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The Swndy Post Editorial & Opinion Von Braschler, Publisher Caroline Duff, Office Monoger Don Dillon, Editor Scott Newton. News Editor SANDY, OREGON THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1982 Local theater opener a class act Sandy Community Players, a local theater group struggling to stay alive themselves, w ill stage a very classy opening night 8 p.m. July 1 by donating all proceeds to Mt Hood Hospice Advance reports say “ I ’ve Got Rhythm ’ ’ w ill be a classy act on its own with 60 Broadway show tunes from Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, George Gershwin and Jerome Kern But the charitable act shows special class, because the Sandy- based new hospice care for ter m in a lly ill patients w ill die without local funding. The volunteers provide in-home support services to ease the pain of patients and their families, as they watch loved ones slip toward death The hospice team works on call 24 hours every day, and they do it without charge Without government funding or charges, Mt. Hood Hospice is desperate for donations to con tinue their m inistry across 900 square miles. Hospice works with doctors and hospitals on pain and symptom control, home care, emotional support, economic advice and spiritual comfort. Medical and clerical specialists have donated their energy to this community- based effort Past efforts by fledgling Mt. Hood Hospice to raise funds have proved discouraging An uptown Ann Sothern film retrospective gala last year entertained many, but realized little income to hospice after expenses Now, however, they have SCP on their team The local thespians w ill wow us with great show tunes from 1920 to the present for only $10. That amount includes free hor d ’oeuvres, and the bill is total ly tax-deductable. No, you won’t save anybody’s life by attending the show. But you w ill make their painful pass ing a little less painful. Tickets are available at the door, 38935 Proctor Boulevard Wear something sensible and bright. Sandy sparkles with pride July 4 The Fourth of July is a time for civic pride, and no one shows it better than Sandy. Share the fun celebration 8-10:30 Sunday night free at Sandy High athletic field to capture the pioneer spirit. Big band and dixieland music preceeds a welcome by the mayor and presentation of Sandy’s own M o u n ta in F e s tiv a l fiv e - generation queen’s court. The royalty and their “ Order of the Bear’’ escorts w ill be be highly visible ambassadors of Sandy Mountain Festival with striking black costumes with identifica tion They’ll appear at the highly popular free arts and crafts festival July 10-11 in Meinig Park and at the big festival parade 7 p.m. J u ly 8 along Pioneer Boulevard. That parade, already second largest in the state, gets bigger every year. Last year it boasted 92 entries, while this year it bulges at 102 entries. It all makes for prideful bang- up time in Sandy, ignited 10 p.m. Sunday at SUHS stadium by some $1,800 in fireworks. The free display is a community gift of Sandy Civic Services who brings the carnival to town each July to finance the Fourth of July show for all to enjoy. Well done, little Sandy. It sort of makes one proud to live here. Salem scene: Business faces limitations by JACK Z IM M E R M A N Astociatrd Oregon InduMrlc* Three major atatewide effort* have been made in a* many month* to recommend ways to improve the *tate * economy with job* for Oregonian* now and in the future All three effort* tho*e of a Corvallis- ba*ed “Operation Paycheck" symposium, result* of Gov A t iy e h * economic recovery council and a job climate task force produced similar conclusion* Thi* should surprise no one, because participants in all three deliberation* are readily aware of simple facts of economic life that should influence anyone who tackles the problem It appears obvious such an exercise would focus on two major thursts One is to simplify the processes by which govern ment controls and regulates business ex pansion and the location of new business in our state The other involves reducing costs of doing business here Oregon has been and will remain an ex port state Whal that means is that most goods pro duced here will depend on outside markets fo r p u rc h a s e and use T h a t's because despite phenomenal population growth during the Seventies Oregon must grow by comparitively gigantic stan dards to achieve a consuming population capable of purchasing and using what we prmha e It is important to recognize that basic in dustriea c re a te w ealth G e n e ra lly , manufacturing and resource based in rfusirtes make up this basic industrial category Oregon s resourse based in rJuatrtes consist largely of agricullure. mining and fisheries Major manufacturing industries are lumber and wood products, food products stoctrical and technological equipment, machinery, paper and allied product* transportation equipment fabricated metal«, prim ary m auls, printing and publishing Our industries create wealth by conver ting raw materials into produc ts people ran use and are willing to buy Together these ere the industries that support secondary wonomi« activities He h as trade, transportation construction snd services (Kivernment in turn, is supported by the income generated hy all of the industries in the private sector These are fact* of Oregon • economic life They are influenced hy condition* w er wh»h we have only minimal con r e l - g l i m e t e , sell«, w a te r su p p ly, opegrephy etc, • »her rondttsone also persist such as the Is g itlA b v e Report Irom the Stale Capital F X C lU S IV E Io Oregon * Weekly Newspa per* Irom A tto cialed Oregon Industrie* marketplaces for goods produced here They will remain elsewhere in areas where consuming populations