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^'4i 2 S A N D Y ( O r * ) ROST Thur» July 14 19*3 (Sec 1) The S^näy Post Editorial & Opinion Von Broschler, Fubi»h«r Caroline Duff, OHic» Manager Don Dillon, idiior Scott Newton Sportt Idiior SANDY, OREGON THURSDAY. JULY 14. 1983 Beautify downtown Sandy Sandy Chamber of Commerce has been granted fu ll responsibili ty for landscaping areas between sidewalks and businesses and pro mises to do a good job developing an attractive downtown. Bryon T oile, b e a u tifica tio n committee chairm an, offers to meet with any business owner who’s interested in lot improve m e n t. He w i ll c o o rd in a te d o w ntow n la n d s c a p in g w ith uniform ity and offer some profes sional landscaping advice. He's also discussing beautifica tion of state-owned property at the Y where Pioneer and Proctor Boulevards meet at either end of town. He feels that state Highway Division O K’s are im m inent for landscaping these eyesores at the entrance of town. Toile and his committee plan to begin im m ediately and meet one- on-one w ith business owners who are interested in downtown land scaping. He and his group of workers rate both applause and support in their efforts to beautify downtown Sandy without a lot of com m unity expense and bureaucratic red tape. Business owners who want to discuss landscaping plans with the Chamber’s committee should m ake in q u ir y th ro u g h the C h a m b e r o ffic e by c a llin g 668-4006 (VB) Sandy can be proud of ’83 Fest Sandy can be proud of its recent Sandy M ountain Festival and weeklong Sandy Mountain Days. Despite impending rain, some 5,000 spectators crowded into town for a large parade of approx im ately 200 entries. Many booths in the park report their best year ever here. A Sandy High alum ni booth reportedly sold more Saturday than both days last year, and the elephant ears booth increased sales from ap proxim ately $11,000 last year to approxim ately $15,000 this year. In fact, some park vendors did business as early as 9 a m. Satur day, two hours before official Festival opening. The 12-vendor Chamber Wine Fest and Feast tent across the street didn’t hurt park sales, but seemed to complement Festival activities, according to Festival spokesmen. And the tent sale make the Chamber some $5,000 to show a p ro fit and operate the Chamber in the coming year. Only one m inor incident rippled the fun in the park, and a half dozen security guards quietly escorted the two drunks outside. It was such a well mannered crowd that even movie star Lind say Wagner was able to walk unhassled two days through crowded Meinig Park. Behavior like that may encourage her to return, along with thousands of other welcome guests to Sandy Mountain Festival. (VB) Senator's report: Labs claim right to know by STEVE STAKKOVICH State Senator. Dtst. I I The following report is somewhat dif ferent from those I'v e written in the past ! i concerned legislation which shouldn't be controversial yet it was killed in the House of Representatives last week after passing the Senate 20-10 two months ago HB 2414 was an attempt to guarantee employees the "right to know" about toxic substances (haI are used in the workplace Few Oregonians can disagree that workers are entitled to know about hazar dous substances they are exposed to. yet special interest groups who worked to defeat this bill have denied workers this fundamental right Imagine that you a hospital laboratory employe«- Part of your dally job is to sterilize laboratory equipment with a disinfectant After performing this func tion lor months, you begin to experience severe headaches, nausea and skin rashes, which you beging to suspect are somehow related lo the disinfectant you work with You try to find out more about the substance, but after requesting informs tion from your supervisor, hospital of ficials. the Health Division, the federal government and even the manufacturer of the product, you still do not obtain it Finally you reach the end of your op tion* there is simply no legal means by which you can learn about the potential dangers of substances you are required to work with U nfortunately, the situation I Just described is not hypothetical, but a true story Linda H arry formerly a lab techni n a n in a Portland hospital, experienced the physical reactions described about, which eventually included passing out When she attempted to find out more about the rtw-mical she suspected was cussing the problem* her long search proved fruitless Ms Harry's condition worsened lo the point where now her body's defrnae system has lieen so weakened »he is unable to lead a normal life she la currently con fined to living in a specailly enclosed cabin that contains only natural priatucts and hmited to consuming food» that are ab solutely free »f all additives If she ever» breaks this regimen, she immediately p a s s e s out Linda Harry s case m perhaps one «if the dram atic evampirs of lost« ex yet in today's world with hun of new chemicals found in the workplace every month cases of orcupa »1 disease due lo espeaure to these i are he. onnng more and more We need la estebhsh sad protect a right most A m ericans think they already have the right to