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District track highlights Cl See page 9, section I Voi. 71 The No. 22 ’V Index SECTIO N | Keeping Posted Post Survey Kesults Senior Center News Public Notices School Menus Editorials, Letters Inside Business Sports, Recreation SANDY OREGON THURSDAY. MAY 28. 1981 (USPS 481-180) Grade school board to resubmit B ballot by DAN DILLON Rather than eliminate any “ equal and essential programs." the Sandy Elementary School Board voted last Thursday evening to resubmit its B’ ballot measure to the voters June 30 without change The B ballot was defeated in last Tuesday's special election. 614-508 Board C hairman Don Brader explain ed the board’s position. “ In prior B* ballot attempts, we've made an honest attempt to reduce them, but we re still going to be short," he said The district expects a shortfall of nearly $146,000, “ if all the cuts that they're threatening us with come through, said Ginny Hames, deputy district clerk Last Tuesday's defeat marked the se cond setback for the district’s sup plemental B’ ballot. After the initial voter rejection, March 31, the board eliminated a $159,968 kindergarten pro posal. That move, however, had the board second guessing its own action Thursday. Following conversations with district patrons. Superintendent Clark Lund said,“ It was implied, If we can’t have kindergarten, maybe we don’t want any of those other th in g s '” He feared there may have been a backlash. Those “ other things," which will be eliminated from the district’s services if the Jure 30 attempt fails, include the purchase of two school buses and a grounds maintenance tractor, the district s Talented and Gifted program and after-school athletics and ac tivities, the Outdoor School for sixth graders, Community School support, expanded guidance and counseling ser vices and exterior painting of the district Aquatic Center Whether the vote - the difference was almost identical in both elections — represents a backlash or not. tightening purse strings seems to be on voters' minds everywhere Statewide, only 34 of the 83 B ballots submitted May 19 were successful The state does not participate in funding for B ballots, as it does with A’ ballots. "Our conclusion is that times are tough, Lund said. "There is an at titude that we just simply have to cur tail public expenditures It’s not a given program, people just don’t want to spend the taxes ” In the Sandy district's case, the results could be unfortunate Lund said that while the district is recognized statewide as having an "exem plary’’ TAG program, "w e re not able to salvage our own good program." For the past couple years, residents of the Coalman Road area wanted to sell their produce but were not sure how to go about it. One of the women. Evelyn Engdall, approached the Sandy Community School about organizing some way to market excess produce and let people know about it. Thus the Sandy Country Market was born and this Saturday, May 30. from 9 a m to 3 p m , the inaugural session of the market will take place at Nelson Pioneer Memorial Park, at the in tersection of Highway 26 and 362nd Avenue After the initial suggestion to form the market, volunteers covered the Sandy area with posters soliciting a r tisans, growers and persons interested in participating in the project. As a result, along with 20 local ven dors this Saturday, other residents will be at the park to help “ This is really a community effort," said Jude Jensen. Some of the people who have signed up to help aren't vendors They just want to see the market be a success ” The Sandy Community School’s sum mer program w ill shortened from four to two weeks, because of the uncertain ty of the funding questions. “Every one of tht«se programs is very, very valuable and we are willing to pursue endorsement of them," Lund said. “ If it's voted down again, we’d be willing to operate and live without them ’’ I nder the new state election laws, a governing body can place a B' ballot before its patrons just twice after it has bt*en successfulwith an A' ballot He suffered injuries to his head and right shoulder and was taken to Emanuel Hospital, where he died about 9:45 p m. According to Debbie Moore of Fin negan and Associates, the production company. Dennis Foley, an Army lieutenant colonel who was serving as technical director, “ assisted Sagal from the helicopter and pushed his head down (as a precautionary measure from the overhead rotor blade), and them pushed him towards the roadway away from the tail blade " Sagal, however, apparently saw the lodge out of the corner of his eye and veered back towards the tail rotor where he was struck in the head and shoulder. “ The accident happened so fast that we never had time to deal with it.” Moore said "We were going to take a day off, but now we ll just work right on through to keep everyone from thinking about it.” Assistant Director Chris Hiblar, who w,as l the helicopter when the accident