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SANDY (Ore ) POST Thur%
July 16 1987 ($< k
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The Sandy Post
Editorial & Opinion
Scott N e w to n , e d ito r
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Mountain Festival
defines community
One person wrote in the guest book at the Sandy Mountain
Festival that there is not enough scandal associated with the
festival.
That light-hearted comment is about the only complaint one
can make. The Mountain Festival committee proved once
again it is a well-oiled machine. The members deserve con
gratulations for a job well done.
The festival brings out the best in nearly every organization
in Sandy. It would not be possible to pull it off without the San
dy police reserves, the Clackamas County police reserves, the
! .ions Club, the Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce, the Sandy
Recreation Department, the public works department and a
various assortment of scout groups, musical and drama
organizations and service clubs.
Residents of Sandy are asked to put up with the crowds and
tia ffic jams, and in exchange local people benefit from the
thousands of dollars raised from food booths in the park,
which are manned by members of local organizations.
One of the goals of the Mountain Festival committee — as
stated in its bylaws — is to create a “ sense of community.
That is ambitious in a commuter town divided by a major
highway.
But it is our opinion that they have pulled it off. Most Sandy
residents take a pride of ownership in the Mountain 1' estival,
and that is no small accomplishment.
Burn house project
offered lessons
Project Open Burn House offered some valuable lessons.
I ,t. Richard Curtis of the Hoodland Fire District got the idea
for the open house from a trade magazine for firefighters. But
even if it wasn't an original idea, the public benefitted from its
implementation.
About 130 residents visited the house, which received exten
sive damage in a fire June 20. The Darrel Meyer fam ily was
generous in allowing the public to view the house, and it was
obvious from watching visitors that seeing smoke- and heat-
damaged clothes and melted children's toys had an effect.
In addition, the house offered graphic examples of fire safe
ty precautions. For example, it is one thing to read that a per
son should crawl to safety during a fire. But it is something
else to see a "therm al line” caused by 400-degree Fahrenheit
heat.
The value of closing one’s bedroom door at night before go
ing to bed also was well illustrated. By showing one room
when* the door had been left open and another where it had
been closed, members of the public instantly got the idea. One
room was destroyed. In the other, the white edges around a
poster of NBA star Michael Jordon weren’t even soiled.
It also was obvious Saturday that a number of volunteers
put in a great deal of time preparing for Project Open Burn
House.
The firefighters can take comfort in the knowledge that
their efforts at public education paid off.
C luiniber president
snys thank you
1 wish to extend a big thank you"
to all the volunteers who helped to
make the chamber's Wine Fair and
h east a big success
And a special thank you also to Pat
T ille r. Roger Atkins and Burt
McSliara for the extra effort they put
into this important event
Diane Tiller
president
Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce
( 'onununity Days
w as a success
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The success of Sandy Community
Days at Timber line Ixxlge was made
possible by the efforts of several
groups Their presence made tourists
aware of the diverse interests of our
fa ir city
Thanks to the Sandy Mountain
Festival committee, the Sandy
Pioneer and Historical Association,
the Sandy City Council, the Sandy
Post, the Sandy Community Players,
the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
No 4273 and Daniel Stevens for their
p a rtic ip a tio n through displays,
brochures and productions
A special thanks to Marty Stone for
the bags used to distribute informa
tion about Sandy, and to Carloyn
Sandburg at The Photory for the film
d e v elop ing and e n la rg e m e n t
coupons.
I enjoyed my first ride on the
Magic Mile chairlift and I hope
others did too Thanks to Bill Conerly
for inviting us to help celebrate
Timberlme's 50th anniversary
Kimberly Nelson
coordinator
Sandy Community Days
Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce
People help
during festival
We would like to express our ap
preciation to Gregg's Distributor
food service. Industrial and Food
Service Package, the Mountain
Festival committee, Blue Marlin
mothers and friends for their help
and support of the Sandy swim team
Mike D rill, Bob Williamson, Scott
D rill, Bob Richards and Mike
Malchow designed, built and painted
our new food txioth at the Mountain
Festival
You did a wonderful job Thank
you
Ix)is D rill
Blue Marlin Aquatic Club
Rescue personnel
did u good job
The John Nelson family would like
to thank Alpine Ambulance and the
Sandy Fire District rescue personnel
for their quick response and ex
cellent service on July 7
Your kindness was appreciated
Hazel Nelson
Sandy
Language of colonies with us today
We Westerners tend to clothe our
past in the rugged buckskins of
mountain men and explorers
So the powdered wigs, knee
breeches and buckled shoes of col
onial Williamsburg in Virginia were
just as strange to me as a cream puff
at a beer bust
But I joined the Easterners plod
ding down the tree-lined streets of the
colonial village where Washington
and Jefferson and Patrick Henry
walked And I thought about how bor
ing my school studies of those times
had been What did this place have
for me, I wondered
A costumed guide beckoned me in
to Wetherburn's Tavern where 1
found a 1760s version of a motel A
young woman with head and elbows
properly covered and cleavage
bursting out her bodice told how. in
those days, seven pence would get a
traveler a roof over his head, space
on the floor if he was lucky and a bed
to share with two or three others if he
was very lucky
The bed was a frame strung with
knotted rope Eventually the rope
sagged under the weight of bodies
and a slave took a device called a
rope jack, scooted under the lied and
tightened all the knots
When he emerged he would say to
the guests. Sleep tight " How many
nights did my grandmother tell me to
sleep tight without knowing where
the expression came from -*
I went to the millinery shop where
a man in gold-rimmed spectacles and
knee breeches showed me two bands
of lace meant to tuck in to a neckline
when a colonial lady wanted update
an old dress It was called a tucker It
slipped into my language as putting
on your best bib and tucker.”
