The Sandy Post
Editorial & Opinion
County-funded senior center
C lackam as County com m is
sioners have a good plan for
spreading the cost of city senior
centers regionally, so that all users
help shoulder the cost.
The plan calls for a county $3
million three-year levy to pay 100
percent of operating costs for
centers in Sandy, Oregon City,
Estacada. Canby and other towns.
The city would administer the
county funds on a passed through
basis with regular evaluation and
audits by the county
Von Braschler P ublisher
C o rd in e D uff O ffic e M a n a g e r
SANDY OREGON
Dan D illon. Editor
Scott N e w to n News Editor
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 8, 1981
fa ir
The cost-shared plan would
operate much like the successful
city-county cooperative library
system whereby the county pays 80
percent of city library operations.
After all, community services ex
tend to persons beyond the city
limits of a municipality. It’s only
fair, then, that all county taxpayers
shoulder the expenses of these wor
thwhile services.
Public support is urged when the
commissioners’ plan comes before
county voters March 30. (VB)
Little festival scores big at meet
Sandy scored big at a recent
Alaska international convention of
festival groups, thanks to presenta
tions by Mountain Festival Com
mittee representatives Mary Kutz,
Ann Fennwick and Kathy Simon
son
The local festival group won four
first-place plaques for best slide
presentation, festival schedule,
program cover and program con
tent.
They beat high-budget festival
groups like the Portland Hose
Festival and the Indiannapolis 500,
many with promotional funds in the
multiple thousands of dollars and
profits in the mere hundreds for
their civic efforts.
Little Sandy Mountain Festival
with a handful of volunteers and no
gate admission netted $2,900 by
festival's end with very little
operating funds to launch the fun.
Volunteers launched the fun in
Sandy, and hard work makes it pay
every summer here. Good going,
gang. You make us all proud.
(C o n g ra tu la tio n s to Hose
Festival, too, on your second-place
award for that high budget slide
presentation. You’re all invited
here next sum m er.) < VB)
Think taxes bad here? Try Alaska
So you think your taxes are high
here? Not by comparison.
Consider California where per
capita state and local taxes in 1980
ran $1,227 or Nevada where taxes
came to $1,004. Oregon’s 1980 per
capita state and local taxes l<x>k
relatively cheap at $872
Then there’s New York State
with taxes totaling $1,308 and
Alaska with $1,871.
Washington State’s no taxpayer’s
bargain, either, at $929 in per
capita state and local taxes.
Actually, Oregon ranked twen
tieth from the top in taxes. So why
move to Hawaii and bask in $1,059
sunshine or nestle in a Cape Cod
cottage in M assachusetts with
$1,098 over your head?
Maybe you’d rath er live in
Arkansas where per capita taxes in
1980 ran only $553. But would you
really like to live there and have
them ship you chickens marked
“Grown in Oregon?” (VB)
Assassin’s gun outlives all reason
Political violence reared its ugly
head again this week in Egypt to
remind us international terrorism
still outlives reason and an
assassin’s gun kills all debate.
Americans can sympathize with
the Arab republic’s loss of a presi
dent, since 11 assassination a t
tempts on US. presidents have
twisted American history Luckily,
not all those attem pts were suc
cessful But the tragedy of one
assassination attempt doesn't halt
another.
People who long for peace in the
turbulent Middle East realize that
senseless tragedy this week, as
eight years of careful diplomacy go
up in smoke off an assassin’s gun.
Who’s left to put the pieces back
together? And how long will he
live? (VB)
Salem scene:
In J M K Z IM M E R M \ \
Xssociatrd Oregon Industries
H arry Fuller CCCS in Oregon It s financed
by businesses and individuals who recognize
the need for the service
Reader says taxpayer not ‘babysitter’
No babysitter
I found your opinion aboul
the loss of after school ac
tivities at the Sandy Elem en
tary Schools rather disturb
ing (Sept 24, 1981. issue of
the Sandy Post)
You claim that the voters
of the school district are
responsible for the children
who walk the street after
school.
I beg to differ
Are not parents held ac
countable and responsible
for their children and their
children’s actions to the age
of 18?
If the children are on the
street, who is supervising
them ’ Surely the parents do
not expect the City of Sandy
to babysit!
It is sad that the children
will miss out on the extra
c u rric u la r ac tiv itie s this
year But as a taxpayer, who
does not have children in the
school system, why should I
pay for the extras?
