The Sdntíy Post
Editorial & Opinion
Von Braschler, Publisher
Caroline Duff. Office Manager
Oar» Dillon, Editor
Scott Newton, News Editor
SANDY OREGON THURSDAY FEBRUARY 25 1982
Post office sites don’t conform
Som etimes it seem s big brother
government is just too big and
busy to listen to folks in little
towns like Sandy. So it seem s with
Postal Service picks for possible
expansion sites in Sandy.
Despite pleas from city hall and
elder citizens, the feds who make
the decision down the road have
their eyes of three sites outside
the downtown core area.
We’re not saying the Scenic
Fruit site, Tupper Park site or
west highway site near Paola’s
wouldn’t make great locations for
a new post office in Sandy. The ci
ty’s many seniors, tired of walk
ing, said it already. So did the rest
of the town in a municipal com
prehensive plan that calls for
maintaining a strong downtown
core.
They deserve to be heard After
all, it’s their town and their post
office.
Som e
m ay
argue
th a t
economics in a free marketplace
dictates best use for land. Is a cer
tain corner lot better used for
parking or a gas station? Let
money talk.
Oregon communities, however,
h ave e le c te d to plan their
neighborhoods more personally
and more carefully. A lot of public
testimony and grassroots involve
ment goes into a city comprehen
sive plan like that in Sandy.
Federal bureaucrats down the
road should respect their deci
sions when they com e to town.
Bike safety should be taught here
Why send a child into the street,
if it’s not safe? Parents knowingly
do this cuily, when they send kids
not trained in bike safety into traf
fic.
Young bicyclists on the wrong
side of the road, weav ig across
roads and riding wi .hout lights or
r e f le c t o r s , h a v e b e c o m e a
frightening sight all too common
here.
The sam e parents, who’d think
it irresponsible to let an untrained
youth of 16 behind the wheel of a
two-ton car, worry little about let
ting an untrained biker of 10 onto
the road.
The Sandy area boasts many
fine organizations that promote
safe cycling, and some even offer
bicycle inspections and tips to
young riders We have bike
rodeos, bike-a-thons, bike con
tests and bike clubs.
What’s needed here, however, is
a group willing to educate all
y o u n g ste r s—perh ap s through
schools—how to ride safely in
traffic and observe sane rules of
the road.
Perhaps city or county reserve
police could assist. Someone will
have to print the handouts and ar
range large audiences, though.
It’s imperative every young
bicyclist get the words, because it
could mean a life. It could mean a
lot, too, for the motorist who runs
down a wrong-way child some
night at dusk.
Think about it. Then have a
friendly chat with your child—and
that neighbor boy who drives you
crazy on his bike.
Salem scene:
Businessmen wrestle odds
by JACK ZIM M E R M A N
Aasociated Oregon Induatrie«
Last Wednesday was a big news day in
.Salem
Moat of it was bad, however
Gov Vic Atiyeh, responding to another
5100 million in deficits, chose a Capitol
news conference to reveal his latest plan
Legislative Report from the State Capital
for balancing the ailing state budget
E XC LU SI VE Io O e q o n s Weekly Ncw-.pa
The Employment Division announced
p e n (ro m A s v x i a t r d (Jreqon In d u s trie s
the highest total number of unemployed
workers since 1952
We blamed Inflation and existed for the
The L iq u o r C ontrol Com m ission moat part in a time of plenty
reported significant declines in the sales of
That wa* particularly true of the
hard liquor and beer.
