The Srfndy Post
Von Braschler. Publisher
Coroline Duff. Office Manager
Editorial & Opinion
SANDY. O R EG O N
Dan Dillon. Editor
Scott Newton. News Editor
THURSDAY, JULY IS, 1982
■V—
Packwood fights for equal rights
As Oregon’s senior senator
works to make it impossible for
any woman to get an abortion in
this country. Sen Bob Packwood
has picked up the dropped torch of
Equal Rights Amendment.
His brave stand on the feminist
movement, that died recently
three states shy of the 38 needed
for ra tific a tio n , is no sm all
gesture Republican Packwood
already survived one reelected
scare on the Moral M a jo rity’s hit
list of lawm akers the u ltra
conservatives want removed
Packwood, however, believes in
a woman’s individual right to
choose abortion, ju s t as he
believes a woman deserves a fair
chance to pick her way through
business on equal footing
He argues convincingly that T i
tle IX and Equal Pay and Credit
Acts have helped women, but
coulr’ oend backward with chang
ing political winds in congress.
“ Women should not have to
fight for equality every two or
four years,” he said. “ Equal pro
tection and opport n ity fo r
women should not be subject to
the capriciousness of politics. A
constitutional amendment is the
only permanent insurance women
w ill have of equal opportunity in
education, employment, credit,
retirement plans and numerous
other areas ”
He points out that women ac
count for more than 60 percent of
the net growth in the labor force in
the last 10 years with 44 m illion
workers. More than half all
children younger than 18 have
working mothers.
The equal rights amendment
only asks in writing what women
a re supposed to possess
already—equal opportunity and
pay in a free country Women to
day are sort of like the American
Indians who asked for a formal
treaty to guarantee them the
space they thought they had
already.
Despite what alarmists who cry
“ w itch” in the streets say, ERA
only asks that. Forget the idle
c h a tte r about unisex < public
restrooms or m ilita ry combat for
mothers and daughters
This state of Oregon T rail
pioneers and progressive in
dividualists can be proud of its
junior senator for standing up to
witchhunters for something as
fundamentally American as equal
rights. This time, however, let’s
give him a little support. (VB>
Sandy becoming area hot spot
Residents have to feel proud at
the uptown flavor tiny Sandy is
gaining with popular cultural
events like Sandy Community
Players productions and Sandy
Mountain Festival.
The ninth annual arts and crafts
festival with a record 130 booths
recently drew spectators from as
far as Wisconsin and North
Dakota, according to a guest
registration book
SCP thespians are packing folks
from out of town into their little
theatre on Proctor Boulevard to
watch their musical review of
show tunes, “ I ’ve Got Rhythm
The George Gershwin numbers
especially seem popular with
theater goers, many of whom
drive here from out of town in par
ties for a night on the town Atten
dance is running 100-200 nightly,
with final shows 8 p m . Friday
and Saturday.
Like Sandy’s little theatre
group, the Mountain Festival
committee does more with less on
a tiny budget of $10,000 subsidized
by booster button sales, nominal
artist fees, commission on food
booths and some contributions
Still, the committee figures to
end this season in the black, due in
part to commission from hand
picked vendors they signed to
work the festival parade route
Thursday night.
Like the festival in the park and
adjunct fun games throughout
town, the parade was a whopping
success with a record 102 entries
In fact, i t ’s grown so large and
long that organizers next year
might be wise to start the parade
an hour earlier to leave a little
daylight at the end for the annual
moonlight sale of sponsoring mer
chants and the carnival that
finances Fourth of July adjunct
activities
Sandy feeds its guest well, too.
More food reportedly was con
sumed in the park than ever
before, which is saying something
when you consider some 10,000
elephant ears alone were consum
ed last year
Salem scene:
Bicentenniel fete timely
suggestions for
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CORPO
AMER
Letter to the editor:
Soviet pipeline involvement scorned
The president's decision
not to cooperate in the
Soviet European pipeline
can't be used as a measur
ing stick to unemployment,
like the editorial depart
ment of The Oregonian
would have you believe
They must have received
that tidb it from th eir
crystal b all. I always
wondered where they got
their information Now I
know.
