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Weather hampers recovery of body
by M ICHA EL P. JONES
Poe»I Correspondent
Ross said they located Hake's body
between three chutes While the
helicopter attempted to lift the litter,
the winds changed and the pilot had
to pull back
have crashed into the mountain's
slope if it hadn't been for the quick
response of the pilot who pulled back
“The six lives in the helicopter, at
that point, took precedent over the
task they were performing." said
Ryan
He said that as the helicopter
began lifting, a down-draft caused
the litter's rope to rub against some
sharp rocks The rope snapped and
Hake's body and the gear fell
Ken MacMahon, 34, of Hillsboro,
one of five climbers in Sunday's ex
pedition who escaped injury, said his
pack and 35mm camera were lost
durin g M o nd ay's unsuccessful
recovery operation
MacMahon said he believed he had
a photograph of “the tail end” of the
avalanche as it swept down through
the funnel-like terrain.
The mountain accident occurred
just one day before the anniversary
of the worst mountaineering accident
in Mount Hood history.
On June 21, last ye a r, five
members of a 16-person Mazama
climbing party, died when they fell
from Cooper Spur down onto Elliott
Glacier on the northeast side of Mt.
Hood.
That same day, a short time later,
11 c lim b e rs w e re b u rie d on
Washington's Mt. Rainier
(See related story on page 1, sec
tion II.)
Poor visibility and unpredictable
w in d s M o n d ay and T u e sd ay
hampered efforts by a rescue team to
The litter broke loose and slid an
recover the body of a climber killed
unknown
distance down into a chute
Sunday in an avalanche on Mount
Hood
I doubt if my camera will ever be
“ T ra g ic a lly , and alm ost too
Monday, efforts to recover the tragically," said Ryan, “when they
found, said MacMahon late Monday
body of Hugh Hake, 45, of Olympia,
night “ I just hope they recover
got the body into the stokes litter a
Hake’s body ”
Wash , were thwarted after a line a t
down-gust' of wind attacked the
tached to the litter bearing his body helicoptor It then became a choice
“ It just took one bad gust of wind,"
broke as a rescue helicopter en between the helicopter or the litter "
said Ross “ We felt we could have
countered strong air currents.
Ross said the helicopter would
successfully made the recovery.”
The litter fell back onto a glacier
Tuesday morning, crewmen on a
helicopter from the U S Air Force
Reserve s 304th Aerospace Rescue
and Recovery Squadron of Portland
relocated the body of the dead
climber
The helicopter was just beginning
to dispatch a ground and air party for
the recovery when “ a dramatic
weather change forced the operation
to be postponed” until Wednesday
morning, according to Clackamas
County sheriff’s deputy Dick Baker
He said the body is located in a
dangerous position on “ tender snow
and ice.”
Hake died early Sunday morning
when a wall of ice broke loose near
the 9,500-foot level and swept him and
two other climbers down a steep
chute as they were attempting to
scale the 11,245-foot peak
Dean TeeHee, 26, of Portland, suf
fered leg injuries and lacerations;
Charlie Hysmith, 31, of Vancouver,
Wash , suffered a possible broken
leg The injured climbers were taken
to Portland Adventist Hospital
Early Monday an eight-member
climbing party left Timberline Lodge
to aid in the recovery of Hake's body
The rescue party was comprised of
four pararescue members from the
304th and four others from the Craig
Rats and the Mountain Rescue
Team
At 2 p.m., after two unsuccessful
attempts to locate the body on
unstable slopes in the Leuthold
Couloir, above Illumination Rock,
Hake's body was found and strapped
into a litter which was roped to a
h e lic o p te r h o v e rin g 300 fe e t
overhead.
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Photo by Dan Dillon
Rick Burgett of Sandy powers through the first moto en route to the overall
traded more than 350 riders from throughout the western United States and
Packsacks and other gear left
championship in the open professional class of the Yamaha Gold Cup
more than 900 spectators.
behind Sunday by the seven-member
motocross race, run Sunday at Mt. View Raceways. The annual race at
climbing party was also on the litter
The rest of the climbers were
rescued after a 40-foot wall of ice
broke lose and swept three members
of
t h e ir
te a m
in to
the
hourglass—shaped chute.
Lt Lonnie Ryan, public informa
tion officer for the Clackamas County
Local school officials are casting a
pared more than $300,000 from its levy and be operating school June
that have traditionally been suppor
S h eriff’s D epartm ent, described
hopeful eye at two levy elections this
proposal with help from the state 30th,” Peters said.
tive of school elections
Tuesday, June 29
w eath er conditions during the
which provided $269,511 more in
As to charges that too much money
The largest reduction from the
re c o v e ry
as s e v e re .
