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Apr 21, 19*3 (Soc t )
The Sdnäy Post
Editorial & Opinion
Von Braschler. Rubiishor
Carotin* DoH, O «ico Monopor
Don Dillon, fditor
Scot» Newton, ipo rtt tdnor
SANDY, OREGON, THURSOAY. APRIL 21, 1983
Care rekind es economy
You have to feel good about a
growing new community feeling
in Sandy After parking lot pro
blems with the city and tough
business sledding, it looks like
Sandy business is on the move
again.
Plaid Pantry’s coming to town.
McDonald’s and Coast to Coast
Hardware are believed headed
here. There’s also a new winery
by Janz, a spiffy readerboard to
greet skiers passing through and
a few new shops. Mercury
Development’s going ahead with
plans for a west-end shopping
center, with Albertson’s ap
parently major tenant.
Even the city and chamber join
ed hands recently to help troubled
new ski shop operator Otto Rude
finish required improvements to
operate here. Real help, however,
came from four dozen Sandy High
FFA teens who worked hard to
give Otto a needed sidewalk.
People here really care, and
they care that others realize San
dy citizens are involved and prim
ed for a better future.
Pharmacist Olin Bignall said it
well at a recent Chamber of Com
merce meeting:
“Now the image of this com
munity has to be turned around.”
“ Chamber president Arnie
Poutala, who formed a welcome
committee and even a welcome-
back-to-Sandy com m ittee for
defectors, also sees the task as in
formational.
The new message to learn about
a reborn Sandy is “finding out the
city isn’t against business and the
city does want new business
here,” he said.
Chamber membership already
this year is up to 86 from 82 last
year. A new tourist brochure
about Sandy’s benefits is planned
by the Chamber Organizers Chris
Carey and Don Weber are busy
soliciting beautiful pictures that
show Sandy’s attributes in work
and play.
Sandy’s economic development
committee now is going after in
dustry to come to town, and the
Chamber is planning a fancy new
directory to show off its present
businesses.
Sandy Mountain Festival and
adjunct fun will be bigger and bet
ter than ever this year with new
involvement and booths run by
the Chamber.
Careful planning and communi
ty concern seems to have made a
difference here in Sandy. And the
town’s weathered one of its worst
recessions in fine shape, the
lighthouse still burning warmly
(VB)
Youth putting Sandy on map
Sandy should get big recogni
tion this summer with an expand
ed Mountain Days schedule,
thanks to local Soapbox Derby
organizers.
Indeed, Sandy gets a new, big
dot on the map with recent sanc
tion of local races. Since Sandy’s
races in Sandy Industrial Park
will be vhe only qualifying event
for miles around, Sandy's fastest
boys and girls in motorless cars
they build themselves will carry
the town’s banner to Akron na
tionals August 8.
More work remains to pull all
this off here, however. Many
would-be local boosters unfor
tunately have that traditional
Sandy wait-and-see attitude that
keeps some ambitious towns
small.
Chief organizer Barry Fretz
reports only $1,800 of $5,000 need
ed has been raised, although a pro
wrestling card May 1 at Sandy
High should help pay bills.
Also, another senior level racer
12-15 years of age is needed to
have enough to race. Two mer
chant sponsors wait in the wings
to provide cars for interested boys
c. girls.
Sandy Optimists came through
with $575 race franchise fee.
Another recent pro wrestling card
here drew a thousand supporters
in benefit for Sandy’s derby.
Next year Ashland, Oregon City
and Portland programs will com
pete for attention and necessitate
a regional run-off for national
qualifications. But this year the
spotlight should belong to the boys
and girls of Sandy. (VB)
Salem scene:
East asking LCDC split
by JACK Z IM M E R M A N
Associated Oregon Industries
E v e ry once in a w hile, someone
threatens to split off a portion of Eastern
Oregon from the rest of the state.
Secessionist activity rarely has gone
beyond the talking stage, however It
usually serves to vent growing frustration
of Oregonians who live east of the moun
tains
That frustration has two m ajor sources
East Oregonians often believe laws
regulating the more populated western
portions of (he stale tend Io discrim inate
»gains! the sparsely peopled eastern area
fiver the years the number of voices in
tiehalf of eastern Oregon internals have
been halved tn the body that makes those
laws, namely, the State Legislature
Eastern Oregon boasted 1« represen
tatlvea and 8 senators during the forties
Today the same region ia re p re s e n te d by
eight House members and four senators
While the region still represents two-
thirds of the state’s land arse, a growing
population in the west coupled with the
one man one vote doctrine has reeppor
Honed away half of the east s number of
legislative dtotrtrto,
Leaf week thia burgeoning unreal came
to a heed in the term of a Senate Bill that
formalism a request for sereeaion But not
from the ooverotgnty of Oregon
Just from the state « present land uae
lew
MB MB was introduced by Be* Eu g ene D
Tim m s (R Burna) at the request of Donald
R (token of Ira n a td e Timina, newly a p
pointed to fill the unespred term of
freshman Csugrseaman Beh Smith, la
LCDC
Thoae cities and counties would not have
to comply w ith current land use law. In
stead those counties and cities would
regain local control of their land uae
destiny, utilising statewide goals (which
have the force of law ) only as guidelines in
establishing their own planning
It would divorce eastern Oregon cities
and counties from laws that apply to
western Oregon jurisdiction* once com
prehensive plans have been adopted and
remove scrutiny of the l-and Uae Board of
Appeals over decisions made by eastern
Oregon citiea and counties
Under terms of the proposed MU. county
com prehensive plans could only be
adopted by a m ajority af legal voters
Certainly an attention getter among the
maybe 1 » land uae rotated proposals cur
re n tly b efo re the Bind L e g is la tiv e
Assembly in Salem, hardly anyone expects
SB TM to go very far Net that it doeen t
have sympathisers But really, how much
real clout do U members of a SOperson
Assembly have whan It cornea to shaking
up something aa sacrosanct aa Oregon's
pacesetting land uae Lew ’
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Personally speaking:
Punk-rocker cat shocks neighbors
There's nothing as persistent
as a crazed cat Just ask my
neighbors
He perplexed us at first Sure,
we heard strange noises on the
roof and saw strange white
shapes on the window screens
The last thing we suspected,
however, was a mentally derang
ed cat on the prowl.
