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No. 2
Sandy Post. Sandy, Oregon 97055
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Thurs.. Jan. 12. 1978
Fireworks Due On Anim al Ordinance
We haven’t read the fine p rin t of
a proposed anim al control or
dinance which has been proposed
b> the Citizens Small A nim al
Advisory Committee However, we
have heard enough about what it
includes to know that we don’t
support it in the present form .
The intent of the law is lo fty and
idealistic In theory, the reasoning
is sound But in practice the law-
just cannot be enforced without an
unreasonable burden on counts
services.
Instead, we believe the county
should concentrate on enforcing
the present policies. That appears
to be an impossible task right now
and County Dog Control D irector
Richard Wick estimates that only
one-third of the county ’s estimated
64.000 canines are licensed by their
owners.
The county is already expanding
its* services to include anim al
control — something that won’t
happen o v e rn ig h t. S till, the
proposal isn’t all bad and one area
of discussion which gains our in
terest is an expanded emphasis on
spaying and neutering of dogs and
cats. There is no program in
Clackamas County for that needed
service.
A nim al
emotional
Feb. 1
fireworks.
control is always an
topic and we re sure the
m e e tin g w o n’ t la c k
(SAL)
Good Money A fter Bad?
Like a Congressman whose
favorite project has just been axed,
it ’s easy to get upset w ith T ri-M et
for cutting local bus service.
In th is case, i t ’ s v ir tu a l
elim ination of the Boring-Sandy
line which just hadn’t been paying
its way, according to Tri-M e t of
ficials.
The
p a ro c h ia l
v ie w p o in t
naturally, would be to cut a line in
Beaverton or M olalla instead.
Leave us alone.
But figures offered by Tri-M e t
officials—a saving of $318,000
annually by elim inating Boring-
Sandy
plus
some
o th e r
routes—make a pretty convincing
argument.
Some people obviously w ill be
inconvenienced but T ri-M e t can
hardly be faulted for cutting out a
run which was “ economically
u n re a listic.” You can only run a
money-losing line for so long, even
one supported by T ri-M e t’s payroll
tax.
N e v e r t h e le s s , another tax-
supported entity—M etro M obility
—is jum ping into the branch and
w ill supply much of the service in
the Bonng-Sandy-Damascus area
which Tri-M e t is abdicating.
One way or another, U. J e takes
care of us.
Misdirected energy! !
letters to the editor
A great year
To the Editor:
In behalf of the volunteers
and myself I want to thank
the Sandy community for its
support
Thanks especially go to
Sunday school boys and girls
fo r co lle c tin g food, the
congregations
of
local
churches, as well as the Cub
Scouts and Barlow Trail
R e t ir e d
T e a c h e rs
Association The individuals
who donated cash and
c lothing were also ap
preciated, 1977 was a great
year and we are hoping that
1978 w ill be the same.
Knowing the Sandy com
munity. I am sure it w ill be
Thanks again.
Astn Torbergson
Coordinator of volunteers
Sandy Community Action
Center
The Educators Have Some Fun
Tongue in cheek, the staff of
“ Education USA” , publication of
the National School Public Rela
tions Association has picked its top
stories of 1978. Here are ju st three:
“ Oregon has graduated its firs t
students under its new competency
program , which requires them to
demonstrate ‘life and social s k ills .’
These include being at school on
tim e three days out of five,
sw im m ing half a lap, and d if
ferentiating between white and red
wine. ”
In C alifornia, “ A federal appeals
court ruled in favor of ‘P eter Doe’ ,
a student who sued school officials
because he was graduated without
learning anything. He now has filed
suit against local TV and radio
stations, alleging they ‘distracted’
h im fro m his studies.”
P ublic schools in Combelt, Iowa,
have banned education jargon in
the classroom. The superintendent
said, “ We’ve prioritized the im
plem entation of this program
because we believe functional
com m unication skills are im
p e ra tiv e
fo r
successful
assim ilation into adulthood.”
