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Section SANDY. OREGON, THURSDAY. JUNE 4. 1981 The Sandy Post People Home & Garden Features Area News Hoodland happenings Timberline Rim to hold variety and bake sale Thursday, June 1 A senior citizens lunch, sponsored by Loaves and Fishes, w ill be held at Welches School library beginning at 11:30 a m. Call 622-3331 for transporta tion or further information Welches Boys Baseball Association Junior American team w ill play Rockwood I at Welches field Welches Girls Softball Association Junior Ponytails team w ill play the Sandy Blues at Welches Welches School's Eighth Grade Recognition Night will lx* held tonight For further information, contact the school at 622 3166 Friday, June 5 Welches Midget American baseball team will play Reynolds I East team at Reynolds field today; the Welches Midget National West team w ill host Orient Welches Junior Ponytail team will travel to Rockwood for a game today. The last day of school at Welches! Saturday. June 6 Photo by Mark Floyd Mike Cholhi and Alisha Watts check out their program o il Cottrell’s computer. I he Pupil Enrichment Program's newest classroom aid has helped the students improve their logic and research skills. A Community Variety and Bake Sale w ill be held today at the Timberline Rim lxxlge and Recreation facility in Brightwood from 10 a m to 4 p m The public is invited and signs will he posted to direct traffic to the sale The Mountain Players will hold a per formance of skits and plays, including three mini-melodramas. The produc tion will begin at 8 p m at the Wernme Lions Club on Highway 26. Doors open at 7 p m and tickets w ill cost $2.75 Sunday, June 7 Computers aid Cottrell PEP program The Timberline Rim Community Variety and Bake Sale will continue from 9 to 11:30 a m Monday, June 8 A computer has lifted students at Cottrell School into a new level of education. The students are from the school’s Pupil Enrichment Program (PEP), an offshoot of the widely recognized Talented and Gifted Program (TAG). Gay Lewis-Clardy heads the computer program at Cottrell and is pleased with the progress of her students so far. “ I was really surprised at how quickly they picked up on the pro gram,” she said. “ It really is an easy skill, though, especially on the beginning level.” The com puter is sm all and somewhat limited At $500, it is the most basic computer put out by Radio Shack Lewis-Clardy hopes to upgrade the program with a new computer next year, but she was pleased with how the program has taken shape since the computer was first installed in September There are 18 kids in the class, ranging from second to eighth graders Nearly everyone in the school got a brief introduction to the computer and the kids who showed a special interest were put into a special class In the class, they design computer programs. Most are simple, but the idea is to teach them the basics. After setting up a flow chart, the kids designed their own program Most were in the form of a quiz, but others were more complex Danny Schmautz developed a maze Ten doors exist in his maze and evil consequences are behind five of those doors. Choose a numbered door and his program w ill randomly select an answer to cor respond with the number The ran dom selection is one step beyond what many of the other kids have learned Mike Cholbi and Alisha Watts combined a project for another class with their computer program They had a planetarium project and transferred that to the computer In their program are six constella tions; push a button and you can trace the history of the name of each constellation, learning how Orion or Gemini got their names “ We found out th a t the (computer’s) memory wasn't big enough,” Cholbi said "We kept go ing and losing part of the program, so we had to make abbreviations ” Matt Elisram and Brad Mathis made a trivia quiz about the Olym pics, but unfortunately, erased part of their program during an open house demonstration A love for the Olympics wasn't necessarily behind their choice. "It was the easiest think we could think of,” Mathis explained Other programs include a history of computers quiz by Dana Schwenk and a beginning algebra lesson by Nate Moffet The kids enjoy the computer and most are ready to move up to a s lig h tly fa n c ie r m odel. The widespread complaint about the cur rent computer Is the memory, which is too short for their programs. “ It has been tremendously sue cessful, though,” Lewis-Clardy said "The logic skills the kids have learn ed are