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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..."
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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.
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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
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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
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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