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2 — SANDY (O r« .) POST T h u n . July 18. 1985 (S«c 1) The Sandy Post Editorial & Opinion Scott N e w to n , e d ito r K im b e rly N elson, o d v e rtis in g re p re s e n ta tiv e Giving to Heidi may save her life Heidi Setterlund needs help. The 13-year-old East County g irl suffers from leukemia. Her mother, a 34-year-old widow, has no medical insurance. In order for Heidi to have a life-saving bone marrow transplant, she needs a $100,000 deposit. Fund-raising efforts thus far have raised about $20,000 — a sizeable chunk of money for a community to give but far short of the necessary amount. Heidi currently is in Oakland, Calif., for additional tests. She had been scheduled for a bone marrow transplant in a Los Angeles hospital where the procedure would be performed free of charge to the Setterlunds. But Heidi’s doctors said she could die before the transplant. Her condition, while temporarily in remission, has worsened and her white blood cell count is low. The transplant must be performed as soon as possible. In the procedure, bone marrow from Heidi’s 11-year-old brother, Steven, would be transplanted to Heidi, thereby allowing her to have additional chemotherapy treatments. Heidi is now scheduled for the transplant in Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in mid-August. But without the $100,000 deposit, the center w ill not perform the procedure. The amount is the average cost of a bone marrow transplant. “ They have to have $80,000 (more) just to walk through the door,’’ Linda Riba said. “ We have a 13-year-old g irl who is go ing to die if we don’t get that money.” Sandy residents have been generous in giving to those in need, but we must ask people to dig even deeper into their pockets to help raise the additional amount. There are several fund-raisers scheduled for Heidi Set terlund in the coming weeks. The act of giving is good for the heart and soul. And in the case of Heidi Setterlund, it could also save a g irl’s life. Dig deep. Then give. Letters to the editor Former fire chief thanks committee I was astonished to learn that I had been selected as the person that this year's Mountain Festival would be dedicated to. Though I feel there are other members of the community who are much more deserving of this honor, nevertheless, I am extremely proud to have been selected. I con sider it a great honor, one which I w ill always remembe- and treasure. The a rtic le in the M ountain Festival program, while making me blush a little , was very much ap preciated. As it stated, much has been accomplished during my tenure as Sandy’s fire chief; but at the same time, it recognized that there are many other people who are responsi ble for the successes we have enjoyed and who are equally deserving of the recognition that has been bestowed on me. As such I am pleased to ac cept this great honor in the name ol those volunteers, career personnel (most of whom are also volunteers) and board of directors who have worxed so hard to make the Sandy community a safe place in which to live, work and raise our children The success of the Sandy fire department is largely based on volunteerism and I am most proud to have had a chance to help mold that part of the organization. I attribute most of my success to being able to recognize the value of volunteers and to having an appreciation of what volunteerism can mean to a com m unity. In the Mountain Festival organization, I see volunteerism demonstrated to the ultim ate degree Few organizations can match the volunteer effort that it takes to make the Mountain Festival the huge suc cess that it is year after year. A ll of you are to be congratulated and can feel ju s tly proud of y o u r ac complishments. I dearly wish that I could have been w ith you Sunday night to share that deep feeling of “ »hank God i t ’s over for another year, but wasn't it g re a t!! ! ! ’’ Commitments of m y pre sent occupation dictated that I be on the road that evening. However, my thoughts were w ith you as you en joyed a moment of earned relaxa tion. I wish to convey my thanks to all members of the committee for this great honor and offer my sincere con gratulations for another great job this year. Bob Rathke Sandy Barlow Trail shoot considered a success The eighth annual Barlow Trails Long Rifles black powder shoot was held Saturday and Sunday past at the Wamboldt Range on Veneer Lane The tra il walk winners were Jay Bacon, men's division, Bev Harris, women’s division. Chris Hutchings, junior division and Ford Kendell, peewee division Other events includ ed a knife and hawk tra il, pistol trail, team shoot and beer shoot There w ere 119 p a r tic ip a n ts in a ll categories The ever popular trader's row