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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
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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.