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The Snnety Post i Editorial & Opinion Von Braschler, Publisher Caroline Duff. Office Manager Don Dillon. Editor Scott Newton, News Editor SANDY. OREGON, THURSDAY. MAY 13. 1982 School tax base and candidates prompt mail Defeat tax base Sandy High School tax base proposal should be voted down May 18 The D a ir\ Queen economics of S u p e rin te n d e n t P ete rs claims the increase will on ly cost you a hamburger a week This also translates into two month's electric bill one studded tire, or 85 baby feedings per year And remember, you high school tax already is a yearly cost ol .TOO gallons of furnace oil or two root canals, 6, imio miles of gas for your < ar or a year’s supply of insulin This year's high school budget calls for a levy of 13,019.327, an increase of 43 percent over the current levy The proposed tax base, if approved, would allow the district to levy $3,567,000 which could allow the levy to rise 70 per cent in only two years The high school ad ministration says it will tie its increases to the con sum er p ric e in d ex , resulting in an annual levy of $3,567,000 by 1985-86 Don’t ever helieve it If the funds are available, they will be used By adopting this tax base, the levy can legally balloon to more than $4 million by 1985 96 without ever again having to get voters' approval Let's kill this tax base May 18 Then, when the budget election comes up in June, let's take a keen look at that It is generous enough to employ all 19 teachers they threatened to discharge, and to a c comodate a better than 8 percent ra is e for the teachers. D is r e g a r d the ad ministration's irresponsi ble wailing about closing the school Let the ad m in is tr a tio n propose budgets and bases that reflect consideration for the troubled taxpayers, and let's live within the 6 percent limitation Mean while, elections are cheap, compared to the taxes we’ll save. Milton M Fox Brightwood Pass tax base There is a crossroads time in every l if e - a time when each person stands at the brink of falling into a life that is drifting, un productive and menial The other path has direction and conscience and goals. Schools, whatever their shortcomings, can and are providing the tools and the direction for most young people Even those students who criticize their school do so because teach ers helped them develop critical thinking ability and a sense of civil justice Sandy High has a sur prisingJy large number of o u ts ta n d in g te a c h e rs C ount am on g th em R ich ard Kennedy who coaxes adult thinking from a d o le s c e n t m in d s in American literature Alan L ’Hommedieu nudges pro ductivity and responsibility from forestry students Barbara Beehier exacts s ta n d a rd s of p ro fe s sionalism from secretarial students. G ary Adams' social studies students ac cept social responsibility These te a c h e rs a re among the vast majority Editorial opinion: Roads need cent more tax Increased taxes--even a pen ny sound plenty unpopular this ele. ; One sm all request for a penny in cre ase in gas ta x, however, w arrants support May 18. D rivers who dodge the potholes and curse the chutkholes in C lackamas County know what we mean Oregonians have beaten their public roads to death, while enjoy ing one of the lowest gas tax rates in the nation As a result, nearly 20,(MX) miles of Oregon’s roads are substandard by national stan dards. I ack of road maintenance takes its toll on everyone Bad roads also pound the fa m ily car into ear ly and costly repairs. Not su rp ris ingly, too accidents are linked to th e s e bad roads on which 56 per cent of all d rivin g occurs. A pproxim ately 8, (XX) miles of Oregon roads suffer pavement th a t’s cracked or broken. Some 17,(XXi miles of county and city roads need work. Each w inter that repairs are postponed, roads d e te rio ra te more and cost of repair grows more staggering. Ballot Measure 4 asks only a penny more tax per gallon in step increments during the next three years—from 8 cents to 11 cents by 1984 A penny more per gallon would cost you only $6.67 a year, if you average 18 miles per gallon for 12,000 miles. You’d get a lot for your money, to o . T h a t s m a ll in c re a s e statewide would raise $21 m illion more each year for road repairs, maintenance and construction. Nearly one-third of that money would go to cities and counties for local road projects. Measure 4 is a one-cent tax in crease that makes sense for anyone who d rive s Oregon's deteriorating roads and wants to see them patched at the lowest possible price—today’s price A sá ? the superintendent: "Shelter” reroutes misfits In l»K lo liv P ETEK « Sandy High School superintendent Ql EsTIOS What in the purpuae of the who not only provide rich educational background, but are good role models, as well, by their life styles and their commitment to young people P r in c ip a l John McMahan's credo for San dy High School is A Com mitment to Excellence ’ These a re not em pty words. A commitment is there, and the result is pro d u c tiv e , a c tiv e young citizens who are able to choose an important course through life That some fail is not so much an indictment of the school as a reflection of society. Values are chang ing at a frightening rate. Trends in child-rearing, m ass c o m m u n ic a tio n , computer technology and the drug culture are stret ching the resources and the adaptability of parents, students, teachers and all citizens to the lim it. This of all times is not the time to be backing away. These changes are the challenge we must meet head-on I f you b e lie v e th a t schools can be no better than the community and that a community can be no better than its schools, then k 'n with me in supporting toe tax base un May 18 Nancy Haskell SUHS instructor Support festival After reading the May 6 editorial in the Sandy Post, it becomes apparent that there is a lack of public relations on the part of The Sandy Mountain Festival