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Thur* K id-proof caps a pain Martin completes fire training Prescription labels are not child’s plav I ’ve always been partial to that old saying. “ It's so simple that even a child could do it.” I d like to know why it is that the more education a per- dSrecdons^6 harder 11 becomes for hlm 1« comprehend u U iu g iu e f of incomprehensible lingo Each game's lid is printed with the rules and the consequences a player must suffer if he or she fails to follow the aforementioned rules S c U a fe < 1 with a continuation of rules is enclosed When the pamphlet is extended to its fu ll length, it is usualN tended im foUr -v ear o,d io r *h ic h the game was in ^itS (.ame rules are so confusing that it s almost like reading a legal document I hate trying to explain a d í X h í r m \ I I 31 ahCM d US' ng directions 1 can t ^ e n decipher A ll a child wants to know is how to win the game It shouldn’t take 44) numbered paragraphs to answer that question. and pieces This doesn't leave much room for directions, but rather than leave the dosage up to the discretion of the patient, it usually goes something like. “ Take 2 4 times a day. The words are very simple and seem to be quite clear until the patient gets home and rereads the label Then he s not sure if that means during the daytim e or a 24 hour span It could mean break two pills up and take a naif of each at four different times or take a total of eight Adults have a talent for reading between the lines By the tim e I get through that many rules. I forget what the game is about as well as what it's called the cap - push down, tw ist in the direction of the arrow and try not to have an attack When in doubt about how a game should be played, I always tell my kids to make up their own rules A fter all. how many ways are there to ro ll the dice and follow a path around the board0 People like myself, capable of doing only one thing at a time, are forced to resort to violence coupled with frustration to open child proof bottles It's hard to get I hi* right dosage after the pills have been reduced to powder from the blow of a hammer Druggists often warn inept looking people like myself that they have a choice of caps and. if it's a m atter of emergency, they’d P ill bottles in themselves are cause for medication In order to keep pills from falling into the wrong hands, the manufacturers have created a lid that takes the talents of a professional safecracker to open There are at least three things a person has to do simultaneously to open If the question of who wins is still unanswered. I tell hern to just keep playing until someone gets bored (or board) The last one to give up the game wins better take the easy open top Children's games are another mind boggling display Nobody likes to lose, so some games just go on and on I hose homemade rules are often the best of all. TH RIFTW A Y . . . P A R T OF YOUR COMMUNITY! crapes APPLES PERLETTE, SEEDLESS N E W Z E A LA N D "G R A N N Y SM ITH' SWEET, JUICY PERFECT FOR SALADS OR SANDWICHES ONION SALE CRISP AND SNAPPY LB. • SWEET, JUICY NECTARINES • YELLOW-MEATED PEACHES • RED BEAUTY PLUMS •ROYAL APRICOTS JUMBO RED OR MEDIUM YELLOW C A LIFO R N IA ....................................................... LB’ C U P -T O P CARROTS TIGHT-BUDDED A A , J 1BS 9 9 * ~ CALIFORNIA BROCCOLI * X IX V MIX OR MATCH / lB 4 9 LB W E S T E R N F A M IL Y FROZEN WHIPPED TOPPING DEL M O N T E COTTAGE CHEESE WESTERN FAMILY SMALL CURD . . . TO M A T O CATSUP J J i n P IN T SAVI 34* SAVE 45 FIRST 32 oz. BTL. *Ü tern fam ATSÛSJ FIRST TWO 12 ot. TUBS EA. B SAVE 21 ADDITIONAL AT 69‘ FROZEN FOODS DEFT. MIHUTE M A ID YOUR CHOICE ORE I0A FRENCH FRIES w e s te r n F a m ily TOASTER WAFFLES W ESTERN FAM I'.Y IN TE R N A T IO N A L VEGE TABLES N O R M A N D Y OR S C A N D IN A V IA N LARRY'S RC COLA S |9 9 I d o l RETURNABLE bottles EIGHT PACK B u r,^ — • IT SEBASTIANI, MOUNTAIN WINES 20 o i BAG C boòfcl B urgundy V m B o m or S tu n * BLUE NUN 49 LIEBFRAUMILCH 7» Ml 49 s4 s3 99 s3 79 $3 99 ♦ AVAILABLE AT MOST THRIFTWAY STORES INDOOR FOGGER 98 TIN 12 PACK WINES $l WE CARE MORE COTTAGE BLEACH ALL FABRIC 30 oi. BOX $ WE OW N OUR STORE" 1 98 I F T1 0R , W A Y > I I F C LA K M ES WILLIAMS THRIFTWAY, 17450 M«m i| Av«., Sandy 641 4240 HCO0UN0, W«kh«s Rd.. Wemme 622 3244 Prices effective Wed , June 10 thru Two» . June 16 4 13 oi oi. TINS KELLOOOS 1 I 5.49 GLASS PLUS WINDOW CLEANER •«Fill EXCEDRIN TABLETS ANTI- PERSPIRANT EYE DROPS RIGHT GUARD, REG SOLID VISINE WESTERN FAMILY DOG OR CAT FOOD CASE OF 24: HONEY NUT VARIETIES) PAIN RELIEVER BEER NORTH MOUNTAIN Untcented. R oqu I ch or Hord-to-H oM PtUS DEP RAINIER "COLD PACK” HOLIDAY ó OI HEALTH & BEAUTY AIDS VO-5 SUAVE HAIR SHAMPOO SPRAY (ASSORTED REG., DIET OR RC 100 2 «73* ..