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6-S A N D Y (Ote ) POST Thur».. June 9. 1977 (See 2)
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Reading instructor retires
after 25 years in district
Sandy Elementary School
reading teacher Marj. Spahr
says she doesn't have any
special
plans
fo r
her
retirement.
“ I ’m just ready to take life
easier and not be someplace at
K a m
said the 25 year
veteran
of
the
Sandy
Elementary District.
Mrs Spahr was recently
honored at a retirement dinner
organized by her co-workers in
the
Sandy
In term ediate
Building
“ This is a great staff,” Mrs
Spahr said “ They're friendly
and cooperative It’s easier to
do your own job when you feel
like people are working with
you ”
The guest lis t of the
retirement dinner, which was
held at the Cattle Company in
.
> i.
.
Gresham, read like a who's
who of the Sandy District.
Harry Harvie, who served as
superintendent principal in the
1950s, was there. Past Supt.
Clyde Sutherland was also at
the dinner, as well as present
Supt Clark Lund
Mrs. Spahr taught for five
years in a one room school
house in Nebraska before
coming to Oregon with her
husband in the nud- 1930s
There, Mrs Spahr taught 13-15
students in “ possibly eight
different grades “
She came to this area in 1947
and taught for three years in a
two-room school at Dover. She
also taught one year at the
Sandy Kidge building There
were four teachers in that
building then
Mrs. Spahr taught special
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Or f five
iv e
education
in t the
district
years and for the pust eight
years has served us a reading
teacher w ith the special
education department. One of
her duties has been supervising
Title I tutors who worked with
children in reading and math
She received her education at
Kearney Teachers College and
was awarded a bachelor degree
from
Oregon College of
Education. She gained her
master degree at Portland
State University.
Mrs Spahr and her husband,
Ben. moved to Oregon prior to
World War 11 so her husband
could work in the shipyards in
Portland He was a welder by
occupation.
He also plans to retire this
year after 33 years of owning
the 12 Mile Welding Shop in
Gresham.
flit
“ 1 wanted to retire the same
time he did,” Mrs Spahr said.
Mrs Spahr said she has seen
some differences in children
through the years. “ But yet,
kids are kids,“ she added.
“ Some behavior patterns do
chunge. but the wants and
needs are the same “
The biggest change she’s
seen in the Sandy district is
growth
“ I t ’s grown from a small
school district to quite a
sizeable d is tric t," Mrs Spahr
said She added that she sees a
trend to coordinate school
curriculum.
Mrs Spahr and
her husband have three
children: Mrs. Clyde Bobbins
<Loy>, Boring. Terry Spahr,
Oregon C ity; and Lee Spahr,
Sandy
Margaret Wallen fulfilled
after teaching 20 years
by Sue Lafky
post editor
After 20 years of teaching,
Margaret Wallen feels fulfilled
“ 1 feel that I have fulfilled
my position of teaching," said
the Firwood special education
teacher who w ill end her career
at the end of this week “ It's
time to go on to something
else."
For Ms. Wallen, who has
lived in Gresham since 1953,
that something else w ill include
spending tim e w ith her
property, flowers and a poodle
named Pierre.
Because of her love of
animals, she may do volunteer
work at the zoo. She also plans
to do volunteer work with
confined senior citizens and in
crime prevention
Part of her motivation for
doing crime prevention work is
her concern for young people.
“ Teaching has been very
rewarding." she said. “ I feel
children are our most valuable
national resource so I feel
teaching has been an important
position."
Ms. Wallen is concerned
with the changes she's seen in
children in the past 20 years
"M y worry is the lack of
enthusiasm toward learning
and the tendency for vandalism
and destruction," Ms. Wallen
said “ But I think if we have
time to spend with each child,
we can turn it around
“ Our penitentiaries are filled
with excellent minds," she
added. "A mind is a terrible
thing to waste."
Ms. Wallen objects to the
trend in education to give
teachers more paperwork and
record keeping.
“ This provides less time to
spend with students who seem
to feel the need to ta lk." Ms.
Wallen noted."They love to tell
about their plans and ex
periences "
Her youth was spent on a 40-
acre farm in Southern Oregon
with her parents and brothers
—a time of “ freedom and
happiness "
During her retirement, Ms.
Wallen hopes to spend some
time with her brothers in
Southern Oregon at the fam ily
gold mine that’s been in her
fam ily for 80or 90 years.
Her brothers aren’t working
the mine, she said.
Mer|. Spahr
I t ’s used as a fam ily retreat
One of the highlights of her
career was a retirement dinner
—just for fun
In 1943, Ms Wallen joined on May 26 arranged by friends
the US. A ir Force as a medic, at Firwood
"M y friends at Firwood are
serving in Palm Springs, Calif.,
very, very precious,'' she said.
as well as London and France.
“ Teaching in Sandy has been
On a trip with a Stars and
Stripes courier to Strasbourg. a pleasure," and she especially
France, she saw vehicles / has enjoyed the rural setting
“ Sandy is such a beautiful
destroyed in World War II
battles She recalled scenes of place."
