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County comments • • Î it ‘Stretch ing A Sue Lafky, Editor / Caroline Duff. Office Manager Douglas Gantenbein, Staff Reporter Carl Weaver, Advertising Manager by B ill Sanderson Published w eakly Thursday* by The Outlook Publishing Co Bo« 60 Sondy Oregon 9 7 055 Second class postoge paid at Sandy Oregon 668 5548 SUBSCRIPTION RATES In Multnom ah and Clockomos Counties per year ........................ In Northwest ond Pacific Coast States outside Oregon per year '7 00 ‘ 5 00 Servicemen ony ad dress................. ’ 5.00 In O regon outside Multnom ah ond Clockomos Counties per yeor , » 6 Outside Northwest ond Pocific Coast states per y e o r ............................... ‘9 00 00 M IM B ÍR NA Pav 2 Oregon ER Newspapei Publishers Association Sandy Post. Sandy, Otegon 97055 2 Represented Nationally by U $ SUBURBAN PRESS INC No. 23 Thuis., June 9. 1977 Blazer-mania In church, a young man got up from his front row seat and walked out after the second hymn. It's Sunday morning and the Blazers are playing in the NBA finals. A sign at the Memorial Coliseum flics: “ Zig Zag, Ore., Salutes Vegetable Pow er.” During the Sandy Union High School baccalaureate ceremonies, a speaker pauses before the senior class — just long enough to announce the score of the final gam e between Portland and Philly. P art of the crowd had already heard the news — they had transitor radios tucked 1983: End Of Era June, 1983: The end of an era. That is the month, according to General Motors, when the last V-8 engine will be installed, a victim of the g o v e rn m e n t’ s new, tig h te r m ile a g e regu la tio n s. O ther manufacturers are expected to follow suit. By 1985, cars will be expected to get 27.5 miles to a gallon of gas, as op posed to a current average of 17.7. Besides reducing engine size, manufacturers will also have to cut weight by using lighter parts, thinner engine walls and less bulky front wheel drive. Gone forever will be the enormous iron behemoths the Am erican public has doted on for years, and no tears of rem orse should go with them. Like the dinosaur; too slow, big and discretely under their overcoats even though the tem perature was in the 70s. And members of the symphonic band had already heard the news because they were watching a television set. Like everyw here else in the state, Blazerm ania hit the Sandy-Hoodland area. Television sets in nursing homes,, taverns, private residences and businesses were tuned to the Blazers. It w as a fun year for what has become Oregon’s “ hometown” team. The Blazers have put Oregon on the map. (SAL) inefficient to survive in a changing environment, the Cadillacs and Continentals were doomed from the moment of their birth. Those who would defend them stand on shaky ground as well, for no conclusive evidence has ever shown the Detroit monsters to be safer or even more comfortable than many of their sm aller, more efficient foreign counterparts. The elimination of the big car should not be viewed as a decrease in our quality of living— it is in fact a plus. The air will be cleaner, savings in steel and raw m aterials should reduce the cost and there should be more fossil fuel left fbr our children and grandchildren, hopefully giving them more time to solve the energy problem once and for all. (DG) Back-To-The-Country? “ We’d like to move out to the. country because we like the rural lifestyle. But with gas prices what they are, it just doesn’t seem prac tical anym ore.” Sentiments like that could slow down what the U.S. Departm ent of Agriculture says has been a “ back-to- the- country” movement since the early 1970s. Will the City of Sandy population reach 5000 by the year 1982? 1 It’s very possible, but a shortage of oil or gasoline could possibly slow things down. Those of us who have chosen rural life use a lot more gasoline than city folks. Recent developments in Sandy and improved business services do let people shop in Sandy more than they used to. But many people have to commute to work and to obtain some services that just aren’t offered close to home. We don’t have the alter native methods of public trans portation that urbanites can fall back on if gas supplies tighten and prices begin soaring. ‘ Barring a severe shortage of oil and gasoline, however, chances are good that the urban-to-rural movement will continue well into the 1980s and this area will continue to grow. Demographers hasten to add,though, that the length and extent of the trend are hard to predict. Here’s what’s