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About Sandy post. (Sandy, Oregon) 1938-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1978)
County com m ents Smoke points to fire Sue Lafky. Editor Bob Blumhagen. A n t. Publisher . Caroline Duff, Office Manager Douglas Gantenbein, Staff Reporter R«V Tipton, Advertising Manager Published w eekly Thursdoy» by The Outlook Publishing Co. boa 68 Sondy Oregon 970 5 5 Second class postoge paid at Sandy Oregon 668 5548 SUBSCRIPTION RATES In M ultnom ah and Ctockomo» C ountie* per year ............................*5 00 Servicemen any address In N orthw est and P oci I k Coost States outside O regon per y e a r ................. *7 00 '5 00 Outside N orthw est and Pacific Coast states per year ................................*9 00 In Oregon outside M ultnom ah and M lM K * ---------- u n a í NÊI RTp/lPffl Page 2 MW Oregon Newsp-ipe< 8 Be Publisher* 1 ■ ■ i « AssocMbon Sandy Post, Sandy, Oregon 97055 Represented N a tio n ally by U S SUBURBAN PRESS INC No. 7 USL-H?} Thurs., Feb. 16. 1978 An Active Race Is Welcome It would be good for the city to have an active race for the mayor’s post in the next city elections. So far the first candidate to announce his intentions to run for office. Bruce Cook, has brought out some good ideas for residents of the city to consider. For instance, he’s right on target when he says people don’t realize how important the current revision of the city’s comprehensive plan is going to be to Sandy’s future. He also makes a good point when he says that the city needs to start planning now to set aside more area for future industrial use. If Sandy does become a strictly bedroom community, the taxes for property owners will be a larger than necessary burden. Some persons have suggested that Councilman Jim Duff may also seek the mayor’s seat. But if he is. so far he isn’t talking. We hope Duff or someone else will join the race. An active campaign may lead more citizens to become in volved with the workings of their city government. No one can lose when that happens. (SAL) Chirp: Does it eat the people? Have Your Say allotted to Clackamas County this Clackamas County recently year for projects. became eligible for a Community The people are the ones who are Block Development Grant from the being asked to decide what the federal Housing and Urban projects will be—and the Development project. It is the only possibilities are endless. Project county in Oregon to receive the titles range from residential “ urban” designation which rehabilitation to historical qualifies it for the funds. preservation. Any ideas will be Sandy is due to receive its fair The next chance for area share of the funding and city of citizens to have their say will be ficials are trying to involve area Wednesday, Feb. 22, at noon in the citizens in the planning process. Community Service Room of Far A public meeting was held West Federal Savings and Loan in recently in the Sandy City Council Milwaukie. chambers. Citizens were urged to At this meeting, initial proposals attend and participate in deter will be prioritized by a develope- mining how the federal funds ment policy board of 15 Sandy city should be spent. representatives and one county Eight people attended the representative. meeting. City and county residents need to The Community Block Grant attend future meetings and project is a n » opportunity for citizens to have tfieir * workshops so prom ts they’re interested in can be funded. say— something we all talk about Put quite simply—it’s your wanting. Officials estimate $2.3 monev, how do you want it spent? million to $2.5 million will be (BB) The High Cost of Negotiations Local school districts are in the middle of contract negotiations and while whatever settlements are reached will significantly impact local taxes, that's only the tip of the iceberg. The Foundation for Oregon Research and Education estimates that the annual cost of collective bargaining in Oregon education exceeds $7 million. This includes $3.3 million in management costs. $1.6 million in OSEA costs. $400.000 in state costs and $1.8 million in school board costs. Not included in the $7 plus million are released time costs, costs of any arbitration or litigation, school supervisory time, conference and seminar fees, cost to the districts for substitute teachers during negotiations, and time contributed by negotiation teams. We re sure teachers feel the $7 million is well spent So. perhaps, do the administrators and board members. But what about the taxpayer0 The $7 plus million spent in salary talks would buy a lot of books, a lot of equipment a lot of extra teachers. There ought to be a better way to conduct negotiations than the protracted, expensive fashion common in all too many districts todav. Twirp: Only when they are spread on thick slices of lands and homes. letters to the editor Need bike paths To the E d ito r: I think we should have a bicycle path in the Boring area Now we don’t have any place to ride our bicycles because