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2—SANDY (Ore.) POST Thun . July M 19*3 (S«c I) Von Bro»chler. Publisher Coroline DuH. Ottico Manogar Editorial & Opinion Don Dillon, fdiiar Scott Nowton, Sporti fditor SANDY, OREGON. THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1983 All should obey weed law The city of Sandy should uniformly enforce weed abate ment requirements according to city ordinance. Some 75 percent of cited proper ty owners in the city already have responded cooperatively to June notices by agreeing to clean their lots. The city and property owners in question deserve a lc‘ of credit for such speedy attention to neighbors’ perception of yard work shorcomings. It isn’t easy to admit one’s yard is messy or for the city to finger owners of weedy yards. But all should live by the or dinance to insure a more attrac tive community for all. It remains the responsibility of all property owners and persons in charge of property in the city to keep their property clear of weeds, tall grass and other nox ious vegitation. Indeed, property should be mowed periodically in th summer. Law provides city power to hire mowers to weed and clean lots of owners who don’t comply and then bill those owners for the work. Thus far, most neighborhoods in the city have cooperated with the city’s notification to comply where‘needed Even realtors who hold vacant lots have complied in most subdivisions. However, some work remains in the Highview subdivision and downtown commercial sites. While the FFA has clean much of the downtown sector and the Chamber of Commerce has agreed to work with businesses to accomplish landscaping, some honest weeding and cleaning is needed in a few spots. The large Leathers lot next to a convenience grocery in the center of town is a major eyesore and should be confronted by the city. The lot is visible from either direction through town on the highway, and shouldn’t be exemp ted, whatever the political skeletons buried there. The city has come a lot way in beautifying Sandy and positively reinforcing the value of beautification with recent Design Review Board awards to outstan ding businesses. But the city’s sword should be double-bladed to cut through weeds wherever they appear with punishments for those few neighbors who don’t cooperate. (VB) Speak now on parking proposal Sandy residents concerned with a recent petition effort to place a one-year moratorium on business paved parking requirements might attend the City Council meeting Monday. Council will address the petition request in regular session then and determine whether the 143-signature petition warrants ordinance change by Council or a public hearing. It should be noted, however, the petition only requests a one-year waiver on requirement to pave mandated offstreet parking of Sandy businesses. The businesses still would be required to provide offstreet parking. There remains some question whether the vast majority of the 143 signatures represent business persons of Sandy, and whether those business persons who signed represent the majority sentiment of the commercial core. Hence, public involvement is wise at this time. After all. time is provided at regular Council meetings for such comments as input by the audience. Later Council may provide a better forum to hear the people out on this issue. But until a public hearing on the parking moratorium petition is scheduled by Council, concerned residents should jump in with comment to make sure 143 petitioners don't speak for everyone. (VB) Salem scene Final Salem hours hectic by JACK ZIMMERMAN Associated Oregon Industries The proverbial dust is settling in Salem in the wake of final adjournment of the 62nd Oregon Legislative Assembly’s 1983 regular session. And emerging are indications this Legislature may have produced a record of accomplishment almost as astonishing as the startling end of deliberations The surprise ending, of course, saw the House of Representatives quit at 11:10 p.m. Friday, July 15, and the Senate give up the ghost an hour and 20 minutes later at 12:30 a m. next day This uncommon occurence typified the rancor that developed between Senate Pres Edward Fadeley and House Speaker Grattan Kerans—both Eugene Democrats—regarding attempts at revenue reform, expanded property tax relief and spending limitations Irked at Fadeley'* eleventh-house manipulations with House bills, Kerans gavelled the sine die resolution leaving the upper chamber with no other recourse but to follow suit Consequently, the Assembly's property tax relief action—a slightly scaled-down version of that provided during the previous biennium —was termed inade quate by Gov. Vic Atiyeh and is expected to prompt a late summer or early autumn special session. Meanwhile, the session that became history ’s second