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About The times of Willamina. (Willamina, Oregon) 1972-1974 | View Entire Issue (May 9, 1973)
ir iE of Willamina- LAMINA TIMES, Willamina, Oregon, Wednesday, May 9, 1973 B Lawn M ow er Grand Prix this August This summer, Willamina will be host to the world’s first Lawn Mower Grand Prix, as well as the scene of several drawings, sales and tricycle races. Meeting Tuesday evening, May 1, the Willamina Area Cham ber of Commerce voted to make August 4 the tentative date for all these events. Original^, Chamber members had planned to select items for a drawing, but after some dis cussion, it was decided to do something totally different which, as far as anybody knew, no other community did. The most popu lar idea was to have a lawn mower race. The idea mushroomed. First, the race was restricted to rid ing mowers. Then, it was decided that it would be fun to include push mowers as well. Next, it didn’t seem fair to leave out the kids, ,so it was decided to add a tricycle race with children getting prizes for the best decorated tricycles. Between races, drawings will be held near the finish line. The main prizes to be drawn for will be his and her racing bikes, VOLUME 60 NUMBER 42 ill River scene of race a ® hr IBs with many other lesser prizes preceeding them. Details have not yet been worked out as to the route the racers will take, what sort of awards they will receive or what the entry fees will be. These, and other details, will be considered at the noon meeting at Ted and Thelma’s Cafe on Tuesday, May 15 Other action taken by the coun cil was the formal adoption of a “Welcome Wagon” type of se r vice officially named “ Willamina Welcomes You” to be of se r vice to, newcomers. For the time being, it was decided that Cham ber members would call on new comers personally on a volun teer basis to deliver gift and information baskets. The Chamber also voted unan imously on a position paper sug gested by Jack Shetterly and written by Vance Welty to be presented "to the Willamina City Council backing their efforts to install new water pipes and sug gesting alternate possibilities for funding the project. J ■illilllw iljjijllill ? --ifJ.; ¿-Z" ■ “1JBB •; M i p w H R Students stage w a lk fo r the retarded Hundreds of elementary and high school students from mid-Willa mette valley area schools participated in the Sunday after noon hike to Amity park on be half of the “ Walk for the Re tarded.” The students came from Willamina, Grand Ronde, Sheri dan, Amity, Dayton, McMinn ville, Newberg, Yamhill and Carlton. Mr. Bill Monroe was organizer in Sheridan and Mr. Cliff Jenne in Willamina. Refreshments of hot dogs and pop were served to all partici pants by Amity groups organized by the Amity high school. A musical group was also on hand to provide entertainment. Of those leaving Sheridan, the first to arrive in Amity were Cliff Jenne and 8th grader Sam Wet zel who ran and jogged the whole distance. At press time we only have un official figures, but Chapman school, in Sheridan had over $600 in pledges and the high school about $300. Students at Chap man having highest pledges were Jennifer Brower, Cindy Reed, Lori Flowers and Tana Ingram. High school students with high pledges included Dorothy Thom as, Louis Hubbard and Janet Simonson. The National Guard trucks that were to return the hikers to their starting points cancelled out at the last moment so Ladd, Transportation Company donated a bus and driver, A1 Nisly, do nated his time to return the Sheridan - Willamina youth to Sheridan high school. ■**- ’fez J É s ll M ■Bs Which way to Sheridan? Just about anything that would float headed down the Yamhill river Sunday afternoon to compete in the Willamina to Sheridan boat race sponsored by the Willamina - Sheridan Jaycees.