featured a variety of goods by Gresham Gun Works, Things by John, Nan Masiak, and M-W Knives Drunk driving law reduces accidents I by GOV. VIC A T I Y E H Traveling Interstate 5 in nighttime holiday traffic, I spotted an orange pickup truck weaving dangerously between lanes. Rather than d riving directly to Salem, I called the state police and followed the motorist to his home in Lake Grove. I did not risk tryin g to arrest the motorist myself, of course, but I did wait until police arrived to make the arrest In some states, a governor calling s ta te p o lic e to re p o rt e r ia n t m o to ris ts m ig h t be considered unusual. But not in Oregon, where we take highway safety so seriously that our laws against driving under the in fluence of intoxicants (D U II) now are among the nation's toughest Oregon is enjoying a six-year decline in tra ffic fatalities. We owe at least part of this trend to growing awareness of our tough laws. Consider: • Oregon is one of only two states where police arrest motorists w ith a blood alcohol content of .08. (The Na tional Transportation Safety Board reports that accidents rise rapidly at this level.) • Oregon is the only state where juveniles ages 13-18 who violate alcohol or drug laws lose their licenses until age 17 or for a year, whichever is longer (During 1984. more than 950 Oregon juveniles lost driving privileges under this law.) • Oregonians convicted of D U II lose th eir driving privileges for a year or more and must spend at least 48 nours in ja il or 80 hours in com munity service. (A recent study showed that the share of alcohol- related tra ffic fatalities fell from 52 percent to 37 percent during the last six months of 1984.) Is there other evidence Chat these and othei laws against drunken d riv ing are working? Absolutely. While tra ffic fatalities in neighbor ing states are rising, we are manag ing to keep our highway death toll under reasonable control. Since 1979, m iles traveled in Oregon have risen more than 9 per cent — but our death rate per lOOmillion miles has fallen more than 22 percent For the first six months of this year. Oregon's 223 tra ffic fatalities represented a 9 percent reduction from the first half of 1984 And last year’s fatalities were not much above those of 1983, when we record ed a 20-year low. Some of the most encouraging news is that alcohol- and drug- related juvenile offenses last year were down significantly from 1982 For example, arrests of juveniles for open container dropped 45 percent, for all drug violations. 22 percent, and for D U II, 17 percent However, we are about to enter one of the most dangerous driving times of the year — the month of August Last August, 73 people died in 65 separate accidents on Oregon roads That was 25 more than during an average month last year. But each of us can do something — besides supporting our effective safe- driving laws — to make our highways safer for ourselves and our families To begin w ith, we can wear s e a fe lts (conclusive evidence shows that seat belts are saving thousands of lives) and not exceed legal speed lim its (the 55 mph lim it is saving*^ lives and reducing the severity of in-B juries, especially in smaller cars). ' Even if we are law-abiding drivers who never abuse alcohol or drugs, it is im portant to remember that prescription drugs (such as mild tranquilizers Librium and Valium) can be deadly when mixed with alcohol. Remember, too, that we do intox icated people a favor by driving them home, by calling a cab, by letting them sleep over or by calling the I police. If you see an intoxicated motorist on the highway, as I did, you can do! everyone a favor by calling the police - toll-free at 1^00-452 7888 (or on CBJ channel 9). The REDDI (for Report Every.1' Drunk D river Im mediately) pro gram works During the first six months of th is' year, motorists reported 371 drivers, whom they believed to be intox • icated Of those drivers that police were able to locate, more than half were' arrested for D U II or charged with other violations Commentary Laws cost Oregon RCA/Sharp plant by K E V IN R. K E L L Y RCA/Sharp, a United States-Japan electronics partnership looking for a A special thanks goes to the pro site to develop, has settled on Camas, p r ie to r s o f C a la m ity J a n e 's Wash., rather than competing sites in Restaurant for contributing a dinner Gresham and Tualatin. or two to the top shooter. For Oregon, it is kind of like winn Attendance by both spectators and ing the consolation prize Sure, the participants was higher than ex new plant is in our back yard and w ill pected due to relocation of the event help the metropolitan area, but it to the club’s home range on Veneer ain’t Oregon Lane Wynn Theis. BTLR president, We lost the