The Sflndy Post
itorial & Opinion
Von Braschler, Publisher
Caroline Duff, Office Manager
Mark Floyd. Editor
Dan Dillon, News Editor
SANDY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1981
New speed control at Sandy wise
Sandy city council fin a lly has
gotten attention of the state to slow
down tra ffic at the edge of town
from 45 mph to 40 mph.
I he concern is real. In spot speed
checks, the state found that 32.5
percent exceed the present break
neck speed of 45 mph There were
three accidents and two injuries at
these outskirts compared to only
two accidents and one in ju ry more
downtown from Jan. 1, 1978, to
June 30, 1980.
As city hall sees it, speeding cars
have trouble breaking to 25 mph in
a few blocks before h ittin g
downtown—to say nothing of big
trucks. Indeed, i t ’s tric k y for
pedestrians to cross Highway 26 in
town, and a bad wreck often seems
likely.
Recently the state speed control
board staff reversed an earlier
stand to recommend the board
lower Sandy speed lim its to 40 mph
just east and west of town on
Highway 26. The board meets soon
to hear the recommendation.
The c ity asked for reduction to 35
mph, but sounds content with the
proposed new speed lim it.
Proposed changes call for 40 mph
on the Mt. Hood Highway from 43
miles west of B luff Road to 300 feet
west of B luff Road and 40 mph on
the highway from 200 feet east of
lenE yck Road to the city.
Additionally, amendments call
for 20 mph lim it when children are
present from 150 feet west of
Shelley Avenue to 50 feet east of
Shelley and from 50 feet east of
Bruns Avenue to 50 feet west of
Smith Avenue.
City staff and council have fought
persistently for saner speed lim its
on the Highway that rips through
town, and deserves praise for their
concern. (VB)
Broaden local support for center
Sandy along with other cities in
Clackamas County is pursuing a
possible cooperative arrangement
w ith the county for continued
maintenance of its senior center.
Decreasing federal fu n d in g -a
scare for many m unicipal pro
gra m s—prom pts the considera
tion Local governments that seek
to continue programs form erly
funded from the federal level now
must seek to spread the funding
burden uniform ly on the backs of
local program users.
The cou n ty co m m issio n e rs,
hen ce, h a ve su g g e s te d an
operating levy for a county wide
senior center program —sim ila r to
the city-county lib ra ry system.
Sandy and other sm aller cities
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enjoy good libraries today, because
c o u n ty fu n d in g g u a ra n te e s
operating money from all users in
the service area—both inside and
outside the city.
This approach seems fair, since
m any city-based services are
uniform ly enjoyed by the broader
community.
Indeed, many members of Sandy
Senior Center live outside city
lim its, but enjoy the benefits of a
city-sponsored program.
Letters to the ed ito r:
Focxl, farms, copters stir readers
US priorities?
vations about it.
County Commissioners will
It is very important for
T he Institute for Food and
visitor information center
hold a hearing on several
Hep Denny Smith came to
property
owners to present
and a senior center
Development Policy says the changes to the Clackamas
town last Friday morning
and testify either at 2 p m or
I he road junction is heavi
That program, like many others, and spoke with about 30 peo S a lvad oran s are the C ounty C om prehensive
7:3op m may 11, 1981, a, the
hungriest and poorest people
ly traveled and considered a
Plan.
county court house
could be crippled without new fun ple at the Haneberg Com in alkiN^atin America They
high density recreation area.
The
p la n ,
a lth o u g h
Call A rdis Stevenson,
ding sources during federal fun munity Center I attended have a government that has acknowledged by LCDC,
The area is used for tennis,
the meeting out of desire to
director for public informa playground, picnics, Little
ding cuts. A county service-area know what sort of society our killed 18,000 of its own peo
does no, meet several of
tion, on these changes Our
pie Wealthy land owners
League games, Easter and
levy sounds like quick footwork on congressman had in mind employ “ hi,"squads that their standards, and they
County accepted these plans,
Fourth of July celebrations
have
requested
Clackamas
for our country and what
and we should make sure our
V/UIIU. \ ! VB)
V U /
solid ground
assassinate any who dare
plus as a rest stop.
