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«4 «à» «■» «• «• >* a . ‘ s ■M M M *■** The Vol. 75 No 8 2 plays to debut; comedy on agenda by SCOTT NEW TON Sandy High School's dra m a in stru cto r. Chris H a rris, has produced some serious w orks Now it is tim e to lighte n up He w ill d ire ct "O u t of the F ry in g P a n ," which is about would-be actors and actresses in New Y ork C ity who are try in g to fin d w ork and make ends meet On alte rna te nights Karen C am p bell, who is in her firs t yea r of teaching at SUHS, w ill d ire ct "F e if- f e r ’s People,” which is a series of short scenes dealing p rim a rily w ith re la tio n s h ip s between m en and women Why were two comedies picked to run in the m odifie d-rep ertory series9 “ Karen picked hers firs t, and she picked a comedy There was no w ay I was going to do another serious one,” said H a rris, whose last two produc tions have been " D ia ry of Anne F r a n k " and "W a it U n til D ark ” Cam pbell, who taught in Estacada last year, teaches freshm an dram a classes two periods a day. and reading — fo r students who are two o r m ore grade levels behind — four periods a day. The demand for another teacher was there, said H a rris, who teaches three freshm an dram a classes a day. A ll fiv e classes have from 28 to 30 students apiece The o ve rall program has q u a lity as w e ll as q u a n tity, he believes At the M t. Hood Conference dram a co m pe tition last m onth, h a lf o f the fin a lists were fro m Sandy High. Cam pbell and H a rris both said they have some talented freshm en Cam pbell also got veteran Suzanne Delaney, who has earned a special place in her heart An illness and la te r a death in the fa m ily caused Cam pbell to m iss rehearsal tim e. The students, p a r tia lly under Delaney’s leadership, worked on the things she had discuss ed w ith them tw o weeks e a rlie r “ One of the things they said when I got back was, 'Hey. you had enough to w o rry a b o u t,'” said Cam pbell “ These are real professionals." "F e iffe r's People” was w ritte n by Jules F e iffe r, a cartoonist who is re g u la rly published in The New Y o rke r m agazine One of his m ain cha racters is B ernard M ergendeiler, who is "n e v e r qu ite successful w ith women " Bernard is played by Andy D ietde rich, who “ does a w onderful jo b ." E ric Hodgson plays Huey, who is the opposite of B ernard and always knows the rig h t thin g to say O ther people in the cast are Sarah K ric k . Cindy H all, Sean M cNerney, Don I-ogan, Topi V aeretti, E ric Kuch, T im C a lliste r. Myssi Lo flin , Paula Ledwidge. T iffa n y G riffin and Tish O rr Cam pbell studied dram a at the U n iv e rs ity of Oregon, and has w o rk ed w ith the Gresham C om m unity T h e a t e r g r o u p , th e P o r t la n d Shakespearean Company and the now -defunct T im be rw oo d T heater Company. She once played the part of a w itc h in Shakespeare's M acbeth, w h ic h was p e rfo rm e d a t C iv ic T heatre F o r H a rris, who is in his second year at Sandy High and has ex perience w ith Robert R edford’s Sun dance T heater, this is the most re la x ed he has been going into a play "N o rm a lly , at this point, I'm a ner vous w re c k ." H lr r is has veteran Tom Russell to fa ll back on Russell. Howard B ickle and Jesse Berger share an apart m ent w ith Denise Lew is, Dawn Thomas and Heidi Beck The a p a rt m ent is im m e d ia te ly above that of a successful producer who is getting ready to put together a road crew. The plan, of course, is to get the p ro ducer upstairs. Russell Benton is the producer Debbie U m m is the landlord who is kept w a itin g fo r the ren t, and D arlene Lam b is the m other for whom a front must be kept up. O ther cast m em bers include K ris K ru g e r, Denny Hodge and Carleen W hitlock. "B o th shows could have been cast a num ber of diffe re nt w a ys,” said H a rris, who added that a lot of good students d id n 't get parts. About 60 students trie d out fo r the 26 parts in the tw o plays. " F e iffe r ’s People” w ill play Feb 28 and M arch 2 and 8. "O u t o f the F ry in g P a n " w ill p lay M arch 1, 7 and 9 A ll perform ances are at 8 p.m in the SUHS commons SANDY OREGON THURSDAY FEB 21, 1.985 r *• «►•O •» -0 «USPS 481 180) Single Copy 25« Purple Heart better late 10th anniversary celebrated M em bers o f the Sandy VFW Post 4273 and A u x ilia ry had two good reasons to celebrate last week. They observed the 10th an n ive rsa ry of the founding o f the post, and one o f th e ir m em bers was presented w ith an honor that was past due by 35 years V irg il Irela n received his P u r ple H eart Wednesday