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2 SANDY (O r* ) POST Thur» July 2. 1987 ($•< 1) The Sandy Post ■ a I —J t Scott Newton, editor Korindo Hedlund. advertising representative ■ Good library to improve with grant Supporters of the Sandy Public Library have a reason to be uxcited. The library recently received a $95,500 federal grant. Librarian Sue Newlands, City Manager Tom Heber and City Councilor Mort Spence are among the people who helped work For the grant. Thev are to be congratulated. The city of Sandy must match the grant, and it will be able to jo that comfortably thanks to about a $60,000 donation by the Sandy Women’s Club a few years ago. The ball is now in the City Council’s court. In the past >ear. the City Council has discussed every option from building a new building to cutting back on senior center and recreation * While a lively debate over the direction of the city may be to the public’s benefit, the library grant is going to force some decision-making with long-range implications. For now, fans of the Sandy Public Library can enjoy the vic tory Newlands has won in lobbying people within the Oregon State Library system, which administers the federal grants. The Sandy Public Library has 13,000 to 14,000 books listed in its card catalog. If patrons checked in their books at the same time, the shelves wouldn’t hold them all. The library turns over about half the books on its shelves each month, which is nothing short of phenominal. The library has about 5.000 books stored in closets and cor ners of City Hall, books that should be on the shelves Floor space will be expanded from 1,794 to about b,000 square feet. The additional space will be used in a number of ways, including the addition of books in Spanish. The expansion will also allow the library to add another computer terminal for access to its card catalog, and it will allow the library access to the state’s “research library. ( ìuest o p in io n Early intervention may curb drug use by I.II.I.1AS ( K A N E Special to The Post The Sandy library already does a good job of providing new fiction. Access to additional research materials will add another dimension to the library. Although elbow room will be the most significant addition to the library, there are numerous other services the library will be able to provide, including access to a copying machine, typewriter and audio room. ’ The library has 6,100 card holders a primary service area with a population of about 8,500. There is a secondary service area with a population of about 7,500. The additional services should help meet the variety of needs the public has. Newlands and the library staff have offered a good service despite the limited facilities. We have no reason to believe the expanded library won’t be better yet. Letters to the editor be racing a Junior car My Dad is out of town in the Na tional Guard and could not help me build m y car I would like to thank the people who took m y D ad's place and helped me build m y car They are Kent Cox. B a rry Eretz and l>es C.roombridge I would also like to thank m y sponsor, the Sandy VEW Post No 4273 I-adies A u x ilia ry K elly Key Sandy Tunk thanked for support andy VEW Post No 4273 and Aux- ry would like to apologize to »lity Tank and Co. Inc for om it- ( th e ir name in our le tte r of thanks everyone's support in our Buddy ppy program It was uninten- la lly om itted g il Polk nnis E llis rb a ra E llis ddy Poppy chairpeople Correction The person at the Sandy E lem en ta ry D is tric t board meeting who sug gested the d is tric t conduct a com prehensive drug use survey was M ike Gregus The Post incorrectly listed hts name in an ed ito ria l on June 25 We regret the e rro r {neersays hanks for help This weekend is the Soap Box Der- y races I am 10-years-old and w ill Sandy Post letter poliey The news deadline of noon Tuesday is also the deadline fo r letters to the editor le tte rs should be accurate, free of libelous rem arks and in good taste This newspaper attem pts to publish a ll letters it receive it receives from area residents We reserve the rig h t to edit letters to conform to style guidelines or for length le tte r s should be 300 words long lx-tie rs to the editor should be typed, double-spaced and signed An address and telephone n