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2 I Editorial and Opinion SANDY (Or«.) ROSTThur«.. July 20. 1979 (SOC. I) Salem scene Andrew Young: Not a total liability Our Ambassador to the United Nations, Andrew Young, is un disputed USA foot-in-the-mouth champ. It was Young who said Cuban troops were a ‘ ‘stabilizing in fluence in Angola.” It was Young who said there were ‘‘ hundreds, perhaps thousands, of political prisoners in the U.S.A.” It was Young who said the B ritish were the “ ultim ate racists.” Etc. P oliticians of whatever per suasion are cla m oring fo r Young’s rem oval and President C arter is said to have strongly reprim anded the ambassador. Reportedly, he w ill be put under wraps as fa r as future public pronouncements are concerned. However, i t ’s only fa ir to report that Young doesn’ t do everything wrong. Agreem ent recently was reached to b rin g independence to ( Ed.’s note: Salem Scene is a legislative report from the state capital compiled by Jack Z im m erm an of A s s o c ia te d O re g o n Industries.) "Gee. Cy...l Didn't Know It Was Loaded. It Just Went Off In My Mouth..." / The weather? We’re not complaining E ve ry year about this time, we seem to come up w ith an editorial extolling the “ air-conditioned com fo rt” we experience here in the P a cific Northwest. Perhaps we’ re rationalizing for the too-frequent gray skies and the constant references to a “ green- tom ato sum m er.” But there is another side to the coin. We ju st don’t have searing tem peratures ( I t was 116 degrees in Olney, Tex. as on Monday and 21 lives have been lost due to extrem e heat in the D allas-Fort W orth area). Oregon’s waste not all wasted N am ibia (South-West A frica ). U.N. Secretary-General K u rt Waldheim said the pact was the “ one positive development on the international p o litica l scene this year.” It provides for a UN-supervised e le c tio n w h ich w ould g ra n t N am ibia independence and end 11 years of guerilla warfare. Andrew Young was deeply in volved in these proceedings. One of the negotiators said that Young “ m ore than any other factor or person helped create the political clim a te fo r agreement. W orking behind the scenes, Young played a cru cia l role. Thus, w hile his off-the-cuff rem arks keep him in constant hot water, he’s obviously effective w o rk in g in the b a ckg ro und. Perhaps this is why President C arter is standing by Young, giving him every chance. We don’t have excessive sum m er ra in fa ll (No flash-flood warnings like Minnesota is experiencing). Nor do we have endless days of choking smog (Southern C alifornia has been on smog-alert status for about a week). Sure, the sun worshipers m ay be short-changed here, but yester day’s 112 degrees in Yum a or the 111 in Las Vegas is more than most of us want. Besides, Oregon’s nicest weather usually comes in August and September. The best is yet to come. A Letters-to-the-editor P olitical parade To the Editor: As secretary-treasurer of Sandy Civic Services, 1 also know the rules for the Sandy Mountain Days Parade very well. In answer to Pete Sulz- bach’s le tte r (J u ly 13) regarding the appearance of p o litic a l candidate Paul Walden in the parade, let me state that Wayne Fawbush was also invited to take part in the parade. However, he did not acknowledge my letter. Several other candidates were also invited to par ticipate. Florence J. Schmitz Brock Adams may be on the way out Despite im m ediate denials, we would not be surprised if rum ors that Secretary of T ranspo rtation1 Brock Adams is about to resign are substantially correct. I t has been obvious for some tim e that Adams isn’t a fu ll voting m em ber of the C arter team. We were at a newspaper meeting in Washington, D.C. earlier this year and several cabinet officers spoke. Adam s seemed to be a m averick, operating on his own. Et 8 I t ’s lik e ly that Adams would seek to r e tu rn to Congress. (H e represented Washington’s 7th Congressional D is tric t fro m 1964 u n til his appointm ent to the C arter cabinet). His old congressional seat was won by a Republican in a special run-off last fa ll, probably heightening Adams’ interest in returning to elective politics. What price 55 MPH? F o r w hatever reasons, most m o to ris ts have in c re a s in g ly decided to ignore the 55 mph lim it on the nation’s highways. D rive from here to Eugene at 55 mph and v irtu a lly everyone on the freeway w ill pass you by. A t what cost? Perhaps at the cost of 2,140 lives, nationwide, during 1977. Figures from the Department of Transportation showed a 4.7 percent increase in tra ffic deaths in 1977 over 1976. The DOT listed a num ber of reasons fo r the increase but said disregard of the 