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Thur» Students get jump on video career Bible school emphasizes character by DAN DILLON Some pupils at Sandy Elemen tary School are taking advantage of the generosity of a parents' club and getting an early jump on possible careers in the film and television industry. While none of the students in volved in Tuesday 's filming of the school's annual interm ediate a w a rd s as s e m b ly b e lie v e s strongly that they will pursue such a career, they have found operating video cameras brings some immediate advantages "When it comes around for so meone to tape,” noted sixth grader Jon Edwards, “ you sure get a lot of friends ” Edwards, along with fellow sixth-graders Mike Hamrick and Patrick Archer, have become the mainstays in librarian Mary Smith's crew of cameramen who film school events like talent shows, plays and iessons " I t ’s a good c a r e e r ed thing—even if it's long shot,” Mrs Smith pointed out The crews work with a cassette recorder, camera and television monitor that were purchased for the school earlier this year by the Sandy E le m e n ta ry P a re n t- Teacher Club The group raised money selling Christmas tree or naments and donated the equip ment to the school, making it only Sandy E le m e n ta ry D is tr ic t school with its own video setup Before Christmas. Mrs Smith handled the filming, but lately she has been able to find willing helpers and has handed the Sandy Elementary School sixth-graders Mike Hamrick. Patrick Archer ace cameramen for video productions at the school. chores on to the trio of sixth g rad ers who tra in e d some classmates and fifth graders on a cast on ” you barely touch it, it goes on and the ins and outs of handling vid«o Mrs Smith said the main if you barely touch it, it goes off equipment reason the three have done so again,” Hamrick said. “ Which ‘ ‘I started out because we need well is the high interest they wires go where" connecting the ed someone to films our per showed in the projects from the camera, cassette and television suasive presentations,” Hamrick beginning. monitor was also an early con said. Those early days were rougher cern, Archer pointed out. Archer did the same in his class for the boys, who now trade off and picked Edwards as his positions during the filming to "Another hard thing was to helper give each an opportunity at the watch what we taped,” Edwards ” 1 wasn’t very good then,” Ed equipment said. wards pointed out,“ because I had Early problems included “ if Early efforts seemed to have a "Blueprint for Life” i* the theme of the one week Vacation Bible School to be held Monday through F ri day. June 14-18, at the Hood View Seventh-day Adven tist Church, just west of the junction of Amissiger and Kelso Hoads, south of Bor ing Sessions will run from 9 a m to noon daily The school is open to any interested children ages 4 to 15. No pre-registration is necessary. Leader Kelly Fischer of Boring said the emphasis in the class sessions will be on d esirable c h a ra c te r traits such as love, cheer fulness, patience and kind ness to be exhibited in one’s life In addition, there will be crafts, songs, stories and recreation. The school will close with a Friday evening Parent’s Night and gradua tion exercises Staff photo and Jon Edwards have become the case of the shakes and jiggles. Mrs. Smith said some moved so much, it was like getting seasick. Those problems have virtually vanished and the trio have grown accustomed to the equipment enough to look at it as a career goal, even if it is a long shot. “ I think it would be an in teresting job,” Hamrick conclud ed. If paying for wasted electricity turns you off, maybe, next time, you should wait for a full load of clothes before turning your washing machine on. Change a habit. Conserve your current and your _ currency. Services were held last S a tu rd a y a t B a te m a n Funeral Chapel for Cecil H. Ladd of Brightwood, who died June 1 at Providence Medical Center He was 73. Born