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SANDY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JAN 1, 1981
The
Post
Sports
and Recreation
Pioneer girls open
TVL slate Monday
Business slow
at new winter
sports center
Business has been slow at the Winter
Sports Inform ation Center, opened
recently by the U. S. Forest Service at
Government Camp. T erry Pearson of
the Zigzag Ranger Station has been
assigned to staff the new center on
weekends and provide recreation in
form ation to Mt. Hood visitors.
Pearson said she has spent “ two very
miserable weekends” there since the
center opened. “ It has been pouring
down rain almost every day,” she said.
Between 20 and 50 visitors per day
have used the center, obtaining
literature, inform ation and maps to
help them choose their recreation sites.
Pearson said she believes there
would have been “ much more than that
if we’d had snow.”
The center is open from 8:30 a.m. to
4.30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. I t w ill
provide firs t aid, and w ill display in
form ation on hiking trails, snowplay
areas, snowmobile trails, and downhill
and cross country ski areas, according
to Herb Evans of the Zigzag Station.
“ Hopefully when people come up to
Mt. Hood, they w ill make a stop at
Government Camp and take advantage
of the literature there,” Evans said.
He said maps which list a ll the cross
country traits are distributed at the
center. The maps include charts which
describe the tra ils and list levels of
d ifficu lty.
Evans said the center w ill also be
used as a dispatch site for the Nordic
and Downhill Ski Patrols. Safety w ill be
stressed in the information diseminated
at the center, he said.
“ We w ill emphasize the importance
of using proper equipment,” Evans
explained. “ And we’re always tryin g to
direct people away from the crowded
areas and distribute the load.”
The center is equipped w ith a rear-
screen projector to present two short
programs on avalanche and w inter
preparedness.
Keep Listening
tours scheduled
Keep Listening, a series of wilderness
trip s for women, has set its w inter
schedule for the 1981 season.
Keep Listening originated in the
Sandy area and is a non-profit
organization which has been serving
women locally since 1977. The group
has a number of activities planned for
the upcoming year.
A cross country ski lecture and
demonstration Tuesday, Jan. 20, w ill
open the w inter season. The lecture,
scheduled for 7 p.m. at 1915 NE Everett
in Portland, w ill introduce women to
cross country ski clothing and equip
ment.
A series of three weekly cross
country ski lessons for beginners has
also been slated. The firs t sessions w ill
begin Jan. 24 and 25 at 9 a.m. on the
slopes of Mt. Hood.
Lessons w ill include instruction on
basic Nordic skiing skills, including
diagonal stride, step turns, kick turns,
wedge
turns,
double
poling,
herringbone h ill climbing and side
stepping.
Also included in the lessons w ill be
w inter survival skills, such as how to
prevent hypothermia, how to avoid
avalanches and the use of a compass.
Weekend trips are
February and March.
planned
and Canby, according to Smith. He said
that the general consensus around the
league is that the lower division w ill be
Christmas vacation provided a time
made up of Sandy, Silverton, Estacada
fo r the Sandy High girls basketball
and Molalla.
team to lick its wounds, but the
“ Our team goal is to get into that top
pressure of league play is nearly at
four and be a part of the interleague
hand.
playoffs,” Smith said. “ To do that, we’U
The Pioneers needed a bit of tim e
have to take on Sweet Home and Canby
after back-to-back shellackings at the
and beat them at least once. Then we’U
hands of St. M a ry’s and Lake Oswego.
need solid games against Silverton,
But those two schools are among the top
M olalla and Estacada.”
five teams in the state and the blowouts
The Pioneers won’t have long to wait.
were more or less expected. Time
They tangle with Silverton this Mon
should erase any lack of confidence
day, Jan. 5 in the Sandy gym. I t w ill be
those games may have produced.
the league opener for both teams and
A ctually, when the Pioneers reflect
the 7:45 p.m. contest may reveal how
back on th e ir preseason experience,
each squad fits into the overall league
they should come away feeling pretty
picture.
good, according to coach John Smith.
“ Silverton Is in about the same
“ 1 consider the season a success, so
position that we are,” Smith said. “ I
fa r,” he said. “ We have a 3-3 record
which isn’t too bad (the best in the consider us on the same level. They’ve
program ’s brief history, in fact). But got about four lettermen returning and
we need to be more intense. We’re they’ re a pretty fa ir team. We’ll need to
losing our intensity during parts of play good to beat them .”