know whether the 1 with ran cauea them ta i in order la tavern exposure Currently i a worker «hai the Mil would have created "mountains of paper work" for employers, and thus the bill was • anti business." This simply is not true Hy the tim e the bt.l reached a vole of ths House, it had been amended in such a way as to incur only negligible costs to the employer in terms of tim e and money When I first introduced this bill in January, there was agreement among legislators, workers and employers that a worker's “ right to know" was fundamen tai When It passed the Senate in April, analysts around the state heralded it as a long overdue worker protection measure A poll conducted in the Eugene Register- Guard found that over 70 percent of those polled favored the "right to know" bill By the tim e this hill reached a vote of the House, business and agriculture lobbisls had spread so much misinformation on the hill that even the average citizen had begun to question the desireahihty of its passage Members of the House Labor Committee who supported the bill made •vary effort to find a compromise which was acceptable to opponents of ths hill but those lobbying against it weren I really in terested in negotiating they just wanted to kill the bill On June 22. the "right-to- know bill failed in the House by a vote of 31 23 Most citizens have a rough idea «bout the legislative process. yet few understand how professional lobbyists fit into the ptc lure Uibbyists are paid by special interest groups to persuade legislators to vote for their rauae They do this by trying to con Vince the legislator on the merits of their cause or. if that doesn t work, hy attem p ting to persuade the legislator that he or »he will be defeated The right to-know bill was killed In the House not because it was a bad piece of legislation hut because several power ful lobby groups «pent a tat of tune and money generating enough mtainformation and fear that many legislators gave into the pressure U you hove questions about the "right- WB, or any other issue w rite 1« me Salem OR »7310 »18 Letters to the editor: Toast to McDonald’s insults I would like to respond to the “ Personally Speaking" column of July 7. As a member of the business com m unity of Sandy. I applaud the a r rival of McDonaldland and its band of merry men At last the residents of Sandy and surrounding areas of Hoodland. Eagle Creek. Estacada. Boring and Bull run c a n —when in the throes of a “ Big Mac At tack" flock to Sandy for a hamburger Let's get serious Eor many years Sandy has had good restaurants that serve fin e h a m b u rg e rs an d re la te d foods. A v e ry significant share of their business cm mates from the fin e p eo p le fro m the forementioned areas These folks have been very loyal in supporting the local restaurants, and I am sure they will continue to give their support McDonalds is a fine organization, and they un doubtedly will run a clean and efficient operation T h e S an d y a r e a has somehow survived without a McDonalds' in the past, and hopefully we can sur vlve the future When the store is com plete, if Ronald McDonald cannot help M ayor Loun- dree cut the ribbon, could we not entice an old sour dough from the Juneau area to do so’ Bob Peters Mt Hood Dairy Queen Halt taxes F e llo w c itiz e n s of Clackamas County, please take a bow ! You were suc cessful in your defeat of a well-oiled county machine that sponsored the "head tax " June 28 Yes. your vote counted Ballot measure 3.1 was defeated by approximately 3 to 1 All of us should continue to look behind the “ g litte r” that generally adorns new tax proposals Too many tax dollars arc wasted in too many ways You can help put our coun try back on course, just as you've done here Speak up. and we w ill make ourselves heard* Herman Adcox Vice President Citizens Against Another Tax Dump Metro MSD, D EQ , LCDC, LUBA. E E M A , CTRC Can this be the "Newspeak" 1984 O rw ell warned us about’ Control of the land, peo ple. housing, transporta tion. your property and even control of your gar bage! The list only touches a portion of the areas the M e t r o p o lit a n S e r v ic e District (M SD or Metro I now has a u th o rity in, makes laws on and has police powers to enforce. 62,000 plus signatures are required If 3500 citizens each would get us only 20 signatures, this measure would be on the Nov 1984 ballot, and the voters will have a choice. This, most probably, will be your last chance to squash the monster Please contact us at 665 5909 Relatively unknown, too m any think “ M S D " is either an oriental food ad ditive, a life threatening disease, or something you rub on to ease your a r thritis Of these choices, "a life threatening disease" probably is closest to the truth The Metropolitan Service District is a powerful m u tant of CRAG and the old MSD The voters adam ant ly denied MSD a tax base, and yet their annual budget now is m ore that $38 million Guess what, folks T hat’s your $38 million* We need your help! Enough Is Enough In Oregon once again is c ir culating a state-wide peti tion to dissolve MSD Any registered voter in the state is eligible to sign (P S. We also have a peti tion placing a two-year moratorium on the DEQ Auto Em ission Testin g Program » Katy Manning Gresham Fest aided I would like to express sincere appreciation to the hundreds of people who spent thousai. of hours to make the 10th Annual San dy Mountain Festival and Sandy Mountain Days a tremendous success To the Sandy Police Reserves and Clackamas County Sheriff Reserves, to Richard Luczkow for all those “ last minute" signs, to Roger and Joyce Atkins. Gene Smith. Gale Meier, A rt and Suzie Blaisdell. Jim Patrick and Jeff Jaqua to name just a few A special word of con gratulations to Barry Fretz and his committee for the welcome addition of the Soap Box Derby. To Don Wilson, Arnie Poutala and Arnie Becker who proved to a sometimes doubting Sandy Mountain Festival Committee that a wine tasting tent can be a fantastic addition and a real asset to the overall festivities D arrell Dempster, Chair man Sandy Mountain F’estival Committee ‘Thank you’ To my many friends in the Sandy a re a : I want to thank everyone of you fo r your th o u g h tfu ln e s s in remembering me with the beautiful “ get w ell" cards while I was in the hospital They w ere g rea tly ap preciated Maybelle Wesselink The Post asks that all letters to the e d ito r be typ ed , double-spaced and signed. Deadline is noon. Tuesday. Let ters should be ac c u ra te , fre e of libelous remarks and in good taste. Salem scene: Late-inning Legislature low-scoring by JACK ZIMM FKMAN Associated Oregon Industries The Oregon Legislature is ab sorbed in one vast numbers game But that doesn't mean we're about to see the state adopting some sort of lottery la fact, thia game doesn t have anything to do with gambling in the fam iliar sense of the word Whet it does mean is that at this particular stage of every regular session of the assembly in S alem , num bers assume almost as much significance as baseball statistics during the na tiona! pastime's annual All star break And in recent years those oc currence« have fallen painfully close together on the calendar Here’s an example If you’re following attem pts to revise Oregon's land-use law. it helps if you understand provisions of Senate M il 10 «enacted in 19881. SB 100 'enacted in 1073). House Bill MOO «enacted in 107»' and HB isn acted in 1M1) — t h r u all are signifi cant in the current struggle over final passage of HB 2206 in UtO It in this sartal tug-of-war e n v ire n m e n ta l and by of tecali ta- Senate combined SB 300 and SB 447 that adds up to 747. but the MU came our SB 945 after ill-fated at- tetnpts to make tt SB 1000 And the big struggle so far this session with HB 2226 involves at tempts to insert amendments to repeal provisions of l$7»'s HB I would take many times the space this column consumes to explain the various laws created by the foregoing numbers No m atter to those participating in the process At this stage of the lawmaking game, they simply recite the numbers and appear to understand what's going on It'S reminiscent of th eo M com edy routine, in which veteran pike-tellers sim ply recite the numbers o f . tic u la r n um bers g a m e —you should uncerstand Senate bills are expressed in hundreds «but can exceed 1,000) and House Bills begin with 2001 «except the Senate has a 5500 series, the House a 5000 series and resolu tio n s an d m e m o r ia ls a r e numbered one through whatever in both chambers I There are other numbers each set with varying significance The numerical makeups of House and Senate are one In the 60-member House it takes 31 votes to pass a measure on to the Senate And proposals must garner 16 votes in the 30-member Senate to get that cham ber’s stamp of approval In many instances the 31 and 16-vote totals are compounded by the 38-24 split between m ajority D e m o c r a ts an d m in o r it y Republicans and the 21-» m ajo ri ty Demos hold over GOPs in the without tellingi And when it comae to part is ship, numbers achieve even more consequence in co m m ittees Those paneta have odd-numbered memberships, invariably favor ing the m ajerity party. Since pre p a i d M ik must first be paaaed The major difference is that numbers thrown about the capital don't get that many jectod to floor m e m b e rs of Suffice it to say—if you’re about playing this par votas by all r e s p e c tiv e Ita t susceptible to persuasion by in terest groups Their ballots tend to equalize the weighted com m it tee numbers The particular statistical varie ty of n u m b e rs a c h ie v e significance when compared with numbers of days and weeks it takes a given assem bly to achieve the foregoing It's sort of like figuring hatting averages errors. earned runs, strikeouts, walks, homers runs batted in and sacrifices Actually, it's a little premature to figure the 62nd Assembly's sta tis tic al p erfo rm an ce. One might say that as it went into ex tra innings, tt became the second- longest game in history, recorded the usual number of errors, hit no home runs and remains in great jeopardy of striking out with voters who don't understand the numbers and won't settle for a i tie What's more, they 'd prefer this game's players settle the biennial isaues before them without retur ning for special session playoffs i so frequent of That Mg was four, last in- tosi On that. gam M e
