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Thur»., Feb 21, IWO ( S t . 2) SANDY (Ore ) P O $ ^ ^ ci Dance team prepares for league contest by St ZANNE JONES Sandy dance team, called Sandy Footnotes, w ill participate in a dance competition at Gladstone High School March 1. The Footnotes w ill be competing against other dance teams in the Timber Valley league An afternoon and an evening final session are planned. Most teams have rooting sections at the competition. The Footnotes hope to see many Sandy supporters with lots of spirit on hand,” adviser Ieslie Crockwell said. Teams w ill be judged on dance skill, variety, execution, costumes and sportsmanship. Winners w ill be given trophies. Footnote members who participated on the dance team last year are co- captam Liz Hall, senior; co-captain J ill Tone, junior; and Cindy Bowman, senior. The team roster includes four more juniors — Debbie Poublon, Paula Woster, Chantel F latt and Carolyn Douglas. The remainder are sophomores — Ialian Muff, alternate captain; Cindy Tuttle; Suzanne Jones; Kathy Poublon; Kathy Swanson; Trudy Brown; Denise Shokey; Tina Britton; and Keri Hyde. “ I hope this competition w ill prepare the girls for state competition this spring,” Mrs. Crockwell remarked. Nederhiser wins wings by T IM SYTSMA Bert Nederhiser, senior, received the rank of Eagle Scout last week in a formal ceremony in the Sandy High Commons. The award was given following a potluck dinner of Sandy area Boy Scouts and their families. It took Bert just under three years to accomplish the requirements for all the Etoy Scout awards. Son of M r and Mrs. Lou Nederhiser of Sandy, Bert followed in his brother John’s footsteps. John, a junior at Portland State University, also earned his Eagle Scout rank during his senior year in high school. Itert made many long hikes to earn points for his rank, but his major project was singing and playing guitar to entertain the children at the Shrine Hospital for Crippled Children in Portland Playing guitar for seven years and banjo for three and a half years, he is a member of the high school Jazz Ensemble and accompanist for the Pionaires This year he was one of five instrumentalists performing for the production of “ Godspell.” A member of National Honor Society, Bert has also been involved in many other activities besides Scouting and music. He joined the school newspaper staff as a columnist this year. His columns were called “ Ned Said” and “ Just Jocking Around,” both examples of satirical writing. He also joined the track team this year. Bert plans to continue his education possibly on an ROTC scholarship and go into electronics. Bert received two congratulatory letters from Senator Mark Hatfield and Governor Vic Atiyeh which were read at the ceremony. Band members to play in District competition Five Sandy instrumental students w ill compete in the D istrict 2 solo and ensemble contest next Saturday at Portland State University. The top two or three soloists on each instrument from each district w ill be chosen to participate in the state contest. “ We have one or two likely can didates to go to state,” band director Janna Leuthold said. Competing from Sandy are senior K it Howell on trombone, junior Dale Goracke on tuba, sophmores Dean Barker on alto sax and Pam Cansler on flute, and freshman Brian Buhler on flute. Japanese students and teacher coming to Sandy pose with Principal Nishikawa (fourth from left in front row). Sitting: Peters wins chairmanship Senior Bert Nederhiser plays guitar in Sandy High Jazz Band. KGW team faces faculty Twelve Sandy High faculty men w ill battle the KGW No-Stars basketball team at 8 p.m. next Monday in the Sandy gym. Admission is $2 for adults and $1.50 for students. The money raised w ill be added to the choir fund to help finance a trip for the group. Cheerleading w ill be provided by several female teachers while teachers Ed Hug and Lynn Harris w ill serve as referees. Dr. Jack Peters has been appointed chairman of a $250,000 grant under the Federal Comprehensive Employment Training Act to employ 200 han dicapped students from the Portland Metropolitan Area, Coos Bay and Baker, Sandy High w ill act as agents, hiring a project director, three coordinators and a part-time bookkeeper to run the program. The project w ill run March 1 through September 20, placing handicapped students in private industry at $3.10 per hour plus any fringe benefits the company may pay a temporary em ployee. H irum i Watanabe, Hiroko ühkubo, Shiro Yamaguchi, Nishakawa, Harumi Shimada, Naoko Nakatani. Standing: Japanese to visit Sandy three weeks by KATHY HOOVER Eleven Japanese students and a teacher w ill arrive in Sandy March 6 for a three-week visit. The group includes one boy and 10 girls. The visitors w ill live in the homes of Sandy students and attend classes with their hosts. These students are part of a con tinuing student exchange program, begun in 1973, between Sandy High and Sosa Senior High School in Yokaichiba, Japan. Seventy-eight Japanese students have come to Sandy while 43 Eighteen Sandy High vocalists and the Bel Cantist (small ensemble) w ill be competing Saturday in a solo and ensemble contest at Portland State University. Christie E