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■ «A*« •o***'—* • 3pt¡ht|8<.^f «» w * ~ The SIÉndy Post Editorial & Opinion Von Braschler Publisher C a ro lin e D uff O ffice M onager Dan D illon, Editor Scott N ew ton News Editor SANDY OREGON THURSDAY JANUARY 14 1982 Beware of phoney calk for school Parents would be wise to screen their daughters* phone calls, if a phoney-sounding man who claims to be with the school board asks to speak with the child. The phone pervert worms his way on the line to make sug gestive remarks and solicit atten dance at a girls' club His bogus calls have been plaguing school districts from Canby to Lake Oswego, Molalla and now Sandy At least five such calls have been reported to local school of ficials. Local grade school ad m inistrators have written a letter of warning to parents The local high school is cautioning its stu dent body directly. So far, local residents have been wary enough or informed enough about actual school board membership to call his bluff He’s called more than one area on the same day. The whole ugly thing’s been going on for several months now, but a rash of obscene calls only recently hit this area At times he's used the name ‘ ‘Mr Jackson’ ’ from the board of education. “ There's no such person here,’* Sandy Elementary Schools Supt said of the impostor “ Don’t ac commodate him. Report the call to the police.” Dangerous bridge needs checkup That little Salmon River Bridge on Highway 26 near Brightwood is a killer motorists should keep close eye on A double fatality where two women lost their lives there over during holidays isn’t an isolated case of trouble on the bridge The Post has learned of at least three other lesser incidents there in the same two-week span The ^.enario sounds much the sarr? ,n most of the incidents «n castbound vehicle starts up the bridge, but the vehicL* suddenly veers wildly to the left. Hoodland Fire District, whose emergency medical technicians generally a r rive first on the scene, note the new concrete bridge sets up quickly with ice to provide peren nial danger. Apparently all this is news to the state Highway Division who admit all bridges become tret cherous with ice, but show only one major accident there in 1978 and none in 1980- their most re cent compilation at hand. Residents talk of other near tragedies at Salmon River Bridge and give the little strip of highway lots of respect. That means d riv ing very slow up the icy incline or even around the bridge north through Brightwood. Whether this mountain bridge is structurally dangerous with a flaw in drainage or elsewhere on ly can be answered by a qualified engineer Persistent trouble in the bridge’s short five-year history suggests state highway engineers and the county traffic safety com missioner take a look at it. Lives that could be saved at a dangerous bridge certainly are worth the short time a structure inspection might take them. Letters to the editor; ‘Forget Neil Goldschmidt’ Unfortunately I glanced at the front page of that “ fish w rap ” newspaper called The Oregonian The poll printed in their Sunday issue is an early move on the part of this liberal publication to gain momen turn for their choice for the n ext g o v e rn o r, N e il Goldschmidt For some reason the population of Portland may like this idea, but hopefully the rest of the state will have the wisdom to see the folly of electing this in dividual Any politician not on the side of taxpayer is not worthy of office Elimination of a budget deficit should be handled by budget cuts, not tax in crea ses Should Goldschmidt “ mistakenly" 1 m - elected, we better be ready for the squeeze Mr Neil has the typical liberal philosophy of buying votes with promises of govern ment money Naturally, this money comes from the ta x p a y e r So consider carefully your choice for governor Another priority issue is the money policies of the Federal Reserve for the past .AO years It has amounted to shifting our real money into “ fiat cur rency." which makes it easier for them to keep printing as much as they need to finance th e ir worldwide schemes Just think All these years labor and business considered each other the enemy W ake up lad ie s and g en tle m e n Y o ur re a l enemy is the F ed eral Reserve Bank It's time the House id Representatives asserted their authority and put the rlarnp on the Fed eral R eserve, p utting th eir ' money p o licy' back where the ( onatitution re quires it to ba How many n tixem have read the ( on stitutlon lately1’ A little more free enter prise is what we need plus a sound dollar to invest in those