55 mph lim it by over half of the nation’s drivers was the biggest factor. I f you break the speed lim it between here and Eugene you m ight save 10 minutes overall. Is it w o rth it? Human rights losing its steam? How widespread is support for President C a rte r’s human rights program ? You have to wonder when you read that a poll taken recently by Newsweek magazine indicates people feel lim itations on nuclear arm s are more im portant than hum an rights; 61 percent so in dicated. M oreover, nearly half of those polled said that what goes on inside the Soviet Union, such as tria ls of dissidents, is none of our business. However praiseworthy his ef forts have been, President C arter doesn’ t look like a winner on human rights, either. Too m any people either feel the Soviets are to ta lly insincere and thus not to be trusted, or else look on a nuclear arm s pact as an im perative. Von Braschler. General Manogar Caroline Duff. Office Manager John Kline, Editor Mork Floyd, Staff Reporter Kaye Barton, staff reporter Published woofcly Thuridoy* by Th« O u tlo o * Publishing Co So« 68 Sondy Oregon 970 5 5 Socond closs poslogo potd ot Sondy Oregon 668 5548 SUBSCRIPTION RATES In M ultnom ah and Cl or I. am o t C o u n t s per yeor ............. V 00 Servi<em en ony a d d re i* »7 00 In O regon outside M ultnom ah end C lorK om p. Counties per yeor M 00 H N orthw est and P o t.tk Coo.» State« aut».de O regon per y e a r ............ SR 00 O utside N orthw est ond Por if k Coost states per yeor N e W A pm Page 2 9andy To the Editor: In discussions with parents and citizens o f our com munity, I hear many people who feel they can’t make a difference or be heard concerning policies of our school. I would lik e to suggest a way in which people can be heard. The issue I would like to bring up is athletics and the traveling our students must do to compete with other schools in any sport. Sandy High School is assigned to the Coast Valley League by the Oregon School Activities Association. The league stretches from Sweet Home to Astoria and the closest school we play is in Estacada. Many times on the way to a game, our athletes pass through as many as 10 school districts. Away games may require students and teachers to miss school time requiring the district to pay for sub stitute teachers The coaches and students arrive home very late at night. The one good thing that comes from the long trips is that it teaches students d e te r m in a tio n and dedication to a commitment under tiring conditions The Oregon School Activities Association has strict controlling rules I addressed the association at a state meeting over a year ago but they continue to have an unsympathetic view of our situation. At that time, the association was studying realignm ent of school districts but nothing was changed as far as our district was concerned There are now three high school leagues in the Port land area. I feel a fourth league could be formed comprised of eight schools all of which would be within easy d riv in g distance of Sandy The O S.A.A. is again studying realignment of high school leagues, they need your input. If they were to receive several hundred letters from Sandy Union High School patrons. I ’m sure it would have an effect sn oo MtMSfS Oregon Newspaper T raveling ath letes i Sandy Oregon *7099 Represented Not.onolly by U 1 U S SUSUtSAN PRESS INC W | No 29 Jwty 13. 1*73 W rite rs should address their letters to: Dr Edward J. Ryan, Executive Secretary, Oregon School Activities Association, woo SW Haines R d , Tigard. Oregon, 97223. For additional background and information, call Sandy High Superintendant Jack Peters (668-5360) or myself (668-6286). The above views are my own and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the school board. Ginny Brewster Sandy HighSchool Board member and parent F estivities tops To the Editor: I would like to express my c o n g r a t u la t io n s and gratitude to the community of Sandy and all of those who made possible the organization and operation of the July 4 activities and the Sandy Mountain Days and Mountain Festival. Judging from the com ments of the large volume of out-of-town people, I believe that the Sandy community can be credited with a huge success. Sincerely, Leonard Paola Boring Modern technology has all but disproved the old saying that you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. It would be stretching the truth to suggest some Oregon manufacturer is planning to make silk purses out of sows* ears, but in d u s tria lis ts throughout the country are beco m in g in c re a s in g ly aware that one company’s junk may be another com pany’s treasure. Some 3,600 manufacturers in Oregon have been