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2 SA N D » (O r * ) POS’ Thur» O o o b e r 7? 1987 Se. I The Sandy Post Editorial & Opinion Scott N e w to n , e d ito r K o rin d a H e dlu nd, a d v e rtis in g re p re s e n ta tiv e Housing needed for farm workers Opposition to the expansion of a migrant labor camp in San dy is symptomatic of a problem occurring throughout Oregon and the United States. People empathize with migrant laborers, who are the latest wave of immigrants in our 200-year-old history. We rely on then! to do the back-breaking labor that is essential to many local, agricultural-based businesses. But when it comes to finding a place for them to live, we tell them that Sandy - Trubel Hoad in particular - is not the right place. That was the underlying message of a meeting sponsored by Firwood Neighbors last week. Firwood Neighbors, a citizens planning organization for Clackamas County, was asked to give the Clackamas County board of commissioners a recom mendation on whether to allow an expansion of 1 one) Wicker- sham 's labor camp from 61 people to 175. From the testimony, it seemed that most of the people in at tendance were farmers. Because of that, it was somehwat sur prising that the vote was 61 to 7 in opposition to the expansion. Much of the area is zoned for "exclusive farm use," which means local property owners probably favored the designa tion when the area’s comprehensive plan was developed. With the importance of migrant workers to the berry and nursery industry, it seems a contradiction to oppose the building of housing for workers. According to Clackamas County’s legal counsel, the issue probably will be decided on whether Wickersham can prove he needs the workers. And he has a good chance of proving that he does need them. Wickersham farms 250 acres in an operation that is labor in tensive. , . Conflicting opinions have been offered as to whether there was a shortage of migrant labor last spring during the strawberry harvest. Wickersham said there was not a lack of labor, but a lack of places for the workers to stay. He said he left strawberries in the field last year because he had no place for workers to stay and thus could not get the help he needed. Fanners at the Firwood Neighbors meeting said Wicker sham does not need the workers because he is able to "loan" them out to other farmers. Wickersham does not argue that he can keep the workers busy from May to October, the months he would like to keep his camp open. But he said he needs 300 to 400 workers during harvest. , , , He said he needs 175 people in the labor camp as "insurance" that he will have enough workers during peak times. — Wickersham does not have a flawless record. The state Ac cident Prevention Division has cited Wickersham for viola tions of migrant housing standards in the past. But it appears now that Wickersham is trying to work within the system. The improvements that have been made to his camp in the past year are impressive. Because the Firwood area is agricultural in nature, it would make sense for the Clackamas County board to approve the expansion of Wickersham’s camp. Letters to the editor th e ir fa c ilitie s and being crowded to the point of it being dangerous at tunes Would this be your firs t p rio ri Tusk force seeks opinions ty ” M any of our roads are in bad shape, and it is very costly even to keep them m aintained to standard These are some of the things the task force m ust soon p rio ritiz e and send to the C ity Council fo r them to decide Many of us, m yself included, com plain about whai the gove rn m en t" has done a fte r it is too late to do anything about it. Now is your chance to help decide It is your money - your governm ent it should be your wishes' Please ca ll I would like to hear any and a ll ideas on this and would hope that the other task force m em bers would feel the same Task fo r m em bers and th e ir telephone num bers are M a rily n Howell, 668-65!«; Howard Berger, 668-4723; B ill W a rily. 668-7126; Phil Jonsrud, 668-4995; Ken H a llg re n . 668-60;«; Ginny K allen, 668-7149; L in da Hanna. 668-6818; Beth Scarth. 668-9580. B ill T ickn e r. 668-6566. Ruth l.ou n d re e , 668-4024; J e ff Jaqua. 668-6966. Roger Bronx, 668-7402. and H ick K ry . 