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55LLAMINA TIMES. Willamina, Oregon, Wednesday, March 21, 1973
of Willamina-Sheridan
Four-Plexes draw opposition
Despite opposition from area
residents to the plan, a proposed i
eight-plex will evidently be cpn-
structed at 350 NW Willamina
Drive. The site will house two1
four-plex units.
Willamina Drive residents had
voiced some opposition to the
plan. Many of the fears in re
gards to the construction of the
units were dismissed by one of
the builders of the unit, Mr.
Buller from Dallas.
Contacted on Friday by the
Times, Buller stressed that the
units were being built for whole
some people to reside in. He
said that rents would run $135
a month for the two bedroom
carpeted units.
Buller said that the $80,000
project would be completely land
scaped with grass planted around
them. The exterior would be
brick and wood on the two level
structures and according to Bul
ler will look as nice as any of
the homes in the area.
Some residents of the area have
expressed their concern over
the possibility of hippies and what
they termedother unsavory char
acters moving into the units.
Buller pointed out that they had
nothing to worry about in that
respect because they want nothing
to do with that type of person.
Buller also said that pets will
not be allowed in the apartments.
Buller and his partner Fried
mann, also of Dallas, have been
granted a building permit and are
scheduled to begin construction
within the next couple of weeks.
Resident of the area recently
voiced some opposition to the
buildings at a recent city coun
cilman.
When queried by the Times the
residents did express opposition
to the plan, but many also said
that while they were against the
apartments they would not really
do anything to stop the construc
tion of the units. One reason
they admitted to saying this was
because it was too late to do
anything. ,
Most of the fears the people
expresed were dismissed by the
contractors as nonexistent.
Some of the opposition to the
plan could be easily understood
though as some of the residents
pointed out that Willamina Drive
needs to be widened to handle the
increased flow of traffic.
Other residents said that they
-wouldn’t be opposed to a duplex,
but they felt an eight-plex was
too large for the size of the lots.
While other residents just
Pictured is Elmer Werth ready to load a scoop of debris from what
is left; of the 'fromer Gillespies- Restaurant^at Valley Junc^jn,j^=
The restaurant^ which burned last September, is destined soon to
be only a memory as clean-up operations continue. Plans are ’
pending as to what will be built on the property according to
Walter W. Werth, owner.
couldn’t bear the thought of
having such a structure next
door to them.
According to Willamina zoning
laws the structure is entirely
within the law. There are only
three zoning classifications in
Willamina, residential, commer
cial and industrial.
In the residential category there
is no distinction made as far
as where anything iri that cate
gory can be constructed.
Several top ics heard
by Sherida n council
A report by Mr. W. J. Kvar
sten,
Director of Mid-Valley
Council of Governments, was
presented to the Sheridan City
Council at their meeting on
March 13th. This was in r e
gard to aid in planning for Sher
idan’s water supply system.
Mr. Kvarsten said aid to com
munities looks bleak. HUD is
temporarily out of funds arid is
in the process of being phased
out. He suggested Sheridan pur
sue
the
possibility of a
from Farm ers Housing Admin
istration. They have no grant
money available but make long
term loans at 5% interest. Mak
ing joint plans with Willamina
would strengthen the position.
Bishop Richard Sellers of the
Church of Latter Day Saints made
an offer of $35,900 for the city-
owned Flowers property,a four
story and about thirteen acres
of land. He said the house would
be used as a chapel for the con
gregation which now meets at Mill
Creek School. Eventually they
would build a new chapel.
Councilman Firestone said the
sewer committee is recommend
ing a price of $49,900 on the
property. There are many prob
lems regarding water, sewage and
easements, so the matter was
tabled to the meeting on March
27th.
Bob Hendricks, city adminis
trator, announced there were five
applicants to be interviewed for
the position of public works sup
erintendent.
Councilman Stork reported
Sheridan Road is number one
priority on street repairs. Res
toration and paving would run
between 512,000 and $13,000.
Widening the street five feet
would cost an extra $13,000.
An alternative to widening the
street would be to eliminate on
street parking.
Mr. Nelson of Amusement Ser
vices, owner of Que N Cushion,
has requested not to be required
to pay the city amusement li
cense tax on coin-operated ma
chines. This matter was tabled
until the March 27th meeting.
There w as,a first reading on
an ordinance on automobile a-
bandonment and dismantling on
private property.
Fred Simonson was appointed
civil defense director.
Glen
Lochner has been hired as m et
er reader and dog control offi
cer.
