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The Srfntiy Post
Von Braschler, Publisher
Caroline Duff Office Manager
Editorial & Opinion
Dan Dillon Editor
Scott Newton News Editor
SANDY. OREGON THURSDAY JULY 22 1982
Deadline needed for weedy lots
Sandy City Council is getting
tough with homeowners who keep
unsightly yards by considering a
get-tough deadline for compliance
with the city’s present weed
abatement ordinance.
The measure is needed, because
not all residents asked by the city
to clean their yards comply readi
ly. In fact, owners of 86 city lots
are not in compliance or moving
toward compliance this summer.
I t ’s especially shocking that
many of these weedy lots are
located in new subdivisions. Lots
declared a public nuisance in
clude areas of Knollwood Estates,
Tickle Creek Estates, Stewart’s
Subdivision, Longville Estates,
Grass Meadow, Sagewood, Park
Crest, Aldergate I I and Highview
I II.
The city will proceed to clean up
these lots for their owners and
then bill them for the work, plac
ing a legal lien against the value
of the property to collect if
necessary.
Many of these lots were turned
in by neighbors. The city notified
all offenders by mail and even
gave them a second chance to res
pond in compliance with the city
clean-up code.
Some
o ffe n d e rs
who
acknowledged by their second
notice have been granted an ex
tension period to clean up their
weed-covered lots, with the city
looking over their shoulders to
finish the job if necessary.
Next year a deadline for weed
abatement on messy city lots
seems wise. Some people just
don’t seem to get motivated to
clean up our neighborhood any
other way.
And, after all, a city has a right
to try to look its best for the
morale of those who do give a
darn and want Sandy to reflect a
good impression. (V.B.)
Community hospital needs our aid
G res h a m
C o m m u n ity
Hospital—that crowded former
nursing home that serves the area
from 122nd to Madras and The
Dallas—lies limp at a crossroads,
awaiting either death or new life.
The crossroads is its limited
three-acre Gresham site, where
the former Wildwood Nursing
Home bursts at the seams on the
brink of growing substandard by
state health requirements.
New life is offered in a 22-acre
replacement facility site near Mt.
Hood Community College on
Stark Street in Gresham, where
the non-profit hospital hopes to
break ground D ecem ber
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What’s needed now is up-front
pledge money from local donors
as seed money to secure tax-
exempt revenue bonds that would
pay the other 90 percent of the
$13.1 million new facility.
Hospital fund-raisers are en
couraged to see most of the
$350,000 raised thus far against an
$800,000 local goal donated by
hospital staff and the hospital
auxiliary
Local pledges are key to
demonstrating local com m itt
ment to the bond market.
The need is great. A crowded
emergency room treats some 70
patients a day. Surgical hours at
the hospital have tripled in 10
years. Most rooms hold four pa
tients, and crowding further
hampers administration and ad
missions. One nursing station
serves 40 beds, while state
guidelines suggest 17 as a safe ERA simplistic
limit. Congestion is so bad, in fact,
Your editorial on Sen
that some operations are not at Bob Packwood*« stand on
tempted at the local community the Equal Rights Amend
ment was repugnant to me
hospital.
I am a woman, not a
The new facility would provide “wltchhunter” I love my
room event ually for 300 beds, an femininity and the respect
and privileges it gives me
expanded and m o d e rn ized
I also am very much for
emergency department, an inten equal rights The ERA,
sive care and coronary unit, cen however, is much too sim
tralized laboratory and surgical ple to cover the complex
differences between men
departments and a free-standing and women.
alcohol treatment center.
As
to
S e n a to r
The community hospital, owned P a c k w o o d 's " b r a v e ”
stand, what's so brave
by n o n -p ro fit M e tro p o lita n when you’re a senator from
Hospitals, operates without tax a state that ratified the
assistance. Without some show of E R A ’
Jeri Richardson
support now from the community
Sandy
it serves, the hospital lies on the
brink of a health care crisis
Brand omitted
through closure by foreseen
Corrections on your tear
future difficulty in meeting state
gas s tc ry :
health standards. (V.B.)
When I first was con
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incorrectly listed new Post classifieds magazine, as lift-out
classifieds circulation at 14,500 section from this newspaper, also
area homes Actually, Post want- is carried by the Wednesday
ads now are delivered weekly to Gresham Outlook and Today
some 26,500 homes, including new Magazine for the same price.