longest, did manage to ad dress major problems it faced when first convened last Jan. 10 and provided solu tion* for most. Preliminary figures in dicated lawmakers this year considered 2,072 measures of all kinds and enacted more than 900—a production record of about 44 percent and an achievement un matched in more than a decade A week after adjournment it appeared something like 400 measures were pushed through to final passage in the last 10 days of the session, prompting some observers to ponder whether such haste may have produced uncommon waste An early indication might be the number of measures so far vetoed by Gov Atiyeh out of the total number that had been con sidered for hi* signature With 419 already a” » scrutinized, Atiyeh had axed seven and permitted two to pass without his signature. With something in the neighborhood of 500 to go. observers were pondering the likelihood total vetoes might match the 17 he killed two years ago Outcome of this bit of post-session suspense will be known on Aug 9, the 20th day (not counting Sundays) following ad journment pegged July 16, the session’s 188th day. By comparison, the 1981 session that lasted 203 days, considered 2,533 measures and enacted 998 In the meantime, Gov Atiyeh has an nounced a scenario regarding the special session's prospect He has said he will meet with Fadeley, Kerans and Republican leaders Sen Tony Meeker of Amity and Rep Larry Campbell of Eugene Together they are to achieve a consensus plan for resolving the property tax relief problem They then are to seek agreement within their individua, caucuses, alert revenue committees to draft a proposal and gather in a brief, single-purpose session to enact it. In the process, Atiyeh ha* said there are only two practical solutions to consider—a sales tax with revenue dedicated to pro perty tax relief or his plan to merge pre sent property tax programs and eliminate benefits to households with more than 630,000 annual incomes Fadely, who thwarted the House-passed sales tax during the regular session, re mains adamantly opposed to any sale* tax tied to a spending limitation and ha* said he really doesn't believe a special session is necessary Both Meeker and Campbell pushed for spending limitation* during the session and Kerans' position was to bow to a nar row bipartisan majority in hi* chamber. Not one of the five key player* in this melodrama have favored a sales tax Letters to the editor New’s Dover barn historic Barn recalled A recent issue of the Post showed a nice view of an old bam near a pond or back of it, taken by a young local photographer to be used on a new calendar. Has anyone wondered how old the main structure in the background is or who built it? These I can answer somewhat Anyone reading about Dover community church in a recent issue of the Profile should have noticed the name Samuel Erv New and family as among early settlers there (not a known relative of the New presently in business in Sandy). They came by way of Foster Road from Ken tucky in 1886. took a homestead with some im provements. and bought a team and cattle from the owner so he could leave As the children grew older, Frank New worked in the Meinig General Store in Sandy Others soon went as far as central Oregon to an areas that later became Jefferson County when Crook was divided There was lush bunch grass and a better place for cattle. The family had moved to Firwood which is nearer Sandy and built this barn of boards The house then was already there of logs The barn had paint, but not red like so many were that were built about 1900. News soon moved to the other side of Mount Hood None came back to live in this area Samuel Erv New was my great-grandfather I remember seeing him several times He had visited his two brothers in Kentucky, but returned Mrs Fred Decker Music Camp Road Honor* McCall There seems to be no end to the suggestion* for memorializing Tom Mc Call by attaching his name to one or more of Oregon's scenic jewels. It has become an emotional issue among many Oregonians. Granted, McCall put up a valiant fight against a vicious disease But we should keep the memorial appropriate to the heritage with which he endowed our state 1 suggest that we call the severe economic clump from which we are just now may be emerging, the Mc Call Depression Or, if a topographic feature seems required, there is a great crater east of Lapine which now bears ignominious the name—Hole in the Ground. How about McCall Hole in the Ground? Milton M Fox Brightwood Derby aided I would like to thank the people who cooperated in the recent very successful Soap Box Derby It couldn’t have been done without the help we got from so many! I would especially like to commend Barry Fretz on hi* fortitude and imagina tion in bringing to Sandy the All-American Soap Box Derby