developed so far: Between 1970 and 1975, rural areas and sm all towns grew by more than 3V2 million people— a gain of 6.6 per cen t, v e rsu s 4.1 p e r cent in metropolitan areas. Some of the growth stem s from the continuing spillover from large urban areas into neighboring non-metro counties, where population climbed nearly 7 ^ per cent during the first half of the 1970s. But suburban sprawl doesn’t ex plain the whole phenomenon. Rural counties that do not border on metro areas swelled by 5.7 per cent during the sam e period, the USDA reported. That’s well ahead of the national growth rate of 4.8 per cent. The USDA said that the increasing preference for a rural place to live should not be mistaken for a back-to- the-farm movement. During the first half of this decade, the U.S. farm population dwindled by about 850,000 or nearly 9 per cent. Those are nationwide trends. Our observations in the Sandy-Hoodland area tend to verify those trends (SAL) Teacher Retirement Raises Questions It looks as if the bill to allow public school teachers to retire at age 55 ( instead of 60) m ay be dead for this session. The measure was referred back to the Ways and Means committee because of its potential fiscal impact. Sen. Vic Atiyeh estimated it could be as much as $25.6 million in the next biennium The money, of course, would come from local school districts, not from the state. E arly retirement for teachers is urged because of the “ job hazards” they face, equated by some with hazards faced by firemen and policemen. Somehow the comparison seems a little strained; teachers aren’t exactly putting their life on the line every day. Others have promoted the early retirement idea as one which would save school districts money. If teachers retired early, they’d be replaced with younger teachers from the bottom end of the salary scale. However, that argument begs ef fective teaching. We’d a whole lot rather have an experienced, com petent, knowledgeable teacher in charge regardless of where he or she might be on the salary scale. Sen. Steve Kafoury said the real issue still is “ quality of education ” Amen. '---------- •----------------------------- - letters to the editor ---------------------------------- G ro w th ? To the Editor: The talk of great future growth in the Welches School enrollment just does not fit the circumstances Consider these facts: There is no industry aside from recreation for families to work a t There is a minimum of private lands where families might build and settle And that land is expensive. A large part of the Woodland area is publicly ow ned land, and not buildable. And condominium units such as Bowman’s, Golden Poles and the new A m erican Guarantee project do not contribute to the Welches student body. Rentals are few and far between and are quite often of the “ cabin” variety—fine for a Court space needs topic of study weekend but inadequate for family living It seems that the possibility of great growth in the number of children attending Welches School is hardly possible. And over the last 20 years very little increase has been shown. It would be interesting to see a comparison of Welches School attendance for 1958 and 1977. Louise O’Dea Wemme, Ore. Summer band program slated in our metropolitan press started me off on this line of thought by stating —with a grim sort of re lie f-th a t the current session of the Oregon State Legislature was "now on its home-stretch" and so I quite naturally fell to wondering just what our legislators had been “ stretching" up until now M indful of the defined “ elasticity” of "stretch" let us take a quick look Senate President Jason Boe’s »—»a" — AA Manning The Post Exercise can be hazardous « Clackamas County has He will also: i t, received a grant to study the —E xam in e the current by Douglas Gantenbein long and short-term space facility’s space utilization plan. needs of the Clackamas County —Determine short and long There's a saying that exer Circuit Court. term space needs of the court The Court received word that and how these needs may be cise can't do you any harm, as its application for technical m et w ithin the existing long as you don't overdo i t T h a t may w ell be, but assistance regarding space financial means of the county. planning has been granted. The — In v e s tig a te m ethods sometimes the begaUing of that entire cost of the technical designed to a lle v ia te the exercise can be downright assistance is provided for with present courthouse traffic flow hazardous to your health. . I am referring to