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I 1 Howard Scott, Editor Keeping Posted s'"'' Lee Irw in. Publisher Caroline Duff, Advertising Manager • « Published weekly Thursdoy* by The Outlook Publishing Co Box 68 Sandy Oregon 87055 Second dost postage paid ot Sandy Oregon 668 5548 MONDAY. JAN. 5 SUBSCRIPTION RATES In Multnomah and Clockomos Counties per year ........................‘ 5 00 The Sandy City Council will meet at 7:30 p m in city hall. Included on the agenda are three zoning hearings and a supplemental budget hearing ooo At 8 p.m an organizational meeting of the Welches School board and budget committee will be h eld at the school. ooo The Firwood's Neighbor board will meet at 7:30 p.m at Firwood School. o oo |n Northwest ond Pacific Coost Stoles outside Oregon per year *7 00 Servicemen any address.................'5 00 Outside Northwest ond Pocific Coost states per year ‘9 00 In Oregon outside Multnomah ond Clockomos Counties per y e a r. . *6.00 P°9® 7_______Sondy Post. Sondy, Oregon 9 7 0 5 5 ______ No. I_______ Thurs., Jon, 1, 1976 New Year— drive slow ly The New Year holiday is over, but the pleas for all persons to drive safely are still valid. Sandy area youngsters are still enjoying the freedom of winter vacation and every day the highway to Mt. Hood is crowded with ski traffic. Maintaining the New Year’s effort towards safe driving is specially important within the city of Sandy. It is all too easy to allow car’s speed to pick-up just a little to keep up with the flow of traffic rushing through the city. But increased speed in the city increases the possibility of a serious accident. Almost every safety expert has said at one time or another that most accidents occur close to home. When driving in Sandy we should all remember this. Be that much more alert to watch out for the other guy. The police cannot reduce accidents or even speed by themselves, the drivers passing through Sandy aren’t going to be that concerned with traffic problems here, only we can do something about it. Observe the speed limits; maybe even drive at less than the maximum allowed. Be alert for pedestrians trying to cross at intersections and crosswalks, they have the right of way. And always watch out for the unexpected, some child may attempt to cross the street in the middle of the block or some parked car may pull out from the curb without looking. If we all make the effort to drive safely this year, then 1976 can be a happy new year all year long. MS < *s » >/- devastating to Nixon. The anti-Nixon hysteria which fed upon the Watergate disclosures has now paled and some things are being put into perspective. Nixon was guilty as charged but had the truth about other presidential misdeeds been told, things might have been put into a different light. Even though Nixon has long since been pilloried, hung, drawn and quartered, the deception goes on. Frank Church, Democratic senator from Idaho, currently is making a lot of noise about alleged assassination plots in the Eisenhower ad ministration. The Monitor points out, there is just as much evidence linking Pres. Kennedy with plots against Fidel Castro. Yet Church and Co. are trying to keep that bottled up while pinpointing Eisenhower. Everyone knows that politicians on both side of the aisle have done a lot of dirty tricks. The visceral hatred with which Dem ocrats and many Republicans treated Nixon some day will be turned the other direction. The Kennedys and Lyndon Johnson are certain early targets. The fallout from Watergate is far from over. Wounded Knee, A N ew Version In opposing legislation to com pensate heirs of Sioux Indians killed in the battle of Wounded Knee, the U S. Army is trying to rewrite the history books. Specifically, the Army is claiming it was not a premeditated massacre and it is “ unfair and inaccurate” to characterize it as such. The Army further claims an Indian fired the first shot and others opened fire with concealed weapons. There is confusion as to who fired the first shot. Actually, two soldiers and an Indian were scuffling for a gun and somehow a shot was fired. Whoever fired the first shot, there is no doubt what happened then. Shots poured into the assembled Indians from every quarter. As later described in the publication “Great Western Indian Fights” : “ The steady roar of the Springfields (rifles) was punctuated by the crash of the Hotchkiss guns from the knoll. These went into action at the first shot from below, slamming two-pound high-explosive shells into the camp among the women and children. “ It took two minutes to turn the camp into a burning shambles, with the surviving Indians scattered in utter rout. “The soldiers surged forward, blood-mad. They fired at every Indian who moved—man, woman, or child, well or wounded. They shot the very dogs of the camp, the horses.” There were about 350 Indians in the camp, nearly 300 died. Of the 25 soldiers killed, most fell to bullets or shrapnel fired by their own men. In its clumsy attempt to rewrite