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MVM Mm b W ~ M ir - < « |« l Thwf». June 17 1982 ($•< I) SANDY (O r*.) POSF—1 The Sífntíy Post 3 from Sandy to compete in high school finals rodeo Three people from Sandy will be participating in the Oregon High School Rodeo Finals "Championship Rodeo ” It will be held in Redmond on June 25. 26 and 27 Kim Rasmussen, a 1962 SUHS giaduate. will be participating in girls cutting, taking the best time to state Rick Quillin, who will be a junior at SUHS next year, has qualified in bull riding. Sports and Recreation Hole-in-one start of a lucky streak Mollie Smith, who will be a junior at SUHS next year, will be competing in the queen s contest Two hundred and twenty-six high school students from all over the state are eligible to compete in eight preliminary rodeos throughout the state to earn the points necessary to be among the top 20 eligible in each event to compete at the State Finals Season tickets are on sale that will admit one to all five performances Call Kim Rasmussen at 668-7226 for tickets or more information Lester Wolf of Sandy claims his brothers are better golfers than himself, but it was Lester who got a hole-m one recently at Mountain View. "They about fainted," Wolf said "They've none of them ever had one ” The ball bounced on the green a couple of times and rolled into the cup on hole 10 on M ay 21. He made the 155-yard shot with a seven iron. W olf was playing with his brothers, Ed, George and Clark. They try to get together twice a week, Lester said, which is dif ficult as he works nights and Clark works the swing shift Ed and George are retired All live in the Sandy area Good fortune seems to run in cycles, and it is no different with Wolf. He got back last week from visiting a friend in Maryland. “ I had a ball," he reports Wolf was awaken one morning by the sound of a hand-held electric saw. It seems his frie n d fro m Maryland, with whom he was sta tioned in Korea, wanted Wolf to feel right at home. Although “ not much of a sightseer," Wolf enjoyed visits to the White House, the Pentagon, Arlington Cemetery and Mt Ver non. Wolf works at Crown-Zellerbach in Estacada where he operates a pony edger His friend calls occasionally, usually waking him on Saturday mornings when he’s trying to sleep Lester Wolf stands on the fairway in front of hole 10 i Mountain View golf course. in. He'll tell me that it ’s 11 o’clock in the morning and that 1 should be awake, Wolf said. Wolf has played golf for 23 years, beginning when he was 30. He worked at Koch’s M ill in Sandy at the time, and when business slow ed in the winter he’d take off with friends to Glendoveer Golf Course. He regrets not having started as a youngster. “ I used to think this was the craziest game in the world,” he said He was probably right, but regardless, he held up his seven iron and vowed to "keep this ol* club swinging.'* Sheppard 3rd at road championships . , Staff photo Sandy softball and baseball players raised over >4,000 recently by selling can dy. Winners of prizes for the effort were, on the top row from left to right, Stephanie Lofgren, Melissa O’Malley and Kandy Quiett. On the middle row, from left to right, is Jeri Willis. Sheryl Randolph and Quay Williams. On the front row. from left to right, is Cameron Griggs and Sherri Randolph. • Quay W illia m s and M eliss a O ’ M a lle y each sold 144 bars. Williams received a baseball and a bat, and O’Malley received a softball and a bat. Stephanie Lofgren sold 132 bars and Sherri Randolph sold 130 bars. Each received a case of soda pop. Matt McCall of Gresham donated the cases of pop The rest of the prizes were paid for out of the local softball and baseball fund. Women run up scores In women's softball league play, Dodson's Store romped 29-3 over the Independents in preparation for a showdown with Paola’s. Paola’s won 26-3 over Wholesale Auto, The Store won 26-5 over C a rls o n ’s, and Dodson’s beat Carlson’s 29-9, The Store beat B rig h tw o o d S to re , 8-4, and Brightwood Store came back to edge % Had Mt. Country Realty lost one of its two games, Pistol Pete's would have owned the recreation league championship outright. But, Mt. Country played superb volleyball, Circle D nipped the Hoodview Royals 6-5 in Sandy Area Softball Association action last week. Dodson’s Store kept on winning, and the closest challengers in league play, Carey Construction and Brian’s Sports, also got wins last week. Ron’s was victorious over Brightwood July Fly run set the 4th The second annual July Fly will be held July 4 at 10 a m. at the Salmon River Road activity center near Zig Zag All proceeds and donations go to the H oodland V o lu n te e r F ir e Fighters Association. The 5.2-mile run goes