The Shindy Post
Editorial & Opinion
Von Broschlar. Publisher
Corolin« Duff. Office Manager
Don Dillon, Editor
Scott Newton. News Editor
SANDY. OREGON THURSDAY. JUNE 3. ,982
Civic dubs mean much to Sandy
Sandy has been blessed with a
few fine civic-minded clubs whose
volunteers keep the town rolling,
so it hurts to lose one
A good example is the Kiwanis
Club who’ll conduct a bike safety
day 8 a m . until noon next Satur
day in front of the community pool
at Sandy Elementary School.
Kiwanans, assisted by their
high school Sky Club counterpart
and Sandy police, will engrave
bikes with numbers for recovery
in case of theft. They’ll also in
spect bikes and run participating
grade-school kids through written
and road tests.
Many of the youth outreach ac
tivities handled by public-spirited
volunteers of Kiwanis and other
Sandy clubs once were done by
Sandy Jaycees, a civic-minded
club that folded here three years
ago
Some of the young men simply
outgrew the 18-36 age bracket,
,.Yeah..wcll..it's all
in picking the
right location...
while the few left behind to run all
the projects ran them selves ragg
ed
Luckily for Sandy, that bee hive
band of aggressive young leaders
is reorganizing here. The state
organization hosts an organiza
tional meeting for leadership-
minded young men 18-36 years of
age 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 3, at
TJ’s restaurant.
T h e J a y c e e s a p p ly s e l f
development programs to needed
projects in the local community.
Com m unity p rojects run by
J a y cees often include crim e
prevension, assistance to elderly,
juvenile safety, CPH training,
youth sports, haunted hourse,
dental and eye clinics and egg
hunts.
Jaycees have made many social
contributions to the Sandy com
munity in past years, and we
welcome their planned return to
town now.
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Let’s clean junk mail from boxes
T he tim e h a s c o m e for
customers of our government-
owned Postal Service to talk back.
T h e f in a n c ia lly tr o u b le d
delivery service recently cut sub
sidies for second-class permit
holders includ ing non-profit
groups like churches, schools, ser
vice districts and civic clubs.
Meanwhile, Uncle Sam climbed
into bed with so-called “junk
m ail’’ distributors who mail third-
class with a sweet heart offer the
m ailers couldn’t refuse.
Rates to mail many non-profit
newsletters nearly have doubled.
Editor Jam es Wall of “The Chris
tian Century’’ predicts the budget
threat may silence many religious
publications.
Many religious magazines like
“Liberty” are converting to third
class to mail at 5.9 cents apiece, a
savings of 2 68 cents over the new
second-class rate.
Third-class “ p riv ileg es,” of
course, means slower delivery in
many cases
In Sandy, some 16 non-profit
groups hold third-class mailing
permits.
Higher rates with loss of
seco n d -cla ss su b sid ies offset
sweet-heard rates enjoyed by
many “junk m ail” firms, who fill
your box with unsolicited trash
Apparently there’s enough poten
tia l d ir e c t-m a il a d v e r tisin g
money out there to make Uncle
Sam giddy ab a love sick farm
boy.
He’s also pretty fickle. The
publicly-owned Postal Service
long has underwritten serious
communication in this country in
the interest of informing the
public. Freedom of religion and
freedom of speech have been
fostered by support of the govern
ment as circulator of the printed
word.
If you want to see junk mail
driven from your mail box, you
can write to have your name
removed from marketed mailing
lists. Address your “ no junk
m ail” request to Direct Mailing
Marketing Association, 6 East
43rd Street, New York, NY 10017.
They deal with many mailers and
can stop most junk mail for you
Other mailers you’ll have to con
tact directly.
D irect-m ail m arketers who
defraud through the U S. mail can
be stopped, too, by writing Na
tional Information Bureau, 419
Park Avenue So., New York, NY
10016 to request a list of legitimate
fund-raising groups
Let’s clean up the mail for the
public minded groups who most
need and deserve public support.
