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The Srfnäy Post Editorial & Opinion Where’ll destructive behavior end? A public record-burning by 350 church-goers at Sandy Assembly of God Sunday might not m irro r wartime book-burning, but it cries for soul-searching. C o m m e n d a b ly, c h u rc h members warned teenagers about subliminal messages in some popular rock albums that include o c c u lt and even s a ta n ic statements The point well made is that rock bands with occult leanings are slipping hidden meanings into popular music, and these messages could affect teens who listen. Suicide, drinking, pro m is c u ity , h o m o s e x u a lity , rebellion, violence and even satanism can result from listen ing to these records, according to church leaders. The warning made go< ’ sense, and a nationwide scare over rock “ satanism" finds the California Assembly even considering a law to label such records with a warn ing. The public burning Sunday in Sandy, however, appeared more Von Braschler, Publisher Caroline Duff Office Manager Dan Dillon, Editor Scott Newton. News Editor SANDY. OREGON THURSDAY JUNE 17, 1982 J U N E 2 9 TAX JLEVY like a destructive mob out of con trol. This is hard to say about friends and neighbors who meant only good by their righteous actions. Unfortunately, the burning bar rels fired rage over more than nasty rock records unveiled in church M ild ballads by artists like James Taylor and even books by renowned authors like Mary Stewart were ripped to shreds and burned with whoops and fiery eyes. The young kids especially seemed to destroy the wild aban don. Bits of plastic and cassettes hurled in the air struck more than one o n -lo o k e r, as g le e fu l teenag ers b a tte re d S a ta n ’s sneaky music into tiny pieces, as encouraged by indignapt church elders. One wonders what such destruc tive release of pent-up energy by church kids has to do with restor ing God’s peace and love as domi nant messr e. Why can’t feds budget like Salem? How come state legislators can cut $106 m illion to balance their oudget in a single day? For the federal congress, the act’s as futile as pitching dimes to balance on a carnival dish. S u re ly la m e -d u c k Salem legislators played a role Monday in the quick-fix. Also, Gov. Vic Atiyeh probably wouldn’t have asked their concurrence on his outlined cuts, if this hadn’t been a re-election year for him. But he did, and together they showed courage in quick action. Let historians review the wisdom of the cuts. With continued state revenue shortfall hounding them, their budget cuts necessarily cut to the quick and may hurt like heck. They trim m ed $21 m illion from state salaries, $10 m illion from state agencies, $13 m illion from schools, and $30 m illion from pro perty tax relief. They also hope to realize $34 m illion more from increased per sonal income withholding taxes. The cuts won’t be popular with many Oregonians who w ill be a f fected by the blood-letting, but at le ast our le g is la to rs acted decisively to balance the balance. Contrast them to the great pon- tificators, debaters and apologists who loiter in the nation's capitol. They haven’t balanced the federal government’s budget in years and don’t appear ready to put themselves on the line with such tough decisions now. Maybe it ’s time to send some of our local legislators to straighten things out in Washington and send the great orators home to deliver Fourth of July speeches. Personally speaking: Fight fans must be nuts The Irish challenger was keeping the champion off balance He'd climbed through the ropes to take the heavyweight crown away from a man the experts said was unbeatable, but it looked like he might have a chance He kept the champ at bay for 12 rounds, and somehow the challenger knew his big punch would land and put the champion and his heavyweight crown in dreamland So the challenger battled on. dodging and weaving. Just like the old ringsiders said he couldn t brushing off the champ's Jabs. doing his best to stay out of harm's way and shaking it off when it came He battled until late in the 13th when he fell under a torrent of blows He was counted out with seconds remaining in the round " I was hitting him and I figured I'd knock his ass out,” Billy Conn said after impion Joe r ^ being Irish i i last Friday f applied to I ed in the t i bole where m away to t ry Cooney, M M lM l t i I t I C « I a a i joint *#as he th > t pt i .filing Ter i ng cold t the prin r the ring, ir praises volleyed nea * filled the filled with ago and v Thomas » the faint of red, would < itself as the boxers re are few fhl boxing ame back by DAN DILLON with chairs of their own While some 3,500 fans paid upwards of 125 to sit in the Portland Memorial Col tseum for closeddrcuit viewing, that tavern with the pirated transmission mede life in the cheap «eats a Iitti«? more u, < >wn for the 500 patrons who shoe horned their way inside When the scene shifted to the Las Vega» parking lot where Cooney and Holmes would do battle, it seemed appropriate, Mast of the fight goers in our audience, it appeared, had garnered their pugilistic ex ■ penence in other lots Jack Nicholson smiled from the Vegas crowd Kyan O'Neal sat next to Farrah Fawcett, sipping cocktails We shared a table and pitcher of beer with a roofing materials salesman named Al, whose Tarey tons added to the bare that threatened to cloud the screen from view The crush of bodies moved