The Srfndy Post
Editorial & Opinion
Von Braschler Publisher
Caroline Duff, Office Manager
Dan Dillon. Editor
Scott Newton. News Editor
SANDY. OREGON. THURSDAY, MAY 20. 1982
Take bus and leave hassle to us?
I t ’s commendable Tri-Met is enough, to quote one Tri-Met
working to reduce operating ex* phone in form ation specialist.
penses, but they’re also making it There’s weekday service by Bus
harder and harder to ride the bus
19 only seven times daily in Sandy
That’s expecially true at this starting at 5:09 a m. and ending
end of the tri-county district. Here 7:08 p.m. Estacada has just one
no classes are scheduled by the morning bus at 11:10 a m. and 11
public transit’s !0-minute "bus afternoon buses ending at 8:04
school’’ that shows riders how to p.m. on Bus 31.
cope with a new self-service
If it snows, bus lines here
system in September.
generally are the first cut.
Of course, relatively few of the
So if the cute radio spots tell you
bus system’s riders anywhere w ill nothing and you miss "bus
know the computerized "honor school,” we’ll fill you in a little.
system” with validators, fare in Come September Tri-Met w ill sell
spectors and world of zones we’re you a computerized ticket with
told could baffle us without date, time and fare code. I t ’s sold
schooling come September.
on an honor system, but a fare in
The idea of a bright yellow spector might check your ticket
school bus with slides, hands-on and eventually fine you, if you
tra in in g and "d ip lo m a s ” is cheat.
clever. I t ’s not practical com
Adults must secure adult zone
munications, however, since so passes, because adults must pay
few w ill attend The first day of to travel from zone to zone Kids
"bus school’’ at Lloyd Center under 19 can ride through any
drew 1,000 students, but subse zone for 50 cents, while senior
quent school days in Beaverton citizens w ill pay only 25 cents.
and Gresham have draw fewer There w ill be five zones, and
riders to school.
adults must pay according to the
The closest Sandy-area riders number of zones they travel
w ill get to that Tri-M et yellow through. A two-zone ride w ill cost
school bus is Gresham Fred 75 cents, while four-plus zones w ill
Meyer from noon until 7:30 p.m. cost $1.25. Adult 10-ride discount
July 20-24.
tickets and monthly tickets are
Written directions distributed savings options.
throughout the three-county ser
T ri-M e t’s proud to be the
vice district would better im part nation’s first transit to use self-
this important information. After service buses and expects the pro
all, riders from the tri-county gram to work for Gresham’s light T each religion
area as far east as Ten Eyck Road rail, also. I t ’s just a shame the
great deal of publicity
also are patrons, and the entire public system isn’t introducing has A arisen
recently on the
taxing district is entitled to conve the new procedures a little better issue of teaching creation
nient transit service.
and including more of its service versus evolution in the
public schools
It has
Service here is " s k im p y ” district in the secret.
Letters to the editor:
Reader says teach creationism, too
Salem scene:.
‘Equal pay’ bill scorned
by JACK Z IM M E R M A N
Associated Oregon Industrie«
At a time when most Oregonians appear
united in efforts to improve the state's
economy, it's discouraging to learn those
efforts aren't unanimous.
I t ’s downright shocking to learn that
lack of unanimity appears to include some
members of the present (législature who
seek re-election to serve in the Assembly
scheduled to convene in regular session
next January
This conclusion is drawn following a re
cent conference in Portland, during which
some 200 participants explored the
possibilities of achieving legislation that
would require something called equal pay
for comparable worth
Admittedly a women's right issue, it's
often confused with the established con
cept of equal pay lor equal work Hut the
two differ significantly While the latter is
the law of the land, equal pay for com
parable worth raises issues even the Na
t lona I Academy of Sciences luis failed to
unsnarl and the Supreme Court refused to
consider
In fact, mere consideration of such
legislation by the Oregon Assembly could
actually deter improvement of the state s
job climate if not actually worsen the
situation that's evolved during the last
decade
Leq islah vt Report trom the State Capital
E X C L U S IV E to Oregon's Weekly New*» pa
pert from Associated Oregon Indus tries
Sponsors of such legislation only need
look at the reaction of nationally syn
dicated columnist William F Buckley to
plant closure bills introduced during the
last two sessions of our legislature
"The only effect the Oregon bill would
have, if ever it got through the leguilaute,’*
he wrote "would be to cause a massive
migration of companies from Oregon to
states that practice economic literacy."
One cm para hie worth bill was introduc
ed last session, hut returned on the floor to
committee where It died
Serious consideration of a law requiring
equal pay for comparable worth doutless
would evoke not only the same type migra
tion Buckley suggested but further brand
our state as one that is not interested in
new business O utof state entrepreneurs
likely would write off Oregon as a place in
which to invest capital in any enterprise
that would create new jobs
As& the superintendent:
Volunteers used in school
Qt EMT1ON: How do you become a school
voluntper7
ANSWER In October. IW7U, the Sandy
High School Hoard of Directors passed a
policy on the use of school volunteers The
board encourages citizens to handle vulum
tary jobs in the high school, such as serv
mg as tutors, assisting in student ac
tlvlties, issuing textbooks and telephoning
parents about children s attendance Ap
plication forma are available in the aaaia-
tant principal's office After an initial in
ter view, placement occurs usually within
two days We welcome your interest
y t l c m o N ; Is it true that Sandy High
Sch:M»i students have won several state
( ham poms hips this year?