I am willing to help with
their basic education, but let
the parents pay for the ex
tras I^et them show some
responsibility for the raising
of their children, rather than
forcing the school district,
the City of Sandy and the
taxpayers to do it for them
Frances LaM arche
Sandy
Many enjoy play
M oney
fo r
S an d y
businesses is a by-product of
th e S an d y C o m m u n ity
P la y e r s
liv e
t h e a te r
Calam ity Jane's restaurant
served at least 20 extra
customers Saturday night
drawn to the play by a
golden retriever in the cast
Buckboard Pizza sold at
least 25 extra pizzas plus
gallons of beverages during
the after show parties of F r i
day and Saturday nights
Sim ilar financial impact will
be felt for the next three
weekends and for many
m o re d u rin g th is SCP
theater season Several thou
sand guests of SCP will come
to our city during the next
year and spend money
Why do people come to
Sandy for SCP productions'*
They're attracted to high
quality, live theater produc
tions by local Sandy talent
They return for other plays
to experience more ofthe
warm th and deep friendship
they feel in our town They
want to spend an evening
with their fam ily and friends
in a wholesome and positive
environment
SCP is proud of its reputa
tion and of its financial im
pact on our city But what we
want most is to become your
theater, your friends and
your form of entertainment
Come watch us and become
part of us as friends and
entertainers
SCP’s current production,
“ A Barrelfull of Pennies,”
will run Friday and Satur
day nights for the next three
weekends It is a delightful
comedy featuring dogs, a
duck, rabbits, a parakeet
and even people
After the play we gather at
Buckboard Pizza for food
and live music of the Tom
Ten Eyck Trio Come join us
this weekend
Arnie Poutala
Sandy
Blood crisis down
The Sandy Area Blood
D rive would like to thank the
86 potential donors that turn
ed out for the blood drive
Some 70 units of life-saving
u n its
w e re
c o lle c te d
Another 16 were turned down
for a variety of reasons
<mostly medical).
Because of these mature
adults, the critical shortage
of our blood bank is lessen
mg.
Stan Bowman
Sandy coordinator
LE TT E R S P O LIC Y:
The Post asks that all
letters to the editor lx* typed,
double-spaced and signed.
Deadline is noon, Tuesday.
Letters should be accurate,
free of libelous remarks and
in
good
taste.
This
newspaper
attem p ts
to
publish all letters it receives
Personally speaking:
Credit Counseling expands
Having trouble making ends meet**
Have inflation, high interest rates and the
depressed economy combined to catch you
in that situation where there are more bills
due each month than you can pay"*
If this is the case in your fam ily or in
families you may know, help is available
It's available through a unique non profit
organization known as Consumer Credit
Counseling Service It s likely there's an of
fice of the CCCS nearby, waiting for a
telephone call that can help turn around a
situation facing many Oregon families to
day
Consumer Credit Counseling Service is
even more than its name implies It not only-
counsels and provides guidance for families
in financial straits It will even step in upon
request and manage a fam ily s financial a f
fair». until that particular crisis is resolved
The service in this state was founded in
1967 by a pair of Portland business men
through the auspices of the Oregon Retail
Council division of Associated Oregon In
dustries I-awrence W Winthrop retired
J C Penney credit executive and current
CCCS executive director, and Douglas
D eiiaan with Beneficial Management Corp
put together this fam ily financial guidance
service It has expanded regionally to in
elude 14 service offices in Washington.
Oregon and Idaho
The service was conceived by L J In
gram , president of Economy Budget Ser
vice Co . in Columbus. Ohio It later was ex
panded and popularized by his successor.
Letters to the editor
Don’t give in to soft life, softdrinks
by SCOTT NEWTON
Legislative
'o r t «rom the State Capital
t * f. L US I VE ,o Of eg on s Week ly Ne w»pa
pers trom Associated Oregon Industries
If the fam ily wishes, CCCS will actively
manage its finances, paying off creditors
and providing the family with enough of its
own income to meet needs of regular
sustenance For this serivce, there is a
nominal fee involving a $5 set up charge and
monthly $9 pay ments
At the end of its first year of operation in
Portland, that CCCS office was serving 400
client families That was back in 1968 To
day, the Portland office has 1,200 active
clients The office has been recognized as
the most active in the nation It has provided
counseling for more than 50.000 families,
managed the financial affairs for 16,000 and
returned more than $23 million to creditors
that otherwise would have been lost through
bankruptcy
What's more the rate of Oregon's personal
bankrup t had been rising steadily for 17
years Both the rate and actual numbers of
bankrupts declined following organization
of CCCS The number dipped to a low of 2.591
in 1977. and the rate declined steadily for 10
years
Meanwhile, there is a CCCS office only a
phone call away In this area, families in
trouble can phone 232 8139 in Portland
I don’t know why she got so mad
All I said was that if she really
wanted to lose weight, she might
drink a little less Coke
“ You're a hypocrite,” she said,
taking another drink out of a
32 ounce cup of Coca-Cola “ You
drink coffee
• And how did you get to be such an
outcast, anyway’’ "
‘‘It started when I was a seventh
grader,” I said "Our football coach
told us we'd never win if we drank
soda pop, or ate potato chips and
candy bars So, determined young
punk that I was. I cut out the junk
food.”