668-9376 M a rily n Howell Sandy I ¡m i w ritin g as a m em ber of the m a yo r's task force We are now in the process of p rio ritiz in g things fo r the city, which w ill a ffect your (the ta xp a ye r s i pocketbook fo r years to come We need your ideas and o p i nions As fa r as I am concern«! thv necessities come firs t, then the lu x uries. but that means d iffe re n t things to d iffe re n t people. How do you fe e l' If the city continues to grow as p ro ps led, our present sewer system w ill be outgrown by about 1991 Shall we sta rt ta xin g fo r that now. or let it go as is, try to keep our town sm all, and try not to encourage new business anil g ro w th " I h» you th in k Sandy is a livable town now May lx- you would rather see your tax d ollars go fo r increasing com m unity services, such as a larger lib ra r y , or a c o m m u n ity center b u ilding that would house senior c itize n fa c ilitie s , com m unity a c tiv itie s . a possible teen center, pioneer m useum , a u d ito riu m for plays and other public usage Also, our police force is doing a great job in spite of having outgrown The Sandy Post (USPS 481 180 > WIWBI* N.w.PW »-»' .K,,, Ho'.'"«,1 *.,o. 0>.O- O S W w N - o’ So-'4, O ’ »yr” 668 5548 SUBSCRIPTION RATES $9 00 I« (Icpkomot Cou«’» p»» »•«»' S 10 00 i n so Mul'rtOHXOfc Cov'” » I HowHo> • i« O ' 0^0»' in No'lk„»p and Rot r - Ov ♦«•«*• po »OO» Vo’»« Ow’ tx io M o i'k w » » ' o» J Rot S’ o ’o« P«’ » • • ' Coo«’ S orxl, Post S o rxl, O'»>qon 9Z05S • 14 00 »17 00 No 47 C>< lobe** 77 I « 8 1 Recliners are plastie seats of power E verybody has one ( lo in t o a n y h o u se in th e neighborhixxi and yo u ’ll find it lu rk ing in a corner the re c lin e r ch a ir It is usually covered in Naugahyde, skinned, no doubt, fro m the backs of countless naugas It is often olive green, though sometim es brown i M y guess is that the m ale nauga is the green one i More often than not it w ill have little saddle bags on the side, as though the person seated in it was going somewhere .m il needed to pack fo r the tr ip And there is a bitty gear sh ift, though I have never seen a re c lin e r in any mode but P ark In a way, the c h a ir does move One m inute it just there and the next it reclines and aw ful things happen A big c h a ir under the best of c ir cum stances, ¡i re c lin e r reclined fla t out can grow to the size of ¡in a irc ra ft c a rrie r flig h t deck It w ill swallow half the room , causing dogs and sm all c h ild re n to flee Like an astronaut in a nose cone, the occu Y e x fe ry c iir in pant of the ch a ir peers out between his toes An ugly sight, indeed The s a il th in e is t tia t r e c lin e r s d ivid e the sexes. On the day men and women are tru ly equal and ha lf the Supreme Court ca rrie s purses to w ork, this tru th w ill s till exist Men love re clin e rs; women hate them My frie n d B etty was m u tte rin g about hers the other day How it had to go How she was so ashamed of it It s olive g re e n ," she whispered "C an you believe i t ’ " I nodded know ingly. Betty believes she is alone in the w o rld w ith her o live -g re e n re clin e r. Like incest, spouse abuse and our exact w eight, re clin e r chairs are som ething we just don’t ta lk about in polite society. At lunch yesterday, tw o women at the next table spoke in confidential tones, unaware of how th e ir voices ca rrie d " I t ’s got to go I t ’s H U G E ," said the firs t W e ll," said the second, I do like m ine when I ’m sick But th a t’s no reason to keep it , " she h u rrie d ly amended. “ I ’m not sick T H A T o fte n '" I wanted to ju m p fro m my seat and te ll those tw o that they had friends everyw here. Sisters. Sisters of the ch a ir C hairw om en, if you w ill My m other was a sister of the ch a ir It happened when Bad went to M ontgom ery Wards in the 1950s and bought w hat was then heralded as the contour ch a ir. There was no subter fuge in a countour ch a ir About the size of an O ldsm obile, it was always stretched fla t out The rest of the fu r nitu re was forced to cow er in the fa r corner Since it occupied the m a in spot in the room , m uch like a throne, others of the fa m ily used to sneak into it His firs t words on entering the room were, "G e t out of my ch a ir On the day he died, I knew before Mom told me She was s ittin g in his ch a ir My hubby, on the other hand, only appears to have died in his ch a ir We have argued about his seating arrangem ents fo r years In the h a l cyon days a fte r the honeymoon, we were m uch too poor to buy ’ re clin e r so he used the couch I sold the couch out fro m under his sleeping body and he got his firs t re clin e r Today he has a brown one that he regards as sort of a Naugahyde worn!) He clim b s into it. kicks it to fla t out and peers at the television between his slippered feet Should som ething rouse him fro m between the arm s of this padded tem ptress, he and the ch a ir both groan loudly in protest I never knew the answer