« 69* 3 : S1 89 c POOR BOY SANDWICH is** > r BEVERAGE CELLAR LIMEADE REGULAR LE LE M M O O NAD NAD E E or OR PINK LE M O NAD E / ADDITIONAL AT *1.09 r A Airm an Gary A. M artin has graduated from the U S. A ir Force fire protection course at Chanute A ir Force Base in Illinois. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs C'harles G, M artin in Sandy. M artin learned to fight structural and a irc ra ft fires D h í l r l i l í ? 8, a r e ,nOt b'g en° Ugh' so an a d d ' “ onal pam - P ill bottles are a prim e example of how adults can mess up a few carefully chosen words Most prescription labels are not much bigger than a return address label and much of the space is used for pertinent inform ation like a p ill s name, which nobody can pronounce, the doc tor s name and a bunch of numbers, the largest being the price of the pills X June I I . 1901 (Sec 2) SANDY (O r* ) POST—5 and re p a ir fire fig h tin g equipment in the course He also earned credits toward an associate degree in ap plied science through the comm unity college of the A ir Force M artin w ill now serve at Maxwell A ir Force Base in Alabama Public Notices the right to reject ony or oil PARKING LOT/STREET bids The award of the controct iaaproviaaiht p r o je c t will be mode to the responsible NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS bidder submitting the lowest oc Sealed proposal* for tho in ceptoble proposal stallation of o Parking lo t Pro- A pre bid conference will be I * * ’ and a Street Improvement held of the Sandy Fire Station on Project will be received by the June IB. 1981 at 9 00 a m. ot Fire Chief ot the Sandy Flro Sto which time bidders may e x tion In Sandy. Oregon until omine the job site and meet 10:00 o.m. Pocific Doylight Sav with the Project Engineer for ing« Time on June 24. 1901 and purposes of insuring thot they thereafter will be opened and rood nave a complete understanding of the project. Work consists of the follow ing: Bob Rathke 1. Parking Lot Project — Ex Fire Chief 668 0093 cavation. groding ond installa 9601-9 tion of crushed rock and 6 11 asphaltic concrete paving for approximately a 13 600 sq ft. NOTICE OF 040 parking lot. The city of Sandy invites bids for 2. Street Improvement Pro- the following — Excavation groding and • Cleaning, removal and burial installation of crushed rock ond of sludge from a tewoge asphaltic concrete on approx polishing pond located at imately 1900 sq. ft. of unpaved the City of Sondy Sewage shoulder on the East side of Treatment Plant. Detailed Bruns Avenue ond installation specifications are available of osphaltic concrete, at an from City Holl. City of Sandy. overlay on approximately 4.000 Bids must be sealed and sub •q. ft. of existing paving, on the mitted to the City Manager of East tide on Brunt Avenue. the City of Sandy by June 15. Plans, specifications ond con 1901 at 10 00 a m All bids will tract documents may be obtain be opened at that time. A bid ed ot the Sandy Fire Station at bond or cosh escrow account of 17460 Bruns Avenue. Sandy. $250 00 will be required. All Oregon, bids must be marked sealed Proposals must be submitted bid on the envelope. The City on the forms furnished with the reserves the right to require specification ond must be ac prequalification statements companied by o Bidder s Bond In The City intends to award the on amount equal to 10 of the controct to the lowest responsi total bid A 100 Performance ble bidder who complies with Bond will be required at the oil bid requirem ents and time of execution of a controct. •peclficotions. however, the Ci The successful bidder must ty reserves the right to reject show evidence of adequote any or all bids liability and property insurance. The City will require posting The Sandy Fire District reserves of a performance bond In an the right to reject any or all omount equal to the total cost bids The aword of the controct of the project will be mode to the responsible Roger Jordan. City Manager bidder submitting the lowest ac ceptable proposal. City of Sondy A pre bid conference will be P O. Box 116 held ot the Sandy Fire Station on Sandy Oregon 97053 June 10. 