along Salmon River Road to Welches Road, and then to Fairw ay Avenue and back to the start. Entry fee is 16.50 before race day. It will be 17.50 the day of the race. The fee includes a July Fly race t-shirt. Activities include a Lion’s Club breakfast, a Women's Club rummage sale, craft and food booths, a beer garden, live music and fireworks Free parking is available along Salmon River Road, at both parking lots at Welches School and in the evening, in the shopping center with free bus transportation to the activity center Wholesale Auto, 8-7. Standing! Paola« Pizza Barn Dodaon s Store The Store Independenta Bnght wood Store Wholesale Auto carbon ■ Chevrolet Pistol Pete's wins title Going into last week’s matches, Pistol Pete’s was sitting pretty. ween Newberg and Tigard. It was a “ real slow” race, Shep pard said. He didn’t receive a time for the 54-mile race. About 12 competed in the Junior Division, for 15 to 17 year olds. Eight were left at the finish, which came down to a sprint with about 400 meters to go. Circle D nips Royals, 6-5 Area clubs raise $4,250 About >4,250 was raised by the San dy area softball and baseball club's candy sale Jeri Willis sold 306 candy bars, and won a 10-speed bicycle for the effort. Cameron Griggs also received a 10-speed bicycle. He sold 192 candy bars Randy Quiett sold 164 bars and re c e iv e d a p o rta b le cassette recorder Sheryl Randolph sold 147 bars and received a portable radio Mike Sheppard, 16, finished third this weekend in the 1962 Oregon Road Championships, held on a course bet elim inating Nike and C .J .’s i straight sets. Mt. Country ran out of stear against Pistol Pete’s, falling victir to "dink" shots and losing 15-9. Piste Pete’s continued to play near! flawless ball in the second game arv won going away, 15-11. Sheppard was a couple of bicycle lengths out of first place, but edged a rival at the finish. Tavern, 9-6, with Brian's downing Paola’s, 21-6. Buckboard Pizza beat the In n B e tw e e n , 10-5, and Timberline Lodge upset Carey Con struction, 13-10. Brad Gebhard of Eugene, the first- place finisher, is more of a sprinter, in Sheppard’s opinion He feels it would have been more to his advan tage if a faster pace had been set. He said he was hesitant to get out Standing! Dodaon'a Store Carey Construction Brian's Sports Ron's No Place Circle D Buckboard Pizza Brightwood Tavern Tim berline Lodge Hoodview Royals The Inn Between Paola 's Pizza front and speed up the pace because he didn't want to break the wind for the other racers. Sheppard will be able to compete in the Junior Division one more year. The first-, second- and fourth-place finishers will have to compete in the Senior Division next year. The first two place winners will compete in the road race at the United States Cycling Federation na tional competition in Wisconsin. He will be attending the national competition in the 3000-meter pur suit, an event he won recently at the Oregon State Track Championships. 7 0 5 2 9 2 4 2 4 2 4 9 2 3 2 4 1 9 1 9 0 8 Nippert on winning team Bob Nippert, after spending a week practicing with some of the best players in the state, was on the winn ing side in both AAA State-Metro All- Star series games. State won 107-101 Friday night at David Douglas High School, with Nippert scoring four points and grab bing three rebounds. State trailed for three quarters F ri day evening, but turned it around in the fourth for an exciting come-from- behind victory. State won again Saturday night, 97-91, with Nippert scoring 11 points. The week before the all-star series State players stayed in Roseburg in private homes, working out for two hours a day. Nippert will be attending Western Oregon State College in Monmouth next year, where he plans on major ing in business Coaching, in the future, has also not been ruled out. WOSC has won district champion ships the past two years, which Nip pert said influenced him some He said he likes the coaches and the school Wrestlers dominate Rollin Schimmel, Pendleton, and coach of the Oregon Exchange team, knew that he and Chuck Kearney had gotten quite a team from AAU. He was surprised, however, at how easily they dominated Idaho's all- s ta r team in a w ell-atten d ed (estimated at 250) match here last week. All the Oregon wrestlers won. with Sandy’s Chuck Kearney Jr. winning handily The wrestlers caught a plane Thursday to Chicago for an AAU training camp, and proceeded to whip Wisconsin 8-1, Wyoming 8-1, Minnesota 1(H), and Illinois 9-1. Kearney won all four of his m at ches He pinned his opponents from Wisconsin, Wyoming and Minnesota, and won 12-4 against Ron Anderson of Illinois ♦ t Bob Nippert puts one up for State during an all-star aeries win at David Douglas High School Friday evening. V