race. said "The summer shoot was a suc Hundreds of reasons w ill be offered cess due to the hard work of many as to why the decision swung to club members Plans are being made Washington The reasons w ill range for the next summer shoot to be even from land prices to housing costs to better." a v a ila b le labor force No one, Jay Bacon however, w ill be able to convince me Newsletter editor that it didn't boil down to taxes. Barlow T ra il Long Rifles The R C A /S ha rp fa c ility w ill employ almost exclusively middle- to-high-incom e te chn icia ns and engineers In the Beaver state, 10 8 percent of their paychecks would be confiscated up front in state income taxes Across the river, those dollars would at least appear for some time in employees' checking accounts To make m atters worse, the current na tional tax proposal would not allow a deduction for state and local taxes Oregon's income tax is the second community sp irit Where putting up highest in the United States and the the Veterans Memorial Statue is con most progressive That's not exactly cern, this sp irit continues to be positive an alluring site for high-income employees. Bruce E Cook Another interesting comparison Chairman, Sandy VFW surfaced during the interstate con Veterans Memorial Fund test for this fa c ility John Anderson. VFW Post appreciates Gresham Elks’ help The Sandy VFW Post 4273 and Aux ilia ry would like to publicly express its thanks to the Gresham Elks Club The Gresham Elks Club has raised hundreds of dollars for the Sandy Veterans Memorial Statue We really appreciate it. This exemplifies the regional and State of the state Washington's economic development d irector and fo rm e rly Oregon's economic developm ent d ire c to r, played a pivotal role in Washington's victory In fa ct. Washington was not even in the running until John Anderson alerted Gov Booth Gardner to the potential new fa cility Once alerted, Washington reacted smoothly, sw ift ly and professionally A very im pressive performance by the gover nor, his development director and the Legislature The in itia l reaction of many Orego nians was to question why we ever let Anderson move in the first place Why didn’t we do more to keep him ’ Anderson was the catalyst in Washington but he didn't make all the difference In a m atter of hours, the Washington Legislature respond ed to Gov. Gardner's request for tax exemptions In doing so, the state overcame the last hurdle to securing the deal Could Oregon have responded as well? Not the Oregon I know While we did rescind the unitary method of taxation a year ago, it was n e ith e r q u ick nor painless A development director in Oregon works w ith a Legislature prone to distrust businesses not prone to help them. The whole situation reminds me of last year's debate among local basketball fans about Portland not drafting Michael Jordan Certainly Sam Bowie played well for Portland But M ichael Jordan became a superstar almost overnight One of the Oregonian sportswriters had the last word on this particular debate. He commented that had Portland drafted Michael Jordan, he wouldn't have been a superstar He would have been averaging less than 10 points a game and sitting on the bence because he doesn't play Coach Ramsay's style So it is with John Anderson and the RCA/Sharp plant No m atter how' professional, imaginative and bright, he would s till be operating within Oregon rules As far as I can tell, Oregon’s rules don't include cutting taxes — only raising them. Kevin Kelly is an economist with U.8. Rank. > L e tte r to th e e d ito r Many contributed to make booth work On behalf of the Scouts and parents of Troop 662.1 would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the fine folks who supported our troop by pur chasing and enjoying our barbecued heef sandwiches during the Sandy Mountain Festival Thanks also to all of the Scouts and parents wfjo helped to make this event such a success by helping to set up the booth, working the booth and cleaning up afterwards Thanks to Stewart and Fran Finkle for helping in so many ways during the past nine years and for loaning and donating equipment for the booth. Special thanks to Jerry and Betty Britton for the great job they did of coordinating this project The proceeds from the sandwich sales w ill be used to help defray the costs of summer camp and a 50-mile hike scheduled for the Scouts in August We would also like to thank all of the merchants, farmers and other residents of this area who recently contributed funds for the purchase of several tents for the troop. In addition we would like to thank Ted Armstron for the help and sup port he has given Troop 682 during the past eight years The help was greatly appreciated. June Plaster Publicity, Troop 662 Sandy
