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. * ..1 1 . MW* • ; , - » » . - » «WM- The Stf ntfy Post Editorial & Opinion Von Braschler. Publisher Caroline Duff. Office Manager Dan Dillon, Editor Scott Newton, News Editor SANDY, OREGON THURSDAY, JANUARY 6. 1983 Sandy truly ‘w arm ’ town Some folks m ight consider the Sandy Chamber of Commerce Snow Board promotion a flop, w ith no snow to guage a winner. A fter all, everyone who picked a date in November or December certainly expected a shot at winn ing But what better graphic proof that Sandy is a wonderful place to live than a snow-free winter? Im agine the surprise of mountain travelers at finding no snow at the gateway to Mt. Hood. Imagine the happy surprise of folks thinking of moving up here Consider the delight of all your neighbors who now recognize there’s no better place to winter and be so close to a snow-capped mountain. Perhaps Sandy should print this happy bit of weather information in vita l statistics of its brochure to sell the city as a great place to live: ’ It rains here, but winters are oh, so m ild !’ the So what about the cham ber’s fun game to get people involved by guessing when snow hits town? Well, the folks who guessed November get their date moved to January, while the folks who guessed December get their date switched to that num ber in February. Stores selling ‘ ‘I Caught It in Sandy” booster buttons get another couple months to compete for best sales prizes in conjunc tion w ith the Snow Board, too. So if you really tmnk it finally m ight snow here this winter, track down that board at Pioneer Real Estate to chart your guess. You could be a winner. After all, we’ve all been winners here so far. >VB) Sandy “nice people” w orth notice Atlanta SuperStation WTBS, a satellite station seen on local cable, recently accepted names of three Sandy area residents for honor on their ‘‘Nice People” pro gram. Perhaps the rest of the nation never w ill see their faces, but i t ’s nice to know a national television program is impressed by some of Sandy's finest. Local nominations were Judy Sheppard, Pete Sulzbach and M acy Brader. A ll three are selfless persons, fu ll of compas sion for their neighbors here. Sheppard, of course, is the renowned founder of a Silver Threads people-to-people pro gram in which young children visit homes for the aged She also operated a model com m unity school program here a few years ago. Another local candidate for ‘‘nice people" honors is Macy Brader, a Sandy Comm unity Players volunteer like Judy Shep pard Also lik e Judy, she’s generally knee-deep in concern for others less fortunate here. W ith Pat Spradling, she co founded a Sandy-based Mt. Hood H ospice n o n -p ro fit p ro g ra m where volunteers go into the home to care for the term inally ill and their families. She also organized an Ann Sothern gala in Portland as a benefit for the financially strapped model hospice program here. Also concerned with those less fortunate is Sandy Action Center volunteer leader Pete Sulzbach, a retired school superintendent w'ho stays busy from sunrise to sunset gathering food for the poor and hauling supplies for others with needs. This is not a big govern ment handout program, and the only qualification Pete asks is need—whether i t ’s an emergency can of gas, pair of shoes or a dollar. The form er Sandy citizen of the year also serves as peren nial Santa to direct the massive K iw a n is C h ris tm a s b a ske t giveaway for the poor. D oubtless, o th e r reside nts deserve praise also for their selfless work here, but these three typify what’s good about Sandy. And now they’re part of the files of “ Nice People” television pro ducer Mary Anne Loughlin who acknowledged the nominations. Just thought this news would make you feel good about living here with such ‘ ‘nice people.” (VB, The Innocent Bystander: Gasoholics Anon Arab plot I scarcely removed the lights from the tree and the pine needle» from the carpet when the doorbell rang It wan a Sheik of Araby wearing a flowing burnoose and holding forth a cup labeled "Sheets for Sheiks " " I gave at the gas station," I said, clos mg the door on his foot "You don't understand." he said, glanc ing nervously over his shoulder “ I am be mg pursued by a monstrous glut It is drtv mg down the prtre of nil and breaking up that old O PEC of mine Dollar gasoline is just around the corner " "M ay your glut he m axim us," I said pleasantly, ‘ and swallow up your ill gotten gains "M y gains may tie ill gotten," he said with a sly smile, "but they rest in your banks, which are already teetering If I belly up. so do they " "A re you sure’ " I asked uneasily "You've already had to hail out Mexico, your largest oil supplier," he said, "in order to