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.