The S^ndy Post
Editorial
&
Opinion
Meters here won’t pay off
Von Braschler, Publisher
Caroline Duff Office Manager
Don Dillon. Editor
Scott Newton News Editor
SANDY, OREGON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16. 1982
BOTTOMING OUT
There are lots of losers hovering
around the remains of Sandy’s
Heritage Square parking lot.
The city probably is biggest
loser, because all seven adjacent
merchants assessed for the local
improvement district balked at
the increasing costs, finally refus
ing to pay on basis on city
technical and procedural errors.
The property owners brought as
Parking meters might have
much g rie f to themselves as the worked three years ago when the
city they’ve finantially threatened square was filled with customers,
to break, however Phase II of a but a business slump and a m ajor
lovely downtown mall parking lot closure leaves the lot nearly emp
probably won’t be completed, and ty lately even during Christmas.
that can’t leave merchants who
Figuring a 10-year payoff with
balked happy or proud for long
11 perc _nt interest, the city would
There’s one victim in the five- have to collect at least 15 cents
year legal squabble more inno from each of 63 parking spots
cent than either the m unicipality every regular business hour of
or the assessed property owners, every business day. That’s fig u r
however That victim is the ing regular business hours of 9
average Sandy resident who now a m. u n til 5 p m . some 310
apparently could be forced to pay business days per year. That’s
for the stubborness of his city wishful thinking
g o v e rn m e n t and d o w n to w n
The city would be better off to
stores
unload the lot in a one-parcel sale
The city m ight seek to pay off to an investor who could do
the lot by charging stores to use something constructive with it
th e lo t o r c h a r g in g th e ir now. I t ’s a choice piece of ground
customers more directly through that shouldn’t prove tough to sell
parking meters
to a sm art business person. (VB)
V
CB’ers radio ‘good news, buddy’
State trooper John Rizzo and
A lot of ‘‘good buddies” soon
Hoodland Fire Chief Don Arm in- w ill “ put their ears on” to Chan
trout deserve a lot of credit for nel 9 to participate in the early-
organizing a network of CB radio warning program Eventually,
volunteers to listen for trouble on CB'ers would like to monitor trou
the mountain.
ble spots all the way from Sandy
More ears to the ground could to Government Camp.
save a lot of lives with earlier
Mobile and base CB operators
response to fires, accidents, are urged to help by registering at
crim es, downed power lines, the main Hoodland fire station in
hazards and stranded motorists.
Zig Zag (VB)
Salem scene:
Woodstove damper eyed
by JACK Z IM M E R M A N
Associated Orrgon Industrie*
Oregon lawmakers have an opportunity
(or another legislative "firs t’’ in the na
tion, when the 62nd Assembly convenes
Jan 10 in Salem
The potential pioneering effort involves
a subject referred to in the old refrain
about keeping the homefires burning It's
likely to arouse considerable interest
among Oregonians currently burning
something more than 1 7 million cords of
firewood a year to ward off winter chill
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Portland Oragori
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In short, the Departm ent of En
vironmental Quality will introduce a bill to
require state certification of woodstoves
Purpose is to blunt an air pollution trend
that's reversing air quality achievements
the last decade in major population
centers
Popularity of woodstoves for residential
heating has soared in Oregon and
elsewhere since the Arab ml embargo in
IS7S Subsequent increases in the costs of
other home heating sources in addition to
oil natural gas and electricity
coupled
with the introduction of airtight stoves in
the mid Seventies, steadily pushed the use
of firewood upward
Bec ause firewood burning is less fuel ef
ficlent than other heat generating sourcea.
