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The Sandy Post Editorial & Opinion M a rk Floyd, Editor Dan D illo n . N ews E ditor Von B raschler, P u b lish e r C a ro lin e D uff. O ffic e M a n a g e r SANDY. OREGON THURSDAY JULY 23. 1981 Attorney general’s opinion lauded The Oregon attorney general last week made an about-face and changed that office’s opinion on releasing the names of juvenile of fenders to the press. Local law enforcement agencies had been prohibited from releasing a juvenile’s name at the time of his or her arrest, or the grounds for the arrest, since a 1974 opinion from the attorney general’s office. Present Attorney General Dave Frohnmayer should lx* applauded for last week’s action. Since that earlier opinion, there has been a major Oregon Supreme Court case involving a reporter’s, and thus, the public’s right to gain access to and report about juvenile court proceedings. Refusing access to the press, according to the state ’s high court, is unconstitu tional because there is a constitu tional prohibition against “secret’’ courts. By following the high court’s lead, Frohnmayer opens the door to more complete news coverage of juvenile offenses—an area of crime that statistics suggest is growing rap id ly —and, therefore, m ore complete coverage of the realities of day-to-day life. The attorney general’s opinion does not mean the pages of The Post or any newspaper will become inundated with weekly lists of juvenile offenders. Rather, the press now gains the added respon sibility of determining when it is in the newspaper’s and the public’s best interest to print the names of juvenile offenders. The Sandy Police Department has taken great precautions in the past protecting the nam es of juvenile offenders. Now that the a t torney general has ruled that release of those names is not pro hibited, it is the press’ responsibili ty to take similar precautions and not abuse the rights of arrested in dividuals. ¿ J fe í Readers are right; left turns legal Observant readers have pointed out an error last week in our editorial about left-hand turns from M einig Avenue onto P io n eer Boulevard. Indeed, free left-hand turns ARE legal, according to page 34 of the current Oregon D river’s Manual. In fact, failure to cash in on free left turns there could cause a traf fic bottleneck Left turns from a two-way road to a one-road are legal in Oregon- provided certain conditions are met. Such turns "m ay be made against a red light after stopping and yielding, when necessary, to vehicles or pedestrians.” A p p a re n tly we a ll co u ld straighten up our acts, as we glibly suggested here last week. Thanks to readers and local police for straightening us out on how to turn left. And safe motoring to all. (VB) Legislature reminiscent of first marathon session JACK Z IM M E R M A N Associated Oregon Industries Oregon lawmakers, nervous about the length of the current meeting in Salem, might find solace in the outcome of the Assembly’s first record setting long session back in 1868 Historians keep reminding us history repeats itself and we're supposed to learn valuable lessons from studying the past It just so happens there are striking similarities between the fifth session of the Oregon Legislature 113 years ago and this year's gathering which this week ap proaches 200 days of deliberating For instance. Democrats were firm ly in power in both House and Senate. The Democracy in the Senate tas described by writers at that time) consisted of 13 of the upper chamber’s 22 seats Twenty-three Democrats ruled the 43-member House of Representatives with 17 Republicans (the Union) and three seats occupied by in dividuals profession nonpartisan loyalty If that isn’t enough ammunition with which to draw parallels between fifth and 61st legislative Assemblies, consider the fact Republicans then, as now, occupied the offices of governor, secretary of state and treasurer So much for setting of the scene in Salem How about that 1868 session’’ It dragged on for a then interminable 45 days! That may not seem so long by today's standards Bu, consider the fact Legislates in those days-by Constitutional man date drew the $3 per diem for only 40 days, meaning they served without pay for ses sions extending beyond an aggregate salary of $120 Rebellious minority members of the House pointed out the Constitution also specified no services of any man could be dem anded w ith o u t ju s t compensa tion together obvious deterrents to lengthy sessions H istory reveals the C onstitutional legislative pay provisions were so effective that most sessions ended in 40 or 41 days and the average length of sessions prior to 1943 was only 45 8 days Only since voters in 1*42 agreed lawmakers could set their own salaries have sessions expanded to three, four, five and six months or more Back to post-Civil War Oregon in 1838 emotionally divided on civil rights •slavery» Oddly enough, pre-slave sym p a th iz e rs —la rg e ly fo rm e r Southern Democrats—represented a num erical minority but achieved significant seats of power Particularly in the (legislature, where the house speaker, for instance, was none other than Honest John Whiteaker. former first governor and later two-term Senate president and eventually member of Congress Political machinations ran rampant dur ing that fifth session of the Oregon Assembly Senate Democrats effectively _ «uw 4 r w: Battle lines drawn against invaders Somewhere on the F ront Lines It’s no good A couple of us ace war correspondents are holed up with the Sixth Brigade SWAT Team in an abandoned gazebo They’ve got us surrounded We're outnumbered a million to one We know they’re out there We can see their cold, multi-faceted eyes glow ing in the dark Life means nothing to them They’re obviously prepar ing another insect-wave assault They're bound to