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2 S A N D Y (O re ) P O S I Ih u r i A p r 4 21 1988 Se< I, The Sandy Post Editorial & Opinion Scott N e w to n e d ito r K o rin d o H e d lu n d , a d v e rtis in g re p re s e n ta tiv e V o lu n te e rs earned c o m m u n ity th a n ks Members of the Living Way Fellowship Church and the Sun nyside Foursquare Church deserve praise for the great effort they made in Sandy this weekend. The group landscaped around the veterans memorial, made improvements to the gazebo and playground in Meinig Park, painted the downstairs rooms in the Sandy Senior Center and cut down blackberries. Associate Pastor Iziwell Weare of the Living Way Fellowship said the church has an active youth group, with adult leaders who are trying to get young people in the habit of volunteering. In our opinion the adults are setting a great example. The church has worked on other projects in Oregon the past few years, including doing some landscaping at City Hall. But perhaps even more exciting for church members are regular trips to Mexico to help impoverished parishioners build schools, churches and residences. On its most recent trip , Sandy’s church and four others rais ed $30,000 for building materials and other expenses. Weare said the trips to Mexico give Sandy youngsters an ap preciation for the people of Mexico, as well as an appreciation for how well we have it in the United States. Weare said that church members get a great deal of satisfaction from its service projects. That may lx* true, but residents of the Sandy area are beneficiaries as well THe FAX'? to n in e ... üfTfriOSE TrtlHGAMAJiGá / gAcX ToOeBR/fâtÎEil X ) -Trie » I f r , AHt> Po * W H lN G UJlfrt THAT U f f t t PooHlCKV OVER TrteR e--. ( J >11« O ld s tu ff m akes fo r big business S c a rle tt O 'H a ra d id n 't lik e Charleston, S C Rhett Butler did In the movie ver sion of "(¡one With the Wind," Rhett/Clark (¡able (they are all m ix ed up in my mind) stood in the door way and said he didn't give a damn He did give a damn about Charleston and he told Scarlett he was headed where there's a little hit of grace and charm left in the world " Rhett was right Charleston charmed me last week It lured me down its cobblestone streets It beckoned me into hidden gardens And it told me things alxiut the South that I had never known that grits taste like warm sand That the dame, "The Charleston," originated there as did "Porgy and Bess” and the country's first jockey club That the start of the Civil War at Port Sumter was really a very organized affair with courteous notes passed back and forth between the Union and Confederate commanders I went to Charleston with a friend who likes me so much that she once gave up chocolate for me And I met a new friend. Price Robinson, whose great-granddaddy fought in Con federate gray at the same time that my great-great granddaddy wore the Union blue We go, along just fine Price showed us a little pink house where pirates once drank lb- led us down brick alleys where tiny, shut tered houses sit next to bowers of ljid y Banksia roses We visited a plantation house that was built when George Washington was 6 years old It has been painted only twice in 200 years anil there is a pile of stuff in the basement that has been there a cen tury Sounds like my house," mumbled one of the tourists He showed us a church spire knock ed cockeyed in the las, great earth quake and introduced us to a pair of mules that had done a "Hi-Ho, S liver" and plunged through the back window of a new Thunderbird H o sp ice se rvice s free o f c h a rg e darned poor to do anything else Built on a peninsula, it was invaded twice by foreign armies (the British and the Union i But everything else, highways, railroads and progress passed it by When the Civil War end ed and the slave-driven economy of the South collapsed, the wealthy residents of Charleston found themselves "too poor to paint, too proud to whitewash " No, wanting to be caught at the task, they sneaked outside at night to polish the brass on their doors Much of the lovely city became a slum Not until World War II did the city's economy Ix-gin to turn around and by then Charlestonians realized they were liv ing in a treasure Accor ding to a history written by Robert Rosen, when Standard Oil planned to put gas stations all over the city in 1929. Charleston established zoning laws to protect its historic district Charleston adopted the firs, historic district zoning ordinance in America in 1931 Old stuff is gixxl business on the East Coast Charleston is