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snowfield and filtered by wetlands
For several miles the bottom is made
up of small rocks, which makes it an
excellent spawning ground
And then the river makes a steep
and rapid descent past summer
homes and into the Sandy River
About nine miles of the river was
sterilized On a hike through an old-
growth stand of timber. Eubel show
ed the biologists an area that had
been rehabilitated four years ago
WiMxly debris was piled up behind a
cedar log Eubel pointed to the ample
cover, the rippling water, the smooth
water, the back channel
The important thing was the varie
ty This is what Still ('reek will lixik
like in 50 to 100 years, I hope "
The river supports populations of
summer and winter steelhead, spring
Chinook, early and late fall coho, and
resident cutthroat trout
Before the biologists traveled to
Still Creek for the tour, they attended
an awards ceremony at the Mount
Hood National Forest headquarters
in Gresham
Dave Mohla. supervisor, said he
was "very, very proud" to travel to
Albuquerque to accept the award
from the American Fisheries Socie
ty
He credited Dave Heller, a fish
A car wash and hot dog stand sales
helped the Good Shepherd Episcopal
Church youth group in Sandy reach
its goal of raising >600 to send one
member to Mexico in August
Donna Mitchell, a 1988 Sandy
Union High School graduate, will
represent Good Shepherd on a good
will visit to Cuernavaca in the state
of Morelos, about 39 miles south of
Mexico City
She will accompany the youth
group from St. Paul's Episcopal
The p e t ro c k race In 1 9 / 8 w a v a p o p u la r e v e n t.
fessionally Nicholls had played on
the "I love Lucy" television shows,
and Bruns was a Disney studio musi
cian who composed the song Davy
Crockett ”
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The first crowd estimate of 50,000
was given
This also was the first year the two
day Mountain Festival was expanded
to a slate of events known as Sandy
Mountain Days
Snowshoe softball, where p ar
ticipants wore snowshoes cut out of
plywood and guzzled beer while roun
ding the bases, was one of the events
Snowshoe softball later was changed
to choker softball, in which par
ticipants tied their ankles together
instead of wearing snowshoes But
the softball event was dropped
altogether in later years because of
insurance liability and because“ the
Mountain Festival committee did not
feel the event fit in with its slate of
family activities
Other events in 1978 included the
Pet Rock Race of the Century, and
the I x»ng Rifle Rendezvous
The Mountain Festival royalty also
made its debut in 1978 A new
volunteer came on board in 1978 The
volunteer, Darrell Dempster, had no
idea of the role he would play in later
Mountain Festivals
1979
The 18-member festival committee
carried on their duties despite the
grief over the death of Ellis, who died
of a heart attack just a week before
the festival began
"Lynn has been the single most im-
ortant person, not only in the festival,
but also in other community events,”
said Armstrong
Ellis's explanation of the success of
the Mountain Festival was simple
"You go into that park on a sunny
day and you get a special feeling,"
she had said
We really didn't do anything to
make the festival happen The Moun
tain Festival is a state of mind," Ellis
said
C o n tin u e d fro m P a g e 1.
biologist for the Mount Hood National
Forest, as one person who deserves
credit for the work Mohla added that
numerous people on the forest ser
vice staff deserve credit
Deputy Regional Forester John
Ixiwe said there is a new attitude in
dealing with fish habitat, not just in
the forest service but in other agen
cies
The forest service's new commit
ment to fisheries improvement
a
plan called "Rise to the Future"
lis ts as a go a l cooperation w ith o th e r
agencies
At the awards ceremony, Lowe
credited the Northwest Power Plann
ing Council, the Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife, the Washington
Department of Fisheries, the Colum
bia Inter tribal Fisheries Council, the
Northwest Indian Fisheries Commis
sion and Oregon Trout for con
tributing to the new spirit of coopera
tion.