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the superintendent:
Few school meetings secret
p
QUESTION
Why do school boards hold
secret meetings’
ANSWER
By law, with the exception of
executive sessions, all meetings of school
hoards must be held in public Only those
issues protected by confidentiality laws,
such as evaluatiom of specific students
and staff members, may ba dealt with in
executive sessions Though the reaulta o
labor negotiations must be announced in
public session, as do the result* j f evalua
tions. school boards do not have to disclose
their private discussions of those matters
Whan given the freedom to review parson
eel and negotiation matters in dosed
eatings board members are better able to
make fair and independent judgments
which t what the voters expect Sandy
High School holds about seven or eight sea
sions a year AI1 final decisions are mads
in open, public meetings
Q J U IT
T IO N
“
“ Why does Mandy High
nd students’ Isn’t suspension
I then s three day vacation*
ANSWER You have a paint Frequently,
studenu who sre denied the right to attend
high school far a shad period of limo as a
disciplinary action onjny the lime off On
the ether hand, many of our excellent
perenta mska sure that “the time off is
M t spent comfortably In truth, ws are
graAssUy moving away from
This year we introduced a
It
out
specific consequences for specific acts and
gives the teacher more flexibility in work
ing with students Built into the system is a
series of rewards to reinforce good con
duct Under this new approach suspension
bscomss a tool to induce students to reflect
on thetr negaCve actions Rather than b»
mg removed from school, students are
sent to arses where they have no dtstrsc
Hons Three areas sre empty rooms to
which studenu are assigned for varying
lengths of time While there, they must sit
quietly, remain alert, and do nothing
After an hour or so they sre usually eager
to return to the classroom and conform to
the teachers rules
( N O T E : Dr. Peters will amwer questions
addresss 4 te him hi cere ef The Past at
P.O Bex SB. Seedy. OB VTSM i
Letters to the editor'.
Post ERA stai
tacted by Gwen Bogh and
we met for an appointment
May 1, 1 made it clear that
it the report she was about
to do on tear gas couldn’t
be accurate, then not to
waste her time or mine
Since there was some
misinformation. I feel this
letter is necessary to clear
up the article
Paragraph 4 states there
w e re
a p p r o x im a te ly
650,000 “reported" rapes in ticular brand (by name) to
(P a r a g r a p h 6 1 ). I f
the U.S last year Since I explain that some C.N. testing your tear gas. don’t
got these figures from the could cause perm anent use a cottom swab, as it
state police, that figure damage if not washed off would absort any mineral
was an a p p ro x im a te
p ro perly” ) That quote oil present and give an in
n u m b e r. ( A c e rta in
didn't belong to me.
accurate time test. Spray it
percentage don t report )
Since there are many in a cup Take your index
Paragraph 19 states I said brands that use the C N as finger and dot some on
“ Tear gas feels like a their choice and most peo
your face on your cheek
to o th a c h e
m u ltip lie d
pie refer to ail tear gas bone
100,000 times ” This is a (C.N. and C.S.) as mace
The way Paragraph 62
quote by Warren Pingrey, did not belong in the same reads easily could
be
not
m y s e lf.
W a rre n
paragraph
misinterpreted
Many of
operates the Care Free
Paragraph 47 states San
the carrying cases of dif
Center under the name of dy Police Chief Fred said ferent brands are set up the
WDR Int in Clackamas
“When it is used on so
same Where you have a
where the first interview
meone, it just makes him
case with a strap that
was held.
madder ” It didn't say snaps to the side, you don’t
P a ra g ra p h 21 states
which type he was referr
need to unsnap to get to, or
"N e rv e
en d in g s
a re
mg to, but this statement
turn on, to use ust reach in,
dissolved by tear gas.’* C S
has been made ove and
take the safety off and then
typ e
d isso lves
fa t t y
over by policemen who push down on the top with
deposits that cover nerve have used a C N type of your thumb
endins A signal then is sent
tear gas
(Paragraph 58», I have
to the brain indicating an il
Los A n g eles P o lic e
proof th at Chem shield
lusion of pain The body D e p a r tm e n t,
second
could “knock a person to
rebuilds fatty deposits to largest in the U S , field
his knees and m ake
cover bar nerve endings
tested tear gas for several
another instantly go limp *
approximately 20 minutes
week and chose Chem-
This letter was written by a
later,
shield (a C.S type) They
policeman who had to use
Paragraph 26 states the
turned around a purchased
his ('hemshield in an act of
office is in Estacada Since 3,00i) units for all their of duty.
