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About Sandy post. (Sandy, Oregon) 1938-current | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1978)
4 - SANDY (O rt .) POST Thurs., Apr 12. 1978 (Sac 2) Hapless hom em aker: Dad's birthday a 24-hour m arathon schedule that the Bionic Man would have to think about At the end of the day he invariably says, "1 don’t seem to be able to do as much as I used t o ” But he brightens when I tell him I'm worn out just listening to all he did in one day. With his ego rejuvenated, he jogs out the door to mow the lawn and paint the shutters before the sun goes down T h is summer your mother and I are going to play tennis every morning You can’t have your old bicycle back either. because both of us are going to start riding bikes to work, ” he adds for emphasis When Mom’s birthday rolls around, we kids take a breather. All she asks for is a nde to work and dinner out. Dad’s favorite remonstrance to us always started •One of these d a y s . " The rest of the rebuke was multiple choice Phrases like after I m gone and “ you’ll look back and see ’ filled m the blanks depending on the situation Of course. Dad was always right After all. he d been living a lot longer than we had As the years went by, though, we learned not to stress the age factor. The big problem came on birthdays The day he turned 50 he looked up to his four grown children and announced. " I may be 50 years old today but I can still handle all of you.” He meant it. Now when birthdays come Dad takes a different tactic The day of his birthdav he deliberately plans a Immunization clinic set at Firwood Clackamas County Health Department will have an im m unization clinic from 2 : » to 5:30 p m ., Thursday. A p ril 20 at Firwood Elementary School C hildren must be ac companied by a parent The Since our phone number was not in cluded in the phone book, it is listed here for your con venience. Dr. Tom Wright 666-4531 Wa r* in «*• Crw thw n O in k ot S7S t 2nd. O rw h w n A fee for the injection will be waived if co6t is a factor, according to Joyce Kramer, school nurse ‘ It has been demonstrated that the vaccine for hard measles 1 red measles or rubella) given prior to 1969 does not give a lasting im m unity," Kram er noted. The nurse explained that a new vaccine called MMR (m easles, mumps and rubella) is recommended for children who have not received this vaccine or the measles vaccine since 1969 If it has been five years or longer since the child has had a tetanus booster, the in jection may be administered at the clinic, she said. For an appointment at the regular health department immunization clinics, phone 1-800-452-6382, extension 567 Retired educators meet at Oral Hull The Barlow Trail Chapter of Retired Educators will meet at Oral Hull Park for the Blind in Sandy on Wednesday, April 19 Alice Bankston will speak and show slides of the park’s activities at the 2 p m session Club member Maude Johnson was recently honored at a Oregon Retired E d u c a t o r ’ s A s so c ia tio n assembly in Beaverton She S P E C IA L W E L C O M E fc E V E F Jb N E NO TICKET NEEDED TO VISITORS SUNDAY HOOOLANP LUTHERAN CHURCH A PRIL 16, |O AM. £ o serving as alternates Member Evelyn Krebs has been named chairman of the T e le p h o n e A s s u ra n c e program through the Sandy Senior Center. was honored for her many hours of volunteer work Mrs Johnson and Clyde Sutherland were delegates to the session, with Ruth Baumback and Alice Will Energy Expo set at CCC The second annual C la c k a m a s C o m m u n ity C o lle g e E x p e r im e n t a l E n e rg y Exposition w ill feature ideas that are not only good fo r the en vironment. but will also save the user money. The exposition will be Friday and Saturday, April 21 and 22, and will have displays on solar panels ana collectors, woodstoves and insulation tips. There will also be ap propriate technologies on display of special interest to the owners of small farms. These include uses of wind energy and composting toilets League bands to compete LO CD Mt. Hood Com m unity College will host high school league band competition Wednesday and Thursday. The Metro League Band Festival will he Wednesday . O □ with Wilco League Band F e s tiv a l c o m p e t it io n Th u rsd a y in the college theatre F o r m ore inform ation, phone 667-7155 f I«. * Spring blossoms Trees need protection in hom e building areas Old, established trees are being gradually killed away by ignorance “ In new home building areas, the trees that make the site so attractive are usually damaged so badly during the construction of the house that their days are numbered from the time the first equipment moves into the ya rd ,” said Ray Mc Neilan. urban horticulture extension agent Bulldozers running