u m b e r should also be provided, although on ly the name of the le tte r w rite r and the c ity or area he is fro m w ill be published le t t e r w rite rs may also wish to in clude a title or office held if it is ap propriate considering the subject m a tte r of the le tte r The Sandy E lem entary D is tric t board is d e liberating the addition of a drug program into next year's c u r ric u lu m To fu rth e r support the need and d e s ira b ility of im plem enting this p rogram , a recent study should be taken into consideration The study is “ D rug Use Among Oregon P u b lic School S tudents," 1985. w hich was conducted by the O f fice of Alcohol and D rug Abuse Pro g ra m s , D e p a rtm e n t o f H um an Resources This study looks specifically at eighth and 1 ith graders in a ca re fu lly chosen s a m p le of s tu d e n ts throughout Oregon (N ot included in the survey were “ school dropouts or students in a lte rn a tiv e schools. I F iv e g eographic regions were designated, w ith Sandy being includ ed in th e P o r tla n d S ta n d a rd M etropolitan S ta tistica l Area; le, counties of Clackam as, M ultnom ah im in u s the c ity of P o rtla n d ) and Washington. T h is a r t ic le c o v e rs o n ly the P ortland SMSA Eor a complete report, c a ll 1-378-2163. To quote the study: “ Alcohol and drug use and abuse is recognized widely as a m a jo r and grow ing pro blem among high school students They gave me a nice w ritin g award Saturday night in W illia m sb u rg . Va It made me th in k of Bobbie M c ln tu rf and Betty Peterson As I told the N ational Federation of Press Women. I learned to read when 1 was in the firs t grade By the tim e I got to the second grade, 1 figured anybody could w rite something bet te r than "See Jane ru n ." So I sat down w ith a blue-lined tablet and a No. 2 pencil and discovered the in credible m agic of stringing m y own words together Not having much to com pare w ith, 1 d id n 't know whether they were any good or not u n til I went to the fro n t of the room and read them to m y class Bobbie M c ln tu rf went nuts He groaned in ecstasy , kicked his legs out into the aisle, dragged his hands through the bristles of his crew cut and said, "Gee, th a t's good Now I don't know where Bobbie is today. I'm pretty sure he is not w o rk ing as a lite ra ry c ritic anywhere And he may not have cracked a book since high school But his words then were the encouragement I needed and I ’ ll never forget them Nor w ill 1 soon forget the awards I TW $ » A»io> O' No' . -O A»v O' Ov"oo* M »NofCo to» M Vo'd» ..»»< » no d 2 ? ■■■ 6A85548 SUBSCRIPTION RATES (ow- •» PO' ' IM O ’ «Rpc Ov'9'd« y»O' Ow'vd« No''*»8ti •> I» * ».« Coes' t’O'OB po «»O Sondy Po»l Sondy O '» g o n 97055 c S L IG H T V t N p CC , A M T vJÉ we D I o .S ’T VIVAIT 6 c 1 T u r n in a C l Q. c I£ --------------------- j a J K IK S i l 50 O«d P* • « received Saturday night in V irg in ia and F rid a y night fro m the Oregon Newspaper P ublishers Association in Newport The fa ct that they come fro m o th e r w rite rs m ake them special because they know how hard it is sometimes, this putting words to paper I have never actually had beads of blood break out on my forehead when I was sta rin g at a blank sheet of paper, but w ritin g often is like pushing a rock uphill. Or ta ilo rin g a suit You add a bit here Take a tuck »♦ 00 »10 00 I Sharon Netblt A no S T R A B È . o 1 U 4 * * * •> to 1 1 4 00 A A -rtl« $17 00 No 77 U llia s Crane is a counselor at Cedar Ridge School. July 7 1987 I there Move a pocket fro m one place to another A djust a button U n til you get the whole w orks to fit And sometim es it never does And th a t’s where Betty Peterson comes in. We knew when we met that we lik ed each o th e r and h u m o r and nostalgia and her fa t, old dog I w ill never know how I came to m ake the aw ful m istake of ca llin g her B etty R obertson" in a story I w rote about her It m ust have been some kind of b ra in spasm that reduc ed my cerebral m a tte r to je lly At least I was consistent I called her Robertson a dozen tim es The m ira cle is that she forgave me and even suggested that I in te rvie w her husband, Pete. The best p a rt of th is job is sittin g around on somebody's patio listening to stories and petting the fa t, old dog as