It was biologists and other
representatives of those groups that
toured Still Creek last week
We have made a change and you
will see it everywhere you go," Ixiwe
told the group
Bill Johnson, the first US skier to
win an Olympic gold medal in
dow nhill competition, was the parade
marshal
The weather was hot, anti good
media attention in Portland was
credited with boosting attendance
The Almost 1D-K race debuted in
1979 The event has since been cer
tified as a 10-kilometer race
The International Bed Race Finals,
held before parade, began in 1979
According to Gerry New, the bed
race was Ellis's idea New has
followed through, organizing the
event every year It will celebrate its
10th year next year New’s Union 76.
now New's Towing, won the race the
first five years
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The number of vendors' booths was
increased to 157 this year The
number stayed the same in 1986, but
was reduced to 150 in 1987
Montgomery said the park was just
too crowded with 157 artists' booths
The pie throw was a favorite event
at the Wine Fair arid Feast's tent At
the Lions Club Beer Garden, a dunk
tank benefit raised over >1800
1980
Lindsay Wagner and Richard
Anderson, her co-star on the "Bionic
Woman" television series, were the
grand marshals for the parade
The Mountain Festival program
lists 136 booths The Sandy Recrea
tion Department took over the All-
Breeds I’et show that year The rules
read, in their entirety, "All entries
must have legs and be smaller than
King Kong."
1981
A record number of entries, nearly
100. were reported in the Mountain
Festival parade. George Bruns was
parade marshal
Connie Case, a college track star,
defended her title in the Almost 10-K
• We're not as cured out as they are
farther south," Jackson said, referr
ing to the Salem and Woodburn area
Mount Hood has had more rain this
spring.
Jackson and four other employees
regulate burning in a 90,000-acre
area from the Clackamas River to
the Columbia
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Church in Salem for two weeks in the
companion dioceses of the Diocese of
Oregon They leave Aug 8
The trip will combine service and
sightseeing A reciprocal visit is
planned for 1989
The Good Shepherd group earned
about >170 from .. car wash July 15. a
hot dog stand July 16, and a drawing
for a bicycle, all held in Sandy
Joan Miller of Sandy won the BMX
bicycle. said adviser Jim Holway
1987
The Mountain Festival program
was dedicated to Darrell Dempster,
who served for several years as
chairman of the mountain festival
committee. After a year's absence,
Dempster is back as chairman of the
Mountain Festival committee
“ He's been excellent." said Fen
wick "It doesn't m atter what it is. he
goes the extra mile "
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This was the year of the debut of
the New Games Festival It featured
fun, but non-competitive activities,
like blob tag. which is still played to
day.
Festival-goers had 136 booths to
check out
age of 73
Lillian Meaney, who was active at
the Sandy Senior Center, died July 14
at a Gresham care center at the age
of 89
Funeral services were Monday.
April 18, in the chapel of Sandy
Euneral Home Father Amanico
Rodrigues officiated
Mrs Meaney was horn Lillian
Catheran Wheeler in upper New
York state on Sept 22, 1898 She was
raised in Canada and in 1919 came to
Oregon to make her home
She came to Oregon to live in 19X1,
and lived in varies areas before settl
ing in the Hoodland area in 1943
laving in the Portland area, Lillian
worked as a saleswoman until 1971,
when she retired and moved to the
Sandy area to make her home
She was a member of the Sandy
Golden Age Club
She is survived by a sister, Stella
Vonnan in Alberta, Canada, and
many nieces and nephews
The family suggests memorial eon
tributlons be made to the Sandy
Senior Center in her memory
Fern G o ff
Welches resident Fern Janet Goff
died at her residence on July 12 at the
Mrs Goff and her husband
operated Goff's Coffee Shop near
Welches
She was born Dee 14. 1914, in E r
win. Tenn
She was a member of Eastern Star,
Mountain View Chapter No 125 in
Sandy
M is Goff was preceded in death by
her husband. Raymond, in 1987. and
her daughter, Marlene Goff, in 1984,
and her son, Jerry Goff, in 1971
