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/ «• 2 S A ND Y O r« POST Thur» July 21 198« ($•< *• «• -« ♦ • * * * ' « - ’•« ” • < fe t I) The Sandy Post Editorial & Opinion Scott N e w to n E d ito r D Kaye B a kke A d v e rtis in g R e p re s e n ta tiv e M ountain Days can still grow It is hard for us to imagine that it would be possible to make ianv more improvements in the two-day festival in Meinig Park The artists and food booths, and the music and other perfor mances, are pleasant, well-run affairs. New ideas and fine tuning can always occur, but in general the festival is a quality event. The Mountain Festival commit tee is correct in wanting to see the event remain that way without worrying about expansion. But Sands Mountain Days, the entire slate of events that ac companies the two-day Mountain Festival, does provide an Hitlet for continued growth and innovation. The Sandy Recreation Department does an excellent job with its activities, the Soap Box Derby always runs smoothly and the Health and Survival Fair is off to a good start. T he e a n 1 examples of activities that capitalize on the high sp irit, of the Mountain Festival and provide healthy outlets for youngsters, or, in the case of the Health and Survival Fair, g iv e s health care institutes and emergency service groups a chance to educate the community. It is important, from time to time, to consider the benefits of the Mountain Festival. The food booths generate about $30,000 in gross revenues. l'en percent of that goes to the Mountain Festival commit tee. which hires bands, pays for security, provides telephones, publishes promotional materials, runs the parade, buys awards and met - other expenses associated with the festival. Bent for arti booths, and commissions from T-shirt and postei sales, a ls o contribute to the Mountain Festival’s budget. I m the civic organizations that run the food booths, this one weekend can raise the money to send youngsters to camp, of fer scholarships, provide health care for the terminally ill, and a range of other projects that are good for the community. 1 he Mountain Festival also has led to the development of M einig Park over the past 15 years into one of Sandy’s leading assets. Since the two-day event draws so many people to Sandy for the weekend, it is a great opportunity for the town. \nd we can l<>ok to the example set by the Mountain Festival c o m m itte e as a way to improve Sandy Mountain Days even more. I lie Mountain Festival committee is organized and in novative 11 r. m a i n s innovative Ix'cause it participates in workshops put on by the Northwest Festivals Association. people from Sandy will have the opportunity to participate in one of th e conventions when the group comes to Rippling River in November 1989. I he Mountain Festival is a great economic contributor to i i\ic groups, and it has allowed Sandy to identify with an en- joyable, successful event. But it will take continued innovation outside Meinig Park to k e e p the Sandy Mountain Days a quality operation. We should seize the moment ftHt> HEDGES w s I. or- » -, 4 r* LETTERS cant column headed bv "News in the V o te yes on le vy 1 support the Sandy Elementary School District in asking for a one year operating levy of $274,145 It is necessary for us to keep our schools operating and it is also necessary for us to keep them in repair Delaying repair work only in creases the costs at a later date, and ignoring the problem doesn't cause it to go away. We have more children in the schools and this requires more ex pense Paying fo r w in d an inside joke by SIIAKON NESHIT Staff writer !t's a great joke on us. You know bow they laugh at us liv- in> out he i- in the wind from the Col umbia l . I I > How we .ill list .1 little fi i'in leaning into the wind llnw the wm t . .line' whipping down the gorge and swoops a< ions our rooftops anil kn ks up whiteeaps in the water in • it toilet Mid how the fellow was di tv Hu dow n the gorge at 55 mph and was passed by a paper cup But th> wind is having the last laugh l hes> dav s the breeze blow ing through tin gorge smells of money Most of it is blowing in from Hood River and The Dalles where four e le m e n t have combined to create the i 1 ■ mistiv « ailed profit Take the irftx rd Put a sail on it Place it on watei preferably water with a stroni urrent to it Add wind that five elements, the last thing you need is a voung, urban pro- id I 'n.'liev and the strength, balance and skill to sail in the gorge M a ke On any breezy day they are there dartiiu hack and forth across the Columbia River The bright sails p akc them look like frantic one- winged butterflies Their presence has hanged our view of the river lh. goat Columbia that carried I ewe ind Clark on its hack is now giving th rill rules to people in wet suits - Instead of canoes, they arrive in vans loaded with boards and sails and mountain bikes .for the days the wind refuses to blowi But they don't carry trinkets m irrors and Jefferson medals They carry money In 198, they toted $17 S million to Hood River By 1993 experts predict hat the ooar I sailing industry w ill be worth $ 07 1 m illion There is a tra f fic ( m ntcr at the Hood River Marina that tallied up 480.000 people during the three months of summer last year Not bad for a city of 5,000 If is harder to tell how the people in tin , irg<> feel about this annual inva- sion Mostly the wind surf people stay down by the river and they don’t get up m the heights," said a woman from the Hood River Chamber of Commerce. If you believe the magazines w rit ten on the subject, board sailors say rad" and "radical" a lot and follow the sport from Maui to the gorge, much