Residents
figuring
tax bills
A levy rale of W 82 per $1,000 of
assessed valuation was confirmed by
the county assessor's office earlier
this week, giving people an oppor
tunity to figure out exactly how much
more they would pay if the Sandy
Elementary D istrict's levy is approv
ed.
The district is seeking a $2 2
m illion levy on Dec 3. Three grade
schools and the junior high are cur
rently closed, and w ill remain closed
if the levy fails at the polls
Clark Lund, superintendent, has
been asked by a number of people to
figure out what their taxes would be,
a chore he said he hasn't minded. He
provided The Post with one of the tax
hills
The value of the property was
$43,390 last year, which was reduced
to $40,350 this year The taxpayer has
already paid $1 39 of the $8 82 rate,
and so took $40,350 times $7 43 If this
person votes yes on Dec. 3, she w ill
pay an additional $299 80 She has
already paid $555 39, and so her total
bill w ill be $855 19 That is $14 more
than her total bill for 1984 85
Lund said that estimate would hold
true for other property owners The
owner of a $60,000 home could expect
to pay $21 more in taxes this year
than last, and the owner of an $80,000
piece of property could expect to pay
$28 more.
To figure out how much more the
district's levy would cost, take $7 43
$8 82 minus $1 39i times the assess
ed cash value of one's home or pro
perty
Students
welcome
at Welches
Having received several requests
to enroll non resident pupils in
Welches Grade School, the hoard of
directors last week established a tu i
tion rate and classroom size lim ita
lion to guide the administration
The tuition rate of $3,680 equals the
per pupil cost for resident students
fo r one y e a r
A c c o rd in g to
Superintendent Dan Barker, that
amount would be prorated according
to the number of days a non resident
attends school at Welches
Barker also recommended, and the
board approved, a lim it on the
number of pupils that would be ac
cepted in each classroom That
number was set at 22 students for
each self-contained classroom
Considering current class sizes,
Barker said non resident admission
would lie considered in grades four
through eight The kindergarten
through third grade classes already
have 22 or more students
Picking gets
3-2 nod
for council
Brad Picking, owner and operator
of Janz Berryland for 12 years, has
joined the Sandy City Council
He was selected for the position
vacated hy Randy Oliver, who has
moved out of the city
Picking, who has served on the
Sandy Planning Commission and the
city's budget committee, has been
developing property in the Sandy
area for the past three years
“ I think the City Council does a
great jot) and has a gixxl individual
m ix,” Picking wrote in his letter of
application for the position " I would
like to participate with the council
and continue in that capacity as San
dy continues to grow and remains a
great place to live "
Picking was one of three people to
apply for the vacant seat The City
Council voted 3-2 Monday for Picking
over Mike Murray, a firefighter in
Boring who has served on the c ity ’s
budget committee
Dick Harrison, Jim D uff and
Calvin Jones voted to have Picking
join the council. Ia irry Buck and
Deane Wesselink cast votes for M ur
ray Marge Frederickson was ab
sent.
Photo by Scott Newton
Tim Park considers the value of confidence in the men’s washroom.
Leads in ‘How to Succeed’ live parts
by SCOTT NEWTON
Tim Park, who plays the lead in
Sandy High School musical “ How to
Succeed in Business Without Really
T ryin g ," said it is essential for an ac
tor to actually become the person he
is playing
If a person doesn’t do that, he ex
plained, that person is more likely to
think about what he did at school, or
perhaps who is in the audience.
“ A good example was during the
show on Friday, when my girlfriend
was there,” he said, smiling
Carleen Whitlock, the leading lady,
readily agreed Having her boyfriend
in the audience Saturday night
resulted in a couple of lapses, which
she talked about good naturedly
First, during the opening number,
she sat on a box of Kleenex, and
though she distinctly put the box on
the desk — as though she was suppos
ed to have sat on a box of Kleenex
during the opening number — her
boyfriend laughed; he knew it wasn’t
part of the show
To make matters worse, Whitlock
also tripped during that song Direc
tor Chris Harris was so struck by her
bad luck that he had to leave the
auditorium , he didn't want to laugh
outloud
Bu, Whitlock shrugged it off When
the dance scene came, she turned in
what was probably her best perfor
mance to date Orchestra Director
Steve Christensen agreed " I was
real impressed I thought you held in
there w ell," he told Whitlock
Whitlock and Park were interview
ed Tuesday in Christensen's office
"How to Succeed in Business Without
KeaUy T ry in g " w ill play Friday,
Nov 22 and Saturday, Nov 23 at 8
p m in the SUHS gymnasium
The acting isn't the only thing that
adds realism to the show The are a liv e , w ith the sound of good music but no story line
likes the part, and can identify with
musical, one of four to have received
music. .
