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. • v •• N The Sdndy Post Editorial & Opinion Von Braschler, Publisher Caroline Duff. Office Manager Don Dillon Editor Scott Newton News Editor SANDY OREGON THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 23 1982 Sandy sign code changes timely Sandy's municipal sign review com m ittee has recommended some sign code changes that should help business here The biannual 14-member com mittee of business persons, coun cil appointees and city staff this year wants to perm it more tern porary signs The code changes would provide permanent provi sions for temporary signs for business. Businesses would be permitted one temporary two-sided sign to advertise sale items or prices A temporary sign may be placed on each s tre e t fro n ta g e by businesses that front more than one stree Standard size would be 12 square feet per side with dimen sion of 4 feet tall by 3 feet wide Maximum sign size of 20 square feet would be permitted, when an applicant shows special c ir cumstances Also, all city-approved signs in Sandy must be neat and of profes sional quality as before, and new temporary signs would not be a llo w e d to im p e d e v is io n , pedestrians, tra ffic or other signs. The sign review committee also proposes council allow temporary signs to d ire c t a g ric u ltu ra l workers to berry farms that re quire seasonal labor They also want to exempt customary seasonal decorations for times like Christmas Further more, they seek to extend time lim it on placement of streamers and banners for grand openings from seven to 30 days. A loose lobby of concerned shopkeepers in Sandy approached the city this summer for some lie- niency to p e rm it tem p ora ry signs—sim ple things like gas price signs The shops proved the city right in its tolerance by not abusing the privilege. Citizen input now is sought on the proposals at a public hearing 8 p.m. Oct. 4 in council chambers Businesses in Sandy also are be ing asked by city council to com ment individually on the pro posals. Should little criticism surface in the review period, Sandy City Council would be wise to grant the proposed sign code changes. After all, Sandy as a service center and shopping hub has a lot worth boasting I t ’s just a m atter of communicating what Sandy has to offer. ( VB) Cherish small-town doers by JACK ZIM M ER M AN' Associated Oregon Industrie* The late Fred G Meyer became the first statewide retailer ot the year in 1972 Prineville’s Les Schwab followed the next year Succeeding years saw the roll ex lended to include John Ehrlich, Medford; Eric Blackledge, Corvallis, Don Boyd, Klamath Falls, Clifton Cutter, Brookings, Maune Jacobs, Eugene. Robert Bergeron, Gresham; Dean Pape’, Coburg and John Novak, Klamath Falls But most are little know outside their own communities but well known there, Indeed An example is this year’s Retailer of the Year, E A (Buck! Buchanan, variety store owner operator in tiny Dallas (population 4,800) 16 miles west of Salem Unless you're one of the 27 Ben Franklin store owners in Oregon and Washington, you've probably never heard of him Butin Dallas, where he’s been in business since 195«. Buck is former junior first citizen, first citizen nominee, president of Jaycees. Chamber of Commerce and Rotary, organizer of local industrial development efforts, booster of school budgets, tax bases and charitable fund raisers As in many places, people in Dallas have a tendency to pass the buck when it comes to shouldering community responsibility “ That buck stops with Buck in Dallas,“ according to one grateful admirer That’s what it takes to become Oregon's retailer of the year Ask the superintendent: Students score above norm PETEMN bv DR JOHN PETERS Superintendent, Mandy High QUESTION Why Isn't more emphasis placed on improving classes such as English and composition ANSWER This la a paraphrased version of a concern raised in The Post recently by a Welches' parent . feel it presents a ques tlon to which we must respond since it underscores an issue that bothers many I have requested that our assistant prin clpal, Dennis Crow, address this matter in this column His reply follows “ Mandy High .School requires four years of English instruction, which consists of a balance among English and American literature, expository and descriptive writing, language study and English grammar During both freshman amt sophomore years, students receive inten stve review of the principles of sound English usage and their application to multi paragraph composition “ In our annual evaluation of perfor mance the California Achievement Test helps tai measure 17 areas in spelling language met ha men and language expres sion Roth ninth and eleventh grade students lake the CAT every school year Osar results from the IM I «2 testing demonstrate that students possess a high degree of skill in these subjerts Whenever studants fall below average in the Item analysts reinforcement is built into the regular English program This nest school year our areas of toncentra Mountain teachers, strife spur mail Support teachers join your husband in Idaho Tom Well Welches I would like to make a few responses to Vicki Kram ers' letter to the editor in the Post Sept. 16 The Christmas and new How soon we forget Was year season is nearly here it not two or three years We also are faced with ago that grocery clerks at r e la te d in c re a s e in T h riftw a y stores w ere burglaries that alw ays about to strike «needless to p re c e d e the h o lid a y say o v e r s a la r y and seasons We can expect an benefits»? My, how times increase in these crimes have changed due to unemployment Unemployment is