Buckley w ill bp opponents of the
tre a tie s , those who question
Reagan w ill be proponents. Thus,
the hardest type of questions can be
expected
In addition, two experts w ill be
s ittin g close by, w ith authority to
pop in o r out w ith questions as they
see fit. Again, one person w ill be
pro-treaty, the other against.
The whole program is designed
to bring out both sides of the issue
w ith the utmost cla rity. The same
type of fo rm a t is being suggested
fo r the I960 presidential campaign,
hence Reagan and Buckley w ill be
doing more than just arguing the
treaties.
Obeying the Speed Limit
Figures prepared by the S tate
Departm ent of Transportation for
t|,e federal government indicate
that a sizable percentage of Oregon
drive rs exceed the federal 55 m ph
speed lim it.
This is no surprise. D rive any
freeway at 55 and most of the cars
w ill pass you by.
However, it does a p p e a r the
average overall speed has been
reduced. The state report indicates
To the Editor:
It is the time of year when
kids begin to look towards
spring and the things they
w ill be doing You may be
hearing “ Dad. can I get a
motorcycle'” ’
0
Your immediate reaction
is one of fear for your son's
safety and your response
ranges anywhere from
“ absolutely not.” to “ okay,
but let’s wait a few months
until the weather breaks ”
I ’ll let you in on a secret
right now. If your son is
interested in motorcycles it
is because he has friends who
have one and he w ill ride one
with or without your per
mission.
With this in mind, may I
make
the
follow ing
A hearing w ill be held in
the county courthouse at 7:30
p m on’ Jan 17 for the
specific purpose of getting
your ideas on how the county
should spend the 1978-79
general revenue sharing
entitlement.
General revenue comes
from the tax dollars that you
pay the federal government
and represents their policy of
sharing a small part of the
revenue with city and county
governm ent.
Clackamas
County expects to receive
approximately $800.000 for
the July 1. 1978. to June 30.
1979. fiscal year
The money can be used for
any of the following areas:
a d m in is tra tio n ; e nviro n
mental protection; libraries;
parks and recreation; public
safety and social services
We thought you might also
be interested in learning how
the m ajor departments of the
county see their needs for the
coming year so we have
arranged to have b rie f
presentations from county
officials such as the county
c le rk , the assessor, the
director of human services,
the sheriff and the director of
environmental services to
give you a better idea of how
things are going with your
county government.
We know from experience
that everyone has some ideas
on what the county should be
doing more (or less» of and
we hope that you w ill bring
Open letter
your ideas to the public
hearing instead of keeping
Open Letter to Clackamas
them to yourselves Citizen
County Taxpayers:
participation is a vital part of
The budget committee for
our government but it only
Clackamas
County—three
works when you participate
members of the public and
Clackamas County Budget
three
county
com
Committee
missioners— is anxious to
hear from you.
suggestions:
A ) Find a place for him to
rid e away from cars,
preferrably away from other
motorcycles. If this can be
done on your property great
Be aware that many people
are very prejudiced against
motorcycles. Therefore, the
rules must be strict on where
he can ride.
B) Buy the boy a used
machine to start If the boy
is a 100 pounds or under, my
recomendation is a Honda
XR-75.
My reasoning is
three fo ld — we have four
motorcycles in our fam ily
and the XR is by far the best
It does not require a mixture
of gas and oil. The only
motorcycle dealer in Sandy
is Honda, and I can tell you
for sure that he is very good
C) There are many things I
would recommend against;
riding in anything but good
weather, racing of any kind,
allowing the boy to work on
the machine without prior
instruction, riding when no
parent is around, riding with
another
c h ild
w ithout
parental permission.
Mothers are usually the
most fearful of motorcycles.
My wife is no exception. As
far as I know there is no way
around this one. If you find
an answer, let me know , w ill
ya?
Bill Rappe
40414 SE Trubel Road
Sandy
that 53 percent of all drivers exceed
55 mph, 16 percent go faster than 60
mph and 3 percent exceed 65 mph.
In the years before the 55 mph
lim it, most everyone stayed rig h t
around 70. Obviously, then, people
are d rivin g slower if not as slow as
the 55 mph lim it requires.