night at a cerem ony a t the VFW Hall. There was an open house and dance, and d ig n ita rie s included Ruth Loun- d re e , p a st m a y o r, D e a n e ' W esselink, m ayor, and M r and M rs. Bobby Bell of Echo, com m ander and a u x ilia ry president fo r the state of Oregon Irela n, who m oved to Sandy in 1956, was d ra fte d in 1945 and re c e iv e d the A s ia tic P a c ific T heater Service Medal, the V ic to ry Medal, and the A rm y of Oc cupation Medal (J a p a n ). A fte r be ing out of the service a few years, he re-enlisted, earning the Korean Service Medal. In 1950, a fte r 31 days on the front lines, his unit moved to "b re a k o u t" the Puson Peninsula He was shot through the forearm and was perm anently disabled Securing the Pusan P e rim e te r was considered the tu rn in g point in the w a r The N orth Koreans lost about 58,000 soldiers and the U S. gained room to maneuver. Irela n, it seemed, could have done w ithout a ll the atten tion m em bers of the local post bestow ed upon him . " I ju st m ade a re m a rk, I never did have on e," Irela n said. Bud Pullen took it from there " I w rote everybody there was. Whenever I ’d get another lead. I ’d w rite to them " One o f P ullen's goals when he was com m ander of Post 4273 was to get Ire la n his P urple H eart It was a jo b that took alm ost three y e a rs . C liffo r d O ls o n , c o m m a n d e r - in - c h ie f o f th e Veterans o f Foreign W ars o f the United States, was in Sandy about a year ago and gave Pullen some ideas on who to contact. "B u d did a hell of a job. I ’ll te ll you th a t," said A1 Russell, senior vice president. Russell, who estim ated that 200 to 250 people attended the open house Wednesday, can rem em ber when they wore h ip boots to w ork Al Gunderson got Ruth l.oundree in the limelight again. on the basement o f the building “ It was ju st a m ud hole, th a t's a ll it w a s ," he said They paneled the basement, put in rest rooms, plum b ing and a k it chen, and saw m em bership grow fro m 10 to 385. A ll are veterans who served on foreign soil du rin g a tim e of con flict “ You do this fo r the same reason you went to w a r, you fo u g h t," said Russell, " t o put som ething back in the com m uni ty. E ve ry function we have, we alw ays have a project we con trib u te to. " I 'm proud of this post I'm p ro ud o f the people w e 're associated w ith ." he said When Pullen was com m ander, he was tw ice selected fo r “ a ll- s ta te " honors, w hich are aw arded fo r m em bership, being a ctive in the com m u nity and conducting safe ty program s Only 12 co m m anders out of 147 earn the honor each year. Les Jordan was also an all-state com m ander, and Don B la ir said A l Gunderson, com m ander, is "d e fin ite ly in the running " B la ir pulled out a scaphook that was fu ll of canceled checks made out to variou s groups, ranging from Sandy High School m usical groups to M t Hood Hospice and the K iw a n is C lub’s C hristm as b a s k e t d r i v e . T h e r e w e re newspaper clip p in g s te llin g about post and a u x ilia ry functions in clu din g bicycle rodeos, M em orial Day services and donations to cancer research. "T h is is the Veterans"of Foreign W ars,” B la ir said, tapping the cover o f the scrapbook He pointed out that Buddy Pop py sales raise m oney fo r a re lie f fund fo r needy veterans, the ir widows o r ch ild re n Russell said the local post has conducted two full-dress m ilita r y funerals in the past m onth. “ We have one o f the most popular and gro w in g posts in O regon,” Russell said "T h e re 's a reason why a ll these d ign itarie s come to Sandy ” Sandy VFW Post 4273 and Aux ilia r y w ill soon have another reason to celebrate They soon ex pect to have the m oney to buy the bu ild in g they are in. V irgil Irelan, left, was presented with a P u rp le lle a rt by Bud Pullen. Resort fights growth plateau with service by M A R TY MORRISON T im es are changing in the ski in d u stry, and as a result o f those changes skiers' needs are being catered to m ore than ever "P re s e n tly the ski in du stry is in a no-grow s itu a tio n ." said B ill C onerly, p u b lic re la tio n s c o o rd in a to r at T im b e rlin e ski area According to Conerly, over the last several years the ski industry has been unable to keep up w ith the risin g costs of operation and insurance ski in d u s try as pu blic relatio ns specialists a fte r they graduate Con e rly adds that he makes it a point to re c ru it students who have an honest desire to function in the public re la tions field in some c ap acity eventual ly, and he a ttrib u te s part of the suc