And I went to the wig shop where
wigs were made They were woven
on tnesh caps that were stretched
over
wooden
heads c a lle d
"blockheads." I have known dozens
of blockheads but I'd never met a
real one before.
People shaved their heads in those
days and after a day in the wig
especially in muggy Virginia
the
head tended to sweat and itch So you
would go home and ‘ soak your
head." I've told people to do that too.
A gentlemen would put a greasy
pomade in his wig When it was nice
and sticky, he'd sprinkle the whole
thing with powder until it was snowy
white At a fancy dress ball, when the
evening grew warm and his hairdo
started to melt, he would go the
‘ powder room ” and ‘ ‘take a
powder.”
In a stable I learned that horses
were shorter then And that mangers
were higher
It was the fashion of the tune, a
costumed stableboy told me, to have
horses reach up to the manger and
stretch their necks
When I asked why, he told me that
folks in the 18th century cared a lot
about fashion and doing the
fashionable thing
I looked down and my tight shoes,
my hot stockings and my sweat-
stained dress and said, "Of course,
we don't do that now."
We laughed in a 20th century way.
I sat one day with another of
W illia m s b u rg ’ s
costum ed
employees. She heard a woman
sneeze and ca lle d out, "T h e
apothecary is open. Get a leech to
balance your humors."
And we talked about how doctors
are using leeches today when they
reattach limbs after surgery
And then I wen* to the Capitol
building. Twice burned and rebuilt
according to original plans, it was a
breeding ground for patriots who lik
ed to tweak King George’s nose.
Patrick Henry started it. He made
a smart crack about George the III
which was interrupted by cries of
"Treason, treason."
"If this be treason," Henry flared,
m a k e the most of it."
They did And July 4th happened
first in Virginia on May 15, 1776,
when the legislators in that building
d e clared th e ir freedom fro m
England
For the first time those guys in the
funny wigs and buckled shoes
became real How odd that you have
to go so far from home before some
things come home to you.
Su Ivin Scene
Assembly worked for better economy
budgetary processes
And major issues, such as school
Associated Oregon Industries
finance, the liability insurance crisis
When the 64th L e g is la tiv e and high cost of workers' compensa
Assembly departed Salem last tio n insurance had a ll faced
month, it left behind some solid lawmakers before without satisfac
blocks with which Oregonians should tory resolution
There were some positive signs ap
be able to build a stronger economy
Acclaimed by some as the most parent, however This was an ex
fewer freshmen
productive regular biennial session perienced body
in decades, it was one that was ap lawmakers than ever before And
proached with trepidation by those both parties in each chamber re
concerned about the s ta te 's elected the same leaders who guided
them last session.
lackluster climate for business
On top of that, the returning leader
Although there were tentative
signs of recovery from the years-long ship appeared united in intentions to
rececession, many were skeptical achieve solutions to major problems
That unity was put quickly to a sur
about the Assembly's ability to make
prise
test when Gov Goldschmidt re
the hard decisions to accomplish
much that would continue an upward quested speedy resolution of eight
issues on his agenda by mid-March
economic spiral
The House of Representatives was As lawmakers complied, tensions
precariously divided among 29 eased and the process moved steadi
Republicans and 31 Democrats The ly ahead
Another indication of an impending
situation was ripe for counterproduc
successful session was adoption of a
tive partisan gamesmanship
Senate Republicans had gained plan to keep schools from dosing and
another seat in that chamber, becom solid approval from voters during
referral to a special election in May
ing a significant 13-member minority
to the 17 Democrats in the majority Then came a revenue-neutral recon
nect to the federal tax code
along
caucus
Democrats in both House and with a reduction in the corporate tax
permitting corporations to
Senate were wary about new Gov. rate
save
an
estimated
$'20 million annual
Neil Goldschmidt's ability to work
with the legislative and biennial ly and sending a positive message to
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Another early accomplishment
was passage of an extensive revision
and simplification of laws dealing
with creation and operations of cor
porations Enacted with only token
opposition, the law became effective
even before the legislature adjourn
ed and is expected to produce long
term economic benefits
As is often the case, some of this
session's major issues were not
resolved until the last minute, pro
ducing a return of presession ap
prehension even as adjournment
gavels were poised to fall one last
time.
The sessions’ fin a l weeks,
however, saw resolution of en
vironmental issues - including ex
tension of pollution control tax
credits and practical regulation of
use and disposal of hazardous
m aterials without reducing the
v ia b ility of the job-producing
manufacturing community.
The state's number one job pro
ducer, the forest products industry,
also achieved sweeping reform of
land use regulation as the session
neared its end The change bolstered
regulatory powers and respon
sibilities of the state Board of
Forestry , pre-empting both counties
and the la n d Conservation and
Development Commission from
regulating forest practices
lawmakers also saw fit to lim it
liability of landowners opening their
property to recreational use a ma
jor step toward preserv ing public ac
cess to outdoor pursuits
Preservation and maintenance of
the state's system of highways and
bridges were enhanced as the
Assembly finally concurred on a 6
cent per gallon tax implemented over
a three-year period
Almost throughout the session
there was an additional emphasis on
econom ic d e ve lo p m e n t, w ith
substantial appropriations for con
struction projects, more funding for
promoting tourism and targeted use
of lottery revenue for specific pro
jects.
Then, in the final hours before ad-
journemt, compromises were struck
in both chambers that permitted
enactment of major reform of both
tort law and the Workers' Compensa
tion System
The first should make liability in
surance both more available and af
fordable The second is hailed as a
step that will remove Oregon from
the top rungs of the ladder by which
employer costs are measured nation
wide