history, the Army is only further besmirching its record in the Indian wars. Moreover, a country which spends billions on social welfare programs or putting a man on the moon, certainly can afford $549,000 (that’s the amount involved) to compensate heirs of those killed at Wounded Knee. Someone Likes Us American investors, increasingly faint-hearted in recent months, perhaps should be more aware of overseas competition. A federally funded survey has just reported that some $532 million has been invested by overseas firms in the Pacific Northwest. Japan, predictably, led the way. Overall, Japanese investors ac counted for 38.8 per cent of the total followed by Canada and Britain. Perhaps because of geography, Middle East money has not surfaced to any great extent Two Lebanese investments were reported plus one from oil-rich Kuwait. Japanese interests have for years been deeply involved in Hawaii and it is only natural that they should reach out to the Pacific Coast. There have, in fact, been several pretty well- substantiated rumors in recent years of Japanese interest in the Gresham- Sandy-Hoodland area. Largest outside investor in Oregon is the Mitsui Corp, which has half interest in the still aborning Alumax aluminum plant. * - SPIRIT O F ’76 A One Sided Investigation The Christian Science Monitor has put into print what a lot of people have suspected for a long time: “ It is now coming into the open that the Watergate investigators—from Sam Irvin to Frank Church—have been doing a shoddy, one-sided, dis honest job of investigating. “ It was not accidental. It was ap parently deliberate. “ They were concealing facts which they knew would be damaging to recent Democratic presidents. They maneuvered the Senate hearings to focus the glare of hostile publicity upon one President, Richard Nixon.” The article goes on to point out that nearly all of the offenses of which Nixon was guilty were offenses of which Pres. Kennedy, Pres. Johnson and Atty-Gen. Kennedy had earlier been guilty. But the investigators held back on probing Democratic misdeeds to put the heat on Pres. Nixon. No one should be surprised that Kennedy and Johnson, even Franklin Roosevelt, did things originally ascribed only to Nixon. All were every bit as power hungry as Nixon. But the hearings were engineered so only part of the story came out, that classes start Monday CCC Damages deductible jQtìeM M e Basket thanks To the Editor: The Sandy Kiwanis Christ mas Basket project for 1975 served 163 families totaling 593 persons. The project was possible only because a very great number of boys and girls, men and women, of the Boring, Cottrell, Sandy, Bull Run and Welches areas helped. Approximately 8,000 cans or packages of food was collected in the schools. Approximately 600 toys, games and other presents for children were contributed. $580 in cash was contributed and used to help pay for the fresh foods and m eat packed w ith the “ baskets." The purpose of this letter is to extend the hearty thanks of the Sandy Kiwanis Club to all those boys and girls, their parents, th e ir teachers, various organizations, and people generally for helping on this community effo rt The project gave abundant evidence that people do care about other people and that the “ love thy neighbor" ethic is still alive. W. Pete Sulzbach, Chairman Christmas Basket committee Sandy Kiwanis Club Post script To the Editor: The March 21, 1974 issue of the Sandy Post published two letters to the editor, one signed by Fred Thomberg, of Wemme, and one signed by Dick Seller, of ZigZag. Both were highly critical of my handling of a news story for the Sandy Post, (M arch 14, 1974). Thornberg’s letter also mentioned my “ vicious,’ cartoons and “ distortions" in a letter I had written for another county paper about the proposed Cedar Ridge development. had the legal benefit of an Appeals Court review, and the county's approval has been reversed, I believe an ap p ro p ria te answ er to the Thornberg-Seller criticism is possible, and long overdue. In the Sandy Post news article I wrote: “ ...the proponents of the development had failed to present the required detailed plans to support th e ir proposals...". The Appleals Court ruled that “ ...the county commissioners should not have granted the conditional use permit because the property developers did not submit a detailed plan of the develop m e n t” In the letter written for another county paper which Thorberg called “ distorted," I wrote: “ What will make this case unique, and questionable, is not that the commissioners have lacked the authority to make a decision, but that they have lacked the specific in formation upon which to base a decision." D am age suffered from recent storms in Western Oregon may be tax deductible for 1975 according to John J. Lobdell. director of the Oregon Department of Revenue and Ralph Short, district director of the federal Internal Revenue Service. The important thing, ac cording to Lobdell and Short, is to substantiate the amount of the loss