Legislature The state income tax seemed
Banks were boosting the interest rate for a never ending source of funds, capable of
p rim e b o rro w ers
paying for whatever new ro'e government
Also, business leaders met in the capital might aasume Things got to the point by
city to launch an examination of economic the late Seventies where lawmakers
pluses and minuses in search for ways to figured they had enough surplus fund*
improve the state's job climate
from income tax collection* Therefore,
All events were connected Only the last they could give a little of it hack and divert
might have been construed as good news
many millions more into providing proper
The G overno r's budget balancing ty tax relief,
message listed a variety of spending cuts
In fact, the 1979 I^egialature's tax relief
and revenue raisers the latter including a package waa in the neighborhood of 5700
boost in personal income taxes, a property million more than twice the deficit facing
tax shift and a higher levy on beer and the record long special session in Salem
wine He already had raised taxes on hard
All that money came about primarily
liquor
because people w ere w o rkin g Newcomer*
Biggest reason for the state's budgetary were flocking to our state, and they were
deficit is the projected shortfall in Income finding jobs Inflation pushed wage*
tax revenue caused by soaring unemploy
hig h e r, and m ore and more dollars flowed
m ent
into state coffers, as workers ascended
Declining borne sales caused some from one level to the next in the state’s
speculation whether additional taxes graduated Income tax structure
would produce the desired amount of
First sign of the crunch to-come was
reven ue
when projected revenue began to level off.
Rising interest rates also appeared to when the majority of workers found
preclude any acceleration of home themselves in the top bracket Still,
building activity that might rejuvenate millions were coming in. and lawmakers
Uregn'a depresserl forest products in continued to spend The present state of
dustry
the economy was predicted so far in ad
Several years ago. Gov Atiyeh began vance (and was so long in coming* that
reminding iYegimiana one has to have spenders appeared unable to believe it ac
eggs to make omelets The allegory ig
tually would happen.
n o ted by m a n y listen ers now has become
Now everyone hunger* for the omelet
painfully clear to psaiple who find it dif
daya, and the Capitol is filled with people
flcult to afford egg*
looking for egg»
The situation isn't unique to Oregon
That’s why the Job Climate Task Force
Many »talas are struggling with budget that met in Salem last week can be called
deficits in the current nationwide rocea
good news It* members hope to publicize
sion < ongreaa is having its own budgetary good things that can produce new and ex
problems
panded taxable payrolls They also I »ope to
Even in a slate accustomed to economic find ways to change the bad thing* that
peak* and valleys because of its major tend to cloud our job climate Some of
economic dependence on forest prodta ts. tboae changes will require legislative ac
the present state of affairs appears tion Hopefully, those who serve in the 1983
without precedent
Legislature w ill he willing to take
in history has thia state's whatever action is necessary
been confronted with a pro
While they deliberate let's hope they
jaded deficit of t » 7 million. AUyeh said also take a look at the size of Ute govern
ment the Legislature has created Total
That's a lot of money Simply realizing •pending from the state s general fund 10
its a lot of money might provide fuel for op year* agu was only »lightly more than
tim ts m Many of mb can recall when I I
twice the sise of the current deficit < 57M I
million waa a staggering sum Multi
million I.
m illion dollar figures followed, then
Some 90 years ago. total spending wa*
wan trillions Moat of ua just about the tam e (K»6 5 million), as the
Io tile proliferating sereoa
amount we re in Ute rod today.
Letters to the editor:
Land-use, religion, war scrutinized
Town splitting?
As a concerned citizen of
Sandy. I'm very glad that
our city officials are happy
these days about the way
things are turning out with
plans for grow th and
business
But how long can we stay
happy about progress,
when we hear the post of
fice plans to move out of
the center of town, while ci
ty representatives nor
citizens have a vote in Ute
s e le c tio n ?
S h o u ld n 't
we--Ute people who live in
this city, pay taxes and
support it—have some say’
By moving our govern
mental buildings to the out
skirts of the city. Ute heart
of our original city Is
sentenced to a slow but
sure death. Business in the
c e n te r
w ill
d e c lin e ,
buildings will decay, no in
vestor will take a second
look and the passerby will
carry home a sad story of
the new ghost-town, Sandy
O u r s e n io r c itiz e n s
especially will suffer by
feeling more dependent on
others with cars Most of
them live, out of necessity,
close to Ute center
I know our city still has
quite a few sites available
in Ute middle of town,
which are very suitable to
be the location of our po«t
office of Ute future These
sites are level, most of
them do not need additional
traffic lights and some are
eye sores of the town,
which could be put to use
Elvira Muff
Sandy
Mormons respond
establish
We stand on these truths
and other revealed doc
trine as the Church of Jesus
Christ We claim no p ro
testa nt ism, no sectism and
no cultism
Indeed, we
deny them We are The
Restored Church of Jesus
Christ (2 Thes 2 3, Acts
3:19-11).