Committee Not only is there a lack of understan ding of the purpose, goals and accomplishments of the Sandy M o u n ta in Festival by the public and some merchants, but also there clearly is a lack of u n d erstan d in g by the editorial staff of the Sandy Post The editorial made in ference that the city of San dy has not cooperated with the festival committee This is totally untrue The city council and the city s ta ff a lw a y s have cooperated with and »up ported the Sandy Mountain F estival and been in strumental in its success My wife and I have been involved in the festival since its inception in 1973 by the Chamber of Com merce as a festival to pro mote Sandy as a nice place to live and also to bring people to town Though the e s tim a te s of fe s tiv a l visitors vary from 30,000 to 80,000, there is no dispute that the festival has been successful in bringing peo pie to town We hope that local mer chanta would take advan tage of this opportunity to promote their business in ways that will not kill the goose that lays the golden egg The Sandy Mountain Festival Committee is very much in favor of mer chants having sidewalk sales or other sale promo tions of their own business What we hate to see is the influx of carpet-baggers and junk peddlers that do not contribute to the sue cess of the festival Nor do they contribute to the com munity. Ask any local organization that has a food booth in the festival what it would mean to them financially, if they did not have the festival as a source of income I also would like to point out that the success of The g en era tin g pow er. He Week, May 4th) offering “ rode shotgun'* for a support to my opponent in developer who wanted to th is n ew ly c re a te d incorporate Welches into a district's race? city But after the majority Regardless of the out of the citizens openly op come May 18. my consti posed such a senseless tuents deserve answers to idea, Thompson claimed he these issues was not for incorporation. Carolyn Smith If this is true, then why candidate, District 23 did Thompson chair both city of Welches meetings, and why was the crowd in attendance informed of his I watched Town Hall on future political ambitions? Channel 2 May 2. I feel it is Thompson s supports are time for Oregonians to developers and those who come to the defense of w ould p r o fit by the citizens of Antelope, those overdevelopment of our who were there before Ju mountain ly, 1981 The people of that The handwriting obvious small town have been in ly is on the wall. If this is vaded by a group of people Aid Antelope For M cTeague Letters to the editor Sandy Mountain Festival is due in large part to the fact that we have been able to recruit to the committee people that a re very talented in specific fields. These people volunteer their time, talent and often their money because they like doing it and enjoy the recognition We need to pat these people on the back, not slap them in the face. Herb Fr nwick F e s tiv a l c o m m itte e member Watch Thompson I would like to offer sup port and thanks for your editorial April 22 regarding John Thompson's political tactics in his campaign for State Senate District 14 Evidently these tactics are being noticed by other newspapers in the district On April 14 an article ap peared in the Clackamas County News in which "A Canby man confessed that a le t t e r b e a rin g his signature appearing in several Clackamas County newspapers was not w rit ten by himself but was written by State Senate C a n d id a te John Thompson ", "Asked about the ethics of candidates ghost writing le tte rs to the ed ito r, Thompson said he thinks such things are done all the time ” * Marilyn l^eslie ZigZag Nix Thompson Election day is just around the corner, and John Thompson's record needs some "airing'* to prevent the misinformed from m aking a grave political error by voting for hun, He has supported the (lamming of our mountain s tre a m s , which would sacrifice our fisheries so a few could make money by the kind of person you want in office, then vote for him. If you care abut the future of Mt. Hood and the state of Oregon, then cast your vote for one of his opponents In tegrity is always better than voting for someone, just because he may be your neighbor. Gordon Cabral Brightwood Candidate speaks Unfortunately I was left out of the Voter's Pam p hlet, but I w ant to reassure the voters that I am still a Democratic can didate for State Represen tative. District 23. One of the major con cerns of my campaign has been that people of the district deserve to have an active and honest represen tative I was quite honored this week to receive the en dorsements of both the Oregon Women's Political Caucus and W illam ette Week. My belief in fair and honest rep res en tatio n s necessitates that I raise three issues of concern about my opponent 1. I would advise that he read the Hatch Act before he uses, "(n am el, Forest Service'' in his printed campaign literature, 2 Why have so many special interest groups not based in our district in vested so much money in his campaign? .And who are these special interest groups9 Bi partisan Com mittee is made up of PGE employees, and Citizens Contribution Committee is c o m p ris e d of PPAL employees with residences fro m W ash ing to n to California 3. Why is D ic k G ro e n e r’ s —a S ta te legislator who was cited and fined by the State E th ic s Commission—"Clackamas C o u nty p o litic a l apparatus'* (W illam ette Sandy High School Booster Club’’ \ \ S W I It I he Sandy High S< bool ItooKter ( lub w.c formed in October, imho , to pro vide support for our M-bool actlvitlen, whether they are academ ic, extra curri< ular or athletic Booster* chaperone evenb. form rooting »eciiona at home «Holing event» and |aibliclze worthy achievement» of student* Their major project i» nponsorship of semi annual tian (juet» that honor students nominated for .athlete or *cholar of the month The spring banquet w ill be held