2 SANDY (O f« ) POST TKuf» Apr M 19*3 (S«c I)
The Shindy Post
Von Braschler. Publisher
Caroline Duff OMit« Monog*i
Editorial & Opinion
Dan Dillon. Iditor
Scott Newton. Sports
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SANDY. OREGON. THURSDAY. APRIL 28 1983
Clean up mess downtown
It would be refreshing to see
A load of gravel should cover
Sandy's municipal nuisance or the pond easily.
dinance applied to everyone guil
The adjacent Highway yard is
ty of messy yards here.
nearly as bad, with an open pond,
We refer specifically to two ad trash and weeds.
jacent eyesores in the center of
Last year city government got
town. One is the unkept field or tough with residents who did a
“ bog’’ next to J im ’s Big Apple. poor job of maintain their yards.
The other is the state Highway The city even threatened (within
maintenance vehicle yard next its power) to tidy yards for pro
door
perty owners who didn’t respond
A huge puddle in the vacant to formal city complaints and
field has become a dump for then bill them for the work.
everything from old bottle to car
We wonder why such communi
mufflers. Judging from the size of ty standards can’t be applied to
the pond along Proctor Boulevard the big eyesores in the center of
downtown, a small car indeed town. Sandy Mountain Festival’s
could get lost there. Danger to tots just around the corner, and it ’s
is apparent, and disease from tim e to start cleaning house here
stagnant water always warrants It should be a m atter of civic
concern.
pride. (V B )
Tax plan looks good for many
Local state representative Bob
Shiprack has put in a lot of good
work his freshman year in helping
d ra ft an a ttra c tiv e new tax
reform proposal for a flat-rate tax
to releave middle-age persons.
House Bill 2842 would replace
the current Oregon personal in
come tax without raising more
revenue. I t ’s tailored to reduce
taxes for families with less than
$30,000 gross income.
Joint-return taxpayers with less
than $3,000 annual income would
pay a flat 1 percent in state in
come tax, while such taxpayers
with $3,000-$6,000 income would
pay $30 plus 2 percent of the
amount over $3,000.
Such
ta x p a y e r s
w ith
$6,000-$10,000 income would pay
$90 plus 3 percent of that amount
over $6,000. Correspondingly, tax
payers with $10,000-$ 15,000 would
pay $210 plus 4 percent of that
amount over $10,000. Taxpayers
with $15,«M)-$20,00P would pay
$410 plus 5 percent of the amount
over $15,000. Taxpayers with
$20,000-$25,000 would pay $660 plus
6 percent of the amount over
$20,000
T a x p a y e rs
w ith
$25,000-$30,000 woul pay $960 plus
7 percent of the amount over
$25,000.
Therefore, joint-return ta x
payers with income over $30,000
would pay $1,310 plus 8 percent of
their amount over $30,000.
The proposed law, sponsored by
Rep. J. Hill, bases personal in
come tax on adjusted gross in
come, but modifies gross income
to include capital gains and
disallows deduction for capital or
operating losses. It also disallows
personal deductions and exemp
tions and eliminates most credits
currently allowed.
While most middle-income per
sons would receive a tax cut, per
sons who have successfully
sheltered large amounts of in
come in the past could pay more.
“ M y hope is that this type of
system w ill correct current ine
quities and restore faith in our in
come tax laws,’’ Rep. Shiprack
said.
He solicites comments from
constituents who may write him
at Room H292, State Capitol,
Salem 97310 or call him at
378 8784
Salem scene:
Public smoking lid set s n
by JACK Z IM M E R M A N
Assorialed Orr<o«i Industries
State government Is gearing up to en
force the Oregon Indoor Clean Air Act
The Indoor Clean A ir Act was enacted by
the 61st Legislative Assembly during its
I «11 regular session in Salem and becom es
effective July I
It severely restricts smoking of cigars,
cigarettes and pipes in enclosed areas to
which the public has ready access F u r
thermore. it also restricts the carrying of
lighted smoking Instruments from one
smoking area to another, if the smoker
must pass through a non smoking area
After July I . there are going to be a lot of
non smoking areas throughout the state
M a jo r exceptions w ill be taverns,
cocktail lounges, bowling alleys, some
restaurants, tobacco stores and offices oc
cupied esalusively by smokers
Enforcement of the act w ill make
Oregon one of 23 states with comprehen
s lv e s ta te w id e a n ti sm o k in g law s,
although most of the others are even more
restrictive than terms of the Indoor Clean
Air Act
The difference In most cases is the inclu
sion of the term work place.'’ a provision
amended out of Senate Rill 170 before final
p a ssa g e of th e m e a s u re in I t * I
Considering the fact that fire codes,
federal regulations, existing state laws
and rulings of the Public Utility Commis
stoner a lre a d y re s tric t sm oking in
th e a te rs , ele v a to rs , hospitals, food
preparation areas public meetings buses
and maas Iranail vehicle« in.pact of com
pltanre with Ute new law will fail moat
heavily on private employers
And considering damages sustained by