T h e tr u th and the
understanding about Mor
mons best can be learned
by sincere investigation of
the church itself, with the
d o c trin e s
and
fa c ts
presented by the Lord’s ap
pointed servants It is true
of any organization that
serves the truth that they
are best represented by one
of their own number who is
knowledgeable—in other
words, their spokesman
We are open to such in
vestigation Indeed, we in
vite it
These remarks are given
not for deniion. but with
the intent to inform and
estsablish our proper place
and image
Max B Holbrook
2nd Counselor
Gresham Oregon Stake
Presidency
I respond to an article in
the Sandy Post Feb 11,
1982, Page 3, en titled
‘ Series on Cults Set ”
In the article, several
organizations are singled
out by Ute Rev John Van
Lierop as being cults and
sects Among them is The
Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints (M or
mon).
Under the definition of
cults and sects given by
Rev
Van L ie ro p , the
Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints ( Mor-
man) is neither
We, the Mormons, are a
c h u rc h founded upon
apostles and prophets, with
Jesus Christ as chief cor
ner stone (Eph 2:20), We
accept Jesus Christ as our
personal savior and as
savior of Ute world We
belong to His church and
work out our eternal salva
tion on the basis of repen
tance and baptism, which
he sent his apostles into the
The prospect of another
w o rld
to tea ch and Vietnam type war in El
Another Vietnam
Salvador fills many of us
with loathing and adds to
our fears of a nuclear war
Were the president and
Sec of State Haig not con
strained by public opinion,
we would surely have
Marine or Army un'ts there
now, upholding the weak
Duarte government with
its dominant m ilitary and
death squads
Sec. Haig speaks of Rus
sian penetration, but the
only foreign soldiers and
foreign aircraft in the El
Salvador civil w ar are
ours We provide the great
bulk of arms and money
that keeps the war going
President Reagan and
Sec. Haig have properly
and indignantly assailed
the Russians for crushing
freedom in Poland, their
client state The dead in El
S alv ad o r cry out the
crushing of freedom by our
client government in El
Salvador
T h e R u ssian s h ave
General Jaruzelski acting
for them in Poland. We
h ave G e n e ra l G a rc ia
dominating the El Salvador
government and leading
the repression there
Our present national
stance of leading the arms
race, beligerant talk, spen
ding
o u rs e lv e s
into
bankruptcy (5208 billion in
1982) on nuclear bombs and
their delivery systems all
seem to me to point to a
dead end, contrary to the
fine ideals we profess and
the religious convictions
we hold
The whole idea of using
m ilita ry force to solve
human problem s in a
nuclear age is something
approaching insanity. We
and the Russians have
painted ourselves into a
nuclear corner
W Pete Sulzbach
Sandy
Get shots
I was very pleased with
the parents and students
who completed their im
munization at our clinics
T h u rs d a y, F rid a y and
Monday. There still are
many at the high school
who are not complete and
much fewer at the grade
schools
March 12 I must send
Clackamas County Health
Department records on ail
students who still are in
complete Then parents
will be dealing with the
H e alth D e p a rtm e n t in
Oregon City after exclusion
notices are sent
So, please—for my sake
as w ell as yo u rs—get
records in! For more infor
mation, call me at school,
Joyce Kram er
SUHS school nurse
Personally speaking
Wild remarks earn locals awards
I believe it's time some people
in the community were honored
for saying or doing outrageous
things
Without these brave, crazed
soles, we at The Post would have
even less interesting things to put
in the newspaper.
