2 - - SANDY (O re.) POST Thur».. Jur» 13. IM S (Sec. 1)
The Sandy Post
Scott Newton, editor
Kimberly Nelson, advertising representative
Sandy students can
compete with best
The class of 1965 was a good one, and it provides some
degree of comfort to know that top-notch students can get a
good education locally
They can also compete with the best when it comes to winn
ing scholarship monies. Ken Brown, counselor and advisor to
the senior class, believes the class of 1985 may have earned
more money than any class previously.
Much of that money was raised in this community, and
given out by active, generous local service organizations.
Those scholarships do a great deal of good, but it is also nice
to see area students competing on a statewide — even nation
wide — basis and doing well.
Six Sandy High students received Oregon State Scholarship
Commission commendations, which means they are among
the top 5 percent in the state. One SUHS student won the state
Elks Club scholarship, and another received a national Na
tional Honor Society scholarship. The Elks Club scholarship
and the National Honor Society scholarships were firsts for
Sandy High.
Obviously, these are top students who would probably do
well in any school.
Regardless, the people from Hoodland to Boring can take
pride in knowing they have contributed to a school system that
can provide a good education to all students — including the
best.
L etters to the editor
Proposed memorial
honors vets, not war
The proposed veterans memorial
in Sandy is exactly that. It is not a
memorial to any war or any par
ticular era. It is a symbolic tribute to
all men and women who served
These veterans are proud of their
service although it often entailed
sacrifices of home life, interruptions
of education, business, romances and
the sudden shock of a strange and
demanding environment.
Sandy and its citizens have always
come through when our country call
ed and they now deserve a visible
tribute. This tribute should be visible
to everyone visiting or travelling
through Sandy.
Albert H. Green
Sergeant m ajor-retired
Sandy
Veterans memorial
honors all who served
T h e re seem s to be some
misconceptions voiced from a few
people regarding the Sandy Veterans
Memorial.
This project is a memorial to the
veterans who served our country and
not to war, any war All of us abhor
war. especially those veterans who
served
This Veterans Memorial is for all
veterans. WWI, WWII, Korea and
Vietnam. This was the intent for the
project from the beginning when the
Sandy VFW overwhelmingly endors
ed it
As to the location of the Veterans
Memorial, no one location has been
officially chosen. The vast m ajority
of people we have talked to feel that a
highly visible location would be
positive for the Veterans Memorial
After a great deal of study and input,
the sights have been narrowed down
to two; at the west end of Sandy in the
V, and in front of the Sandy City Hall.
Hundreds of people have told the
committee that they would like to see
it in the V at the west end of Sandy A
few people have contacted the
newspaper saying they do not want it
there.
We all feel this project is very
p o s itiv e fo r re m e m b e rin g the
veterans and to the Sandy area in
general The Sandy VFW Veterans
Memorial committee welcomes input
from all area residents and w ill open
mindedly address all suggestions.
Bruce E Cook
Sandy
River Hawk program
excellent for youth
I am w riting to all the parents and
children who might be interested in
getting involved with a track club
For many years Sandy, Oregon, has
supported L ittle League and more
recently the Sandy Soccer Club
Track is a sport for most everyone.
Everybody who tries succeeds,
either in personal growth or by ac
complishing goals never reached
before. It isn’t a sport where parents
control the game; nobody yells at the
coach because "Johnny didn't get to
play half of the ending;” everybody
is equal; and those who give a true ef
fort w ill achieve
Sandy has an excellent community
track program called the Sandy
River Hawks It is a program for
children 6 to 18 I am currently in
volved with the program and have
. been for three years. Da r old Beymer
is supervisor and head coach of the
program I guarantee that if your
child is w illing to show up for prac
tice and wants to run, he w ill gain
much from this program I personal
ly can see much growth from this
program
My confidence, my a bility to ac
cept challenge and believing in
myself are just a few qualities which
have improved since joining this pro
gram.
The program success is 99 percent
coaching. Mr. Beymer is by fa r the
most dedicated coach I have ever
met. He just loves kids Not to be
overlooked, though, is the fact that
kids love him. This factor is a great
part of his success
If you are tired of baseball games
and would like to enroll your child in
to something new, I suggest the San
dy River Hawks. The program is
very supportive and little money is
required to join There is a two-week
tria l period If you would like to
check out one of the practices, feel
free to stop by I assure you that you
w ill not be disappointed
Pattie Groombridge
Sandy
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Salem Scene
New legislative procedures proposed
by JACK ZIMMERMAN
Associated Oregon Industries
Politics4 is flourishing both in and
out of the Capitol Building as the 63rd
Assembly edges toward orderly ad
journment in Salem
»
In spite of the spice provided by
politics, ^here are those who believe
the key word in the foregoing is
"o rd e rly .”