July 2, 1908 in Tualatin, he caddied at the T u a la tin Country Club when he was 9 years old and became a professional golfer when he was 19 He served in the Army for three and a half years during World War I I He was a foreman for Pacific Northwest Bell, retiring in 1968 He moved to the Brightwood area in 1971 after living most of his life in the Portland area Survivors include his wife, Helen; a son, Bruce of Virginia City, Nev.; three sisters, Edna Schnell and Patricia Kendoll, both of Portland, and Helen Tipton of Olympia, Wash , and three grandchildren His ashes are being sprinkled in the Mount Hood wilderness area. After his discharge he was employed by M el-M ar and Western Kraft, both in Beaverton He moved to Astoria in 1976 and was employed by Bio-Products He returned to the Portland area in 1979. He married Barbara E. Hart July 8, 1977 in Long Beach, Wash. Survivors include his w ife , B a rb a ra ; two children, Shaun and Amy Bell, both of Sandy; his parents, Leon Bell of Astoria and Vivian Camp bell of Portland; one sister, G in g e r N e w h a rd t of Beaverton, and his grand mother, Annie M Bowen of Grifton, N.C. Burial was at Willamette N a tio n a l C e m e te ry in Portland Chapel of the Chimes for Jack “ Kent” Lewis of San dy, who died June 3 at G re s h a m C o m m u n ity Hospital. He was 30. Bom Dec 15, 1951 in P o rtla n d , he liv e d in Oregon all his life. He was a butcher for Interstate Meat Distributors Inc. He was a member of St. Luke Episcopal Church and Local No 1011 of the United Food and Commer cial Workers. Survivors include his wife, Dee Ann; one son, C o lby of S a n d y ; his parents, Mr. and Mrs Jack H. Lewis of Gresham; two brothers, Jeff of Portland and Jason of Gresham; two sisters, Kay Doolittle of Damascus and Ann Lewis * Classes now forming ! Call to re g is te r. . . • Glass supplias Wood Toys & Home Decor Accents! Rasidantial 8 commercial Work RÍRAIRS wood Sh«, h » Fw'ät« » Kent Lewis *n' glass » « r a m « t«qtur«d »hi» month A I m a»tt 4 loy» t».«n i rot Union Services were held Mon day at Gresham Little JUST west of O ja Lumbar on Hwy. 26. Sandy Donato 8 Joan W right 668-9121 Andrew Hickey F un eral services for 4-year-old Andrew Joseph Hickey were held Tuesday in the chapel of Sandy Funeral Home Interment was at Cliffside Cemetery in Sandy He died June 4 in a Portland hospital from in ju rie s su ffered in an automobile accident. He was born July 16,1977 in Portland Since then, he had lived in Brightwood Survivors include his parents, Teresa Hickey of B rightw ood and Scott K u zm e s k y of S a n d y ; g ra n d p a re n ts , M a x in e Hickey of Brightwood and Carol Kuzmesky of Sandy, great-grandparents, An drew McDonald in Califor n ia , P e a r l S c h a rf of Gresham, and M r and Mrs Clarence Calkins of Portland Lonnie Bell Services were held Tues day at Bateman Funeral Chapel in Gresham for Lonnie L. Bell of Sandy who died June 5 at his home. He was 31. Bom Sept 19, I960 in Klamath Falls, the son of Leon H. and Vivian Bowen Bell, he moved to Portland at 14 and attended David D o u glas H ig h School, graduating in INI. He was employed a t T r i- C it y Mobile before enlisting in the Army. W estern C ham pagne S u n d ay B ru n ch Starting June 13th 10:30 a.m. until 2 :00 p.m. ONLY M o n d a y n i g h t s p e c ia l—P r im e R ib Served w ith baked potato, clam chow der & cobbler fo r dessert. (P re p a ra tion r our Prim e Rib requires /Il fo »V’» in d iv id u a l a tte n tio n , so w e ask that you call ahead fo r re se rva tio ns . . .) $7 9St T u e s d a y n ig h t s p e c ia l —S te a m e d C la m s t i l l steak J l U U n soup Served w ith & apple cobbler fo r dessert $6 5 SA FA R I CLU lit ic a li •30 3207 of Portland; his grand parents, M r. and Mrs. H a ro ld K . L e w is of Gresham, and three nieces. * V * Private vault internment w as a t F o r e s t L aw n M e m o r ia l P a rk in Gresham . IT a 3IC ' J i Z v f í i t ... Obituaries Cecil Ladd Jvn« »0 1962 t Soc I) SANDY (O f« .) ROST—3 *
