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Thur» , Aug 23. 1995 ( i t The Sdntly Post Sports 1) SANDY (O ra.) POST— 13 and Recreation DU chapter aims for continued success Neil Senger can remember going to Ducks Unlimited banquets with $30 in his pocket and not being able to com pete with the high rollers. "W e’re trying to do it where the lit tle guy can afford Ducks Unlimited just like the rich g uy." said Senger, who is helping to organize, along with Pete Henninger, their third DU ban quet They have enjoyed steady growth The first banquet drew over 40 peo ple, and about 85 attended the se cond. The cost is $25, which includes a DU membership, dinner and entry into the raffle After dinner, people may bid on items ranging from a lim ited edition shotgun to works of art. The High Cascades Chapter w ill hold its dinner Saturday, Sept 7 at Camp Arrah Wanna in Wemme. Cocktail hour is from 6:30 to 7:30 p m., with dinner at 8. Interested people may contact Senger at 622 4285 Camp Arrah Wanna is on Arrah Wanna Blvd., one mile south of its in tersection w ith Highway 26 in Wemme. Menu includes New York steak, s h rim p s a la d , baked p o ta to , vegetable, roll and dessert Among the items to be auctioned off w ill be a 12 gauge Remington shotgun, DU lim ited edition art work, hand-carved decoys, ammunition and decorative boxes and other items Local businesses are invited to make donations Donations for tickets to the ban quet. as well as donations of prizes, are tax deductible, according to Senger. People who are unable to attend, but who would still like to join DU, may do so by paying the $10 member ship fee Cost of membership in cludes a subscription to the organiza tion's magazine, which Senger said regularly has good articles on topics Patty Henniger and Nell Senger with item» to be auctioned off at upcoming Ducks Unlimited banquet of interest to hunters According to information provided by DU, the organization has over 2,200 chapters and 425,000 members DU has completed 1,949 wetland projects, ranging in size from potholes to complexes of over 500,000 acres. The total number of wetland acreage reserved by DU exceeds 2.9 m illion acres, and benefits hundreds of species of wildlife. Out o f $164 m illio n ra is e d throughout its history. DU has made available almost $127 m illion for wetland development, or about 80 cents out of every dollar donated “What we’re trying to do is renew a resource so there w ill be ducks for generations to come," said Senger, who is battalion chief for the Hoodland F ire Department. Henniger is a sign painter. Asked if they were hunting part ners, Senger said, "W e’re partners in all kinds of things, from fly fishing to trap shooting to working on Pete's car to painting mine. We're just bud dies." And, like the old days when they would go to banquets where things were out of their price range, Senger wouldn’t mind if the High Cascades Chapter put on a banquet that was so successful they couldn’t afford it The money goes to a good cause SUHS’I team faces immediate challenge * X z.. ....— -w - . by DAVID SCOTT Practice has barely begun, but already Sandy High cross country coach Darold Beymer can see the light of success at the end of the tun nel. " I think our boys can be the league ch am pio ns (M o u n t Hood C on ference) if the people out stay heathy," said Beymer, who is also the Sandy distance track coach in the spring. "W e have the most depth since I ’ve been here." In addition, he said the team has an excellent balance of senior leader ship and young runners. Sandy returns sx out of the seven runners from last year's 3-6 variety squad. Seniors David Burks, Ken Walker, David Scott and John Rogers are bat tling for the seven varsity spots as well as juniors Jeff Simons and Robert Kruger, not to mention the returning JV members Brad Shmautz figures to step right in and be competitive, too. The junior won the state and regional 800 meter race during recent Junior Olympic competition and has shown a very ex plosive finsishing kick in othere mid- ddle distance races he has competed in. " I expect Brad Shmautz to be right up with the best (in the league)," Beymer said. The boys w ill be put to the test very quickly Sept. 5 they host Columbia, the 1984 co-MHC champions. " I f we could get past Columbia, we could go all the w ay," said Beymer of the boys. He may have a point con sidering Columbia returns every run ner from last year’s squad Beym er, beginning his fourth season as a Sandy cross country coach (first as the head coach) is a little unsure of how competitive the girls w ill be for the time being Nevertheless, he is optimistic. "There w ill be runners coming out late, but by mid-season we should be really strong," he said. Kim Jones, who Beymer claims has put in long hours of running in preparatiion for her senior season, heads the girls along with junior Becky Hewgley and sophomore Barb Rivers. Among other things, Beamer is very pround of the newly designed 5,000 meter (3.1 miles) cross country course su rro u n d in g the Sandy athletic fields Much of the racing path consists of soft bark dust trails instead of gravel or grass. It also has several rises and even “ a little heart break h ill." “ I think we have the most challeng ing course in the league," Beymer said with a serious face. Beymer w ill have two weeks to motivate his teenage runners for the Columbia showdown. "Desire is the most important key in cross country,” concluded the coach. " I t ’s all a m atter of how bad the kids want it." David Burks and Brad Shmautz work out on the high school's new trail. Scoreboard_____ H unters may check guns at Estacada of hunting season (Sept 28-29). Price is $1 50 per gun, which w ill in clude one target Competent help w ill be available if needed for bore sighting Safety-minded range masters w ill be on hand to assist Hunters who would like to check their guns may do so at the Estacada gun range during the month of September The range, located on the old Estacada Highway east of Leathers' gas storage yard, w ill be open from 8 a m . to 6 p m on weekends Plans are also to have the range open from 9 a m . to 6 p m weekdays Opening dates for sighting w ill be Aug 31, and Sept 2 and 3. The range w ill be open each weekend during the month except for during the opening Signs w ill be out to identify the location of the range. The gun sighting clinic is being sponsored by the Estacada Rod and Gun Club » Skipper listed in UO program S c o tt S k ip p e r, a s ta n d o u t linebacker and fullback for the Sandy Pioneers, is listed in the current University of Oregon football pro gram Skipper was on the wrestling team at Sandy High and holds the SUHS shot put and javelin records in addi tion to having served as captain of the football team As fa r as e lig ib ility he is a sophomore at the U niversity of Oregon, having been redshirted in 1983 He is 6-2 and weighs 208 pounds. The prospectus reads: begins the fa ll as a linebacker, but he hasn't improvements necessary significant playing time "Skipper back-up made the to earn "He begins his third year in the program as one of six veteran linebackers with ability. Scott lacks the daily consistency that comes with repetition." V olleyball sign-ups set The Sandy Adult Co-Ed Volleyball league is looking for interested players for the fall season. Games w ill be played at local gyms on Tuesday, Wednesday and 'niurs- day evenings The schedule of league games w ill begin in September with one game per week through the m id dle of December Teams are being formed now If in terested, contact the Sandy Recrea tion Department at 668-5569 i