Her formula for success in
large
French
M orrocan
soldiers in th e ir co lo rfu l teaching is to "set a goal, keep
Clackamas County deputies,
uniforms with huge swordlike individuality, self-confidence, in the midst of a heated labor
enthusiasm
and
deter dispute in which they are
knives.
In 1947 she was assigned to mination."
asking the county for a 19 per
Keeping a sense of humor cent package wage increase,
the M ilitary A ir Transport
and play is also important, she may become the only county
Service as a flight hostess.
Later, she went into teaching. added
employes without a contract for
"W e should accom plish the coming year unless the
She did her undergraduate
work
at P ortland State anything we want to,”
Ms dispute is resolved
University and received her Wallen noted. "We may have to
The deputies* demands,
master’s degree in 1970 from w ait awhile, but nothing is which they say w ill make up for
Oregon State University.
impossible.
two years of austerity by the
County Commissioners, have
been referred as "blue sky"
demands in which they “ ask for
the moon" by Clackamas
County labor negotiator Dr
Kent Codings
A ll other county employes
except deputies and public
works personnel earlier ac
cepted a 7.5 per cent pay hike
from the county.
But the deputies, who claim
they are being asked to fight an
increasing crime rate at an
inferior salary, have flatly
turned down a 6 4 per cent wage
boost offer from the county.
Darrell L. Cornelius, chief
negotiator for the deputies, has
charged the county w ith
“ reneging” on a promise to
increase their wage offer if the
deputies
lowered
th eir
demands
He also said that the county
has not been bargaining in good
faith
To increase pressure on the
County deputies
caught in dispute
Adjustment board
to review requests
Margaret Wallen
Summer band open to students
The Sandy E lem entary
School D istrict summer band
program w ill begin Monday,
June 13, and run through
Thursday, J u ly 21. The
program is open to all students
in the greater Sandy area
Students may either pur
chase or rent a musical in
strument for the program, and
private instruction w ill be
available.
T u itio n fees are being
collected in the district ad
ministration office Monday
through Friday 8 to 5 p.m.
Students may present their
tuition fees when reporting to
the first class session which
w ill he held in the music room
of the upper elementary school.
For more information and
class schedules call the ad
ministration office at 668 5541.
The Clackamas County Board
of Adjustment w ill review
several local requests for land
use modifications at their next
meeting on June 13.
In one, Fred Wickersham of
Sandy has asked to split two 1.7
acre lots from a larger parcel
and develop them for non-farm
residential use The lot, on the
south side of Trubel Road, is
currently zoned for farm use
only
In another application,
Howard Herman has asked to
develop a lot for single family
residential use The lot is
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county, the deputies called a
press conference for Wed
.nesday morning. June 8. on the
steps of the county courthouse
“ We intend to bring the* facts
before the people," said union
representative Sgt. H.C. “ Hip'
Rippberger “ If we can put our
problem in front of the people
we're protecting in our county
they may put enough pressure
on the County Commission to
pay us a decent wage.”
M e a n w h ile ,
c o u n tv
negotiator Collings said the
union has asked for a 23 per
cent pay hike Instead nf the 15
they have claimed to have
asked and called their request
fo r free fring e benefits
"whipsawing,“ a tactic in
which one group asks for higher
pay one year while another
asks for more fringe benefits
The next year, each points to
what the other has and wants it
also, Collings said.
In an attempt to resolve the
dispute, both sides w ill go
before a fact-finder at 9:30
Thursday morning in Salem.
Roes Runkel, a University of
Willamette law professor, w ill
hear the closed session, which
Collings said w ill deal with the
nitty-gritty of economics.
Still, an easy solution is not
expected, and it could be a
month before the fact-finder’s
report is made
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located on 422nd Ave , not far
from Oral Hull Rd , and Is now
zoned for farm use only.
In a third application. Glenn
and Renee Jenkins would like
to place a mobile home on a lot
off River Dr. in the Zigzag area
while they are building a
permanent structure.
The Board of Adjustment w ill
review these and other requests
at their meeting in Rm 201 of
the county courthouse in
Oregon City.
Four receive
blue ribbons
Four Sandy youngsters
received blue ribbons at the
recent 4-H Fun (d) Fair pre-fair
presentation contest, reported
la u re l Stulken, Clackamas
County Extension Agent.
Presentations are 4-H ac
tivities that give members a
chance to visually and orally
explain a project or hobby to a
live audience
Sandy winners in the »
In te rm ed ia!'
and Senior
divisions were Chentcll Flatt
and Yvonne Daughetec.
Junior division blue stripe
winners were Steve Nelson and
Parker Daughrtpe,
A d d itio n
In last week's story of old
newspapers in the Sandy area,
The Post mentioned L.E.
Hoffman’s son still resided in
Sandy, Actually, it has been
brought to our attention that a
second son. Walter, also lives in
the Sandy area
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