The SÉndy Post
Editorial & Opinion
Von Broschier. Publisher
Caroline Duff Office Manager
Don Dillon Editor
Scott Newton. News Editor
SANDY OREGON. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 30. 1982
Sugar dads keep swimmers afloat
Swimming is resurfacing at gradually seeing improvement
Sandy High School, thanks to a through drills and competition in
Sandy's Blue Marlin Aquatics
concerned bunch of supporters.
Defeat of supplemental B ballot Club, a high school feeder pro
in a recent school district levy gram. Then suddenly YOUR sport
dimmed pool lights for many is cut—not 10 percent with all the
aquatic prospects of the Pioneers’ others—but completely and sole
successful program.
ly
Swimmers really took it in the
That’s the sorry high school
shorts. No other sports program situation many supporters are
was zapped as badly as swimm working to correct here. Coaching
ing, with water polo an early will be donated free. Some con
budget cut victim.
cerned parents have donated of
Without district support, swim ficials' fees Other fees have been
mers’ families and friends must waived
come up with a lot of money to
The goal now is $5,000, which
keep the program afloat.
still leaves a big chunk for a few
Well, a group of 27 die-hards got
parents. Still, the successful local
together over the weekend and
program probably would cost no
agreed to do whatever it takes to
mere at $200 per swimmer than
reinstate the program by Nov 8
moprivate swim clubs charge.
under OS.A.A. sanction
Nick Roth is heading the drive
That could mean coughing up as
much as $200 per family, a costly with Roxy Burns, Heidi Lamer
and Shawn Burns. They deserve
commitment.
There’s another way to look at all the support the community can
cost, however Imagine working afford. Call 668-6341 or 668-6225 to
out hard in a pool since age 8 and help. (VB)
Grant us this day our daily bread
Sandy and Hoodland really
should get in the chow line with all
the grants being handed out by
Oregon Economic Action Council.
They are the bank and govern
ment movers and shakers with
the bold, red “Are You With Us?"
buttons.
You’ll recall U.S Bankcorp and
others challenged the state to
raise a million bucks to get
Oregon red hot and rolling again.
They said they’ll plow the donated
bucks back into the state in wor
thwhile economic development.
Well, they’re keeping their pro
mise, now that the money’s in
their hands. A lot of little com-
munity projects are getting a
helping hand
Why not Sandy and Hoodland?
Well, first you have to submit a
grant proposal
Surely, some pump-priming
money could be employed here to
get the Sandy and mountain com
munities economically healthy
with something to offer residents
in social services.
For example, Tigard was
awarded $1,000 toward continua
tion of a youth employment pro
gram The agency offers advertis
ing training, work permit
assistance and council for serving
to more than 6,000 youth.
The Economic Action Council
have urged even more groups to
submit proposals Locally, the ci
ty of Sandy, Sandy Chamber of
Commerce or Hoodland Chamber
could apply. So could other
spirited civic groups
Anyone here want to hold out a
hand for some help9 Requests
should be sent to the Council at
P O.
