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« « « ♦« •'» F» • < » * » » * ' A’*v % ’? »».« * J* J? J } . « « • * • * , * • * i « » I X * ô» w i » <■ » . Editorial and Opinion Salem Scene Chamber Should Push for N ew Sandy Report The opportunity oi publishing a brochure that details the benefits of Sandy as an attractive setting for new industry and other business groups may be well worth con sideration by the chamber of commerce. There is a lot to sell here, yet no one has taken the lead in compiling an updated survey of economic indicators. The last economic survey of the entire city is 13 years old and shows its age. The city had a population of 1,315 in 1964. and the 1965 economic survey by Kozlovski Associates of Lake Oswego p ro jected con tinuation of the 1950-60 annual growth rate of 1.3 percent. The study listed 656 industrial jobs here and 635 service-related jobs. Service-related jobs were not expected to increase significantly, due to the city’s proximity to Gresham. And the survey listed agriculture, forestry, furniture and wood products operations as prim ary employers. Sandy has changed from the sleepy “ non-urban” town in that 13- year-old economic report to a booming town of 2,500 with houses crowding out farm s and industrial newcomers replacing forestry. The need for a broader tax base, combined with the bargain that Sandy has to offer prospective industry (in comparison to other sites) make an updated brochure on Sandy doubly attractive. And perhaps the money required to compile the survey will fall into the city’s lap with the re c e n t announcement of Housing and U rb an D evelopm ent funds available to area cities through Clackamas County Housing and Community Development Agency. Some $7,885 could be available to Sandy the first year to plan a three- year program for community d evelopm ent. C ertain ly , such money would be well spent in planning a possible restoration of a block area in the city’s downtown core. But the city of Sandy must do a selling job and gather market research information just to gain approval to write such a three-year plan. Current market research on the city should be available today, and the research should be in brochure form that would provide easy reading for outside developers and investors outside the sphere of government. Dr. Jim Robb, a m ark et researcher presently on leave from Portland State University, said that such a brochure to sell Sandy could be done for less than $17,000. How much less would depend on the scope of the research and the number of brochures to be printed from the results. The brochure could outline Sandy's current economic status, available ser vices. educational facilities, and description of population by oc cupation and buying habits. Robb said that he's done similar surveys for many cities in Oregon. A b ro c h u re on Sandy is something that the chamber of co m m erce should take into con sideration as a positive way in which volunteer help, a pooling of available m arket data and a little cash could go a long way toward selling Sandy. (V.B.) Slowdown Crippling Image of Airlines U n precedented num bers of people have been flying domestic and foreign airlines this summer. The airlines have done and are doing extremely well because they usually are a quick, reliable and comparatively inexpensive way to travel. But labor disputes are beginning to cloud the horizon. Because of recurrent strikes, air travel no longer is always reliable or quick. Northwest Airlines pilots have been on strike since last spring; scratch most cities on Northwest routes An air controllers' strike in France caused chaos in much of Europe several weeks ago. Pan Am was struck briefly earlier this week. Various airports throughout the Western World have been crippled by strikes off and on this summer. Last year when we were in Copenhagen, our trip home was delayed for about 30 hours when baggage handlers went on strike. Employees of airlines have just as big a stake in the recurring unrest as do the airlines. A lot of people might travel some other way, or perhaps not at all, if un scheduled delays in far-distant a irp o rts continue to occur. Reliability and speed are the two big things the airlines have to offer — and they’re losing these. Middle East Summit Meeting Offers Hope The M iddle E a st su m m it meeting which President Carter has arranged for Camp David is fraught with dangers — and also with hope If leaders of Egypt and Israel will sit down and talk, hope rem ains that a settlement can be reached The meetings are. of course, a major gamble. If nothing is ac complished, a new conflict in the Middle East is inevitable. This time, the big powers may be drawn in. On the other hand, no road is too difficult, too long to travel, if peace can be assured. President C arter is willing to take that risk. C arter could be ruined politically if the sum m it fails and a Middle E ast w ar results. But if he and his advisers could arrange a lasting settlement, the political reward would be immense. In one fell swoop, C arter would reverse his decline at the polls and probably insure his re-election. The stakes are extremely high, as all the participants are fully aware. This could be one of the rhost important meetings of the 20 th century. 