occurred, took over the remainder of the Timberline filming A spokesman for the company said they “ would con tinue with production as scheduled and seek a new director when they return ed to Ixis Angeles Wednesday. Sagal directed the recent miniseries Masada Most of his work had been in television, including “ A Case of Rape," “ Indict and Convict" and “ The Oregon Trail " His th e a tric a l film s in clu d e d “ Twilight of Honor,” "Made in Paris" and "The Omega Man.” World War III' is based around a fictitious 1987 grain embargo imposed on the Soviet Union by the U S The Soviets retaliate and sieze a major con trol station on the Alaskan pipeline, stopping the flow of oil to the States. The movie stars Rock Hudson and David Soul and is scheduled for release in the fall. The Alaskan terrain, battle scenes and stunts were shot at the 7,400-foot level of Mount Hood Single Copy 20’ Art, produce featured at local market The opening day w ill feature some added touches to help introduce the market to the community. The Master Gardeners will have a booth to dispense gardening informa tion to anyone with questions about gardening or landscaping Local musi cians have volunteered to play during the noon hour There w ill be a drawing every half hour throughout the day for prizes donated by each vendor. Helicopter accident claims movie director Last Friday evening, the routine, fast paced work day of the cast filming an NBC-TV movie, “ World War III ," at Timberline Lodge was shaken by the accidental death of the director, Boris Sagal. Sagal. 58, was fatally injured when he was struck by the spinning tail rudder of a helicopter about 5 p m after a brief location flight SECTION II Area News ....................... Woodland Happenings . Home & Garden About People Bits & Pieces Classified Advertising SECTION III Television Directory Inside Tab Vendors pay $4 per week for their spaces and the money goes to the Sandy Pioneer Society who owns the park, the Sandy Community School and publicity for future markets. It's a bit early for much produce, but this weekend’s market w ill feature crafts, plants and honey - and fun for everyone County deals setback to heliport plans bv M IC H A E L P. JONES For The Post Developers of the proposed Zigzag heliport suffered a setback this week when the Clackamas County Planning Commission rejected the potential site from the standpoint of the county’s land-use ordinances. According to Dominic Mancini, ac ting planning director, his staff for warded a m em orandum to the < lackamas County Commissioners on May 22 evaluating the proposed facility from an ordinance standpoint only.” < oncerns, such as safety, noise and pro xim ity to schools, parks and other recreational facilities, as well as traffic safety, were not considered in the analysis. Joseph Stein, Randall Priest and G ale P e te rso n, who a ll have backgrounds in the field of aviation, had proposed that a county-owned and operated heliport be established on an mesh.” unused section of public forest land Mancini said the heliport’s location in near the junction of Highway 26 and a residential rec reational zone could be Salmon River Road. open “ for use by emergency aircraft I'he facility was to be opened “ for in only." according to ordinances. The dividuals, commerce and industry, as proposal, as presented, violated the or well as rescue, medical aid, fire, police dinance and. therefore, it was not and other emergencies,” recommended to the commissioners to Mancini said in a recent telephone in proceed with the conditional use pro terview that his office had been re cess. quested by County Commissioners M an cin i em phasized th a t his Robert Schumacher and Stan Skoko to agency's opinion did not stop the pro evaluate the proposal after questions posed heliport, but that the final deci concerning the facility's location were sion would bt* up to the commissioners, raised by citizens. A source in County government in Because there would be a potential dicated that the commissioners would conflict of interest - the commissiners have no choice but to accept the Plann themselves would be the applicants for mg Department's recommendations, the heliport - they asked for a recom because of the public's opposition to mendation on whether or not they that particular site ” “should begin the conditional use public The source added, however, that hearing process ” Commissioner Skoko, and possibly In our opinion, the ordinance does S< humachcr, would not let the issue not provide for what they are talking die completely An alternative site for about," Mancini said “ It just doesn't the facility would be sought out and the process of establishing such a facility "would painstakingly start all over again," the source said According to Stein, the Zigzag site is the best possible site because of its pro xim ity to Highway 26, the Hoodland Fire Station and the Hoodland Women's ( lub “ which is use as temporary hous ing