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SANDY (O r*.) POST Thor».. Aug 8, 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, a d v e rtis in g re p re s e n ta tiv e
Everyone benefits
in library drive
The Cooperative Library Network of Clackam as County, of
which the Sandy Public Library is a part, is acting properly
and wisely in trying to shed libraries’ wallflower image.
The county’s library system is joining other public agencies
in taking m ore aggressive steps to flaunt the many services
it has to offer. Many government and non-profit private
organizations are turning to attention-getting publicity to
justify their existence and worth.
Where the county libraries a re concerned, first, it was the
Christm as (library) card idea, an opportunity for the frantic
or low-budget Christm as shopper to give a meaningful pre
sent. The cost was a trip down to the local library.
Now, the system has devised the birthday (library) card, an
inexpensively-produced but attractiv e library-card-in-a-card-
folder. Decorated by a cupcake, candles and balloons, the
greeting wishes that the recipient use their new card at their
local library.
Taking off on a H allm ark slogan, the card ends by saying,
“ When you care enough to read the very best.”
Cuteness aside, cam paigns such as the Christm as card idea
translate into wider circulation of reading m aterials and in
creasing num bers of card holders, at least for the Sandy
library, says assistant librarian Sara Forth.
In turn, that m eans a greater share of the county library
levy for libraries like Sandy’s that a re enjoying growth. And
m ore levy dollars buy new books and lengthen operating
hours. Circulation has risen 25 percent from the sum m er of
1984 to 1985 in Sandy.
Granted, publicity efforts like the holiday cards cannot take
all the credit for increasing popularity of libraries. Population
growth, naturally, has boosted the num ber of patrons. Forth
says. Her library serves about 3,000 card holders.
At the least, library officials a re hoping that the birthday
cards stim ulate curiosity about the library and get new
patrons in the front door.
The battle is won at that point. With 15,000 books,
m agazines, cassette tapes, records and typew riters on hand
and many m ore thousands available from the other county
libraries, the Sandy library should have something for
everyone. And the price of a card —a completed application
blank and identification—is hard to beat.
Sandy has another goal, beyond higher circulation and more
cardholders: a larger library. And the lib rary ’s growing
popularity can only help to point out the need for more room,
and dollars with which to build it.
Library cards open doors to the world and create better in
formed citizens, but only if there are enough reading
m aterials, and display and workspace, to satisfy everyone’s
needs.
In the cam paign to increase library users and Sandy’s
library space, there can only be winners.
H earing makes sense
Sandy City M anager Tom Reber m ade sense when he sug
gested Monday night that the Sandy City Council settle the
two-hour parking limit question through a public hearing.
A hearing would give both sides of the parking limit enforce
ment issue equal opportunity to a ir their views before the
council.
It’s a far better approach than to let the council m em bers
vacillate on the issue, depending on which side comes before
them at any given meeting. T hat’s how concensus democracy
can erode into dem ocracy by decibel.
A sensitive issue, such as enforcem ent of the long-standing
parking limit appears to be, will require a strong stand by city
officials to win credibility in the community. Otherwise, the ci
ty may find it difficult to find m erchants willing to go along
with a majority-but-split council decision or violators willing
to cough up fines.
The council should not shrink from this problem, until all
seven m em bers can attend a meeting. That m ay only prolong
an issue that could divide the business community and drive
aw ay custom ers of downtown retailers, who m ay not realize
that the two-hour limit posted is unenforced.
Council m embers should m eet the issue head-on through a
hearing fair to both sides, weigh the advantages and disadvan
tages, and then reach a final decision.
Fair promises to be busy
for 4-H club youngsters
County fairs help to showcase
achievements by 4-H members, says
Clackamas County 4-H Extension
Agent Linda P Erickson Next
week's Clackamas County F air w ill
continue that tradition
Among 4-H activities at the fa ir
running through Aug 18 w ill be ex
h ib its , contests and hands-on
d e m o n s tra tio n s fo r fa irg o e rs ,
Erickson says Demonstrations are
set for 11:30 a m , 2:30 p m. and 5:30
p m Tuesday through Friday, Aug
13 through 16.