up, In How can we protect deed, but what percentage ourselves and our proper of those people are really ty? In addition to lights, an beating the pavement look effective and relatively in ing for work*’ A select few e x p e n s iv e m e th o d is Teaching would be ideal, subscribing to the services if we could leave work at 4 of a reputable and bonded p m and no, have to think security service This is about work until the next especially helpful to those day individuals who cannot But after 4 p m is when reside full time on their the papers are graded, properties practices are planned and A community with a high plays are rehearsed This degree of freedom from is when assessments of burglaries and vandalism students needs and pro will be a calm, cohesive g ress a re th o ro u g h ly community and a wonder checked in order to get ful place to live and raise ready for the next school your children day. Arthur Cansler la open How sweet it would be. if ing a branch office of teachers were paid time Cansler Security Service, and a half after their eight- inc in Zigzag M r Cansler hour day or double for the has more than 16 years of holidays experience in security with As I understand, you service in both city policy w ere once a fu ll tim e and The Clackamas County grocery clerk who elected Sheriff Dept He is civic- to quit her job So fortunate minded and insists on a to be working again, at high degree of training and least part time discipline in his security of As far as teacher salaries fleers. are concerned, money is in He is prepared to furnish the budget for salary in a much needed service to creases in which are ask you and your community, ing This would mean no in and I do not hesitate to crease on your tax dollars recommend his service Maybe you should keep We need this service up with the Joneses and A security service will Secure homes Salem scene: This is when Oregonians honor their “ mainstays of Main Street." For more than a decade, Oregon's largest cities and smallest towns have paid tribute this time of year to individuals who play a special role in the welfare of their communities Target of this attention is one of the most fam iliar faces in town - a retail merchant, who in the process of serving customers, also manages to provide leadership, par ticipation and wherewithal that makes a town or city a worthwhile place to live, work and raise a family. The brainchild of a former chain store executive, the Oregon Retailer of the Year award was conceived to recognize the un sung merchant—first to be called upon for support of worthy projects and most susceptible to criticism if goods or ser vices failed »o satisfy purchasers “ A unique product of the American m a rk e tin g system ,** said founder luiwrence W Winthrop, “ the retail mer chant is the final link in the chain of pro duct ion and distribution of goods that have raised American's living standards to a level unsurpassed in human history "And the ultimate seller of goods in the marketplace is the moat intimate acquain tance of the consuming public “ Customer complaints and praise seldom find their way to the manufacturer or distributor They most often focus on the purveyor of goods the readily accessible local merchant Likewise, the moat readily available helping hand is th«» same merchant, with convenient doors open longeat to ac comodate the buying public Letters to the editor: lion will be pronoun usage, subject-verb agreement, spelling and capitalization “ I would like to point out that Sandy High requires one more year of English in struction than Is required by state stan dards Students must complete four years of English We also are one of the very few schools In the Mount Hood Community Col lege District to offer Writing 121. 122 and 122 for college credit Through an agree ment with MHCC and the Oregon State System of Higher Education Sandy High seniors may enroll in special writing pro grams here, for which they can earn up to nine quarter hours of college transfer credit “ I NOTE Or Peters will answer question« directed in rare ef The Pest, P.O. Row 88. Mandy. OH OTMS.l also generate new jobs that are badly needed Let’s help him stay on the moun tain Albert H Green Mountainair Park Likes reports I am writing to express support for one of your m a jor contributing reporters, Michael Jones Michael has contributed his time and ta le n t to v a s tly enriching the readers of the Sandy Post in several mat ters of interest on the mountain Some of the more impor tant topics exposed and il luminated by his pen in clude land-use planning in the Mt. Hood Corridor, news about Welches School and reports on water quali ty including hydroelectric projects and fish vitality Also enjoyable are his a r ticles on local history and weekly log of the fire department activities I look forward to reading more informative articles my Michael in the Post and hoj»e to see an expanded paper once again with more local news articles. M arjorie Wicks Rhododendron Death mourned Life is nothing but a dangerous and painful test There are good times and bad times, both of which can be dealt with in a peaceful and heavenly way. Your outlook on life can affect your attitude toward life There are people that q u a litie s , an excellen t say, “We take care of our athlete, as well as an ex families before we spent c e lle n t student in a ll time with God ’’ In my categories, an outgoing view that is wrong, because warmth and love for others God put you on this earth that all of whom you came with the ability to work and in contact with felt care for others There is I and everyone else knew never not enough time to for a fact that you were go spend with God