cess of his program to that aim K e rry M a cA rth e r of P ortland said the pro gra m was a great idea and she hopes they continue it " I haven't needed th e ir help yet but a couple of frien ds I'm skiin g w ith received th e ir help The ski hosts seem to keep e v e ry th in g going sm oo th ly,” said M acA rthe r T im b e rlin e lift op era to r W illia m Johnson agreed w ith M a cA rth e r that the ski hosts keep things running sm oothly on the h ill "T h e y do a gre at job. And they do a lot m ore than ju st stand around c h a t ting to people," said Johnson "L o ts of tim es when new skiers are ju st learning, they have troub le get tin g o ff the c h a ir and fa ll qu ite a bit. but the ski hosts help get the skiers o ff the ram p They a c tu a lly help p ro vide safety by helping the skie r out of the w ay ” Johnson also said the ski hosts take a little bit of the pressure o&f him by p ro vid in g assistance at the unloading ram ps " I can keep the lift ru n n in g because I don't have to go pu ll people J e ff L o c k tin g , T im b e r lin e ski school d ire cto r, praises the ski hosts and supports th e ir efforts. " I thin k it's a great idea I th in k it's another way of p ro vid ing m ore depth to th e s e r v ic e s a v a ila b le a t T im b e rlin e ,” said Lo ckting "T h e ski hosts are able to f ill a gap that the other em ployees a re unable to f ill because of the na ture o f th e ir jobs, p ro vid in g skiers w ith answers to questions that need to be answered and d irectio ns that need to be given " "T h e re fo re , we want to start ta k ing better care of the skie r so they w ill continue to ski, and ski safe and in c o n tro l," said Conerly Several years ago. both T im b e rlin e and M t Hood Meadows in itia te d pu blic relations program s, w ith "s k i hosts" to help assist and educate the skiin g public. This season, however, m arks the b e g in n in g o f T im b e rlin e 's f ir s t v o lu n te e r p ro g ra m , w h ic h has broken new ground w ith its expan sion. Conerly, who has been the only ski host at T im b e rlin e fo r the past five years, said the ski host program is designed to satisfy two m a jo r needs of the ski area "O u r ski hosts w ork to help our people have a good tim e by being frie n d ly and cheerful, and make our skie rs' visits m ore com fortable so they w ill come back again The se cond aim of our ski hosts is to en courage our skiers to ski in con tro l and observe safety and boundary signs Conerly pointed out by encourag ing safety they w ill help influence the ris in g insurance costs, which are be ing fe lt by a ll ski area operators In addition to the m ore than 20 volunteers w orking in the program , Conerly recru ited tw o college interns — seniors Linda Cockram from the U n ive rsity of Oregon and Bob Tour- tillo tt from P ortla nd State U n iv e rs ity — to help get the program o ff the ground "T h e y are m y core u n it," said Con e rly Both interns seek a position in the out of the w ay A lot of people don't realize just how m uch help the ski hosts provide They help give skiers m ore slide tim e ," said Johnson In addition to helping in dividu al Skiers and lift operators, the ski hosts a ls o p r id e th e m s e lv e s on th e assistance they provide the three ski schools operating at T im b e rlin e The Ski Hosts at Timberline work to make skiing a pleasant experience so that the customer will return. Photo by M arty Morrmori Another gap the ski hosts have plugged is the com m unications gap b e tw e e n th e p u b lic a n d th e T im b e rlin e s ta ff The ski hosts offer the skie r a m uch m ore accessible route to express th e ir negative and positive com m ents " I n a d d itio n to in fo r m a t io n assistance and guidance, we tr y to provide a sounding board o r place for skie rs to express themselves about w h a t’s happening at T im b e rlin e ,” said Conerly One im p rovem e nt that is already underw ay as a result o f the skiers' com m ents is im proved signage for the slopes A ccording to Conerly. m any fir s t tim e skiers fin d it d iffic u lt to get around T im b e rlin e because of the physical layout o f the area He said the new signs being prepared fo r the slopes w ill help a lle via te much of that confusion The s k i host p ro g ra m at T im b e rlin e appears to have earned a place in the ski in du stry Conerly is pleased w ith the progress m ade by his volunteers and sees a b rig h t fu tu re ahead fo r the program " I th in k we've hit on a good thing, and I th in k what we re doing is rig h t I ju s t w ant the ski host pro gra m to keep developing " See related story In Sports.