You can bet if David
Rockefeller has his way the
U S, economy somehow
will he involved in its con
struction Where else could
the money come to build it.
but U S
b an ke rs9 Of
course, taxpayers will back
the bankers' investment
As far as destruction of
NATO is concerned, it's
pretty obvious that it's
been going downhill for a
long time Only the "inter
national welfare' the U S,
has paid is keeping it
together
And isn't it rather naive
to describe a communist
source as a diversified
energy supply? The same
com m unist nation the
NATO forces are supposed
to be protecting everyone
against Now someone is
talking out of both sides of
their mouth, and as usual
it’s the media
Secretary Haig's depar
tore only means one less
tnlateralist whipping boy
in the administration Now,
is there a way to get Bush
to resign'1
Ralph A Sander cock Jr
Sandy
LETTERS POLICY
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Ask the superintendent:
School nurse, elective needs explained
by DR. JOHN PETERS
Sandy High superintendent
QUESTION
Why does the high
school employ a health nurse9
ANSWER: The Minimum Stan
dards for Oregon Schools require
all school districts in the state of
O regon
to
m a in ta in
a
' prevention oriented health ser
vices program for all students ”
Sandy High School Employs a
registered nurse for just this pur
pose In addition to screening
students for vision and hearing
problems, the nurse also main
tains health records and health
record information, assists in
communicable disease control
and provides emergency health
care This year all Oregon
schools were required to enforce
the immunization law. which
adds another responsibility to the
nurse's workload Sandy High
School shares the cost and time of
the nurse with Cottrell, Bull Run.
Boring and Welches elementary
schools
QUESTION
Why does Sandy
High have so many elective
courses ‘
ANSWER: Sandy High School
has fewer electives in compari
sion to its required courses than
most Oregon schools Since San
dy High School requires more
E n g lis h and science th an
demanded by the state, elctive of
ferings necessarily must be
limited In order to acquire 24
units to graduate (a unit is a
single, year long class that meets
for 43 minutes, five days a week),
a student at Sandy High School
must take 15.5 units of re
quirements and 8.5 units of elec
tives Those electives, such as the
ones in English, at times may
substitute for required courses
Our philosophy is to make our
electives as tough or tougher than
those courses which all students
must take. We have tried to
develop options with our elective
program, which allow students to
pursue in depth those subjects in
which they have a serious in
terest.
(NOTE: Dr. Peters will answer
questions addressed to him in
care at The Post. P.O. Box SM.
Sandy »7455 i
Personally speaking
by J/M K Z IM M E R M A N
A«»< m Isted Oregon Industrie«
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revitalizing
New Bull Run board seeks harmony
Oregon's economy 1» on«* that recall* a
brief moment in history, when the
spotlight of international attention focused
on the »tale and its hirRest city
The »uggrolion is that <»ov Vic Atiyeh
appoint a lash force to study the feasibility
of conducting a bicentennial exposition to
commemorate discovery of the ( olumbia
River in 1792
Mere mention of such an event in IW2
evokes images of the Pacific Coast s first
full fledged world's fair in 1905 the l«ewts
g Clark Exposition in Portland Based on
results of that event, such an undertaking
Indeed could be a significant «hot in the
arm for Oregon’s economy
The I«ewis A «'lark celebration not only
turned a tidy profit for its investor«. It pro
voked a «even year development boom,
the like* of which were unequalled in
Portland until the massive influx of
shipyard workers in the early 1940«
There is a current rebirth of interest in
the US* world's fair following publication
last year of a booklet by the Oregon
Historical Society entitled
The Great
Extravaganza "
The most likely indication something
might come from the exposition sugges
Bon is the personal interest Gov Atiyeh
has m the Lewis A Clark event Also a col’
lector of keepsakes from the fair, he
dMrWwe« that interest in a («»reword to Ab
hot IS hook It was from another booth at
the (air that the governor s father launch
ad the family operated rug business that
•till flourishes in Portland
There also is an interesting parallel list»
weon now end the time the I earlier fair
first waa conceived
Author Abbot l recounts the idee was
le g is la tiv e Report from the State C apital1
f X C LU SIV E Io Oregon x Weekly Nt-w^pa
p e rt from A s u x ia le d (.Vegon
i n d u t t i ir s
first »uggested by Portland dry goods mer
chant Den McAllen in the midst of a na
t Iona I depression in 1895 just 10 ye an
before the expoeition became reality
Heal economic benefits however,
resulted from spending outside the
lalrgrounds
Attracting more than a
million and a half visitors, the fair infused
some W million into the Portland economy
alone
The development that followed truly was
phenomenal In the »even y e a n from 1*K>
to 1911 bank clearings increased by ISO
percent Value of building permits rose «M
percent Streetcar traffic doubled and
doubled again as 2.400 homes and apart
ments were build each year during what
Abbott describes as the Exposition boom
Aside from mementoes in collection* or
gathering dust in someone's attic, few
tangible remains of the extravaganza are
visible today But the event offically called
‘The Lewis and Clark Centennial and
American Pacific Exposition and Oriental
F a ir," launched Portland as a major U S ,
metropolis. established that city as a hub
of Northwest commerce and Is credited
with inaugurating trade between thia coun
try and those surrounding the Pacific Rim
So it might lake 10 years to put another
greet extravaganza together There just
happens to be that many available bet
ween now and the summer of IW2
B u ll Run school b oard
meetings are considered the
wildest and craziest in the area
That reputation, regardless of
whether it is deserved, may be
undergoing c change
F r id a y n ig h t the th re e
members, including one survivor
of the recall election, met to fill
the two vacancies left by the
recall, and the mood seemed to
tie one of reconciliation.