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Erosion a problem To the Editor: I wonder why the people along the Sandy River feel the taxpayers should build retaining walls and preserve their land for them. They knew it was river frontage when they purchased the property and should be willing to do a little on their own to save their land. It is most certain ly assessed as valuable property, so it would seem to m e lh a t they would want to preserve it for their own protection This erosion they are talking about is not just a flash flood, it has been going on for years The proposal, as I un derstand it, would only benefit a few so is it fair to hand pick the ones we spend our tax dollars on? All they would need to do is clean out the main channel and push the big rocks out to the banks of the river and it would benefit everyone along the river. I also wonder why some of these home owners were able to get permits to build so close to the river when their homes are only about a year or so old and they are on a septic tank sewer system’ Bonny Marsh 44007 SE Phelps Road Sandy. Oregon 97055 a m Sandy passengers also transfer to the No. 44 bus as it is the fastest of the buses The following letter was going to downtown Portland sent to T ri-M e t director (and has the least amount of Peter Cass by a group of stopping to pick up Sandy-area residents who take the bus into Portland. passengers.) Naturally, the afternoon Dear Mr Cass: May we suggest sending buses returning to Sandy leave downtown the Sandy. Oregon buses to would Portland as MKC Flyers continue on into downtown We feel that the above Portland as No. 91 MKC suggestions would greatly Flyers. The route that the increase the Sandy ridership buses could take is as One of the main reasons why follows: Leave Sandy via people in the Sandy area do Orient D rive picking up not ride the Sandy bus is passengers along the way because of the great length of (this is the same as before). time it takes to get to their Each bus would stop at the destination and the con Pizza Hut (corner of Powell and Kelly) as usual to let off tinuous stopping to pick up or let off passengers We sin any passengers needing to transfer to other buses and in cerely hope that you will look addition pick up those who into this matter as soon as wish to take the MKC Flyer. possible Sandy passengers The bus would then circle the G.W Timblin block and then go to Douglas D Castle Cleveland Street. It would M .F Rawcliffe travel down Cleveland to the Roy O Porter Mt View Christian Church Rebecca L. Wilkens and continue on its regular LeRoy Russell route as an MKC Flyer Shelly Sather Our reasoning is based on Kristi Sather the following example of what happens daily: We left Sandy at 7:14 a m. and arrived in Gresham with 17 To the Editor: A note to Nell. I ’m gonna passengers at about 7:32 a m All but four passengers sorta miss your column got on the No. 44 bus at 7:36 cause I kinda like to read to continue on down to the about your fa m ily and Portland Mall Thus when friends But course I guess the No. 44 bus left Gresham, we’re kinda in the big time there were only about 12-15 now Course I may not read the empty seats (This count was taken when we reached Post as much as I sorta don’t the Gresham Mall > Thus we know anyone they write had people standing by the about lately. Marian James time we reached 129th Sandy. Oregon The majority of the 6:07 Bus suggestion Note to Nell Business and government are cooperating again They’re doing it volun tarily. Everyone stands to benefit — especially con sumers concerned by steadily mounting prices they pay for food in the neighborhood supermarket. Most news involving business and government these days tends to picture the two as adversaries, w5th the form er accused of wrongdoing and the latter attempting to correct an alleged fau lt. The fact business and government conduct many activities as allies in a spirit of friendly c o o p e r a t io n s e ld o m generates headlines But here’s an example that will attract the attention — and gratitude — of food shoppers. This cooperative program o ffic ia lly is called “ Sanitation for Health and Profit.” It is being coor dinated and conducted through joint auspices of the Oregon Retail Council, the state D epartm ent of A griculture and the Department of Food Science and Technology at Oregon State University. While not unique in the United States, the Oregon program is among the first to be conducted along guidelines established by the national Food M arketing Institute in cooperation with the U S. D epartm ent of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration. Essentially, it is a course of instruction and cer tification for food market personnel. It is designed to provide g reater un derstanding of good sanitation and food-handling procedures in order to achieve high standards of product integrity and reduce spoilage and waste. Full curriculum includes preliminary home study and a oneday course covering food protection, sources of contamination, food-borne illness, food spoilage, em- loyee hygiene and work a b its , housekeeping, sanitation and pest control and testing for certification. S Course sessions, which are being conducted at statewide locations, begin at 8:30 a m. and conclude at 4:30 p.m., followed by a one-hour test to achieve certification by OSU. Bulk of the students taking the course so far this year have been store managers and managers of meat departments. Operating as a permanent and continuing program, the ultimate goal is to reach every level of food market personnel. The reason it must be offered on a con tinuing basis is that most food markets experience close to a 100 percent em ployee turnover each year and new employees create a need for almost constant training, according to an industry spokesman Current courses are limited to an enrollment of 30 students