some typos of retail etorea at the hands of
n eg lig en t sm o k ers, m any re ta ile rs
welcome me law and will be quick Io assist
Ma implementation
Charged with making H work la the
H m lth Divuuon of the Department of
Human Resource« The parson responsible
is Joe P etro v ich , m anager of the
Divsuoe • Environmental Health Systems
Sertlaa Ha la located in the Division s
Portland Rsstopxoriecs and currently in
the tow and tocas a cenmdarahto task m
view sf 0w fact lawmakers have y»t to ap
Assistance is ticing provided by the t iregon
Lung Association, which already is con
ducting a public awareness campaign and
w ill boost Its efforts once final regulations
are established
Meanwhile, copies of the law are
a v a ila b le fro m P etro vich and he's
soliciting comments from anyone who will
have to comply Written comments are
preferred and should be sent to him at P<)
Box 231. Portland 117307
Aa with most new legislation, the In - ju r
Clean A ir Act is largely conceptual and
lots of details w ill have to be made specific
during Ihe process of establishing regula
lions Petrovich alreay Is meeting with
specific types of businesses to clarify what
is necessary compliance
The public accea3 portion of the law has
generated some confusion Petrovich
reports that in many businesses, office
complexes and some entire buildings the
law will apply only to lobbies or entry seas
from the entrance to s reception station
This would exclude Irom the set's
jurisdiction areas that are physically ac
cessible to ihe public bul into which the
public only ventures upon invitation
Specifically, bank lobbies would have to
provide non smoking areas but the por
tmn of the hank behind tellers cages would
»•■I
Another part of the law deals with air
nitration, and Petrovich doubts moat air
c o n d itio n in g s y ste m s p ro v id e a ir
movements or nitration standards ode
quale to achieve compliance Those stan
dards still are under study, however
V lota t ions of the new law can result in
lines of *100 and bo levied monthly as long
as non compliance continues
Enforce
ment it the responsibility of the Health
Division and can ba delegated to the
various counties
Without an appropriation of funds by the
current Legislature, enforcement in the
ty health departments are unlikely to ac
cept delegated responsibility without
rurmvuig the money to pay for it-
Letters to the editor:
Unions, candidate supported
‘Unions care’
Recently the people of
the Portland area who
drive along the route of the
new light-rail system have
seen many people who
carry signs These people
are there as "in fo rm a
tional pickets.” Since it
would be impossible to stop
traffic and give this impor
la nt information to the
thousands who drive by, I
would like to give just one
of the many reasons we are
out there
I am a union iron worker
and along with union con
tractors. and ail the other
union building trades peo
ple we have created Ihe
Portland skyline While we
were doing this we also
c r e a te d som e o f th e
nation's finest train ing
facilities lor the younger
people who w ill follow in
our footsteps
C onstruction work is
d a n g ero u s w o rk
U nio n ap
p re n tic e s
t r a in
in
classrooms, as well as
carefully structured on
the job training This train
ing takes several years
Union workers and union
contractor* spend pari of
every dollar we earn to
train apprentices From
these programs come safe,
q u a lit y ,
p ro d u c tiv e
Journeymen workers
The non-union worker
and the non union contrac
tor pay nothing towards
any apprenticeship pro
grams
Everyone wants safer
workplaces, greater quali
ty, more productivity and a
better way of life for ail
Union people are spending
Ihe tim e and the money to
achieve this, but the non
union people are not Is the
non-union contractor and
his workforce looking Io the
future, or w ill they just
take the money and run’
Union people are united
in making a better way of
life, not just for ourselves
bul for all that follow us
Douglas Portings
Sandy
Elect Hoard
I live in the Sandy area
and have a little girl who
one day will he going to
school When she does. 1
hope she w ill get a good
education
I and my husband do
pray that in the coming
election the voters will
elect one of the best
qualified people I know I
refer to Debra Hoard She
is highly qualified and a
h a rd w o r k e r fo r th e
children of Sandy She is
past president of the PTA.
president of the Sandy Op
tim is tic *. a Boy Scout
leader, involved in other a f
fairs involving the children
of Sandy, besides being a
full-tim e business woman
and mother of school-age
children
She and her husband.
Bruce, are very concerned
parents that all of the
children of Sandy will get a
good education
She deserves your vote,
as well as the votes of the
citizens of Sandy whose
children will be our future
leaders and citizens
Mrs Carol Baker
Sandy
Vote Hoard
I would like to bring to
th e a tte n tio n o f yo u r
readers a very important
election The schools in the
Sandy area need qualified
adults on the school board
to help our area grow, and
without them our children
are going to be left behind
in their educaton.
