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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
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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
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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
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