The signs for such a conclusion to
current biennial deliberations were
several as lawmakers prepare to end
their 21st week in session. Most com
mittees were closing down — not
scheduling regular meetings to con
duct hearings on measures — but on
call if occasions arise that are sanc
tioned by the leadership.
The biennial budget was nearing
its requisite balance — although tem
p o ra rily skewed by in a b ility of
members to resolve the question of
property tax relief during the next
two years.
Members of the Capitol Press
Corps — veteran and neophyte news
people covering the session — were
wagering the date of adjournment
any tim e between June 6 and July 2.
But most seasoned reporters were
betting on dates between June 14 and
21
And legislative s ta ff members
received instructions regarding the
necessity of turning in keys, equip
ment and leftover supplies before
they w ill receive final paychecks
Meanwhile, action on floors of both
House and Senate — and in those few
committees s till meeting — con
tinues fast, furious, disconcerting
and downright confusing for out
siders trying to fathom what's going
on and what's happening to their
favorite bills.
Measures that one day propose cer
tain specific action suddenly emerge
the next w ith original intent stripped
out completely and refilled with
substitute provisions. The flow of
new legislation — effectively halted
— has been replaced by maneuvering
to stuff the contents of stalled bills in
to those deemed likely to obtain
passage
And m inority reports proliferate —
devices by which losers of committee
battles seek victory in the more
spacious confines of balloting by all
members of a given chamber.
Livening the procedure also are
smuggles in conference committees,
whose members attempt to com
promise differences in measures
passed in one chamber and modified
in the other.
Hovering spectre-like over this
organized confusion are the threats
of g u b e rn a to ria l veto and the
possibility well-meaning legilation is
legally flawed by oversight
L ittle wonder efforts to reform the
legislative process appear to be mak
mg unprecedented progress toward
enactment Two bills — already pass
ed by the House of Representatives
and now facing the Senate — would
mandate radically different pro
cedures two years hence
HR 2251, reported previously in this
space, would require specific intent
to accompany each proposal in
troduced in subsequent sessions And
HB 2740 — favored by no less than
House Speaker Vera Katz — would
require lawmakers to meet in both
odd and even-numbered years
Regular sessions would convene on
the second Monday in January of odd
years to organize for a week, recess
until A pril while committees struggl
ed with proposals, reconvene to act
on legislation for no more than 90
days and recess again until the se
cond Monday in January of even
years for a 60-day session
Far from being noncontroversial,
the measure had considerable bipar
tisan support and fa irly sailed
through the House, 34 25 Sim ilar suc
cess is douotful in the Senate,
however. Nonetheless, together these
bills represent significant movement
toward change in the manner Oregon
laws are made
From the p olitical standpoint,
machinations involved the impen
ding sales tax vote in September and
th e g u b e rn a to ria l race in 1986
F o rm e r P o rtla n d M ayo r N e il
G o ld s c h m id t
was
s tu m p in g
downslate on a 10-cily tour aimed
ostensibly at testing waters in which
most observers figured he was
already swimming against form er
Secretary of State Norma Paulus
Democratic officials launclied an
anti-sales tax campaign — in league
with Ray Phillips, farmers and other
property tax lim itation adherents
s lig h tly confounding le g is la tiv e
leaders 4rom th f same party who
pushed the proposal to passage
earlier in the session.
Gov. V ic A tiy e h - while chastising
the Democratic Party action — also
re in te r a te d d e te rm in a tio n to
withdraw support of the sales tax
package unless his basic education
definition bill passed both houses and
came to his desk in acceptable form
Goldschmidt vowed his support for
the sales tax as a necessity for
economic development even as
another form er Portland Mayor.
Frank Ivancie — now a development
consultant — launched a series of
anti-sales tax articles in a Portland
weekly.
And if all this weren't enough to
keep people guessing, the state's
well-oiled lottery big wheel failed for
a sixth time to spin a m ulti-m illion
dollar winner
Perhaps lawmakers had best wind
things up as soon as possible lest
their present orderliness produces
more politics and excitement than we
can bear