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MHCC Masters'
meet set Friday
Sandy River a threat to rafters
F eelin g p re tty sm ug about
y o u r new m e m b e rsh ip in the
Soon a fte r hum ans discovered a cool r iv e r was a nice
place to be on a hot day, sw im m e rs, ra fte rs , canoers
and in n e r-tu b e rs began flo c k in g to the Sandy River.
W ith in the past few years, how ever, the volum e of
boaters
has
increased
d ra m a tic a lly ,
c re a tin g
p ro blem s
C harles
D iecko.
p a rk
m anager at
M u ltn o m a h co u n ty's Oxbow P a rk , said safety and
litte r in g problem s have increased p ro p o rtio n a lly
State M a rin e Board re g u la tio n s state each person
ab oa rd a flo a tin g c ra ft m ust have a life ja cke t and the
c r a ft cannot be overloaded Of the fiv e d ro w m n jp in
M u ltn o m a h county this y e a r.tw o w e re on the Sandy
M i l t - .1 M o n th
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R iv e r
Dennis S tew art of the M ultn om a h County R ive r
P a tro l said the m ain cause of d ro w n ing is the lack of
life ja ckets and proper et^n pm e nt " I t 's a problem
because you ca n 't m ake people w ear life jackets, and
in n e r tubes and some v in y l ra fts are not m eant fo r
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r iv e r u se ."
The stre tch of the Sandy R iv e r between Dodge P ark
and Oxbow P a rk is dangerous, said D iecko. and
boaters who a re im p ro p e rly equipped fre q u e n tly fin d
them selves sw im m in g " A lot of people put in the riv e r
in canoes and they e ith e r lose th e ir canoes or s p lit up
and we have to do a ir rescues
W hat people do n 't know can h u rt them, and D iecko
added people who d o n 't have experience ra ftin g or
don't know the r iv e r a re the ones who get into troub le
R ive r T ra ils of T ro u td a le ren ts heavy-duty rafts, and
ow ner M a ry E dgley said none of her pro p e rly -equipped
renters has been in vo lve d in an accident. "W e 'v e had
people who w e re n 't w e a rin g th e ir life jackets and were
throw n in. but oth erw ise we ha ven 't had any
problem s "
R ive r T ra ils ra fts have six a ir cham bers, so if the
ra ft gets punctures, it w o n 't sin k In n e r tubes and thin-
skinned ra fts are dangerous in w h ite w ater, said
Edgley.
" I f you a re ru n n in g rap id s, you should be on
som ething tha t is durable I f y o u 're not. that s when
accidents happ en ." said E dgley
.And when people are tossed out of th e ir boats, they
shouldn't try to rescue the boat — they should save
them selves fir s t, Edgley added The cold w a te r can
be the rea l d a n g e r."
In the stre tch between Dodge and Oxbow, there are
five m a jo r rap id s, and it should only be atte m p te d w ith
heavy-duty ra fts , said D iecko " I t ’s d e fin ite ly out of the
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The number of rafters, canoers anti inner-tubers on the Sandy has increased dram atically
includ e a r iv e r m ap. w ith descriptions of the distance,
flo u tin g tim e and experience level re q u ire d fo r each
t r ip
T his guide is the only in fo rm a tio n on Sandy R ive r
i it v it in g
lh»-
COUnt>
r iv e r
pa tro l gives slide
presentations to schools and yacht clubs, but has no
oth e r ed uca tion al device
C o m m u n ity
c o lle g e s
o ffe r
w h ite - w a te r
classes, but the m a jo rity of le a rn in g w ill a lw a ys take
place on the riv e r
the h a rd w a y .
litt e r the banks a ll the way to T ro u td a le , and D iecko
said state em ployees clean thx* r iv e r about e ve ry two
weeks
"T o o m any people leave garbage on re a lly nice
beaches The garbage situ a tio n is re a lly g e ttin g out ot
h a n d ," said D iecko. who is also a m em b er of the
N a tu re C o nse rvatory Task F orce
The task fo rce is try in g to c o rre c t problem s on the
Sandy by p rin tin g riv e r guides. "W e put tog ether the
guide fo r people who w ant to r a ft fro m Dodge to Oxbow
and fro m Oxbow to Dabney (S tate P a rk » ," said
D iecko.
The guides, w h ich a re a v a ila b le at Oxbow P a rk.
question fo r canoes
U n fo rtu n a te ly , added D iecko, Dodge P a rk is not
m ain ta in e d by its owner, the c ity of P o rtla n d , and no
one is at the park to enforce safety re g u la tio n s Since
there a re no park em ployees, va n d a lism runs
ram p an t.
F rom de pa rtu re at Dodge P ark, careless boaters
Story, photo courtesy of The Gresham Outlook.
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Sandy has now l(Mt six in a
row , in clu d in g tw o by fo rfe it,
since heating D a vid Douglas
5-3 June 18. The P ioneers’
reco rd dropped to 1-13.
The oth e r fo rfe it cam e at
the hands of M ilw a u k ie last
M onday
S a n d w ic h e d
between the fo rfe its w ere a
17-0 loss to Barlow and a 15-5
loss to P a rk rose
Sandy coach C u rtis Heath
said tha t he intends to pay
back both the B a rlo w and
M ilw a u k ie
b a s e b a ll
p ro g ra m s the m oney it lost
on the fo rfe its .