But there ing to make it big in life is almost always two sides with your powerful drive to to a story At this time that succeed above all others is my opinion I think of the good times As with Michael and and bad times we shared every other living thing, together, as well as the fun God put them on this earth times, but most of all I to give us joy and hap thank you for being what piness. and we should be you were A leader thankful to no end But when God takes them A day hardly ever went back, we tend to blame God by that I haven’t stopped to or ourselves for our sor look at your picture and rows, but instead should be recall a good time we had thanking God for the joy together and heartaches we shared I thank God for putting with his gift. you on this earth to give me Everything on this earth joy God has put here for a pur I will miss you like none pose, But when man in other, until I see you again te r fe r e s w ith G o d ’s in heaven There we will balance, he is not only en enjoy abundance of good dangering his soul, bu, the times together 1 long for souls of others the day I will see you again Michael gave joy and Until then I will continue peace We shared his joy as to try and follow in your well as his sufferings footsteps for a good educa Mchael was truly a prize tion and healthy gody, as in the eyes of God One to well as a love for others be watched over and taken I will miss you as I love extreme care of A carbon you, my brother A part of copy of his mother and me is gone, but the father, he was loving and memories no one can take caring and always there away. when you needed h elp-n o I know you will be with matter what the task could me in spirit for ever and be. ever I love you. Michael was one to look Love, up to. I longed to be one of Your cousin Tom his character and talent He was more of a man at his age that I ever hope to ( E D IT N O TE: M ichael be A true image of his O tt , 14, died at home near father, he held the finest Sandy last week.) Personally speaking: Aren’t some roadside signs funnv? J Aren't roadside signs funny7 I mean, it's one thing to paw through aisles and shelves of a tor egoods, trying to figure what’s included in hasty “ 2 fer 1” and “ inventorry reduckshun" sale signs There, at least, you have time to ponder what the message is supposed to say and decide with careful deductive reasoning what's covered by the vague labels Screwy roadside signs that cross your path at 55 mph find lit tle chance for interpretation The really funny ones are the marquees where light bulbs have burned out on letters in the sign, so that only half the sign is readable You get wild store labels like “T r f way" (spotted in Gresham), * Quality used c rs" (in Portland* and “ Good Foo ** inear Rockwood). My favorite is one at Twelve Mile Corner that states, “ Flower i l l " With all the pollution in East County lately, I shouldr, t wonder.) Luckily. Sandy's preference for permanent wood signs prevents such confusion here For the rest of the area wizards of business, it's hard to understand how a store owner could spend good time snd money putting up a brightly illuminated sign and by VON BRASCHLER then let it run down like that. T b s t e s p e c ia lly goes for billboards like the ones near San dy on Highway 38 that peel with wind, rain and neglect Nothing's quite so distracting at 55 mph as a hot model with a coy smile, as she hints: “ Find happiness under the sun in lovely nearby .” (peel, rip, te a r.) You wonder If that's any sillier, though, than the professional man who puts his name, address, I serial number and biographical file on display for cars zipping past his billboard at 55 mph He communicates about as little Good billboards like Berma Shave laughers and fruit stand teasers, are a comfort to the traveler who welcomes their presence on a long, dull trip Do any Seattle transplants like me rem em ber cranning a neck across tne freeway bridge near university district to see an in surance building time reader b o a rd 's fu n n y m o rn in g messages'’ So many commuters were sad, when the readerboard flashed its final “Goodbye” with removal of the sign, crowded from roadside view by towering new buildings. Readerboards that require hired unskilled labor to change the message, however, are prone to unintentional humor When they run out of certain letters, they improvise or leave things out The same approach it taken, when they aren't certain how to spell or punctuate So occasional ly you'll see gems like “a klat tun I78” and “ %10 Spuds IK » ’ A S a fe w a y re a d e rb o a rd on Hawthorne in Portland notes, “ Friendly people 8-10 p m ” (Guess it*s best not to run into any of them after hours.) No matter. It all means th same thing, right? Like those yard signs hanc crafted to sell houses, cars an garages My recent favorite is a sign o a Powell corner telephone pole 1 simply says “ For sale ’’ Perhap GT had too many poles ii Gresham'’ Or perhaps the hous nearest the pole was the item fo sale? Well, the nearest buildinj was a church. The one roadside sign we al must heed religiously, of course is the traffic sign Even here however, I encounter some ronfu sion In Canada, official directiona signs that tell you when to tun are explicite. If the sign point! right at the corner, you’d bettei turn at that corner as close to th« sign as you can cut it In the good old USA, however, directional signs are far less precise A sign might tell you to turn left for something, but the turn might come in half a block, two blocks or even half a mile How cane this guys com- municat like that, and except any one to under stand them’ We in the newspaper biz never have such problems, I hope
