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Thur»., Jon 8. 1987 (to c . 1) SANDY ( O r * .) POST - 3 Sunken solarium featured Remodeling gives restaurant new look by CHRISTINE BIERMAN Even Dennis the Menace, Dairy Queen’s advertising ambassador, m ight not recognize the recently remodeled Mount Hood Dairy Queen in Sandy. The Dairy Queen restaurant at 17400 Beers Avenue is applying the finishing touches to an $80,000 remodeling job that overhauled the serving and seating areas. The crowning jewel of the project is a sunken s o la riu m at the restaurant’s west end. ‘‘That solarium down there, people Just love it,” Bob Peters observed. He and his wife, Jan, have owned Mount Hood Dairy Queen since open ing it in March 1976. The solarium came first, in early November, followed by the interior work, shutting down the restaurant Dec. 9-12. The p r o je c t e n la rg e d the restaurant's seating area by SO per cent, from 48 to 72 seats, Bob said. Total square footage is about 2,000 now, he said. The restaurant replaced its hard, orange and yellow booths and tables with oak tables topped with sage green covers, and mauve-padded benches and wooden chairs. “ I hated that plastic,” said Jan, whose preference for a “ country” at mosphere is evident throughout the project. She chose the colors, fu r nishings, fixtures, floor and flower- patterned wallpaper. She c a lls the o v e ra ll e ffe c t “ restful" and in tune with the ap pearance of many Portland-area restaurants they visited recently. “We just figured it was tim e to do something. You’ve got to keep up,” Bob said. The Mount Hood Dairy Queen predates its competition, such as M cDonald's, Kentucky F ried Chicken, Taco Bell, Taco Times and a number of pizza outlets. “ Every place that opens has an ef fect,” Bob said. He expects that the remodeling w ill invite more business, especially dur ing Dairy Queen’s peak months of Ju ly and August. Higher sales may warrant hiring more summer help than the usual 22 to 24 people, Bob said. “ This time of the year, i t ’s really hard to tell (about the effect). Things are slow anyway,” Bob said. T h ir teen people work there now under the s u p e rvisio n of m an ag er Ruby Langlois. But the increased seating area already has aided employment at the restaurant, Jan said. Dairy Queen has laid oft fewer workers this winter than previously. The cedar paneling on the upper walls and the original ceiling are all that remain from the old seating area. Patrons can choose now from 10 four-person booths or 10 tables seating two or four persons each. The area is accented by oak panel ing, brass railing, cream wallpaper b o rd e r s tr ip s , fro s te d g la s s chandeliers and hanging plants. Jan said she w ill add vases of dried flowers to each table soon. The plants, landscaping and gingerbread also are undone. Ix»yal customers Vicki Picking and V ictor Ulmen like different aspects of the new look. Picking said she loves the colors while Ulmen enjoys the wood additions. “ The wood effect they put in here gives it a more homey atmosOhere,” Ulmen said. Peters patronized KLM Construc tion, Sandy, Legend Wood Products, Damascus, and Cascade Restaurant Supply, Vancouver, Wash., during the renovation. A Portland business Photo by Christine Bierman serves long-tim e men in the new sur- did the booths. “ I try to do as much (business) locally as I can," Bob said. “ Some things you can’t . ” Most of their customers live local roundings at Mount Hood Dairy Queen in Sandy. A remodeling project there is nearly done. ly, he reasons, so they do most of their buying and business here. The renovation included a new storeroom but left untouched the k it ch en s and re s tro o m s . T h e ir makeover w ill come later. “ We want to get food out faster and hotter. With more seating, we’ll have to do that,’ ’ Jan said about remodel ing the kitchen. By pellet gun Several businesses have windows shot Several businesses had windows shot out by someone w ith a pellet gun Saturday night and early Sunday morning, according to Sandy police reports. Two windows were shot at Sandy Sentry, one at 12:30 a.m. and the other at 3:15 a.m. A window was also shot at J im ’s Big Apple, Marcus Realty and a private residence on B luff Road. Some of the businesses listed an estimated loss of from $200 to $300 from the damaged windows. On Jan. 6, W illiam Fred Carney, 33, of Sandy, and Michael Ray Hag- gstrom, 20, were cited for crim inal mischief after a fight at a tavern. Haggstrom was also cited for being a m inor in possession of alcohol by con sumption. On Jan. 3, John Joseph McDevitt, 20, of Sandy, was cited for being a m inor in possession of alcohol. On Jan. 5, the Sandy Senior Center reported its storage shed had been broken into sometime between Jan. 2 and Jan. 5. About $50 w orth of tools were stolen, including a wrench and socket set. On Jan. 2, Kevin K a rl Kruse, 21, of Rhododendron, was cited for driving w ith a suspended license. On Dec. 30, David Michael Allen, 31, of Estacada was cited for driving w ith a suspended license. Tests survey SUHS students’ aptitudes by CHRISTINE BIERMAN Sandy Union High School students w ill soon learn the results of ex perimental tests that could aid their jobs search, a school official says. Results of tests taken this fall as part of the new “ School-to-Work” program w ill be released on Jan. 12, says Wee Rumbaugh, SUHS Career Center director. A ll seniors and half of the juniors participated in tests determining their job aptitudes and surveying their interests, Rumbaugh says. The other juniors w ill be tested thus spr ing. The tests were the firs t step in the federally-funded "School-to-Work” program, being tested itself at two schools nationwide. The next step is explaining the results to the test takers Jan. 12. The third step, what Rumbaugh calls “ the rough part of it,” is using the results to guide in d ivid u a l students in their career choices. Finally, students can opt to have test results fed into the job bank com puter at the state Employment D ivi Sandy is participating in the pro gram because of his connection with Ivan Wells, an Employment Division employee who runs the "School-to- W ork" program that he devised. A North Carolina man wrote the tests. Molalla High School also is par ticipating. "We are trying to match students with employers who are offering real jobs to youngsters who have the necessary a bility but are s till inex p e r ie n c e d ,” W e lls s ta te d in D ecem ber's C lackam as County E d u c a tio n a l S e rv ic e D is t r ic t newsletter. 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