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10 - SANDY (Ora.) POST Thur»., No». 22.1973 (Sac. 1) Parks need lots of TLC: Wildwood gets its snare By Nancy Barker Staff W rite r b ai "Some people think that God 81 is going to look after the park,” rem arked L a rry Gano <* (pronounced Gah-noh'), who tl looks after Wildwood Park in r< Wemme. P Gano. whose official title is Recreation Site Supervisor, believes that p ark management is a full time job, and proves that it pays off. It is because Wildwood is patrolled yearly that dam age is negligible, he feels. "One hour of patrolling is worth three or four hours of clean-up ' declared Gano , who is all for prevention “ If you’re going to keep the park neat, you've got to be there to talk to the people,” he continued. "When they know someone is there, they’re less apt to do things. What we’re doing works here.” r c c * 1 • j t t 1 i I i Some of the things people are ( less apt to do at Wildwood are done at unsupervised parks such as Eagle Creek campsite. Students in the Learning In volvement F o r E xistence program at Wildwood recently were impressed with the small amount of vandalism there compared with that at Eagle Creek, also under G ano’s management. ■'Those kids, who worked with his family in a small trailer at Wildwood five days a three weeks altogether, ac week and spends his days off at complished the equivalent of fiv e m an- home in Salem Eventually ap proxim ately Gano will move his family to a months of work, as done by permanent home at Wildwood park personnel," he added. "It's just inconvenient now," he adm itted, ‘ But th e y 're <BLM> doing all they can. "We're going to get a new, larger trailer to live in until a house can be built ” Gano added that BLM had hired another perm anent employee for Wildwood. This he feels, was necessary, since he is often short-handed. Besides Wildwood and Eagle Creek, he also manages Angel s Rest trail in the Columbia Gorge, and Table Rock trail, The high school students who p a rtic ip a te d cam e fro m several Portland area schools and Sandy High. Gano had high praise for the high-schoolers, who did back breaking jobs such as moving picnic tables weighing 350-400 pounds, and hauling 12 cords of I large logs They did the work well and willingly. “ If anything, the kids were too ambitious,” Gano smiled. “They had races with each other to get the work done. The south of Molalla. competition was quite keen.” This was the reason for the “ The poor kids were soaking involvement of the L .I.F .E . wet at tim es," he continued, “ but if you offered them an were too many maintenance inside job, they wouldn’t take projects, and not enough people it. Sometimes we had to tell to do them, according to Gano, them to work inside, but they because of a cutback in per would sneak out anyw ay!” While the BLM got needed sonnel. jobs done, L .I.F .E . students "We don't have the personnel received a unique education. it takes to maintain the park, "These kids learned that God and do all the work required for doesn't take care of the parks!” this winter," stressed Gano. ■b • w * ? w - "E a g le Creek was nice once,” recalled Gano, “ but it’s a mess now. The damage runs into thousands of dollars. “Once you set a precedent, good or bad, it's hard to change it," he added. "Once a 50 year- old tree is chopped up, you can't replace it. You have to wait another 50 years.” According to Gano, a park that is clean to begin with and regularly patrolled has a strong psychological advantage in the war against litter and van dalism. “I believe that people fail to understand what it takes to maintain a park,” stated Gano, who likes to diplomatically remind Wildwood visitors of their responsibilities. But diplomacy works very well for this park supervisor. He likes to tell about the kids who amused themselves by writing on cement walks with charcoal from the grills He caught them after they had “decorated” quite a few, and took them back to their parents picnic table to chat about their misdemeanors. Instead of kicking them out of the park, he had them scrub their han diwork from the walks. “I didn’t know if I was making any headway’’related Gano, "but when they were through, they said, ‘Hey Larry, R E S ID E N T F A C E -N U Z Z L E R a t Wildwood P ark to W affles, right, shown with friend, L a rry Gano, Recreation Site Supervisor. W affles, who was orphaned when a few weeks old. was a favorite with teenagea L .I.F .E . students working at Wildwood recently. Thanksgiving Day, Fri., Sat., & Sun. Timas: Thanksgiving, Sat. & Sun. Silver Fox, 1:40-5:00-8:20 Mary Poppins, 2:30-5:50-9:10 Timas Friday: Silver Fox 6:30-9:50, Mary Poppins 7:30 only I T ’S H A R D to see underneath the fa r end of the bridge, and it was even harder for the L .I.F .E . students to fortify it with cement, but they did a good job, according to WALT DISNEY’S GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT! Gano. (Poet Photo) Wildwood park closed Wildwood Recreation Site at little earlier next year,” Stated Gano. “ Eventually, we’d like to stay open most of the year, except for two months in the winter.” For in fo rm atio n about Wildwood, call the park office at 622-3696 Those who are interested in picnic and campgrounds open in the winter may call The Bureau of Land M anagem ent d is tric t office in Salem, 1-585-1793. sous Jobs for high school students m was ham m ering edges of fire- shown by Gano. Rim s are now ound for Increased safety. (Post Photo) Speech honors achieved JULIE ANDREWS DICK VAN DYKE DAVID TOMLINSON 6LYNIS JOHNS I r .......... C o m m u n ity c o lle g e Sweepstake honors went to the Mt. Hood forensics team for competition at the University of Oregon in Eugene Nov. 10 and V E R Y H E A V Y Job for students la the L .I.F .E . program was moving these ont- sited logs from picnic area to compound “ They discovered a few new muscles when they did th a t," smiled Gano, who indicates part of 12 cord pile. C U L V E R T S , L IK E this one. were cement decorated) by studenta in the L .I.F .E . program, them from Sandy High. 11. The Sweepstake honor is the first of its kind for Mt. Hood. Tw enty-nine colleges p a r ticipated in the meet with the local speech squad Alice Mammen placed first in serious interpretation and Tim McCoy followed w ith th ird place in extemporaneous speaking Contributing points for the MHCC honor were E m m a Bigelow, Kenneth Gillam. Gail Russell, Bruce Hager, Carol Martin. Dave Tallmon. Larry Watts, Dale Woody, Trudy Solberg and Susan Corning Other recent honors garnered by the Mt Hood team include placing third in debate at the Annual Yakima Valley College Debate-Speech Tournam ent Nov. 2 and 3. ««¡M BAOOElE V • ooiso ■ emu • inossii« • w «.«« • i ws • « , WIS h T m RW • - . W Í*----STMNSON 2nd BIO FEA TUR E • ’ w in n in g co lo r in g contest picture» In our lobby Undersea Mystery "THE NEPTUNE FACTOR' Ban Gazzara, Ernest Borgnina, Y »atta Mimtax & Walter Pidgeon A ce JEM duidi R o d g e r o f th e S M e e 2 0 » Century F o , Penerm on* Color by D » tu i