like a migrant worker follows the crops A recent edition of a wind-surfing magazine that featured the gorge in cluded an article by a young woman who had horror of horrors spent the entire winter in Hood River in stead of going off to board-sailing rnecca in Maui The w inter was only tolerable m Hood River, she said, because of skiing on Mount Hood The last I heard, most gorge dwellers live there year round Despite this uneasy feeling I have that board sailors are just using the place, they have brought a breath of fresh prosperity to the gorge Take a drive some day from Troutdale to The Dalles and fiack down the Washington side Cour years ago in Hood River we had a hard time fin ding a nice place for lunch Today the storefronts are filling up There are trendy places to eat The signs are even more apparent on the Washington side of the gorge Restaurants are springing up Pots of flowers grow in Stevenson, a town that still rings to the sound of loggers' caulk boots Bright wind socks fly from little houses that have suddenly gone from shabby to quaint The progress is slow Timber- related economies have had to come up from the cellar "B u t things are happening," marveled a friend They haven't painted their houses yet. but they have painted the trim ." Gorge residents are learning that the fabled " ill wind" can do more than blow the shingles off the roof It's a great joke and we re laughing all the way to the bank The safety net was a temporary move and was not expected to solve the problem of school financing Each time we turn down a budget. It only addts to the costs because elections are expensive Ix-t's get behind our schools and give them the money necessary for operating properly Howard Berger Sandy Thanks fo r b e a u tifu l q u ilt I would like to thank the people at the Sandy Senior Center for the beautiful quilt I won in the raffle at the Mountain Festival I ’ll get lots of good use out of it I j II is Hammers Sandy N ew s la c k in g in Sandy Post Recently, I've noticed a change of priorities in positioning of news in the Sandy Post I've been a subscriber for 25 years and news of local interest or import would be given a prominent ex posure But in the last year or so, several items which have had im mense local impact or interest have been relegated to an obscure section or page and m inuscule p rin t allocated Eor example, Kelly Adovnik's "Police Officer of the Year" award being relegated to a small, insignifi BOBCATS these times 1 OK race best ever B rie f " Even more pronounced would be Sandy's nationally recognized Art Skipper, who recently set a national mark in the javelin and has won two major meets in Sacramento and Chicago since, received such an m- firmed and minuscule write up, most of my acquaintances overlooked it In my opinion, the morning after the national mark was made, at least one-third to one half of the front page should have been allocated to this happening, both in recognition to the individual and for generating in terest in the community If selling newspapers is the name of the game, I'm saying sell newspapers " The content of the past year or so w ill not enhance circula tion. I ’m not sure if "out of area" owner ship has any hearing on our headlines but I read most of our" news in the Gresham Outlook. Hopefully, this inappropriate and inadequate format w ill change and readership w ill rise Nicholas J Roth Boring S u p p o rt in su re s successful d e rb y Several hundred interested patrons enjoyed the finals on Sunday, July 3, where two fine young people senior division champion Mike Cox and junior division champion Samantha Sanu" Jones were rewarded for their six-month effort with their parents with an all expense paid trip to Akron, Ohio, for the international competition in August Derby week in Akron is com parable to Rose Festival week in Portland in terms of grandeur, size and spectator involvement I personally wish to thank all who gave of their energies, talents, time and funds for the effort it took to com plete this satisfying task which we undertook for the sixth consecutive year Barry Eretz Sr director Sandy Soap Box Derby Thanks to the total community , the in d u s tria l park m anufacturers Baert's Metals, L' S Metal Co . Jim Turin and Sons. Eldridge Construc tion, and Mitchell R V i, the civic and service organizations Op timist«, Kiwamans. I Jons. VEW and Auxiliary, police department, fire department and officials of the city of Sandy I, the area businesses, and parents and other patrons of our community. We haven't forgotten the support of Buck M edical Services, whose presence was essential for a safe and prudent event Sandy High School provided star ting and finishing facilities along with tables and chairs for registra tion Bob and Pat Whitlock and Julia Ijitim ore provided water stations Thanks to everyone who par ticipated in any way for making 1988's race the largest and best ever The Sandy Ridge Riders 4-H Club would like to thank the citizens of Sandy for supporting the club's car wash Heather Chelín Sandy Christopher M Roth director Race Committee The SÉndy Post i l ’ S I’ S 481 180 1 M fV ll* ■ Pwt> » » • » • »'el woe* , hd O ' So Í» A»» o' M u ' . 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Sandy fo r s u p p o rt Another year, another derby, another successful youth activity has passed the most successful youth- parent project this community has ever produced We wish to thank all those who helped make the 1988 i6th annual' Sandy Mountain Festival 10K Run the success it was o” d 50 !.. tix » ’ Vo'et 111 00 No't'w»»' o1«! S'a’o» po* Sandy P o*( Sandy O reg o n 97055 R i x ♦ Coot* »17 00 N o 29 July 21 1988 by ADAM KRAFT
