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The Sdnfcly Post Von Braschler, Publisher Corol.ne D uff Off.ce Monoger Editorial & Opinion Don Dillon Editor Scott Newton. News Ed.tor SANDY, OREGON. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30. 1982 New times need new approaches The threshold of a new year is a good time to pause for a moment, take stock and make palatable resolutions that will improve our performances and reflect the lesson s learned during the preceding 12 months. For those in the business of sharing information it is a time to reflect not only on the news of the day, but on the audience who receives and uses the informa tion, and our approach getting the information out. Shifts are occurring in media users. A pioneer in the study of reader attitudes, Ruth Clark, cites three. The baby boom has grown up; our population is aging. There is a move away from America’s classic optimism about the economic outlook. There is a shifting of the “new values” laun ched during the 1960s as people decided what they like and don’t like. Those shifts then require a shift in the attitudes of the press. At The Sandy Post, we want to reflect the lifestyles and the geographic parameters of the area we serve. With a smaller space for news, what we print is more important with each issue. With a limited news staff where we spend our time getting stories is important because what we pre sent should be a reflection of our readers’ desires and needs. If a community newspaper is to be the eyes and ears of the com munity it serves, from time to time it needs help shucking the blinders ; it needs help seeing the people for the stories. That’s where our readers come in. Throughout the new year, we want to hear from you about special events, people and ac com p lish m en ts in your neighborhoods, at work and at play. With your help, the Post can reflect the lifestyles enjoyed by our readership. With limited space, there will be times when some events may not get the coverage they may deserve, but we will strive tenaciously to make them known to our readers — your neighbors and co-workers. With that as our resolution, let us wish our readers — our neighbors and friends — a happy new year. (DD) Ask the superin tendent: Fire damages assessed by JOHN D. P E T E R S Sandy High Superintendent Q UESTIO N: “ W ill you replace the district office with a new facility as a result of the fire last week?" A N S W E R : The Board of Directors of the Sandy Union High School District w ill be making that decision shortly Permanent office space w ill be found for the superintendent and his immediate staff of four Meanwhile, temporary office space is being rented from Pioneer Realty in upstair quarters at 38720 Proctor Blvd , in tersection of Proctor and Scales Avenue Office hours have been set from 7:30 a m to 4 30 p m , Monday through Friday Mail for the District Office will continue to be received at Sandy Union High School, 17100 Bluff Road, Sandy, OR 97055 The d is tric t office telephone num ber is 668-7134 Q U E S T IO N : "D id you lose many records7” No Fortunately, most of the necessary records were either in fire proof storage cabinets or stored in our Clackamas Coun ty ESD computer system No irretrievable fiscal records and no personnel records were lost to the fire Damage to the structure of the building, loss of equipment including a computer and a printer, destruction of storage cabinets, and loss of all office furniture and supplies are completely covered by In surance Salem scene: Chip off the old block by JACK Z IM M E R M A N Associated Oregon Industries Folks In Eastern Oregon take their politics seriously And the appointment of a Burns d airym an to represent State Senate District 30 was about as serious a develop ment any leading up to the beginning of the 1981 regular biennial session of the state Ixigislature At least itwas lor some 17,8M residents of the district's seven counties Baker Crook, Grant. Harney. Lake. Malheur and Morrow Sworn Into office by Gov Vic Atlyeh Dec 30. Eugene b Timms. 50, was ap pointed Io serve the remaining two years of the Senate term vacated by form er Sen Rob Smith, who was elected as Oregon's 2nd D is tric t U S C ongressm an In November And while moat of I ha Western Oregon news media were aiiaorbed with the state Senate majority's inability to select a presiding officer, choosing Smith's sue l essor has been the big news In most of the area east of the mountains Selected first as one of five candidates named by Republican Central Committees from the counties involved. Tim m s ultimate appointment was made by 31 members of the seven County Courts For the benefit of Western Oregonians, those counties are ruled by rommisskma of three individuals a county judge and two com missioners Except for Lake County which has a chairman and two com mis ty judges have probate and juvenile responsibilities in addition Io chair * » • of Timms initial reactions to tus ap was the observation that he »'I upset to n a l* demographics Indeed he is a man replacing another maile He's S member of the Republic an minority (a requirement since Smith was also) And he's to years old so that won't upset the average age of LettersjQ_the editori Readers offer thanks, give advice Help appreciated Dear F r ie n d s of Brightwood and the sur rounding i'oodland area, My deepest appreciation to all of you for the support and love you have shown my fam ily following the death of m y husband, Steve Your contributions from the benefit dance and the jars at the stores helped so much and words cannot express my appreciation to everyone involved I love you all and may God bless e a c h and everyone of you M a r ily n , H e a th e r and Allison Giuntini Brightwood ‘Open your eyes’ As a resident of the city of Sandy. I subscribe to The Sandy Poet which I read every Thursday evening after work In tlie past few weeks I have become very upset with the Post For exam ple, in last week's issue i Dec 23. 