A newcomer to the Clackamas fa ir
w ill be the 4-H forestry identification
contest open to everyone, 4-H
m e m b e rs and n o n -m e m b e rs ,
Erickson said All participants w ill
earn ribbons
Daylong contests in preparation of
yeast-based goods, pastries, main
dishes, minimeals and outdoor meals
w ill be held Aug. 13-17, starting at 9
a m Contestants w ill be judged on
food costs and attractiveness, nutri
tional values, preparation time, and
safety
The schedule of 4-H events is as
follows:
Tuesday. Aug. 13 — Showing of
m arket swine, beef and lambs;
Crowning of M r and Miss 4-H, 6
p m .; and the 4-H Horse Super Bowl,
6 p m , at the covered show ring
Wednesday, Aug. 14 — Showing of
dairy cows and goats, poultry, beef,
sheep and pygmy goats
Thursday, Aug. 15 — Showing of all
rabbits; Animal showmanship; and
the 4-H Fashion Revue, 8 p.m , on the
main stage
Friday, Aug. 1« — Demonstrations
and illustrated talks by 4-H members
on topics related to their projects or
of interest to them.
Saturday, Aug. 17 — J u n io r
Livestock Auction, 11 a m .; More
demonstrations and illustrated talks;
and Award presentations
Sunday, Aug. 18
Junior, In
termediate and Senior Grand Cham
pion Showman contest, morning, and
More award presentations.
C om m entary
Employment figures tell only part
NEW YORK — Okay, gang, we’ve
all read the horrible news about the
latest unemployment report and we
know that it was “ disappointing to
economists" and that “ recovery pro
spects dim .”
But before we all leap out of a con
venient window — or. worse still,
give Washington the minimal en
couragement it needs to embark on
one more “ stim ulative” inflationary
binge — let’s pause in the day’s oc
cupation to take a small true-or-false
quiz on the subject.
• True or False: The unemploy
ment rate tells us where the economy
is heading.
False. It tells us where we’ve been.
Unemployment is a lagging in
dicator. which means it may well rise
sometime this summer in reaction to
the economy’s near-stall last winter
If the economy picks up in the second
half of the year, as already seems
likely, unemployment w ill reflect
this favorable development later on.
• True or False: We’re just not
creating new jobs in this country.
False. While the official civilian
unemployment rate has been stuck at
7.3 percent for the last five months,
and has hovered in that range for the
last 11, this figure masks an underly
ing surge in employment.
In 28 months, fully 8 m illion new
jobs were created, but 5.3 m illion of
them were captured by a rapidly
growing work force. In other words,
the good news is getting around. The
number of “ discouraged" workers
who are no longer seeking employ
ment fell in June to the lowest level
since 1981.
• True or False: Manufacturing is
disappearing in America
False In reality, it has been cons
tant at 20 to 25 percent of our gross
national product for decades. It may
even rise in the next decade as
m odernization and specialization
proceed
I t ’s true that the number of jobs in
the manufacturing sector is declining
as a result of automation, but as one
industrial expert put it, “ Very few
manufacturing operations w ill be
viable, perhaps within a decade, that
are not totally automated
As a
result, a continued loss of jobs in
manufacturing is a symptom of
renewal, as obsolescent plants are
either shut down or automated The
a lte rn a tiv e is to export labor-
intensive manufacturing to foreign
nations."
• True or False: If traditional big
manufacturers don't keep adding to
their payrolls, the country can't
come near full employment.
False More than 90 percent of the
new jobs in this recovery have been
created by small businesses with
fewer than 500 employees And
600,000 new companies now are form
ing each year. Their bosses may not
get on Page One, but if the country
doesn't shoot itself in the foot with a
fat-headed a n ti-in v e s tm e n t tax
"re fo rm ” program, the prospects for
continued meaningful job growth re
main superb.
• True or False With m inority
teen-age unem ploym ent at an
obscene 40 to 50 percent, this is a na
tional tragedy that demands a
vigorous macroeconomic solution.
False In reality, as Ben Wat-
tenberg points out in his book "The
Good News Is The Bad News Is
W rong,” those m uch-headlined
statistics are inflated by full-time
students looking for part-time work
Only about 10 percent of m inority
teenagers are not in school and also
not working
In other words, as Daniel Seligman
observes in Fortune Magazine,
"When you look only at non-students,
teenagers have the same unemploy
ment rates as adults." < P S One way
to make their rates even lower is to
eliminate the a rtificia l minimum
wage requirement that dissuades
employers from hiring more of the
youthful and untrained )
• True or False: With present
policies, we ll never get the nation to
work the way we did in the 60s
False The United States set all-
time records this year in the percen
tage of the working age population
that holds jobs The truly magnifi
cant saga is the way the private
economy has accommodated the
massive social change that brought
millions of American women produc
tively into the work force
• True or False: W hile the
underlying employment situation is
remarkably robust, it’s a better story
and a heck of a lot more meaty for op
position politicians to exaggerate
unemployment and try to transform
it into the dominant economic issue
of the day.
Too true, my friend, too u ue
Rukeyser is a syndicated colum
nist.