Salem scene:
Oregon ungreeting untimely
by JACK ZIM M F.KM AN
A distinguishing characteristic of Orego
mans is their ability to poke fun at
themselves in the midst of adversity
One needs only recall the recession of
the early Seventies and the simultaneous
popularity of the James G Blame Society
and Oregon's tingreeting Cards
So it's only natural as the state's
economy again falters and groups
everywhere mobilize to seek recovery,
that some of the ideas appear slightly off
the wall
For instance, it has been suggested
former Gov McCall should go on national
television and say he really didn t mean it
The reference, of course, is to his come
play, hut don't stay* admonition to out
aiders during the late Sixties
Meanwhile, charter members of the
James G Blaine Society are puzzled by the
■Hence of that organization’s founding
president, writer Ron Abell
Avowed purpiwe of JGB followers was to
discourage the over population of Oregon
Ala McCall, their efforts boomeranged
completely, when the state became one of
the fantest growing areas of the nation
Nonetheless similar tactics are afoot in
the name of ec onomic recovery For in
stance, it has been suggested a new
organization be farmed Io counter the
land* use watchdog One Thousand Friends
til inv&tn It would he ceiled Thousands
of Friendly Oregonians” who would per
suede tourists and entrepreneurs that
Oregon welremea their presence on a per
maneni job producing has»
As another budgetary defk-ii appears
likely la provoke a third special session of
the IjsgMlature in Halem this summer a
few idaaw mdketea their authors believe
lawmakers have the power to restore
eronomw- health
Letters to the editor:
Too few make decisions on mountain
‘‘More people, less taxes”
was a naive reply to a com
ment that development is
fine, if it doesn't raise our
taxes These were just two
of the remarks made at a
May 26 county-sponsored
m e e tin g at H o o d lan d
Women's Club to discuss
and review a new Mt Hood
Comprehensive Plan This
was the last meeting for
comments before official
hearings 7:30 p m June 14
at Hoodland W om en's
Club
As anyone going to the
last two CPO meetings will
tell you, the first meeting
had approximately IS per
sons in attendance, due to
lack of notification A vote
taken to not recommend
sewer extension at this
time passed A 7 The second
of these two meetings was
attended by approximately
SO persons, with those with
developmental interests
holding a 4-1 edge A vote
taken at this time to recom
mend sew er extension
passed by about 30-11.
As you can see, in
dividuals who attend these
meetings literally hold the
mountain a future in their
hands
Most people on the moun
tain don't realize the poten
tial of the sewer system to
actually force them off
th eir property Sewers
allow g re a te r density
development or up-zoning
If your property is going to
be serviced by the sewer,
then eventually you'll have
to
pay
th ro u g h
assessments, taxes or both
I know at least one In
dividual whose property
this has has happened to
Because of the quantity of
land involved and the prac
tice of assessing a property
on its potential develop
ment, this land has been
assessed at better than half
a million dollars
Also, this sewer system
was designed to service
new or future development
A n n e x a tio n
to
the
Hoodland Service District
s h a ll o ccu r o nly
if
necessary to solve a health
hazard identified by DEQ
Down zoning 900 proper
ty owners also has taken
place Down zoning means
your land is not suited for
intensive development In
some instances this will
mean one house per 10, 20
or 40 acres with emphasis
on timber or agriculture
development For owners
who bought their land
years ago as an investment
to develop, this may prove
economically detumental
A ttend an ce at these
meetings has been low. and
unless you take the time
and make the effort, you
won’t know the outcome of
decisions that affect vou
Density transfer also is a
vital issue to the mountain
Density transfer is the
method to allow property
holders credit for portions
of their land considered un
buildble For example, an
area of five acres four of
which are marshy or have
a slope of more than 20
percent—w ill receive a
credit of 50 percent
In other words, if this
area is zoned for six units
per acre, equalling 30 units,
the county will allow 50 per
cent or 15 units to be
established on that one
acre th at's considered
buildable
A density credit of 100
percent is allowed for
stream corridor property.
Are you aware that the
sewer will extend down
Highway 26 to Brightwood
to serve Timber line Rim
and the future Cedar Ridge
Development ■* In order to
extend this line, trees will
be removed to facilitate in
stallation and not replaced
The county has agreed to
cooperate with the state to
widen the highway to four
lanes to Zigzag
Are you aware that in the
new Mt Hood Plan (which
now is a lOpage addendum
to the Clackamas County
Comprehensive Plan) the
fo r m e r ly
re c o g n ize d
village districts of Alder
C re e k - C h e r r y v ille ,
Brightwood and Zigzag
have been elim inated?
The next CPO meeting
7:30 p m June 21 will be
held in the school's multi
purpose room Child care
will be provided This is our
last chance to develop a
tru ly united m ountain
voice prior to the county
commissioners hearings 2
p m and 7 p m Wednes
day, July 7, at the Women s
Club
Penelope Wilburn
Zigzag
Hear
independents
I want to thank all con
cerned citizens who sup
ported me in the primary
election May IB Although I
didn't win, I was quite
gratified at the impact that
a relatively unknown can
didate could have.
As my constituents know.
1 have and always will be
concerned that citizens
have a voice in their
government
One issue brought to my
attention by some voters is
the fact independents can't
vote on candidates Many
voters registered as in
dependents didn't realize
this would cause them to be
disenfranchised, allowing
them only to vote on non
partisan or bond issues,
Our system of government
can remain viable only if
all members are allowed to
be beared equally I think
this should be a concern of
all candidates and voters
and that we should work to
find an equitable solution to
this problem One solution
might be to allow in
dependents to write-in can
didates of their choice.
1 also am pleased to
report that I can fulfill my
c a m p a ig n p ro m ise to
donate any unspent cam
paign funds to the needy of
my district. Thanks to the
h ard
w o rk
of
my
volunteers- and I especial
ly want to thank Margaret
Ann Fielding, 1 will present
s 150 check to the Sandy
E m e rg e n c y A ssistance
Center and a 150 check to
the E s ta c a d a
ECHO
Center
Finally 1 offer my con
g r a tu la tio n s to S ta te
Senator Ruth McFarland
and State Senator Walt
Brown on winning their
primary races.
