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Burns sets Bull Run
closure for Nov. 24
Federal Judge James M. Burns Tuesday
ordered that Bull Run Reserve be closed to
recreation and any new logging
developments effective Nov. 24
The federal decree ends, at least tem
porarily, tlie three-year-old lawsuit that
attempted to ban logging and recreation in
the reserve,
However, under the provisions of Burns’
decree, logging w ill be phased out over a
period of about five years rather than
having an immediate ban imposed on
logging in the reserve. Burns cited the
lessening of adverse financial effect on the
six counties that will lose timber revenue
because of the ban.
The revenue is estimated at $1.5 million
yearly, with almost half of it going to
Clackamas County. Charles Merten, at
torney for Dr. Joseph L. Miller, one of the
persons bringing the lawsuit, argued that
Egging could be eliminated immediately
with no adverse financial effect because of
THE S A .\I)\ Union High School drama
department will sponsor the production of
"Once Upon A Mattress" Thursday
through Saturday at N p.m. in the SUHS
Tickets for the 8 p.m performances in
the SUHS commons w ill be available at the
door.
Director and choreographer Margaret
Trachsel said the cast for the musical
comedy has been rehearsing since the end
of September.
She called the cast a well balanced, easy
to work with group and said by opening
night she expects that they w ill have jelled
intoa cohesive ensemble
Playing lead roles are Ti«a Smith as
Winifred tne Woebegone, Dave Doty as
Prince-Dauntless the Drab, Donna Orcutt
as Queen Aggravain, and Chris England as
King Sextimus the Silent.
"We play the characters quite broadly
and go with the names," Mrs Trachsel
said
Supporting actors are Ellen Lamm, Dan
Brown, Dave Ligitich, Bob Lowe and Mike
Spnggel.
Dale Beatty w ill be featured singing the
beautiful ballad "Many Moons Ago" for
City Council to discuss
future LID procedure
The Sandy City Council will discuss
procedure for future Local Improvement
Districts at their 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov.
22, meeting at City Hall.
Sandy City Manager Paul Helton said
the council w ill also hear progress reports
onLIDs2and4
LID 2 involves improvements in the
McCormick Avenue area southeast of
Cedar Plaza
LID 4 involves the city parking district
between Proctor and Pioneer and is
bordered by Shelley Avenue and Sharon’s
Food King.
LID 2 w ill provide services for the
proposed Franklin Heights development.
A 56-lot subdivision consisting of single
this week to go over the impact of the
decree with our attorneys,’’ she said
Clackamas County and a number of
timber companies have asked to be named
as defendants, however, and Heisler said
there "almost certainly w ill be appeal" by
one of them.
Burns ruled in July that recreation and
lugging in the 42,000-acre portion of the
reserve violated the 1904 Bull Run
Trespass Act. The reserve is located in the
Mt Hood National Forest and is the
source of Portland s water, which in turn
contracts water service to Gresham.
Gresham is currently studying alter
natives for an independent source of
water The moot likely sources are ground
wells and the Clackamas River.
Heisler said the Forest Service will
enforce the closure by locking gates,
posting signs and initiating patrols to keep
unauthorized persons out of the area.
The Pacific Crest T rail w ill be exempt
from the ban.
commons. Pictured is leading lady Donna
Orcutt, acting as Queen Aggravain and
David Ligatich, who plays the Wizard.
More pictures on page 7.
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Drama department readies
'Once Upon a Mattress'
"Once Upon a Mattress," a musical
take-off on the fairy tale. "The Princess
and the Pea," will be performed by the
Sandy Union High School drama depar
tment, Nov. 18-20.
a 47 million board foot increase in the
allowance cut over all of the Mt. Hood
National Forest.
The board foot increase is expected to
take effect over the next 10 years.
However, Burns ruled that contracts
"m ay be performed in accordance with
their terms and applicable Forest Service
regulations.** It is estimated that existing
logging contracts run into 1980
The Forest Service was named defen
dant in the lawsuit, according to Ann
Heisler, director of the Office of Infor
mation for the Forest Service. She said the
decree can be appealed within 90 days, but
it w ill not be up to the Forest Service to
appeal. She said the solicitor general in
Washington, D.C. makes the decision on an
appeal.
Although the service can make a
recommendation on an appeal, Heisler
said it is unknown what the recom
mendation w ill be "We’ll be meeting later
family dwellings is proposed for that
approximately 15-acre area There is also
a possibility that a small apartment unit
will be built in the back of the subdivision
The property adjacent to LID 2 is owned
by Hood View Builders, Inc
Kent Cox, engineer for the Franklin
Heights development, said he expects
construction on most of the proposed
homes w ill start late next summer after
property improvements are completed. It
is possible that a maximum of eight homes
bordering the LID could be built sometime
this winter
The City Council w ill also discuss a
nuisance abatement involving the Dahrens
property on Pleasant Street.
the opening of the show. Carrie Thompson
is cast as the Bird of Samarkand.
laidies are played by Dawn Burt, Penny
Curtis, Lois Eblen, Zoe Nakunz, Heidi
Sather, Kristi Sather and Patty Wynhoff.
Knights are played by Kurt Brewster,
Shawn O'Hara, Jim Russell, Greg Tebo,
Mike Trachsel and Gary Williams.
Serving Wench is Connie Swinford and
pages are Matt Simoms and Mike Ward
Mrs. Trachsel said students are also
playing key roles in prodnetng.
h
Shannon Ellis» serving as student director.
She is aided by Tammy Portis, assistant
director and stage manager.
