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About The times of Willamina. (Willamina, Oregon) 1972-1974 | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1973)
Keith R.t 1 Lamàon Willamina OR 364 Q73 qa The Tim es of Willamina- WILLAMINA TIMES, Willamina, Oregon, Wednesday, July 25, 1973 10‘ VOLUME 64 NUMBER 52 Chamber of Commerce sets m ower race date fo r August 25 K ig a li, M W The Willamina Area Chamber of Commerce fixed the date of the Lawn Mower “ Grand Prix” as August 25, during their Tuesday luncheon meeting. The date had been tentatively set at August 4, but was set back three weeks at the request of Chamber President Vance Welty because “ I haven’t put in the time or effort to organize or publicize the event properly, yet.” In laying down some of the ground rules for the event, Spike Anderson suggested that the en trance fee not exceed fifty cents as he didn’t want to discourage entries by charging too much. The Chamber adopted the mea sure, and' set the fee at fifty cents. Age divisions were discussed, but the Chamber finally decided that Dorris Adams’ idea that all ages could compete in each division made the most sense. Duane Griffith agreed to display the his-and-hers bicycles, of fered as grand prizes at the drawing to accompany the.races, at thè Lincoln Bank starting this week. The bicycles will be on display at various Willamina bus inesses prior to August 25. The Chamber members unani mously agreed that no members or relatives of members could be eligible to win the drawing. Vaqce Welty agreed to include entry forms in the Willamina Times and to send entry blanks to other cities. w li A drawing was held at the con clusion of the meeting for a ten dollar cash prize. A drawing is held at each meeting, but the winner must be present. Carl Boehler, of Boehler Dunnage Re pair Service, would have been the winner. The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, August 7, at 8 p.m. in the Drop-in Center. S.P. vows crossing upgrade Southern Pacific Company promised the City Council Thurs day night to upgrade a danger ous grade Crossing here. The City Council had pr eviously sharply criticized SP for poor maintenance and the lack of warn ing devices at the crossing some three-fourths o f ’a mile east of here on old Highway 18B. jSP will install new planking/'to smooth the ‘ !“ssing 'ill place it on a*^ crossing gatei* chur motorists have^jona crossing by freigfiPf Five from 3 caught in Wanna race? Riding mowers, push mowers and anything else that could possibly cut grass will race through the streets of Willamina on Saturday, August 25 during Willamina’s first annual Lawn Mower Grand Prix. In training, above, is Hugh Fitzgerald of Sheridan. Entry blanks are available at the Times office, and one is printed on page 8 of this paper. School bond issue defeated, budget vote slated Thursday Voters in Willamina and Grand Ronde turned down a $1,950,000 bond issue on Thursday, July 19 by a margin of 267 to 145. This Thursday, July 26, voters will again go to the polls; this time to approve or disapprove the 1973-74 school budget itself. As for the bond issue, superin tendent Donn Mitchell said that there were no definite plans to re-submit it for a vote, but that the subject will probably be placed on the agenda of the reg ular school board meeting sched uled Monday night, August 13. The school budget itself, to be voted on this Thursday, is set at $694,195. Mitchell pointed out that $111,911 of that amount is State Basic Funds which will not have to be supplied by tax payers. One hundred eleven thousand, nine hundred eleven dollars works out to about three dollars per $1,000 valuation which property owners will not have to pay. Polling place for Valley Junc- ■ tion and Grand Ronde will be the Grand Ronde elementary school. Polling place for all other areas will be the Willa mina Union high school. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Ralph Matlack elected as new Sheridan school board chairman Ralph Matlack was elected chairman and Russell Taylor vice-chairman at the Wednesday night meeting of the Sheridan school board. The board accepted resignations from two teachers, Robert Be- lieu and Mrs. Judith Jones. Mr. Belieu has been band director in the Sheridan schools for the past fourteen years, during which time the bands always received high ratings in district competitions. He has also taught chorus, af-t, math and mechanical drawing. He has accepted employment with an engineering firm near P ort land. Mrs. Jones, a fifth grade teacher at Chapman school, will be moving to Sweet Home where her husband, Stan Jones, will be a member of the Sweet Home police department. In other action the board voted to raise lunch prices for elem entary school students from 27 to 30 cents, high school stu dents from 30 to 40 cents and adults 35 to 50 cents. There will probably be a salad plate available, but' no price was set on this. William Jolly of Willamina sub mitted a low bid for the walk- in freezer to be installed at the high school, which will also serve Chapman. Neighborhood Youth Corps mon ey has been made available so Rick Rentsch, Dennis