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
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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