The S ilver Foxes w ill be led by for
games and we need it for the fu ll
duration. We have these lapses and we ward K im Smoot and 6-foot sophomore
center Chris Venables.
haven’t gotten over them.
Sandy w ill counter w ith a 6-foot
“ That’s the key to our season,” Smith
emphasized. “ We can’t fa ll asleep center of its own in Dawn New and a
during the game. Against the better faster paced game which Smith said is
teams we’ve given up 10 quick pionts one of the more pleasing charac
during a lapse. We’re a fa ir ball team, teristics of his team.
“ O ur goal at the beginning of the year
but we’ re not the kind of team that
can come back very often after giving was to move up and down the floor
more auickly and we’ve done that,” he
up 10 quick points.”
pointed out. “ When we move well and
The competition may have had
something to do w ith that. In addition to control the turnovers, we’ve been in
the losses to St. M a ry’s and I^ake every ball game. Even for a half, or
Oswego, the Pioneers suffered a part of a half, against St. M ary’s, we
moved the ball fa irly well. When we do,
season-opening defeat to Gresham. The
we’re a much more effective team .”
Gophers appeared to be a good, but not
It w ill be two-and-a-half weeks be
great team, but then they turned
tween the Lake Oswego game and
around and beat St. M a ry’s two weeks
Monday’ s contest against Silverton.
ago. A ll three of Sandy’s losses have
The Pioneers may be a little rusty, but
been to pretty fa ir teams.
they were beginning to come around
The wins haven’t exactly come
individually going into vacation and
against weaklings. Forest Grove is no
powerhouse, but Columbia is fa ir and Sm ith hopes that it w ill continue
through league play.
Centennial is one of the favorites in the
“ Linda Mosbrucker has been our
Wilco League. The Eagles are on par
most consistent perform er,” he said of
w ith Gresham.
the sophomore guard. “ She gives us
The tough preseason may have been
quickness and she’ s out there hustling
a blessing in disguise fo r the Pioneers,
no m atter what the score is. Char
although they were probably cursing
the schedule-maker when St. M a ry’s McKinney has been good fo r us,
averaging eight or nine points a game
was running away w ith a 75-30 win.
and Dawn has had some very good
Sandy won’t face tougher clubs in
games.
league than it did in preseason.
“ Cindy McCoy, Zina Seal and Becky
I t w ill face some that m ight be on the
same level, however. Oregon City is a Rodrigues haven’t played much, but
top 10 team and is probably just a shade they’ve been working hard and hustling
well when they’ve been in there,” he
below, if that, Lake Oswego. West Linn
has come on strong this season and may added. “ And Nancy Rohweder has
fin a lly stayed out of foul trouble the last
be as good as Oregon City.
Those teams appear to be the cream couple of games. She didn’t play much
of the Tim ber Valley League crop. A early because of foul trouble, and we
notch lower and there’s Sweet Home need her in there.”
by MARK FLOYD
in
F or more inform ation, contact Keep
Listening, P.O. Box 14743, Portland, OR
97214 or call 239-6896
Pioneer teams
gear for league
A fte r two weeks of food, relaxation
and bowl games, the Sandy High
athletic teams w ill be back in action
with league play.
The boys basketball team has a non
leaguer this Friday, Jan. 2 at David
Douglas. The Pioneers open their
T im ber Valley I^eague slate Tuesday at
Silverton The Sandy girls w ill host
Silverton this Monday in their TV L
opener A ll games w ill start at 7.45 p.m.
The Sandy swimming team has one
inorci week to prepare fo r Gresham, the
league favorite in the boys competition
and co fa vo rite with the Pioneers in the
girls. The teams w ill tangle Jan. 8 at 4
p.m. in the Gresham High pool.
The Pioneer wrestling team w ill
participate in the tough Barlow
Invitational Jan. 9. The host Bruins are
the defending state champions and are
favored to repeat this year The firs t
matches are set for 3 p.m.