W arm
The Sandy Union High School basic school support than was is spent on athletics and other co-
earlier elementary district proposal
temperatures made the steep slopes
Board of Directors have placed a reflected in the earlier proposal.
curricular activities, Peters explains
came in teachers' salaries, accor
unstable for the ground rescue party,
$2,705,474 operational levy on the
“Our teachers are contacting peo
that of the nearly $5 million budget,
ding to Superintendent Clark Lund
and the changing nature of the winds
ballot
pie, our community committee of $236,209 is spent on co-curricular ac
New teachers will not be hired to fill
made it dangerous for the six persons
Meanwhile, Sandy Elem entary
citizens for education are contacting tivities. That includes coaches'
positions
vacated by two teachers
in the helicopter
District is seeking approval of a people,” said SUHS Superintendent salaries, advisors’ salaries for school
who are leaving the district.
Airman 1st Class Mark Ross, who
$1,948,065 levy
Jack Peters. “ We’re actively involv clubs, all extra-duty assignment
While there will be a general trend
was a member of the ground team,
The $2.7 million SUHS operational ed in trying to get the people who sup salaries, uniforms, transportation,
toward
larger class loads, Lund feels
said the party made a decision to go
levy is part of a $4,884,673 budget, port the high school to come out and meet and club expenses, and fees for
the move will bring equity across the
ahead with the difficult recovery
with other funds provided from basic vote in the June 29th election.”
referees and officials
district. Some schools have had
despite the dificult terrain and hazar
school support and other sources.
With school just having let out, he
Co-curricular activities are “an ex
smaller
loads in the past and that will
dous conditions
A $3.6 million tax base issue was doubts most people are thinking tension of the curriculum," Peters
gradually work out to a more even
The body was located in a avalan
voted down by the public 2,531-1,452 about the coming school year.
said, adding, “ Career education goes
distribution
che chute just south of the accident
in May.
What kind of a chance does he feel on in the athletic department.”
"We’re going to operate a very
scene
For Sandy Elem entary School the operational levy has of passing9
Sandy E le m e n ta r y D is t r ic t
austere, but very intact program
“ We thought we could get the body
District, this is the second attempt to
“ Excellent. I believe the same teachers have scheduled a canvass of
with this proposal," Lund said.
out as long as we were already
pass an operational levy. Voters nar 1,400 people that voted positively in the city this weekend to spearhead a
Both districts are submitting A
there,” said Ross “ We didn't want to
rowly rejected a proposal submitted the election in May will whip right drive for voter support They will
levies which qualify for property tax
risk everyone's life a third time by
in March
out and vote again and we'll have a concentrate their efforts in precincts
relief from the state.
having to come back ”
Since that time, the district has
School districts eye budget elections
Candidate knocks ‘frivolous’ spending by SUHS
by SCOTT NEWTON
Jeffrey M iller is one of two persons
seeking Sandy Union High School
Board of Directors Position 2 in the
June 29 election.
He is running against Terry Len-
chitsky. manager of Sunset Fuel in
Portland and a Cottrell-area resi
dent
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Obituaries ..................................2
Senior Center N e w s ................. 3
Keeping Posted.......................... 4
Editorial, Opinion ................... •
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“ I think they're eliminating educa
tion in favor of co-curricular ac
tivities,” M iller said of the present
board last week
“ I ’m upset, really, as a parent and
as a citizen of this town, with the ad
ministration of this school I don't
think they're dc‘ng their jobs, to be
flat honest with ycu.
“ I think they’re throwing money
away, number one "
M iller, his wife, Wendy, and two
children (a boy, 10, and a girl, 15,),
moved to Sandy from San Diego in
January of 1981.
He worked at the high school as a
substitute custodian for about five
months, but declined to discuss the
reasons he no longer works there He
currently is maintenance engineer at
Providence Child Center in Portland
“ I don’t want to put anything out
that would be libelous or slanderous
in any way, shape or form towards
anybody," M iller said. “There are
some things I am totally unhappy
about, things I won’t talk about while
the machine (tape recorder) is going
It's that simple ”
He added, "The city of 8andy, per
se, dose not have any representation
Jeffrey M iller
on the school board It comes from
the mountain It comes from Boring.
The city itself doesn't have any.”
M iller said some of the best
teachers at the school are among the
probationary teachers who have not
had their contracts renewed
“ I don't fathom this It doesn't
make good sense to me,” he said
B o ard
m e m b e rs
and
ad
ministrators have explained that let
ting contracts expire for proba
tionary teachers had nothing to do
with performance Oregon state
statutes set procedures for reduction
of work force.