Whitlock's best part previously
the love-struck secretary. “ I ’ve
a Pulitzer Prize, is about a young
P ark’s strength is as an actor, and was as Muriel, the stuck-up snob in
learned some things about m y s e lf
man's meteoric rise through the that is the way Christensen — who is “ Out of the Frying Pan," a comedy
by playing the part, Whitlock said
ra n k s o f a c o m p a n y , and a working on the play with Harris and
about a group a struggling actors and
Park eventually plans to attend Mt
secretary’s attempts to catch his a t Bruce Scarth, vocal director — likes
actresses.
Hood Community College, but w ill
tention.
it. He feels a musical has better
Rosemary, definitely a bit of a
probably take a year off to decide
’’ I ’ve talked to adults after the entertainment value if a person likes
romantic, may not be the ideal of the
show, and they’ll say, This kind of the story, rather than having just the women’s movement, but Whitlock
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stuff happens at my work all the
tim e ,"' Christensen said
All the office characters are there
Coral Howell plays the prim and pro
per secretary, while Debra Lamm,
another secretary, is Rosemary's
best friend and a bit of a m at
chmaker Brian Juenemann is a pain
in the neck as the boss's nephew Tim
Callister, who is the boss, comes
across as competent, but with quirks,
while Cindy Hall, his girlfriend, is
pretty but dumb
It is the first lead for both Park and
Whitlock, and both are enjoying the
characters, saying they are not that
aifferent from themselves
Park has been taking drama
classes all four years of high school,
but it wasn't until the suspense
th rille r "W ait Until D a rk " that he
auditioned for a play. He was the
v illa in , and found pla ying the
serious, scary part difficult
He had more fun with Rocky, the
dumb jock in "D am n Yankees "
Park, who is a bit of a jock himself,
said p la y in g R ocky was "n o
problem "
He likes the character of J Pierre
pont Finch the best, though Finch is
am bitious but not obnoxious, clever
but not conniving
The music is for a tenor, but Park
is a baritone, and so. according to
Photo by Scott Newton
Christensen, a note or two has been
changed to accommodate Park They
Carleen Whitlock, center, is the ferus of “ Cinderella Dari- front: Tammy Ten Eyck, Kim Howell. Debbie Lamm
couldn't do that with some musicals.
ing. In back, from left to right; Shawna Cosby. Beth Vicki Auborn and Kim Atkins.
Christensen said, singing "The hills
Wong, Carmen Morrison. Whitlock and Karyn Ives. In
Senior Center ‘coming into its own’
by SCOTT NEWTON
Rolodex that occupies a large part of
the desk on which it sits, help find
people to assist seniors with their
taxes, locate a nurse's aide or help
unravel the maze of governmental
programs for which they may be
eligible
Volunteers are helping to make the
Senior Center viable The new fiscal
year began in July, and already 41
different people have donated time
D uring the month of October,
volunteers donated about 130 hours of
tim e Ninty-seven people volunteered
1,600 hours last year
"We re fortunate in that a lot of
people realize, since we live out here,
we depend on each other," Kasser
man said
Meals on Wheels, delivered by
volunteers on a route that is
sometimes 37 miles long, are given to
us many as 14 people each weekday.
Volunteers are not reimbursed for
mileage "So, they're giving a lo t,"
Kasserman pointed out
N utrition isn't the only important
aspect of delivering meals to the
homebound " It's the daily contact,”
Kasserman said “ In my opinion that
is just as important, and sometimes
more (Im portant)."
The Hoodland Senior Center covers
an area from Cherryville to Govern
ment Camp With no mass transit,
The Hoodland Senior Center has
undergone its share of changes, but
as Karen Kasserman marks her first
year as director and outreach coor
dinator, the program appears to be
enjoying stability
"We re growing, and we re keep
ing busy," said Kasserman, who
celebrated her first anniversary at
the Job in September
But for Kasserman, who w ill drive
snow-covered roads to check on peo
pie and is involved in some creative
problem solving, it is more than a
job
She's "just a natural at this," said
l-enora Richards, assistant program
director and van driver
The Hoodland Senior C enter
receives no government funding
l-ocated in the Hoodland Women's
Club building on Salmon River Road
- across from Welches School - the
center provides a variety of services
and activities for people 55 years of
age and older, regardless of income
That last part is important The
Hoodland Senior Center is not a
social club and it is not solely a refer
ral service for low-income people
The referral and information ser
vice is an important one, though
Over 1,600 “ units" of information
were provided to clients in 1984 85
Kasserman and Richards, using a
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Karen Kasserman and Lenora Richards