enterprises All a per son has to do is took at Mr» lam or the Soviet Union Io »«e the» government con trot of tree market doesn t work O ur p a r tic ip tio n in government doesn't stop at the voting booth. Find out w hat those people in Washington I) (' are doing If we don't like it, let’s run the rascals out Ralph A Sandercock Jr Sandy Banfield tricky Thanks to the Depart ment of Transportation or w hatever other agency deserves the credit I would like to compliment the peo pie responsible for installa lion of a new computer that directs stop and cross traf fic turning lights at busy in tersectlons It makes drlv mg much safer and the in tersection easier and faster to negotiate On the other hand, the public's reluctance to give the D e p a rtm e n t of T r a n s p o rta tio n m ore m oney fo r h ig h w a y maintenance is beginning to show Highways I 5 and I 84. along with other main highways, are tM-gmning to deteriorate from excessive wear because of lack of maintenance Recently an evening trip from Sandy to OMSI in the rain was frightening From lack of maintenance, two ruts are developing in each of the main driving lanes In rainy weather these depressions fill with water On the night in questions, we were blinded by large anxMints of water splashed from these depressions on to our windshield by pass mg cars The w ipers couldn t handle such large amounts of water This condition is not noticeable in dry weather Next time you drive in the rain, notice the ruts The department employees are ready willing and able to correct this condition if the public will realize lack of money now means poten tial accident conditions and greater maintenance coata in the future Jack Travis Sandy Sympathy helps We would like to thank everyone (or extending their arms and hearts out to us during our time of sor row To think that our boy was here only 12 short years and had touched so many hearts' Words just can not express how we feel Our thanks especially go out to our families, friends and Ken Hallgren Without these people we never would have been able to take the hurt and pain in side us We had so many wonder ful, kind friends to help The Hood Chalet Mobile Court, Scout Troop 662, Simtustus neighbors and Pete Carlson all extended their love and help There are so many that it is hard to name everyone Thanks again for the many gifts of love and donations for the Scouts Charles A Lynne Fischer Sandy State shortfall a big budget problem by JACK Z IM M E R M A N Associated Oregon Industries Oregon's record-setting 61st Legislative Assembly appears likely to establish yel another new mark It adjourned its regular bien nial session last Aug 2, after posting new records on length and cost of regular sessions It met again for roughly ighl hours Oct 24 to conduct the record shortest special session Those same lawmakers again come together in Salem Monday. Jan 18, for what some observers believe may become the longest special session ever recorded This second special session of the cu rren t Assem bly was forecast even before the regular session a d jo u rn e d A lm ost e v e ry o n e knows the m ain reasons The economy stinks, and (he budget is out of whack The economy is so bad. in fact, estimated tax revenues to pav for expenditures fall short about $240 million The state constitution re quires that revenue and spending must match, so Gov Vic Atiyeh has called the Legislature to make necessary adjustments By itself, the adjustment pro cess could take longer that the 23 days consumed by the longest special session in 1967 The economy that generates tax revenue has been generating less that anticipated for many mon ths so long that state spending repeatedly has been curtailed by both the G o v e rn o r and Legislature Carving another delinquent taxes He plans to pick up the balance of some $98 5 million thre ih adjustments of li quor inventory, operating ex penses and the restoration fund He advocates some $3 7 million in additional spending to collect those delinquent taxes, bolster econom ic d nvelopm ent and restore some positions on the depleted State Police force Altogether, the Atiyeh package would produce $242 million with an ending balance to $31 4 m illion Reaction to his proposal has been swift Minority Republicans are only lukewarm Majority Democrats, most organized labor and H ig her E ducation and Human Resource advocates ob ject loudlv. Opponents appear not unified Generally, however, they all ad vocate additional revenue in creases in place of Atiyeh s spen ding cuts Personally speaking This ‘dancer’ a hoedown sensation P ro b lem s, problem s, pro blems