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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.
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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liability and property insurance.
6 IS
The Sondy Fire District reserves
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