Never mind that we went 0-6 that
year
What I learned was that I didn t
miss soda pop in the least
" I love the commercials, though
I added, “ but drinking D r Pepper
never helped me out on the dance
floor
“I guess I m just not a member of
the Pepsi generation ”
Well, the young lady threw me out,
and it was for the best anyway,
because I had work to do It was
Tuesday evening, and deadline time
was approaching
I went down to The Post and got
some work done, and about 11 p m
got started on my personal observa
tions column
Well. I was slow getting started,
and fell asleep in front of the video
display terminal
I dreamed that I was in Joan
Hay's office Hay is the Sandy Union
D istrict’s business manager
"W e received $2,964 as part of our
24 percent commission on the two
cold drink machines we have that
sell pop,” she said
" I'd like to stay and talk about
s o m e th in g
b esid es
v e n d in g
machines.'" I said, ‘‘but I've got to
go w rite a column Hopefully I'll be
able to save a few kids from the hor
rors of diabetes "
But somewhere between the high
school and The Post I got detoured,
and ended up playing tailback on the
Sandy Pioneer football team
We were playing Oregon City, and
were down 107 with just seconds left
in the fourth quarter
As I lined up I watched Dan M a r
tin , r ig h t g u a rd , and D a le
Rasmussen, right tackle, get into
their stances “ You guys will clear
the way. I know that,” 1 said quietly
to myself as I got into my stance
The roar of the crowd was so loud I
couldn't hear the signals being call
ed, but after firing off the ball, I saw
an opening Dan and Dale had done
their work, but a big, mean looking
linebacker stood between the goal-
line and myself
But, number 34. Scott Skipper,
was leading the way, and he put that
linebacker on his rumble seat
I was happy, having scored the
winning touchdown, and I sat in
front of my locker, near the pop
machine, for a long time after the
game I was just about to leave when
a man approached me
"How would you like to sign a fat
contract to do endorsements for Diet
Pepsi," he asked
" T h a t s tu ff co n ta in s 10 46
m illigram s of saccharin per fluid
ounce,” I said " I have a conscience,
you know Now ay I'd never sell out
to you guys "
I got back to The Post and was typ
ing furiously when Michael P Jones.
Post Correspondent, came in
"You ve got to come with m e.” he
said " I heard a rumor in the
Brightwood Tavern about some guy
building a private nuclear plant near
the Mt Hood National Forest,”
The next thing I knew we were hik
ing in the forest, looking for the nuke
plant The snow was deep, and more
was coming down
Jones had stopped for a momeni
relieve himself, and I waited up I
trail a way I was enjoying the ck
air and the silence, when a hu
polar bear appeared out of nowhe
He saw me, and headed my wa\
froze, too scared to run, and he grz
bed me and started tossing me up
the air, like a father or mother miji
do with a young child I sensed th
he would maul me at any momen
“ Isn't this place a little far sou
for you, M r Bear,” I said, trying
make friends Just then Michael
Jones came running up the path I
jumped up, flew through the air, at
hit that bear right in the chest wi
the heavy boots on his feet
The bear fell back, dropping me
the process “ Now get out of her
right now," Jones said, his foot c
the white bear’s neck
The bear took off
"That would've made a great Pe|
si com m ercial," I said “ After you
gone flying through the air, yc
could have opened a Pepsi Th
camera would fade to white. Iosin
the image of you on this mountai
drinking a Pepsi It d be beautiful
But, you'd never do a Pepsi corr
mercial. would you'’ "
I d never sell out to thos
people,” he said
Von Braschler woke me up It wa
6am
Wednesday "You'd bette
get that column done or I'll kick you
you know w hat.” he said.
All right.
| said, rubbing mi
eyes "Just let me get some coffei
started ”
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