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Voi. 75 No. 12 The SANDY, OREGON THURSDAY MAR 21 1985 < USPS 481-1801 2 seek position at Welches Morrison does her research Dawn Morrison isn't the kind of person to take no lor an answer Last year, after an unsatisfactory discus sion with administrators at Welches School about the discipline program. Morrison and two other parents met with principals at Sandy, Eirwood and Kelso sch»x»ls The end result was a 10-page report, and she feels she can take credit, in part, for helping make some of the changes that are in effect this year. Morrison, however, isn't satisfied "The discipline program is so confus ing the parents don’t even unders tand it.” A candidate for position three on the board of directors, Morrison said. " I think 1 can make some changes 1 really do And 1 know you're not go ing to do it overnight.” Morrison and her husband have three children, ages 7, 8 and 10. She feels having children attending classes in both buildings works in her favor Discipline seemed to be her main concern in the upper building She was concerned about the reading pro gram in the lower building, but she thinks a new program may help solve that problem. Asked about the two week mini courses, which are set to begin after spring break, she said, "Not all of the courses are as solid as I would like to see." Morrison served for five years on the Mt. Hood Preschool Cooperative's board ol directors, and reorganized the Parent Teacher Association, which in now the Schulson’s business is negotiating by PAULA BURNS A few years ago when there was a flap at Sandy High School, Mel Schulson of Zigzag started attending meetings of the board of directors He figured it would be better to get his information firsthand Schulson. a candidate for position three on the Welches School board of directors, wants to get involved again — hopefully taking firsthand information and making the logical choices. Dawn Morrison " I have an interest in what goes on there, and what kind of an educa Parent-Teacher Organization. tional product we put out The administration at Welches "And I'm interested in helping School supports PTO activities, ac bridge the gap in comtnunica- cording to Morrison, which she called tion/coordination with the communi "a positive development.” ty.” The PTO needs more support from Situated in an unincorporated Ixith parents and teachers, she said, area, Welches School has its own uni though the group does have a voice que problems, in Schulson's opinion Morrison said the PTO board has He perceives an “ us and them" at taken a position on some issues titude " I think there needs to be a brought up by parents, and have gone community-wide effort to understand to the administration in an effort to the problems of the community and reach a satisfactory conclusion the school," he said " I think so She said Welches School "is a good meone needs to actively try to bridge school in a lot of ways, but com that gap ” munication needs to be improved." Schulson said his business is Because of the recent bill tax negotiating He and his wife are self- payers received from the Sandy employed as fire adjusters Schulson Union High School District. Morrison is licensed in Oregon and Washington expects budget committee members to advise and assist policy holders on to be especially thorough She said insurance losses Though most in there are a lot of "sensible, down to surance adjusters work for insurance earth" people on the budget commit agencies, Schulson prim arily works tee this year. " I think they'll look for homeowners and business people after the taxpayer," Morrison said "Our business is making sure they A willingness to learn both sides of get what they're entitled to; nothing an issue would serve her as a board more, nothing less ” member, she said " I t usually takes about 10 minutes M el Schulson to explain my job," he joked Schulson has two children, ages 15 and 20, is on the scholarship commit tee for the Mt. Hood Lions dub, and participates with his wife in Women's d ub and church activities Schulson, a six-year resident of the area, is a former assistant director of the Scholarship Commission of Oregon, which administers loans and scholarships for the state. He was director of a private business college for two years, and has sold medical and hospital equipment He has been a fir»“ adjuster for about 10 years. He hopes to get as many people in volved in the budgeting process as possible, and he realizes that may mean he w ill have to solicit them per sonally He supports theschtxd's new asser tive discipline program, which has "apparently been pretty successful ." He feels an ability to get along with people is a major asset "Most p»*oplo are reasonable and flexible if you ex press an interest in what they’re say ing,” he said Mini-courses defended as ‘positive’ by TA.MI (IS S N A Students at Welches School will be participating in a unique mini course program designed to generate stu dent incentive and provide for an enriched curriculum The program, which has generated some controversy, will begin after April 1, following spring break, and run for two weeks The p ro gram was in itia te d prim arily by Pam Althouse, who teaches sixth, seventh and eighth grade mathematics at Welches. She heard of the program Ixung used sue cesslullv in the Rainier District "The concept is to reward kids who are doing a good job," Althouse ex plained. "and to enrich the cur riculum since we have a small school and don't have as much flexibility as larger schools. It also gives the kids a chance