“ It was really pleasant." said
Karen Rollins who survived the
recall vote June 22 by a 79-72
margin She was elected board
chairman later in the meeting
after the two vacancies had been
filled
“ I think people may be ready to
wipe the slate clean and start
over again," Rollins told The
Poet. " I hope so ”
Jim Bollerman. a victim at the
re c a ll <79-70), was at the
meeting Motioning toward the
front of the room, he said, "These
people are our elected represen
ta tiv e s
R e p re s e n ta tiv e
democracy ts right here
“ I have confidence that they’re
all going to do the best job they
can for the school I ’d like to see
the rest of us here just kind of get
off their backs and let them do
their Job "
in, as mterestinc twist. Jack
by SCOTT NEWTON
Layton, who was turned out of of
fice by a 9941 vote on June 29
(with David Shaw winning his
«eat», was back on the board by
the end of the evening
Eight people in this small
school d is t r ic t (a b o u t 100
students) tossed their names in
the hat for the two openings
They included Leyton. Ctotus
Courtain. Joan Ferduu. Rodger
Atkina. Carolyn Romey. Ray
rwhl Pauline Buhler and Glory
Yankauskas
A unanimous decision, or three
votes, was needed to select a
fourth member l^ayton, with
four years of experience to his
credit, was selected on the second
vote of the board
" I was both surprised and
pleased to have Jack back on the
board.' Rollins told The Post
Before Layton was voted back
on. Rollins, with just over a
y e a r’s experience, was the
veteran board member
Life-long area resident Pauline
Buhler, who said she would
represent the board "from the
retired person's point of view,"
received the nod for the last open
ing on a 3-1 vote
Rollins' theory on why things
went m well is the feeling that
perhaps the recall served as a
pressure valve, and now some of
the steam has been released
About the recall, she said. " I
was real surprised to have sur
vived it I was pleased because I
really care about what I'm
d o in g '
She added. 'I felt It was really
unfair I felt I had a strike against
me because I moved into the area
and got involved before 1 really
got to know people
" It hurt my feelings that people
a -
-*
■ - z---- an, 4 4 bests li
knowing me.”
She feels a compromise must
be reached between a board
meeting serving as a public
fo ru m , and as a business
meeting, and she said she would
direct her energies in that way.
Layton said he talked to some
of the people who helped organize
the recall, and they reportedly
told him they would now stand by
the boa2d and its decisions
Layton is working to negotiate
a contract with Wesley Jahn of
Eagle Point, an administrator he
feels “ has a lot on the ball."
Layton said Jahn has express
ed a desire to have a good work
ing relationship with the board,
and it is hoped communication
will be improved with a new
superintendent
Least one think that all to well,
there was an edge in Andy
Schmidt's voice as he asked the
board to corns to grips with
negotiations on a new contract
for the five teachers.
L a y to n sa id g e ttin g th e
teachers' contract settled to now
the board's priority.
Rollins to realistic whan con
sidering how long the harmony
can last. " It boa bean brewing a
number of year," she Mid. " It
won't Just heal ia one year."