overrun us this time The radio crackles Secret head quarters wants to know if there’s anything we need "Send us more medflies.” replies Captain Buck Ace bravely A real glory hound, that Captain Ace "Oh, why did we ever leave East Oakland’’ " sobs a downy-cheeked recruit huddled next to me Yes, why9 It had been a cheery scene in that warm East Oakland by A R T H O P P E canteen the gallant helicopter pilots in their puttees and white silk scarfs sipping brandy before their pre dawn patrol, and the doughboys quaffing beer and singing "Over Here’’ and " I t ’s a Long Way to Pasadena ’’ Then Lili Marlene, the pretty waitress, leaping on a table and b r inging the crowd to its feet with her rendition of: "Spray the little medf ly, spraying, spraying. / In our kurn quats, you'll not lx* playing; / When the drops fall, we ll all be praying, / Go, little medfly, go!" Our hearts were filled with patriotic fervor as we marched off to battle But our ardor cooled as the grim sights of war met our eyes Eirst it was the long lines of refugees crawling along the roads, their Eairlane station wagons piled high with their pitiful possessions Then the ugliness of the battlefield itself the stripped trees, the green body bags on the sidewalks contain mg casualties plucked from life before their time, the shrouded vehicles along the curbs, the empty streets Our leader. Governor Brown, gave our morale a temporary boost when he personally appeared in the com bat zone and tried to get sprayed on And that lifted our spirits, even though he failed But now "You want to live forever!" cries Captain Ace "On your feet, men, and let's take as many of them with us as we can." Wait! What’s that distant roar9 It's the choppers coming in. playing Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries." The blessed malathion is raining down An innocent ladybug screams and doubles up War is hell on civilians The enemy is dying like flies The troops draw their M 16 swatters and wade in to mop up the survivors, "Take that for America," they shout, "you dirty hugs!” Victory! We have won the battle But no, the war Again, the radio crackles The main body of the enemy has outflanked us and has laid siege to downtown Gerhleford! Can we reach them in time to rescue the population9 In time to save America? In time for my next edition9 Letters to the editor: Legislative Report from the State Capital E XC L U S I VE to Oregon's Weekly Newspa pers from Associated Oregon Industries shortened the elected terms of Republican members of that chamber and House D em ocrats unseated a duly elected Republican and replaced with with a member of their party Democrats censured both the former and then current Republican Governors and were hatching a plan to unseat the GOP of ficeholder and replace him with one of their own. Democrat Legislators also voted to withdraw previous consent of Oregon to the 14th Amendment to the U S. Constitution, preventing abridgement of citizenship rights -even though that amendment had earlier achieved approval by the requisite number of states and been officially declared part of the Constitution F a ilin g to a chieve w hat House Republicans decried as a treasonable act, historians relate: "The next movement was to hurl Democratic thunder upon the heads of our Senators in Congress, declaring they were acting from unworthy motives, and p e re m p to ria ly dem an din g th e ir resignation ” M e a n w h ile , as a ll th is p a rtis a n manipulating continued, the 1868 session reached the so-called lim it of 40 days without bringing the Appropriation B ill" to a vote Republicans railed against circumstances th a t saw “ m ost im p o rta n t measures thrust aside for consideration of these revolutionary" issues A Democrat Senator from Lane County resigned his seat in protest Still refusing to allow consideration of the money measure on the 43rd day. two more Democrats went home and an even dozen Republican members resigned in protest Only one returned to service next session. T W Davenport, father of the renowned car toonist Homer Davenport of Silverton Nine, all freshmen, were so disenchanted they never again returned to the Legislature N onetheless. the a p p ro p ria tio n measure -consisting of some $225.527 to cover two years of spending eventually was passed and the first 45 day session ad journed sine die Did the voters turn those rascals ouf* On the contrary iJemocrats continued to con trd the (legislature for most of the ensuing decade All of which brings to mind another adage dealing with things historical It claims. "One thing history teaches is that it doesn’t " Smooth festival garners reader approval Police applauded located to accommodate a carnival Without the use of the grade school grounds, I would like to commend there would be no carnival the Sandy Police Eoree, both and subsequently, no funds the re g u la rs and the for the 4th of July program reserves, for the excellent and fireworks display job they did during the San The 4th of July program dy M ou nta in E e stiva I and the Sandy Mountain festivities. When a town of Days activities require the 3,000 people balloons to cooperation of many public- 50,000 people, and order is sp irited individuals and kept in a courteous manner, organizations. we can feel confident and A special thanks to Jerry proud of our police force Swails for his help at the Sincerely. high school and to Jeff Bruc&Cook Y eager who has been Sandy responsible the past two years for setting off the fireworks Thanks also to the local Boy Scout groups who pro The Sandy Civic Services vide the color guard at the organization wishes to pubic- 4th of July program and help ly express its sincere ap with the cleanup of the preciation, individually and grounds along with the San collectively, to the Sandy dy Lions Club and the Little Elementary School