J - I A N O Y ( O « .) POST Thor». M n . 0, 19«7 (Sec. I)
The SànttyPost
Editorial & Opinion
Scott Newton, editor
Kimberly Nelson, advertising representative
Youth Center
succeeds despite
some problems
Few people in Sandy would argue with the concept behind
the Sandy Youth Center, which was intended to have
volunteers with a Christian point of view provide a drug-free
environment for young people between the ages of IS and 19.
But, recently, the picture has not been a ll rosy. People from
three nearby businesses have complained to the chief of police
about problems with loitering and vandalism near the center.
One businessman has picked up beer bottles off his roof and
swept up broken glass off the parking lot.
Another business person has had to spend hundreds of
dollars — maybe thousands — fixing broken windows and
repairing other damage.
I t was a problem that many people might have predicted. As
video-game arcades have moved to various spots throughout
Sandy, vandalism, loitering and drugs have followed. The
parking area to the north of the Sandy Youth Center, which is
at 38707 Pioneer Blvd., has been a recent problem spot.
Sandy police officers patrol the area, also known as Pioneer
Square, but they must patrol other parts of town as well.
There is no single solution, but the Sandy Youth Center is
moving in the right direction to try to solve the problems.
Bryon Toile, who first organized the center, hopes to work
out problems with the neighbors by having the adults super
vise the parking area as well as the activities inside.
Such supervision should go a long way toward preventing
more problems, and such action is needed if the efforts of
many individuals and organizations are not to go to waste.
The center is funded by local churches, businesses and in
dividuals. Toile is a member of a three-person board that
directs the non-profit organization.
The Youth Center, which has been open since Sept. 29,
receives some income from its video machines and snack
counter, and volunteer staffing has been steady.
I t has been open four nights a week and serves about 150
young people a week. M any of the young people, Toile
believes, would be hanging out on the streets if it weren’t for
the Youth Center.
What it comes down to is that a handful of people are trying
to achieve extremely ambitious, and perhaps even unrealistic,
goals.
We should not make the mistake of describing the Sandy
Youth Center as another video-game arcade. Something much
more important is going on there.
Teachers deserve
decent benefits
This letter is in response to the
writer who believes teachers are
really part-time workers being paid
full-time salaries.
I am continually amazed at the
destru ctive m e n ta lity th a t has
engulfed some of Sandy’s citizens. I
feel it is time to both defend and offer
positive ways to strengthen the
educational system in Sandy instead
on constantly criticizing it.
The quality of our children’s educa
tion cannot be d eterm ined by
le g is la tin g ab s o lu te m in im u m
classroom sizes or undermining a
teacher’s professional worth.
First of all, many — if not all — the
benefits given to teachers are also
given to other well-deserved profes
sionals. Almost a ll companies such
as electric companies, telephone
companies and manufacturing com
panies offer the exact same benefits
to their employees. Certainly most
fe d e ra l w o rk e rs re c e iv e these
benefits, also.
A community owes its teachers,
firemen and policemen the best
possible financial package with
medical and retirement benefits so
they can invest their energy, spirit
and commitment back into our city.
Why does the AEA constantly at
tack our teachers rather than go
after our state legislators who have
the power to raise their own salaries
and truly abuse our tax system?
None of my children’s teachers
have enjoyed a leisurely lifestyle.
(Most have had to have a working
spouse just to make ends meet.) All
of my children's teachers have spent
countless hours outside of the
classroom grading papers and doing
lesson preparations they could not
complete during their full day at
school. Our children live in a much
more complicated society, which
teachers are constantly challenged to
ease.
I would hate for any of my child's
teachers to be docked in pay if one
child moved away, causing the
classroom size to drop below 25.
Instead, I praise the situation in
which my children enjoy a smaller
class size and get a greater portion of
the teacher’s attention.
How many of the AEA people have
ever actually tried to teach 25
students, six periods a day (150 in the
high school level), and meet each one
of their emotional and educational
needs?
Teachers should receive extra pay
for extra duty. There are many other
areas of employment that do pay
overtime.
While I agree that poor teachers
should not be teaching I also feel that
greater parent support and involve
ment in a child's educational process
can make a fa ir teacher try harder.
I urge patrons of this district to
realize that negative, inaccurate in
formation is tearing our community
apart. I f we don’t block the AEA's
bandwagon our children's educa
tional opportunities will be severely
diminished.
Carl Collins
(P a rt of the
52 percent that voted yes)
Sandy
Ridge Riders
say thanks
The Sandy Ridge Riders would like
to thank the community for its sup
port in our sale of Christmas swags.
The outcome was pretty good and
hopefully we w ill have another fund
raiser soon.
Newspaper donors, keep those
newspapers coming.
Charlene Kasch
Sandy
Thank you,
angels o f mercy
To the angels of mercy of Alpine
Ambulance: Thank you for saving
me and the children from our
disaster on the mountain on New
Y e a r’s Day.
I appreciate your help and kind
ness more than words can say.
Pat Lucas
and the Corbett Youth Group
Corbett
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Labor bureau also helps boss
employers with all the information
they might need to stay abreast of the
law and avoid liability.
That kind of employer support is
The Bureau of Labor and In-
economic development in its purest
dustries helps both workers and
form: we’ve helped employers save
employers.
money - money that can be used to
In 1985, Oregon boasted 54,309 nurture and develop their businesses.
small businesses employing nearly 1
And we th in k w e’ve helped
million workers. Many of these
employers build responsible working
employers provide employment in
relationships with their employees.
small towns and feel far from state
Cooperation between labor and
a s s is ta n c e in ru n n in g th e ir
management is the hallmark of a
businesses. The Bureau of la b o r and
company that can go toe to toe with
Industries helps business people
the competition. We think fair treat
throughout the state with “ Technical
ment enhances that relationship.
