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
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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
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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.
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