Carolyn Smith
State Rep Diat 23 can
didate
Auction success
Mt Hood Pre School held
their fourth annual auction
May 22 at the Hoodland
Women's Club
We would like to express
our gratitude for donations
by merchants of the moun
tain and Sandy R iver
v a lle y . Y o u r su p p o rt
helped make our auction
very successful
Hope to see you there
next year
Jen McMahan, president
Mt Hood Pre School
*Thank you’
A very special thank
you' to all my friends and
relatives for all you did to
make my birthday a very
memorable one
Mamie Edwards
Sparks, Nevada
Personally speaking
Leqislehve Rsp<xt Irom Ihs Slatr Capitel
E X C LU S IV E lo fre g ó n t WeeSly Nvw>pa
per» Irom A»»octeted freg ó n Indutlne»
A couple of fascinating ideas are design
ed to killed more than one bird with the
same missile Take legalization of mining
from the Columbia River bar That pro
bably would require permission from
several government« It would generate
jobs, however, tar miner« and reduce ex
penae of conatderabie dredging and jetty
maintenance
Promoters believe if (he state required
payment of a royalty on all diamonds
found .iy ihore- who mined the har, (he cur
retilly depressed Astoria area would
boom, aa prospectors swarmed to stake
claims and grubataked their operations
with supplies purchased from area mer
chants
Environmentalists, anglers, commer
cial fishermen and anti nukes alike will
look with favor on another economy-
boosting plan lhal also involves (he Colum
Ma
ft would call for removal of the many
dams that now span the mighty river In
addition to possibly speeding the river's
current and helping miners on the bar
flush sand off those waiting diamonds, this
plan is designed to restore the salmon
fishery to proportions that made fish
sating so easy dial early explorers claim
ad native Americana in the region had lit
tle need to do much elee
‘Live and let live’ on public roads
To die logging would i»e the
ultimate irony
When I ’m jogging up the hill on
Meimg Avenue to Barker Court,
and pass (he cars going down. I
hear them accelerate
man so mad that he took off, ter
rorizing the neighborhood, runn
ing over trees and tearing up
lawns
I drive mad men madder. Garp
decided
Like Garp, I don't want to en
danger the neighborhood kids by
setting off mad men I just think
people should slow down on the
Meimg Avenues of the world
When they hit the gas going
down the hill they quite naturally
«peed up There la a lot of
pedestrian traffic on the road,
and 1 wonder when someone la
going to get killed
I am reminded of Garp, the
main character as they say—in
* The World According to Garp”
by John Irving
He was a jogger and a devout
family man (hi the main street in
hi« neighborhood there were four
consecutive stop signs On foot,
he could catch up with anyone in
an automobile during the course
of thoae four stop signs
by SCOTT NEWTON
Seeing Garp running to catch
up with them, they would wait at
a stop sign, rolling down the win
dow
Slow down, Garp would tell
them
My kids play in this
neighborhood, he would say
I've thought about running
after people A« they zoomed
down and back up the hill to the
stop sign at Highway 211 and
Meimg Avenue I could give
chase Perhaps while they waited
for an opening in the traffic, 1
could catch up with them.
"Slow down,” I'd say. "M y kids
play in this park,” I'd lie (1 don’t
have any kids).
But I'm not very fast, and even
the idea of sprinting up that hill
on a regular basis is tiring
And. aa Garp discovered, some
people are crazy He made one
seen displayed, I think I can con
tinue to ride my bicycle on the
streets of Sandy and live to tell
about it. For some reason I ’m
such an optimist that I don’t think
I ’ll get killed while jogging by a
ton and a half of glass, steel and
rubber being steered through the
streets by a drunken driver
I ’m such an optimist I think
mass transit could even work,
I believe in sharing the roads I . although it would have to be set
up differently than It is now.
don't think the roads, at least in
For now. however, we’ve got to
town, belong only to thoae in
share the roads. When we’re late,
automobiles I think pedestrians,
we should accept that fact and
bicyclists and thoae on motor
not try to m a ke up the
cycles should have an equal shot
tim e—especially in the residen
at surviving
tial sections of town.
When I go down the hill on my
And maybe, just maybe, we
bicycle on my way to Barker
can
make It through the summer
Court, I build up enough speed to
without some innocent person on
carry me about halfway up the
foot or on a bicycle getting killed
hill
When someone die», another
After that, the pedaling is pret
person—probably someone who
ty slow going I pull over to the
knows- will tell a grieving party
right as far as I can, but I am
that we must learn to accept
amazed at how close some people
death
come when they go around me
When a young person dies and
and how much of a hurry they
we do not understand, we are told
seem to be in.
that God meds young people
Likewise, riding a bicycle on
around him (in heaven), too.
Bluff Road can be a harrowing
Hopefully we’ll make it through
experience
the warm weather seeaon without
But l*m an optimist. Despite
someone having to learn, or
the impatience and rudeness I ’ve
relearn, to accept death.