County to make several
ideals motivated him
county commissiners stick
suggest change
We should, therefore, con
changes.
Hep Smith gave the out
to what the people (and they, clude that for safety sake
Peasant leaders, union of
The
major
change
that
will
ward appearance of a hand
at least m some p a rt> agreed
finals, school teachers, and
and common sense that this
effect all agricultural areas
some. younger man friend
upon
clergymen
have
been
fre
request be denied Should an
The other festival committee ly, and ready to speak with
that they are requiring a
Ginny Brewster aviation accident occur, the
targets American
definition of a FARM
need is for parade entries The arts anyone He is strongly for quen,
Sandy result would be catastrophic.
nuns and others drawn to El
The Planning Department
group is conducting the parade the Heagan program and Salvador by a desire to help has
There is no way to fully
submitted
a
new
wor
the proposed cuts
its suffering people also have
with sponsorship from Sandy Area defended
mitigate the safety hazards
ding, and there has been one
in such social services as
been killed
of such a proposal
Merchants They ’re searching now food stamps, legal aid. nutri
hearing with the Planning
This letter is to call atten
Bishop Camero, who said.
In the past, emergency
Commission. The wording
tion to the recent recommen
tion programs and others by
for a grand marshal to equal Lind
“ In the name of God, stop
needs have been me, within
would all bu, eliminate any
dation of establishing a
showing that the total of
the repression," soon was building in the agricultural
say W a g n e r o f la s t y e a r.
the surrounding area and
Heliport in the Zig Zag
federal expenditures in the
shot to death, while saying and forest zones on any
there is no attem pt to
TrailB lazers are mentioned as coming Heagan years would
Welches
community
mass
diminish this necessity The
amount of land.
( onceptually, the idea no
possibles, since Vern and E arl of not diminish but actually
Our former ambassador,
salient point is that the pro
To
qualify
for
a
residence,
grow.
doubt
is
born
in
recent
con
B litz Beer c o m m e rc ia l fam e
Robert White, calls the El you must meet the criteria of
posed site is not ideal for a
Showing these projected
ce rn
fo r
life -s a v in g
Salvador m ilitary, “ one of a commercial farm This has
couldn’t make it here.
comm ercial, frequent or
growth steps on a chart, he
e
m
e
rg
en
cy
e
v
a
c
u
a
tio
n
the most out-of-control,
long term facility. Escort or
four criterias which must be needs We all know the value
Last year some 90 entries made asked. “ Where are the
violent, blood thirsty groups
c h a u ffe r
s e rv ic e
to
me, The most significant is
cuts'“ ' lie did no, explain
of
human
lives
and
preven
of men in the world “
the little parade in Sandy much big that increases in the m ilitary
developed recreation sites or
that net income must be a tion of suffering This com
I, is helicoptor gunships
the expansion of present pro
major source of income for
ger than expected, so sign up this budge, would be a major fac
munity always has respond
supplied by us that are hun the resident, and the produce
tection organization should
tor in the increases in
ed
to
these
needs
and
will
year should be keen.
ting down people in El
no, be within the scope of the
must contribute substantial c o n tin u e
federal spending
to
p e rfo rm
Salvador, and the only
proposition
ly to the farm market.
How about it —you musicians,
When asked about in
meritoriously in the future
fo re ig n so ld ie rs in E l
A feasibility study should
know of very few existing
both professionally and with
m archers, clowns and e x h ib i creases in an already huge Salvador are our Green fa I rm
be conducted on economic
s th a t m eet th is
m ilitary budge, and about
h
ig
h
ly
s
k
ille
d
and
Berets
tionists? For parade registration the several hundred million
analysis, emergency need
criteria, and I see this as a knowledgable volunteers
government has plac
and frequency and criteria
major threat to the privately
inform ation, w rite the Mountain to lx* spent in economic and «1 Our
Our
community
concern
is
itself in support of a tiny
that are not self-serving and
owned small farm, which of that the proposed location is
Festival Committee at P (). Box m ilitary aid for the govern
minority of wealthy land
commercial.
fers an excellent training
men,
of
El
Salvador.
