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
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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.
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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).
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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