Call me if you can
help or if you would like to know
where a petition is located so
you can sign i t Please make
sure you follow directions when
signing
Ginny Brewster
668-6286
53205 E Marmot Rd
Sandy
To the Editor:
I would like to take this op
portunity to publicly react to
the proposed expansion of
facilities at Timberline Lodge
and
the “ Environm ental
Impact S tatem ent” As a
college student, I spent a month
studying the draft statement
and the proposed plans.
As for the impact statement
it was my feeling that too little
attention was dedicated to
/p«g»7
Health group
to moot
The Clackam as County
C o m p r e h e n s iv e
H e a lt h
Planning Council will elect
officers at a 5:30 * 7 p m
meeting Wednesday, Nov. 1»,
at the Clackamas County
H e a lt h
D e p a rtm e n t
auditorium, 1425 S Kaen R d ,
Oregon City.
r
i
Because of parent-teacher
conferences being held in
classrooms
tonight,
the
November meeting of the
Cottrell School Board will be
held in the West School gym
beginning at 8 o'clock
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At 7:30 p m . F irw o od ’s
Neighbors Inc. w ill host
members of the board and
administration of Sandy Union
High School for a discussion of
school budgets at Firwood
School
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SATURDAY. NOV. I I
The Eagle Creek Ladies Aid
will hold their bazaar and
baked food sale from 11 a m. to
4 pm
a t E agle Creek
Presbyterian church.
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MONDAY. NOV. 17
The Clackam as County
Board of Adjustment meets at
Campaign
closes
United Way's 20,000 volun
teers ended the 1975 Campaign
Monday,
N o v .7 10,
with
$8,077,171, a $293,000 increase
over 1974 Total goal for the
campaign was $8.3 million
United Way’s Neighborhoods
D ivision,
one
of
u
divisions, raised a final total of
$344 in the Sandy area That's
63.9 per cent of Sandy's $538
goal for the campaign, said
Karlyn Campbell.
Total contributions reached
90.3 per cent with $24,663 of a
$27,298 goal for the Neigh
borhoods Division's Clackamas
County section, chaired by Mrs.
Campbell.
Campaign Chairman Ken-
neth W. Self, president,
F re ig h tlin e r
Corporation,
congratulated his volunteers
for raising the funds — which
United Way allocates to90 local
agencies — in what he
described as "a tough year for
fund raisers ”
7:30 p.m in the county court
house in Oregon City.
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TUESDAY, NOV. 18
Meeting of the Sandy Natural
Food Co-op starts at 7:30 pm .
in the com m unity school
trailer.
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A coffee klatch sponsored by
the Touch of Beauty Ministry
starts at 7:30 p.m. in SL
Michaels Hall.
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WEDNESDAY. NOV, 19
A pot-luck dinner to honor
Chuck Frasier, retired Sandy
Union High School teacher,
starts at 7:30 p.m in the school
cafeteria.
CSS F orum
Newt end Views About
M t. Hood Community College
by Rut Frank
Public Information
SpooiiHot
Over the past several weeks
information concerning the
beech tree, located on campus
at the corner of Stark Street
and Troutdale Road, has been
sought. A second meeting of a
com m ittee
comprised
of
student
government
repre
sentatives and college staff
members is set for Tuesday at
7:30 p m in the board room on
campus M r and Mrs Bill
Baker of Troutdale (Baker's
grandfather planted the tree)
have said they will attend The
college plans to dedicate the
tree and erect a historical
marker during Charter Week
ceremonies in April Anyone
having an Interest in, or In
formation about the tree, is
invited to attend the meeting
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No ''daredevils" from the
Sandy area have come forward
to back a rider in the Second
Annual T ric y c le Jum ping
Championships at MHCC
Friday. Nov 21, at noon The
local
chapter
of
the
Distributive Education Clubs of
America (DECA) is again
building the ramp ( which leads
directly to the edge of 'the
campus lake) and will attempt
to break their last year's record
jump of 30 feet three inches.
Any proceeds from the event
will be used by the club for
various activities throughout
the year, in addition to a por
tion of the monies going into a
scholarship fund
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Several hundred people
volved in child care and
training from the immediate
area and around the state are
expected to gather in the
college
theater Saturday
morning at 9 for an Oregon
Association for the Education
of Young Children conference.
Bob Dematteis, MHCC's Early
Childhood
Education
coor
dinator, explained that helping
children with special education
needs is the primary topic for
the conference The event is
open to the public and there will
be a registration fee