forward in anticipation, round by round, as the Irish challenger kept the champ at bay for 12 rounds and hoped hia big punch would land and put the champion and his heavyweight < rvwn in dreamland When trainer Victor Valle jumped through the ropes in the IMh to save Cooney from further punishment at the champion's hands, the cheer was leas re joicing than relief A thought crossed my mind as we push ed for the exit You don t have to be nuts to be a fight fan, but it helps Letters to the editor: Creationism, school recall debated Accept Bible With great interest, I mused over M r Hayward's letter about the teaching of divine creation in public schools Let me first say that a Christian” is defin ed as being a believer in the teachings of Jesus Christ. If one believes in Jesus Christ, he or she also ac cepts the word of God l it e r a ll y and not allegorically. God's word c o n tra d ic ts e v o lu tio n w ith o ut a doubt, and leading scientist have agreed that our Earth has experienced many happen ings that are recorded in the Bible F u r th e r m o r e , the methods used to determine the age of our Earth, such as carbon dating, appear to be losing their accuracy, as m o re s o p h is tic a te d methods are devised and the earlier ones deemed ob solete Again, to accept Christ, one accepts Adam as the first man and Eve as the first woman Man’s origin was in the Garden of Eden, and if God had the power to create in the garden, he certainly had the power to create other things to look as old as he wanted them to look In John 1:1 The Bible says "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the W ord was God " To "allegorically' accept the Old T estam ent (w hich literally explains creation) would mean the accep tance of the word of God as generalizations We should not limit what we teach on our "earthly origin,” but at least offer "creation” without forcing it upon our students Crea tion is not necessarily religion as some refer to religion, but creation is the oi ‘ # answer in the sccep l a n d and belief of Jesus Christ If anything, man has *'de volved'* since the Garden of Eden Adam had all knowledge, but we now only use a small portion of our brain Perhaps we are going backwards’ Skip Walker Joan Walker Sandy Music scare silly Centuries ago in Europe, the Church «enl forth a decree that Satan dwelled within cats and all cats should be killed The cat population was reduced A few y e a n later, the plague swept across E u ro p e, reducing the population of hum an beings by one fourth The plague was spread by fleas that lived on the infected rats who had a safe life, because the cats had been killed This superstition was re sp o n s ib le fo r much human suffering When I learned of this in a history coune. I was glad such ab surd superstition was no longer present. After I read the Sandy Post last week (June 10), I ch an g ed my m in d . Superstition is alive and well in Sandy Only now, Satan dwells in the records of certain rock groups' The goal of most rock music stars is to get rich, but somehow they are part of a satanic plot! The sad tning about all this talk is that the publicity will probably raise (he record sales of those groups. There are two ways to teach our young people Christian ideals One way is to preach fear of Satan, perdition and sin This is know as the — , fire and brimstone approach This technique brings a lot of a t tention to those ministers who use it, but all it does for our young is make them afraid, weak and unable to stand on their own feet The alternative is to preach about the power of Christian love Thu love, once developed and added to devotion and faith in Chrut will give young peo pie strength to overcome all obstacles, both real and imagined An individual filled with Chrutum love has nothing to fear from Satan Christ left a religion of love, not a religion of fear of the bogie man If you don’t believe what I say, read what Paul says about love In First Corin thians. 13th chapter There he p ra is e s love and counsels adults to put aw a y c h ild is h things* . . Now abides these three faith, hope, and love, the grea*est of these is love Harold Hayward Sandy School bubbles The following only are a few of the many reasons we as parents of children at Bull K in School support the recall of the current school board The board is now a tte n d in g OSBA workshops, but was not at tending them until they came under fire last year because of improper handl ing of matters concerning d ism issal of teachers Because of their improper handling of these matters, there are three (possibly four ) lawsuits pending The taxpayers of the district are paying for this litiga tion At th e la s t b o a rd meeting. M r Jans was ask ed about a comment made at an earlier meeting by Mrs Rollins, at which she stated that the board was "not accountable to the public." His comment was yes, that had been said, and to make note of the wor ding, he did not elaborate. When it was pointed out that the board's minutes appeared to be slanted because comments made by two parents and M r Hass were labeled negative input, the tapes w ere unavailable The board has numerous and lengthy executive ses sions Do they make their d ecisio n s in s e c re t meetings before any public input is heard? The teacher turnover because of board decisions has created an atmosphere of confusion and uncertain ty for students, staff and parents of the district. The m a jo rity of in terested people in the district were in favor of team teaching and retain ing M r Hass, a very effec tive teacher The board M id they would study it at length, yet made a decision within a week of being presented with a petition to retain M r Hass and have (earn teaching Kathy Quiett Sandy Peggy Stansbury Corbett Recall board I read with interest the letter that M r A Klascius wrote to the editor about the excellent job the Bull Run School board was do ing 1 believe he should feel that way because 1. his wife is the Deputy Clerk for that school district. 