Lewis Tatom was voted by the
Sheridan City Council to fill the
vacancy caused by the resigna
tion of"Wayne Potter earlier in
the year.
Mr. Tatom has lived in the
Sheridan-Willamina area all his
life. He ‘ operated a slaughter
house in Willamina for 14 years
and now is employed by Sheridan
Pressure Treated Lumber. Ta
tom served five years on the
school board and on the school
budget board. Mrs. Tatom is
employed by the local bank and
they have two daughters. Mary
is a 7th' grader at Chapman
school and Jennifer is a high
school sophomore.
At the meeting on March 12th
the Sheridan City Planning Com
mission decided to review the ex- 1
isting city Zoning ordinance and
then make recorrimendations for
bringing it up to date. Areas
needing attention are: an offi
cial zoning map, provisions for
variances, and better definitions.
It was felt that Sheridan has a
fairly good ordinance, just need
ing a few changes and additions.
They are meeting again on April
2nd and 9th at 7:30 p.m.
Considered residential under
the laws are such things as
schools,
churches,
nursing
homes, single family dwellings
and multiple family dwellings.
Currently the planning commis
sion is studying some possible
changes in the zoning laws to
differentiate between the various
structures, but at the present
■ time no distinction is made and
the structure is entirely within
the confines of the law.
VOLUME 6 4 NUMBER 35
Willamina high tries liberalized
conduct and dress code
by Berneiece Soules
A liberalized student conduct
code for the Willamina School
District will be tried on a trial
basis until the School Board
meets April 19, it was unof
ficially decided Wednesday night.
A student conduct committee
presented the proposed code at a
special meeting at the high school
but since only three board mem
bers were present, formal action
on the code was put off.
The dress and grooming sec
tion had been of biggest concern.
Hair length rules for boys were
lifted as long as there is no in
terference with the learning pro
cess and present no health haz
ard. The health hazard rule
also applies to the girls. In
some classes both boys and girls
may be asked to tie their hair
back or wear it in a net for
safety. The new code provides
that special rules concerning hair
lengths may be applied, such as
the sports program which has
their own code that states sim
ply, “ If you want to be an athlete,
cut your hair.”
Boys will be allowed sideburns
to the cut of the jaw and hair
line mustaches. Hot pants will
be allowed on girls if not dis
ruptive to.the class.
Student hacking is limited to
in the presence of an adminis
trative official.
The Board thanked the students
for their well behaved and man
nerly presentation and for their
patience in the matter. Student
Body representatives thanked the
Board for an understanding atti
tude. No arguments were raised
at the meeting.
Willamina School Board Chair
man Elsie Werth criticized the
district’s reading program dur
ing a meeting in Grand Ronde
Monday night.
Her criticism
followed a presentation' of the
reading achievement test results
by the district’s reading special
ist Alice Rasmussen.
Mrs. Werth expressed dissat
isfaction with the nature of the
tests which rate each student
in relation to the national, aver
age.
Mrs. Rasmussen stated
“ nobody failed in the achieve
ment tests, not even at the bot
tom because they, may be doing
better than last year.”
Mrs. Werth reminded her that on
September 24, 1970 the Board
adopted a policy whereby read
ing levels were to be established
grades 1-8, and a record kept of
each individual students’ pro
gress. She said what she asked
for was a Simple test that would
determine what a student was
reading and how much of it he
or she was getting. Mrs. Werth
said, “ We are not getting the
tests we asked for and I feel
we are right back where we start
ed about three years ago.” She
said she will call a special open
meeting to discuss the situation.
In other business the board:
Denied a request by high school
principal Eugene Mack that he be
allowed to hire onhisown, assis
tant coaches from the teaching
staff if more students turned out
than the regular staff could
handle.
Heard a request by Pep Club
President Lori Schmitz asking
that the Pep Club be allowed
custody of the old Grand Ronde
Elementary School bell to be
rung at the high school sports
events to help school spirit. Supt.
Mitchell thought the Board should
hear the feelings of th e Grand
Ronde community before taking
defínate action. The Board voted
to retain ownership of the bell
and that it cannot be sold.
Granted the Sheridan Rodeo
Assn, permission to use District
portable bleachers the week of
Phil Sheridan Days.
Granted Supt. Mitchel! perm is
sion to call for bids for a new
bus.
Granted Supt. Mitchell perm is
sion to staff the District for 1973-
74 school year.
Retained the architectural firm
of Broome, Selig, Oringdulph and
Partners, Portland, to develop
plans for a district building pro
gram to include a new elemen
tary school at Grand Ronde and
remodeling at Willamina High
School.