Photo by Mark Floyd
Sandy guard M itch Paola drives on an opponent in a
recent game. The Pioneers own a 2-4 record and have
been plagued by inconsistency, a tra it coach Dennis
Warren hopes to overcome by the start of league play next
week. Sandy has a non-conference game w ith David
Douglas this Friday.
Sandy cagers seek stability
before entering league play
by MARK FLOYD
Dennis Warren isn’t surprised that
his Sandy High basketball team is 2-
4 rig h t now, but he isn’t necessarily
pleased w ith the fact, either.
The Pioneers are young, and with
their inexperience, mistakes are
bound to happen. But Sandy has
been a shade more inconsistent than
even Warren had anticipated on his
less optim istic days.
“ I really feel that we have
progressed at the rate I thought we
would,” he admitted. “ But our
biggest problem right now is in
consistency. Portions of all our ball
games have been good, but we’ve
had a ro lle r coaster effect — up and
down, up and down. We need to
stabilize to be competitive in our
league.”
League play is right around the
comer, too. The Pioneers have a
non-counter with a strong David
Douglas team this F riday which
won’t be much of a picnic. The Scots
are blessed w ith their best team in
years.
But the game w ill give Warren a
chance to gauge how fa r his team
has
progressed
in
preseason
A dm ittedly, it ’s been a rather rocky
start fo r the Pioneers.
W ith just one letterman in the
lineup, Sandy lost its firs t three
games and none of them were
p articularly close. The Pioneers
beat a weak Columbia team, then
got blown away by powerful Benson.
A trip to Victoria, B.C. provided a
pleasant change of scenery and a
nice vacation, but it gave Warren
little clue to how his team was doing.
The Pioneers split in two games
playing international rules against
Canadian teams
So the Pioneers are faced with the
prospect of taking their 2-4 record
against the Scots and tryin g to
develop some consistency, a tra it
which has been noticeably lacking in
the early season
“ Our
biggest
weakness
is
defense." Warren said. "W e’re just
going to have to realize that it takes
a lot more effort to play a defense
and we’ re going to have to put out a
lot more on the defensive end.
“ Some of it is inexperience, but
we’ re also not working as hard as
we’re capable of w orking,” the
Sandy coach pointed out. “ Inex
perience is no excuse fo r a lack of
total team effort. We m ight have
three guys out there working hard on
defense, but the other two w ill be
standing around. That’s a ll it takes.
You need five .”
Defense has been a sore spot.
Benson rolled up 95 points against
the Pioneers who couldn't handle
their quickness. Not many teams
can. But against a few other teams,
“Our biggest problem right
now is inconsistency. We need
to stabilize to be competitive
in our leagu e.”
—Dennis Warren
the Pioneers were guilty of standing
around then reaching out when an
opponent went by. laziness has cost
the Pioneers dearly at the free throw
line this season and it is something
that w ill have to change, according
to the Sandy coach.
“ We’ re not displaying the type of
enthusiasm we should be on
defense,” Warren noted. “ We’ ll just
have to find the people who are
w illing to work on defense and those
people are the ones who w ill be
playing.”
Despite preseason troubles, the
Pioneers do have a shot at a Tim ber
Valley league playoff spot There
w ill be three berths in the eight-team
TVL this year and the league is more
open than usual. West Linn, one of
the preseason favorites, has a 2-5
record and recently suffered the loss
of both centers fo r the season due to
an automobile accident. That leaves
the
talented,
but
inconsistent
Cougars of Canby as the team to
beat. Oregon City should also have a
say in the race, but any team should
be capable of beating anyone in the
league.
“ I don’t feel that there is a team
we can’t beat if we play the way
we’ re capable of playing and
eliminate the im m ature mistakes,”
Warren said.
The firs t league contest fo r Sandy
w ill be Jan. 6 at Silverton. Sandy w ill
then host Oregon City Jan. 9 at 7:45
p.m.
But in the meantime, there are
practices over vacation and David
Douglas to w orry about.
“ I don’t want to sound like I ’m
totally displeased with the team ,”
Warren said. “ We’ve had some good
individual performances at different
times in different games. But 32
minutes of basketball we have yet to
play. When that happens, we’ ll be
competitive.
