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Residents complain of lack of discipline at SUHS
by MARK FIX)YD
A group of men representing the
Hoodland Lutheran congregation met
Tuesday w ith Sandy High School
principal John McMahan and ex
pressed concern over problems facing
the school. Many are parents of high
school age children.
“ We’re concerned about discipline,
study h a b its, d is c ip lin e in the
classroom, drugs and drin kin g ,” said
parent Terry Kent. “ We’re trying to
broaden our base of knowledge and find
out how we can help.”
The group was disturbed over a
number of incidents that have hap-
pened lately and by the number of kids
in the Hoodland area who have dropped
out of SUHS. Steve Sweitzer, who has a
daughter at Sandy High, was specific in
his charges.
“ The drinking and drug problem is
bad and it ’s getting worse,” he said. “ I
talk to a lot of kids and, if they’re not in
trouble or on the spot, they’ll talk to
you. There’s drinking and smoking on
the buses — smoking and m arijuana.
The kids have booze in their lockers and
there are drugs everywhere. What
happens if they get caught is that you
( the administration ) w ill talk to them
or kick them out of school for a day.
“ I ’ve heard of teachers having af-
fairs and putting the move on kids, on
young g irls ,” Sweitzer added. “ It
happened to a friend of mine. And I
heard of a teacher who took some kids
to a function and was so drunk the kids
tried to take over the wheel so he
wouldn’t drive.
“ I know a kid, a good kid who won’t
go to a dance because there is so much
peer pressure to drink. He stays home.
No kid should have to do that and miss
out on what I feel is the best p a rt of
school. I realize that there are kids who
go a ll the way through high school
without any problems but there aren’t
m any.”
The group asked McMahan what was
being done about the situation, what
could be done and how they could help.
“ I take this responsibility seriously,”
McMahan said. “ I f I find out there’s
m arijuana, I ’ll search it out. I ’m not
past searching or getting the police
involved. I think drinking is a big
problem, but i t ’s not out of the norm
with other places. The problem is that
parents w ill buy; that has to stop. Some
establishments w ill sell to minors; the
OLCC must stop that.”
Sandy High has already taken a
number of steps during the last 14
years to curb its problems. Students are
no longer allowed to leave athletic
events and re-enter the building since it
Dempster named 1980's outstanding citizen
D arrell Dempster, 57, co-chairman of
the 1980 Sandy Mountain Festival, has
won Sandy’s annual Community Ser
vice Award.
The honor p rim a rily celebrated
Dempster’s leadership of the last
Festival, when he stepped in to fill the
void of Festival founder and organizer
Lynn E llis who died during the 1979
Festival.
Depster, o rig in a lly from Sioux Falls,
S.D., moved to Sandy in 1977 with wife
Margo.
He works as associate broker at
Pioneer Real Estate in Sandy.
In addition to the Mountain Festival,
he also is active in Sandy Chamber of
(om m erceand Kiwanis
He makes his home in Alder Creek
where he and his wife have refurbished
a big log house
Dempster is the seventeenth person
honored by Sandy Chamber of Com
merce for outstanding citizenship.
The first was Lyle Seaman in 1965
Seaman actually was named citizen of
the year in 1964, but the Sandy Chamber
set the practice then of awarding
citizenship plaques at the annual in
stallation banquet in January.
Other Community Service Award
winners include Mike Paluck and Bob
Smith i posthumously), 1966; Ivan
Barker, 1967; Hazel M urray, 1968; Don
Deming, 1969; Clyde Sutherland, 1970,
and Howard Berger, 1971.
Other winners are Olin Bignall, 1972;
Phil Jonsrud, 1973; George Morgan,
1974; Dale Nicholls, 1975; Florence
Schmitz, 1976; Mel Haneberg, 1977;
Pete Sulzbach, 1978, and M arjory
Hoffman, 1979.
Nominees are screened by a chamber
committee that includes the last two
award recipients.