impressive We de-emphasize games on the computer, although the kids can play them The main emphasis is on research and higher level thinking skills Aerobic Dance Cass will e held from 7 to 8:30 p m at Welches School. A $1 fee will be charged for each class this summer Welches Junior American baseball team will host Reynolds today Welches Senior Ponytail softball team w ill play the Rowdys today. The Wy’East Artisans Guild wil! meet at 7 p m in Welches School A business meeting w ill lx* followed by a drawing exercise in design taught by one of the guild's members. New members are welcome. Tuesday, June 9 A spring hike will be sponsored today by the Welches Community Schixd. Meet at the Hoodland Women’s Club at 9:30 a in for carpooling Participants should wear good boots and bring a lunch and beverage Moms with babies in carriers are welcome Call I«ou Tip ton. 622 4316. for further information The Hoodland senior citizens (xitluck luncheon will be held at noon in the Hoodland Women's Club on Salmon River Road Call Maxine Worley. 622-3331, for information or transporta tion. Welches Midget American baseball team w ill host Sandy and the Midget National West Team w ill host Sandy II today. The Hoodland Fire District Board ol Directors will meet at 7 p m at the main station in Zigzag The public hear ing w ill include discussion on the budget for the 1981 82 fiscal year, begin ning July 1, 1981. Wednesday. June 10 Welches Community School Tiny Tots group w ill meet from 10 a m to noon. Call Louise Hoyt, 622-3752, for informa tion and meeting location The Welches Pigtail softball team w ill host the Sandy Sluggers today. Welches Community School Council w ill hold a meeting at 7 p m to plan and discuss the upcoming summer term of the school Any interested person* may attend the meeting to help plan the summer slate, volunteer, or provide suggestions For meeting location, call Reva Cox at 622 3397 Aerobic Dance Class will be held from 7 to 8:30 pk m at Welches School The Mt Hood Lions Club will hold a general meeting at the club building in Wernme at 8 pm . The Lions Ladies* Auxilliary w ill meet at 8 p m in the rear of the building Thursday. June II Welches Junior Ponytail softball team w ill host Boyd's Coffee and the Senior Ponytail team will travel to Rockwood A team’s field Welches Junior American baseball team w ill play today at Sandy. Registration for the Homestead Day Camp is now being accepted for girls grades one through eight Session I is July 13-17, Session II is July 20 24 For complete information, call Pamela Ashland at 622 3568 Registration forms can be obtained at Welches School To place an event in Hoodland Hap penings, ca ll Dawn M orrison at 622 3538 “ Computer programming is like learning another language,” she ad ded. Welches traffic light spurs controversy by MICHAEL I’ . JONES Post Correspondent The question of traffic safety on US Highway 26 has long been a controver sial one In 1979 alone, 20 persons were killed in traffic fatalities between Sandy and Government Camp In 1980, with the Oregon State Police utilizing saturation patrols, traffic fatalities on the same stretch of road dropped to three There has been just one traffic death thus far in 1981 Yet, despite the decrease of traffic fatalities, the age old question of coping with heavy weekend traffic during the skiing season and on holidays has resurfaced once more During the past two years, a special H ighw ay C o m m itte e fro m the Hotxlland Chamber of Commerce work ed for, and received, an official okay to have a stoplight installed at the in tersection of Welches Road and Highway 26 The light is designed to in crease access to the Highway from Welches Road But some mountain residents are Mt. Players to perform The Mountain Players will hold a per formance this Saturday. June 6, at the Wernme Lions Club, It will begin at 8 p m Included in the performance w ill be three mini-melodramas, some original skits and a sing along Ticket prices are $2 75 for adults. This is the next to-last performance for the Players Their final production w ill be June 20 Doors will open at 7 p m for the per formance The three melodramas are "Abigail Stands Fast." "Not Fit For Man or Beast,” and "John Truehart ” claiming that the light may pose a greater safety hazard rather than pro vide a solution. According to Corporal Dan E Wdf, head of the State Police Government Camp Outpost, the new light could create a number of unforeseen pro blems not addressed by the chamber or the Highway Division Wolf added that, "The area might be better served with four lanes through the corridor ” Wolf’s primary concern is the conges tion of traffic the light would cause and the subsequent increase of rear-end col lisions that would likely take place The light is scheduled to be installed in two months Wolf said that on a busy weekend, up to 25.