The Srfndy Post
Editorial & Opinion
Von Braschler. Publisher
Caroline Duff, Office Manager
Mark Floyd, Editor
Dan Dillon, News Editor
SANDY, OREGON. THURSDAY. JULY 16, 1981
SUHS Board ‘hiding’ public notices
Sandy High boosters who long for
closer rapport between the school
and community have a bit longer to
wait.
The school board in a surprise
move this week voted to print
public notices in Portland’s morn
ing newspaper, rather than their
community newspaper.
The switch was suggested by
board member Wayne Johnson and
passed unanamously by the board.
What better way to keep more
than half the district in the dark?
The approximately 40 percent of
Sandy area residents who read the
Portland newspaper daily may not
notice the change, but the other 60
percent may discover a new com
munication gap—self-inflicted by
the school.
Those little legal notices, after
all, tell how’ a school is spending the
district’s money and advertise up
coming public hearings. To hide
such information in a Portland
morning paper of low readership
locally may be considered ir
responsible by the school’s elected
community representatives.
Curiously, the board voted to
advertise in the five-times more
c o stly s ta te w id e p u b lic a tio n
without requests for bid proposals,
despite the fact the Portland AM
paper is not considered an official
newspaper of record by any other
local government body.
So for that half of the district left
in the dark, we would like to print
the appropriate number to call.
Phone the school at 668-8011 in the
future to have your high school
public notices read to you. (VB)
Parade outgrows its time and place
The recen t Sandy M ountain
Festival parade with a record 91
entries was a glorious site, indeed,
and a fountain of pride for local
residents who have seen their
parade grow into one of the state’s
largest.
For the purpose it originally was
intended, however, it may have
outgrown itself. The big parade
also ran a record 75 minutes
(without breaks), causing the spon
soring Sandy Area Merchants to
abbreviate their planned two-hour
moonlight sale afterward.
The merchants would like to
start the parade earlier than 7:30
p.m. to allow two good hours of
moonlight shopping , but closing
down state Highway 26 during
heavy dinner-hour traffic poses
problem s,,
An alternative suggestion might
be to relocate the parade on a
street such as parallel Pleasant
Street, which is nearly as long as
Pioneer Boulvard through town
and nearly as wide. Parking and
spectator room would be com
parable, too, and the city wouldn’t
have to hassle the state highway
division with closure of half the
highway route through town.
With such an alternative parade
route, the city even could accom
modate desire of some merchants
to direct the flow westbound
downhill, rather than eastbound
which is uphill.
The suggestion may not be feasi
ble, but at least it’s worth discus
sion. Only let’s lay plans now—not
bicker at the final hour over which
way the parade goes.
The Festival committee deserves
a lot of credit for assembling such a
big and trouble-free parade as San
dy enjoys each July. It appears,
however, that little Sandy finally
may have outgrown the state
h ig h w ay th a t so long h as
dominated the rustic landscape
(VB)
Caution needed on Meinig turnoffs
Some motorists here appear con
fused. The law is more concise.
Left-hand turns from Meinig
Avenue onto Proctor Boulevard are
illegal against the light.
The confusion, of course, comes
with the fact motorists are turning
onto a one-way street. The catch,
however, is that they are turning
from a two-way street. That’s not
permitted by state law—only free
left-hand turns from a one-way
street onto another one-way street.
A reserve Clackamas County
deputy here notes a number of local
motorists making this mistake. It’s
probably an honest error, he notes,
but one that should be corrected.
The state highway through town
makes Sandy much too busy for
such sloppy, careless driving More
than 10,000 cars each day travel
each way through town on the split
highway. Trucks roar through
town, closely pursued by impatient
trav elers over the m ountain.
Transport vehicles halt traffic, as
they back up on the highway to
unload. Some drivers disregard
stripped center mediums where the
busy one-way thoroughfares rejoin.
O th e r
d r iv e r s
d is r e g a r d
crosswalks downtown.
Why make the highway through
town any more dangerous with
sloppy driving by local residents
who should know better? Maybe we
all could straighten up our acts.
(VB)
Salem scene;
Letters to the editor:
schools
Schools our hope
After noting how many
school districts in Oregon
have not even passed an A ’
ballot, I have come to the
conclusion that many Orego
nians consider education
itself as a frill
This is a big mistake, and
the future of Oregon and the
nation as a whole will suffer
The Reagan adm inistra
tion wants to bring our
d efen se and in d u s tr ia l
capacities hack to the ex
alted position they once held
At the same time, our educa
tional system is getting
knocked on its ears by
federal and state budget
cuts, as well as local budget
election defeats
Who is going to staff the
technical positions in in
dustry and the military?