This can be done by taking pictures of damaged property It would be helpful to have pictures of the property taken before the damage, but if that is not possible, pictures should be taken after the storm and after repairs are made, they said. The property owner should compile a list of items lost or damaged, initial cost, value before and value after the storm . In computing the amount of the loss the property owner must deduct insurance or other compensation received to offset the loss and the value of repairs and cleanup provided In reversing the county’s without cost. approval of the cedar Ridge developm ent, the A ppeals Court ruled: “ Local govern ment cannot approve part of a planned unit development when it is impossible from the record to know what is included in that part.” So much for the “ distor tions.” No w riter comes T H A T close, nearly two years in advance, to the exact terms of an Appeal Court ruling, by "distorting “ As for the "vicious,' car toons, ( and there were three on the subject, not two), I still get requests for copies from people who think they were ap propriate. and funny. W ell, “ tim e heals a ll wounds,'* a philosopher promised us, and that's nice Tim e also straightens out most records, and that nicer still. Since the C edar Ridge development proposal has now Bill Sanderson Route 2. Box 999 Estacada Thank You ft Happy New Year To the Hoad of the household: W hat is your most Important asset? Do you know? It is your Earning Power. When that stops, whet will your w ife and fam ily do? Don’t you think you ow e it to thorn to give them some security If you should pass out of the picture? I know w e don't like to talk about that, but do you know, according to Social Security statistics, for ovary homo dostroyod by fire, 16 hoods of households die before their mortgage is paid off? See W aif Hoffmann FARMERS INSURANCE GROUP 38763 Proctor Blvd. Sandy, Oregon Bus. 668-7343 Bos. 668-4985 EASY MONTHLY PAYMENTS s C la c k a m a s C o m m u n ity College classes start Monday, re g is tra r Chuck Adams reports Persons may register from 5:30 to 8:30 p m ., Monday through Thursday, Jan. 5-8, in the C om m unity Center Building. The last day to register for winter term is Friday, Jan. 16. T akin g a com m unity education class? Check with your local community education center for registration dates and times Baby clinic scheduled The Sandy well baby clinic for January will be held Thursday, J a n 15, 9 to 11:30 a m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church. The clinic is sponsored by the Sandy C om m unity Action Center and conducted by D r Hollister Stolte, director of the C lackam as County H ealth Department Free examination of infants up to three years old is given. Mothers may call 668-4746 for appointments. Tri-M at to m o at The monthly meeting of Tri- Met's Board of Directors will be held in Lake Oswego at the Armory, 1919 SW South Shore Dr. at 10 a m. Jan. 5. A public discussion follows the agenda items The Sandy Grade School board meets at 8 p.m. in the upper grade library ooo TUESDAY. JAN. 6 At noon the Sandy Chamber of Commerce will meet in the Amber Lantern. o oo The C itizens A dvisory Committee for Cottrell School will meet at 7 p.m. in the east building of the school ooo WEDNESDAY. JAN. 7 The Clackamas County board of commissioners holds its first meeting of the year at 10 a m. in the county courthouse in Oregon C ity. The com missioners will be selecting a c h airm an for 1976 and designating two o ffic ia l newspapers for the county. C £ i£ « s IkJ I gnu V IliW F orum * * A AOOUl It,., ,1 M t Hood Community Coltoga by Rut Frank Public Information Spodallat Dutch Triebwasser. MHCC associate dean of physical education, reports that 5,377 area residents and students used the handball courts at the college this fall. This was open recreation use of this physical education facility only and is in addition to class or intramural use. The firs t week in December saw a record 593 people use the court facility. Tuesdays and Thursdays were the most popular days for handball court use and Saturday had its fair share of community use. o oo Calligraphy by Herman Zapf. the art of ink drawing, is the featured a rt exhibit this week at MHCC. Opening last Mon day, Zapf's work will be on exhibit until Jan 16 in the college center gallery. 8 a m to 5 p m ., weekdays Monday through Thursday. This artist’s works have appeared on cards, graphic design and book covers. ooo The MHCC Com m unity Services-Education Program will again offer area residents a long and varied list of adult and children's "short-shot" classes Mast courses offered are four to six weeks long, three per night, and one night a week. Many classes from “ Money M anagem ent for S m all Business" to "M im e" for children are scheduled. All classes begin the week of Jan. 5 and a small fee is required lor each course taken. Registration is accepted at the classroom door during the first class session or by mail prior to the beginning of classes
