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The S^ntiy Post Editorial & Opinion Sandy in computer market Von Braschler, Publisher Caroline Duff, Office Manager SANDY, OREGON THURSDAY. JANUARY 13. 1983 (WHINE OF THE YtARj HIM OF THE TEAR... I computers in less than a year here. First, explains Rick, they went after the Portland area market with competitive prices People One of this town’s relatively looking for a bargain were more new business knocks ’em dead in than willing to drive to Sandy, the big city computer rat race they soon learned with ag g re ssiv e , long-arm ed Then, they offered plenty of free salesmanship from a base right service. That includes free here at the foot of cozy Mt. Hood. delivery and set-up. Now 80 percent of their business Rick Johnson, local Radio Shack dealer, formed a separate is referrals. So don’t dream for a minute c o m p u ter sa le s o u tle t with that Sandy’s out in left field. San brother Terry nine months ago. dy’s in a perfect position to play Operating in a back shop without the field. (VB) window or sign, they’ve sold 189 If you think Sandy’s some isolated little market stuck in the dark ages of wood and pulp, think again. SO WHAT« THE O lF F E R E N C tF /o Mean wrestlers help local kids? P icture this: Big-time pro wrestlers in Sandy Feb. 14 for a spectaculara titled “ Va entine’s Day M assacre.” At least that’s the entertain ment card local soccer coach Barry Fretz hopes to arrange. He’s applied for use of the Sandy High gym and contacted his old friend, wrestling standout Dutch Savage. The Dutchman says the date is open. The wrestling card—if Fretz can work out the details—would help fund new soap box derby races for kids in Sandy this sum mer during Mountain Festival. Fretz is working hard to bring these nationally sanctioned races for boys and girls 9 to 15 years of age to Sandy. Because the races could mean a lot for the kids and the entire community, Fretz deserves all the help he can get. After all, winners from Sandy will represent the town at na tionals in Ohio. Salem and Med ford are the only two cities in Oregon that presently hold these races and send representatives to the national meet. Already interest is sparking here On the first day of sign-ups, 12 young racers registered to compete in the Sandy derby Fretz expects at least 15 more to register at subsequent sign-up days Jan 15, Feb. 5 and Feb 12 -• from 9 a m. until 5 p.m. at the former Coast to Coast building in Heritage Square. And, yes, he ex pects at least seven or eight of them to be girls. For all youngsters and their parents who think they might like to participate, Fretz will offer an action-packed derby movie 7:30 p.m. Jan. 20 at Sandy Grade School cafeteria. The Sandy soap box derby will run along Industrial Way in the Sandy Industrial Park July 4. A sample kit car and derby trophies are on display at Your United Bank of Oregon on Proctor Boulevard in Sandy. All youth will receive a trophy just for par ticipating. Top local races will win an expense-paid trip to nationals in Akron, which might include free travel by their parents, too, with enough sponsors. Seeing the promotional value of this derby, the Sandy City Council already has welcomed it with open arms in their official ap proval. Other citizens who see the value of this big kids’ event here can help, too, by volunteering to operate the derby in some capaci ty or by sponsoring a local contes tant. Simply call Fretz at 668-7028. (VB) a AN to « *'» A «A A t e ^ l Letters to the editor: Reader claims private road “open” Open road The road just a few feet east of the Alder Creek bridge, six miles east of Sandy. Oregon, is plainly- marked E Aider Creek road It is an official sign erected by the highway department To my p e rs o n a l knowledge it has been in open road for 45 years, and prior to 1924 was a marked forest tra il up W ildcat Mountain The road is now posted with Private Road signs and warns. No Trespass ing. and the road is bar ricaded about a quarter mile from the highway The signs are obviously not official and placed so as not to be seen from the highway Salem scene: Don Dillon Editor I protest against private individuals taking over a road which has been open to the public for many y e a rs , and b lo c k in g passage on such roads by logs Dick Cunningham Portland and dividends w ill cost A m e r ic a 's 80 m illio n savers and investors some 11.5 billion in foregone ear nings on their interest and dividends It w ill cost the country’s financial institu tions at least another <1.5 billion to put withholding into place Fight bank bill Although there is an ex emption allowed for most senior citizens and low in come people, this exemp tion process is an ad ministrative nightmare in itself To be exempt, people will have to file a govern men! form with each in stitution where they have an account On this form they will have to swear their tax liability is below the ceiling Besides the ob vious invasion of privacy involved here, banks will Many of my customers a re just beginning to realize that Congress pass ed a law last summer