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The Srfnäy Post Editorial & Opinion Von Broschier, Publisher Caroline DuH OWice Monager Don Dillon, Editor Scott Newton. News Editor SANDY. OREGON THURSDAY. MAY 6 ,982 Why not enlarge festival’s site? The Sandy Mountain Festival Committee and some merchants disagree whether the summer fest should be permitted to sprawl beyond Meinig Park as some m er chants want or be confined to arts, crafts and food inside the park. Merchants hungrily eye the 30,000 or more festival visitors as opportunity for sales. They say the festival hasn’t brought them much business, despite the huge two-day influx of visitors. Park booth space is lim ited with growth of the festival, they say, so they should be perm itted to build booths outside the park. Festival organizers, on the other hand, want to maintain con trol of the festival in the park to protect the arts and crafts fa ir’s aesthetics a g a in st c o m m e r cialism. The crunch came this spring when some Sandy Area M er chants members claimed a right to cash in on Sandy’s one big tourist draw July 10-11 and agreed to discuss differences with the festival committee. The weekend fe s tiv a l has outgrown its present quarters, but perhaps there’s a better solution. Why not clear more space in the park? Rustic 11-acre Meinig Park is only 60 percent cleared for booth space, with heavily wooded trails on the remaining 40 percent seldom used during the rest of the year. The only other time you see many people in the city park is during the popular Easter egg hunt. Indeed, the festival committee has considered clearing a little more brush for a little more booth space in the park. However, the city has shown reluctance to give up virgin woods for use only one or two weekends each year, ac cording to festival chairman Dar rell Dempster. But what could offer better use for the seldom used woods behind city hall? This year, 90 percent of the booths for 130 arts and 20 food vendors were snapped up a month before A pril 1 deadline. Some two dozen early applicants were shut out. New booths could mean fresh, extra revenue for the growing festival, too The number of business contributors is down this year with the economy, although the size of contributions is running a bit larger. Actually, the festival committee squeaks by on an effi cient, little budget from $30 artist booth fees and a percentage of gross sales charged food vendors on a sliding scale. The all-volunteer festival com mittee has worked hard with city crews to clear the brush in the park for the gala weekend. Maybe the city should permit them to clear a few extra booth spaces, so some people here won’t feel crowded in a corner. Salem scene: Local students eye business by JACK ZIM M E R M A N Associated Oregon Industries A sound investment in the economic future of Oregon T hat’s the way concerned individuals, firms and organizations are describing the dollars they’re contributing to purchase scholarships for high school students and their teachers to attend something called Oregon Business Week Tyson Grant Cummins, Anne Sarich and Tracy Seegar will attend from Sandy Union High School Sponsors figure a population fam iliar with the role of business in society and the so-called free enterprise system is a basic necessity for establishment of a revitaliz ed economy in our state “ Business activity creates payrolls for the employed, products and services pur chased by us all and the source of taxes and fees that support government ac tivities ranging from protection of public health and safety to education and welfare," according to Dick Reiten, presi dent of Nicolai Company in Portland, who currently serves as chairman of Oregon Business Week “That's the fundamental goal of Oregon Business Week.“ Reiten explained, “ mak ing certain citizens of tomorrow and their teachers understand the process and help ing today's students find their places as workers and entrepreneurs in the future ’’ Participating teachers also can earn col lege credits and expand their ability to in struct their students in subjects related to economics and personal finance high school graduation requirements “The scholarship investment turns over many, many times for the high school Legislative Report Irom the State Capital EXCLUSIVE to Oregon * Weekly Newspa pars from Associated Oregon Industrie* j teachers involved.” Reiten said, ‘when you consider the numbers of students they influence when they return to their in dividual schools." This is the third year for Business Week in Oregon, which consists of a jam packed week of learning experiences on the cam pus of Western Oregon State College in Monmouth. 16 miles southwest of Salem Students and teachers from throughout the state will gather the week of July 25 31 thia year Each will attend by virtue of an all-expense paid 1,50 scholarship, cover ing room, board and materials They will learn from a volunteer faculty of business people who are making that system work They learn fundamental economics, essen tial business practices and how to prepare themselves for the business career of their choice. More than 150 business people act as In structors and advisors Participants also get to operate a business of their own through a com puterized management game and visit businesses in the mid Willamette Valley Primary sponsors of Oregon Business Week in addition to WOSC are the State Department of Education. Oregon Council on E co n om ic E d u c a tio n and the Associated Oregon Industries Foundation Ask the superintendent: Cuts, currículum explained by JOHN P E T E R * Ready Uaiea High Huperlnlendenl Q UESTION: What have you done to reduce your administrative costa’ A N S W E R * : S ince l»77 we have eliminated seven adm inistrative posi tions one coordinator, one director, one tra n s p o rta tio n su p erviso r, one ad mtnistrative