Senior Center news
The senior center is busy planning
Seniors may sign up at the center
12:30 p.m.: Movie — “ Places in the
for the second annual Picnic in the
for a day of fishing and picnicking
Heart"
Park with The Sweet Adelines and
along the Clackamas River Friday,
1 p.m.: Ceramics
The Original Troubadors scheduled
Aug. 16 The Clackamas River is a
for Sunday, Aug 18, from 1 p.m. to 5
beautiful spot which provides a
Wednesday, Aug. 14
p.m. in Meinig Park.
variety of opportunities to enjoy the 9 a m.-noon: Foot care clinic
A picnic lunch of chicken with
outdoors One may spend the day
Noon: I, A F meal
barbecue sauce, salad, roll, baked
fishing, hiking or just relax and enjoy
beans and watermelon w ill be served
the scenery Anyone wishing to fish,
throughout the afternoon Tickets are
but does not have the proper equip
54 per person and can be purchased
ment, should contact the center for
at the senior center in advance or
assistance For additional informa
Aug 18 in Meinig Park Funds raised
tion, call the senior center at 668-5569
Two men have been named to
w ill benefit the Loaves and Fishes
become the new senior and associate
program.
Activities
pastors with the Hood ViewPleasant
The Sweet Adelines is a well-known
Aug. 8-15
Valley Seventh-day Adventist chur
choral group and The O riginal
Thursday. Aug. 8
ches in B o rin g , says ch urch
Troubadors is an eight-piece band
8:30a.m.: Morning stretch
spokeswoman I^orraine Juberg
that features swing, jazz and tradi
Noon: Golden Age Club potluck
The Rev Douglas Robertson has
tional tunes
been named as the new senior pastor
A pressure-cooker gauge testing
Friday. Aug. »
for the two churches in Boring,
clinic w ill be held at the Senior 9 a m.: Depart for Scandinavian
Juberg says His associate at the
Center Monday, Aug 12 at 12:30 p m
Festival in Junction City
Pleasant Valley church w ill be Phil
Robert Nelson w ill provide this ser Noon: L A F meal
Mut hers ba ugh
vice free of charge that afternoon as
Robertson is coming from the
Sunday, Aug. II
a courtesy of the University of
South Salem Adventist Church to
Fun Day at Oral Hull
Oregon Extension Program
replace the Rev Ron Smith Smith is
Senior Day at the Clackamas Coun
leaving after eight years there to
Monday, Aug. 12
ty Fair is Wednesday, Aug 14
take an administrative post at the
8:30
a
m.
:
Morning
stretch
Always a favorite, the fa ir has much
church's western Oregon office in
Noon: L A F meal
to amuse and entertain even the most
Clackamas
12:30
p.m.:
Pressure-cooker
gauge
seasoned fair-goer Livestock ex
Robertson has taught at the Gitwe
test
hibits, craft booths, food stands and
College in Rwanda, Africa, and serv
1 p m : Cards
the music of local groups, as well as
ed as assistant pastor for the
1 p m : Band practice
nationally-known a rtists, provide
Portland Sunnyside, EugeneSanta
many attractions A free rodeo is
Clara and RoseburgGlide churches
Tuesday. Aug. 13
scheduled in the evening Departure
He has a bachelor’s degree from
w ill be a t 4 p m and return approx 10 a m .: Golden Age Club Board
Loma Linda University in California,
Meeting
imately 10 p m .
a Master of D ivinity Degree from An-
Noon: L A F meal
4 p m Depart for Clackamas Coun
ty Fair
Thursday, Aug. 15
8:38 a.m.: Morning stretch
Noon: I. A F meal
I p.m.: Bunco
SDA church names pastors
dre w s U n iv e rs ity T h e o lo g ic a l
Seminary in Berrien Springs, Mich.,
and a Doctor of Ministry from the
San
F ra n c is c o
T h e o lo g ic a l
Seminary.
The son of a minister, Robertson
was born in Seattle, Wash
He has a wife, Karlene. and three
children, Douglas, 7, Mary, 4, and
John, 2
As associate pastor, Muthersbaugh
w ill replace Don Ritterskamp. who
w ill pastor the M yrtle CreekWinston
churches
Muthersbaugh has served as assis
tant pastoral the Portland Sunnyside
Church.
•
He has received an associate of
arts degree at Portland Community
College, a bachelor’s degree in
theology at Walla Walla College in
College Place, Wash , and a Master
of D ivinity Degree from the Andrews
University Theological Seminary.
He was horn in Portland His wife,
Dehhie, is from Washington. They
have a 2-year old daughter. Amy