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Portland Observer, July 7, 1982 Page 5 LIGHTING SPECIALTIES From the Boardroom by SAM J SPOSITO SINCE 1950 hy Gladys McCoy, County Commissioner I l ’ s sum m er! Summer means F U N ! M any o f us become fun seekers during (his lime o f the year. School is out. Family vacations es calate. Some people travel. Some fam ilies vacation at home. Picnics and bar-b-ques become com m on sights. For those o f you who plan to spend tim e at home, I encourage you to " v a c a tio n ” at the C ounty parks. M u ltn o m a h C ounty Parks D epartm ent has planned summer fun activities for all ages—senior ci tizens included. Blue Lake Park offers free jazzer- cisc classes, karate classes, and be ginning international folk dance les sons fo r physical fu n and fitness throughout the summer in addition to regular activities available (soft- ball, basketball, horseshoes, soccer, etc). July special a c tiv itie s include a c o u n try and western ja m boree, a professional drum and bugle corps, professional dance groups, senior citizen events, a fashion show, an international music and dance festi val, hang gliders, and free fishing lessons. August special activities include performances by professional sing ers, m ore fa sh io n shows, square dancing, boxing events, blues band perform ers, b o y /g irl scouts a ctivi ties, and much, much more. U nfortunately, Blue Lake Park's sw im m ing and boating concession w ill be closed again (his year. The m ilfo il cleanout was not successful enough to permit swimming fo r the time being. Blue Lake Park consists o f a p proximately 185 acres, the m ajority o f which is accessible to the general public. There is no shortage o f space for a variety o f fun things to do. For those o f you who w ould like to "ro u g h i t , ” explore M ulthom ah County’s Oxbow Park near the San dy River. This wilderness park o f fers camping, boating, fishing, h ik in g , horseback rid in g , and sw im ming. It is equipped w ith a special boat ram p fo r the handicapped. There is play equipm ent fo r c h il dren. Oxbow Park is approximately 872 acres in size. This large parcel offers "ro o m fo r one m o re ." O x bow Park is located 20 miles east o f LIGHTING & DECORATING CONSULTANTS Portland. For summer fun, visit our County parks. E n te rta in fa m ily , frie n d s, and guests. Enjoy a summer o f max imum fun with a m inim um amount o f cost. County park admission fee is S I.00 for parking. 226-3461 One o l the Most Outstanding Showrooms m 'he N iV Ma> I>| I M ill 3 « I 00 I H ‘THE HOUSE OF BEAUTIFUL LIGHTS’ »X'. i .. For fu rth e r in fo rm a tio n regard ing park opening schedules and planned summer activities, contact Beverly Stevens, D irector o f A c tiv i ties, M ultnom ah County Parks De p a rtm e n t, at 666-4794, M onday through F riday, betwen 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. O f course, you can al ways call my o ffic e (248-3219) fo r assistance. Support and enjoy your C ounty parks. M ake them yo u r vacation spot. ■ f' 78 NW COUCH AT 1ST PORTLAND, ORE 97209 Aaron Mitchell and Son Plumbing Washington Hot Line ★ Experienced Plum ber ★ Licensed and Bonded by Congressman Ron Wyden Established in business for 25 yt Have lived in the Portland Area for 40 years Q. This week, tim e w ill run o u t f o r the E qual Rights Am endm ent. S hould supporters ju s t give up on the idea—or should they start over? A. The fig h t fo r passage o f an Equal Rights Am endm ent m ust— and w ill—go on. When Congress re convenes later this month, I w ill join a number o f my colleagues in rein tro d u cin g the amendment in the House. Once the b ill is adopted, supporters w ill have seven years in which to work for ratification. But supporters should not feel that the last ten years have been wasted. In working for ratification o f the ER A, supporters have succeeded in m aking Am ericans m ore aware o f the economic and social concerns o f women. They have increased awareness o f continued inequities in pay, in jo b advancement and in education. A nd in the m eantim e, they have made s ig n ific a n t inroads in the workplace. Tw enty years ago, only 38 per cent o f women w orked o u t side the home. Today, 52 per cent of a ll women and more than 66 per cent o f those between 20 and 45, are in the active workforce. There also have been p o litic a l benefits to the fig h t fo r the E R A . W ith each passing year, women have become more and more con scious o f th e ir p o te n tia l as a p o li tical force— o f the incredible p o li tical muscle they can w ield, i f they w ill. But even given this new found political clout, the renewed fight fo r passage o f the ERA and sim ilar leg islation (such as the W om en’ s Eco nom ic E q u ity A c t) w ill be no easy one. As one o f my colleagues pointed out the other day, we’ re dealing w ith an A d m in is tra tio n that as sumes that m aking one w om an— Sandra Day O ’Conner—a Justice is the same as b rin g in g justice to all American women. W e’ re dealing w ith an A d m in is tra tio n that confuses rhetoric w ith a ctio n ; an A d m in is tra tio n that imagines by giving lip service to jus tice, it can somehow camoflauge the realities o f a legislative program that has cut the heart fro m program s upon which poor w orking mothers and other women depend to get ahead. Stopping the A d m in is tra tio n ’ s