We continue to support the 55
mph lim it. I t saves lives, it saves
energy. I t makes sense.
The Rhododendron Neigh
borhood Group w ill have a
meeting on Friday, Jan. 13,
at 7:30 p.m., at the Hoodland
Women's Club at Zig Zag
The purpose of the meeting is
to discuss the problem of
bank erosion on the Zigzag
R iver
caused
by
the
December storms.
Mrs Bela Dolp and Joe
Kiefer are forming a com
mittee to study the problem,
Also on the agenda w ill be
It seems to be the party
line around the planning
department and the court
house to deny that “ San
derson’s” petition had much
to do with slowing down and
delaying the Rural Zoning
Project.
I cannot see much sense in
claiming the credit—I can
only say that it appears to be
about par for the course for
Ardis Stevenson, a county
extension agent, to casually
dismiss the importance of
374 rural land owners who
wanted it stopped.
One of the very odd things
about the delay of the Rural
Zoning Project w ill always
be the w ilfull desire of those
who wanted it to go on in
spite of its obvious short
comings.
Cottrell program starts
M t. Hood Com m unity
College and the C o ttre ll
Community School advisory
council have organized their
winter term program.
Preregistration is the week
of Jan 9 through 13, with
classes beginning Monday,
Jan 16. Preregistration is
necessary for some classes
so dates can be arranged
For
additional
in
formation. phone program
coordinator Freida Tyler,
668-5521. days and 663 3898.
evenings.
The winter term schedule
is: Monday, adult basketball
and 4-H cooking; Tuesday,
adult
v o lle y b a ll
and
needlepoint, Wednesday,
adult basketball, games and
animal foot care.
Thursday,
crocheting,
knitting and tatting, bow
craft ideas for all occasions
and beginning leathercraft;
Friday, glass staining, chunk
candles, model railroading
and gem appreciation.
Special programs being
offered are cardiopulmonary
resuscitation techniques,
rape prevention clinic and V
Valentine's Day potluck.
SAM names officers
Sandy Area M erchants
members elected officers for
1978 at a Wednesday morning
meeting at T J’s.
The new chairman of SAM
is Chuck Jones of Ferguson s
Power Equipm ent. Other
officers include Frank Jones,
vice-chairman, County F air;
Jan Fox, Sandy Decor,
secretary and Bill Herzog.
TJ's, treasurer.
Highway 26 resurfacing due
The
Oregon
T rans
portation Commission w ill
receive bids for the resur
facing of a 9.7 mile section of
Highway 26 on Thursday,
Jan 26
Neighborhood group meets
Reagan-Buckley Debate
The forthcom ing debate between
W illia m
Buckley and Ronald
Reagan over the Panama Canal
treaties should be extrem ely in
teresting.
In the firs t place, the two con
servative Republicans hold widely
divergent views on the proposed
treaties. Buckley has broken w ith
m ainline conservatives and sup
ports them, Reagan is a strident
opponent.
In the second place, the debate
form at has been structured in such
a way that there won’t be any of the
usual Pablum-type questions from
press interviewers.
Newsmen who w ill question
Motorcycles
Last week s well publicized
squabble between county
commissioners Stan Skoku
and Robert Schumacher is
only the latest in a series of
events that have charac
terued the recent course ui
events in our old courthouse
Schumachers
penchant
for calling the elderly Skoko
out of name does little to
enhance S c h u m a ch e r's
image and of course hurts
Skoko a “ misanthrope' -
which he is not
This time be called Sun
Skoko a “ rumdum” but it’s
more than likely that Skoko
w ill eventually come off
better in the exchange than
Schumacher
It would seem that if some
of the energy dissipated by
the name calling were used
to help some of the people in
the country who need
80
desperately, Commissioner
Schumacher could find
plenty to do without abusing
his elderly fellow com
missioner.
ooo
On another front a full
scale challenge to the Oregon
Land Conservation and
Development
Commission
gets under way when 20
Oregon counties, cities, ports
and water districts in a suit
filed in a Marion County
Court. Although there are a
number of issues, the central
theme of the suit w ill be that
the 1973 law creating LCDC
is unconstitutionally and
overly broad and vague.