Heard about a volunteer teach
er aide program under which five
grandmothers will work with stu
dents at Grand Ronde Elementary
School who are having reading
problems. The program is to
start after spring vacation.
Heard some of the pitfalls of
the District’s absenteeism pol
icy tftat includes the hardship
on Grand Ronde residents having
a toll call for previous permis
sion excused absences; some stu
dents are taking advantage of
their two allowed unexcused ab
sences to deliberately skip
school; and some previous per
mission calls to the high school
have not been recorded thus giv
ing the student an undeserved,
unexcused absence.
Councils consider ¡oint w a te r study
by Berneiece Soules
Willamina and Sheridan mayors
and representatives of the two
City councils agreed in Willamina
Thursday flight to consider co
sponsoring an area water study.
Sheridan Water Commission
Chairman Art Hebert said 1990
should be set as a target date
for construction of a Buck Hollow
dam which has been under study
for 15 years. “ It is the ultimate
ideal source of water supply and
flood control,” he said.
The current proposal under con
sideration is to combine the two
cities into one water , district
which would also serve the area
along the five-mile >highway con
necting them. Willamina Creek is
believed to be the best source of
Water.
Rough estimate is $1 million
cost, the officials were told.
Overall water rate for the “ av
erage user” would be $7 to $8 ,
a month, it was estimated.
The area now has about 1,220
water users. Five thousandper-
sons are estimated in the area
by 1990.
The preliminary water study
would cost about $1,500 with Wil
lamina possibly paying less than
half the cost as a study of their
water system was completed two
weeks ago. Each council must
take official. action before the
study will begin.
Students,administrators clash over donuts
While the full details were not
available at press time it is
known that a large group of stu
dents at Sheridan high school
were suspended last Friday, the
final day of classes'before.spring
break.
The three day suspensions were
reportedly dealth out to some 70
students.
In addition'to those students a
smaller
group numbering
approximately
five or six
were permanently suspended be
cause of previous violations.
The troubles alledgedly • began
when the school administartion
banned the sale of donuts and
chocolate milk in the morning
before school by the cafeteria ,
cooks.
The cooks had begun selling the
donuts and milk independently to
the students, many of whom had
znot eaten breakfast.
The program was entirely self-
supporting with the profit being
used to buy things for the cafe
teria.
However school officials re
portedly became disillusioned
with the project because they felt
it was cutting into the number
of students who bought hot lunches
from the school.
Because of this they ordered
the program to be stopped.
The students then began to work
to' get the program re-instated
according to senior class presi
dent Dick Hoover.
According to Hoover and Mrs.
Donald Cooley who’s two sons
were suspended, the students ap
proached Sheridan high school
principal David Sears to ask him
what the proper channels were.
Sears advised a petition.
The students then began to c ir
culate a petition that was signed
by 174 of the school’s 250 stu
dents, Hoover said.
The students had proposed us
ing lunch counts to see how many
students who were purchasing
the donuts were also buying hot
lunches. They also suggested
that the cafeteria offer a menu
to choose from.
But according to Mrs. Cooley
Sheridan School Superintendant
William Hilton wouldn’t even talk
to the students and did, in fact,
laugh at them because they had
not procured the proper forms
from the school to circulate the
petition.
This is what then brought on
the demonstration Mrs. Cooley
said.
At the demonstration the stu
dents gathered inthe school lobby
and cried out for donuts.
When they were subsequently
advised by school authorities to
disperse or they would be sus--
pended. When they refused to
move the school officials » made
good their threat.
According
to Hoover the
students are now attempting to
get a group of parents in back
of them so that they can have
an emergency meeting of the
school board.
At the meeting they hope to get
the matter resolved including the
lifting of the suspension and per
haps the donut issue also.
If the school board fails to act
Hoover indicated they would con
sider further action via civil
liberties.
,
According to Hoover ‘ ‘We didn t.
want to cause trouble, but we
felt we got pushed around enough
and we decided to set our heels
down.”
Sheridan school officials were
unavailable for comment.
mi ma. aai
From one demonstration to another . . i Harry Cooley, a Sheri
dan High senior, shows Sheridan High freshman girl health class
first aid basics with Larry Tenant of Superior Ambulance. The
demonstration was on Thursday. On Friday Harry joined another
group of students in a noon hour demonstration over the stopping
of donut sales on campus. Harry, along with 70 other students
whs suspended. Ironically enough on Saturday when the McMinn
ville News Register came out Harry was honored in a front page
story as that paper’s neighbor or citizen of the week.