I did that day Pete Peterson was a pioneer plum ber who gave m any Gresham folks their firs t indoor bathroom and he had a fund of stories to te ll You people continue to astonish me You sit me down, pour me coffee, and let me ask nosy and in tim a te and hard questions 1 have watched and w aited w ith you when you met new babies at the a irp o rt, buried your g r a n d c h ild r e n , h a d a h e a r t transplanted, celebrated a m a rria g e , rode in a parade, pounded a gavel or ju st lived long and well 1 keep tw o files One is fo r insults and com plaints The other is fo r praise No note anyone ever sends to me is throw n away. The tric k is to keep the praise file th icke r than the co m p la in t file You may never know how m uch a hastily-scribbled note has m eant to me on a day when it was h a rd e r than usual to shove the rock u p h ill A t the same tim e I learned of my other aw ards, Betty Peterson sent me such a note W ritte n only a week a fte r her beloved husband had died, she told me that m uch of the a rtic le I wrote about Pete in 1985 was used in his eulogy T hey say th a t we jo u rn a lis ts alw ays want the last word, and that m ay be true because 1 was touched and pleased Eor a w rite r, the best prizes alw ays come fro m the readers by Aduni Kraft A (U S P S 481 180' Ml Mil • O correlates of drug use w ith the behavior of students is now a p rim e concern to educators, parents, law enforcem ent o fficia ls and those who are responsible fo r program s of prevention, intervention and tre a t m ent " L o w a c a d e m ic p e rfo rm a n c e , a b e rra nt and d isru p tive behavior, and school dropouts are among the m ore visib le negative behaviors “ S e n sitivity by p ublic o fficia ls to these issues and the dem onstrable fu tility of law enforcem ent as a p rim a ry defense against drug use have led to great concern fo r user- oriented and demand-oriented pro gram s of public education stressing awareness and prevention in addition to m o re p u b lic tr e a tm e n t p rogram s " There is m ounting evidence that prevention and e a rly intervention are effective in reducing problem s associated w ith alcohol and drug abuse The best of a ll strategies is to prevent it fro m occu rrin g in the firs t place E or those who choose to e xp e ri m ent w ith alcohol and other drugs, in te rve n tio n is c ritic a l to halt usage patterns before they become habit fo rm in g " and addiction occurs Writer’s top prize comes from readers B< »bents The Sdndy Post M ' »Md v ’%<»*»»» bv o» O*»^> l^ s s acknowledged is the extent of involvem ent of our youth w ith these drugs at ages e a rlie r than high school e ntrance." Alcohol 181 3 percent I and c ig a re t tes (45 6 p e rce n ti are the most fre quently reported drugs every used by eighth graders M a riju a n a (22.8 per cent) and inhalants ('23 5 p e rce n ti are the most frequently reported il lic it drugs. One in eight eighth graders have used coc aine and a m phetamines (7.4 percent and 8 5 per cent, respectively I. N on-prescription diet and pep pills were reported used in sig n ifica n t am ounts 113 7 percent and 6 6 per cent 1. “ E x p e rim e n ta tio n ” can be a reason fo r some of the percentages at the eighth grade level but one must exa m in e closely the in fo rm a tio n reported in the m onthly prevalance of use " Alcohol 133.5 percent I and c ig a re t tes (22.2 percent) again are the most fre q u e n tly rep o rte d illic it drugs, follow ed by cocaine (2.1 percent) and am phetam ines (2.5 percent I. Consistent, continual usage at this age is the beginning of habit fo rm a tion and possible addiction The use of alcohol and drugs in creases between the eighth and U th ■. Alcohol '92 4 p e rce n t' and c ig a r e t t e s i 63 1 p e r c e n t ) a re reported most frequently as having been used by 11th graders. M a ri juana use is reported by 48 7 percent; c o c a in e by 19 9 p e rc e n t; a m phetam ines by 19.7 percent; and in halants by 24 2 percent of students surveyed Monthly p revalence" of use also increases s ig n ific a n tly at the 11th grade level Alcohol, 59.1 percent; cigarettes. 33 8 percent , m a riju a n a , 23 5 percent; cocaine, 6.7 percent; am phetam ines, 8 6 percent; and in halants. 5.4 percent. Io fu rth e r q .o te the study: “ The A t