1982' I read where ISO families were receiving Christmas baskets from the Sandy Kiwanis T h u is a very wonderful geQure on the part of tlie Kiwanis and all the people who donated time, money and food I believe they deserve more recognition for their ac tions than The Sandy Post gave them (picture and subtitle). Also there is a lot of other interesting things happen ing in the Sandy area than is in you paper, but the reporters and staff of The Sandy Post would rather have the public read about M r Von Braschler's first Christmas with his new bride In my opinion the Sandy area has a lot of fine people and a lot of things that could be brought to the a t tention of the public that hasn't been For your inform ation S an d y has its own • Peacock Lane " Approx im a t e ly 15 hom es on Barker Court, Gary Street and Reed Circle were real ly d eck ed out w ith Christmas lights This is just another thing that could have been brought to your readers I feel The Sandy Poet had better open its eye* and ears to get better reporting and news of the events and happenings in the Sandy area Gene Kelley 18100 Reed Circle Sandy Christmas magic Another C hristm as is over It has been pleasant w ith its lin g e r in g memories of the laughter of grandchildren and those recollections of days long past when our own children awaited the arrival of San La Claus with shining eyes The hour is late, and the packages are being bundl ed into the car as the sleepy children are carried out in to the dark night There is the sound of a car disap pearing down the dark street The cheery fire in the hearth has dwindled away to coals, while I sit w earily by the fireside The house is empty but it still rings with the imagined laughter of departing guests while I put away those hap py memories until another yuletide season I ask only that I w ill be granted a few more years to grasp the magic moment when loved ones gather a b o u t th e h e a r th to celebrate the birth of our Savior I hank the coals in the hearth for a long night. Edith Brown 521 N E 117 Portland SuTe, id like a job... but IVe forgotten what 1 do.... Personally speaking ship This is not always the case with legislative appointments Back in 1978 when Atlyeh was elected to his first term, a considerably younger Mike Ragsdale was elevated to the Senate from the House And Mary Alice Ford was appointed to Ragsdale's House seat, elevating the number of women in the lower chamber from unlucky 11 to 14 Coincidentally perhaps. Tim ms appears cut fro m the sam e clo th aa h i* predecessor Smith Is a cattleman, more interested in beef than dairy products But the sim ilarity is obvious Both are natives of Burna and only a year apart in age Both were educated in Burna schools and graduated from W illa m e t t e U n iv e r s ity -v ir tu a lly schoolmates during their education pro- Both were also active in Jayceea as young men and both are former Junior First Cttiwna of their hometown They are both m arried and at that point the parallel begins to deviate Smith had three offspring Timms two Nonetheless the similarities are strik ing and obviously not lost on those who picked Timms to follow Smith But what Timms appointment does do is provide aa opportunity to focus an the vaslneas of the district he will represent ( oniairung an aggregate of only 3 per cant of Oregon s population, the district s seven counties cover M.440 square miles about 40 percent of Uw stale s total land area It stretches from Morrow C oub ty's northern border on the Columbia River to the California Nevada state I Search continues for ‘green light’ Tomorrow evening a healthy chunk of the population Is going to kiss another eventful affair goodbye, wearing the same silly grin they've used to bid affairs adieu before As always they'll drink to forget that wonderful something they 're leaving behind or to celebrate its passing Saturday morning they 'll wake up with the new stranger, mum ble a quick 'hello' and head for the medicine cabinet to find the seltser. ready to start the whole a ffa ir business over again Like any relationship the new affair w ill be fueled between thia weekend's hasty Hello, who are you’ and the goodbye look a year hence, with the same kinds of momenta that wind up better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick, if there's any luck at all That's the way it is with affairs It takes kick Before we toss out this year's m o d e l w ith th e d r ie d up Christmas tree. I'd like to spend a couple minutes with the old gal reminiscing before I wake up with morning breath, staring la the face of 1983 During her stay we saw the followers of Bhagwan Shree Ra i move into central Oregon Bridge providing easier access to Washington by DAN DILLON lxmgtime residents of Antelope just saw red Doug Baker asked himself a question of loyalty and answered by not taking his act next door when the Oregon Journal stopped ticking The Falkland Islands clash, the phenomenal success of E T and the pro football strike were big happenings in 1982 and all had impacts beyond the actual event If it hadn't been for the feisty A r g e n t in ia n s ' a tte m p te d takeover of a slew of islands full of sheep and the subsequent rebuff by the battling Brits, we'd never heard the good news that Prince Charles' younger brother, randy Andy, found a girlfriend to help him recuperate from his heli-heroics Koo Stark may have set Anglophiles' tongues wagging ih 37 languages but at least It shifted British attention away from other calamities in the rest of the royal fam ily. Can you imagine a young ecu pie like Chuck and Di actually having squabbles about the in laws? E T confirmed suspicions In times of economic duress. Iignt hearted escapism and fantasy the fantasy is Then it just looks fora jab. Living better through lottery tickets became 30 minutes closer for Oregonians in this neck of the state with the Glenn Jackson Husbands everywhere saw the leaves change colors, cleaned out th e d r a in s o r in tr o d u c e d themselves to th eir fam ilies w h ile S u n d a y 's g r id ir o n gladiators turned pigskin pro fiteers and pulled their best blitzes und stunts around a bargaining table This w ill be remembered by some as the season the delay of game didn t last long enough In Chicago, one nut got sick and poisoned the pain-killers But in Salt Lake City, man continued forward with new ways to heal himself as Barney Clark fought to get well with a bionic heart And in Poland. Lech Walesa went home for Christmas If it didn't make a perfect part ner. 1982 didn't leave too big a ring around the tub. F or next year, we know just that it w ill be here Maybe it's just the old Gatsby hope, believing in "the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us It eluded us then, but that's no m at te r-to m o rro w we will run faster, s tr e tc h out our a rm s farther . And one fine morn ing—” One fine morning, this Satur day probably, w e’ll roil over with the rest of humanity, stare 1W3 in the face and mumble, 'Hello, who are you? I've