Sept 17, and the publtc 1» invited The booster club meets the third Monday each month in Room 56 of Ihe high school Information at»out join lug oi r> - ef vat ion» for the banquet may be obtained by calling M>8 MOIL Ext 228 Q lK s l lo S What are we giang to do with th< i students who don't fit into the regular edu< mi tonal system at Sandy High School in order to make them worthwhile citizens'’ ASMWKlt Sandy High School offers a pro gram failed Shelter for student* who find It difficult to learn within the tradi tionaI classroom fhewe students receive rittf on one instruction in all areas of our i urm ulum and learn the work habits, behavior and altitude» necessary bar sue res» in Ihe regular program Students receive cred it for p articip atio n in Shelter when they complete their in dividual learning assignments This pro gram is held during regular school hours Student* assigned tothe program spend f >’ r.. m - n «neng I t - «■ skills with one ■» v r-c Spe« tai ««“dvities such as outdoor hiking and t ampmg, assist the student in a< «poring survival skills and in learning to get «long with others Qt EMTtoN Who benefits from a tax base 9 ANMWEK We all do our students, have not vet be<?un , to fight i ..so let’s not be too hasty..... patrons, taxpayers and district A tax base set» a spending limitation for Ihe school district The board and budget committee will continue to examine very closely all budget requests before approving them A tax base will allow the district to provide minimal basic programs, as well as voca tiona I electives It also serves to protect the public’s investment in buildings and serve« A concern of all should be whether or not their school is able to keep functioning A tax ba»e establishes the security of basic funding and provides our community with stability A tax base also provides us, as homeowners and tax payers, eligibility for up to 90 percent stale reimbursement lor school taxes in the form of property tax relief A tax base ta the best way to protect our excellent balance of programs offered to student* at Sandy Union High School «EDIT NOTE Questions to Dr Peters may be addressed to him in care of The Pest. P O Box 88. Sandy. OK 97066 He will answer all questions addressed to him in this column Opinion» expressed in this column do not necessarily reflect those of The Post.» tiveness in helping promote the will of the people was his organization of the campaign to secure voter approval of Oregon Ballot Measure 9 in 1978 This m e a s u re , p ro h ib itin g charging utility ratepayers for construction work in progress on nuclear plants, was approved by a 69 per cent vote. I agree with his stands against nuclear war and against sales taxes and for family farms, clean air and pure water. Mostly I sup port him for his energetic determined independence Joseph L. M iller Jr Sandy engaging in harrassment, intimidation and force to obtain control in that small town It could happen in your town The best way to stop an invasion is for all the people of Oregon to join together and fight to save Antelope This can be done by calling U S . Im m igra tion and Naturalization, 221-2271, or writing them at 511 N W . B ro a d w a y , Portland Ask them to deny a visa to their leader Tins should force this group to leave Oregon and hopefully the U S I plan also to get in touch with the governor and ask him to deny them a permit to hold their festival in Ju ly In the early days of our nation, the pioneers learn ed to stop a prairie fire They fought fire with fire, usina "backfire.’' Maybe it is time for a "backfire ’’ 1 plan to send postcards to Billie Belamy and others in the Legislature, asking them to help rid Oregon of this threat to our way of life How about it, fellow Oregonians9 Shall we fight this invasion or just let ourselves be taken over? Ann Lucas Estacada Elect M cTeague Dem ocratic canaidate David McTeague has a record that holds promise He is running for the new F if t h C o n g re s s io n a l District, In 1978 McTeague and Bob Vian sponsored what became Ballot Measi^re 9. They got out the petitions, secured the signatures and put Measure 9 on the ballot Despite a budget of $2600 against several millions put into the opposition by P G E and P P A L , the measure became law. It s im p ly s ta te s th a t ratepayers don't have to pay for a power plant until it produces power This has saved the p u b lic the millions poured in the Peb ble Springs nuclear pro ject. McTeague scores the Reagan administration for tu rn in g the clock backwards on civil rights, protection of our environ m e n t, e d u c a tio n and human welfare. He sees Reagan’s huge m ilitary budgets as bankrupting the nation. I re c e n tly asked McTeague who his first, se cond and third choices w e re am ong O regon heroes His answer was "W ayne Morse, Wayne Morse, and Wayne Morse.” W Pete Sulzbach Sandy Elect N ewm an As former chief judge of Although at heart much more of an Independent the Oregon Couty of Ap th an a D e m o c ra t or peals, I am most reluctant R e p u b lic a n , I to endorse candidates for wholeheartedly support that court, but in one case D ave M c T e a g u e , feel justified in doing so. If the Court of Appeals is Democratic candidate for to handle effectively its the new Fifth Congres growing case load on a sional District I have carefully read variety of problems, it quite a few news clipping needs a judge with broad about him. have read the experience in complex statement about him in the fields of law and a track Voters* P am phlet, and record as a producer. In the contest for position have talked with him at a 5, there is a substantial dif recent luncheon meeting While he is only 29, he has ference in the experience been politically active at and background of the can least since 1972, when he didates It is important that was f ir s t e le c te d the voters select Jonathan D e m o c ra tic N a tio n a l Newman. Herbert M Schwab Delegate Salem One example of his effec
