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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.
A t le a s t 19 P o rtla n d -a re a
employers, Freightliner and Costco
to name a few, are using these tests
in hiring and promotion, Rumbaugh
says.
The tests taken by juniors in their
personal finance classes may help
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know about so few jobs,” he says.
The tests guaged th eir strengths
and weaknesses in cognitive, or
thinking, skills, physical coordina
tion, and psychomotor a bilitie s,
something "few realize," Rumbaugh
said.
Besides helping students see how
their talents and interests can mesh
into a successful career, the tests
may help with job satisfaction, he
said.
“ I t ’s not just finances. I t ’s the
agony that goes with it . . . to try
something you don’t have an aptitude
fo r," said Rumbaugh.
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riculum , he says. They w ill be
retested next year.
For the seniors, though, “ I t ’s a
direct job placement concept," he
added. Post-graduation studies show
that 80 percent of SUHS alumni work,
even if they attend college.
Results of the “ School-to-Work”
tests indicate whether students are
best suited for professional careers,
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