Check the “ help wanted”
section of the newspaper,
and you will find many open
ings for well qualified young
people These positions can’t
be filled. The high school
graduates in the m ilitary
aren't educated well enough
in technical fields to master
the equipment at current
levels of technology
In order to accomplish the
president's wish, we will
h a v e to in c re a s e o u r
technology far ahead of cur
rent levels How will we do
Ball strike, Salem marathon alike
by JACK Z IM M E R M A N
Associated Oregon Industries
Speculation in Salem these days involves which will last
longer—the current session of the leg islatu re or the baseball
strike
You may wonder how anyone could draw a parallel between
these two events At first ponder, it does seem a little fa r
fetched To those keeping track of both, however, the strike
and the session do have distinct sim ilarities.
Loçislativ» Report from the State Capital
Both are lasting longer than they should
EXC LU SIVE fo Oregon s Weekly Newspa
They are costing a lot of dough
par» from Associated Oregon Indus tries
They are upsetting loyal fans of baseball and politics, too
After all, major league ballplayers are expected to play tional pastime on radio or the tube
ball—all season-from early spring until late fall
Estimating the number of Oregonians actually following the
Politicians who make it to the State Legislature s big legislature even is more difficult to determine Those eligible
leagues are supposed to gather up to six months, figure out to vote are a preponderance of the state's 2.530.600 total
how much tax money there is to spend for two years, decide population Those actually registered to vote number only
how to spend it and go home
1 569.222 Of that number 1.209.691 cast ballots last ye ar- a
Ballplayers aren't playing Also, the leg islature won't go fallout that hints that baseball fans are more loyal than fans of
home
the legislature
There are some differences Ballplayers aren't getting paid
le s t week the session eclipsed longevity records of 177 davs
Legislators are Don't try comparing relative wage scales, in 1977, 17« days in 1979 and even 180 days in 1973 Those
though That could lead to an attempt to explain both the statistically inclined might consider the fact the legislature
reason for the strike and the reason the session hasn't ended worked on the Fourth of July, but ballplayers didn't That's
yet Both are beyond comprehension of respective fans,
for your record book Dyed-in-the wool lawmaking fans
By the time you read this the strike will have lasted more will immediately recall the 77 session when that particular
than a month and the session more than six Both are records Assembly worked on Good Friday, but took a holiday on April
Both records aren't pleasant for the more th»n » million Fool's Day
fill ballparks each season o* the 1.«55 400
Maybe this isn't a good comparison after all Baseball fans
'Is vote
thrive on statistics The stnke has all but obliterated those
of baseball fanatics cited here is strictly fascinating figures for this season But many of the numbers
speculative, based on seasonal attendance figures It ignores keep growing in Salem
the vast number who never see a game live and follow the na stance
per diem and other expenses for in
this and at the same tim e let
our schools fall ap art9
The Japanese and the
Soviets are upgrading their
schools to teach m o re
technical courses at lower
grades, because they realize
the only way to a strong
economy (and for the Soviet
Union a strong m ilitary) is to
c o n tin u e
to
in c re a s e
technological development
We should be writing our
congressmen to tell them
education is a strong p riori
ty We should be passing
local school budget elections
and electing people to school
b o a rd s
w ith
s tro n g
backgrounds in business and
industry, who know what the
job market holds in the way
of opportunity
Instead, we tell our con
gressmen to slash school
funds, fail local budget elec
tions and show such apathy
toward school boards that
many boards are filled with
people who don’t know what
education is all about.
The United States is at a
crossroads, and we can rise
or fall based on our tre at
ment of young people Im
prove their minds, and we
rise. Let them grow up
without a quality education,
and we will become a poor
nation and maybe a dead
one. because “ Iva n ’’ is nipp
ing at our heels
Harold Hayward
Sandy
Offended
Until I read Shara'Deen
Anderson's a rtic le about
“ Homer HadN uff,” I had no
idea what a detrement to
society my fam ily and I are
According to her. we're go
ing to ru in the w ho le
w orld—voting against those
school levies.
We h ave 10 ch ild re n
Homer and I have a few
more things in common. too
What upsets me is that all
10 of our children have had
all those school activities,
sports, music and frills.
Remember, about 20 years
ago we started voting "Y e s”
on nearly every school tax
levy put before us
Well, enough is enough I
for one think we've given too
much, and I don’t just mean
to the children I think it is
tim e for a lot less frills and a
lot more basic education
Maybe we ought to start with
the teachers first
I don't believe a per
son—in this case, the ma
jority should be ridiculed
and called ignorant, because
they vote« "No ”
P e rh a p s
S h a r a 'D e e n
would feel more comfortable
in a less free country—say
fo r instan ce, Russia
I
understand they have little
or no choice or voice there
Wc do have freedom of
choice. We can vote If we
choose, we do not have to
vote
If I, for one, am pushed
h a rd enough and long
enough-like Homer I'm go
ing to speak out, rebel and
probably organize Judging
from the reaction of the
voters, apparently a lot of
other people feel the same
way.
My father's fam ily is from
the south Mother’s fam ily
w e re m ig ra n t w o rk e rs .
Many were uneducated. I
preseume this is the caliber
of person dumb Homer is
supposed to be I never met
one of them that was a stupid
as Shara'Deen tried to make
Home out to be Yes, I am of
fended In fact, it makes me
think I should take one of my
illiterate “younguns'and go
“ fishen "
Just one more thing, Mr.