Hep
fu
lly
unsatisfactory
The
owners (14 families) and has
674, Sandy 97055
ground for such programs as area is located approximate
An environmental analysis
Smith's response was that
deserted our own ideal of 4 H and FFA
should be written to address
Hussians were spending a
ly 100-200 feet from US
Don’t wait too long and get left
“ government by consent of
such items as noise pollu
These farms also con
vast amount of money on
Highway 26. a major East
the governed ” We have no,
out of the fun, like the artisans
tribute as small truck farms
tion, impacts on existing
their m ilitary
West thoroughfare
shown
the
decency
of
allow
for a wide selection of farm
crowded out of the park (VB)
uses, predictable hazards
No philosopher here, who
Approach
to
a
Heliport
in
ing the great majority of the products
and probable cause assess
would present a thoughtful
this location would be over
people to struggle for a
This change in wording
discussion of war and peace
the Welches Public Grade ment
government of their choos
means that only big money
Budd Blake
and national ideals!
School and playgro un d
ing
and large corporations will
The Heagan administra
fa c ilitie s (enrollm ent of
A
Public
Meeting
concern
W’ Pete Sulzbach be able to afford farms Also,
lion interven tion in El
kindergarten through eighth ing the safety and alter
Sandy
a legal lot of record has no
S a lv a d o r looks lik e a
grade is 360 students. )
n atives to a proposed
bearing, in fact, I'm not sure
V ie tn a m -ty p e
e m p ire
The area is within 100 feet heliport will be held Friday,
Water Act
The Congress, recognizing
what
the
definition
is
of
a
building m ilitary adventure
of a public park and tennis May 8. 8 p m , ,n the Welches
the need to bring the cities sewerage
legal lot.” since it has
to me I had hoped Hep
courts, present location of School gym, located on
On May n , I9«i the
systems up to environmental standards,
changed several times dur
Smith would express reser Clackamas County Board of
Hoodland Women s Club.
Highway 26 and Salmon
promised local governments lots of money
ing the last 10 years
Mt Hood Preschool Coop, a River Hoad a, Zig Zag
to do the job This was in recognition of the
fact such a massive undertaking would be
unbearable, if tackled only with local
resources Consequently. Congress pledged
75 percent federal assistance
Oregon, with Department of Environmen
tal Quality standards in some cases even
more stringent than those mandated by the
by K <EN
EN J E R N S T E IIT
federal Environmental Protection Act.
would require that the ju ry -ra th e r
State Senator, hist. 28
became a leader in complying with terms of
our representative system when a
than the judge-determ ine if the
the Clean Water Act
vote of the people can be stolen by a
death sentence shuld be imposed
Four related bills to resurrect the
Most Oregonians are aware of the many
handful of willful people, who want
Unfortunately, this bill probably
death penalty in Oregon apparently
success stories involved
to jam down the throats of the ma
w ill never see the light of day either
are doomed to die themselves in
Nonetheless, many projects lagged,
jority the will of the minority.
It was assigned to the Senate Justice
committee,
because Congress steadily underfunded its
It is no, the job of the legislature
Committee on March 20th and has to rehash the pros and cons of the
I^ s , week supporters tried to con
promise. Much work remains in order to
no, ye, been scheduled for a hearing death penalty That issue alreadv
vince the House Judiciary Commit
achieve statewide compliance Further
underfunding - in the face of soaring con
tee to approve bills to eliminate
has been decided by the people of
(Tiances are slim that it ever will
struction costs generated by the combina
Drego at the ballot box
technical flaws in a law approved by
be
scheduled
since
Chairman.
