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The Sandy Post Editorial & Opinion Vor, Braschler P ublisher C a ro lin e D uff O ffic e M anager SANDY OREGON Dan D illo n Editor Scott N e w to n N e w s E d ito r THURSDAY OCTOBER 29 1981 Warm hearts greet mountain yule Area residents have a chance to show how warm Christmas on the mountain can seem by sharing baskets of food and toys for those less fortunate this yuletide. Gifts of love for needy neighbors are being collected for Christian sharing by Kiwanis clubs in Boring and Sandy. Fam ilies in Cottrell, Bull Run, Sandy and mountain communities w ill benefit. Contributions are needed now. The economy leaves many homes here cold and colorless. A toy under the tree and Christmas dinner on the table would help. Boys and girls in local schools are asked to collect canned and packaged foods, while organiza tions could help by b rin g in g suitable gifts marked “ boy” or “ g i r l’ ’ w ith suggested age to December meetings Cash helps fill those Christmas baskets, too. Donations may be sent in Sandy to Kiwanis secretary Don Deming at Pioneer Real Estate,P O. Box 306, Sandy 97055. The w a itin g lis t o f needy neighbors is expected to include 150 homes when Sandy Action Center and Salvation A rm y Christmas Basket Clearing Bureau begin tak ing names Dec. 1. And th a t’s just in the Sandy area. Boring Kiwanians w ill assist many more. L e t’s dig deep into our hearts this w inter and spread a little mountain warmth. Postal cooperation saves city core Hats off to the US. Postal Ser vice for listening to the city of San dy’s request for location of a new, la rg e r post o ffice w ith in the downtown sector. Locating the planned la rg e r fa cility between Langensand Road and University Avenue on either Proctor or Pioneer Boulevard, after all, would strenghten the commercial core that is the heart of the city. Anything less would weaken the town, where most services and goods c u rre n tly are a vaila ble within easy walking distance. And a compact city is a hub and richer for it. Postal cooperation also would keep the c ity ’s comprehensive plan intact. Any hole in the long-range map for Sandy of tomorrow invites more holes. As the regional postmaster ap parently acknowledges, suitable sites exist in town for construction of a new fa cility of 5,000 square feet on a lot of 32,000 square feet for 22 employees and off-street parking for 17 customers. The Postal Service and city coun c il representatives Don B la ir. Calvin Jones, Jim Duff and Ruth L o u n d re e have c o n d u c te d themselves diplom atically to reach this amicable agreement in p rin ci ple. Now le t’s hope the Postal Service lives up to its word in securing a suitable site w ithin town. Execs fly high despite times ^ e a § an s ____ _ NEW Y O R K —Tim es m ay be tough for m any A m ericans, but not fo r recipients of the latest executive frin g e benefit: C orporate m em b ersh ip in a p riv a te helicopter club S tartin g next m onth, favored top e x ecutives w ill have access to extra-cushy p riv a te helicopters fo r tra v e lin g q u ic k ly and c o m fo rta b ly to a irp o rts, m eetings and rem ote plant site s—high above the tra ffic and congestion that most of us have to put up w ith I t s one m ore reaction to the im p act of a irlin e deregulation and the a ir tr a ffic con tro lle rs strik e , both of w hich have served to reduce scheduled short range a irlin e ser vice a ll over the country And the w illingness of cost-conscious c o r porations to shell out fo r th is fly in g lim ousine service, w hich seems sure to be a t t a c k e d by u n io n s a n d d is s id e n t stockholdes as one m ore lu x u ry item for pam pered executives, is a com m ent too on the price the A m e rica n econom y pays for clogged and inadequate highw ays around m a jo r cities That price, m easured m e re ly in the wasted tim e of top-incom e executives, is what makes some com panies fin d it p ra c tic a l to pay a $10,000 corporate in itia tio n fee and $50,000 annual dues—plus incidental operating c o s ts - fo r 100 hours of annual f ly ing tim e Not only is that not cheap, it a c tu a lly w orks out to about tw ice the cost of existing he lico pter c h a rte r services, which average $350 to $400 an hour Are these com panies c ra z y ’’ Not accor ding to the men behind C o rpA ir. the lu x u ry p riva te helicopter service that w ill begin operations in N ovem ber in New York. Houston and Los Angeles, w ith three other citie s (Chicago. A tla n ta and D enver) to be added e a rly in 1982 and m ore planned la te r Indeed, they were notably aggressive in th e ir p ric in g at a tim e when m a jo r U S scheduled a irlin e s are going precisely the other w a y—staging a rate-cu tting w a r to a t tra c t passengers Ron Dubin, the experienced entrepreneur Support reporter M y com p lim e nts on your e d ito ria l and stand on the boycott threa ts due to a r ticle s w ritte n by one of your re p o rte rs A num ber of us here on the m o u n t a in have h e a rd ru m o rs that such action was b e in g ta k e n a n d w e re w a itin g fo r the reaction of you r