“ I ’ve been pleased with our of
fensive performance at times this
year,” he added. “ We’ve moved the
ball better than in the past and there
have been streakes where we do
things rather well. The kids have
worked hard in practice and are
enthusiastic. But in ball games we
have mental lapses — we don’t play
like we do in practice.”
Warren praised junior Bob Nip-
pert, the team ’s only letterman and
the Pioneers’ most consistent
performer.
He also expressed
pleasure w ith the developement of
junior David Paugh who is taking on
increasing responsibility inside,
helping N ippert out
But the thing that would please
Warren the most is a little con
sistency, especially on the defensive
end And, expecially with league
play starting next week.
“ We’re a young team and we’re
going to have up and down nights as
league play progresses.” Warren
said. “ What we’ ll have to do is work
extra hard on our defense on those
down nights because there’s no
excuse for a poor defensive effort.”
License and tag fees
marked fo r an increase
Another session of the Oregon
Legislature w ill convene soon and in
past sessions there have usually been
many bills bearing on fish and w ildlife
resources or on the organization or
operation of the Department of Fish
and W ildlife.
Some of these have been introduced
by the department; many others have
come from or on behalf of other groups.
This year the department w ill in
troduce only one piece of legislation. It
is one in which no one takes any joy, but
one considered at this point to be very
necessary. I t involves a hike in the
basic license and tag fee structure that
provides the funds to support a large
percentage
of
the
department’s
operations.
Although none of us enjoy paying
fees, it has often been said that the best
bargain available to the sportsman
today is his hunting and fishing license.
The license, after all, permits 365 days
of fishing and several months of hunt
ing each year in addition to providing
year-around support of the managment
programs that benefit these activities.
And though a ll these costs are on top
of everything else, what the hunter and
fisherman is obligated to pay for
licenses and tags is small in com
parison to what he pays fo r tran
sportation, gasoline, special clothing,
amm unition, guns, tackle, dog upkeep,
food, decoys, boats and motors, motels
or camping equipment, and a m yriad of
other essential pieces of the hunting
and fishing experience. And, of course,
the costs of all these things has risen,
too.
As should be obvious, the problems
facing the department are the same as
those facing everyone. The dollar
sim ply doesn't buy as much as it used
to. The department’s total annual
budget has steadily increased over the
years in term s of dollar numbers. But
the amounts of goods and services it
buys has steadily shrunk.
“ The license fees keep going up and
up,” we’ve heard said by a few
disgruntled sportsmen. But, in fact,
there have been only two general
license fee increases since 1950 In that
year the hunting and fishing licenses
were each increased from 83 to 84 The
next general increase was passed by
the 1975 Legislature and took effect in
1976. Over the years some license fee
changes, such as those providing free
or reduced fee licenses and tags for
certain groups, have actually cut into
department revenue.
There have been, since 1976, some
significant increases in the cost of
nonresident licenses and tags, and
m inor adjustment to a few resident
tags. But the revenue from the in
creased nonresident fees has been of
little total significance because only
three percent of all licenses sold go to
OREGON
Fish & Wildlife
nonresidents, and only one percent of
the tags.
Not only, have revenue increases not
kept up w ith the costs, but license and
tag fees have not kept up w ith increases
in wages. This w ill be sm all solace to
the sportsman who is out of work or one
whose wages have not kept up with
national averages. But using wage
figures from the U.S. Department of
Commerce, it has been found that when
the current fee structure went into
effect in 1976, it took 1 85 hours of work
to purchase an angling license If the
proposed structure goes into effect in
1982 and wage projections are valid, it
w ill take only 1.42 hours of work to
purchase that annual license. For the
hunting license it drops from 1 44 hours
in 1976 to 1.04 hours in 1982
Shown below are the licenses and
tags proposed for increase in 1982, the
amounts now charged, and the amounts
proposed, in parentheses Resident
Combination,
815 (817);
Resident
Hunter, 87 ( 881; Resident Deer Tag, 84
i85); B ird Stamp (New), 80 (85);
Resident Angler, 89, (811); Juvenile
Anger, 82 ( 83); Nonresident Angler, 825
(840); 10 Day Angler, 810 (815); D aily
Anglerlnland, 82.50 ( 83); Daily Angler-
Ocean 82 50 <84); Salmon-Steelhead
Tag, 82 <85); Resident Antelope Tag, 85
(810).