ANMWFft Yea Though it would be im
ptwsiMe to list every loral, regional and
state winner, handy High School has had
more than its share of < harnptons Only
yesterday we learned that eur dairy pro
ducts team wan first in the stale at an F F A
contest High pointer was Amy Ashofl
who, along with Julie Ferdun and Jennifer
Mann will advance la national competi
tion Recently. Brent Plaster placed first
in site in catwnst making and Roman Sc at I
took top honors in rommercisl art B«»th
are eligible for national V li'A competition
Other state winners include Chuck
Kearney, wrestling, UUa Pearson, sk ill«,
DR JOHN PETERS,
Sandy High superintendent
Tim Sytsma, wrestling, and Larry Tophff.
wrestling Dsn Martin was selected to the
National Football Foundation Hall of
Fame Robbie Pomazi Allison Her get and
Terri Bolton all received gold silver and
bronze medals in Special Olympics
Dozens more students received recognized
at local and district levels We are proud of
them ail
i E D IT NOTE Address questions to Dr
Petets in care of The Post. P O Box W,
handy, OR *70661
would like to thank all of
you who helped us change
the method of euthanizing
animals from the decom
p ression c h a m b e r to
sodium pentobarbital at the
Clackamas County Animal
Control
We would like to thank
the 1,915 people in Oregon
City who voted for and
passed Measure 52 Nov 3
We also would like to thank
Oregon City Commissioner
Jim Johnson Without his
help we would not have
been able to get it on the
ballot
A few weeks ago I asked
people to call or write Coin
missioner Stan Skoko to
urge him to vote for a
change to sodium pen
tobarbital I had stated that
C o m m is s io n e r
R a lp h
Groener already had voted
for the change, but that we
needed the vote from one
more county commissioner
to make the change from
the
d eco m p ressio n
chamber
, Both
C o m m is s io n e r
Skoko and Commissioner
Groener stated that they
never had had such an
overw helm ing response
from the public on any
other issue Because of this
response by people in
C la c k a m a s
C o u n ty ,
animals soon will have a
merciful death with sodium
p e n to b a rb ito l at the
Clackamas County Animal
become a controversial
issue, because many peo
pie feel teaching creation
in the public schools would
be violating the First
Amendment to the United
States Constitution, which
states "Congress shall
make no law respec ting an
establishment of religion,
or prohibit the free exer
cise thereof . .
While religious implies
tions are obvious, the issue
of creation versus evolu
tion is not a question of
religion versus science No
one is trying to introduce
the
B ib le
in to
the
classroom We have on one
side the theory of evolu |
tion- devoid of direction,
design or goal and on the
o ther side o rigin s by
special creation through
d esig n, purpose and
specific goal of a creator
The fossil record gives
evidence life appeared sud
deniy (on the geological
time scale I in great diver
sity and at a high level of
c o m p le x ity
w ith o u t
evidence of evolutionary
a n ce sto rs . T h e fossil
record, then, reveals a
remarkable absence of the
many transitional forms
predicted in the basis of Control
evolution theory The gaps
C o m m is sio n e r Skoko
are regular and systematic voted for the method to be
between higher categories changed to sodium pen
of plants and animals For tobarbitol April 22 Com
example, there is no trace missioner Skoko’s vote,
of intermediate stage bet* along with the prior deci
ween invertebrates and sion by Com m issioner
vertebrates
Groener. was all we needed
Under our present cur to stop the decompression
riculum. students are being chamber and change to
brainwashed in evolution
sodium p e n to b a rb ito l.
They are being taught all of C o m m is s io n e r R o b e rt
the evidence related to (he Schumacher, who has been
evolution theory, but no ex
consistently misleading on
posure is made to its this issue, also voted for the
weaknesses and fallacies
change, if you can call
No attempt is made to "what do I have to lose" a
teach the manner in which vote in the affirm ative
scientific evidence can be
We would like to thank
correlated and explained
Commissioner Skoko ' >r
by concept of special créa
reconsidering his original
tion.
decision, investigating the
I never have been forced
m ethods
of
a n im a l
to be tested on evolution,
euthanasia and ultimately
but I never was given an
deciding on sodium pen
opportunity to be tested on
tobarbitol. He based his
creationism, either There
final decision on informa
are teaching materials on
tion he received from Na
both theories All available
tional Humane Organize
scientific proof fit into both
Hons and professionals in
creationism and evolution
th e fie ld
of a n im a l
T e a c h in g c re a tio n is m
euthanasia, who recom
along with evolution easily
mended sodium pentobar
could be done.
bitoi as the best and most
I would like to see créa
humane method of animal
tionism (aught alongside
euthanasia
evolution in Sandy High
C o m m is sio n e r Skoko
Tamra A Kunkel
also stated he did not
Sandy High student
believe it would cost much
more We agree It will cost
about Si .000 to set up After
T h e re a re a lot of
than it will coat 11,000 a
b e a u tifu l
people
in
year for sodium pentobar
Clackamas County My
bitoi and syringes combin
sister. Diana Palmer, and I
ed
Deaths humane
Commissioner Groener
said the changeover pro
cess should have been com
pleted by May 15.