invited to list usable wastes in a confidential bulletin that is destined to be published for the first time late this month. The information service is being provided by the Oregon Industrial Waste Exchange — made possible by a limited g rant from the state Department of Energy. A c a re fu lly coded newsletter w ill contain not only existing wastes and leftovers but include “ want ads’’ as well. Manufacturers in need of certain substances may suspect some other firm s create those sub stances as by-products destined for discard. The waste exchange gets the two p arties together and a substance that once posed a disposal problem becomes useful again. The newsletter w ill list commodities, volume and whether they are available locally or in another region. A firm interested in a par ticular commodity contacts the exchange and it in turn notifies the “ advertiser.” It is up to the generator of the substance to follow up and complete the transaction. The waste exchange does not get involved in the actual buying and selling once the initial contact is completed. Such an exchange was first organized in St. Louis. Results were so impressive version of the m edieval sim ilar exchanges have been alchem ist. Ancients p ra c formed in at least five states tic in g chem ical alchem y and several m ajor cities. of a specific substance. And J e rry Powell, executive exchanging wastes w ill director of the Oregon ex certainly prolong the life of change, hopes the ex many resources. Another im petus fo r periment here w ill be suc cessful enought to sustain success of the Waste Information Exchange in itself within a year. Government regulation of volves Public Law 94-850, the hazardous wastes, solid Resource Conservation and wastes and garbage of all Recovery Act passed by types helps to make such an Congress in 1976. Two sec exchange of inform a tion tions deal specifically with p ra ctical. The energy g e n e ra tio n , tre a tm e n t, situation plays a big role, too. transport and disposal of As costs of energy increase, hazardous wastes and the companies continually seek law ultim ately w ill require ways to economize and the licensing of generators, W a s te I n f o r m a t io n treaters and disposal sites Exchange m ight provide for enumerated wastes. Through the exchange, some firm with an energy source another business has someone saddled w ith a trouble discarding. Used oils costly disposal problem may well discover he can make an might be an example Costs of resources also are unexpected p ro fit on were obsessed with trans something that heretofore muting base metals into was strictly an expensive gold, perfecting cure-alls for liability. every conceivable ailment Exchanges also receive and producing and elixir that considerable blessings from would prolong life. th e E n v ir o n m e n ta l The waste exchange Protection Agency, which doesn't hope to produce any has noted what previously gold but Powell knows the has been a lack of com acid one company has munication and information trouble getting rid of today regarding industrial wastes may well assume a value Powell believes the con close to that of the precious metal tomorrow if it is cept w ill really get into high gear when e xistin g ex readily available to another processor in quantities that changes link together and satisfy a need What’s more, others are created to provide regional and even national a listing in the exchange interchanges of waste in could well prove the panacea formation. for a company ailing for lack on the rise. Many times a H eadquarters fo r the discard from one Oregon exchange are at 1615 manufacturing process can NW 23rd Ave., Suite One. be utilized as a resource for Portland, 97210 ( 227-1319). another Waste paper often Powell explained all services falls into this category and are voluntary in terms of the exchange began getting p a rtic ip a tio n and offered parties with excessive paper free of charge to Oregon discards in touch with others firm s needing that com m odity And even if it fails to > even before the in itia l produce the proverbial silk s o lic ita tio n brochure was purse, the Oregon Industrial distributed. Waste Exchange appears Powell reports he is destined to play a significant beginning to consider role in the continuing process himself and the exchange of providing livelihoods for something like a modern Oregonians A n o th e r view A ‘good’ tax is paid by someone else The Oregon Legislature’s Ways and Mean’s Committee has consistently had a p ro b le m a p p ro p r ia tin g money from gas tax dollars into to u ris t prom otional advertising They ask for proof that the advertising pays dividends to the state. They wonder why it costs so much. They