assistant, one evaluator, one vice principal and one administrative in tern Thia has resulted in considerable sav mgs to the district Currently all but one of our coordlnalors also leach so we are stretching the administrative dollar even more, __ QUESTION; Why aren't you placing more emphasis on "basic skills such as reading, writing and arithm etic’ ANSW ER: In order for students la graduate from Sandy Union High School, wo require thorn to hove ability in the bestr skill« Four yeers of English which inchidea reeding and writing, are re quired The state of Oregon demands only th re e E v e r y s tu d e n t m ust ta k e mathematic« and also must damonaUala «kill m mathematics on an «ciuevemenl toot taken during the junior year Students Letters to the editor Readers pick candidates, measures Kulongoski pick Shucks' My letter last week was shot down by the changing of one lone “a rti cle" (inadvertently, I ’m sure), but I don't want readers to be misled as to what I meant In the second paragraph, line seven, the article “a" was changed to the article "the ” What I had written was that Lane County Com missioner Jerry Rust is "a " most viable candidate for governor. My d ic tionary says viable means "c ap ab le of g ro w in g ." Commissioner Rust would be wise to serve as state legislator for a term before seeking the office of gover nor. As for this election, in my book Dem ocratic State Sen Ted Kulongoski is the man of the hour Margaret Ann Fielding Brightwood Prom lauded The Hoodland Women's Club would like to com mend the junior and senior prom committee and all who attended the prom this ye ar at the Hoodland Women's Club They work ed so hard and did such a fantastic job! They left our building spotless All 250 were ladies and gentlemen, and we would love to host them again) Special recognition to Donna Nelson who is such a "sm all" wonder. Best wishes to Sandy High for the future Hoodland Women's Club Hospice aided Mt Hood Hospice thanks John C h ris te n s e n at Williams Thrtftway, Jacob Elmer al Heidi's Bakery and Mary ljin g at Sandy County Florist for their generosity in helping us c e le b ra te N a tio n a l Volunteer Week April 1124 MHH served breakfast in bed to Hospice volunteer n urses, a s s is ta n ts , bereavement team and board member? to say thanks for all the time, energy and expertise they have given Hoopice this past year. We also want to take this opportunity to thank the Cejka family and the Sandy community for continued support and encourage ment _____________ *teo suit raqu.re kperiAt irMlructlon in the basic skills ' when they are senior* automatically are enrolled ui either an enriched m athem atic« or enriched English Class They must pass these classes at an acceptable level to receive a diploma, »NOTE Please address questions for Dr Peters in care of The Poet, P O Box 68. Sandy OR «7055 He promises to answer all questions addressed to him Patricia Spradling Executive Director Macy Brader P . U « I C a r. C o o rd .« « « P la y fu n n y ' If you like to tough real |y laugh until it hurts, don’t miss "A Flea in her E a r“ playing Friday and Satur day evenings at Sandy Union High School I saw the play tost Friday and was delightfully ex hausted after two hours of non-stop th rills , spills, f r a n t ic a c tio n and uproarious laughter that surely made Groucho Marx chuckle from wherever he to. Don't even think of a high school play. Think of the fun you had seeing "Animal House." "A Night at the Opera“ or your all- tim e fa v o rite com edy. Multiply by 3.5, and you will come close to rating the evening of fun we ex perienced The revolving set is awesome, with more en trances and exits than the Benson Hotel The actors a re s u p e rb . E v e ry c h a r a c te r is h ig h ly d e v e lo p e d T he cast sparkles, crackles and flashes wih enthusiasm, energy and near-perfect timing, pace and rhythm Hate off to Katie Ten Eyck for the colorful, marvelous costumes A 12 gun salute to com mander Mark Kuntz for be ing drama chief extraor dinaire Was there anything I didn’t like’ Well, yeah Sorry, guys, but the cookies were somewhere between yuck and yechhh! Jim Wilhite Sandy Plants help T h e vo lu n te e rs who operate Sandy Community Action Center wish to offer thanks to the Sandy Garden Club for their recent plan ting of shrubs on either side of the porch at the Center Marge Jacoby, member of the Garden Club and pro prietor of Jacoby Nursery, contributed moat of the shrubs Porter Nursery contributed the remainder. Marge did the planting with a bit of muscle assist from volunteers at the Center We are now in line with other establishments along Sandy's main streets, who have moved to make our ci ty more attractive with shrub« and trees W Pete Sulzbach Sandy Water offered P as sa g e of B a llo t Measure 1 May 11 will benefit communities who desperately need public w a te r su p p ly im provements for both health and economic survival Measure 1 would allow up to 50 percent of the s ta te 's vo ter-ap p ro v ed Water Development Loan Fund to be used for such im provem ents in com muni ties of less than 30,000 The water fund currently finances irrig atio n and d ra in a g e p ro je c ts . However, only two percent of the 81 I billion fund has court reform bills, the new been used for such loans. system of state court fun This leaves ample loan ding provides that the chief funds for drinking water ju s tic e of the Oregon systems. Supreme Court will handle The need for financing municipal water supply im all the funds for the entire justice system in the state. provements with low cost We need the best ad loans has been m in is tra tiv e ly o rien ted documented In a survey member of the Supreme by the O regon W a te r Resources Department 268 Court to have this impor tant job. m u n ic ip a litie s , w a te r The issue raised in Ballot districts and community Measure 5 is whether