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
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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
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Election Returns
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Obituaries
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School Lunch Menus... 5
Editorials, Letters___ .6
Sports, Recreation__ 7-8
SECTION II
Area News
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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!.