to withhold io percent of their interest and dividend earn ings beginning next July 1. Ranks and other finan cial institutions have op posed interest and dividend withholding since the idea first surfaced 40 years ago We still do Withholding on interest be buried under mountains of new and unnecessary paperwork The Clackamas County- Bank strongly opposes the withholding of taxes from interest and dividends It is unnecessary and unfair It'S unnecessary because 96 percent of taxpayers already pay the taxes they own on interest and divi dend earnings that are sub ject to reporting when they file their federal income tax return It is unfair because it will lower their interest earnings by reduc ing the benefits of com pounded savings growth In short, the law clearly penalizes the savers and in vestors I t should be repealed by Congress, and we will need the help of every saver and investor to achieve this goal. If you agree that this 10 percent withholding law is unfair and unnecessary, please write to your Con gressmen and Senators to tell them so We can get this law repealed, but we must begin now Kent Hall Clackamas County Bank Third-grade view Grass is green Apples are red T h e sky is blue and beautiful like you. The sun is yellow like a bowl of yellow jello. It is spring and the flowers are blooming Heather M iller Third grade Firwood School Tax raid on banks fought Yesteryear in Sandy: by JACK Z IM M E R M A N Associated (Iregon Industrie» If you belie v p taxes have been a subject of concern in the [ia*l for thoae who pay them, 1983 is liable to skyrocket that con cern to new heights The increase in tax awareness is enhanc ed by a grassroots tax repeal campaign of a magnitude rivaling the efforts of those supporting the Equal Hights Amendment In essence, this new campaign backed by the nation's financial instututions seeks repeal of a law requiring withholding taxes on dividends and interest A Catch 22 proposition at best, the new law threatens to cost more than the revenue it is aimed to capture and penalize* Americans who practice thrift It's in this atmosphere that the «2nd Oregon le g is la tiv e Assembly begins deliberations in Salem that will focus largely on raising some MU) million in new revenue to match spending proposals Actually, there's little real connection between the tax repeal campaign and the w o rk of O reg o n la w m a k e r s T he similarities are the general subject of tax at ion and the tim e period involved The tax repeal campaign i* national in scope and seeks to overturn a federal law And repeal proponents must win their case before July I Oregon lawmakers will be struggling during those same months bet ween now and mid year with prospects of increasing state taxes if present levels of government services are to be maintained The tax re p e a l campaign can't help but make their job tougher The repeal target is a previously little understood pari of las legislation enacted by ( ongres* last summer The pert people heard the most about was a 10 pert ent cut m taxes effective July 1 What they didn t hear about was a 10 percent withholding provision against interest earnings on sav mgs and dividends from investments At stake lot the nation s On million savers la a sum of at least I I 5 billion that • ill he lost because it will go to the government instead of being available for reinvest merit and interest 'onipountkng There are exemptions Senior ntixens and others with low las liability ran apply lar etemptwma Hut they must make ap Pipe was cheap, power costly plication to every institution on each ac count from which they receive interest or dividends In the process, they share their lim it of their tax liability with a third par ty something heretofore unrequited by law Etnancial institutions succesafully have opposed such legislation in the past until last summer Their concern now la ap parent when one consider* tiecoming a tax collector for the federal government is going to coat them something in the neighborhood of another <1 5 billion The added cost, of course will have to be pass ed on to their customers and clients They not only become agents of the government, they probably w ill be blamed by thetr »avers and investors for the fact interest earnings and dividends are smaller than anticipated From a practical standpoint, the new la w is exceptionally confusing II is sup posedlv aimed at cracking down on lax cheaters The Internal Revenue Service* report* a M 7 percent compliance rate for payment of taxes on intereat and dividends now Further, the new law contains repor ting procedures that virtually eliminate evading thoae taxes IRS also reports 75 percent of all tax payars receive refunds each year So withholding on interest and dividend* pro tiely wotn t net the government must new revenue in the long run What it really looks like is a t l 5 billion intereat free loan to the government at the expense of thoae whose savings and in vestments fuel the economy that produces tasable payrolls The new scheme ■ actually a duuncen live to save and invest And considering the fact savings and investments are an m tegral ingredient in the recipe for recovery from the current receeeaion. its imposition now la extremely ill timed Sometimes it's amazing how much a community can change in 30. 