Box 4889, Portland
97208 (VB)
Personally speaking
Chance for stardom ‘lost
Mark Kuntz telephoned a couple weeks
ago
There's nothing unusual about the Sandy
High School drama instructor giving me a
call As he graciously admits, it’s usually
tiecause he wants something publicity for
a new high school production or a notice
about an upcoming audition (or the Sandy
Community Players
Hut this call was unusal from the start
because it came to me at home
"This isn I going to be painful," he coax
ed "Just come flown to the theater at 7 30
and audition "
He said more about the roles in the up
production, but
coming
everything after "audition" blurred I said
I'd think about 4t And I did
If I'd been intended to be on a stage. I
would've been born in the Old West
I'd rather stumble over a dangling par
txiplc in these pages than stumble over
curs, blocking and forgotten lines
I fretted about my inability to memorize
anything longer than the prefix of the San
dy telephone exchange
My former
parakeet had better line recall than I do
and hr never uttered word one
Besides, I'd promised a cute, little art
student in Minneapolis that I'd write her a
letter that night
Granted it would have tieen my chance
to make a grab for the brass ring of star
dom I saw my path to appearances with
Merv .md < avrtt and whoever s sitting in
for Johnny snap like a Grail* B movie tn
mid reel
But pawling up the audition didn't really
wipe out any chance at Broadway
footlights and Hollywood klirgs I'd
started down the gilded path before
When I was in high school, I wrote a skit
for a basketball pep rally It was a nice
domestic spoof on a popular television pro
gram of the era
Il was an all male high school but when
1 penned the one act I naturally assumed
the director would venture across the
street to the girls school and lure a coed
back for the female lead
Wrong
Ho rt came Io pass that I made my stage
debut as Edith Hunker clad in a print
drew and hiking taeas All went well until
the sweat sock tiosom I d masterfully
taped in place slipped about halfway
through the production For the denoue
men! Edith wrestled her chest instead of
A.'f hit s barbed comments
My spirits urwlamprned later that year I
enmiied in a week long mini course in film
making ' emeraman and director were
by DAN DILLON
already spoken for by the time I strolled
into class But, hey. 1 had experience as
"talent" so I gave it another whirl
It was a classic cops'n'robbers thriller
Preston R icci and I were cast as the
erudite boys in blue, tiecause Preston bor
rowed a couple uniforms and one of them
happened to fit yours truly
We had wonderful high speed car
chases the best part of any high school
filming and raging gun battles, but it was
in the quiet moments that my acting made
its mark
It wasn't a talkie and the Super-8
camera didn t rival Panavuuon, so the
time we weren t directly on camera was
ours to do with as we wanted
Well in my high school, the illicit chew
mg of sunflower seeds was the rage and
there were no instructors hovering over us
as we filmed the interrogation scene.
So, as Preston razzed the suspect on
camera I kicked back, put my feet on the
desk and proceeded to expectorate seeds
into the garbage can at semi long range
off-camera, I thought
Wrong, again
Fortunately, when the movie was shown,
the instructor thought my little ad lib add
ed authenticity and the principal concur
red
So I really did think about going down to
the theater and auditioning after Mark
called Kven though I didn't, I'll tell you
what
If there's ever a role that calk for a
*71416. with a sweat sock bosom, who spits
sunflower seeds. I m in the telephone book
Im not even going to worry about being
typecast
Parents bemoan lost swimming, buses
Busing poor
We are writing this letter
in order to express our con
cern and anger over the
lack of school bus service
on our road We live on S E
370th Ave , a gravel road
approximately 4 mile
from where the bus has
been picking up our
children
I and a few other moms
on our road have been tak
ing the children to school
ourselves or driving them
up to wait for the bus We
also pick them up at the
school or drive up to where
the bus lets them off
Some of our kids are se
cond and third graders,
and we feel they are too
young to walk the distance
alone Personally, I want to
be able to see my children
board the bus every morn
ing so 1 know they are safe
The way the bus situation
is now is unacceptable to
us The high school bus
comes down our road and
has no trouble We have
observed high school and
grade school buses coming
up our road for years, but
suddenly have been left
without adequate bus ser
vice for our small children
We don't like it
We are very frustrated,
tiecause the school tioard
will not acknowledge any
arguments that spokesper
sons for our road have
presented
I hope there are many
other parents who feel the
way we do Maybe we can
correct this situation soon
Patti Knox
Sandy
Fix bus stops
As many parents of the
Sandy Grade school system
know, there have been
numerous reroutings and
cuts in the bus system As
tax payers we realize the
need for cutting coat but
need it be at the expense of
children's safety’
We live on 370th behind
Sandy Industrial Park and
have had bus service since
1971 We have an 8 year old
daughter attending Sandy
Grade Our children are
now asked to walk 4 mile
to the bus stop The fact
that they have to walk this
distance is not our concern,
it's th* area they must
walk through that worries
us It is a wooded area
sparsely populated and
'here is a blind curve on
this road Twenty years
ago this may not have been
a problem but in today’s
society that s not so
We have talked to the
superintendent and the
school board We were told
three reasons for their
decision time, money and
our turn-around wasn't
large enough Our turn
around is 80 feet They
have used it for eight
years Th* iasi two years
they have used a driveway
The High School bus used
this turn around daily Yes.
we may save some money
in time and gasoline, but
what about safety Must
something like child
molesting have to happen
before our administrators
wake up Why are the doors
locked at school and
visitors required to sign in
at the office’’ The school's
responsibility is to and
from school as well as at
school.
