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Vol. 72 N o. 20 SANDY, O REG O N THURSDAY. M A Y 20 1982 Kelso readers top average in state test Singlo Copy 25< SUHS tax base rejected Sandy High School district voters soundly rejected a $3 6 m illion tax base Tuesday by more than 1,000 votes. That action followed a pattern that saw all seven money measures presented to Clackamas County voters rejected Clackamas County Democrats also denied veteran County Commis sioner Stan Skoko the opportunity to run for an unprecedented sixth term in the November general election. The SUHS tax base, defeated O fficials at Kelso School are almost at a loss to explain why the school's fourth graders did so well in a recent statewide reading assess ment. “ I hope it ’s the basic instruction,” said Principal Judy Warren, "and the time spent on the task,” Whatever the methods, the results speak for themselves The 1962 Oregon Statewide Assess ment tested 2.467 students' reading abilities, including 37 fourth graders at Kelso School. There were 60 items on the test. Three Kelso children answered all items correctly In all four areas. Kelso students scored above the average. The test is one of three „ a ministered by the state The other two deal w ith w riting and computing. Kelso students scored 83.3 percent in word attack skills, compared to 80 2 percent statewide, 89 4 percent in vocabulary, compared to 84.3; 92 6 percent in comprehension, compared to 84.2, and 91.2 percent in applica tion, compared to application Warren said the school follows a program ,ed reading curriculum th a t em phasizes in d iv id u a liz e d reading There is heavy emphasis on phonics that allows children to sound out words phonetically. Each child progresses at his or her own rate. She said that the earlier program in grades one through three are that reliant on teaching comprehension as they are on teaching the phonetic aspect of reading While the overall news was good, specific skills scores fell below the state average in two areas prefixes and suffixes, and compound words, both part of the word attack skills section. "Because of the excellent repor ting by the state of these results, ad justments have already been made to supplement our curriculum in these two areas," Warren said. Block grant aids search for new home Clackamas County Commissioners last week gave formal go-ahead on a $132,000 com m unity development block grant that w ill lead to a new home for the Sandy Community Ac tion Center. Currently, the center operates out of rented quarters on Pioneer Boulevard. Under the terms of the grant, the Community Action Center w ill have to come up with $30,000 of its own in matching funds. That money is available through a bequest from the estate of Lydia Cook Several sites are under considera tion for a new home, according to chairman Pete Sulzbach The center has been at its present site for five years Sulzbach has indicated that the center’s aim is to purchase the Sandy post office building when a new postal fa cility is built. Nothing is final on that, however. D e m o c ra t M a r tin Gage w ill challenge Republican Thomas Milne in the November election Silverton newspaper publisher Joe D avis was C lackam as County Republicans' choice for the nomina tion in the new Senate D istrict 14 He defeated John Thompson of Welches county wide On the Democratic side, Steve Starkovich, a Canby warehouseman, was favored by county Democrats over Jean Robert, a retired educator Bev Henderson _ n j .. . Photo bv Sandi Poutala Elwood P. D*>wd (Harry McClain) and his rabbit pal Harvey are all ready for opening night of the Sandy Com munity Players' production •Harvey.” The play opens Friday at 8 p.m. and continues weekends tor four con secutive weeks. ‘Harvey’s ’ curtain rises tomorrow by DAN DILLO N When the Sandy Community Players get together for a production, there is generally a twist that adds something a bit different to the occasion. As it happens, the players’ new production is no deviation from that norm. The fam ily comedy that opens this weekend at the Sandy Community Theater has almost gone overboard on the fam ily aspect of things. “It just kind of happened,” explained Laura LaMarsh.” What just kind of happened is six husband-wife teams becoming involved in the Sandy Community Players’ new production, “ Harvey," by Mary Chase “ We thought it was kind of funny with a fam ily com edy that we have a lot of families working,” explained LaMarsh, who directs the play. Her husband, Larry, is producer The Pulitzer-prize winning tale of Elwood P. Dowd and his imaginary rabbit friend attracted the interest not only of the families but captured the eye of a number of fa m ilia r faces as well. Harry McClain, who started with the theater group when it was in its infancy, returns to the SCP stage as Dowd. Stella Hemmer, seen in the recent SCP production “ Tribute” returns as Dowd’s sister, Veta Simmons A newcomer to the Players’ stage is Donna Nash. She makes her SCP debut as Dowd’s niece, M yrtle Mae. Sprinkled throughout the rest of the cast of 12 are some of the husband-wife teams involved in the pro duction. Rita and Terry Waibel, Stella and Mike Hemmer. and Shirley and B ill Lawson make appearances The Lawsons' son, Rob, designed the lighting for the production. Lorene and Hank Em rich have been involved in the art and publicity. Meri and Gary Lange worked on props and set dressing. The story follows Dowd, “ a bit of a drinker,” and the problems he and his imaginary pal Harvey cause his friends and the community. Veta wants him comm it ted to a sanitarium so he w ill loosen his grasp on his v i sion of his six-foot tall rabbit friend. Unfortunately for Veta, there is a mix-up about who is supposed to be committed She winds up on the inside. Dowd is gadding about with Harvey on the outside and the plot takes off from there. The play runs Friday and Saturday evenings for the next four weekends. Curtain time w ill be 8 p.m. for each performance The May 29 performance is "Harvey Night.” Everyone named Harvey w ill get free admission to that performance. Reservations are available by calling Sandy Country Florist, 668-5633, or the theater, 668-7737 Theater parties w ill again be offered, with reserva tions available by calling Jim Wilhite, 661-0219 A pizza party w ill be offered after each performance at Buckboard Pizza. Stella Hemmer w ill provide enter tainment. 