Bailer and Bill Spivey have been hired for maintenance work. Mark Hostet ler is also employed in that capacity. Maintenance work this summer has been limited to Chapman school where skylights have been removed and decking laid, windows in gym have been removed and replaced with sheet ing and siding will be applied, preparation for rain gutters is nearly complete. Authorization was given to sup erintendent Hilton to make appli cation for 1973-74 ESEA Title #1, #2 and any other funds which may be available. Discussion was held consider ing the problem of high school seniors wishing to complete their high school requirements at Chemeketa Community College. Eight of last year’s junior class have already enrolled at Cheme- kete or are in the process of enrolling. These students already have 18 credits toward graduation and need only one more to meet state require ments, which they can receive in three months at Chemeketa. Sheridan high school requires 21 credits for graduation. The board has no policy to cover this since it is a new problem. The board passed a temporary policy to allow superintendent Hilton to proceed with the cases at hand, and the board will adopt an official policy for formal with drawal at the next regular meet ing on August 15. Dates for two special meetings were set for- July 25 and August 8. At the July 25 meeting the board must decide how to use the additional $57,605.87 1973-74 Basic School Support Fund ap propriation. The August 8 meet ing will be a legislative study workshop. Student representa tives will also be at the meeting with a revised request for a dress code change. Scoff Olson recovering from crash Scott Olson, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stan Olson, is recov ering in the McMinnville hospital from injuries received in a head- on collision between his motor cycle and a semi truck Wednes day. Olson had to have his spleen removed, as well as treatment for four broken bones in one ankle and a crushed elbow. The collision reportedly threw Scott into a ditch by the side of the road, with the truck coming to rest on the motorcycle. The impact was said to be so hard that the truck needed repairs before it could be driven away from the scene of the accident. As of this writing, the driver of the truck is not known. Five were arrested in Willa mina alone during a massive tri-county drug raid last week that resulted in arrests of about 70 persons in Yamhill, Polk and Marion counties on charges of drug sales and possession. (/-Those arrested in the Willa mina area were: Bob Lambert, John Barber, Larry Stevens, Dennis Hendricks and Dawn Mor gan. These and other arrests were the result of two months of un dercover work by narcotics a- gents of the three counties who succeeded in smashing “ the biggest drug shipping center of the Pacific Northwest.” Willamina and Sheridan police worked in coordination with the Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office, the Federal Drug Abusement Team, the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, the Bureau of Customs and sev eral other agencies. Yamhill County District Attor ney Gary A. Reauter estimated that the ring at times moved a half- million dollars a week from bases in the Dayton area. Mari juana and amphetamines were also involved in the drug charges. The heart of the operation was stopped in Yamhill County F ri day as law enforcement officers arrested 16 persons using 67 grand jury indictments. In r e lated actions Wednesday and Thursday, 14 people were a rre st ed in Polk County and 40 in Mar ion County. As this paper goes to press, specific charges against those arrested in the Willamina area have not yet been confirmed from the District Attorney’s office. Car opening "ja w s" dem onstrated here Vern Slack home for weekend Vern Slack, Rt. 1, Willamina, was home for the weekend after spending six days at the Univer sity of Oregon Medical School Hospital in Portland for treat ment and diagnosis of a possible stroke and other ailments. “ I really appreciate all the cards and concern that friends have shown for me,” Slack said. ' He returned to the hospital Mon day for further tests. At this time, doctors do not yet know Mr. Slack’s medical condition. “ I’ve been feeling a little bet ter lately,” he said. “ . . . Hope to keep on that way.” Ernie Hall of Western States Fire Apparatus demonstrates “ the jaws of life” Hurst power rescue tool to an interested group of firemen, ambulance men and other spectators whogathered behind the Hairloom, east of Sheridan, last Wednesday evening. The titanium jaws are 32 inches long and can open or close in 40 seconds with 10,000 pounds of force supplied by an air compressor. This tool enables rescuers to free victims trapped in an auto mobile wreck in a matter of minutes or seconds, eliminating the need for blow torches and other more dangerous means of opening a wrecked vehicle. The jaws weigh 65 pounds, and the compressor weighs 35 pounds; the cost of the tool is $3,800. But as Mr. Hall says, “ That’s a small price for a human life.” The cars for the demonstration were graciously donated by Mishler Wreckers.
