The SÉndy Post
Von Broschier Publisher
Editorial & Opinion
Don Dillon, Editor
Coroline Duff Office Monoger
SANDY OREGON THURSDAY, JANUARY 20 , 983
Settle Heritage Square mess
The Sandy Chamber of Com
merce has made an offer to play
peace-maker in the dispute over
city LID 4 assessments This
shouldn’t be dismissed lightly.
New chamber president Arnold
Poutala made the offer recently
before the city council, citing a
need to bury the hatchet over the
Heritage Square city parking lot.
He suggested the cham ber
could provide a special forum
where assessed property owners
and city officials could discuss
their differences.
“ The level of public controversy
surrounnding the municipal park
ing lot project has reached the
propertion where all responsible
segments of the Sandy communi
ty must pause and deeply con
sider the damaging effect this
issue has caused and where fur
ther controversy is likely to lead,”
Poutala said in a formal state
ment.
As Poutala pointed out, neither
side in the long court battle ap
pears capable of complete victory
over assessment levels. There is,
however, ample room for negotia
tion-provided both sides are will
ing to sit down together in mean
ingful discussion.
This stalem ate over payment of
the parking lot is costing the city
plenty, hanging like a lead balloon
over property owners and now
threatening innocents on the
street who might as taxpayers be
forced to pay.
Already one concerned proper
ty owner at Heritage Square has
voiced interest in Poutala's offer
for the chamber to act as a r
bitrator. City hall, however, has
been mute.
Let’s give the cham ber’s offer
to open meaningful discussion
toward resolution a chance. (VB)
HOLD ON THERE... :
W H A N D / 5 NOT
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I k COUPLET ELK
Child abuse program timely
Child abuse has increased
dram atically statewide and na
tionally, and Clackamas County is
no exception.
The good news in Welches,
however, is that school officials
want to do something to fight
back.
Welches School Board recently
voted to start a personal safety
p ro g ra m fo r s tu d e n ts in
February.
County officials won’t have
breakdown by communities on the
grow ing problem of abuse.
However, they already know
countywide sexual abuse by
babysitters is up 81 percent and
some 1,000 county cases of
physical abuse last year left
bruises.
The total sexual, physical and
emotion abuse reports coun
tywide last year exceede 3,300.
That, indeed, is excessive.
M any
a b u se d
c h ild re n ,
however, go unreported and won’t
report themselves for fear or em
barrassment.
School officials hope to educate
those kids about their rights and
how to report abuse.
The b e lie f now is th a t
unemployment in Oregon has con
tributed indirectly toward child
abuse.
Welches School and their ad
visors from Children’s Services
Division and county juvenile of
fice deserve praise for tackling
this closet problem that exists in
every community.
Perhaps Welches can provide a
regional model for other personal
safety programs. (VB)
Salem scene:
Tough session lies ahead
by J A C K Z I M M E R M A N
A sso cia ted O re g o n In d u s trie s
Happy definitely is not the word to
describe the mood of the 62nd legislative
Assembly, as it convened regular session
in Salem last week
Somber is more like it Seldom has an
Oregon Assembly begun deliberations
under more trying and demanding t-ondi
tions at least in times of peace
Other Assemblies have had to cope with
recessions, even depressions Others have
been ousted from capitol confines by fire
Many have been saddened by the passing
of former leaders of government But it is
a co m b in a tio n of events and c ir
cumstances that created the greyness in
side the marble building hunched warily
under winter's sun
Indeed, by mid week even the sky
assumed the mood as tog shrouded the
structure In which former Gov Tom Me
C all lay w atting w ell m erited state
funeral
Norm al sessln openingconfusion for
freshman lawmakers was compounded for
everyone, as the House attem p ted
business as usual with a new and inex
perienced clerical staff and the Senate
languished as m ajority Democrats strug
gled tardily to elect a leader and achieve
all important organization of committees
Lacking organization in the upper
chamber, the body appeared even more
perplexed than anticipated by Gov Vic
A tiy e h * inaugural charge to lim it proper
ty taxes and balance his propose,! budget
with K M million in new income taxes
Plagued by a years I,mg reraaaion lhat
doggedly p e rs ia ta , moat m e m b e r*
postured defensively in the face of in
evitable onaioughi by interest group* bent
on achieving their goals at the expense of
others
A lth o u g h w a r m ly w e lc o m e d by
members of both parties and parked
House Chamber galleries during Monday's
joint session inaugural ceremonies GDP