1 would like to recom
mend Debra Hoard, who is
running for one of the
school board positions She
is highly qualified and a
hard worker for the educa
tion of our children She is
past president of the PTA,
active in the Boy Scout
movement, president of the
Sandy Optimistics, active
in various other endeavors
for the betterment of San
dy, a business women and
last -b u t not least—mother
of school age-children
She and her husband,
Bruce are very concerned
citizens when it comes to
th e ir children and the
children of Sandy
Ellen G. Langston
Sandy
Hoard favored
It is a pleasure to see
Debra Hoard running for
position 4 on the Sandy-
Elem entary School Board,
as she will he able to put
her many talents into more
effective and lasting com
m u n ity se rv ic e —nam ely
our sons and daughters
Having observed Debra's
dedication to our communi
ty and its youth-oriented
program s, we have no
doubt as to her sincerity
and ability to get the job
done
Debra actively has been
involved in the school
system as a tutor and
elected for her second term
as president of Sandy
Elem entary PTC She has
been a den leader and a den
leader coach in the local
Cub Scout program and is a
current board member and
coach in the Sandy Cascade
Soccer Club Debra is in
volved deeply in several
other local organizations
Our community school
system needs more in
dividuals with the dedica
tion and talents of Debra
Hoard, and the tim e is right
for her to take on one more
role, helping to improve the
quality of our children’s
education
We support Debra Hoard
for position 4 on the Sandy
Elem entary School Board.
C arrie and Chuck Morgan
Sandy
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Senator's report:
Resolution eyes local trauma control
by S TEVE STAKKOVICH
S ta te S e n a to r, (Not. 14
Each ye ar some 1300-1000
Oregonians die and many more
are led permanently disabled a*
a result of traum atic injuries
Although not widely known by the
public, traum a ia the th ird
leading cause ol death in the na
Hon -a lte r heart disease and
cancer and the leading cause of
death among people under 40
What is
traum a’ ’’ In thia
case. traum a is not an emotional
condition, hut a physical one It
refers to massive injuries sus
tained as a result of an accident
and usually involve» a major loos
of blood (often internallyi, a
d a n g e ro u s d ro p in blood
pressure and the disruption of
basic respiratory and circulatory
life support systems
In (he past tO-15 year*, many
p reven tative measures have
been taken to lessen the toll of ac
cidental injury legislation has
been passed to strengthen laws
against drunk and reckless
d riv e n , to improve the safety of
our road* and highways, to pro
vide driver education programs,
to upgrade emergency equip
men! and training, to protect
workers from hazardous work
public on accident prevention at
of the components of an EM S and
Traum a System are a centralized
em ergency num ber, a com
munications network a com
munications network, a system of
rapid transport and the designa
tion of traum a centers, staffed
around the clock with a team of
medical professionals expenenc
ed in treating trauma
home and on the job
These o.ixm s and numerous
others have saved Oregonians
millions of dollars in medical
coats But most of all, they have
saved lives and substantially
reduced long term disabilities
due to accidental injury
Many states have recently
taka« a further step which la pro
ving to sig n ifican tly reduce
totalities due to traum a That
step ia the imptomentation of a
The establishment of such a
system assures that traum a vic
tims receive the best possible
emergency care in the shortest
possible tune. T im e, it has been
found, ia a crucial element in
tr e a tin g tra u m a
Dr
R A.
Cow ley, pioneer in tra u m a
research, calls the first sixty
minutes after a traum atic injury
’the golden hour " If bleeding
can be stopped and blood
pressure returned to normal
within that hour, chances are the
victim will survive
Although Oregon has taken
some initial steps toward the
e s ta b lis h m e n t of an E M S
Traum a System by appointing
various task forces and commit
tees to study the issue, installing
“ •1 1 ” c e n tr a l em e rg e n c y
rid in g
(ton of
advanced
training
for
for certifica
the
task of actually implementing a
state wide EM S-Traum a System
still remains
Senate Joint Resolution 23,
which I am spnsoring with
-Senator Kitzhaber and others,
takes the next step in this pro
cess It directs the State Health
Division to appoint a State
Traum a Board charged with
developing a proposal for a state
EM S and Traum a System and
submitting recommendations for
its implementation to the 1985
1 legislature
This bill could be very impor
tant, particularly to residents of
our district, where geography
and distance often m ake quality
emergency and traum a care in
accessible In establishing a
statewide EM S-Traum a System,
the question of providing ade
quate rapid transportation for
traum a victims in rural areas
w ill have to be addressed A
number of stoles have determ in
ed that the best solution ut the use
of helicopters
B e c a u s e I b e lie v e th a t
emergency medical care ia an
important part of health care in
general. I am excited about the
potential benefit this hill may
both for District 14
residents and for Oregonians