“ D arrell has a deep personal com
mitm ent to community service,”
presentor George Morgan said of 1980
winner Dempster at the Chamber
banquet last Friday.
“ He wants to help make Sandy the
best place to live. This feeling and his
previously shown concern for youth is
evident in the tune he devotes to Sandy
Kiwanis and the Sandy Mountain
Festival."
P rior to real estate sales in Sandy and
was discovered many would drink
alcoholic beverages in the parking lot.
A 20-minute break was instituted two
days a week in order to give students a
chance to socialize, study or hold
assemblies in an attempt to decrease
skipping. McMahan began an Advisor-
Advisee program to give students more
personalized attention.
McMahan agrees that Sandy High
has problems, but no more than any
other learning institute.
“ If you’re going to challenge us, I
want you to come in and get down to
brass tacks,” McMahan said. “ I want
to know the basis of your facts. I ’d like
to hear from you. If what you say is
true, all I want to do is find it. But if
you’re w illin g to complain, you better
be w illing to support. It could be your
child, and one day we’ll be dealing with
you.”
The Hoodland men admitted that
they had been silent until now because
they weren’t aware of the extent of the
problems. But when one of their
children became involved in a drinking
incident, stories of other problems
began to surface around the com
m unity.
“ I t ’s fin a lly coming to a head,”
Sweitzer said. “ There has been an
incident here, an incident there and the
more I dig into it, the worse it gets.”
Some other specific probiems the
group brought up were teachers who
give exclusively open book tests, a lack
of college preparation, the policy (set
by the Oregon School A ctivities) that
lets students participate in sports
despite getting four Ds and two Fs and
the lack of a measuring device to
com pare
Sandy
students
and
curriculum with other schools.
Hie group made several requests to
M cM ahan. They see the m a jo r
problems as drinking, drugs, at
tendance, teacher ineffectiveness on an
individual basis and a general lack of
discipline.
They would like to see unannounced
locker searches, stricter teacher
evaluations and m ore lo n g -te rm
suspensions, six weeks to a term in
stead of one or three days.
There may be problems meeting
those requests, however. Iz x k e r
searches have had to be announced in
the past because of a fine legal line w ith
search and seizure laws. Ixmg-term
suspensions may also be illegal and
McMahan said the Juveniles Services
Division has been reluctant to deal w ith
truancy problems.
Another problem is location. Sandy
High students are spread out over a
large area and most depend on buses
for transportation. If a student gets in
trouble or is suspended, he often has no
place to go. The adm inistration usually
keeps the student in school.
“ If we were in a Portland setting, I ’d
say pick him up and get him the heck
out of here,” McMahan said. “ But
that’s not realistic w ith our trans
portation situation.”
McMahan said that he was glad to
receive some input and that he hoped to
deal with the Hoodland men and other
parents individually so that the school
can get to the bottom of any problems.
He suggested using the school board as
a reference point fo r any policy
decisions and welcomed any more
public input.
“ Everyone has got to be involved,”
he said. “ It goes beyond shooting at me.
When we load up, we load up together.”
City grants variance
to fire sprinkler code
'Hie Sandy Building ( ’ode Board of
Appeals granted its first variance to the
fire sprinkler ordinance last Wed
nesday on a request by B aert’s Metal
IToducts in Sandy Industrial Park.
“ It was a pretty good (request) to
start out w ith,” said City Manager
Jordan, because it was a “ good
illustration of the clause that provides
for alternatives.”
Darrell Dempster, right, receives Community Service Award from George Morgan of Sandy Chamber of Commerce as Sandy’s
outstanding citizen of the year for 1980.
T ig a rd , D em pster served as a
professional Boy Scout organizer.
His 10 years of professional Boy Scout
work took him from the Dakotas —
where he employed a college education
in poultry farm ing — to Scout posts in
Rapid City, Astoria and Beaverton.
Dempster took a trip to Juneau where
he directed a Boy Scout camp in 1966
In other Chamber banquet a ctivity,
Dick Busby of Independent Bank of
Sandy was installed as new Chamber
president.