At this point we are tak
ing turns driving our
children to the bus stop We
pay for the bus service the
same as everyone else.
We know there are other
parents with similar con
cerns It is time for us to
band together Please feel
free to call me at 668-5195
Gary and Joy Seibert
Sandy
O S A. A rules
Through fund raisers and
donations we are confident
that we can meet this goal
Some 1,697 patrons said
"yes" to the “B" ballot last
week We need your help
now to keep the high school
swim teams in the water
this season A year's inter
ruption will severely
damage the program
Please join us with your
support for these young
athletes!
Committee to Reinstate
Sandy Swim Teams:
668-6341 668-6225
Nick
Roth, chairman
Roxy Bums, sec-treas
Heidi turner. Shawn Bums
co-vice chairmen
Be heard
The Sandy Post's conti-
main strongly opposed to
such a measure, it isn't
hard to understand how
this type of tax bill keeps
popping up One would
think that local govern
ment agencies everywhere
would heed the call and
frustrations of the tax
payer and show us a little
conservation when it
comes to collecting and
spending our tax dollars
A few years ago the
mountain residents were
promised better police pro
tection if we would just
help pass a new tax base It
passed, and so did the pro
mise. our taxes went to
Oregon City, we are still
left without adequate
police protection
We've increased the fire
department budget three-
Letters to the editor
Save swimming
Tuesday. Sept 21, the
high school special levy
"B" ballot failed 1,989 to
1,697 A difference of 292
votes If the "A” and "B"
ballots were combined,
they would have passed by
a 523 margin Wednesday,
Sept 22, the school board
rejected a request to resub
mit a revised "B" ballot to
the voters at the Nov 2
election
Within the "B" ballot the
total high school aquatics
program including both
girls and boys swim teams
was deleted Other sports
were inconvenienced with
some monetery cuts, but
the total swim teams and
waler polo teams were
completely axed from the
budget
We understand cuts had
to be made and that sports
programs usually have to
be reduced, but in fairness
to the whole student body,
the cuts should be across
the board with ail activities
being equally cut back The
whole aquatics program in
this district has been
severely damaged by this
action
Since Sandy residents ap
proved the swim center
bond in 1965. swimming has
been a year round sport in
our community - recrea
tionaliy, instructionaliy
and competitively Within
all these areas there is no
age limit, size limit or abili
ty limit a person must
possess to be involved
Saturday, Sept 25, a
group of high school swim
mers, their parents and
concerned friends met to
discuss possible ways to
continue the boys and girls
high school swim teams
this year A committee was
formed and all were in
agreement that thia pro
gram is important enough
We will need approx
imately 35.000 to reinstate
the
program
under
nuing coverage of the
Hoodland I
various
developments n an impor
tant public service There t
surely is no one who favors i
silted or polluted streams,
ruined fishing or crowded I
living
1 occasionally visit my
daughter and family in this i
beautiful part of Oregon i
and may have a different I
view than a year round I
resident who almost takes i
this healthful environment I
for granted All of us should I
realize that once a million-
dollar real estate develop
ment with its pavement
and roofs has replaced the
thousands of trees and I
shrubs, the Clackamas
County commissioners and
LCDC can only try to ।
reduce the damage done to
the countryside They can't
restore what has been
destroyed in the name of
"progress "
The water problems at
the Timberline Rim
Development are just an
indication of what will hap
pen on a larger scale at the
proposed
Alderwood
Mobile Park Brightwood
Glen and TilEcum Woods
mini-cities
The permanent residents
who want to prevent the
despoliation of their sur
roundings still can speak
up by attending public
hearings, cooperating with
volunteers who make up
the Mountain Area Con
cerned Citizens 1 MACC) or