District League groups hoard members and the San Also essential to the suc dy Union High School hoard cess of the 4th of July pro members, to Superintendent gram is the cooperation and Clark Lund and his staff and effort put forth by the office to Superintendent Jack of the mayor, the c ity Peters and his staff for their manager and the city coun sanction and approval of the cil Police Chief Ered Punzel use of th e ir respective and his able crew are deeply facilities during the 4th of involved along with the San July program and for the dy Police Reserves and the c a rn iv a l d u rin g Sandy Clackamas County Police Mountain Days Reserves Eire Chief Bob The cooperation, which is Rathke, the Sandy firemen, annually given by the hoard both fu ll- tim e and members, adm inistrative volunteers, contribute much and custodial staffs of these time and effort two schools, is essential to The organizations and in the success of these outstan dividuals mentioned along d in g ly p op ular Oregon with many more people and events groups in active cooperation By way of information to make the 4th of July pro the public at large,- the pro gram and the Sandy Moun ceeds received by the Sandy tain Days the successes that Civic Services from the car they are. nival pay for the insurance Until next year, when we coverage of the parade and all go through the same pro the Mountain Festival, and related activities, plus the cesses again, thank you all once more costs of the 4,h of July pro Sincerely, gram and fireworks display Ered I) Rockwell The grade school grounds President is the only location in Sandy Sandy Civic Services large enough and centrally A big ‘Thanks’ Support the school All across this vast land of ours there seems to be a s tir ring deep down in the roots of each community brought on by frustration, fear and insecurity It is being felt by the young and old alike Each day th ro ug h the pagesof the press and belching forth from the tube, we hear about this theme 1, grows and grows Recent events pu, into mo tion by the new admimstra tion have much to do with this concern Eear has entered into the hearts of our older citizens who daily de pend on government’ for their very existence through government controlled pro grams. Social Security and the like The cold computer like ac tion of recent weeks has caused this uncertainty and frustration Their actions af feet all of us in different ways Perhaps, we in our own communities need to come closer together and listen more carefully to matters closer to home Certainly we should all support a better voting record than we have shown recently If enmpas sion and love for mankind has disappeared from the thinking in Washington, need it do so in this community9 I think not Those of us who lived through the great depression know what togetherness really can do for each other and a community If we had no, handed together in those days we would never have survived Today we are in a depres sion of a different kind than the previous one. bu, a depressions never the less There is a lack and want A lack of compassion for our fellow man Also a want for a m ore c o m p assio na te understanding of the or dinary people Recent deci sions seem cold and heartless and truly lacking in understanding of basic human dignity One way we can prove that our community can band together and prove tha, we can work together for the common good is to get out and try to save the Sandy Community School and no, jus, si, back and le, is coor dinator, Jan Reynolds, and the c ity manager work alone Surely there are enough community spirited groups and individuals who can come up w ith the necessary answers To lose this school would deprive many of a learning experience that they really need Many could not travel to Gresham or Oregon City to continue their learning Judy Sheppard showed San dy the way Give Jan the right to continue its opera tion Sincerely, Mat, and Louese Shields Boring Anderson OK I, seems that satire is still very interesting to write bu, interpretations vary greatly I missed the July 9th issue of The Post ( I ha ve one now > so I was quite surprised at the reaction to Shara’Deen's efforts as expressed by W H Tuttle and Dixie Marshall After reading her article. I'm no, too surprised Such is the nature of satire Tha, the writers had such a negative reaction is no re fle c tio n on th e ir in telligence or personal opi nions Again, satire always brings mixed reactions Different things cause d if ferent reactions Cost of education, as expressed by D ixie M arshall, usually upsets me When my three children were in school, I read an aticle stating that anyone with three children could no, live long enough to pay for their cos, of educa tion The statem ent: Three children attending school from grades one through 12 would accumulate to 36 years Property taxes can not pay for their education According to my property tax statement for that year multiplied by 36, I found the statement was true So, I ’m a little disappointed when people with large families vote against school budgets But this does not, in any way, mean that I ’m against large families So, satire bothers some people — not me, I guess they have a right to be against school costs Sincerely, C Richard Riley Gresham Thanks, again The Paola s Pizza Barn w om en’s s o ftb a ll team members would like to ex press our thanks to all the merchants of Sandy who contributed to our raffle We appreciate your support in helping us earn our way to state playoffs Aug 8 9 in Eastside Thanks to, to all those who purchased the tickets. W’e Couldn't have done it without your support. our next fund raiser w ill he a car wash and bake sale July 25 It w ill be located next to the fire station and the Odd Fellows Hall Satisfy your sweet tooth while we wash your car. Sincerely. Paola s ladies softball team