Also installed were Chuck Jones, vice
president; Vicki Ward, secretary, and
Ed Storey, treasurer.
Other new board members are Marge
Hoffman, Kathleen Eldridge, George
Morgan and Arnie Poutala.
Outgoing Chamber President Bob
Kallen in a farewell address pledged
the Sandy chamber to more political
a c tivity in coalition with Hoodland and
Estacada chambers.
“ We a ll know that we’re stuck out in
left field here at this end of the county,
which makes it tough dealing with the
county, let alone the state or the feds,”
Kallen said.
“ Our voice alone might not amount to
much, but with other chambers we
might get heard.”
Kallen also urged the Chamber this
year to continue to support the city of
Sandy’s efforts to pass a tax base —
“ p rovided
Roger (J o rd a n , c ity
manager? comes up w ith something we
can support again.”
lien Salisbury asked that a sprinkler
requirement be waived fo r a 4,800-
square-foot building addition which the
metal fabrication plant plans.
Currently, the building is sprinklered
in the office and lunchroom A firew all
and doors separate a portion of the
building which is used for painting and
dipping manufactured parts. The
remaining part of the building is not
sprinklered. The company manufac
tures septic tanks, alum inum guard
railings and other metal products
Salisbury told the board that the
buidling addition would lie non-
combustible and most of the m aterial
stored inside would not be flammable.
According to Bob Rathke, Sandy fire
chief who chairs the board, the
variance was granted on the condition
the company would not manufacture or
store flamm able materials and based
on the fact that it is a noncombustible
building.
“ I t ’s contingent on it remaining the
same business,” he said. “ If the
buiness changes, they’re going to be
required to go before the board again.”
Hie Building Board Code of Appeals
who appointed by Mayor Ruth Loun-
dree in November to hear such appeals
to the city's building code. Along with
Rathke, the board consists of Duncan
Brinkley, a contractor; Ivars La/dins,
an architect; Dick Rasmussen, Tim
berline E lectric, and Bryon Toile,
Tim lierline Glass and M irro r
When the city adopted the fire
s |rin k le r ordinance requirements, it
passed an ordinance which established
the board of apjieals to review variance
requests to the requirements and the
building code.
Area resorts rejoicing over return o f snow
It s too late to salvage the financial
losses incurred over the dry Christmas
season, but snow has finally come to
Mount Hood's drought-plagued ski
areas
Winter has returned," said Richard
Kohnstamm. op*rator of Mount Hood’s
lim b crlin e Lodge. “I t ’s really ac-
( umulating We anticipate night skiing
by Wednesday and fu ll operation by this
coming weekend."
Meanwhile, Mount Hood Meadows
still needs more snow before it can
«»pen, said K athleen Wiscavage,
marketing assistant at the area.
• “We're really excited about the snow.
It's been very quiet around here."
I im lierline has lieen on«* of the few
areas to operate, running its summer
ch a irlift on the permanent Palmer
snow field high on Mount Hood.
I'he resort opened its Pucci c h a irlift
Ixdow thv lodge Monday on a 12-inch
base of snow
Meadows opened Dec. 3 and
remained open most of the month But
rains and warm temperatures forced
Meadows officials to Cose the resort at
tbe end of l)eceuiber
Hie rains which melted most of the
snow in December also caused large
mud slides w hich closed much of High
way 35 between Government Camp and
Hood River, prompting Gov. Vic Atiyeh
to declare the region a disaster area.
Multorpor-Ski Bowl opened Dec 5
and remained open for two weeks But
things have lieen totally shut down
since, except for one rainy weekend
Meadows had received about 19 in
ches of snow by Tuesday morning —
nine inches in one 24-hour period,
W'ascavage said
It's good wet snow," said Mike
( lark, director of m arketing and sales
Chat’s what we really need to rebuild
the base Hie wet stuff makes for a
better skiing base We hope it continues
through the week "
Clark said the area w ill need 24 in
ches before it can open. It w ill have to
snow throughout the week if the resort
is to open this weekend Cor a daily
update, skiers may call 227-SNOW for
skiing conditions
Clark said the area won't open unless
it can "go full bore and have some real
quality skiing "
The lack of snow provided Meadows
one advantage. Crews were able to
clear trees and add new trails off the
Blue chair and one tra il off the Red
chair. Clark said.