over the root area, backhoes digging through the root system, trucks knocking the bark off the trunks all take their toll. “ Normal soil drainage and aeration is often changed by paving, fillin g or com p a c tin g ," M cNeilan said. “ Unfortunately for the tree it is a slow death and the tree may not finally give up until some years following the construction of the house.” Oftentimes the first inkling the home buyer has that the valued trees are in trouble is when they start dying limb by limb or when the tree simply doesn’t leaf out in the spring By then the damage is done and it is too late to save the tree for anything but firewood “ If you are reading this before building a home in a grove of old trees, McNeilan suggests you send for bulletin No 104. “ Protecting Shade Trees During Home Construction". Write to “Trees” , P.O. Box 1261, Portland. OR 97207 “ The time spent reading this bulletin might help save your valuable trees,” he adds. Spring is time for fishin' Spring means one thing to a dedicated fisherman - time to remove his favorite rod from the closet, stock up on artificial flies, and hang up that sign proclaiming Gone Fishin’.’’ To encourage this time- honored tradition, members of the Flyfishers Club of Oregon w ill present an Anglers Show at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry on Saturday and Sunday, April 15-16 „ DemonstpaUons, beginning at 14 a m agdgoingon until 4 p.m. each day of the show, will cover the art of dressing steelhead flies, trout flies, and dry flies, as well as splicing flyline and tying leader knots. Rod-making and cane work will also be demonstrated Show chairman Cal Cole says a table with vices and materials for fly tying will be set up in OMSI's Hall of the Northwest for any4 visitors who would like to try their hands at tying flies Th is second annual Anglers Show at OM SI, sponsored by the Flyfishers Club of Oregon, will take place in OM SI’s Hall of the Northw est Saturday and Sunday. April 15 and 16. with live demonstrations from 10 a m to 4 p m both days There is no additional charge, after the regular OMSI admission. / College sets art display The College Center at Mt Hood C om m unity College will display the paintings of Tom Askman May 1 through 19 Hours are 8 a m . to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday. Askman combines familiar environm ents (kitchens, backyards, stages) with symbolic elements such as larger-than-life diamonds and rabbits. The resulting multi-faceted and eccentric situations are painted in a Boring man has lead in Neil Simon play Boring resident Ken Fox is currently playing a leading role in Clackamas Com munity College Theater's presentation of Neil Simon’s “ God’s Favorite." playing through April 16 In addition to the current production, he has appeared in such plays as “The Fantasticks.” "O u r Tow n," “ The Count of Monte Christo.” and “ Merton of the Movies ” He has also directed Fox has taken on the role of Joe Benjamin, his first theatric productions for the leading role in the several Lane County Community dramatic productions he has Theatre in Crow, Oregon Showtimes fo r " G o d ’s appeared in. Favorite" are 8 p.m. on Fox. 55. taught at Sandy Friday and Saturday and 3 Elementary School for 13 p m Sunday For ticket information call years ending in 1974. He c u rre n tly works in a the theater box office at 656- 2638. extension 356 bookstore realistic style, with an air brush and stencil. “ My work is about levels, facets of personality, per sonal dilem as, b a rrie rs, decoys, inner and outer space, dangling carrots, consequences,’ ’ said Ask man Askm an, who is from Colorado currently teaches at the University of Northern t V Iowa, Cedar Falls The exhibit is circulated by Visual Arts Resources of the University of Oregon Art Museum in Eugene Public and private agencies, in cluding the Oregon Arts Commission. Friends of the Museum, and the National Endowment for the Arts, support the traveling exhibit program H \ •¿1-^ REMODELING SPECIALISTS License 11000010786 INSURED • BONDED ï -< CLARK HALL LESEDGREN 6 6 8 -7 4 9 1 Sfyk i» runi ¿» w i «Utyteuy ihwiMMi, located at 3 8 7 7 6 Proctor Blvd. Sandy, Oregon REMODELING • ADDITIONS • KITCHENS • BATHS • PATIOS • PLANNING A DESIGN* Neighbors Helping Neighbors Professional Escrow and Title Service Title Insurance Co. of Oregon 38925 Proctor (Box 444) Sandy 668-4161 I . « and Kuby Langlois Langlois wins Hawaii trip Lou and Ruby Langlois were the winners of a Hawaiian holiday sponsored by Carlson Chevrolet in conjunction with the recent Chevrolet National Sales Contest I Lou sold 59 new and used cars and trucks at Carlson Chevrolet during the Jan 21- April 10 contest period and will receive a week in the sun at the Whaler on the island of Maui.
