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2 SANDY (Ore ) POST th u n July 23 1987 {$•< |, The Sandy Post Editorial & Opinion Scott Newton, editor Korindo Hedlund, advertising representative Sandy will miss AD Mike Kostrba At a state w restling tournam ent a few y ears ago, SUHS Athletic D irector Mike K ostrba discovered a half-point erro r in the scoring. t , As we recall, the half a point didn't change the outcome of the tournam ent, but we offer the exam ple as a way of showing K o strb a’s attention to detail There a re a half a dozen different ways a w restler can score in a tournam ent, and at a state tournam ent th ere a re several w restlers in a dozen weight classes. The Pioneer w restling team finished second at state that y ear. Who is to say what difference a half a point might have m ade? „ ,, K o strba’s organizational skills are the stuff of legend, and anyone who doesn't believe that has never been to the Sand> Invitational T rack Meet. After 16 years at Sandy - 14 as athletic director - Kostrba has taken a job as director of athletics at Benson High School. His new job will provide plenty on new challenges, and we wish him luck. But he should also know that his contributions a t Sandy have not gone unnoticed. . »» In addition to being a good sports adm inistrato r, I he Kos, a s he was som etim es called, m ade a lot of friends. Many fo rm er high school athletes have confided in us over the years th a t for youngsters who play by the rules, K ostrba is an in terested friend and supporter. In our opinion, that stem m ed from K ostrba s love of athletics; he would not deny the opportunity for any young person, boy or girl, to participate in organized athletics. He believes in the value of the experience. And that should give people in Sandy som ething to think about. Increasingly, the cost of organized athletic program s, recreation program s and m aintaining an aquatics center are being questioned. Without these activities there would certainly be a void perhaps there is one already. Kandy Hutchinson will take over for K ostrba, and we have confidence in his ability to run a good program . But also without a doubt, we will m iss Kostrba s wit and enlightened views of issues in education. Letters to the editor Mountain Festival committee thanked this year Bert Key chairman, Troop No. 176 Sandy The scouts and parents of B.S A Troop No 176 would like to thank the Mountain Festival committee for a n o th e r s u c c e s s fu l M o u n ta in Festival. We would also like to thank everyone who supported our chicken barbecue again this year There are some very special people whose help we could not have done w ithout They are Mike Annes. Howard Blckle. and Ralph. JoAnn and David laiyne Special appreciation goes to Frank Slesh and l.in O rr for the use of their refrigerated truck and to Lynden Farm s for the use of the barbecue pits It is because of these people that the scouts of Troop No 176 have earn ed their way to summer camp again G roup suys thunk you We would like to thank the follow ing establishments and individuals for their help in making this year's Sandy Area Summer Recreation Association booth a great success at the Mountain Festival Sandy 7-Eleven. Jim 's Big Apple, Shorty's Corner Fuel, Nikola's Store, Sandy Safeway, Bowman's Sandy Thriftw ay, Charbos and Dr Mark Mullins, D.C Mike Kadum president-elect Sandy Area Summer Recreation Association Street u milestone in eommunity’s life You develop a strange sort of friendship with the road you live on For 20 years we have lived on Bux ton in Troutdale Buxton H ill" they call it in the road reports, because it is abandoned firs t when snow blows or ice glazes. "T n -M e t buses w ill take alternate routes around Buxton H ill," the radio announces Kids who live on Buxton know they won't see a big, yellow school bus until the thaw The road is a stranger to the subur banites w ho pass our house each day Just another delay on the way to the freeway But 1 know it like a friend The meter cover that d icks under your tires at Third Street. I he pothole on the right just past Fourth The T-intersection at the bottom of the hill where you go right to downtown Troutdale or left to the freeway. Or, if your brakes are bad, the road is slick or you are just plain foolhardy, you can plunge across the intersection and over the bank and have a go at the railroad tracks beyond A truck last week tried that route and wiped out a telephone trunkline It makes you wonder about the wisdom of having such a valuable line exposed at the bottom of a hazar dous hill sort of like putting a china j f t ___ __ Sharon Nesbit tea cup on the edge of a table. Those of us who are really good friends of the road have a pet name for it We call it Hungry H ill or, sometimes, just Hungry, for short No one knows for sure where the name came from The best guess is that years ago when there was a meat-packing plant at Troutdale, the m eati utters, hungry for their noon meal, used to trudge uphill to their houses for lunch The hill has figured prominently in our lives, mostly in winter We State R epresentative Bob Shipraek, D-Dist. 23, 22610 Forest P ark Rd., B eavercreek, Ore., 97004. 631-3817. Or: State Capitol, Room H288, Salem, Ore., 97310. 1-600-332-2313. State Senator Bob Kintigh, D-Dist. 14, 38865 E. Cedar F lat Road, Springfield. 97478. 746-1842. Or: State Capitol, Room S310, Salem. Ore.. 97310. 1-800-327-7389. Sen. M ark H atfield. R-Oregon. 711 H art Building, Washington, D.C., 20510. 202-224-3753. Portland office phone 221-3386. Sen. Bob Packwood, R-Oregon. 259 Russell Building, W ashington, D.C., 20510. 202-224-5244. Portland office phone 221-3370. Rep. Denny Smith, R-5th Dist., 1213 Ixmgworth Building. Washington. D.C., 20515. 