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LAMINA TIMES, Willamina, Oregon, Wednesday, May 9, 1973
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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,
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.