Gov Atiyeh s opening speech was inlet
rupted by ap p la u se only onre when he
pledged determined support of efforts to
p re s e rv e th e C o lu m b ia R iv e r G o rg e in the
manner I m * predecessor« had achieved
protection of the stale a beaching and
Willamette River Greenway
B eg in n in g hM XMh year in pulilu life the
governor who waa returned to office by an
• v a r w b e lm m g m a n d a te , e x h o rte d
legislators with what he described as
th e « rattsrttve last chance to reform pro
petty taxes and ameliorate dlffw ulties in
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pars from AlMOItMl Oregon Irxfutinwt
the state's singular land use planning
system
To emphasize his points, he reminded
(hem of the margins by which the same
voters who re-elected him came so close to
repealing the land use law and passing
what he called a property tax rollback that
would have "
unfairly devastated
local government and schools in Oregon "
Barring legislative action to lim it what
he termed the appalling growth of proper
ly taxes. Atiyeh predicted yet another in
Illative to do the job
"And the next time it will pasa.” he
declared
He reiterated hla land use proposals to
make the system better fatter and leas
abrasive Without legislat ive approval, he
predicted yet another initiative attempt
lhat would threaten to "cast into oblivion''
years of public effort to achieve a satisfac
tory blueprint for the state'* future growth
and development
Hut other legislative priorities include an
enhanced co n om ic development effort,
public safety in the form of added jail
space and additional crim e fighting funds
for Stale puli, r and the Attorney General
He adviaates a series of steps Io provide
assistance for the state's keystone forest
products industry and restoration of
momentum in a higher education system
in partnership with efforts for economic
development
Referring to the recession which has
stretched the fabric of society very
thin,' Gov Atiyeh in the conclusion asked
the Assembly to act in behalf of people to
seek long term sotutmns and maintain the
uniqueness that is Oregon
< unaidering the magmtudr and com
plexities of his challenge coupled with
the events and circumstaimres of the
tim e little wonder the 70 men and »
women ele, led to this legislature begin
their task in an atmosphere of pensive
so briety
Letters to the editor:
‘Nix sales tax — just added tax’
No answ er
Oregonians, mostly, are
honest, hard-working peo
pie They probably will
soon read in the news,
"State Budget deficit 600
m illio n d o lla rs ." When
they read news like this,
they begin casting about to
contrive some way for the
State to get money
What most people don't
seem to realize is that a
budget is made of what the
bureaucrats want to spend,
not what is necessary I
even hear people figuring
m o re
w ays
to
ta x
themselves A sales tax is
the answer, they say
l,et me caution you. it
would he just an added tax
Oregon only voted an In
come tax to relieve or
eliminate property taxes
Did it do so7 Income taxes
are up, so are property
taxes
A lottery, then is the
a n s w e r,
som e
say
W ashington has a lo t
tery successful they say
but is it meeting their
b u d g et?
No
w ay
Washington is talking ol
raising their sales tax The
lottery, too, is just an add
ed tax
Keep track of what your
legislators do It is your
money they talk of .spen
iling Some of them may be
honest and hard working,
but some of them are not
honest Some of them are
not even truthful
By the way. did you know
th a t
a d iv is io n
ad-
m in itra to r (a g ric u ltu re
dept .) went to Brazil for a
month on your money 7
He attended a Rotary (Tub
convention He made no
report when he returned,
nor was he asked to
Is this honest and hard
working7 (Supposedly, he
went to encourage trade >
Jean Roberts
Mehama
Bump G uru
I-ast night as I watched
news on t v
I saw a
follower of the "G uru" of
A ntelope throw out a
challenge to the people of
Oregon Did you see the
news I saw?
I called the office of im
migration to ask them to
deport the leader of this
group, so his followers
would also leave our state
and nation I was told by a
very nice lady to put my
protest in w riting and send
it to their office, and she
asked be to send copies to
a ll
our
p e o p le
in
Washington. D.C.
I am sharing the letter I
sent to I m m ig r a t io n .
Senators Packwood, H at
field. Congressmen Au-
Coin, Denny Smith. Bob
Smith. Jim Weaver and
Ron Wyden
Address for the Senate is
US
Senate, Washington
D C 20510
For the U S House the
Zip is 20515
I give you this inform a
tion in hopes you will want
to join me in my efforts to
rid our state and nation of a
threat of take over The
following letter was sent to
the above mentioned per
sons
The letter of immigration
goes to district director,
US
Im m ig r a t io n
&
Naturalizatin Service. 511
N W Broadway. Portland.