to the pro blem u ntil Sunday when I spotted a green re clin e r cru m p le d at the side of the freeway like a stranded whale W hile I have ce rta in reservations about litte rin g the roadside w ith un wanted recliners. I s till wonder how fast he was d riv in g when she sneaked back and kicked that chan out ot the tru ck S u iii/y History ¿roup plans meeting Sunday by M IL E S A t BIN Special for The Post The Sandy Pioneer and H isto rica l Association w ill hold its q uarterly m eeting on Sunday . Oct 25. a, the Mel Haneberg Com m unity Center This w ill tie a potluck meeting w ith dinner at 1 p in and a short business m eeting to follow People should take th e ir own table service. The e n tertainm ent that follows the business m eeting w ill feature W illie E isher, an accordian pla ye r, Homan Scott, local a rtis t, and Jerry Lind Meyers Newcomb, w ho w ill present a m usical num ber The Sandy Pioneer Association is now in the process of producing a book of pictures related to the e a rly history of the area l’he te m jxira ry use of any pertinent p ictures would 1 m - appreciated The association w o u ld also ap p re c ia te d o n a t io n s o f a rtifa c ts , n e w sp ap e r a rtic le s o r p e rsonal w r it in g s o f e v e n ts o f e a rly y e a rs of this area In the early years, local w rite rs c o n t r ib u t e d a r t ic l e s to lo c a l newspapers A by-line w a s s e ld o m present h o llo w in g are itm es taken fro m the Oregon City E n terprise B o rin g , Sept 30, 1897 — Ole Am isegger has erected a hall on the corner of R ichey Avenue and IXig Kennel Avenue (T his was probably the firs t dance h all in the B oring area and was very near the present fa rm of A lvin Richey i Music was p ro vid ed by the Kern H ill S trin g Band and M r Welch B oring, A p ril 2, 18!« W illia m Welch of Salmon R ive r was in Boring bidding his friends goodbye before leaving fo r Copper R ive r, Alaska D o v e r, May 20, 1898 - Joe DeShazer had a barn raising the other day. D a m a s c u s . Ju n e 20, 1898 Damascus can now boast of hav ing a doctor, W E Hempstead, M I)., late of Ohio He is lix a tin g here if people give him th e ir patronage. His recom m endations are enough to convince the most skeptical of his s k ill The best dance of the season was at Boon Johnson's b a m Saturday night Il was a nice c iv il crowd D over, Ju ly 11, 18!« The Dover Sunday School celebrated the 1 ourth of July at Joe DeShazer's P a rk The exercises were conducted in a pleas ing manner. Damascus, Sept 6,1898 So many people are hop picking that very little is tra n sp irin g E v id e n tly the patronage of the peo ple of Damascus has been well received D r Hempstead has decid ed to stay Sandy, Aug 14, 1898 _ M r and M rs Jones had an interesting ex perience w ith a bull W hile ta kin g a sh o rt cut th ro u g h S trow b rid g e 's pasture, the b ull took out a fte r them and chased them up a tree, and kept them there u n til e a rly the next m orn ing when the bull became discourag ed and relieved them of th e ir lofty position. Boring. Aug 21, 1899 — School commences Sept 4 w ith Miss Rose B ow ennan of Sunnyside at the helm B o rin g , ( le t 3. 189!i Mr O le A m isegger made a fly ing tr ip to San dy on business One young m an's m ind seems to be preoccupied lately, while threshing, he was sent o the house fo r a bucket of w ater and returned w ithout it. There m ust be some a ttra c tio n at the house, O rville . B oring, Oct. 30, 1899 - M r Ole A m isegger made a fly in g tr ip to Douglas Ridge recently Boys, we w ill get to rin g our cow lxdls and cans in the near fu tu re One young m an in the com m unity has been th in kin g of going to school and taking up botany, his fa vo rite specimen being the " R o s e B oring, Aug 7,1900 Ole A m isei ger has settled down to m a r r ie d life and is showing a responsibility of Is ing the head of his fa m ily Of late there has been a new colony of settlers in B oring The y seem t.. come fro m the South and are known as the "C u t w o rm " fa m ily They ; ik sweeping the fields as they go. takm e ve ryth in g green They c lim b the trees and eat the green shells ot the nuts. They even stripped s o m e ot Mi H ickey's nice tobacco plant and w ord has been received tlia t they an now ro llin g and sm oking cigareet Sandy, M a rch 21. 1901 * asper Ju n ke r has purchased the B enlei place and has pruned the ok hard This is one of the oldest orchards in Sandy. The booming reports of oil havi g re a tly excited some of our people Many th in k th a t oil can be found hei in Sandy, probbly in the large tank ,d M eim g’s store