steamroller w ill be no easy task. But it can be done—and it w ill be i f women and th e ir supporters put their new found p o litic a l muscle to work. U.S. foreign policy based on economics {Continued fro m page I column 6) one had ju s t the foggiest n o tio n s about foreign affairs, and the other, like most generals, was ignorant o f economics. In early June, b o th men had their chance to star p u b lic ly . The President went to the econom ic summit at Versailles; Haig was bus ily trying to mediate the B ritain-A r gentina crisis, and restrain the Is raelis from invading Lebanon. The President earned two reviews at Ver sailles: The leaders o f the w o rld ’ s economic superpowers basically ap proved o f his dom estic p o licies, though they wanted interest rates to come dow n. But they also heartily approved o f his new role as peace- seeker, rather than uncompromising container o f com m unism . Indeed, one message seemed manifest from these world leaders: Peace, i f it can be obtained w ith security, is good for economic growth. W ith virtually the entire world sinking deeper and deeper in to an econom ic m ire, the Western leaders were all desperate fo r that g ro w th . (As the dram atic appointm ent o f George S h u ltz—a man who understands grow th very w e ll— indicates, their message was not lost on the President.) Meanwhile, the bricks had begun to fa ll out o f the massive strategic a rc h ite c tu re H aig was b u ild in g . First came the stunning defeat o f Iraq by Iran. That turnabout threat ened to scuttle the entire A rab p o l icy Haig was pursuing, one that in cluded a role fo r Iraq. Then came the fight between two close U.S. al lies, Britain and Argentina. F inally, there was the Israeli on slaught into Lebanon. Haig the gen eral a p paren tly sym pathized w ith fellow general A rie l Sharon’ s b litz krieg stroke to destroy the PLO and elim inate as many Palestinians as possible in a few days. Once over, the reasoning went, the bloodshed would soon be forgotten, and Haig could go back to building his Arab alliances w ith a suitable role fo r Is rael. Unfortunately, the Israeli abil ity to m anufacture corpses was not matched by an ability to create p oli tical solutions. Destabilizing trem ors began to spread all over the M id dle East, w ith effects that went well beyond damaging U.S. foreign p ol icy. They threatened to unleash an oil backlash that could send the in flation rate skyrocketing again. This tim e, m oreover, A m ericans could face both high interest rates and high in fla tio n , a c o n d itio n that would im peril the electoral fortunes o f the Republicans this year and in 1984. It is no secret that the President was angered at having his small Ver sailles trium phs upstaged by the Is raeli move into Lebanon. But much more alarming were signals from the Arab countires that needed little in genuity to decode. I f an apparent Haig-Begin-Sharon w orking coali tion dragged the President into fo r eign policy grooves agreeable to Is rael, the price could be the break-up o f the w orld economy in to bitterly feuding, th o ro u g h ly protectionist nations. Ronald Reagan w ould be the big political loser. So the President moved fast to rid him self o f a general and bring in a man o f business, and a clear team player. In the process, what had once been two storylines was fo rm a lly condensed in to one. Reagan must now take the lead in a field he has neither experience in, nor liking for. Israel w ill emerge from this dra m atic turnabou t as the long-range loser. Its pow er derives e n tire ly from the barrel o f a gun in a region which, like it or not, is essential to the w ell-being o f a ll the w o r ld ’ s econom ies. Ira n , to o , fro m the Western perspective, has caused a lo t o f tro u b le . But Ira n has o il to sell, and is q u ie tly re-entering the w orld’s oil markets. By contrast, Is rael survives p rim a rily on foreign aid to p ro te ct it fro m external threats. It is almost as isolated from the world economy as North Korea. W h ile the peace m ovem ent worries about nuclear war, the real brink the w orld is fast approaching is that o f economic collapse. In te r est rates w ill only start to drop con v in cin g ly when global crises co o l. A lexande r H aig sym bolized w ar; nearly every general docs. W ith his departure, the President has been projected into a role that w ill force him to talk peace abroad as well as prosperity at home. WE STAND BEHIND ALL JOBS 1703 N.E. 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Festival set for mentally retarded The fourth annual Hand-in-Hand Festival, a carnival day for mentally retarded children and adults, w ill be held Saturday, July 10, from 11 am to 3:00 p.m . at St. A ndrew C o m munity Center, 806 N.E. Alberta. •‘ We’ve had tremendous response from the com m unity fo r donations, entertainm ent and the volunteers who w ill be paired w ith each o f the retarded p a rtic ip a n ts ," said M ark Picrman, Community Center direct or. "T h e focus o f the festival is to break dow n some o f the barriers that wc som etim es place between ourselves and people with handicaps and to teach us to sec each o ther first as people.” Interested people can still volun teer to participate in the festival by c a llin g St. A ndrew C o m m u n ity Center at 281 4430 or 288-2659. 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