full of visitors But preservation is pretty new to us The ink is still we, on lists of historic buildings and sites in Troutdale and Gresham We will be zoning historic sites in coming mon ths Such decisions may not lie popular because Westerners tend to chafe at another lev el of government But it's worth remembering, as freeway s and franchises homogenize our country, that nobody goes to Charleston to see suburbs or Burn side Roads lined with fast-food places, gas stations and quickie markets W ell," I bristle«! EveryI mh I v has to start somewhere Charleston exists with so much of its history intact because it was too Rhett Butler could ge, a Big Gulp and chicken nuggets anv where Thank you so much for the article about Mount Hood Hospice and the new board members We would like the community to be aware that Mount Hood Hospice is a most unique program because we do not bill our patients and families for services Insurance companies are billed and no one is ever denied assistance because of lack of insurance coverage Therefore, th«- m ajority of patient care costs must be raised through memorials, donations, fund-raising and community support Without the generous financial sup port of the community, Mount Hood Hospice could not remain open Thank you again for your con tinuous supjMirt Maryl Perrin Chairwoman Mount Hood Hospice Leaders w e re a ’d is g ra c e ’ The April 11 high school board meeting turned into a wild melee The so-called commons auditorium was flooded with striking teachers carrying picket banners and there was standing room only for patrons and students Board Chairperson IXity attempted to proceed with a previously an nounced agenda, but was interrupted by four anti-board people demanding that the teacher wage issue be taken up immediately in place of what was on the agenda, for many people pro and con had signed up to speak their views. Chairperson Doty refused to recognize the intruders, ordering them to their seats or she would close down the meeting Board member Bob Boring at tempted to make a motion to stay with the pre-arranged agenda, but the confusion generated by th«- au dience drowned out any hoj.es of con ducting business so the Ixuird chair, on consulting with other members, ordered the meeting dosed and left the platform This was clear thinking by the due process of elected officials and they are to be applauded for efforts to maintain civil order We now know something of the BOBCATS The Sandy Post (U S P S 481-180 > MfMtl* Fvbl.«bod po«d N»w«po$»O' Fvt»-«»Ko»» A«»O<^»’-< Mo’ ■» Thv’ »dor» br ’* • O v” oo* PvbJ*«h*«Q Co O’ •9O<' Bo« A«» • M ' O ' % Svbv'bo- *'•«» No'«»» 0>»enn « ’ 055 So« <w«d < *o«« pr» ’090 668 5548 SUBSCRIPTION RATES S o n d y P o ll Sandy In f lo c h o *» « COv"»» PO' TOO’ S « 00 RAwHevomob (Owely $ 1 0 00 |l»0wNo»0 »A O 0 9 0 ” in In h o r'h w M ' ond N n * « C o o « ’ S ’ o ’ o » O v’»<*o O'O9cx- p ò - yoo- $ 1 4 00 O u’«K$O M o '* » o « ' Ond $’o’«* po« roo S IZ 00 O re g o n 97055 so • « Coo«’ No 16 Apt.l 21 A T « LETTERS Sharon Nesblt We saw spiked iron work bristling at the top of wrought iron walls, a precaution taken after a threatened slave revolt in 1822 And we walked down an alley where it is still legal to have a duel Price laughed when I told him that Troutdale's museum is 88 years old We've got d irt in the corners older than th a t." he hooted I 1988 « caliber of the supposedly respected characters w ho are leading our youth in the paths of civil strife The scene was a disgrace for Sandy High C liff Koenig Sandy L e tte r w rite rs best ig n o re d SUHS patrons would do well to ig nore the hopelessly nearsighted blustering* of C liff Koenig and Roland Cartisser Neither of these gentlemen seems genuinely concerned with quality education Mr Koenig admitted in his las, letter to The Post that he thought a strike wou'd improve SUHS's situation This is an absurdi- t> A strike harms everyone in the community, and I know that it was only with great reluctance that the teachers voted to strike Mr Koenig's swagger suggest that it is he, not the teachers, who is un concerned with the quality of educa tion at SUHS In his last letter to The Post, Mr Cartisser raised the bogie of teachers somehow indoctrinating students with the "politics of negotiation " I frankly find this statement in sulting because it impugns the credibility of the teachers and th«- in telligence of the students In general, I have been pleased with the education 1 have received at SUHS Over the past year, however, many of the school's finest teachers have left for better-paying