the highway is so busy. Also, we could rid e our bikes to school and to the store It would conserve energy by not making our parents drive to the store a ll the tim e and having them pick us up. A lot of fam ilies would go bicycle rid in g because it is very good exercise. It w ill help build strong bodies and w ill help keep dads from haring h e a rt attacks <My mom is a nurse ». It helps keep fa m ilie s together And most im portant, when our mothers are busy they wouldn't have to d rive us around. Sincerely, Joanne Richard 14230 SE 215th Court Boring Thanks To the E d ito r: Thank you fo r your p a r ticipation in DECA's 4th A n n u a l W o rld s G re a te st Trike Jum p event at Mt. Hood Com m unity College The event was a success w ith nine jum pers attem pting to break the w orld's record Thank you again, and we w ill be looking forw ard to your involvement next year Sincerely, John D M irm a k Chairman Electric bills not provide any service to the consumer C urrently PGE has S193.000.000 in the rate base th a t w ould not be a llo w e d in W ashington, Id a h o , C a lifo rn ia and 19 other states. T h is w ill cost PGE customers over $17,000,000 in 1978 Oregonians who are concerned about the high cost of e le ctricity should w rite O U R . P.O. Box 12763, Salem. 97309 State Rep Bob Vian 1845 C laxter Rd N. Salem. Ore. 97303 To the E d ito r: The la s t Oregon legislative session was not a good one for the people who pay P o rtla n d G eneral E le c t r ic ’ s b ills . A new consumer group has decided to go d ire ctly to the public w ith an in itia tiv e petition because the le g is la tu re seems incapable of slowing PG E’s skyrocketing u tility rates O regonians fo r U t ilit y R eform ’s in itia tiv e w ill stop PG E fro m c h a rg in g fo r construction projects that do Keeping posted Renfro to address Sandy Chamber THURSDAY. FEB. It Oregon T ra il Coffee Hour w ill begin at 9:30 a m . Donuts, sweet rolls and coffee w ill be provided. TUESDAY. FEB . 21 Clackamas County S heriff John Renfro w ill address the noon meeting of the Sandy area Chamber of Commerce at T J’s Restaurant WEDNESDAY. FEB. 22 The Take O ff Pounds Sensibly Club of Sandy meets every Wednesday at 9:30 "a m in the basement of the Sandy Com m unity Action Center Call 668-4537 for more inform ation. ooo Linda Vlahos w ill show her slides taken during a four month stay in Europe last sum m er from 7:30 to 8:30 in the Sandy P ublic L ib ra ry 900 The Sandy Area Merchants w ill meet from 7-8 a m at T J ’s Restaurant John Karlen, Sr. John R Karlen. Sr., a resident of the Boring area fo r 50 years, died on Feb He was 79 years of age F u n e ra l se rv ic e s are pending a t the Sandy Funeral Home ! somehow all w ould lead better lives bv being shielded from the "real world ” From this viewpoint, that at titude can be stowed in the round file along with the mindless adage that what you don’t know won’t hurt you We wholeheartedly support the goal of balanced and fair coverage, of giving each side a voice. We cringe when we see stories that make no pretense of objectivity or no effort toward responsible reporting. But the role of the press is to report what happens, not what someone wants to happen The press attempts to be the eyes and ears of those who are not there, not act as a public relations tool and present only the good side of a “product.” We report the news, we don't make it Perhaps those who complain about negative press ought to check their hemline to see if their slip is showing. <BW> Board spot open The Welches School Board M ill be bolding an election April 4 to name a board mem ber fo r position No. 4. term w ill expire June 30 of this year A p p lic a tio n s m ay be picked up at Welches School Deadline for filin g is Feb 27. The term of office is four years. That position is cu rre n tly held by B ill Dunham His Abraham to speak We Report It, We Don't M ake It Attention of the working press was recently drawn to Tennessee where the governor. Ray Blanton, issued an edict that he would an swer only positive questions at his new s conferences The public is tired of negative stones. Blanton claimed, and rarely receives a balanced view of the new*s He said his goal is to insure a fair and objective look at both sides of a story Therefore, his new guidelines say that “if members of the media fail to present the positive side of a story. I will decline to entertain any questions pertaining to the negative aspect of state news ” So much for a look at both sides of the story The Tennessee governor ap parently feels the public would be better served by not hearing negative news from the statehouse, even if it be accurate and its dissemination vital Perhaps he feels his constituency needs to be bouyed by good news, that Perhaps it was m istakenly felt that the hard-handeo- tactics of a Dave Beck or a James Hoffa were needed. I f the adage that “ where But if so, the idea backfired there is smoke there is bound and Day stepped down in the to be fire *’ is s till viable, the stro