to know teachers from other angles.” The goals behind this program, as given by Gary Dietderich. assistant principal, are three told Io improve grades, decrease the number of detentions, and provide educational Program looks at crime prevention experiences not available in the nor movies, needlework, pantomme mal curriculum In his estimation skits, swing dance; Sixth period these goals were successfully met in English, problem solving, field a sim ilar project last year. hockey, dome building, computer " I am excited about the en board games, puppetry; and Seventh thusiasm students and teachers have period logo design, tennis, plant shown," said Dietderich. "and I ap studies, calligraphy, poetry preciate the extra time and effort Dietderich said some positive com Pam Althouse and other teachers ments he has received from parents have put in." are, "This is the only way I can get Students receiving a grade of "C ” my kid to do his work," and “ Can we or better in their core classes during take them too?" Some parents feel it the previous term will be allowed to is nice to see the school provide other take a mini-course for each class in educational experiences and have of which their performance is at the re fered to help quired level. Otherwise they will con Parents who disagree with the tinue to take the regular class during value of the mini courses are letting the two weeks of the mini-courses their opinions be beared also. Some Courses the students will choose feel the courses are not educational from are: Eirst period — math, and are a waste of time, Dietderich history ol rock i i roll, disection lab, explained Dr they may feel that weight training. Trivial Pursuit, schools should stay with the basics basic guitar; Second period and that taxpayers should not have to science, o rig a m i, h is to ry of pay for these types of activities. Timberline Lodge, creative writing, Parents may choosewhether or not film studies, newspaper; Third to have their kids participate. If they period history, women's studies, $on't participate in the mini-courses, running, chess, horror fiction, they will continue their core classes tinicklmg. Eourth period reading, " It is a philosophical disagreement history of television, radio and over whether a mini-course elective is educational or not,” Althouse said "Most classes are an extention of what we normally do, such as creative writing and calligraphy taught by the English teacher, disec tion lab by the science teacher, or the history and physical education elec tives. "There is a lot of misunderstan Every 10 minutes a child is reported missing in the United States This alarming statistic was one of many that prompted Priscilla Warlike, a specialist in child safety, to develop "Ident-A Kid", a system ol protection Warlike, executive director of Ident-A Kid, explained the pur pose of the non-profit association during a mini retreat at 111»“ lav mg Way Eellowship in Sandy on March 19. “ The system was developed through a great deal ot research and communication w ith Ixith local and investigative agen cies specializing in missing and runaway children," Warlike said She further pointed out how a protection kit was designed to pro vide important data on children to assure an instant, accurate and up-to-date profile. The informa tion would then he available for immediate use by investigative forces if it should become necessary. that you are interested in their feelings." she added Warlike conducts seminars on how to c o m m u n ica te w ith children in order to teach them alxiut safety precaution methods. She said that child molesters are gixxl sales people who w ill offer youngsters anything and will play on a child's ego and curiosity. Some of the areas Warlike discusses in the seminars are what youngsters should do if ap proached by a stranger, how to teach children to rely on their in stincts and how to educate them to be aware of everyone and everything around them " It is important to teach kids about prevention, because prevention saves lives," Warlike advised. Boh Christianson. Clackamas County deputy sheriff, also spoke at the retreat about crime preven tion for children and adults Chris tianson. who works in the Crime Prevention D partment, told the group how to make homes more The preparation kit costs $7 50 secure by using dead bolts and plus $1 for postage, and includes peep holes on doors He also various fact cards about the child, recommended security inspec 30 minute cassette tape to record tions, which are administered by a youngster's voice, special letter his department. to parents, fact sheet listing Christianson said there are criminal statistics, instruction more rapes today, and one in sheet on how to fill out »'aids and every hundred women will be a information on what to do it a victim "Change the odds in your child disappears favor through good preventative measures." he advised. He sug Warlike said that if a child is kidnapped or runs away, there is gested keeping doors locked in homes and cars at all times, and usually a two week investigative to avoid shopping late at night. period She said research lime is Child abuse and crime preven reduced to two or three hours by tion proved to be informative and using Iden t-A -K id "Y o u 'v e positive topics at the mini retreat. bought tim e hv com pleting Helen Unger, who attended the research data beforehand." War event, said "It gave me a lot of nke said. positive things I can do to protect Warlike emphasized th<“ impor my children Even though the sub tance of an open line of com jects were 'heavy,' they