prevent the collapse of the world economy a new (ire s I Depression and the end of the Neim an Marcus ( hristmas tree I blanched " N o N e im s n M arcus ( ‘hristmas tre e !" I cried What can we do’ " “ F i r s t , ” he s a id , d is p la y in g a photograph of a large car with tailfina, you can sign up to buy one of these IWU twelve-cylinder H u p m o to le a which will soon he rolling off our Detroit assembly lines They have a combined city and highway KPA estimate of six ” ’Tha’ “ "Yea, a t ouple af million of those bathes doing 75 on the fresneays should soon put a dent m that inaidtou* glut Then we re ask ta g a v a r y a a e la jo in G a s o h o lic s AnonymatSS I w a M e d ‘‘ A lrh o h rg a n d gasoline don I mis I a g re e d Anri I »uppnoe we should avotd tune ups’ " U S * the plague," he said W e’re ad vtatng young people tune down tana up •nd drive om mtfhnguaUy of course He re a l. dan t poot wo toll thorn And avoid m aos iranapartaitan We re posting signs Plenty of residents show concern State hampers The Oregon Land Conner vation and Development Commission (L C D C ) is considering a new ad m inistrative rule for forest lands this month in Salem that w ill make it almost economically impossible to build a new house on much of Oregon's privately own ed rural land The LCDC's proposed Forest lainds Rule will destroy most of the value of small tracts of rural land ’ e new rule states a residence "m a y" be built on land zoned "m ix ed a g ric u ltu re and forest uses" only if the owner "assures forest manage m ent" on the private pro perty Forest management Is not clearly defined, nor does L C D C d iffe re n tia te c le a rly between m ixed agriculture andforest uses, prédominât forest uses or developmental uses For land predominantly in forest uses, the rule reads,"For the purpose of approving dwellings, 'com mercial production' means growing and harvesting sufficient to provide full tim e emplf /m e n t for a fam ily or head ofhousehold or the prim ary source of household income ' ’ This requirement is im practical With high in terest rates and knowing that it requires 50 to 90 years to grow merchan table commercial timber, a fam ily or head ofhousehold could not qualify for a residential building permit under this LCDC rule Rural landowners should obtain a copy of this pro posed rule im m ediately from LCDC by calling S a le m , 378-4926, or I 800-452-7813 (from other Oregon areas), and those affected should promptly challenge this further ero sion of their private proper ty rights Thomas J Murray Portland A thlete aided I would like to thank all the wonderful people and businesses that made it possible for me to travel to Cincinatti and compete in the 1982 TAC—USA Junior Olympics: Mr S c h m itz , M rs Namhie, A1 Russell Tires, Monster Lunker, Geren s F e e d . M o b il S e r v ic e , Ferguson's Power Equip ment, Thnftw ay, Rev Carl G im p l, Dodson's Store, Sandy Lumber and Hard ware. Sandy Auto Body. OHegon Cinderbauks. San dy Packaging. TJ's Barlow Run, Nick and Shirly Roth, Health House, Chris Roth, Pat Searls, M r Sulzbach, Sandy High School junior and senior classes, Sandy High student body. Bull Run C o m m un ity Club, D airy Queen, Srndy High bus drivers and Fairview Travel Thanks to you all Sam Romey Food aid given The Class of 1984 at San dy High School would like to give special thanks to these businesses for their generous donations toward the C h ristm as Canned Food Drive Bruce Cook A Associates. Sandy Insurance Agency. Pete Carlson Chevrolet. P a o la 's P iz z a B a rn . G rokett Jew elry, Sandy C o u n try F lo r is t , T aco Tim e, D airy Queen, Tri County E le c tric , Sandy Animal Clinic, Buckboard Pizza, W illiams Thriftw ay, Jeffrey Crook, Decker & S c a le s , P io n e e r R e a l Estate. Magic Mountain, Art Lutz Realty, Alpine Music, Weigh Station. D r Lamke, Sandy OLCC, Dr. Sah, Sandy S ecretarial. Jim 's Big Apple, Nikola’s and Hudson’s Store With your help, our class s u c c e s s fu lly c o lle c te d more than 1,300 cans Your donations were greatly ap preciated Sharon Jensen Class of 1984 The Post asks that all letters to the e d ito r be ty p e d , double-spaced and signed. Personally speaking: Sun tan sound good now? in all buses saying. " I I you were driving in »read of banging around with a bunch of strangers, you'd be home by now " "It's wondrrtull the way you're restor ing Am erica's love a lla tr with the automobile " I couldn't help saying "Oh. that's not a ll." he said "W e're also establishing cycling centers in every com munity for (hr ecologically minded " "You mean recycling centers’ " “ No, c y c lin g You fla tte n your a lu m in u m c a n t, tie up y o u r old newspapers and bring them to us then, to stimulate energy