n g o p p o sitio n to the sm oldering fires of resent agency developed through an ment are sending up clouds of smoke from around the ' in itia tive ballot to rescind its statutory base Land C o n se rva tio n and The agency was saved by Development Commission. the votes of thousands and T h is has been m uch in thousands of city people who evidence since the con had nothing to lose and troversial measure was firs t nothing to gain in the election adopted. but who gave the backers of As of today there are up LCDC a knee-jerk reaction wards of two dozen separate the tremendous campaign p la in tiffs suing LCDC. Many, put on to save the powerful however, have been com commission. bined into jo in t action. C urry The p ro m ise of the County took w ith it 18 other legislature to amend SB 100 local jurisdictions in filin g the in itia l suit. Most recent ’ to curb some of the more objectionable and d icta to ria l suits were filed by five new authorities of the agency was litig a n ts fro m M a rio n , never fu lly carried out and Benton, W ashington and the present rash of suits are Clackamas counties. the inevitable fru its of that The newest suits are very failure. s im ila r to the original 19, A m e n d m e n ts d id , m aking many of the same however, take away some of allegations. But if anything the authority for LCDC to these are more definitely sla te d to w a rd the " c o n “ d ire ct” counties and other local jurisdictions in a close fis c a tio n w ith o u t ju s t supervisory manner in ac co m p e n sa tio n or due complishing LCDC’s Goals process’ ’ element. In Clackamas County John and Guidelines. Instead, it gave LCDC a Weber, a long-time fa rm e r of " r e v ie w ’ ’ a u th o rity and the Canby area; a berry positive action to command cannery owner; and Don compliance only through the McIntosh, also of Canby, courts. were named as plaintiffs in However, there has been the new series of suits. lit t le e ffe c t fe lt in th is Weber is a member and Don M cIn to sh is co- change, since the state and county and c ity planning c h a irm a n o f the new ly b u re a u cra cie s a re m uch organized Clackamas County more strongly knit than any R u ra l L a n d o w n e rs a s s o c ia t io n b e tw e e n P rotective Association. responsible elected officials Attorneys for this latest group to join the move or dissenting citizens. The "w o rd ” spreads against what they describe v e r tic a lly , up .and down as L C D C ’s im p ro p e rly through the various levels of b ro a d e n e d o p e r a tio n a l a uthority say they may file a the bureaucracy, at double and trip le the speed w ith motion to join the in itita l case if that route seems which it is released to the general public. feasible Those in the know To the ordinary citizen who think that there may be more had hoped fo r a state-level suits filed as the present situation je lls and begins to court of appeal to which he show signs of its eventual could take his differences w ith his tormentors, such as shape CRAG and the hordes of local The new su its are planners and boards and re p re se nte d by P o rtla n d attorney E a rl Mickelsen, and commissions that grab so MjWk. ’ attumev h u n g rily at control o f h is ^ T aylor O’Hearne O'Hearne land, LCDC has been a vast and a has been quoted as saying d is a p p o in tm e n t that he has had a long-time disaster. D ecisions th a t mean interest in cases involving c o n s titu tio n a l rig h ts and thousands and thousands of issues, and that he has dollars in zoning rip-offs and several such cases presently w ip e o u ts to ru r a l la n pending in several other downers may hinge on an states as w ell as his own. adm inistration “ opinion" It seems to this observer perhaps m o re c a re fu lly that most of the legal, if not aimed at preserving vertical the p h ilo s o p h ic a l, con b u re a u c ra tic lo y a lty than troversies that rage around carefully researched justice the LCDC spring from the As another election year well-known rage to control, rolls around it is to be hoped which is common to almost that a great many more than all non-elec ted. bureaucratic the courageous few who have authorities now stood up to the It was no coincidence that b u re a u c ra tic g ia n t w ill placed L B Day, well-known become involved in very Team ster's Union official at real, very deep issues of this the head of LCDC. situation by Bill Sanderson The Hood land Chamber of Commerce w ill hear David Abraham of the Clackamas C ounty P u b lic W orks Department at a 7:30 p m meeting on Tuesday. Feb 21 Abraham is due to give ar update on the proposed sew er system fo r th« co rrid o r area. The meeting w ill be held at the Hoodlanc Women s Club SERVICE WE GIVE! INSURANCE WE SELL . . . Th« personal insurant« counsel ond odvice of a local agent is im portant to you in planning o com plete insurance progrom Gao-ga Morgan Whot The Public Really Needs Is A Government Agency To Protect It From Government Agencies. WALRAD Sandy, Oregon IRSWUME MEMT tl I