The Pioneers were never
re a lly in the gam e against
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W a lte r "T h a n e ” Baker, an
O lym p ia n in 1952 and 1956,
w ill ru n In the 100 and 200
B arlow lust Wednesday The
B ruins, scoring in each (rf the
fir s t fou r innings, ro lle d to a
74) lead, then put the game
aw ay w ith a seven run sixth
in nin g
D alan Askew knocked in
two runs in the icxirth for
Sandy w ith a single to rig h t
fie ld on a h it and run play
Ray Snell wxs 2 fo r 4 anti
Bangs had an R B I sln flle
"We ha d v e r y li t t l e
h ittin g ." Heath said " T r o y
Bangs double in the fir s t
in n in g was about our only
th r e a t."
But
it
w as
S a n d y ’s
defensive lapse that k ille d its
chances
Sandy
p itch ers
gave up 14 hits to the Broncos
and the Pioneers c o m m itte d
seven e rro rs to give the
gam e aw ay
Dave C u rra n went 2 fo r 3
and R ick F r y rapped a
double in the seventh txit
pone w ere w ith men on base
The Pioneers had only fou r
h its in the gam e
A ga in st P arkroae F rid a y ,
Sandy once ag ain fe ll prey to
the b ig in n in g The Pioneers,
tr a ilin g 6 2 going in to th e ir
half
of the fo u rth ,
put
tog ether th re e runs to close
the gap to one But the roof
fe ll in on Sandy in the last
tw o fra m e s as P a rk r o e
exploded fo r nine runs to ice
the v ic to ry
"W e played gix>d h u ll u n til
b a s ic a lly
th e
s e v e n th
in n in g ," H eath said "W e did
some good things
h ittin g
and ru n n in g , stealing But we
d id w h a t we have a ll ye a r,
gotten m en on tiase w ith o u t
g e ttin g them in "
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follow s a t a ll
B eginning
next F rid a y ,
Ju ly 6. the top M a s te r's tra ck
c o m p e tito rs in the U n ited
States w ill converge on Mt
Hood C o m m u n ity College for
the AAU M a s te r’s N a tion al
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The youngest p a rtic ip a n ts
in the event w ill lie the sub-
M u ste r's fo lks, those m en
and wom en between 30 and
in
The oldest? L e t's put it this
way
W hen
P o r tla n d 's
C o llis te r W heeler was born,
B e n ja m in H a rris o n was Just
co m p le tin g his te rm as the
23rd president of the U nited
States
The HO ye a r old W heeler
w ill be ru n n in g in the HM)
m eters (w h e re his best tim e
of 1978 was 21 fla t) , the
ja v e lin (6 9 ()i. the discus
(65 0) und the long Jump (7-
6).
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w ant to get up and run
unother y a rd ’’
T his one w ill m ake you feel
even b e tte r Lo uis Peresenyi,
fro m M o n te re y, has entered
the trip le ju m p , long ju m p ,
pole va u lt, shot put. ham m er
th ro w , discus, high Jump
and, ju s t fo r go<id m easure,
the 110-yard hurdles
Peresenyi is 71.
B a k e r is 47. T he 1977
N u tto n a l A A U
M a s te r 's
A th le te of the Year, 77 year-
old H e rb e rt Anderson, w ill
com pete in the pentathlon
Josiah P ackard o l I n
F ra n cisco w ill ru n in the loo,
200 and 400 F ro m 1970 74
P a cka rd , now 75, held his age
gro up 's w o rld records in the
three events
P aul S pangler, an ho yeur-
old fro m San t in s Obispo,
C a lif , w ill show at Hood
S pangler holds the 78 . 79-,
un d
HO-year o ld s
w o rld
records
In the M a ste r’s
m uruthons
Also c o m m itte d a re E d
A ustin, 49, the 1975 W orld
M u ste r's Cham pion,
I ’ hil
B ra d le y, 45. 1977 78 Pan
A m e r ic a n
M a s t e r 's
c h a m p io n ,
and
Huns
B ru h n e r, U S
N a tio n a l
M a ste r's cham pion in the 400
m eters fro m 1978 78
Jam es Holm es. 48, 194H stute
h ig h s ch o o l po le v a u lt
cha m pion w h ile com peting
fo r G resham High w ill lx- on
hand, as w ill Ralph Sutton,
who in 1952 and 1953 won
tin -
P a c ific 8
ja v e lin
c h a m p io n s h ip
w h ile
at
O regon State
One of the m ore e xcitin g
events should lx- the 1A H00
m eters, p ittin g La w re nce
M e a rs
a g u in s t
P ete
R ic h a rd s o n
M e a rs ,
of
G unnison. C o lo , Is past
M a ste r's cha m pion of the
D rake. Kunsas and Texas
relays, and in 1975 was W orld
M a ste r's cha m pion in the 1A
800.
R ic h a rd s o n
w as
th e
N a tio n a l A A U
M a s te r 's
cha m pion in 1975 78
Opening cerem onies w ill
he at 3 p m F rid a y , w ith
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beg i n n m g
im m e d ia te ly a fte rw a rd and
c o n tin u in g
at
10 a m .
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