Jan
tion of delays and inflation — exacerbates
It is now the obligation of the
Oregonians in 1978 That law was
Wyers an avowed opponent of the
the situation to devastating proportions No
legislature to see that the wishes of
struck down on constitutional
death
penalty—has
made
the
broad
clear solution yet has been advanced
grounds last January by the Oregon
statement that “ the Legislature is the people are fulfilled.
Cutting federal participation puts an
th<* M*ss,on adjourns, there
Supreme Court Supporters sough,
no,
apt to make a bad law good, if it
unbearable burden on all sewer users Fur
w,n be another petition drive to
to establish lethal injection as the
is
one
we
don',
agree
with.”
ther state participation - which now con
agonizing debate with no legislative
enact a constitutionally clean death
method of execution and refer the
sista of lending Oregon's credit for bonds to
function, if the bill were brought to
In other words, the initiative penalty law The Governor has
death penalty question to voters
cover local government s 25 percent share again in May. 1982
the Housefloor
»Pearhead such an in
system is in effect, only when a a«reed
— virtually is unthinkable in view of the cur
No, all members of the seven man
handful of liberal legislators on one itiative drive
But the votes Jus, weren't there
rent general fund budget problem
I ’d be interested in hearing from
Senate Justice Committee are op
committee happen to agree with
One of the representatives com
By the same token the high coat of money
posed
-
because
the
1978
initiative
citizeus
who want ,o circulate or
laws
initiated
and
approved
by
the
mented that — since the Senate
and present levels of bonding for other vital
was approved by a large margin
people Bills no, to his philosophical sign such a petition
Justice Committee appears to he
state programs likely prohibits additional against the death penalty - the
Senator Bob Smith of Bums and I
address is S3I7, State
lik in g can languish and die.
bonding for sewerage construction
Cap tol Building. Salem 97310 The
are among sponsors of SB 806 to
unheard
House would be pu, through an
Ln.frW-nUmber “ 1 * MM52 78,3. ex
revise murder statutes The bill
I, is a dark day for democracy and
tent ion 8 RftSO
Festival looks good, but has needs
Plans for the 1981 Sandy Moun
tain Festival already are in high
gear, w ith com m ittee work a
month ahead of schedule.
The July 11-12 arts festival in
Meinig Park is drawing more peo
ple each year, and this year
organizers filled all booths for ex
hibitors early, leaving more than 20
would-be artisan guests waiting in
the wings. Food booth space also
filled fast. In short, the summer
fest is booked solid.
The festival com m ittee does
have a couple of needs, however.
One is for funding—both sponsor
ships and booster button sales, to
compensate for business donations
down with the economic slump.
New 1981 buttons are available
with inform ation packs, displayed
in lovely wood racks donated by
local craftsm an Hugh Arm strong
I'he buttons are available in area
stores.
Salem scene:
Nix heliport
Cut funds slow sewer starts
by .1 V K ZIMMERMAN
Associated Oregon Industries
Although they probably don't share
Honald Reagan's political persuasion,
Oregon's nogrowthers should be cheering
the President’s attempts to reduce federal
spending
That s the conclusion one must draw, as
this state s municipalities struggle with a
virtual impasse caused by regulations for
sewerage standards and lack of funds
Money shortage makes it especially tough to
play by the rules.
The result - even in the face of continuing
population growth above national average
-is more moratoriums on construction of
homes, businesses and industrial and ser
vice facilities
There's more at stake than meets the eye
Projected cuts in federal sewerage con
struction grants also would prevent com
pliance with environmental standards, re
quired under present conditions
Meat of the nut involves a proposal to
drastically reduce three to one federal
sewerage construction funding grants to
cities and sanitary districts
The proposal either would wipe out cur
rent federal participation or. at best, reduce
that participation by 40 percent At stake
immediately are some »305 million worth of
'»regon sewer projects - some underway
and others with planning completed.
There are so many interrelated problems
at issue they nearly boggle the mind They
appear to date back to establishment of pre
sent provisions under the Federal Clean
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