air quality has been impacted significantly
by the release of tow j f residue in the at
mosphere
Environmental quality standards in the
Portland metropolitan area succeeded in
reducing what DEQ calls particulate emia
sion* from industrial sources from 10 thou
sand tons a year 10 years ago to leas than
four thousand Ions now
But beginning ip 1*75, particulate em it
sion* in the same area from residential
woodstove* skyrocketed from lea* than
one thousand Ions to above seven Ihousand
tone currently
Emissions are expected to esceed eight
thousand tana by ISM Furthermore
unregulated woodstove use in the Portland
area la »»peeled to esceed 1*71 industrial
particulate emission* in another decade
Similar conditions are being esperieru
ad in Eugene and Medford areas
In addition to the obvious health and
visibility problems associated with such
increases in air pollution authorities have
became increasingly alarmed by the
throat to further industrial development in
Stnte and federal air quality standards
prohibit particulate pollution above ear
tain levels Although industrial pollution rd
I rodurod in an effort to
industry woodstove
are pushing porlwulsle emis
above what DEQ calks attainment
Non attainment effectively preventa the
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development of new or expanding In
dustries that would add even small
amounts of particulates to the totals in
those areas Considering that creating new
jobs is one of the state's highest priorities,
some method of controlling and reducing
woodstove particulate emissions is bound
to attract attention among those bent on
economic development
It's sort of a "Catch 22” Situation
Everyone wants clean air Escalating
coats of oil. natural gas and electricity pro
mpt continued use of cheaper wood as a
home heating fuel source Folks tern
porarily unemployed or working shorter
hours help push the demand (or less costly
Wi.ad And continued use of firewood
,e* it more difficult to provide steady
employment producing payrolls ■ that
would make use of more costly fuels
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Although no other stale now has a
w oo d sto ve c e r t if ic a t io n p ro g r a m ,
Oregon's plan will draw from experience
in Great Britain and New Zealand
In essence It will attempt through cer
iiftcalion to prevent the sale of stoves that
do not meet certain particulate emission
standards Some types of stoves are more
efficient than others and only those
meeting »tale standards would be legally
useable
This won I happen overnight The law
could go into effect July I, IMS. providing
DEQ time to establish standards and
testing procedures It wouldn't involve ay
woodstoves now in service-o nly those
sold after the effective date
Over tune as current high polluting
types of stoves wear out and are replaced
with more efficient models that comply
with the efficiency standards the par
licuUte emission pollution problem would
**• reduced and. hopefully attainment
levels achieved
‘Oregonians need jobs, not more tax’
H eadlines Dec
2 in
S t a t e s m a n - J o u r n a l,
"Atiyeh seeking 25 percent
Tax Boost," and just last
m o n th
b e fo re
the
N o vem b er election the
Governor said, “ I won't be
a s k in g fo r a n y new
revenue . . . "
T h is s ta te m e n t was
made after income taxes
c a m e up 10 p e rc e n t,
cigarette tax was increas
ed, businesses were re
quired to pay in advance
what they thought they
w o u ld
m ake
and
em p lo yers’ money was
taken out of SAIF All these
e x t r a ta x e s w e re to
replenish the government
"hog trough ”
I know i t ’s easy to
criticize, so let me offer
som e
c o n s tru c tiv e
thoughts Instead of "ap
propriating money to bring
industry into our state,"
why not encourage the
businesses we .* eady
have by lowering taxes'1
Any business—larg e or
s m a l l —c o u ld
h ir e
employees, if they didn't
have to donate so much tax
money to keep government
going
Atiyeh says, more money
is needed to train for high
technology Does anyone
know of an industry that
doesn’t tram their own
workers, especially their
key personnel’ Why should
the state shoulder this
responsibility’
O u r yo u n g
p e o p le ,
workers, are leaving the
state Before long Oregon
will be a state of retirees
and paper shufflers The
deficit is only beginning I
say, reduce taxes and let
industry survive Give a
tax break to anyone hiring
em ployees
O regonians
need work, not more taxes
Jean Roberts
Mehama
Return our kitty
Please give my kitty
back I miss him a lot I
took him to bed at night I
play with him a lot He is
my friend I love him I
miss him very much So
does my brother He cried,
because our kitten is gone
Casey
Our kitten was a very
special part of our fam ily
Fiesty is part Siamese, has
long hair and is very soft
and fluffy He is cream-
colored with dark ears,
tail, feet and face He has
blue eyes and has a dark
line going down his back
Fiesty is a beautiful kitten
He is half grown, knows his
name and has loads of per
sonality
Last Saturday there were
a number of people who
were getting Christmas
trees at W hitlock's on
TenEyck Road Several
were interested in the kit
ten One fam ily in a blue
Ford Courier pickup with
two girls were especially
fond of Fiesty They asked
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imum length Is 2U0 words
if thev could have him
Since we were gone, our un
cle told them that we
wanted that kitten Soon
after they left, we arrived
home and the kitten was
gone
We feel he was
stolen Perhaps it was the
people in that little pickup,
m a y b e som eone else
Maybe they didn't know
there are kids who loved
and would miss that kitty
terribly
If you have our kitten
please bring him back If
you have seen him, call us
at 668-7218
W illie 4 Connie Whitlock
Sandy
THE
MISSILE
, STATE?