Assistance for Employers."
When we began developing the
When I was elected Labor and In
te c h n ic a l assistance u n it, we
dustries Commissioner in 1978, one of
surveyed other states to see how they
m y firs t requests of the 1979
provided information to employers.
Legislature was that the name
We were surprised to find that our
“ Bureau of Labor” be changed to program was unique. Today, we have
“ Bureau of Labor and Industries." I
developed a fine model for other
wanted employers to understand that
states seeking to work positively with
the bureau existed to serve all Orego employers.
nians — from blue collar workers to
To really find out how best to help
top management.
employers, several years ago we
That first year we began to develop
developed a marketing plan for
th e T e c h n ic a l A s s is ta n c e fo r
technical assistance. As part of that
Employers unit from a fledgling pro plan, we sent a survey to 12,000
gram to one that could put on a three-
businesses statewide.
day conference for employers as we
We learned that employers wanted
did recently.
more information about wage and
Our goal over the last eight years
hour laws, workers' compensation,
has been to provide the state’s injured workers, overtime, minors
fey M A R Y “ W E N D Y ”
ROBERTS
Commissioner of Labor
and part-time employment, and hir made seminar can hire the services
ing and firing.
of the technical assistance unit on
We help employers get that infor site at their business. The unit will
mation and more through three ser provide the employer with a list of
vices:
topics so the employer can build a
• The first is a telephone hotline
program to suit the needs.
that answers employers’ questions
Last year, the technical assistance
on wage and hour matters and civil
group provided seminars to more
rights, to the tune of about 1,200 calls
than 3,000 Oregon employers — a
a month. Through the telephone ser record for the bureau.
vice, we are able to give educational
One of the aspects of the unit that I
tips that help sm all employers
am most proud is our ability to quick
businesses solve their own personnel
ly bring changes in the law to the
issues.
employers' atten'lon, and rapidly
• The second is a unit that provides
provide information on new subjects
free reports on topics such as over of concern.
time. We have more than 20 of these
When employers began asking
publications a v a ila b le . We also questions on employees and AIDS,
publish wage-and-hour and civil-
the unit was ready with answers.
rights handbooks for $5 each.
When companies needed to know
• The third program provides
their rights and liabilities in drug
seminars on employment laws. The
testing, the unit helped them look at
seminars cover a wide range of sub the whole picture.
jects, such as "W riting a company
If this kind of service sound attrac
policy that really works," and “ How
tive, call the bureau at 229-5841.
to hire the right person.” We target
There are other places to call for In
seminars to special employer groups formation: workplace safety, Acci
also, recognizing that different com
dent Prevention Division, 378-3272;
panies have different needs. For ex
workers' compensation insurance.
ample, we’ve developed seminars for
W orkers' Compensation D e p a rt
health care professionals and nurs
ment, 378-3302; withholding of state
ing
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restaurants, wholesalers, transpor
Revenue, 1-600-452-2838; unemploy
tation and communication.
m e n t, E m p lo y m e n t D iv is io n ,
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Magna Carta has great significance
by SEN. BOB PACKWOOD
Oregon has recently been host to a
very special exhibit: the “ Magna
Carta: Liberty Under the Law ,”
which displayed the original King
John Magna Carta and original
drafts of the Constitution and the Bill
of Rights.
The special emphasis on the
Magna Carta is part of the celebra
tion of the bicentennial of the Con
stitution of the United States. The of
ficial bicentennial commemoration
will occur on Sept. 17,1987.
Until the writing of the Magna Car
ta, there was no control over the
English monarchs' power. King
John, whose reign began in 1199, was
a tyrannical monarch who demanded
increased m ilitary service from the
feudal class and raised taxes without
the consent of the English barons.
Court cases were decided accor
ding to his wishes, not according to
the law. The rights of individuals
were virtually nonexistent. In 1215
the English barons finally forced
King John to agree to the 63 articles
contained with the Magna Carta.
The Magna Carta made great
strides toward establishing a con
stitutional government in England
and emphasized individual rights for
all. This document forced the king to
adhere to the law, and defined cer
tain individual rights.
O f trem endous relevan ce to
Americans today is the fact that the
concepts of liberty and individual
rights in the Magna Carta were the
inspiration for our U.S. Constitution.
One example of the influence of the
Magna Carta can be seen in our Bill
of Rights with regard to individual
liberties. Our Bill of Rights states
that "No person shall be deprived of
life, liberty or property without due
process of law .”
More than 600 years earlier, the
Magna Carta established this right
by saying: “ No free man shall be
seized or imprisoned or stripped of
his rights or possessions, or outlawed
or exiled or deprived of his standing
in any other way . . . except by the
lawful judgment of his equals or by
the law of the land.”
There are many more examples
from English history that we have
adopted and incorporated into our
Constitution and Bill of Rights.
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Shiprack, D-Dist. 23, 22610 Forest
P ark Rd., Beavercreek, Ore.,
97004. 631-3817.
State Senator Bob Kintigh,
D-Dist. 14, 38865 E. Cedar Flat
Road, Springfield, 97478. 746-1842.
Sen. M ark Hatfield, R-Oreg on,
711 H art Building, Washington,
D.C., 20610. 202-224-3753. Portland
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259 Russell Building, Washington,
D C., 20510. 202-224-6244. Portland
office phone 221-3370.
Rep. D e m y Smith, R-5th Dist.,
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