Clark also said he thinks the ski
season w ill last longer this year
liecau.se of its late start. Meadows
usually closes in A pril because crowds
thin o u t. not because of a lack of snow
If snow does come back, the skiing
should lx* great in March and A p ril, he
added.
Rick Scott, manager of the Hoodland
Branch of Clackamas County Bank,
pointed out at the height of the dry sepll
that it is not only the ski resorts which
«ire affected by the lack of snow ““The
grocery stores, ski attire shops,
equipment rental shops, taverns and
bars are all involved in some w ay."
But some businesses have not been
too hurt by the lack of snow
Kurt Mezger, owner of the Chalet
Swiss restuarant at Welches, said. “‘We
hve lieen busier than hell Business has
lieen as good as last year or even bet
te r."
Mezger explained that the skiing
trade is really the icing on the cake"
for his business He said his clientele is
p rim arily Portland residents
"M y business is 75 percent turn
around from the greater metropolitan
area
mostly people in their 40s. 50s
and 60s.” he said.
“ W'ehn they see there is no snow in
the foothills, they love to make the
drive up here When there is snow, they
stay home."
«So fa r the lack of snow isn't much for
Willamette Valley residents to worry
about, said Tom George, snow survey
supervisor for the U S .Soil and Con
servation Service.
“ If it keeps raining and we have
normal precipitation, we don’t see too
many (w ater supply) problems for the
W illamette V a lle y," George said "B ut
it has to keep raining "
The la< k of snow could have major
impacts this summer on the water
supply east of the Cascades and in
southwest Oregon
There w ill be
shortages of irrigation w ater," George
said
At the first of this year, the amount of
snow was 25 percent or normal near
Timberline and zero percent of normal
at Government ( amp, George said.
This year's winter can't yet be
compared to the dry 1976-77 winter
which also resulted in poor snowfall, a
dismal ski season and low water sup
plies, said E arl Btaes, Oregon State
University meterologist.
A high pressure ridge is influencing
weather patterns, lie explained High
pressure ridges, which sometimes
direct storms to the north into Canada
or northern Washington, are respon
sible for Istth dry winters.
“ The main difference between this
year and the drought year is that the
center of the high pressure ridge was
off the Oregon coast in 1977," K ites
said. “ This winter it is farther east,
more over the center of Oregon and
Washington.”
Hie location of the ridge has allowed
warm moist storms to sweep over the
western edge of the two states The
warm rain melted most of the early
snowpack.
Rainfall was higher than normal in
For hundreds of skiers who have
impatiently waited to try out that new
ski equipment they got for Christmas,
that is good enough For the many
businesses dependent on snow it may
offer some opportunity to make up for
the lull lietween storms.
Index
SECTION I
O b itu a rie s....................................2
Keeping P osted......................... 2
.Senior Center News .................. 4
School M e n u s.............................. 5
Editorials, le t t e r s ......................6
November and December, but January
has lieen exceptionally d ry . he said
Bates sani he expects nromal
precipitation for the rest of the winter.
“ But this is a climatological ex
pectation, not a forecast," he said “ We
have to review each day and each week
as they a rrive and revise our thinking
liased on the conditions
“ It is certainly too early to say that
we w ill not have normal winter
prec ipitation from now on."
SECTION II
Area News....................................1
About People ............................ 2
Around the County.................... 3
Public N o tic e s ............................ 8
SECTION III
Sports. Rec reation ....................1-3
Classified A d v e rtis in g ........... 4-8
Television Directory . .Inside Tab
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