My 1951 American College Dictionary defines the word as "any question or matter involv ing doubt, uncertainty or difficul ty ” Well. I ’ve got one There is a lady in my life who s a dancer Or what I really mean to say is that I hops* she becomes one My potential dancer obviously wouldn't be your normal every day dancer No, siree She'd have to be something just a bit dif ferent. coming from my neck of the woods on my side of the mountain Now I don't envision my dancer making it too big jn the dance world, nor would I expect her to go to New York City to dance herself on and off Broadway All I would expect her to do is he able to sit on a roost in my chickenhouse every night Confused’’ You see, my dancer is a hen Yeah, that's right—a chicken She’s got class, though We, the employees ol Dancer's a beautiful two- Hood Machine Company, legged, two winged banty She would publicly like to com stands about 10 inches tall, has mend and thank the Sandy midnight black eyes and is a top Fire Department, Rescue notch egg layer She has seal- Squad and Alpine Am black feathers with an oil green hula nee Service shine So what's my problem, you Our employer, Frank Geierman, suffered a ma ask* My first problem is that Jor heart attack Jan 5 here there's more than one problem at our Sandy Plant In spite My second problem is that my of adverse weather cond» chicken can’t stand on a roost, lions, all of the above agen due to some horrible disease cies were here in a very every chicken rancher dreads I short time think it's called the “ Not On My Thanks to ail of their Roost, You Don't!’ disease hard work, they were able Problem number three is that Io save his life she's living with me You heard E m p lo y e e s of Hood me In fact, she's in my house Machine Co right now making herself right at home And my fourth big problem is LETTERS POLICY that my Grandma doesn t know The Post asks that yet that some chicken who can't all tellers to the even sit on a roost has been caus e d ito r be ty p e d , mg me a lot of problems by mov double-spaced and mg in lock, stock and barrel signed. I>eadllne Is Granny, being in her eighties, noon. Tuesday, l e t may not take kindly to me living ters »houid be ac with a chicken on Mount Hood c u ra l« , fre e of It's her dream that I settle down, libelous remarks and get married and have a couple in good taste. This kids- especially a boy to carry on newspaper attempts the fam ily name <as though there to publish oil letters aren't enough Jones already in It receives and may the world! That way, she hopes. edit material Itgblly I ’ll get normal and maybe even to ro o fo rm to end up in a story about the boy g o id e llo e s . M u next door who makes good imam length is ZM Now being one who'd rather words avoid problems than go find J them I decided not to tell Granny Aid saves life L eg ntaiive Report from the Stete Cepitet f X C LU S IV E »0 Oregon s Weekly Ne*->pa per* Iron« A w ocieled O e g o n Industrie» $240 million from sparse expen ditures cuts deeply into many services long enjoyed by Orego mans during balmier days Gov Atiyeh last week announc ed his plan to balance the budget He is asking lawmakers on one hand to accept reduction in basic school support of $16 3 million produced by enrollment declines He also asked cuts of $28 1 million and $11 million for higher educa tion and Community Colleges » respectively >. $68 million from Human Resources. $10 million from the Emergency Fund and $13 6 million from other state agencies On the revenue side he pro poses a one shot speed up of pay ment by employers of employee withholding taxes that would generate $73 3 million this bien mum He would boost beer and wine taxes to bring in $3 6 m illio n A tiye h a n tic ip a te s another $17 4 new million from more aggressive collections of by MICHAEL P. JONES about this odd live-in situation and try to solve the “d u c ky“ pro blems myself How did I get mixed up with a chicken, you ask* Well, it hap pened about a month ago I was catering a dinner of egg mash, bread crusts, crushed oyster shells and over ripe tomatoes from the drop box down the road when I noticed her I really don't how it happened, but she caught my eye She was stumbling around a nesting box I knew she wasn t intoxicated, since I don't feed my chickens whiskey mash, as some mountain people do Since the strongest brew I was serving was fresh rain water. I knew it had to he something else She must have stum bled around the chicken coop for five minutes, more resembling a tap dancer than a wobbly chicken Then she took to the air and land ed on the roost for only a mo