Ellice Guidron and Kathy Russell have
been serving as student choreographers
and acting as ladies in the show
New members of the faculty who are
assistng with the production are Jean
Bondly, math teacher and one-time
professional dancer, who is serving as
choreographer of two musical numbers;
and Donna Levack, a teacher of in
strumental and vocal music, who is voice
and ensemble director
David Apple is technical director for the
show.
G reat Way To The M t. H ood P laygrou n d
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SANDY. OREGON. THURSDAY. NOV. 18. 1976
No 47
Manslaughter charges dropped
in 'quick draw’ incident
Second-degree manslaughter charges
against a Timberline Ixxlge cook were
dismissed by District Court Judge Charles
Sams Tuesday morning when the state
was unprepared to proceed with a
preliminary hearing.
Bernard Waters III was arrested last
Friday after the shooting death of a 30-
year-old Hillsboro resident. Jack Lee
Warren.
Waters w ill be subject to rearrest if the
grand jury returns an indictment
State Police said an apparent "quick
draw" contest between Waters and
Warrens in a Government Camp motel
room resulted in Warren’s death.
Police said Warren’s 8-year-old son
apparently watched the incident
Waters surrendered to a resident state
patrol trooper in Government Camp
Friday and showed police the motel room
where Warren’s body was found.
Warren was shot in the chest with a .357
caliber pistol Friday night in a room at the
Mt Hood Motel. Warren reportedly was
holding a 357 Huger but police could not
say if the gun was loaded
Motel manager Jack Druse said Warren
came in about 8 p.m. Friday and asked for
a room for himself, his son and a third
person. Kruse said Warren paid him the
$20 fur the room and took the key.
The manager said that was the last he
saw of him Kruse said he did not hear a
shot.
Defense attorney Tom Barnett said in
district court Tuesday that he views the
apparent "quick draw " contest which left
Warren dead as a ‘‘tragic incident.’’
‘‘No one appears more shaken by it than
Waters,” he added
A spokesman at Timberline Lodge said
Waters was a pantry cook and lived in staff
quarters at the lodge.
An investigation of the incidence is
continuing.
Proposed development
subject of public bearing
A public hearing concerning a proposed
5.7 acre commercial development for the
Wemme area will be held by the
Clackamas County Planning Commission
at7 p.m Monday, Nov. 22.
Steven Sweitzer has asked that property
located on the southwest corner of the
intersection of Welches Road and Highway
26 be changed from recreational
residential zoning to planned commercial.
Sweitzer said he hopes to develop the
property with a restaurant, bank, general
store, delicatessen, bakery, shops, office,
60 hotel units and a park
Ronald Stangel of the Clackamas County
Planning Department told The Post that
the development would involve a western
theme with a rustic appearance. The
proposed name of the development is
Sweitzer’s M ill on Mt. Hood.
The architect for the proposed site plans
was John I^arson of Portland.
Stangel said the 60 unit hotel complex
would be integrated as part of the overall
development.
The application and record for the
proposed development is available for
inspection in the office of the Clackamas
County Planning Department in Oregon
City weekdays from 8:30 a m. to 5 p.m.
The hearing will be held in court room 7
of the Clackamas County Courthouse in
Oregon City.
Fire department sees
increase in alarms
'Die Sandy Rural Fire Department
expects to have an increase of more than
100 alarms for 1976.
Department information officer Don
Armintrout told The Post that the
department has had 521 calls during 1976.
I^ast year there was a total of 465 calls He
said the department w ill probably have
about 570 calls by the end of the year.
Armintrout attributed the additional
calls to an increased population for the
area and greater public awareness of
department services.
According to Armintrout, many area
residents didn’t realize the fire depart
ment offered first aid services until two or
three years ago.
Right now there are 11 department
volunteers who have been taking advanced
first aid training for the past two or three
months.
PAULA BROW NING and Tim M iller sit
together in third grade elaNsroom during 15
minutes of silent reading.
(Post photo)
Silence is golden
Firwood third graders read
Silence is golden for 15 minutes each school weekday in
three Firwood School third grade classes.
Firwood teachers Gary Albers, John Hall and Charlotte
Brinser have set aside that time for children in the open
classroom building to have a daily reading time called
Uninterrupted, Sustained, Silent Reading.
During this time students choose a book or magazine of
their choice, find a comfortable place to sit and read.
No one talks, including the teacher,” said Firwood
School Principal Verne Buhler.
Io set an example of the importance of reading, the
teachers participate in the silent reading along with the
students for 15 minutes.
" I t ’s understood that everyone will read and they do it,”
said Buhler. ‘‘Reading together shows the child the Im
portance of the reading activity.”
Buhler said Firwood’s reading program is a phonetic
based, skill-oriented program made up of three phases.
The first phase involves skill training and teaching
phonics and letter sounds.
The second phase features practice of these skills in
reading books.
The practical application of these learned skills is made
through reading library books, magazines and other
reading materials.
The uninterrupted reading is part of the third phase
Buhler said programs similar to this have been done in
other schools and there are sim ilar programs in other
classes at Firwood.
These three teachers decided to emphasize the in
dividualized reading program at the same time each day
to stress the importance of reading to the students. With
no walls separating the classes in the open building,
students see more than their own classmates with their
nose in a book.
Buhler said enthusiasm for reading has increased since
the program began and suggested that families might
want to try a regular quiet time for reading in their
homes.
"B ut it means parents would also have to sit down and
read, too,” he said. ‘ ‘If parents won’t read, the kids won’t
think it’s important either.”
STUDENTS CAN sit or recline during
reading time, just so they’re reading.
(Post photo)