It ts with this in mind that I am
starting the Two Swipe Award*,
The winner* of these ( soon-to-be *
coveted awards are entitled to
two swipes of my orange flavored
Chap Stick
These awards, in adherence to
Post policy, will be given at e r
ratic intervals to avoid any op
portumty for consistency
Two Swipes go to the Jack
Naugher family for improving in
te rn a tio n a l c o m m u n ica tio n
When Cathy Jeudi of France
visited Ute family last fall as part
of a North Atlantic Cultural Ex
change League program, she told
the Naughers that she needed to
buy some cowboy boots for her
brother When asked. Jeudi M id
he would need a size 43
"We narrowed it down to a 10,”
Joyce Naugher said
Two Swipes to Marge Brown of
the Mountain Players for hones
ty In explaining the formation of
the Players, she began. "We
were all sitting at the bar. like
Two Swipes to John Smith,
assistant football coach, for being
cool under pressure As the
Pioneers ran out the clock in the
closing minutes against Silver
by SCOTT NEWTON
ton, Smith was having quarter
back Mitch Paola wait for his
signal before starting the plays
One time it didn't work, and the
referee called a delay-of-game
penalty
"How long do we have,” Smith
asked The referee told him 25
seconds "We got it off in
Smith M id, holding up his wrist
and showing his watch. ” 1 have a
Timex tliat never stops ticking "
Two Swipes to lineman-turned
running back Bob Weyer for pay
ing attention He picked up a fum
ble and ran it 35 yards during
Sandy's 4 3 « erup tion over
Molalla
Two Swipes to Darby Binder,
Sandy cross country standout, for
her description of the state meet
She M id, "Everybody's always
trampled and pushed around,
spiked
" I t ’s great, a lot of fun ”
Two Swipes to Jim Buckelew.
who makes and sells wooden
toys. He M id he thought about
putting a sign above his booth at
the Saturday Market in Portland
that would read: "M ad e in
Oregon from Oregon wood by a
damned oT Texan ”
Two Swipes to Ron Calhoun,
wrestling coach, on the progress
of Chris Jones, who was involved
in a tragic car accident
“ Yesterday he showed his
greatest sign of improvement,”
Calhoun M id in early December
"He ate part of a hamburger ”
Two Swipes to Dan Martin,
SUHS senior, for telling it like it
is. He was ta lk in g about
wreatlers that run from him to
avoid being pinned ” ! hate chas
ing 'em "
Two
S w ip es
fo r
Anna
Carpenter, defense attorney in
the Santa Claus trial, which was a
project of !>en Eaton's street law
class
After the jury found Kris
Kingle guilty. Judge Bryan Noe
asked if Uie defense had any final
statem ents Said Carpenter:
"Naw . what the heck'*”
T w o S w ip es to B e v e rly
Stonebrook, the woman who is
allergic to Christmas tactually,
»he s allergic to the wreaths end
flower arrangements common to
the season*.
She M id, " I love the Christmas
season and the Christmas greens,
but being allergic to them is get
ting to be more than I can
handle ”
Two Swipes to Robert Karsten,
coach of the wild and crazy ski
team at SUHS, for the way he
handled the boys fourth place
finish in a meet at Timberline
They wore their turtlenecks too
tight and choked," he M id
Two Swipes to wrestler Mike
Rohweder, who outscored his op
ponent from Estacada M in the
third period for a 20-15 win His
topsy-turvy, high-scoring m at
ches are great for the spectators
Two Swipes more to Ron
Calhoun for a description of the
wrestling team a few weeks ago
"We re just nothing but the walk
ing wounded around here,” he
said
Two Swipes to the Sandy boys
basketball team for keeping
things interesting They remain
ed in the thick of the league race
two weeks ago, winning one game
in two overtimes and dropping
anotlier in four
Two Swipes to Ed Storey, assia
tan t vice president at the
Clackamas County Bank, who
tackled and held the first man to
rob the bank in its 71-year
history
Keep on M ying and doing crazy
things, folks. We’re not proud
Why should you be?