ment When she came down, she landed smack dab in the middle of the chicken feed' That just didn t set right with the other hens Hansel, the Chief Rooster in Charge of All Coop Ac tivities. had his wings full, keep ing the other hens off her There w ere wings flap p in g , hens squawking and feathers flying. All this took place right in the middle of a snowstorm of chicken feed Being of sound body but ques tionable mind < you'd have to be to step in the middle of a chicken fight, which rates second only to a turkey stampede*, I rescued her I knew she was close to the chicken coop in the sky. as she lay limp in my arms Warmth would be the only hope of saving her Moving the other chickens aside to get the blessing of Hansel, I carried her near- lifeless body into my house I fired up my old parlor stove with a couple chunks of cedar and waited for its warmth to do the trick It took only minutes before she started to come around I laid her in a box of hay. equipped it with food and water and did the only thing I could wait. Two weeks passed before she showed any significant progress 1 remember it was close to three in the morning I had just return ed from visiting a bear in a ca nyon when I discovered she was out of her box and on the floor And like in the chickenhouse. she was staggering around By this time, she was not alone A packrat was staggering with her I looked more closely and realiz ed they weren t just staggering, but dancing Or should I say. try ing to dance Was I being conned? Had this chicken taken advantage of my hospitality* I looked down at her now stan ding in the middle of the room The rat had long vanished with a mouthful of dog food The lone chicken only looked like a poor, mixed up hen who wanted to be a dancer so bad she injured herself practicing too hard I felt sorry for her Here she was barely back on her feet, and she was trying to dance again Not only that, but she was danc mg with the thief that has kept me running around, looking for food and valuables hidden in strange places Yeah I felt sorry for her She didn t want much Just a few bar nyard get together* where she could do her stuff Really, she was asking very little - just a lit tle patience and a place to stay Here was my chance to do something for the arts I could contribute to the dance I began to feel more like a choreographer than a mere part time chicken farm er who gave a banty a place to stay The chicken danced like she was drunk not only because her legs were weak, but because she didn't know how to dance Suddenly I saw my calling I fantacized myself as a real choreographer for a real dancer Dancer first would be featured at the local egg laying contest Then she'd appear at a barn dance and tear up the floor Then we'd do a few local schools Next we'd be featured at the Clackamas County Fair, and then at the Oregon State F air The media would go crazy. F la s h bulbs w ould pop everywhere we'd go We'd have a big enough following to form a fan club Of course, the National Enquirer would feature us in their scandals After the dance circuit, dancer would be strong enough once again to sit on a roost Then we’d retire She probably would find herself a rooster and settle down Of course, this all was just a dream At least for the present Ahead of us lay hard work, in tense dedication and practice, practice, practice Dancer and I went to work quickly She easily mastered tap, jazz and modern dance Being country by nature, disco didn't come easily But of all the dance sty le s and techn iqu es she mastered, ballet became her best To watch her fly through the air. grin, dip and twirl all in one motion was as captivating as watching an eagle sour through the air Dancer, the onetime common banty chicken, looked superb To watch her dance was like wat ching perfection at its best My qualifications for teaching a chicken todance. I admit, aren't impressive Considering what I've had to work with, however, my resume should lie somewhere between impressive and c ra zy - After all, I taught my dog. Freedom America Jones i his real name) how to count, say his ABCs and pronounce his name in full Then th e re was the housebreaking of two roosters- a task my dancing chicken just can’t seem to master I even taught a wood duck how to understand sign language and demonstrated to an npposum how you play dead. So w ith th is k in d of background, why shouldn't I in vest time teaching a chicken how to dance* After all. when was the last time you saw dancing fleas* Probably not for a long time But here's a tip you can take to the bank Fleas are out thia year, and chickens are “ in.” *