Donna Sebastian
Oregon City
Church vs state
After reading our U S.
Constitution recently, I ’s
sure the general public
know what that is. They
learned about it in school I
In it, I failed to find w rit
ten anywhere a require
ment of separation of
church and state It does
say that the government
will not establish a state
religion, thereby protec
ting the rights of the dif
fe re n t
re lig io u s
philosophies that found
their way to this country
and helped establish this
nation
Unlike the belief of some
ultra liberal groups, there
is nothing unconstitutional
about American citizens in
sisting the government
re fle c t th e ir relig io u s
values To refuse them the
right to voice their opinion
would he unconstitutional.
It seems to be forgotten
that those who founded this
nation were themselves
religious by inclination
Adding the First Amend
ment to protect that right
of religious freedom proves
their devotion
So if there seems to be
less motivation in this
country to keep a "fear of
God” in our society, then
you c a n 't b la m e the
atheists—only ourselves.
They just worked harder at
making this a Godless
country, than those who do
believe in God!
W hen
t r a d it io n a l
religious celebrations by
any faith sta rt to be
trampled on by these ex
tremist groups I spoke of
and do it in the name of the
C onstitution, then this
country is sick.
When we live in a country
that screams society has no
right to kill a convicted
murderer and then sub
sid izes a b o rtio n , w ell
somehow the reasoning
escapes me that one is
alright and the other is
wrong*I
A hundred years ago the
professional politician was
unheard of. until the in
dustrial revolution placed
large «mounts of wealth in
to small groups of in
dividuals
Indeed, their
ideas did not necessarily
work to the advantage of
the people of this nation
(Fedin-al Reserve). And by
controlling who the people
have to selected for elected
offices, you control the
government and the kind of
legislation that cornea out
of it!
Ralph A Sander cock, Jr.
Sandy
Save colleges
My generation holds the
future in our hands and in
our minds The question is:
Will we be able to use our
minds and ideas and able to
grow in both areas7 Will we
be able to go to college?
College is an essential
tool in preparing people to
control the future of a coun
t r y . H o w e v e r, if the
economy holds to its pre
sent course and Reagan
pushes m o re fe d e r a l
responsibilities onto state
governments, price of col
lege will become less at
tainable to more people
This measns that a larger
percentage of people won’t
get any education beyond
high school Let's face it, a
high school diploma is not
enough education for so
meone running our coun
try
If we allow the state to
balance its budget by cut
ting funds to colleges,
someday only the very rich
and athletes will attend col
lege Who, then, will con
trol our destiny? Many col
lege athletes are moe con
cerned with becoming pros
than becoming leaders of
tomorrow Besides, M ar
cus Allen has a better
chance running for a
touchdown than running
for president
This leaves us with the
rich in total control of our
g o v e rn m e n t and our
future This would be like
regressing to co lo n ial
times, when a college
education was left for the
rich We have come so far,
why start over?
It is the responsibility of
each citizen to make sure
this doesn't happen Write
your congressman Let the
government know how you
feel Tell them you're con
cerned with the future of
our great nation
Doug Baucom
Senior, Sandy High
MHCC musical
I would like to show my
appreciation for the great
job the music department
at Mount Hood Community
College is doing, and
whether you know it or not,
they have really put our
area on the map recently.
The Mount Hood Com
munity College jazz band
has been collecting honors
and opening a lot of eyes in
the music world—not only
in Oregon, but up and down
the coast, as well They
recently were judged best
of all two-year college jazz
bands on the Pacific Coast
at a ja z z fe s tiv a l in
Berkeley, Cal and also tied
for second overall, missing
first by a few points
The band that beat them
was loaded with graduate
students and assistant
directors, w hile Mount
Hood’s band is comprised
mainly of Portland-area
m u sicians, s e ve ral of
which are still seniors in
high school
Since I have two sons in
the Mount Hood band, I
traveled to Berkely to hear
the competition, and I will
say that when the Mount
Hood band played, people
listened
If the people in the au
dience didn’t know where
Mount Hood was, they did
after they heard Mount
Hood's band play. What a
thrill it was to see our area
represented in such a pro
fessional manner
Too many times we hear
a lot of negative things
about our community col
lege and vote down
budgets, etc to cut them
back But I hope we can ap
preciate this fine music
department we have in our
"back yard" and support
them when we can
The first annual Mount
Hood Festival of Jazz will
be Aug 6 through 8 at the
college stadiu m
W ith
many big names in jazz ap
pearing. this will bring
hundreds of people to our
area and culd be one of the
biggest events this area
will ever see
I hope we all will be p ro
ud of this musical "happen
ing" and give the music
department and college the
support they need
Gerry Barker
Sandy
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