2 She works out of her home and gets mileage to and from school to pick up her work plus other benefits 3 She is paid 18.M0 a raise of 13.240. for a part time posi tion. Perhaps she now could work out of the school, as the office space is now available, and she could help with the daily work load 4 A Minolta EP 310 copier was just purchased by the School Board but it is to be used no more than 000 copies per month, of which Mrs Klascius and the Superintendent get to use 500 copies and the five teachers get to split 100 copies or 20 each 5 Mrs Klascius purchas ed State surplus property for the school's secretary, but Mrs Klascius will use them in her home this sum m er, even though the scretary is working at the school at that time. In regard to the school board*« handling of other matter«, if you disagree with them in the board meetings, your comments a r e lis te d la te ly as "negative input.” If you agree, the comments are written in great detail. When challenged about this "negative input” we were told to read the tapes, but we found out they had been erased The main theme of the board has been to bring top notch teachers to Bull Run But the 1-2 grade teacher. Mrs Snyder, has asked for a 9-month leave of absence to be with her baby after it is born The board gave her a leave of absence, but did not guarantee her a job. They make that guarantee to classified employees after they work six months. The parents need to vote in the special election June 22 and recall the board. Wayne Hass Corbett Also for recall The taxpayers of the Bull Run School District will vote Tuesday, June 22, on one of the most important issues ever faced in the district—the recall of three board members Only after many long evenings of try ing to work out community school-related problems with the board did a group of concerned citizens get together and make the decision to ask for the resignations Some of the indiscretions committed by the current board have been 1. The attempted firing with little or no justifica tion of two teachers, which has resulted in a subs tan tial expense to the district in law suits, some of which are still pending 2 The hiring of new teachers who employ ex pen mental methods as yet not totally proven to be ef fective in a time when peo pie all over the country are realizing the need to get "back to basics " 2. The 50 percent in crease in salary awarded to the new deputy clerk at a time when most people are taking cuts in salary and hours 4. T he fir in g on a technicality of a teacher g r e a t ly re s p e c te d by parents and children in the community, rather than a t tempting to resolve the matter as suggested by other teachers and parents 5. The total inability to relate to the needs and desires of the taxpayers, parents and children of the Bull Run area, but rather seeking to fu lfill what sometimes appear to be personal objectives and goals We in the Bull Run School District need a new ap proach to the methods used in operating our school, and the first step in that direction is the recall of board members Peggie Hodge Sandy Support market The time has come to stop the whining and wring ing of hands about economic conditions San dy needs creative ideas, and Sandy Country Market is trying to help Sandy is not a big city, and it is time to remember our more humble beginn ings That is what the Coun try Market is about-peo p ie tr y in g to h elp themselves and their com munity. Bring your garden pro duce, crafts or services to our bartering table A con tact list w ill be kept available. It will be a great w ay to m e et yo u r neighbors The use of the bartering table is free. We are committed to the idea of a local "people’s" market, even though both the market and I have been threatened Sandy Country Market does not compete w ith the M o u n ta in Festival, and will continue each Saturday through the summer We need other people committed to this com munity, willing to stand in the rain for an idea For in formation call Pam Hauff at 668 7257 Pam Hauff Sandy Celebration rainy To the Class of 1982 We at Sandy Union High School are exceptionally proud of your "com m itt ment to excellence” and p e rs e r v e r a n c e , as d e m o n s tra te d a t o ur graduation exercises May 28 We thank the many fine members of your families and the community who demonstrated their support by attending commence ment exercises and rein forced the pioneer spirit of Sandy Union High School Best of luck in all your endeavors We will never forge! your graduation. John D McMahan Principal Candidate writes I wish to express my sincere appreciation to everyone who supported me in my campaign and especially to the many volunteers who helped me win the nomination for Clackamas County com missioner. I truly am grateful for th e c o m m u n ity en dorsements and all the sup p o rt th a t was shown throughout our county Bev Henderson Lake Grove