Further. I think I can speak for all of Sandy in wishing Byron and Greg the very best of luck at the Akron race! Next, let me emphasize the need for continuity in the various program* that the Soap Box Derby txiard ha* in the hopper The first must be a permanent track Then we can really get on to the fun part—rac- ing We hope to get s pro gram worked out to include the younger boys and girls in a peewee group, as well as the present 9-15 age group and also something for the over-15 age bracket Please feel free to contact us in regard to any addi tional information in any of the above programs Come on. Sandy Let's al) work together on this and really put Sandy on the Soap Box Derby map! Thank* again to everyone who helped time*, handle car* or whatever your part may have been. It was truly ap preciated. Mei Roiofson Race committee The Post gratefully acknowledges essays and written opinions from readers to appear on this page—separate from the unbiased news reports on other pages of this newspaper. Your opinions generally will be printed as letters to the editor, while ours generally will appear as editorials. Occasionally, we are able to print guest editorials. We attempt to print all signed letters of good taste, legible form and reasonable length. Our deadline is noon on Tuesdays. Personally speaking. Most reporters gutless adventurers Most journalists love adven ture, but there are few true George Plimptons in our ranks Most haven’t the raw nerve to put themselves into the action by doing something as reckless as doning pads to crack heads with the Detroit Lions, as Plimpton did for a first person account Also, it's considered poor reporting technique to get involv ed in a story, such as raising a point at a public meeting The reporter generally tries to stay detached a* a medium to relay in formation or points of view (The exception, of course, is when the reporter arrives first at the scene of some roadside acci dent or fire and has to choose bet ween reporting and taking part.) While most reporters are sen sitive to human suffering, they're also mostly spineless cowards I'm certainly no exception. Oh, 1 used to get involved a lit tle with my stories Once I tried “powder bombing'' a small airport in Snohomish, Wash after taking pictures of others in the airshow sport Only I nearly fell out of the twin-seater, leaning into my pin point shot at 100 feet up. Then there was the time I by VON BRASCHLER decided it would be fun to photograph and interview a dif ferent “shooting gallery“ where druggies gathered in a house overnight Even working with shadows in the dark was a bit scary At my Everett, Wash, sports magazine 1 once decided the way to photograph offroad cars and bikes would be on the track. under the airborne vehicles The shot* were spectacular, but the dust and suspence over control of the vehicle* wa* nerve- shattering Whitewater rafting for photo* on the Sauk River near Washington's White Horse Moun- taain only cost me one camera to the spray and the slosh. Passengers are defenseless Climbing mountains at Index and the San Juan* SEEMED the best way to photograph new clim- oing school* graduates, only I never took the course and forget to bring anything but tennis shoes. Well, I’ve pretty much had my share of waking at 4 a m for Opening Day fishing from log* over beaver pond* or skiing undeveloped spot* In Alaska to ■how where the action isf> Plimpton can have all thi*. I must confess to Fire Chiefs Rathke, Armintrout and Shields, however, that I secretly long to lake photos from INSIDE a burn ing building for a more personal perspective Maybe there’s nothing quite like being near the action, and that’s why would-be writers vicariously live off energy of real adventurers Saying all thi* I* simple, but following the advice of purchased maturity is tougher Like my pancake batter, the consistency just isn’t there My most reason fall from grace involved a bout with herbs after a story I wrote on a local herbalist I took one little walk, where this lierbalist told me a little about local herbs and their properties. Suddenly 1 was sn expert So 1 tried gathering local yar row plants for wild herbal tea -a wild concoction 1 threw togetter with various leaves and clover*. Only the yarrow didn't look just right, when I was about to drop it into the kettle as last chosen in gredient Some sort of buzzer like a darkroom timer went off in my head Suddenly 1 scrambled for my books—where journalists really live. Sure enough, I'd mistaken a hemlock plant for yarrow. The hemlock smelled delicious, like the book said. Only the book said one other thing about the yarrow look-alike. The last guy to brew such tea was a Greek philosopher named Socrates Guess it carried quite a whallop, too, because he hasn’t bothered anyone since. h J 11 •T 11 Xi a