Editor Is Shara'Deen going
to be paid to write her col
umn in the Sandy Post? If so.
would you please cut out
Shara'Deen’s articles from
my paper from now on,
before you m ail me my
paper, and send me a refund
fo r m y p o rtio n of the
subscription fee that would
go to her? 1 don't feel that I
want to contribute to further
her type of education If I
really am lucky in life, I'll
n ever be educated like
Shara'Deen, nor as narrow
minded
Dixie Marshall
Sandy
Offended, too
I guess that the m ajority of
the voters in our district are
all ignorant, according to
Anderson
If Anderson is the product
of our school system, then I
think we are in bad shape, in
deed
I found the article poorly
written and an insult on the
intellectual integrity of the
m ajority of the people
W H Tuttle
Sandv
Hood wildlife
For 25 years 1 have lived
within a mile of the "suppos
ed w ild life re fu g e" that
M ichael P
Jones wrote
about in the Sandy Post July
I . T h a t was m y f ir s t
knowledge we had such a
thing up here
I have hunted deer all
through that area for years,
and I never once ran into a
bear, elk or mountain cat. I
did see two bears about 20
year ago— one over at the
co u nty dum p on N o rth
Brightwood road and one up
behind Barlow T rail, while I
was hunting
c e s s iv e
ta x e s !
Maybe now is the tim e to
start “G R O U PSTER S” (G et
rid of useless, pesky, secret,
troublemaking environmen
tal, rampaging solicitors.)
Ethel Annis
Brightwood
Parade great
In the Alderwood site he
w ro te of (th e w ild lif e
Fantastic! Incredible!
refuge), I have not seen a
How else can we describe
deer in years (lots of dogs,
this year's Sandy Mountain
however ) We all know how
Festival We have attended
well dogs and wildlife get
the event once as spectators
along together The story
and for the last two years as
about the land on the other
exhibitors. Each tim e the
side of the road has as many
w arm th of our Sandy com
untruths, as does the Aider-
munity dominates the a t
wood story
mosphere in Meinig Park
Please let me state that I
Exhibitors from outside
am not gung ho about either
Sandy love to be part of our
development, but it sure
Festival. Some attend this
sounds like someone up here
event only, but those who
doesn't want any competi
h a v e booths in o th e r
tion for the monies that such
festivals say our Mountain
development might bring to
Festival is the best
the mountain
What draws them here is
M r Sheets, of ECOS com
the natural beauty of Meinig
p la in s th a t the county
Park and the special attitude
doesn't notify him of things
of the Mountain Festival
going on up here in time for
Committee
him to do anything about it.
Congratulations, people of
Well I didn’t see any Public
Sandy. Thank you, Mountain
Notices of ECOS being form
Festival Committee
ed Therefore, I think it
We love being part of this
would be nice, if he would let
com m unity and knowing
the rest of the mountain
you
know all about how ECOS
The Poutala Fam ily
got it’s start and just what
it's main purpose is -o th e r
Sandy
than sticking your nose in
other people's business Is he
afraid some of the wrong
people might want to join?
If he is so sure these two
Thank you for the wonder
developments are going to
ful display of our “ beloved
ru in the m o u ntain and
fla g
J u ly
4th
fro m
w ildlife, just where was he
Brightwood to Wemme On
when the fully treed, filled
every electric pole our flag
with w ild,ike area behind
was waving to, we. the free
the golf course was turned
people,
into a c ity9 Where was he
I wonder how many people
when ZigZag Village ruined
noticed them and took tim e
some of the very best natural
to slow down, so they could
wildlife habitat and turned it
really enjoy the wonderful
into a c ity9 Where was he
sight and say “ Thank you."
when Tim berline Rim turn
This is the only country in
ed acres and acres of wildlife
the world that could have so
habitat into a city? And let's
m a n y fla g s fly in g fo r
not forget Rippling River I
everybody to see and enjoy I
could go on and on
was almost overcome with
Would you believe that
emotion Such a beautiful
some people up here would
sight showed much com
have you think that Don
munity spirit.
O brist’s rockcrusher is the
Again I say, thank you,
only “ ra p e r“ of the moun
thank you, thank you. I ap
tain! His rockcrusher is a
preciated it so very much
pebble, compared to the
Mrs Greta Ourecky
mountain of developments
Boring
As I said, I'm no, in favor
of either development Still I
don't think telling lies is the
right way to stop the pro
1-ETTER S P O IJC Y ;
blem, I think we already
Tb* Post asks that all
have
too
m u ch
’ big
letters to the editor be typed,
brother." telling us what we
i t ' t , 1, ?
and
can and cannot do
lea d lin e b noon, Tuesday
It seems as if all any of us
L *tU rs should be accurate,
can do with our own property
Jr»« of libelous remarks and
anym ore is pay the ex
*■
food
taste.
Thank you