Personally speaking:
Hood ski vacation ideal gift
They should know better than to
let me write about what I want
When the sun is shining and the
snow is good skiing is always on
my mind
A ski vacation at Timberlme
L od g e sounds lik e a good
Christmas present, so I decided to
call and find out how much it would
cost lor someone to get me a gift
certificate at the historic old
Lodge
For a mere 188, plus 6 percent
county room tax. I could stay ui the
Blue Gentian room, one of the
three Friends of Tim berlme theme
rooms.
The Blue Gentian being a native
wildflower I tried to imagine the
decor I know it would look nice by
the light of a Presto Log in the
fireplace «state fire codes ap
parently do not allow the burning
of wood in individual rooms,
though wood is turned in the main
fireplaces»
V id a
L o h n es,
e x e c u tiv e
secretary at Timberline, prefers
the Solomon Seal (or Roosevelt)
room The other "them e" room is
¡he Trillium Room
There are less spends rooms,
too An economy room, with tax, is
*44 52 There's no fireplace in the
room, but one still has access to the
bested pool, the slopes, the bars
and (be restaurants
Lohnes and Sally Flury, also ex
ecutive secretary, will make up
“art card" certificates to meet
by SCOTT NEWTON
almost any need For example, a
*290 card could be spent for rooms,
in the gift shop, for ski lessons,
whatever
Lohnes only asks one favor
Don't wait till the last minute, and
that's not because they aren't glad
to do it for yon
By the way. Christmas 83 is
already booked up
Gift certificates are valid for a
year, but an winter weekends a
two mffht stAv mi rm uircd
Now. about the skiing With add!
tiensl lighting, there is a M percent
increase in the area available for
something out of "Star Wars "
night skiing, with the increase
Those three new cats join three
made on or near the Victoria Sta
existing AM C 3700s With labor,
tion chairlift run
fuel and maintenance. Clark said it
Another significant change is
costs about *30 an hour to operate a
th a t,
w e a th e r
p e r m it t in g ,
snow cat
Tim berlm e will have more lifts
Clark is quite pleased with the
operating, according to Bill Coner
latest Inter-Ski Services white
ly, ski host
book, the industry "bible .” Out of
On weekdays three lifts will be
750 re so rts in the c o u n try ,
operating, with four on weekends
Meadows ranks 22nd
Two lifts are open at night
A season pass is »350, and can be
A season pass is »240. or for »315
purchased at the new Sandy office
one can get a c o m b in a tio n
on Friday, Saturday or Sunday
Tim berline-Multorpor pass
mornings A less expensive gift
Looking for a less expensive
would be a season locker rental at
g ift’ For *25 ¡for the season) Ski
>50
Keep Inc will watch skis while the
Clark said they've always con
skier warms up in the Wy'East
sidered Sandy the gateway to the
Lodge
mountain He said the people of
The ski security business is new
Sandy and the city council were
to Tim berlme. and is helping solve
“ most helpful" in helping them
"a big problem " Said Conerly,
find a site for the new *90,000 sign,
"That's cheap insurance, really ”
located at Janz Berryland
Tim berline's best offer appears
I t ’s the only one of its kind in the
to be its two-for-one Mondays In
Northwest, he said, and they know
an effort to attract mid-week
of only one other like it in the
skiers, two can ski as cheaply as
United S la t « (in Colorado)
one every Monday of the seaso
With the removal of 40.000 board
At M t Hood Meadows Michael
Clark, marketing director, tells me feet in South Canyon—under and
the slopes this year are the best near the Daisy chairlift ru n - the
groomed ‘in the history of the ski area has been expanded too
percent, Clark said
Three new cats, at about *115,000
I had
ask, if it ’s raining at The
apiece, are paying off, according Meads»«* will that big sign really
to Clark
tell us that "Ym." Clark assured
Two are Piston Bully 200s. the me. Meadows customers want fac
is a D M C DeLoream MOO, tual information on w m U m t condi
it d o « indeed look like tions. and he M id they'd deliver