consumption, we throw them away " "Good idea And I suppose you want us to turn our ihermoatats up to 78’ " "At the very least Our goal is a spring chicken in every hot tub and two saunas in every garage In gratitude you can light a light of no fewer than too watts in every window for your Arab friends who are br inging you a cleaner, w arm er better lit America " I was overcome Hight on the »pot I sign ed up lor a I M Hupmobile with visions dancing in my head of once again speeding down the nation s highways in solitary, ream y comfort I said that helping save the economy was reward enough but the sheik insisted on presenting me with a bumper sticker reading 'See America by Winnebago I II wear it proudly Jusl think when gasohnr hits »? a gallon ore'll ail be on Easy Street f Picture this You're sitting on the deck of the Love Boat, an ticipating visits to Acapulco. Puer to Vallartu and Mazatlan You turn frequently so your sun tan is even Cruises are one of the beat vaca tion values right now. according to Craig Myrvold. who along with hi* wife. Leslie, own the Sandy Travel Agency A trip to the Mexican Riviera, like the ones the Love Boat makes, are about (8M lor a week, not in cluding about »125 air faro to Los Angeles The entire package with air fare included would be about the same 'tasoi for a Caribbean cruise, he said Prices are more competitive in the Caribbean, he M id ui ex plaining the difference Meals entertainment and other extras are included in the price of a cruise Myrvold said with dis counts possible depending upon the number making the trip Myrvold M id they sell more tickets to Southern California than anywhere else The second inoat popular trip is to Hawaii And. Reno packages are fairly con* (ant " Air fare and two nights in Reno with "Iota of extras. " might coat from »14» to »17» In addition they sell "a number of" European packages Myrvold M id that despite the economy, business for the year sightseeing The temperature was in the 70 degree range "The Chamber of Commerce must have ordered it," M yrvold joked The Myrvoids have owned the .Sandy Travel Agency for about two and a ha ; ears Leslie grew up in Gresham, and they moved here from Salem L e s lie * gra:"Mather Bud Bell, was selling their Cherryville home, which the Myrvoids liked, and like, very much Leslie had been in the travel agency business, and as the circumstances would have it, the business came up lor M ie at the M m e time as the home by SCOTT NEWTON was good, not great The first half of the year was reportedly "extremely good, and then it slowed down until Christm as, when things got busy again Essential business travel keeps clients coming in. and Myrvold believes the area economy is more diversified than in other arena For example. Estacada is more depen dent on the timber industry The Myrvoids themselves just got back from Los Angeles where they were visiting relatives and It's a pretty rough job In Oc tober. lor example Myrvold went on a " F A M ." or fam iliariM tion. trip He spent five day* in Central Mexico for (150, which included meals, air fare add lodging In the past year he's been to Australia. F iji. Hawaii. Southern C alifo rn ia, the Caribbean (in cluding five days in the Virgin Is la n d s -"T h a t was great "> and Mexico (to about seven cities on three different trip s) Yea. he likes Mexico, where a quart of pure vanilla can be pur chased for a mere W cents In a year * tim e the peso ha* been devalued from 28 to a dollar to 1 » I t ’* important to take those tripe, he M id How elae could he tell peo ple about those places’ During Uus in te rv ie w a custom er called asking the location of a hotel in Hawaii Myrvold k^ew its location In explaining operation of a travel agency, he pointed out that they make money on a commission from the airlines, hotels, car rental agencies and other* A plane ticket will cost the consumer the M m e amount, but if Sandy Travel sells it they get a cut Selling the most expensive package for a larger commission is just the opposite of what they do, he added "Moat travelers are educated enough to know if they're getting a good deal We want to give them the best deal, for repeat business ’’ In their office, on Shelly Avenue between Proctor and Pioneer Boulevards, is a computer ter minal that gives them access to all sorts of information, including airline schedules, shows at Reno or Lake Tahoe, currency exchange rates, car rental agencies, resort hotel availab ility and location m ajn and even weather and ski reports Myrvold is hoping people don't start calling him for ski reports T h e re * fresh powder on the slopes of Steamboat Springs. Colo , but a cruise also sounds nice Now. there has to be a way to come up with »850 Until then. I can dream