lliott, scholar and athlete, is looking forward to attending college next fall. She’s hoping for a scholarship to a large university where she plans to study physical education. She thinks she'd like to teach as a career. An all-league spiker in volleyball and a track star in the 100, 200 and 400, Christie's hobby is running. She played two years on the varsity volleyball team and has competed three years on the varsity track team. She w ill be one of the track stars again this spring. A good student, Christie was inducted into the National Honor Society this year. Eiesides running, she enjoys school work, antiques, church youth group activities and playing the piano. In addition to all these activities, Christie works in an antique shop in Portland. Christie is from the Redland area. Band concert on schedule Sandy in s tru m e n ta lis ts have scheduled a free public concert at 7:30 p.m. next Wednesday in the school Commons. All bands, totaling 150 students, w ill perform and several soloists are ex pected to be on the program, according to director Janne leuthold. Howell musician, athlete by AUDREY CHAPMAN Allen “ K it” Howell, senior at Sandy, is a well-rounded individual He par ticipates in three choirs, two bands and track competition Singing since he was 8 or 9 years old, Kit began vocal lessons about two years ago. At the school he sings baritone in the Pionaires and Symphonic Choir. He was accepted this fall as a member of the Portland Symphonic Choir In December he performed with the Portland Choir in the “ Messiah ” He was also chosen for the All-State High School Choir this year from Sandy His instrumental talents developed eight years ago when he picked up the trombone and joined the grade school band He has been first chair trombone since his sophomore year in both the Jazz Band and the Wind Ensemble at the school. K it also has been a member of the cross country and track teams at Sandy for three years He was number one on Sandy’s cross country team with a best time of 16.20 this year for the home course He competes in the endurance events — 800. 1,500 and 3,000 meter races in which he has compiled good times. With a GPA of 3.71, K it became a member of national Honor Society his junior year This year he has served as club vice-president. K it has been accepted for next fall at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington; however, he has not chosen a major yet. He keeps busy in the summer working as a logger with his father. Host families include in the Sandy area the Dr. Boyd Cranes, Vernon Oldfields, Walter Von Bergens, Don Goulds, Rich Teplicks and Burrell Jacksons; in Brightwood area the Ralph Grandys, Kerry Browns and Stephen Mcl^ellans; and in the Boring area, the Glen Tuttles. The teacher, Shiro Yamaguchi, w ill be hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Hermanson of Boring- Gresham area. Wedding bells are ringing loudly at Sandy. Jeannie Surmeyer, argiculture instructor, married Daniel Rossos, hardware salesman of Portland, last Saturday. The ceremony was held at the Damascus Community Church. Lon Welsh, a lte rn a tiv e school teacher, w ill m arry Jina Maness of Portland March 15. The ceremony w ill be held at the Zigzag cabin of Welsh’s parents. The bride-to-be is a student at Eastern Oregon School of Education. Math department chairman Glen Smith is scheduled to m arry T erri Manning of Corvallis June 14 at the Gresham United Methodist Church. Miss Manning is an elementary school teacher. by BECKY RODRIGUES Athlete also scholar Sandy students have traveled to Japan on the exchange program. Wedding bells ring for three Vocalists to compete Picture taken by senior Chris Burks of the recent Ice storm. Atsumi Hideya, Yukie lijim a , Ritsuko Miyagi, Masahiko Uno, Hiromi Abiru, Kazue Komori and Hiroko Ito. Songs selected are folk or classical with each soloist and ensemble being judged in separate voice sections. Participants w ill be judged from one to four. Those receiving a one or better w ill be eligible to participate in the state competition. Last year only one from Sandy was eligible for the state contest. Most of the contestants from Sandy w ill go as soloists, except one duet and the Bel Contist group. Senior Cindy Bowman and junior Christi Coleman w ill sing in the duet section. Soloists include seniors K it Howell, Greg Tebo, Ken Jones, Suzette Pear son, Chris Nylen and Cihdy Bowman; juniors Renee Hess, Cindy Richardson and Christi Coleman; sophomores Matt Madison, Tony Geland, Tami Buss, Catrina Howell, Becky Rodrigues and Pam Cansler; and freshmen Christine Pettingill and Paige Daugherty. Other schools to be represented at the contest are Clackamas, Rex Putnam, Gladstone, Oregon City and West Linn. 6 volunteers to help students Six community volunteers w ill be working two hours a day with Sandy High students who are experiencing emotional or fam ily problems. Volunteering their time are Connie Whitlock, Cris Cortesser, Randy Alcorn, Mike Peterson and Jim and Sandy Swanson. Although a ll these com m unity members are in the 25-35 age group, they have had much experience in dealing with emotionally disturbed young people. Students may seek their counsel or counselors and teachers may refer students to them.