paper Had you m oved against th e r e p o r te r , th is le tte r w o u ld h a v e r e q u e s te d cancellation of m y subscrip tion B o th m y w ife an d I t h o r o u g h ly e n jo y y o u r * Producer P roducer Cecil Cecil B B de de Messe Messe has has finished film in g another d ra m a tic s e g m e n t o f th a t m o n u m e n ta l H ollyw ood epic, " M r Reagan Goes to W ashington " bv I^ouis Rukeyser who found O ffice Canteens in 1962 and b u ilt it in to a m u ltim illio n - d o lla r c o rp o ra te foodservice oganization before m erg ing it w ith In te rn a tio n a l Eoodservie Systems six years la te r, is actin g this tim e on studies that he says show a need to speed the transport of executives over re la tiv e ly short distances not p ra c tic a l fo r je t service Others who have invested th e ir own money in D ubin's he lico pter-club concept include Steven J Ross, ch a irm a n of W arner Com m um cations. Seym our and Paul M ilste in, cha irm an and president of U nited Brands, and Andrew J F ra n ke l, c h a irm a n of N a tional Kinney Corp Even if these savvy businssmen are rig h t about the fu tu re of p riv a te he lico pter use by corporations, why should firm s pay u ltra - top-dollar to C o rp A ir’’ Dubin s answ er "M a n y com panies shy away fro m chaters because the q u a lity of service and equipm ent can be uneven and unpredictable Another option, the tim e sharing arra n g e m e n t, does not pro vid e s e r vice beyond the home location, and schedul ing cn flic ts are com m on The other a lte rn a tiv e is fo r a co rp ora tion to operate its own he lico pter and that re quires an u p fro n t exp enditure of $300,000 up to $1 5 m illio n ju st to purchase the a irc ra ft Then the com pany has to h ire a pilot, a c quire hangar space and assume other responsibilities such as m aintenance, in surance, scheduling and supervision A fte r doing a ll that, the com pany s till has service only in one location and m ay not have a costefficient operation ’ ’ pu blicatio n and the excellent coverage of events on the m ountain Keep up the good w o rk ' A rth u r G Bock Rhododendron 1 hank you We would like to give a personal and special thanks to the Hood land F ire Depart m ent fo r a ll they did to help tr y and save our father. Charles Hickey It's nice to know they re here when we need them The Hickey Family Brightwood L E T T E R S P O LIC Y : The Post asks that all letters to the editor be typed, double-spaced and signed. Deadline is noon, Tuesday. le tte rs should be a c c u ra te , free of libelous remarks and in good ta s te . This newspaper attempts to publish all letters it receives and may edit m aterial lightly to con form to guidelines. M axim um length is 200 words This one dem onstrates the Yankee in g e n u it y and dow n hom e understanding of com plex problem s d is p la y e d by o u r s im p le , u n sophisticated hero, Ronald Reagan ip la ye d by Ronald Reagan) The scene opens w ith Ronnie and The B ea utiful Rich G irl Who Loves Hirn (played by Nancy D a vis) having a quiet w h ite tie b re akfast in the G rand B allroo m N a n c y : I hate to say this, dear, but I fe a r t r o u b le 's b r e w in g E v e ry b o d y 's unhappy and com p la in in g T h e p a p e r s f u ll of c ritic is m of your M iddle East P olicy and m y China P olicy Ronnie A ll 220 place se ttin g s0 Nancy Yes, and everyone's so Party, as economy crumbles h> X R T H O P P F - ¿ « ÍT j . ■ «iiiibiï ; ,ai moody Do you know that when he la id out m y w ardrobe this m orning, he d id n ’t even say, "H a v e a nice day?" Ronnie: The b utler’’ Nancy No, Adolfo Then in the darkness last night, I could hear the en viro nm en ta l e xtrem ists d ru m m ing on the W hite House fence and chanting. "W a tts 's for D in n e r!” Ronnie It's quiet now Nancy Too quiet You must do som ething, dear O ur people are __________ ____ grow ing restless Ronnie Y ou 're rig h t, Nancy It's tim e fo r dra stic measures I know ' I 'l l declare a recession' Nancy What good w ill that do° Ronnie (s m ilin g ): Y o u 'll see Fade to a young man reading a banner headline RECESSION ON! He leaps to his feet triu m p h a n tly Noting Mar. H u rrah, a recession! And here I thought the reason I lost m y job, m y house, m y fa m ily and m y pet gila m onster was te llta le d a n d ru ff' Cut to m u g g e r ir r it a b ly m onishing a stru g g lin g tourist M ugger Hey, Mac. don't know there's a recession on? ad you D erelict People used to look down on me as a lazy bum But now I am an innocent v ic tim of econom ic de term in ism Pan the gloom y Stock Exchange where little S hirley Tem ple is coni fo rtin g Daddy W arbucks S hirley Leaping lizards. Daddy D o n't you see" You don’t have to fe bad any m ore about selling short a those widows and orphans IT president says W all Street was rig l a il along' Daddy (hopefully) And I'm n< stingy for in mg thoe 23,642 workers S hirley Shucks, no! We gott figh t this recession together 'Cu w e’re a ll in the same boat! S h irle y leads a parade of stocl b r o k e r s , d e r e l ic t s , m u g g e r s w o rk e rs , w idow s orp h a n s an< young men