Survivors include a sister, Mae
Nelson of Erwin. Tenn . and grand
daughters. Glenda Goff of Portland
and Gina Goff of Atlanta
Memorials should he made to the
Mount Hood Lions Club
Services were Saturday at the
Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Pleasant
Hill, Die Arrangements were by the
G resham Little Chapel of the
Chimes
668 8058
Hwy. 26. Sandy
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Matt Buekelew, 12. is prep
of the week
He qualified for the national
J u n io r Olympic discus com
petition w ith a throw of 79 feet,
3 4 inches He made the
throw, a personal liest that
earn ed him a first-p lace
finish, at the five-state Region
13 Junior Olympics, which
w ere held in Salem
Congratulations, Matt'
In July, people were stationed at
all the entrances to the park under
the direction of Jeff Jaqua, who was
chairman that year The official
count was 44.000
1983
The Sandy Area Chamber of Com
merce began its Wine Fair and Feast
tent this year The event is credited
with helping the chamber get its
financial affairs in order
The chamber started selling com
memorative wine glasses that year,
an idea Don Wilson stole from
an o th er fe stiv al. In 1988, the
cham ber sold 104 dozen com-
memorative wine glasses
The Sandy Box Box Derby also
made its debut this year
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Portland Trail Blazer Kenny Carr
was the parade marshal
The Children's Parade drew 136 en
tries. the Sandy Thriftway precision
shopping cart marching team was a
hit in the Mountain Days parade and
Styrofoam lizards on a stick were the
toy of choice for kids in the park
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We could really see that we could do
something with it," Fenwick said
But the park at the time was little
m ore th an a fo rest with an
overgrown path through it Three
months later, the city had put in a
walkway and repaired the bridges
Fenwick cut down ferns and an
nounced each freshly cut site as
suitable for an artist's booth
Vendors were recruited from other
craft shows, and numerous local a r
tists purchased their supplies at the
Blushing Zebra, so the message
spread word of mouth
The firs t, one-day M ountain
Festival was a success w ith 45 to 50
artists' booths
The Mountain Festival committee
barbecued chicken, and there was
some entertainment
One of the performers was Greg
Meier, who played the accordian
Meier, who was 11 at the time, has
gone on to s e n e as transportation
and youth activities chairman for the
festival committee
1975
The tone of the Mountain Festival,
it could be argued, began the second
year
No commercial vendor's booths
were allowed in the park And
musical groups, such as Cock and
Bull and I>es Lusk and I-eslie, were
hired to entertain
Fenwick remembers a good crowd
and a good family atmosphere
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By now, it was clear that the Moun
tain Festival was taking off A full
line-up of music was scheduled, and
the Mount Hood Mudders. the Sandy
Senior Center and Zych Elephant
Ears were among the six food ven
dors
The Mountain Festival had 115 ar
tists lining the trails
Several firsts were recorded that
year A Bicentennial parade
the
first parade
backed up traffic on a
Saturday, and the Mountain Festival
parade was changed to Thursday
evenings in following years
The Birdcage Theater also made
its debut
The Birdcage Theater was copied
from Knott’s Berry Farm by Ellis,
according to Shannon Montgomery,
Ellis's daughter
According to Mountain Festival
lore, the Birdcage Theater, the floor
of a building, was being taken into
the park on a backhoe At one point
the driver dropped the structure, and
that became the permanent site
The theater has changed over the
years. It now has a cement floor and
faces a natural amphitheater The
Kiwanis Club of Sandy has built rows
of benches into the hill.
The Front Stage, later dedicated to
Sandy musician Dale Nicholls, has
evolved since the start of the festival,
Fenwick said
1977
Sandy Post articles say 25,000
visited Meinig Park Dale Nicholls
and his All-Star Band, and George
Bruns and his Dixieland Band, were
am ong the e n te rta in e rs Both
Nicholls and Bruns had played pro-
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