two of my LE A A (L a w Enforcem ent and parking problems. exercise forms: Assistance Administration) Ricci visited the courthouse favorite grant money site June 1-3. He will now running and bicycling. I am Kenneth R icci, a court prepare a formal report of his quite certain that I am building my endurance, facility architect from New assistance which will provide up York City, has been chosen to his analysis and recom strengthening my heart and do the study. mendations regarding the improving my muscle tone. My problem is engaging in these Ricci’s efforts will include an court’s facility needs. assessment of the adequacy of The grant for the county was activities near my home in the the exiting facility in light of obtained by Clackamas County Damascus area, where I swear the expanding caseload of the Circuit Court Administrator there is the highest population of dogs per mile in the United circuit and district court. Mike Maier. States, and there is nothing to gladden a dog’s heart like a ‘ moving, two-legged target. Last week for example, I was wheezing up the last hill near The Sandy City Library has Classes” on July 16, 23 and 30 my home, after a four mile run, announced plans for a summer in Sandy 's Meinig Park behind when I spotted two Labradors jogging, across a field. They program for kids and adults. the library. were big, they were black and The program will begin on The a rt class is free for Saturday, June 11, with story children or adults “ 3 to 100- they were heading straight for me. hour and sing-along ac years-old" and will include As I picked up my pace, I companied by a guitar. The instructions on draw ing, fancied I saw the glint of razor- Saturday programs are slated carving and painting. Those sharp teeth jutting from their to go from 10 to ll .30 a m. classes will be from 10 a m. jaws. They were closing in on The rest of the June until noon. me fast, and all the stories I ’d programs include a story hour Activities are slated on with Jaycee wives on June 18 Saturday mornings through ever heard of wild dogs running down deer flashed through my and a guest presentation on Aug 27. mind Briefly I wondered what June 25 More information may be In July, Beth Gale of obtained by calling Margaret paper my obituary would ap Hoodland will teach a series of Crownover at the Sandy pear in, then I turned to face them and at least go down “ Tom Sawyer Summer Art Library, 668-5533 fighting. Big as they were, they were just big pups. One grabbed my arm in his mouth, and the other attempted to push me down and Do you play a horn’’ Well, if later on in the summer at the lick me to death. Someone to Sandy Mountain play with was what they were you do, you may be interested annual after, not fresh meat. I was in knowing that rehearsals for Festival. The Symphonic 3and relieved. the Sandy High School summer Another time, 1 was placidly band program will begin June program is open to any in terested instrumentalists in the biking along a wooded street, 13at7 p m . community. Steve Christensen, and passed a large house with a 1’wo types of bands, sym who will be directing, hopes to tall, thick hedge across the front phonic and stage, will be of have many alumni back, . yard. fered over a five week period. even some of those who played Suddenly I heard frenzied These bands will be performing back when I was in band.” barking, and an enormous German shepherd exploded through the hege, fangs bared. I had just braced for the impact when the chain around his neck snapped tight, and was was jerked to a stop about three feet The Sandy Post is pleased to report that from my leg the injured black bear cub found in the Never has one pedaled so fast backyard of the Ken Bailey family of so soon on such short notice I Brightwood is doing fine at the Washing would've left A.J. Foyt in the ton Park Zoo nursery. starting blocks "She’s fat and healthy," said zoo As a rule, dogs can be spokesperson Paige Powell, "and doing classified three ways. First, there are the ones who just great.” are just glad to see you. They’ll The bear still wears a cast on a fractured give a little woof of greeting right arm, but that should be coming off and trot out to escort you past soon. their property. Next are the border guards Library program set Our good English language, with its plentiful and pithy sprinkling of salty, four- lettered Saxon, Celtic and Scandinavian words for seasoning, lends itself to the adoption and use of the pic turesque speech—and that's good. Whole paragraphs of per fectly good, clean