up P ark Avenue — al happ ily singing. " I 'v e Got P lenty o Nothing. B rother, Can You Spar« a D im e " and "Y e s, We Have N( Bananas Ronnie and Nancy bearr down on them from the W aldorf pen thouse where they are having w hite tie room service Nancy (em bracing h im i Oh. Ron m e' And they said you d id n 't unders tand economics! Personally speaking: No taking cockiness out of cowgirl D ating this c o w g irl has caused me a lot of problem s She s a nice person, don't get me wrong, but you know how cocky these cow girls can he A n y w a y . I ’ d be en b u g g in g Pocahontas fo r some tim e to take me horseback rid in g , and d u rin g the spell of nice w eather she fin a lly worked it out I^ast Saturday m orning we loaded up a tr a ile r w ith tw o fine looking m ares and headed fo r the moun tains Pocahontas rode her own A rabian, its be au tifu l grey coat shining in the sun I was also on an A rab ia n, a horse of s im ila r stock, but ge ntle r W’e rode fo r an hour or so. enjoying the sum m e ry weather and the view of M t Jefferson Anyw ay, from m y hear tra in in g days. I developed kind of a sixth sense w ith anim als You know, to where you can te ll when th e y 're ready to re a lly get it on W ell. I could feel that in ol Juice She wanted to race Pocahontas laughed at the sugges tion that we race back She couldn t im agine that someone that does n t wear cowboy boots could possibly tra v e l at any speed faster than a slow gait But it s fa irly easy to get cow girls rile d , and before long she was ready to race W ell, I think I was rig h t about Juice because when we took off that horse did some fancy running, ju m p ing stream s, veering wide of low hanging branches and speeding ticip a tio n of the race or from love I w asn't sure which by SCOTT NEWTON down steep tra ils My strategy was to wear Pocahon tas and her m are out So I went for broke, rig h t from the sta rt, and Juice loved it I was scared to death W'e had b u ilt up a p re tty good lead, so I slowed Juice to a nice, easy pace on a stretch of meadow I wanted her to get her breath back The sun was w a rm , and I was kind of lu lle d in to a daydream I was w e arin g silks at 1^ Mesa T ra ck in Ruidoso. N M The grand stands were fu ll, and it was obvious ly a big race I fe ll in s ta n tly in love w ith a b e au tifu l young woman in a lacy dress I was ju st getting ready to load m y horse into the s ta rtin g gate when she w alked up to me M y heart was pounding, e ith er from the an "P lease run a good on e," she said gazing into m y eyes " I need the money to pay o ff , he m ortgage on m y ranch " "D o n 't w o rry a bit. m a 'a m ," I said The gates flew open and the an nouncer let out w ith a stream of chatter, but I d id n 't hear a word of it I was bearing down on the lead horse The sound of hooves pounding the track was deafening and d irt was fly in g everyw here, but I could feel the strength of the thoroughbred below me. and I knew she had some kick left As we rounded the last curve I let her go F ly. Baby, f ly , " I said She did. and we thundered past the lead horse at the finish line The ow ner of the horse was hanging a ll over me H e ll, you know how a person kind of bounces around in th e ir dream s A nyw ay, the next thing I knew I was at a p a rty in Sleepy Hollow w ith this woman, and some guy was ta lkin g about the headless horseman When it cam e tim e for me to rid e home that Halloween night on m y broken down old nag, I was feeling kind of spooked I got out on that road away from Sleepy Hollow and I heard a fa in t c lip p ity -c lo p As it got closer and lo ud er. I got m ore and m ore frightened "C om e on M o lly ," I said, "o l Ichascott Newton is ge tting scared " I woke up ju st as that headless horsem an took a sw ing at m y heai w ith his sword I looked up and cam to the rea liza tion that Pocahonta was passing me Juice had a lot of energy left, bu as the two horses roared through thi meadow, I could see that I d blowi it She was going to beat me in th« kick And then, just too feet from th< horse tra ile r, when I thought I'd los it. Pocahontas got knocked off hei horse by a low branch She hung mo tionless in the a ir for just a moment at the same tim e that I was going by 1 can s till see it c le a rly in m y m ind She s ju st hanging there in the a ir and I m going by starin g, m y mouth open H e ll, | rode the last 100 feet to the tra ile r slapped it w ith a loud hang, and then headed back up the tr a il I m a mean guv. a re n 't I? Hey, I just don't lik e to lose Pocahontus was a ll rig h t, ju st sore H e loaded up the horses and headed hack to the co rra l H e had to shovel m anure out of a couple of stalls when we got back, and finished up just about sunset " I I s nice to find that yo u 're good at som ething. Pocahontas said, w atching me as I leaned on the shovel, w atching the red sun sink in to the h ills I don t m ind shoveling a little m a n u re ." I said "B u t I thin k I've alrea dy found m y ca llin g " "No you h a v e n 't." she laughed I'v e read your stu ff ” It just goes to show there's no tak ing the cockiness out of a co w g irl. I