and have been conducted or scheduled in Pendleton, Portland, Eugene and Corvallis. “ Ultimate success of the program depends almost wholly on the willingness of food market owners and managers to make certain their employees participate when classes are conducted in their area,” declared Otto J. Wilson, director of the retail division of Associated Oregon Industries. Wilson said response from major food chains has been p articu larly g ratifyin g so far, and he expects par ticipation to increase as additional classes are scheduled. Additional in formation can be obtained by contacting the Department of Food Science & Technology, OSU, Corvallis, or by writing the Oregon Retail Council, P.O. Box 12519, Salem 97309 Ifripetus for the course was generated initially by in dustry, consumer and government members of the agriculture d epartm ent’s Bacterial Standards Review Committee — a panel that spent more than a year studying sanitation in food markets. Wilson said the Oregon course admirably fits the bill for employee training but is only the first of an ultimate two-part program that will be expanded to include consumer education. Oregon's food m a rk et*, governm ent officials and scientists recognize the greatest waste and potential for food health hazards exist in the home. So, in addition to making certain proper health standards are maintained in the market place, they are cooperating to promote better conditions at the point of ultimate use “ Actual details for the consumer education part of the program have not been firmly established yet,” he said. “ But progress will be achieved on a person-to- person basis as food store employes become trained and pass their knowledge along to customers and as retailers begin emphasizing proper food care between purchase and consumption.” Product integrity means providing the food-buying public with merchandise that has been cared for in a manner that enables the customer to take it home while at a peak of potential p alatab ility and nourish ment, Wilson explained. What happens between the time it is purchased and placed on the dinner table is something else. Lobbyist says Citizens should curb interest groups’ power by D AVID COHEN P o lit ic ia n s fid d le , problems go unsolved, and tax payers’ tempers flare More and more, our government is viewed by its citizens as being unable or unwilling to deal with crucial issues Today, special interests dom inate our political system and these interests — usually focused on a single issue — pursue their own narrow agendas Through the use of political money and hidden lobbying, they wield considerable clout with the adm inistration and Congress In effect, they paralyze government and stop it from performing on behalf of its citizens No single special interest alone is responsible or wants to create this paralysis, but when they have all acted. cannot abandon the field to the special interests Our Nowhere is this effect challenge is to build support clearer than in our inability for systematic changes that to stop inflation Each will stop wasteful spending, special interest — the dairy unnecessary regulations and industry, airlines, highway unfair taxes builders, truckers, doctors, If government is to per building trade union form on behalf of the people members, lawyers, and a and work to solve problems cast of thousands — has a rather than duck them. particular inflationary favor Congress has to act it wants from government responsibly by taking the With their immense power, necessary steps to make special interests get the governm ent competent. rewards they seek, from Congress should: invisible tax subsidies to —pass Sunset legislation to governm ent regulations require Congress to discard which protect an economic outdated, inflexible and interest wasteful government ac tivities and permit room for To combat the heavy new initiatives Citizens are special interest influence, frustrated by the inability citizens must take an active role in framing the debate on and unwillingness of Congress to end unfair taxes the critical issues facing the and government programs nation We have a respon sibility to shape the alter and regulations which do not natives and advocate the work and are no longer choices that will work We needed that’s the result —reform the civil service to hold our civil servants to high standards of per formance and protect those who blow the whistle on wrong doers The American public is entitled to a federal civil service that is both efficient and accountable, responsive and responsible do it for us After all, you don't have to be an expert to know you want competence from your government —curb the two worst special interest abuses — political money and hidden lobbying Enact congressional cam paign finance reform by enabling small contributions to be matched by the voluntary dollar tax check off already used in the presidential election. Enact lobby disclosure legislation to require the powerful lobbies to disclose how. what and on whom th ey're spending their money to influence the system A healthy politioil system requires citizens who know what's going on Nobody can Zen David l ohen is president of Common Cause a non partisan citizens' lobby. Kamikazism An irreverent thought to savor while waiting for basketball season: Wouldn't it be grand if the Greater Forces That Control Destiny someday brought Bill Walton to play on a team coached by Dick Harter’ Inscrutable force meets irascible object Might not produce good basketball but it would be tremendous theater — Eugene Register-Guard _____________ >