and gram matically correct prose can often be boiled down to one bluntly pointed sentence, to a single phrase, and sometimes to one shirt, explosive but expressive word We use the word "stretch” in that marmner There is the verb transitive “stretch” from which one can find support for almost any kind of an action tnat may occur when the extremities of anything are laid, tightened or pulled away from each other, as with a piece of elastic—or the truth. Then there is the noun “ stretch” of a race track or the “ stretch” one performs with a yawn. In fact, our word "stretch” is much like its numerous meanings and uses It can be “stretched’' to cover amultitude of whatever you have to cover! “ Safety Net" school financing plan, (and campaign) comes quickly to mind as a case where the "net” failed to stretch over as big a slice of the electorate as it did over some surprisingly generous financial huckers Over $20.000 from public utilities was reported and one may be excused for wondering just what was "stretched" to make Sen. Boe’s pet proposal all that important to public utilities House majority leader' Phil laMig misjudged the amount of "stretch" he could get out of his position. The brittle material of power snapped under the strain of too much "stretching," and left Lang a “ leader" in name only while a care-taker committee of six (or seven, or eight, or ten,) stretched their authority to call the shots Rep. Curt Wolfer of Silverton appears to have misjudged the amount of “ stretch" that can be put into an interpretation of how far a “ citizen legislator” businessman can do to combine .os two interests There seems to be no doubt that from now on the “ stretch" will not be enough to cover rombuung both offices under one legislative, state-furnished roof. There are dozens of other cases of "stretch’’ apparent in the current scene at Salem, but there is one more pecularity about the elasticity of the word that interests me If a "thing" is stretched from the middle both ways it is, af course, difficult to state ac curately just which end got longer. That may be the an swer! Those who "stretch" too far and too often simply don’t know their one end from the other! They’re the ones that’ll give chase but only do so until they’ve reached their owner’s property line. A brief sprint usually foils them, but you gotta be quick as some of the craftier ones will wait in the bushes where you can't see, then make a mad dash at your rear—literally. Last, come the ones that just plain harbor a grudge against the human race and delight in nipping at the heels of a frantic jogger for as long as it takes the q u a rry to drop from exhaustion. They can be downright vicious sometimes Methods of defense depend, to an extent, on one’s ethics Often, a firm kick in the chops will discourage a pursuing hound, and occasionally just a cold, hard stare will be enough to turn them away. For the offensive minded, chemical repellents are an alternative, but I admit I like dogs to much to do anything that might really harm them. Usually I just try to be soothing and talk them out of biting me in the calf. If that fails, well, I ’m willing to make a run for it and just take my chances Sometimes a good sprint to evade a charging dog makes a great finish to a long run. Beep, beep 'Strawberry Festival' theme of potluck •'Strawberry Festival” will be the theme of the Sandy C hristian Women’s Club potluck salad luncheon Friday, June 17, at 11:45 a m . at Oral Hull Park As a special feature, Nancy Fennton will discuss a variety of new ways to prepare strawberries. Music will be by Dean Christian and Ralph Gilmore Speaker will be Darlene Young of Milwaukie. Those attending are requested to bring a salad Babysitting for children 6 and under will be provided at the Assembly of God Church Prayer and Share meets June 15 at 9:30 a m at Beth Berglund's home Call 668 4060 for directions Firwood committee to meet The Citizens Advisory Committee of Firwood neigh bors will hold a meeting June 20 in the Firwood School Library a t 7:30p.m Anyone with conditional use requests or zone changes with Clackamas County, or havii questions about building placing mobile homes < property is welcome to attenc A review and discussion of i applications on hand will be tl main topic of the meeting SERVICE WE GIVE! INSURANCE WE SELL . . . Bear is fine The personal insurance counsel and advice of a local agent is important to you in planning a complete insurance program. • • • • gw Local Representativo WALRAD Sandy, O regon INSURANCE AGENCY MS-4421