during emergency situations '* Because the proposed site is vacant and flat, construction costs would be minimal, he said Members of the Environmental Com mittee on Suitability (ECOS), who have opposed the landing facility since its in ception, are taking the news from the Planning Department with caution and skepticism until the commissioners officially and publically accept the Planning Department’s recommdenda- tion,” according to ECOS Chairperson George Sheets He said the group has retained at torney Ed Sullivan “ to legally combat the heliport's Zigzag location. Sandy resident remembers basketball debut by M IL E S A L B IN When the new Sandy Grade School on Pleasant Street was completed in 1931, it marked a new era in Sandy basketball The grade school had a gym nasium of its own. for the first time in its history And the high school had a facility available to resume basketball after a two-year layoff Sandy High School had dropped basketball in 1929 because opponents refused to play games in the school’s “ crackerbox gym ” The old gym nasium was then converted into a wrestling arena and dressing room space In the fall of 1931, enthusiasm generated in anticipation of the new gym s opening. The basketball season was delayed, however, when there was no oak available to com plete the gym floor To expedite the season's opening, the west end of the gym was finished in maple The splice in the floor has recently led some to believe that an original, smaller gym had been lengthened at one time. When the gym was finally ready, no less than four teams were organized, and practices and games were scheduled to the gym's capaci ty The new grade school gym com pared favorably in size with other high school gyms, except for seating space This was no problem in 1931, however, because it was during the worst of the “ Great Depression" when many parents didn't have 25 cents per head to watch their kids play basketball Varsity basketball players sometimes had to borrow tennis shoes to play in a game The grade school players had priority use of the gym and had no trouble finding adequate time in the gym during school hours or im mediately after The same was not true with the high school. Two or three times a week, high school players were bus ed to the grade school for short prac tices during an activity period bet ween 2:45 and 4 p m . After school practices were out because the coach, L E Palmer, drove a bus When there were “ after supper" practices, players stayed in Sandy and ate at Schmitz Cafe That was a luxury that few kids could afford, even though a complete dinner was only 40 cents. Sometimes, when there was a practice before a key game, the Home Economics Depart ment would feed the kids - lightly The grade school had a hard time getting started that firs t year (1931-32) There had been no basket ball at Sandy Grade School for several years Consequently, few. if any, had ever played basketball. But under the tutorage of Prin cipal Bob Slawson. by the following year a team consisting of Ralph and Floyd McCormick, John Orr, Dar rell Nash and Vernon Dahrens defeated all grade schools in the area, only to lose to West Linn in the county tournament The first basketball game ever played in the Sandy Grade School gymnasium was between the high school and the alumni Surprisingly, the high school defeated the alumni with relative ease, This created an optimistic bubble which was burst a week later by the Gresham Gophers in the first high school game played in the gym However, Sandy defeated the Gophers later in the season by an overwhelming score. 16-11. The 1931-32 basketball team was coached by L E Palmer The players were Ear, and Eldon Miller. M arian Duley, George Bruns, George Lyons. Red Holt, Jim Knox, Miles Aubin, Don Dahrens. Maurice Light and Ed Maulding. The team had a winning streak of 13 games when it was mauled by Oregon City in the county tourna ment by a score which has been con veniently forgotten This Sandy High School team had double wins over Estacada. Molalla. Canby. Colton, Corbett and Parkrose Some of the members of the Sandy High School Alumni team were Cur tis, Victor and Stan Bacon, Wayne Duncan. Tom Scales, Howard Peter son, Rus Norquist. Lloyd Dunn, Karl Kliegl and Harvey Griffin. There was another team in Sandy made up of older players whose main objective was the social aspect of basketball This team took on all comers who measured up to its criteria in ability, age and morality Under fa vo ra b le co nd itio ns, games with this team might be followed with coffee and cake, or even a potluck. Some of its op ponents were Three Links, Pleasant Home, Corbett and Gresham Some of its team members were Clarence Brown. Ace Irvine, L E Palmer. Er rol Reese. Bob Slawson and Earl Chamberlain Sandy High School shared the grade school gym for four y e a n un til a new gym was completed at the high school in 1935 Miles AnMn Is a Ineal resident with an interest In area history. I / '■ : ■ ••