20 or even 10 years Take San dy. for instance This week in January. 1983. big local concerns include the municipal government's search for a bail-out plan for what to do with the city's costly, contested L ID parking lot at Heritage Square Meanwhile. Sandy Community Players theatrical company are taking their show on the road with dinner theater for the first time They offer a Gershwin and Porter musical revue Thursday. Friday and Saturday at Alton L Collins Retreat Center four mile southwest of Sandy on Highway III The thespians a r t ex perimenting with new stage set tings, since they lost their home at the old mov te house on Proctor Boulevard Dinner s at 6 30 Meanwhile, beck at Heritage Square in town signup Is pro gressing for a genuine soapbox derby during Sandy Mountain Festival, w ith local winners bound for nationals at Akron. Ohio The Festival sure is grow ing each July The Heritage Square building itself, has just been sold by Pearl Cejka whose son Joseph ran a Coast to Coast th ere w ith brothers Ron and Ralph New owner is Portland s Mike K J. Rumpakis who operates an in vestment firm To compensate for lack of the Coast to Coast and once adjacent Country F a ir at Heritage Square the new Sandy Chamber at Com merce board has set ax 19*3 goal the attraction of a new hardware store and variety store here by VON BRASCHLER Well, that's a potpourri of some news around Sandy T H IS week in 19*3 But what about this week in January way back 10, 20 and 30 y e a n ago’ JA N V A R Y . 1973: Local thespian Ken Fox starred in an Eastmond Community Theatre melodrama at Gresham National Guard Armory The lit tle theatre group earlier was known as Eastmont Players Association Beer was sold dur mg the play, ‘ The Drunkard, and free popcorn was passed out to throw at Fox who played the villton Sandy got its first full-tim e city administrator in Carl Hatfield. J r iPresent mayor) Ruth Loun dree becam e H a tfio ld 's a d m in is tra tiv e assistance, after serving 14 y e a n as city recorder Joining them at city hall were newly elected council members James Duff <still councilor). » t H a r r y ( E d ) B u rke, Joseph Astleford, Ruth Howeller and mayor Melvin Haneberg Don A r m in t r o u t , p re s e n t Hood land F ire Chief, was award ed an Aaron Meyers Award for his dedication as president the first year of Sandy Volunteer Am bulance The 17 volunteers work ed their three-quarter-ton Chevy van out of the Sandy fire hall, where firefighters had provided lo c a l a m b u la n c e s e rv ic e Members included Mavis and Jeff Yeager. Wayne Taylor, John Day, Sheri Day, Gerald Long. Karen Mitchem. Mike Chestnut. Hank E m ery, Ron Berglund G ary Connelly. Aaron Cooper. Tom D a y , D o n B la ir , L y le Seaman. Ken Hallgren Ken Flath. Ronnie Krebs and M ane Seamater Sandy 's centennial in 1973 was celebrated big with books, pins and music Steering committee Sandy centennial and Barlow T ra il Days included Brother An d rew SP. M a r ie S ch w artz, Dorothy Depro. Ivan Barker.Bet ty H a rtm a n . Jonsrud.Howard Berger. Georger Howeller and Hazel M urray JA N V A R Y . 19*3: Fire claimed Sandy General Store, a landmark since 1911 when Paul R Meinig built it for larger store space The burned store had housed the post office, plus a th riv in g business in groceries, shoes, dry goods and hardware Heat from the two- day. four alarm fire cracked two windows on the east side of the Ptggly Wiggly Store Cinders also threatened M t Hood Lanes near by. Sandy High s basketball team was on a tear, scoring its seventh consecutive win in a victory over Tigard The hot hands of Sandy's Dale Carpenter and Carl Sand- strom paced the attack The old Hood-Land Telephone Co. met with angry mountain subscribers over claimed inabili ty to get one-party or two-party lines Hookups up the mountain swelled from 230 in 1958 to 400 in 1963 JA N V A R Y . 1953; Beeson Chevrolet of Sandy was purchased by Ralph Richardson of G re s h a m (n o w C a rls o n Chevrolet- It was the second auto dealership change here within a year, as George Koch Motor Co earlier had been sold to Vic Bowman and Ruben Hoffman who renamed the dealership Bowman-Hoffman Pontiac The city of Sandy accepted a 922.658 low bid for water pipes from Portland's Blyth and Com pany A <65.000 bond election was scheduled to build an adequate water supply for the city C o n stru ctio n began on a <154.753 Sandy Grade School by Canby contractor George Irw in W a te r Koch purchased 5 million board feet of tim ber on the mountain The forest service asked that log hauling be com pleted by end of summer An ad ditonal 20 million board feet of five year old timber was made available for sale by an Octo ber forest fire Local elctncal power shortage w as so c r i t i c a l . t h a t one moderatesized pulp m ill in the area leased an operated an aux iliary generating facility at a nearby closed sawmill for <18,000 per month