In
the su it
fu rth e r
allegations are made that >
LCDC uses several other
ways to make its illegal land
use regulations. The first
action in this important suit
w ill begin on Feb. 6 It is
o v n o rte d to reach the Oregon
Supreme Court before it has
been settled
Despite the fact that a 1976
ballot measure to abolish
LCDC was turned down by
the voters, leaders of the
current suit believe that vote
was heavily influenced by
the most heavily populated
areas where nothing was at
stake. They also believe that
the question w ill fare much
better in the neutrality of the
courts.
discussion on the proposed
P o rtlan d covered c iv ic
stadium complex which
could concern the area by
way of extra taxation
The public is invited to
attend.
The project calls for the
resurfacing of the section of
highway from the west city
lim its of Sandy to Alder
Creek
Completion time is 200
calendar days.
Pam Mark Hall to sing
“ Something
Great
for
’78“ has been planned for the
Sandy Christian Women’s
Club Jan. 20 luncheon. It w ill
begin at 11:45 at T J's
Restaurant.
Carol K e lly , a kidney
transplant recipie nt, w ife
and mother from Gresham,
w ill be the speaker
Pam Mark Hall, a con
temporary gospel singer w ill
provide
music
for
the
luncheon
the luncheon
Sandy
resident
Mary
Swanson,
a
nurse
at
Gresham Hospital, w ill talk
on foot awareness
Babysitting for children
under 6 w ill be provided at
the Sandy Assembly of God
Church
Reservations
fo r
the
luncheon should be on or
before Jan. 18 by calling
Irene Blount at 668 4214
Women
of
a ll
denominations who are in
terested in the Christian faith
are invite d
to attend
Christian Women’s Club
Highway 26 nailed by accident
A 24-year-old Portland
man escaped serious injury
Jan 4 when his late-model
pickup overturned, spewing
its cargo of nails across
Highway 26, 10 miles east of
Sandy.
The accident occurred at
11:15 p m.
According to
Clackamas County Sheriffs
deputies, Donald C lark
Aschoff was eastbound at an
estimated speed between 50
and 60 miles per hour when
his car veered to the left. He
trie d to compensate by
steering to the right and lost
control of the vehicle. He
continued to slide and the
vehicle overturned, reports
said.
Three passengers in the
Aschoff vehicle escaped
without injury, according to
reports
A
tanker
from
the
Hoodland Fire Department
which also was at the scene
had to be called to hose the
nails off the highway, ac
cording to Lane Wintermute
of Alpine Ambulance
W interm ute said crews
worked about l * i hours
clearing the highway
“ The two eastbound lanes
were fairly carpeted with
nails of all sizes.” he said.
Because of the late hour,
Wintermute said traffic was
not a problem and vehicles
were detoured around the
nails.
Aschoff was
taken to
G re s h a m
C o m m u n ity
Hospital where he was
treated and released
Garden meeting delayed
The Sandy Garden Club
met Wednesday. Jan 4 at the
home of Marge Jacoby, 19270
SE 295th Ave at 1 p m in
stead of the usual time
because of the icy roads
The program was on
pruning and spraying trees
and shrubs It was conducted
by Mrs. Jacoby and June
Schwartz who has completed
the
m a tte r
gardener
program.
Bulletins from the M ult
nomah County agent can be
obtained by calling the office
at 651 2279 “ Grafting F ru it
Trees No 62” and "Pruning
Home Orchards No 733” w ill
be most helpful
The m aster gardening
program is starting again in
three locations and details
can determined by calling
the above number
Plans to honor the Sandy
Garden Club founders were
made They w ill be honored
Feb 8 at 10 a m at Marge
Jacoby’s home
A salad luncheon at noon is
planned Field instruction in
pruning w ill be a part of the
afternoon program.
There were 12 charter
members in March of 1972
and now that the club is in i U
sixth year there are 27 active
members
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