(MX) vehicles may travel through the area, but despite the load, traffic did peak out and "flowed at a relatively even pace." He is concerned that a stoplight would back up traffic even more and increase the length of conges tion. The number of different types recrea tional and work vehicles that are caught up in the traffic snarl on Highway 26 make it "difficult for the flow to start up after it ’s come to a halt. Once you stop the traffic, you have trou ble getting it started up again," Wolf said Oregon State Highway Division engineer l^ee Gunderson disagrees Gunderson claims that a six second light at the junction should have little impact on the traffic flow during heavy use periods District engineer Harry Woodward and regional engineer Edward Hardt. both of the Highway Division, feel that there may be an increase in traffic ac cidents for a short time, until the public gets used to the new light Hardt said that the division was "very careful when considering the location of the traffic light." and that it had explored all the alternatives first Those alternatives included stop signs on the highway, rerouting traffic to a different location and a grade- separated interchange. None of the alternatives were deemed practical for the Welches Road intersection A reduction of speed, as suggested by a number of groups including the State Police, was not explored in detail “ When you put in a traffic light a n y w h e re , W elches Road or Washington D C., you cause a number of rear-end collisions. It can’t be avoid ed.” Hardt said. Gunderson agreed, but added that the Welches Road light would prevent a number of types of accidents and claim ed that the severity of the rear-end col lisions would be reduced A flashing yellow light and a “ signal ahead” sign w ill be installed 650 feet before the intersection to warn motorists of the potential risk. From 1976 to June of 1980, there were seven accidents at the intersection, ac cording to Gunderson Five of those ac cidents were turning collisions, one a sideswipe and one a rear-end accident Prior to the installation of a left turn lane last summer, eight accidents oc curred just east of the intersection and involved people turning into Hoodland Park Plaza Wolf argued against the light by poin ting out its close proximity to the curve just west of the Hoodland Fire Station “ Coming from the Zigzag area toward Welches, you round a curve and all of a sudden, you hit the traffic back ed up from the light,” he said. "How are you going to stop with that little notice?” Gunderson countered by noting that the curve is more than 1 ,(MM) feet from the intersection. Wolf feels that the answer to the pn> blem is to increase the size of the highway to four lanes and to cut the speed lim it to 45 or 50 miles an hour beginning at the East Brightwood June tion, drop it down to 40 from Arrah Wanna Road to Rhododendron, in crease it to 45 from the Little Kitchen restaurant to the Toll Gate cam pground. then resume the 55 speed lim it. Hamilton Electric of Eugene was awarded the traffic signal contract for $48.000 The funds w ill come from the state's “ user tax" monies Staff photo Three of the dancers in the Geyer recital are Anita Geyer (fro n t), Meleta lloolev (hack left) and \udry Taylor. Geyer dance recital set The Geyer School of Dance will pre sent its fifth annual recital this Friday, June 5, at Sandy Union High School It w ill begin at 7 30 p m. “ This is not your run-of the-mill recital,” notetl Anna Geyer, director of the school “ It w ill be very exciting, with scenery, dancing and some sing ing ” Two scenes w ill be performed “ South of the Border" is a fiesta, accor ding to Geyer, while “ Space Voyage” w ill feature scenes out of Star Wars as well as robots and Martians There w ill be 70 students in the pro duction. ranging in age from three to adults The group is scheduled to dance at the Sandy Mountain Festival parade and perform July 11 at 11 a m at the Bird Cage Theater The Geyer troupe has already performed at several nurs ing homes A variety of dances w ill be performed at the recital, including tap. acrobatic, ballet and jazz Music w ill range from classical to modern Admission to the recital is free
