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
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*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