are large enough to absorb what we produce Together, these facts of economic life com bin«- to produce another condition competition Oregon is not alone in the production of food products, paper products, wood pro ducts and technological products Tltose goods also are being produced in other sUtes and nations Competition is the lifeblood of America’s economic system Oregon's producers, however, are hampered competitively by factors over which they have no control Distance from markets probably is the most obvious There are other conditions that blunt our competitive edge, and government can do things to sharpen the ability of our product* to compete with those manufactured elsewhere Together, all cost* of doing business basically determine the selling price of good* and services Husmes* costs, generally speaking, are responsible for the figures you ad on pricetags Ihe^e costs include the costs on pruduc tion and marketing < selling I They consist largely of costs of c a p ita l, labor, materials, plant and equipment and tranaportation i me of the most practical methods by which Oregon’» producer* can he more competitive is to modify cost factors that can he changed hy government Hem e the s im ila r re c o m m e n d a tio n s to ease government imp«we<l cost* The same analysis applies when it cornea to expanding induatry and attrac ting newcomer* All three efforts to im prove our economy would ease those government imposed standards that make Oregon less competitive than other states Many Oregonians fail to understand the situations that have combined to exacer hate our economy, lad's hope however those tu individuals who serve in the next legislature have a clear undemanding of these basis problems when they attempt to do what’s in their power to improve the economy , School, foreign positions scorned In response to the article on Jeffrey M iller M r M iller states that the school can p re p a re students for work or more advanced education or it can raise a generation of athletes and cooks for McDonald's The purpose of athletics is to build character, self discipline and responsibility plus set personal goals Athletic participants are over achievers, in sports as well as in scholastics. Cooks at McDonald's’* We. personally, don't know of one graduate of SUHS that has made a career of cook ing at McDonald's The purpose of a part-time jobs is to earn money (for col lege. etc ) and to get work experience to be used later in life M r M iller also states he attended only one board meeting last year because of an early morning job Does that qualify him to he on the SUHS board of direc tors’* How can a person knock the spending of SUHS, when he has only been a resident of Sandy for a little more than a year and has managed to attend one of an average of 12 hoard meetings? How can M r M iller have enough time to I * on the Hoard of Directors, if he hasn’t enough time to attend the board meetings? ('an we. as students or as the public, trust this man with our future lives? Per socially. I can’t. Caryn Fuller Tamee Lindsay Students, SUHS For MacFarland Thanks to the 11.556 per sons who voted for me in the recent 5th District con gressional primary What is important now is that we help Senator Ruth M cFarland defeat new- A special thanks to M r. and Mrs David Clark and son, Pete, for the hospitali ty shown our son It was terrific The Ritcheys Salem US dead-ended? The times are rough, and the course for our country is uncertain It seems wise Letters to the editor right incumbent Denny Smith this November Denny Smith “went to bat** for Reaganomics, causing the largest federal budget deficit in history Denny Smith campaigns for re-election with tax payers' dollars, abusing his co n g res sio n al m a ilin g privileges Denny Smith opposes a nuclear weapons freeze snd voted for the largest peacetime increase in the m ilitary budget In s ta rk c o n tra s t, Senator McFarland would be a congresswoman in Oregon's progressive tradi tion Dave McTeague Salem *Thank you’ Our family would to ex press our sincere thanks to all the warm and generous people of the Sandy area who hosted the Oregon West G erm an C u ltu ral Wr«*stling team. to ask where we are head ed T h e re a re m any aspects of our liie that cause concern and debate Am ong th em a re unemployment, waste of natural resources such as salmon and topsoil plus cuts in such aspects of our caring society as educa tion, food stamps and health protection. There is a concern more important than any of the above, and that is where we are headed in the world of n u c le a r bom bs, ra p id deployment forces, billion dollar submarines and pro j«?ction of our armed power anywhere in the world Here the stakes may be death or life for hundreds of millions of us and other people plus p ossible ravages of our planet that can't be healed T he D e p a rtm e n t of Defense budget authority for 1982 is $214 2 billion, a sum beyond imagination It amounts to about $940 dollars for each man, woman and child in our country. The Reagan ad ministration plan for 1963 is m ilitary expenditure of $256 billion For 1964 it is $285 5 billion, with a projec tion of $400 8 billion for 1987 Meanwhile, income taxes have been cut—particular ly for the wealthy. I^ess money is coming in, and more needs to be borrowed to make the above expen ditures To get the vast sums needed, high interest rates are offered, and that makes it tough for John and Mary Roe to finance a home in our state or any other Under pressure of the freeze campaign, Presi dent Reagan has offered a plan of strategic arms reductions Unfortunately, that plan ts not likely to reduce our m ilitary expen ditures to any degree, because it allows us to push ahead at the head of the arms race with develop ment and deployment of such weapons as the