at least sending another
contribution tn any amount
to MACC. PO Box 131,
Brightwood 97011 There
still are outstanding bills
for lawyers fees, maps and
photocopies
John Saemann
Brightwood
fold, but I don't believe our
needs have increased at the
same percentage If, in-
deed we did need all that
new equipment, wouldn’t it
have been wiser to pay for
it with a bond issue9 With a
tax base increase we've
given the department that
money to find a need for
every year I’ve never
known of an agency to ask
for a decrease in taxes
when the reason for an in-
crease has been meant
Also we need to keep in
mind the purpose of the
department and leave the
runny nose calls to the doc
tors and the clogged
chimneys to the sweeps
Every time the fleet of
trucks sails out the door, so
does the money
Schools, although the
most important agency,
and the one that would be
the most unfairly hit by
Measure 3 could cut down
some extra services and
trim down administrative
expenses Most important
ly. schools should commit
themselves to sound
business practices I have
no problems paying for
education, someone paid
for my puclic education
and daily I ar grateful.
These are the top three
expenses on our tax bills,
all local agencies with local
control in the form of board
of directors It is time we
all take these boards
seriously and commit
ourselves to making cer
tain that members that are
elected, all too often by
default, are dedicated to
conservation and service,
rather than individuals
who show up ooce a month
to nod as the rubber stamp
approve» every whim
1 believe that the respon
sibility is ours to cut taxes
_ and we have not been doing
our job Let’s vote no on 3,
For the third time in four but recommit ourselves to
years we are faced with yet
cutting unnecessary ex
another 1-4 percent pro penses in government and
perty tax limitation, start where we can on the
measure 3 Though 1 re- community level
All costs up
Gail L Wintermute
Weiches
Dump LCDC
Starting at the bottom,
we have enforcement,
which is LCDC, the en-
forcement arm of Senate
Bill 100 the next step up the
ladder We at the local
level feel the effect of plans
made at the highest level,
and it is maddening when
you can’t even build an
outhouse without asking
some bureaucrat for per
mission
Now Senate Bill 100 is the
pilot plan used in all states
to restrict the use of your
land, thus making you serfs
on land which once was
yours
The next step up the lad
der is regional governance,
the merging of several
states into regions We are
in Region 10, with Idaho,
Washington and Alaska
Seattle is the capitol of our
region The Eord Founda
tion planned this regional
idea They even have a con
stitution of the new states
of America
Regionalism rakes away
our legislative form of
state government
Ap
pointed rulers then are put
in, instead of governors
Look at the fight the
bureaucrats are putting up
in Multnomah County,
because the people are try
ing to get back the right to
elect their sheriff, clerk,
assessor, etc Home-rule
charters are part of the
plan, and it sounds good
when you say "home rule ”
The name implies that
things are decided at the
loval level, but not so The
plan comes from the
highest level, and once
again the people get the
shaft
In our nation the top of
this pyramid is the U N
Ask yourself how many
rights you have lost, since
we joined the U.N ? In the
U N charter there are
whole sections copied
word-for-word from the
Soviet constitution, and the
goal of the U N is one
world government
We are fighting LCDC,
which is only the tip of one
of the tentacles of the oc
topus We need to concen
trate on the head of the oc
topus The National Coun
cil of Churches passed a
resolution as follows "The
U.S. may soon have to
subordinate its will to that
of the UN Citizens must
be prepared to take it.
Citizens should prepare for
such eventuality ”
Are you ready to give up
your rights as an American
without
right?
Remember, ‘ Land control
is people control " Are you
willing to submit to being
"controlled?’’
Let's join hands and vote
out LCDC in November
See you at the polls.
Ann Lucas
Estacada