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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
The festival is sponsored by St.
Andrew Com m unity Center, the As
so cia tio n fo r Retarded C itizens,
Special P astoral Services o f the
Archdiocese o f Portland, and Paci
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