were munication between parents and presented in a manner that I can children to prevent kidnapping handle " Unger's sister-in-law, Carolann. commented " It makes and abuse "Com m unication you want to know more research should he established from the in depth, to get involved and do time your youngsters are small," w hat you can to protect your child she said "Let them know they can and vourself " talk to you alxiut anything and ding " "The mini-courses are not all fun and games," she continued. "There are strategy games that are good for kids. There are skills to be learned from them." They are also still refining the mini-course program and w ill take into consideration concerns of parents, Althouse said She feels this is a program that the kids should en joy, as well as the teachers Although for them, preparation is a lot of extra work on top of the regular cur riculum "We really intended to make this something special and positive," Althouse reflect»‘d. considering the strong objections voiced by some " I f you can please all the rest, that's wonderful," she said, smiling Mt. Hood Hospice plans ‘Fun’ raiser Eor people with the stomach, one ol the items to be bid on at the Mt H oik ) Hospice's first "F u n " Raising Auc tion Party is a trip in an acrobatic airplane More conventional items include a float trip down the Sandy River, ski passes and a weekend at a condo in Sunriver The fact of the matter is, though, that Mt Hood Hospice is looking lor the unconventional The non-profit group, which offers a program of care for the terminally ill patient and his family, is looking for interesting and fun items to auction off to sup port a cause that many people prefer not to think about The Hospice pro Bosivell rescinds in race fo r board One of the candidates who will be listed on the ballot March 26 for the Sandy Eire District has rescinded her candidacy Barbara Boswell said she is withdrawing from the race for medical reasons Other candidates for position four are Arnie Becker. Mike Braet, Jerry I<awson and Donn Nichols Two peo ple are running for position five They are Michael T Crappa and Gus DePaepe gram trains and provides volunteers to provide personal care, respite giving the person taking care of the patient a break and counseling According to Kathryn Brixlenck, executive director, Lindsay Wagner has even promised to "come up with som ething good One of our volunteers ran into her at Burger King in Gresham.” Mt Hood Hospice serves an area from Government Camp through 122nd Avenue, and from the Clackamas to the Columbia rivers People may call 668-9000 to deter mine the nearest drop-off point, and to get a receipt for the tax deductible donation Tickets w ill go on sale in April The auction will be May 11 at Oral Hull Park, outside of Sandv Proposed budget is up 2.6 percent Wh»'ii Superintendent Clark Lund looked at the fianl numbers on Tues day, they were "less severe" than ex pected The Sandy Elementary District's budget committee approved a budget with a 2 6 percent increase, which will result in a tax levy increase»of about to percent if no changes are O pen house set for fire chief On Sunday. March 24 there will be an open house at the Sandy Eire Hall from I to 5 pm for Bob Rathke, fire chief Rathke plans to return to private business after 12 years as chief of the Sandy Eire District The public is invited to attend the open house, which is being hosted by the board of directors made at the public hearing on April 15. The total, proposed budget is $6,381.117, or exactly $164,000 over the 1984 85 budget The budget committee, which held its third meeting Eriday evening, prim arily looked at twooptions They modified the administrative team's first option, which made fewer cuts than option two. Option one included a position for a new science teacher, library aids, a bus and other transportation cuts, a program to reinstate football and a $6,000 cut in the contingency fund The budget c o m m itte e also eliminated the soccer program and funds that were budgeted for the repair of a chimney, which would have cost $9.400 Cutting a position for a vice prin cipal at Cedar Ridge was also discussed, but a motion to eliminated the line item failed after a tie vote “ Wilh declining enrollment and tax rolls, I don't think we can justify it." Dennis Traxler, budget committee member. Joan Ragan, a parent, feels a vice principal is needed at Cedar Ridge to help curtail potential problems "As a taxpayer, ‘It is pay you now, or pay you later,'" she said The Sandy Elementary District is “ management lean" compared to neighboring districts, according to Lund. One seemingly unacceptable item in the second option was the near elimination of the library aid pro gram. The budget committee approved the budget 9-1. with Sherylle Emer son casting the lone no vote Lund said it is not unusual for a school district's budget to be altered during the public hearing process This phot« won ( halles ( ochran ol Sands a $25 gift certificate Sandy Boy Scout wins $25 with photograph of Hood Charles Donald Cothran, 14. son of Shirley and Michael Cochran of San dy, has received an honor award in the Boy Scout division of the 1984 Scout Photo Scholarship Awards, which are sponsored by the Eastman Kodak Company The award is a $25 Kodak gift certificate Cochran, a member of Troop number 662. sponsored by the Sandy Kiwanis Club, earned his award with a picture Mt. Hixxf that featured a hiking trail in the foreground The 1984 Scout Photo Scholarship Awards were open to all registered members of the Cub Scouts. Boy Scouts and Explorers