M iller has attended one board
meeting At that meeting Paul Mon
tgomery, SUHS instructor, charged
the school with non-support of the
vocational education depaitment
M iller echoed Montgomery’s con
cerns, adding that the graphics pro
gram and the career center have
been cut while a sports program
(girls soccer) has been added
M iller said, “ My question is this,
what are we training 'em (the
students) for?”
About his attendance at board
meetings. M iller said, “ I went to the
one, this year My work schedule is
so honked up Number one, I'm get
ting up at 4; 30 in the morning to get to
work. If I've got to go to a board
meeting that lasts until 11 o’clock at
night.
“ If something happens election-
wise, then we ll work the time. Right
at the present I'm not going to go
because of the fact you're n o t: cally
involved True enough, you can re
quest to be heard Again, the question
might arise, how much input does a
private citizen speaking before the
board have? Whereas, as a board
member, I think your input is much
more important,” M iller said
“ Especially if you're bringing in
the opinions and feelings of a group of
people, perhaps, that might have
said, 'Hey, we want to talk to you
before the next board meeting You
can take our feelings in.” ’
M iller said the school can prepare
students for work or more advanced
education, or it can raise a genera
tion of athletes and cooks for
McDonald's.
M iller said, “ The kids have got to
be prepared for something when they
get out of school Hey, it's a rough
world out there right now It doesn't
look like it's going to get much better
in the near future
" I still think there are problems,
and I think it's time we took a long
look "
1
Sandy youth
pleads guilty
to slaying
19-year-old Sandy youth pleaded
guilty Monday to first-degree
manslaughter in the March 4 slay
ing of his father
Harvey Hayden Hazelett, whose
trial for murder was to have begun
Monday, will be sentenced July 22.
according to Deputy District At
torney Janine O’Neill. The plea
was entered before Circuit Judge
Charles Sams who will also pass
sentence
No pre-sentencing hearing is
scheduled, O'Neill said.
Hazelett was originally charged
with murder in the slaying f his
father, Dr. Hubert H. Hazelett, 52,
a local chiropractor His body was
found in the Sandy River by
fishermen just downstream from
the Revenue Bridge early March 5.
An autopsy revealed that the
elder Hazelett died from shotgun
wounds to the chest and massive
head injuries
The new plea was the result of a
p le a b a rg a in in g a g re e m e n t,
O’Neill said. She said Hazelett
faces a maximum of 20 years in
prison and a $100,000 fine.
H a zelett's younger brother,
Herbert, 17, was originally charg
ed with the murder. Charges
against him were dropped by the
Clackamas County District At
torney’s office after investigation
in the case determined his in
nocence.
Two of three
recalled from
school board
Bull Run School District patrons
ousted two school board members
Tuesday but granted a reprieve to a
third.
Board member Karen Rollins sur
vived the recall election by a narrow
72-76 vote, according to unofficial
returns from the Clackamas County
Elections Department.
However, district residents voted
84-65 to recall Ron Jantz, and 79-70 to
recall Jim Bollermann.
Members of a recall committee,
who gathered 80 signatures on peti
tions circulated throughout the
district to force the election, charged
that the board was unresponsive to
concerns of area residents and un
willing to discuss budget information
with the public.
Recall supporters were also con
cerned about the recent high tu r
nover of teachers in the district and
pending litigation involving the
district.
Another election, next Tuesday,
will determine the fate of the remain
ing incumbent board member Cur
rent board chairman Jack Layton is
being challenged by Dave Shaw for a
four-year term. Sherry Marlow is
running unopposed for an unexpired
one-year term, created when former
board member Marcia Hazelwood
moved out of the district.
Divers fail
to find body
after search
Scuba divers from the Clackamas
County Sheriff’s Marine Division
Tuesday failed to turn up any trace of
a victim of a reported shooting at
Dodge Park, five miles north of San
dy.
The park caretaker reported the
shooting, according to Deputy Dick
Baker, acting information officer for
the sheriff. The alleged shooting oc
curred Sunday at about 8 p m The
victim was a young, white female
Baker said the river search would
not resume until later this week
because of conditions in the river
“ I talked to the divers and they
said the snow melt has caused a
cloudiness in the river," he said,
resulting in hazardous diving condi
tions.
“ I t ’s a day-to-day thing,” he said.
Baker said the caretaker reported
that he witnessed what appeared to
be a young lady being shot He said
he saw her fall into the river
Searchers combed the park and
waded through the edges of the San
dy River Sunday night, Monday and
Tuesday hoping to find a clue in the
alleged murder
Baker said both the M arine Divi
sion and Detective's Division will
continue the investigation