Then my son admitted seeing
something he didn't want to talk
about, because it didn't seem
real He saw these fiery little
eyes piering down from the
skylight window in the living
room Some kind of spook, we
guessed We kept our mouths
shut
Only then I'd be awakend by
the sound of little feet on the roof
and the plop of some small body
jumping from level to level on our
twin A-fram e house Soon the lit
tle fiery eyes were piering in my
bedroom window
"Oh, Freew ay does that all the
little paws."
Charming Neighbor G irl is a
sort of snake charmer when it
comes to Freeway Either this
cantankerous ball of fur was
named for the clever dog in
television’s "H eart to H e art" or
else a Portland rock band I
suspect the rock influ en ce,
because the cat’s definitely a
punker
His ta il’s pig shaved on one half
and fluffy on the other end His
ears are slicked back from wild
action All that's missing is a pin
through the cheek
by VON BRASCHLER
tim e at home, " the girl next door
said to settle the mystery "H e
hops around the roof and paws at
my window to get in. He even
knows how to open doors with his
For a long tim e, we called him
Nutsy He'd brush against us out
doors. blocking path to car or
door, and demand to be petted
Only if we'd stroke him the wrong
way (he'd decide instantly), he'd
growl If we picked him up. he'd
flash those switch blade claws
Soon the strange white cat with
polka dots became the scourge of
the neighborhood, and even my
killer cat Egore hid under the car
or in the woods. It's not that
Freeway is so big. It's just that
the insane have such unusual
strength and devil-may-care at
titude about plunging into deadly
battle.
W ith respectful ad m iration
each morning I watch his ritual
It's sort of like those snake char
ming sessions in mystic India
w h e re g en eration s of flu te
players have been trained to
summon deadly serpents from
baskets with seeming imm unity
Charming mistress Yvonne,
keeper of the cat, each morning
carries his lim p and passive body
to the corner bus and bids him
farewell with a welcomed stroke
Then Freeway charges to the
hilltop in front of my house to
stand guard over all he surveys
the rest of the day.
Letters to the editor:
School minutes, power stir readers
Minutes wrong
I would appreciate the
opportunity to inform the
p a r e n ts , p a tro n s and
teachers of Cottrell School
District that contrary to
the minutes of the meeting
of the budget board (of
which I am » member i
dated April 4. HW , I most
definitely am not a propo
nent of the elimination of
any program
I feel that the portion im
plying otherwise was taken
(n e a -m a lic io u s ly I com
pietely out of context, and I
would like to explain that I
merely mentioned explor
mg deletions or cuts on
th o s e
ite m s
flu n c h ,
kindergarten etc i as op
turns to alleviate a very
real financial problem
I did have the chair
woman of the budget com
mittee explain the real in
tent and context of my
statement at the meeting
on April 11. but since my
name ia on thoae minutes,
should anyone not alien
ding that meeting read
them. I felt a dire need for
them to know my correct
intent
John Alexander
Budget board member
Cottrell School District
Curb privilege
1 wrote once before about
teachers and professors be
ing
p r iv ile g e d
s ta te
w orkers
They can be
elected to the Legislature
and still hold their state
jobs No one else can In
this position they can pass
laws to set their own
salaries, they can pass
laws to set b en eficial
policies Is this fa ir play’
Consider thia: In the
most powerful legislative
committee, the Ways and
Means, the Senate chair
man and vice chairman are
re tire d educators The
House Chairman ia a col
lege adm inistrator The
chairm an of the House
R evenue
C o m m itte e ,
where tax bills originate, ia
a public school teacher
The vice-chairman of the
Senate Revenue Comm it
tee, is a professor at a state
university In the Educa
tion Committee there are
four chairman Three of
them are educators and on
the public payroll
Now do you wonder why
half of the general fund and
80 percent of property
taxes are slotted for educa
tion? Is education that
much better’ Are you get
ting your money 's worth’
Urge repeal of the law
that gives this privileged
status to a few You are
paying them twice. (B ill
HJR 1 » .
Jean Roberts
Mehama
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