question the result potential from the media in which the ad vertising is placed. Undoubtedly, some of these questions would remain in the minds of the lawmakers if, as has been suggested, travel promotion were moved from the State Highway Division to the Department of Economic Development. However, it does seem a wise move. It was suggested by a special group of the State Travel Advisory Committee and endorsed by the full committee. It w ill be con sidered this month by the S ta te T r a n s p o r t a t io n Commission and eventually Gallop Poll offers hopeful future Those of us who struggled through the 1960, and sur vived the early 1970s may be able to take hope from what may come That at least is one conclusion that might be drawn from a recent Gallup Poll. We certainly hope the poll turns out to be correct The poll results are based on intervie w s w ith 1,523 adults 18 and older in more than 300 selected localities between April 21-24 The results were tabulated and released this past week, Some of the points in the survey results that are reason for hope include: — Nine in 10 (89 percent) say they would welcome more respect for authority in the coming years — A sim iliar proportion (91 percent) would welcome more emphasis on traditional fam ily ties — Seven out of every 10 (70 percent) would welcome less emphasis on money — Three in four (75 per cent) say they would welcome more emphasis on self expression — Seven in 10 (09 percent) would welcome more em phasis on hard work — Three out of every four <74 percent) would not like to see m ore acceptance of marijuana usage — Six in 10 (62 percent) would be opposed to more acceptance of sexual freedom. The poll takers asked people to state which items they would welcome and which they would not welcome in eight areas The results show a rath er widespread acceptance of what many might call the “ traditional values ” As might be expected, the survey results found a d if ference between younger and older Americans on some points. The younger in dividuals were more likely to welcome more acceptance of m ariju an a and sexual freedom But the results also found an agreement on the desire for more emphasis on family ties and more respect for authority. One p ill does not make for a whole new revolution in attitudes But it is nice to see that there is a swing away from the uncertain standards of recent years — Ashland Daily Tidings by the Legislature. suggested tax would seem to The heart of the plan, be the only other way to raise besides the agency change, is the necessary money. to increase the promotion According to Glenn Cush budget with a 1 percent hotel- man, publisher of the Albany motel tax. This is, of course, D e m o c ra t-H e ra ld and discriminatory. But at the chairman of the Travel same tim e the ac A d visory Com m ittee commodation people and the “ Studies have indicated that restaurants are the biggest a very low percentage of beneficiaries of our tourist visitors move here. They trade, although the money leave a lot of money and filters down to all of us don’t clutter up the high Tourism is Oregon’s third ways.” industry behind only timber W e would argue the latter and agriculture. It is point, but a little highway estimated to bring into the crowding is worth it to keep state 9650 million a year and our Oregon people employed provides 67,500 jobs. Their income tax dollars Back to the Ways and help keep our schools and Means Committee — this state agencies going. And it group has always thought would not be money affected those who benefit most from by a property tax lim itation the tourist trade should A good tax is always one contribute to the advertising someone else pays. fund It won’t work on a Corvallis v o lu n ta ry basis, so the Gazette Times Beware of poa annua Ever hear of poa annua? It is more com monly known as annual bluegrass Anyway, there is a long article in the Wall Street Journal about this grass which p rim arily infests only those lawns which are lavished with the best ot care. Lawns which get plenty of water and fertilizer. Tom Cook, an assistant professor of hor ticulture at Oregon State University, is quoted in the Journal as saying, “ It s the kind of weed that w ill get progressively worse the more work you do in your yard The more money you put into your lawn, the more poa you’re going to have ” If the government hadn't come down so hard on chemicals there probably would be a 1®^ Ike . But now about the only way to get rid of it is to let your lawn go to heck or returf it. There seems to be little justice in life when a person tries so hard to have a lawn which makes the community more attractive and then gets penalized for it. —Corvallis Gazette-Times