- Taking first place for canoes and kayaks was Harold Caligan of Carlton; Second place winners were Kevin Fuller and David Peirce of McMinnville. Taking third were Terry and Jim Vickerman- of Milwaukie and Oregon City. F irst place in river boats and rowboats were Nels Jensen and Mike Killgor^ of Wil lamina and Grand Ronde. Second: Ray Fry and Rick Clardy of Grand Ronde. Third: Peter Neumann and Tom James of Van- couver, Wash, and Beaverton. F irst in rubber rafts Jim Sulak and Dennis P arr, McMinnville: second, Paul Esser of Silverton and Tom Moore of Beaverton; third, Barsen and Barderick Habert of Sheridan and Pleasant Hill, Calif. Matt Nimrod and Don Brown of Sheridan took first place in inner tube competition, followed by Kerry Roberts, Sheridan and Fred Simmons Sr. and Fred Simmons Jr of Carlton. Most unusual entry was a piece of board mounted on two pieces of irrlgatioh pipe piloted by Dayton Hyde of Klamath FaUs. Ljbrary stucj ies ways fo r better service i; Ron Pittman won the school :•:• i board election in Willamina with :•:■ 131 votes. The school budget^ •iwas defeated 267 to 63. The*: •il.E.D. vote was yes: 155, no: §: •'.288. Jeanne Nimrod won tpe'B § Sheridan school board spot with •:•: §118 votes. TheI.E.D. vote passed •:•: §there with a vote of yes: 231, ■:•: S'no: 70. •:•: 973 Sheridan May Day court chosen On Friday, May 11, the Willa mina Library Board will host Mrs. Phyllis Dalton, former As sistant California State Librari an, who has been retained as con sultant by the Mid-Willamette Valley Council of Governments to help develop a plan whereby local residents can receive bet- ter services (or even services ... the first time) through co fòr operation between libraries of the tri-county area. Her visit will be part of a year long study of local library se r vices in Marion, Polk and Yam hill counties conducted by the Mid-Willamette Regional Li- brary Study Committee, with Charles Freeling, McMinnville City Councilman, as chairman. During the current month she hopes to cover the entire area and see and talk with the gen eral public, librarians, council- men and teachers in each com munity in' order to obtain their thinking about local library needs and resources. For instance: Is the present schedule of two afternoons and two evenings sat isfactory or would being open the same hours every day of thè week be better? How about a regular librarian? A phone in the library? A wider selection Heavier fines or no fines at all, of books? Books on reserve? 8 as in many libraries? Is the library a pleasant, inviting place to come? In addition to 17 years as Assis tant State Librarian, Mrs. Dalton has more recently served as con sultant in developing a state wide plan of library services for the Alaska State Department of Education, Prior to that she served as a consultant to the Louisiana State Library System to determine the effectiveness of its regional library system. Library presents children's Story Time Each Tuesday morning at 10 a.m. at the Willamina Library is Story Time for ten to twenty pre-kindergarten children. The program was started last year by Charlene Brown to keep the children happy until they were old enough to start kindergarten. The group has expanded from four to the present enrollment of twen ty. Any child is eligible to sign up for Story Time, if he is be tween four and five years old. Charlene feels that a child needs to be read to, and that it is never too soon to start. Story Time is intended to awaken an in terest in books, and the children are encouraged to check out books „ ,(vyith Mommy’s help) from the library. The 1973 Sheridan May Day court is from left to right: Alan Cruickshank, Lynda Vorres, Mike Rogers, Mary Hoover, Brad Stork, Betty Hamil ton, Bonnie Hamrick, Mike Moritz, Janet Hamil ton, Kurt Pugh, Julie Cox and Randy Gunn. In front row are: Emily Wolfe, Maid-of-Honor; Vickie Smith, Queen. The youngsters are Kyle Smith, Queen Vickie’s brother, and Scepter Bear er and Michelle Laros, Crown Bearer. Walter and Grivet, the frogs and Curious George live at the li brary, and they learn along with the children. Willy the Book worm’s house will soon be r e pared. Story Time will continue until the summer and will begin again in the fall. These future readers are listening to a story of a baby bird look ing for his mommy. From left to right, back row: Steven Hale, Janet Biers, Sherri Blackwell, Scott Ohmer; middle row: Jeff Larsen, Mark Littlejohn, Doug Eddy, Derek Williams; front row: Robin Eddy, Laurie Allen, Matt McKnight.