jobs at other schools Sixteen teachers left last year alone and I suspect at least as many w ill be leaving this year Money is a major concern; one teacher left San dy and took an immediate $5,000 raise at a neighboring school There is no question that the quali ty of education could be improved If we are to compete as a nation, we must lune adequately funder) and staffed schools W hat our st hoots need, however, is c o n s tru c tiv e a c tio n , not a n ti- teacher/taxes naysaying from the community Arne Baker Brightwood T rilliu m s : Best if le ft a lo n e Miles Aubin is right, there are few flowers mure beautiful than Oregon's native T rillium ovatum i Sandy Post. April 7), but I would like to add a cou ple of footnotes Please don't pick trilliu m s and, as he explained, deprive the plant of a year's food from its leaves It's true it may not die. but repeated picking w ill finish that trilliu m Our woods are full of trillium s, but they would not be if we picked bou quets each year, or dug them all Do as I did pick one, stake the point where it grew, see what happens next spring Small leaves, no flower If you wish to dig a trilliu m , please have the permission of the landowner or, if it's at the roadside, have some regard for others who may want to see it there Ixruise Godfrey Portland Teachers u n io n n o w in c o n tro l It is a relief to the community that the threat of a teachers strike was resolved at the last minute It is sad that our students had to witness the insubordination and disrespect shown by certain teachers and their followers toward th«- school board and the administration prior to the strike deadline. During the latter stage of negotia tions. the teachers union picketed businesses where board members worked A board member is an un paid volunteer They work many hours and try to do what 's best for the taxpayers They can't always please everyone 1 consider picketing by the union at board members' places of employ ment pure harassment' This type of picketing is illegal in almost all states The state of Oregon is an ex ception At the last two school board meetings, the teachers union made every attempt possible to encourage citizens and students who would su|> port their cause to attend the meetings Although there was a large number of people at these meetings, the ma jority of them were not voters or tax payers from the Sandy High School District At the last board meeting, the teachers union demanded that the board change its agenda The teachers and the board have tradi tionally held negotiations in closed meetings, but the teachers union wanted to change these rules The board refused because they would be open to u n fa ir labor practice lawsuits The mob violence th a t was displayed after the meeting was ad journed was a disgrace to the com munity The teachers who par ticipated should be dismissed I feel sorry for the teachers, board members and students who w ill suf fer from this last episode at Sandy High School The small increase in salaries and benefits may cause the district to lay off staff next year if the district does no, win its tax base elec tion in May. The class load will increase and students w ill suffer The district tax payers have observed that the school board is not in control Under pressure from a few agitators, the board caved in Our students have learned that mob violence, disrespect for authori ty and insubordination pays off They will be sadly disappointed when they graduate and get into the real job world Roland Cartisser Sandy Tail w a g s d o g at Sandy H ig h At the Sandy Union High School board meeting Monday . April 11, the Sandy Education Association expos ed its true nature Almost immediately after the meeting was called to order SEA members interrupted the chair woman and requested the agenda be changed This request was denied and the meeting proceeded for four or five minutes, and then a group of SEA representatives approached the podium and requested they be heard out of order When the chairwoman denied the request, SEA represen tatives then demanded they be heard and would not sit down 1 may be old-fashioned, but where 1 come from you don't demand anything of your boss, the school board This is just one of many ex amples as to who SEA members think they are I believe SEA needs to re-evaluate its position and approach SEA members are employees of the school board and the people SEA does not own or run the school. The school board and the people do SEA members are employer's employees The tail doesn't wag the dog John King Sandy by ADAM KRAFT