or not and private water systems w e re co n s id e rin g im the e le c te d ju s tic e s , themselves, should select provements in their water supply facilities within the the justice administrator, or should he be appointed next three to five years by the governor from Some 219 said the Water the e le c te d Development Loan Fund am ong members of the court. would help finance their With all due respect to proposed improvements The survey also In the seven justices, it is the belief of the Commission on dicated that approximately 844,900,000 would be needed the Judicial Branch and for small municipal water my personal belief that in supply financing in the next the selection of the ad ministrator there may be five years less friendship and seniori Approximately 49 com munities have persistent ty taken into consideration water quality problems, by the Governor than by acco rd ing to the E n the members of the court, itself. v iro n m e n ta l Pro tectio n I urge you to support a Agency Responding to these " Y E S ” vote on Ballot water quality and quantity Measure 5. Sam Johnson, Mayor needs of s m a ll c o m City of Redmond munities, Gov Vic Atiyeh in tro d u c e d le g is la tio n creating Measure 1. It passed both the House and Will Capital Punishment S e n a te in the 1981 legislative session with on be re-instated in Oregon? The answer to that ques ly one dissenting vote Passage of Measure 1 tion now lies in the hands of would help financially- Oregon's voters One hun s tra p p e d s m a ll c o m dred thousand signatures m unities protect th e ir are needed to assure the citizens health, keep pace Capital Punishm ent in with population growth and itiatives qualify for the provide a solid base for November ballot We thank all those who economic development James M Wright. Presi have donated time and dent money to support this ef Associated General Con fort In the first two weeks, tractors our m a ilin g re q u ire d Wilsonville 8429 80 in postage along. Of course, our printing and of fice expenses have also been costly. As a volunteer citizens’ For the past several group, working for the pro years, I have been a tection of all, we rely on member of the Oregon citizen donations Many CommissioBon the Judicial donations have come in Branch 1 arm one of two toy response to our buttons. members The remainder Have you seen them’ Our of the members are judges buttons proudly state that of the supreme, appellate, we want justice returned to c ir c u it and d is t r ic t Oregon c o u rts —a * w e ll as One of our greatest con senators, representatives cern s is the lack of and practicing attorneys c re d ib ility in O regon’s All of us, together with justice system Our present the public at large, are ap system requires we try palled at the backlog of r e fo r m a tio n of c o ld cases which in e vitab ly blooded k ille rs R efor- delays any new case for months and years at a matin is a desirable goal, where achievable Most of time We believe there us admit reformation in must be a better method some cases is not possible. The Commission will offer To assure future innocent to the 1983 Legislagure live« are our first con several alternatives that sidération, we have made will speed up the process our initiative petitions in As we all know, moat peo two parts. Both parts must ple equate efficiency in be signed and passed in schools or any governmen November to create an en- tal agency with dollars forcible capital punish Wrong! Efficiency is built on in ment tow. The first petition actually te llig e n t p ro c e d u re s , changes Oregon’s constitu carefully monitored and tion, by exempting capital modified when necessary punishment from the refor- Under the recently enacted Death option For Measure 5 mative clause, and from the cruel and unusual clause These clauses are two possible obstructions to constitutional law In the statute, which is the second petition, we pro vide for lethal injection as the means of execution We also have repealed past s ta tu te s on the gas cham ber. In repealing those statutes, we will save Oregonians nearly 8500.000 iri construction costs However, much help is still needed Our first hur dle is to qualify for the general election Dedi Streich Sherwood Candidate speaks Since it is impossible for me to meet all voters in your area, I would like to suggest they support a can didate for Senate District 14 who has learned to save and pay rather than just learned to spend Many workers are giving to percent to 46 percent of their income to the govern ment to spend (In fact, beginning in July, the Oregon special session rul ed to take from you the amount you would have gained from the Federal tax reduction.) I am not in favor of any new taxes What is needed is employ ment Instead of a legislature that is anti-business (such as almost passing a re quirement that firms must give six months notice to close), we need legislators will encourage business If there is no business, there are no jobs E lim in ate government h a rra s s m e n t of s m a ll businesses, hire Oregon residents for Oregon jobs, and institute a state bank to lend money at a reasonable interest rate Then people will be back at work and the budget will be ba lane ed I am 63.1 married during the great depression We raised three daughters, sponsored an exchange stu dent one year and put two extra boys through high school, My husband was a log ger I operated a cafe and post office and drove school bus I learned to be effi cient with money to sur vive. As a legislator, I would be just as careful with your money, as my own. At age SO, I went to college and graduated in 2 4 years with a GPA of 3.3 in education. 1 then was an instructor at Tongue Point Job Corp for 8 4 y e a rs and choaea Oregon state employee of the year in 1973 The legislature needs people with some common sense, like me. Joan Roberta Mehama
