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Thur»., April 14, 1977 (Sec 2) SANDY (Ore.) POST - 11 Salem Scene Busy signals mean public interest ( Ed. note: Salem Herne I* a legislative report preparrd for weekly newspaper* by Jerk Zimmerman <* A»oac laird Oregon InduMtries. > Increasing num ber* of Oregomun* are picking up (heir phones an d dm ling inon 452 0200. A p le a s a n t voice re*pond* “ Legixlalivv Iniornmtion. Will you hold please9” And in a lew momenta the voice return»: “ T h a n k you fo r w a itin g ('a n I h elp you n o w ? " The voice be long* to one of two women LaVelle Craig or lArslie Tugman — who perform what huM grown Io become a widely utilized lunction Oregon lawmaker* provide to keep citizen* a b re a s t of their Salem a c tiv itie s Imtiuted during the 1973 aetmion, Oregon* toll-free information service wa* then (Mie of two operated by state legislature«. New York was the other Still rather unique, the idea !* spreading to other state* O re g o n callers m oat often want to know the nume* of their p a rtic u la r senators or representatives. And the frequency of that query sup port* findings of pollsters disparaging the* knowledge — or at least the memories of voters following election* Only rarely do Craig or Tugman huve Io put up with lonely caller* merely wanting someone to visit with and rurer still are culls fulling in the crank category “ A lot of people do cull togive us their opinions on legislative p ro p o sals,” according to Ms. Tugmun “ And some call to express opinions about legislators " Opinion calls ure not passed on Such callers likely are given unother number and invited to phone the p a rty d irect Information operators cunnot transfer call* to other part* of the Capitol Building M ujor purpose of the telephone service is to bring culler* up to date on the statu* of specific pieces of proposed legislation At their fin g e rtip * the operators have copies of all measures introduced and several other leg isla tive periodical* that permit Diem to swiftly determine what is described as "b ill status.” The periodicals include the daily le g is la tiv e Calendar and weekly Legislative Digest and Cumulative Index From the calendar they relate information about public hearing* fo r callers who happen to know specific bills by assigned number* To satisfy caller* who do not know the number but only subject matter, operators usually must consult either the index, the digest or both Sometimes this lakes awhile, depending on how frequent calls huve been concerning the subject. Both operator* quickly uK sunie e n c y c lo p e d ic knowledge about a wide variety of subjects und it’s not un common for them to respond quickly from memory. Most lr<*qucnt subjects asked about at this point in the current session involve gay right* proposals, the aero*ol spray hun, veteran* benefits and flu o rid a tio n C raig and Tugman often know on any given day just where they happen to be* in what otherwise uppears to be a legislative labyrinth. They can substantiate what their memories tell them or reinforce what it fails to provide among the more than 2.<M)0 measures introduced so fur by fingering a keyboard of the legislature's computer sy*lem. The history of any for twice as many calls on a given b ill flashes in slanluneoualy on a closed- given day as the local lines circuit television terminal at produce. On the session’s opening day last Jan. 10, their desk*. To help answer questions Craig and Tugman only an concerning more general swered 55 calls But a day’s legislative topics, the operators total now runs between 350 and rely on the Oregon Blue Book 400, with the heaviest day to und the state's own telephone date recording a whopping 467 calls directory. Considering this kind of Total number of call* they handle thi* session will depend volume being handled by two largely on how long it lasts At operators, several things are the beginning of the 13th week apparent: 1. There is a lot of public they already had logged more than 18,000 — a figure coin interest in the work of Die cidentally closely coinciding legislature. with Die recorded number of 2 It's likely some callers give people who have visited the up in the face of a persistent busy signal. Capitol in person this session 3. It ’s easy to understand why Further lim iting the phone calls they handle is the number the operators often have to ask of lines servicing their in callers to hold as soon as a call formation station. Two WATS finally gets through. And the latter should dispel lines serve the toll-free number and five additional Salem lines any notion by critics that respond to those who dial 378- because Craig or Tugman ask you to bold, it doesn’t mean the 8551 locally. From a statistical stand legislature is in a holding point. the WATS lines account pattern also. 34 Vertical Slider Reg 124 99 5, *99?. • Aluminum frame with screen • Up to 91 united inchee llength plus width) • Up to 40* wide. 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Powell & Burnside Marcia Gynther of Sandy earned a 4.0 grade point average (straight A) for the winter term at Eastern Oregon State College Fourteen per cent of the college student body earned a place on the winter term president's honor roll Five per cent, 72 students, reached perfect 4 0 grade point average. 10" Electric Chainsaw • Me mosay gat oH fe m il • Just plug in lllp iwilch then cut • Roducss heat loss during winter, keeps house cool durino summer • Easy to install. *1100 Between Gynther on honor roll Village Blacksmith 20% Pietà re Windows All Sizes S in c e 1 9 3 2 V H I AGE BIACKSMITN • Easy to install instructions and all the necessary materials Included • Use en gas or electric water heaters , • Save money and energy today) • Insulate your home a No 2 energy user • #150 • Up to 101 wilted inchse (length plus widthl Gay gains scholarship All Additional Regular Price S18” Horizontal ( Sliding Reg $32 .99 • A gride interior gypsum board • Joint tipe and joint compound available • lim it 20 per customer Water Heater Insulation Kit Custom Made Storm Windows • Reduces neat lota during winter, keeps house caol during summer i • includes all weather screen larger sizes available. Slock #1000 > GRESHAM TV & RADIO sheet saver '/TTvC Energy Savers Sale! TV C* r r o " ‘ Plasterboard Home Improvement Center^ ««* Sale Prices Good Today thru Sun.. April 17. 1977 ■ The Clackamas County The area is zoned lor single Board of Adjustment w ill fam ily residential, and is ap consider the following cases at proximately one and one-half their next meeting in Oregon miles south of Sandy The Board of Adjustment City next Monday night: Howard and Bette Hyatt have meets in the Clackamas County proposed a dwelling on a farm Courthouse and is open to the i»e zoned, approved platted lot public. of less than 21 acres. This is to be located in the Firwood area at the east end of Shady Lane. Wayne K Boomhower has requested a temporary permit to use a mobile home for a dwelling while constructing a permanent frame dwelling r*" 4’ x 8* x '//’ Fred Meyer Board to consider local requests Alan Gay, a freshman at Mt. Hood Community College, has been awarded a $900 scholarship to attend Portland State University next fall. Gay plans to study pre medicine at PSU. He was graduated after his third year at Sandy Union High School in 1976. He is the son of Mr. Carlyle Gay of Sandy AN ARBOR day planting took place at Sandy’s Meinig Park last Thursday, courtrty of the Sandy Garden Club. Garden Club members Nora Thayer. Hope Brader and Betty Bordeausx were on hand to present a Pink Per fection Rhododendron to Sandy Mayor Melvin Haneberg for the occasion. The Garden Club also donated double lilac to Oral Hull*» Touch *n Gro Club for Arbor Day. (Post photo) | W t W> P t H « w 4 , .. . . _ Home Improvement Confers Fred Meyer Advertising Policy Each of these advertised items must be ••adily available for sale at or below the advertised price in each Fred Meyer store, except as specifically noted in this ad 4 Fred Meyer