2,531-1,452, was designed to replace a $313,853 tax base established in 1916 The proposed tax base was expected to finance the district s operations until at least the 1985-86 school year. Skoko finished third in a field of six Democrats, with Milwaukie attorney and former state legislator Dale Harlan the victor Duane Bock, also of Milwaukie, finished second Bev Henderson, a Lake Oswego Ci ty Council member, captured the Republican nomination. She defeated Pat Blue, executive director of the Oregon Tri-City Chamber of Com merce. Henderson unsuccessfully sought a seat on the commission in November 1980 In the race for county clerk, former county assessor Juanita Orr out from Mehama. Final returns were not available at press time on the Senate D istrict 14 race. Clackamas County's new House D istrict 23 w ill be a campaign bet ween two political newcomers in the general election. Bob Shiprack, a Beavercreek elec trician, defeated two challengers to garner the Democratic nomination. He w ill be challenged in the Fall by Mark Pihl of Canby who defeated Dianne Oliver. She had dropped out of the race, but made a strong show ing, nevertheless On a countywide basis voters followed the lead of the rest of the state, favoring incumbent Vic Atiyeh and Democrat Ted Kulongoski in the Rob Shiprack distanced a crowded field of eight Democrats to gain that p a rty’s nomination She w ill be challenged by Robert Reilly who narrowly defeated Benton M a rb e rry by 36 votes for the Republican nomination. In the county surveyor race. gubernatorial race, Mary Wendy Roberts and Mike Wooton in the labor commissioner race, and Verne Duncan in the superintendent of public instruction race. (Please turn to page 2 for a com plete list of election returns.) Councilman OK’d to review code by DAN DILLO N The Sandy City Council did an about-face Monday night and by tak ing no action decided that its members may sit as private citizens on council-appointed committees The question arose when Coun cilman Don B lair asked for a legal Index SECTION I Keeping Posted 2 Election Returns 2 Obituaries 3 School Lunch Menus... 5 Editorials, Letters___ .6 Sports, Recreation__ 7-8 SECTION II Area News 1 Hoodland Happenings. .3 About People................ 5 Senior Center News .. 7 Classified Ads...........8-11 opinion after Councilman Jim Duff appointed himself to the Sign O r dinance Review Committee B lair contended that a councilman should not be allowed to serve on a committee whose recommendation he w ill later vote on as a member of the council. At the May 3 meeting it appeared he had the rest of the coun cil in his camp when the members present agreed by consensus that counciimen shouldn't serve on the committee Duff wasn’t present at the May 3 meeting and form al action was postponed until this week In the meantime, Duff wrote a tet ter to Mayor Ruth Loundree and the council outlining his reasons for nominating himself to the commit tee. He cited his rote as a private citizen and taxpayer and noted the precedent established when coun cilmen served on the Zero Side Yard Committee “ I don't recall any City Council member who sat on the Zero Side Yard Committee refraining from voting on the committee’s recom mendation," he said “ When we get of Sandy, we re business,” Blair that he didn't into signs in the city getting into serious said. He pointed out want the potential deciding vote sitting on the commit tee as well as the council. He noted the earlier consensus against the dual rote and said, “ What changes somebody’s mind tonight, I can't understand" His m otion to deny council members from serving on the com mittee died for lack of a second By taking no action, the council followed the legal opinion of City Attorney Jack Hammond. He had pointed out that failure of the council to make a decision would leave the committee's make-up up to individual members as to who would serve The committee meets tonight at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall to begin study ing possible revisions in the sign or dinance In other action, the city council: -D eclared Friday and Saturday, May 21 and 22. Sandy Buddy Poppy Days in support of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars Post’s sate of buddy poppies The proceeds from the sale w ill go to aid disabled American veterans -S pent $17.507 for a 3,00<Xgallon sewage sludge truck tank. —Appointed George Morgan of Walrad Insurance as agent of record for the city. These three cowgirls w II he part of the festivities when the Geyer Sc hool of Dance presents its sixth annual rev featuring Adventures in Tim e" next Thursday at Sam Harlow High School at 7:30 p.m The program traces hist from the opening Western scene "ail the way up through ISH3-and that will be a surprise." said Anna Geyer From to right are Melissa Estes, Taneal Morgan and Misty Grant!.