1901 of 9 00 a m. at (503) 660 5533 which time bidders may ex P60I-3 amine the Job site and meet 6-4 with the Project Engineer for 6-11 purposes of insuring »hat they SECOND NOTICE OF nave a complete understanding of the project. BUDGET HEARING A meeting of the Board of Bob Rathke Directors will be held on June Fire Chief H . 198 1 at 7:30 p.m. at Cascade 660 0093 Ski Club The purpose of this P60I-1O meeting is to discuss the budget 6-11 for the fiscal year beginning Ju SECOND NOTICE OF ly 1, 1981 as approved by the BUDGET HEARING Government Camp Sanitary HOODLAND SERVICE District Budget Committee. A DISTRICT summary of the budget was Notice is hereby given that a published in the Sandy Post on public hearing on the Hoodland June 4, 1981. A copy of the Service District Budget will be budget may be inspected or ob held on Thursday. June IB talned free of chorge at the 1981, at 10 00 a m In the Cour Secretary's residence Any per thouse Annex 906 Main Street. son may appear ond discuss the Oregon City, Oregon This budget public hearing is for the pur Peter Dorr pose of receiving ond consider Chairman of mg the proposed 1901-82 fitcol governing body year budget for Hoodlond Ser- P60I 8 vice District as opproved by the 6 11 Budget Committee A more detailed description of this IN THE CIRCUIT budget was previously publish COURT OF THE ed in the May 28. 1981 edition of STATE OF OREGON the The Sandy Post and the May for the County of 29, 1901 edition of the Enter Multnomah prise Courier. A copy of the pro Probate Deportment Estate of: posed budget may be inspected or obtained free of charge ot DUANE G BANKER the Department of Environmen De< eased tal Services. 902 Abernethy No 135019 Rood, Oregon City, Oregon. NOTICE TO INTERESTED PER. SONS Monday through Friday, bet ween the hours of 0 00 a m ond Probole proceedings in the 3 00 p m, estate of Duone G. Banker deceased ore now pending in P681-7 the above entitled court, 6 11 wherein Mr. 0 Mrs. Ralph Banker, the undersigned, has PARKING LOT been a p p o in te d ond has IMPROVEMENT PROJECT q ualified as the personal NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS representative of said estate. Sealed proposals for the In All persons having claims stallation of a Concrete Parking ogainst said estate hereby are lo t will be received by the Fire required to present them, in Chief at the Sandy Fire Station due form, within four months in Sondy. Oregon until 10:00 after the date of the first a m, Pocific Daylight Savings publication of this notice, os Time on June 24. 1981 and stated below, to the undersign thereafter will be opened ond ed at the following oddress now read designated as the place for the Work consists of the excava presentation of claims, to-wit. tion groding. installation of P.O Box 427, Sandy OR 97055 crushed rock tub bate ond in or they moy be barred stallation of concrete paving for All persons whose rights moy approximately a 13 600 sq ft. be affected by the said probate parking lot. proceedings moy obtain addi Pions, specifications and con tional information from the troct documents may be obtain records of the court, the under ed at the Sandy Fire Station at signed personal representative 17460 Bruns Avenue. Sondy. or the latter’s attorney(s) who it Oregon (ore) Vernon L. Richards P O. Proposals must be submitted Box 427 Sondy OR 97055 on the forms furnished with the Ralph Banker specification and must be ac P O Box 427 companied by a Bidder s Bond in Sandy OR 97055 on amount equal to 10 of the Gladys Banker totol bid A 100. Performance P O Box 427 Bond will be required at the Sandy OR 97055 time of execution of a controct The successful bidder must P601 6 show evidence of odequate 6 11 liability and property insurance. 6 IS The Sondy Fire District reserves 6 25 WESTERN FAMILY, WHITE DETER GENT $479 171 ot BOX PAPER PLATES $129 9" 100 COUNT PALMOLIVE LIQUID KOTEX "LIGHT DAYS' DETER. GENTLE TOUCH PANTI LINERS BAR SOAP WITH BABY C la s s ifie d PEOPLE READ IT EVERY DAY CALL 667-6633