202-225-5711. Salem office phone (toll free) 1-800-452-7889. Or the tim e my neighbor, Al, started down the icy h ill, flipped around and slid trun k-first into the rear of another car. The claims ad justors scratched their heads for days. Hungry is best on the day after a snow, when the county closes the road and the kids sled there We creep out of our houses into the bright winter light to watch Troutdale’s greatest downhill event. Kids and dogs and pieces of plastic and Mon tgomery Ward sleds in a screaming m ix of snow and gravity. Buxton has always been a road. The kind with a ditch at the sides and pavement chewed away at the edges. People who hike the hill duck tra ffic on one side and blackberry brambles on the other. You’re in good shape if you can walk to the top without puff ing. But this sum m er H ungry has undergone a metamorphosis from road to street. M agicians w ith bulldozers and sorcerers with ce ment trucks thundered in. It was awful for awhile, this m ajor surgery , w ith the road ripped apart and its guts spewing gravel. But when the last truck roared away, it left behind a street with pavement black as velvet, gleaming yellow lines and th a t h a rb in g e r of c iv iliz a tio n , sidewalks. Sidewalks where the d it ches used to be Sidew alks where Al's car ended up truncated to another Sidewalks where kids ditched their sleds. It's a little like dressing a cow in a negligee, this business of turning our road to a street But we’re getting us ed to the frills . Vern Rathman, who lives up the road io r street), said it best when he was pondering our fancy-pants throughfare Saturday at the T rout dale picnic. "F o r years and years,” he said, “ I've wanted sidewalks on Buxton. Now we’ve fin ally got one and I ’m too old to walk up the h ill." Deadheads \vi££le in tie-dyed finest floor to the shaded area As the music crashed along, so did the fans But wait now These guys and gals weren’t slam-dancing or shaking themselves senseless I wiggled with a whole bunch of folks Sunday who probably think Ollie North is a fink Foolish boys and girls Where to write measure winter by whether or not we can get to our houses I remember a granddaddy blizzard in the 1960s when the city pickup, then the only four-wheel-drive in town, toted com muters up the hill. Men in business suits and topcoats, hatless and breathless, stood in the pickup bed, clung to the top of the cab and squinted through driving snow. It is a picture that sticks in my mind the same as the flag-raising on Iwo Jima. They evidently don't know l.t Col Oliver North is the new American hero I doubt if they care They did show a hint of political emotion, however, by applauding and cheer ing when the sky w riter finished gass ing "Impeach Reagan" in the deep blue Eugene sky Who are these folks, these silly boys with long braids and girls with graying underarm h a ir'1 You guess ed it I ’m talking about Deadheads Deadheads, one and all. descended on Duck City four days ago for a sun ny afternoon of hailing their own heroes The Grateful Dead and Bob Dylan Some 43,000 Deadheads dressed in their tie-dyed finest and Dylan fans and the young one and I squirrel ed our way into Autzen Stadium for music, dancing and people-watching The 120-per-ticket concert was bill- Dave Pinson ed as an event, H IE show of the sum mer And that it was, although most of the show was on the stadium floor and in the stands Not too concerned about getting close to the stage, the young one and I wandered into the fray just as the Dead were thumping out their first song We worked our way around the rim of the stadium, stepped down a set of stairs and decided to cross the Not a bit. these folks were wiggling and groovin' like a herd of people on muscle relaxers Before I go any fu r ther, let me say that the audience was half true blue or born-again Deadheads, the real hard-core wig- glers The rest of the crowd were peo ple like the young one and myself, there for the event and to watch the crowd Anyway, down on the floor, which m ight be better called the dance floor, were all these folks just a-wiggling mindlessly to the tunes A testimony to the Deadheads' way of thinking came from the young one as we made it to the other side of the football field I didn't get stepped on once and e v e ry o n e e xcuse d them selves," she said. " I t 's so mellow " That was it That was the word I was looking for These boys and girls were mellow Maybe a bit zoned out. th a t’s true, but mellow One observation I would like to make is that since the Summer of Ixive in 1967, some of these folks have gained a little weight and seem to take a few more showers. But th a t’s OK That’s life And we were all grateful concert-goers for the latter as we sat in the sweaty summer sun But back to the show During the Dead's second set, it struck me that nobody at the stadium, be they w iggl ing or watching, likely thought of Mr O. North as a national hero North, of course, is the pawn of the powers-that-be and has supposedly caught the imagination of Americans everywhere. I couldn't help but wonder what would happen if North were to show up at the concert. F irst, I'll bet, old Ollie would receive a loud boo or two But then the Dead would start to play and if old Ollie could get even one wiggle out. one small wiggle for mankind, then someone would hand him a tie- dyed shirt and we could all groove out one more tim e b y A duni K ruft The Sandy Post ( I 'S I ’S 48I IKOI Ml M il* » ► ' »«j « • d » Tbwi b F wb y v A»* O’ ’* • O v ' No' • o B . M A » » i» O ' So -4» O ’ * Q " <»•• 1 U S S u b - .'b O 1 %•< o»M < 'o » t po d o’ 668 5546 SUBSCRIPTION RATES to* C!•* ko**««« C om «’ » p»> 59 00 MyllnOTPOk < Ow*N 110 00 1 » I I 50 « •« O»•9«»»' In No* «**•«' *<M ><>< 1 «»» $•«*•« Ov','4« O»Q>->n p*. »14 00 Ov'4'doNo'lhwgil *r JE »,' (MH' P«> »»O’ »17 00 Sondy P oll Sondy Oregon 97055 No 30 July 23 1987
