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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.
Von Braschler G eneral M anager
Caroline DuH O ffice Monoger
John Kline Editor
Morfc Floyd Staff Reporter
Kaye Borton. staff reporter
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No 33
Aapwat 17. 1976
‘Allies’ tackle
the cost of food
By JACK ZIM M ER M A N
Associated Oregon Industries
’ Good Gosh, Emma! I Think You've Just Been
Recalled By The Ford Motor Company!
Letters to the editor
The Post welcomes letters
of local interest from
readers. Letters should be
typed and double spaced and
must be signed by the writer.
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
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