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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
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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