Or 97209
District Director
U S Im m igration
& Naturalization
Dear Sir
Please deport the person
know as the “G uru" of
Antelope. OR I fear that
group poses a grave threat
to the State of Oregon and
the United States When
one of that groups stands
before a T V camera and
says "W e are going to paint
Portland and the State of
Oregon red—this is NOT to
be suffered—if the “ Guru"
is deported his followers
will also depart
Ann Lucas
Estacada
Festival ready
The Sandy M o un tain
Festival Committee now is
soliciting applications from
artists and crafts people of
the area to participate in
the 1983 Sandy Mountain
Festival July 9-10
Deadline for applications
is March 31
A ll a p p lic a tio n s a re
juried and al! work must be
original No "kits" or mass
produced items w ill be
allowed
A ll interested people
should w rite to P .0 Box
674. Sandy 97055 for further
information
D arrell Dempster
Chairm an
T hank you
We wish to express our
most sincere appreciation
to our fam ily, friends and
neighbors who pitched in
and helped us in the
cleanup and repairs after
our recent house fire
Also, thanks to the Red
Cross and Sandy F ir e
Department We couldn't
have done it all without
your help Thank you
Diane and L arry Z im m er
man
Sandy
Personally speaking
Magazine boosts stock of objects
Inanim ate objects always seem
a touch sarcastic when they give
directions
Now that Tim e magazine has
named a computer its Man of the
Year. I suspect the tone of their
voice is just going to get
haughtier
It must give a cardboard bo*
sm ug s a tis fa c tio n to t e ll
somebody which way is up I im
agine it really makes the day for
an exit sign to leave unbundled
pedestrians out in the cold I
swear doors smirk condeecen
dingly when I jerk on a PUSH
and snap myself out of a day
dream with a smarting elbow
It could be paranoia, but I think
letting inanimate objects tell us
what to do subverts the natural
order of things
For instance, a person makes a
box So what does it do but turn
around and tell him what to do.
even if hr doesn’t want to do it
Either people are masochistic or
invention is the m other of
bewilderment
I subscribe to the latter theory
whic would make bewilderment *
grandchild of necessity and help
explain why people make boxes
that tell (hem what to do Take
your basic frozen pizza box for in
stance
Right there on back of the box.
under cooking instructions, it
say*. Place directly on center
rack
Why would anybody put
by DAN DILLON
that on a box. unless they don't
eat frozen pizza or have a conces
sion on oven cleaners?
Everyone knows those greasy,
cheesy by products slip right off
the crust through the grill to the
oven floor where they stick like
crustacean* As the dough of the
crust wakes up from its frozen
hibernation it does what comes
naturally to anybody waking up
in an unfam iliar spot It grabs the
first thing It sees which in an
oven's case, is the grill
Those pizza boxes are a crafty
lot They know that the greasy,
cheesy by product* that didn t
slide off when the thing cooked
will slide off when you pry the
crust off the g rill
Sure, you can cheat and put a
cookie sheet under the thing to
save oven-cleaning duties, but
scraping all the by product goop
back on the shredded crust for
dinner isn't haute cuisine
Not all inanimate objects have
such a nefarious intent Some are
distrustful simply by their in
nocuous nature
They aren't around a * much
anymore, but remember those
yellow smiley-face decals that
said. "H ave a nice day?"
What if you already had other
plana?
Some mornings no m atter how
pleasant their intent, the reaction
■those little grins garnered was
’eye-opening and at times, shock
ing Is it just me or does it jade
your view of humanity to see a
grown up trudging down the
street to work, come across one
of those smiley devils and start
screaming, "Don't tell me what
to do "
Some inanimate objects' labels
and instructions go beyond "This .
End Up, " "R efrigerate After
Opening" or Shake Well Before
Using " Some are instruments of
temptation For the weak-willed,
those are the worst kind "Open
Me First "
One in particular is the champ
For every closet crim inal in the
wrld. what could be the safest act
of lawlessness imaginable"’ What
could be more tempting than put
ting your fingers behind the tag
on the mattress that says, "Do
Not Remove Under Penalty of
Law ” A crim inal act without
leaving home and. unless so
meone looks under the sheet
seemingly undetectable
But like all those self serving
signs, it knows good and well that
no one is going to mess with it or
else some honker lik e that
Magnum P I guy will crash down
the door and catch the culprit
with the goods in hand
Whal do you say then7 "Gee
whiz. Magnum P I . guy. don't
hurt me I'm a really restless
sleeper and this got ripped off in
my sleep and I was just try ing to
sew it back on my bed’*”
In a world where a magazine
names a computer Man of the
Year, anything is possible Our
mattresses and pizza boxes hold
the power of Big Brother
We should g ra b hold of
ourselves before it's too late and
stop letting our products tell us
what to d o O r is it really so tern
ble that Tim e magazine made an
inanimate object Man of the
Y e a r’
The television football season
ha* been making men inanimate
objects for years Maybe Tim e
just got around to honoring one of
our own