Gwen met at our only office ficers
Because C.S. causes eye
in Clackamas at the Col
In Paragraph 50, Roland
watering, skin-burning and
onial Business ('enter on Cartisser didn’t say how a
a feeling of shortness of
Highway 224 just west of person is supposed to pro
breath (to put it m ildly), it
the
F re d
M eyer
tect herself, but didn’t could knock a person down
warehouse. I don’t know
reemmend tear gas (even
temporarily
how that information got
though it could stop an
P arag raph 63 should
mixed up
assailant, and C.S. does
have stated that most tear
Paragraph 36 is a dooaie
wear off), Maybe we all
gas should be replaced
It set me up for a lawsuit
should start packing a
after a year, because it
( Since I never use a par
pistol?
o fte n
loses p o te n c y.
Paragraph 71 discusses ap
proved sprays in Califor
nia, then proceeds to give a
list of manufacturers or
d is trib u te rs by nam e.
Chemshield is approved,
but is not on the list.
I ’m sure Gwen Bogh
tried to get the story ac
curately.
Camille Schwab
Boring
Locals triumph
The Sandy Red Hots soft-
ball team has completed
this year's season by winn
ing second place in a Tri-
County tournament and
placing • third in a state
championship tournament
The girls on this team
should be commended for
their efforts Each girl con
tributed to the success of
the team They all can be
pro ud
of
t h e ir
ac
complishments.
We want to publicly
thank the parents of these
girls for giving their sup
port and encouragement to
the team and coaches The
enthusiastic participation
by the families and friends
of the Red Hots has made
coaching this team a
pleasurable and reward ex
perience
C heryl and Lyle Schwartz,
coaches
Sandy Red Hots
Personally speaking:
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Future world might be easy for some
Future world might shock
many, but I think it'll be a breeze
I say that with absolute faith in
humanity's ambition to make
things as easy as possible, so we
can take life easy in the future
Technology works in our favor
toward such ambitious ends
»Ready technology works for us
day and night, so we can work
shorter days and enjoy longer
nights The chorea of maintaining
a home have been reduced from
the grind of a scrub maid, kitchen
staff and laundress to instant
m ic ro w a v e
d in n e rs
and
3 0 -m in u te w ash c y c le s in
m achines ao ind ep en d en tly
faithful thetr repairmen are
advertised as lonely
Work at the office is easier with
new technology, too Word p ro
ceasing machines used to prim
thia Sandy Post article make
work a breeze as do other com
puters, calculators. conference
te le p h o n e s ,
b o o kkeep in g
m ach ines, dictaphones and
record-a-caU devises
Unfortunately, a person still
has to se rv e tim e at the
job whether it’s at the plant, of
fice or home And that's where
future technology comes into
play to take the boredom out of
by VON BRASCHLER
monotonous day-to-day simple
chorea
Soon clones may do this dirty
work for us. as laboratory
duplicates created to substitute
for their look-alike originate Ac
cording to some accounts like
David RorvK'k's "In His Image”
scientists already know how to
duplicate life from a single
human cell with all genetic
coding required to create iden
tical new life Moat surprisingly
according to futurists, this new
life could m irror the original man
or woman from whom the single
cell is taken for this spark of life
So I daydream about a clone
who looks like me, talks like me,
thinks like me and even goes to
work like me That part about g o
ing to work would be the best
part. I predict I look forward to
sending a double to take my place
when the steelhead are running in
the Sandy River or whenever
there s a big special edition I
need to help assemble “ I " will
not shirk my responsibilities, of
course Instead. I ’ll send Me 2 or
Me-3 to gam some experience do
ing our” job Just how many of
us there will be to share the
workload would depend or. how
many clones I could afford
• I calculate that clones could be
costly to possess, and I ’m not
thinking just of laboratory “start
up" cuets Soon after clones get
over their new thrill of being
alive and just like real people,
they'll iscover they are real peo
ple with second-class treatment,
Sooc they'll want equal pay for
equal work, social respect as In
dividuate and even free clinics for
psychiatric check ups for their
identity crises They might even
form unions for clones and picket
their sweat shop conditions with
signs that say something like
“Gone power!”
W ell, m ore power to the
people-even if they are a bunch
of clones
Im a g in e , too. the so cio
economic implications of gather
ing enough clones for an army
How would you treat this arm y’
Would they fight for those of us
who are original copies? Most im
portantly, how could we achieve
a safe world balance of power,
when e v e ry n a tio n g ains
technology to clone legions of
fresh conscripts?
Should that nightmare come, it
could be worse than the civil war
where brother fought brother or
the world wars where cousins
faced cousins We could face
ourselves in mortal combat with
unlimited numbers of General
Grants or General Lees on both
sides of the firing line
At that time, it might be wise to
recall that our destruction wasn't
brought about by a bunch of
clones that answer to the same
name. Blame it on a bunch of laiy
In d iv id u a l*
who
sought
throughout time for a servant
class to do its dirty work.
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