M X missile, cruise missiles (air, sea or ground), the neutron bomb, the B-l b o m b e r, T rid e n t su b marine, rapid deployment force, all conventional weapons, satellite com m u n ic a tio n s , m is s ile guidance systems, nuclear weapons testing, research on anti ballistic missile systems and more The proposal leaves the USSR to invent and deploy versions of these same weapons, and the arms race continues One big merit of the president’s proposal is that it calls for dialogue with the Russians through his p ro p o sa l to re d u ce s tr a te g ic w a rh e a d s (bombsI to 5,000 on each side (divided between sub and land-based missiles). Still, it's not a notable hope for people of the USA or the USSR The m ilitary structure we are building is likely to bankrupt us as vast sums are expended, but do not produce wealth people can use. such as food or homes. About one-third of our best re s e a rc h b ra in s a re employed by the m ilitary to invent new means of mega-death We need those brains at w ork in business and agriculture, in health and education. The w ealth spent to produce missiles, tanks and laser beams otherwise could be spent for homes, education, food and health The military buildup projects nothing of the ideals we cherish as a generous, moral people The p re s id e n t is commander-in-chief of all the armed forces Our con gressmen draft the money and the men for the armed forces In self-defense of our lives, we must ask both to change our course It has a dead end W Pete Sulzbach Sandy Personally speaking: Put leash on me and take me to a vet Pets have it made Cows and mules, too As sick as they might get pulling a plow or doing cute tricks in a cage, they ’ll always he cared for in sickness and in health Vets make sure of that Vets seem able to cure the sickest cat or dog at half the expense its master would suffer, were he the sick one The vet 's cure seems to take only half as long, too Take my cats, for instance I've dragged each to the vet on its last leg, hanging on by a claw with a dangling fur ball After a quick examination, X Ray and six bucks worth of medicine each patient bounced hack to perfect health I like this no-nonsense a p proach to medicine by vets Just bring in the patient on leash or in a box Sit about five minutes, snd IJirry or Jerry «never "Doctor ’ ) will address the problem direct ly, listening more to your descrip tion of symptoms than a whole battery of tests The X Ray come« in the next five minutes The diagnosis is followed im mediately by a prognosis. None of this, “ Call for another appointment in about 10 days, and Doctor will take another look at you ** Vet* act decisively Probably they know that if you are baited back several times before they do anything significant, you'll get rid of the dog or bird Then he’s lost a patient for life by VON BRASCHLER If the animal doctor needs to operate, he'll do it right there in his office Then he’ll keep the pa tient overnight a couple days for observation Seldom does be refer the matter to a specialist, although he operates on a number of different animals with different anatomies Contrast that to a hospital where human patients first are asked to fill out a number of forms to create enough work for the vast administrative staff Then th e p a tie n t m ust demonstrate ab ility to pay T hat's especially im portant, because the patient will pay many times for many things (hir ing the many days of pre surgical preparation and post-surgical recouperation Or if the patient’s merely hospitalized for tests, he'll get plenty of chances to pay for tests and drugs he never re quested “ Doctor" likes to ex plore all possibilities while you're in this fine facility at $90 per day plus extras. Extras often include routine pills to wake you up and make you sleep, plus pilLs to take away pain—regardless of whether they re needed Don't complain to “ Doctor,’’ because you'll see him raely Such rare times are best used to discuss your condition, which usually involves his promise to review tests snd reassure you that he's left you in the hands of experts Fido and Bossie don't have to put up w ith such m onkey business If master simply drops by the vet s office with a descrip tion of animal ailments beck borne, the vet will hand over the right medicine for a couple dollars The same medicine packaged for humanes with a doctor’s prescription sometimes costs twice as much or more I know, because I save the labels on these iu re-cures Of course, the vet won’t pro mise a sure cure He even admits he may be dead wrong, but so does the physician in smoother Don't get me wrong Personal ly speaking. I have a gem of a doctor in Sandy Just around the corner from the newspaper of fice. There's no waiting for ap pointments, and treatment or medicine is given promptly on the spot the first visit for very few dollars , But he’s an exception, and I wouldn’t give out his name for fear of flooding his office with pa tients They'd all come from out of town, too, because physicians in Sandy by and targe are tops It's those city slickers with sugar pills and bedside manner at $25 per visit plus treatment we re all trying to forget out here in the country. And it's hospital incarceration outside our friendly little com munity hospital we all probably dread When traveling outside the San dy area, you can't be sure where an accident might take you—and whether you could pay your way to get out. I'm tempted to carry a leash with instructions to drop me by a vat’s office if injured. Along with that I ’d clip a form that releases the vet of any responsibility, in case things go badly. After all, patients die all the time and really shouldn’t expect a sure curt. I just hate waiting to pay a fortune for soma drawn-out diagnosis that simply confirms I ’m as sick as I foal.
