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About The times of Willamina. (Willamina, Oregon) 1972-1974 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 28, 1973)
D.W, W O * Yocom Box 38 Willamina, Oregon 97396j^ Santa makes "h it" in Salem According to previously announced plans, Santa Claus (alias Sheridan's Ted Mayfield) was supposed to parachute into Salem 's Lancaster Mail at noon Fridav and visit with the kiddies at Payless after landing. But things don’t always go according to plan. F irst,' Santa was late to arrive, and after standing around in the cold and rain, the crowd at the Mail were told that Santa would come down the chimney Instead. The large group of children and parents moved inside where a standby "Santa" passed out candy canes to the kids, but nobody had informed Mayfield of the change. Hi spite of high winds and limited v isi bility, "Santa" bailed out of an airplane at 12:35 p.m . not only with most of his audience gone but with a parachute mal function. Mayfield, veteran o f over 4,000 jumps, "Came barreling down out of the sky like a cannonball" said one eyewitness, before he could get his reserve 'chute Sheridan to remain in Yawama League after all opened. But with the le s s maneuverable reserve 'chute, Santa wasn't able to steer on target and wound up crashing into the glass roof of a nearby greenhouse. For Wednesday night the Sheridan School tunately, he wounded nothing but his dig Board reversed its decision of a month ago nity. „and voted to remain in the Yawama League, According to the Salem Statesman, "Those who saw the real Santa hit the and withdrew a request to O.S.A.A. to greenhouse and hurry off to the store transfer to the T ri-R ivers, a league com apparently also thought he was the one posed of single A schools. The vote followed a lengthy discussion who came down the chimney, preserving most of Santa's credibility and a Merry by the board members and several inter ested students and townspeople who were Christmas to a ll.” present. Voting ended in a tie, with Russ Taylor and Ken Knutson voting for a move, U.S. Plywood requests Class waste discharge permit plays U. S. Plywood-Champion Papers, Inc., has applied for issuance of a national p o llu ta n t d is c h a r g e elim ination system waste discharge permit, the Depart ment. of E n viro n m en tal Quality has reported. The firm operates a 450,000 bd. ft.-d ay (% ” basis) plywood, mill in Willamina. The plant is located adjacent to the South Yam hill River on the northeast edge of town. Log pond overflow is discharged to the South Y a m h ill R iv e r from ap proximately November 1 to M ay 3hof each year. The plant. also discharges turbine cooling w ater and boiler blowdown and storm water runoff from the yard and plant area. On the basis of preliminary staff review, the department proposes to issue a permit to operate waste water control facilities and to discharge to public w aters subject to certain effluent limitations and special permit conditions. This proposed determination is tentative. A final deter mination will not be made until a fte r a ll comments received pursuant to this public notjce have been evaluated. Interested persons a re invited to submit w ritten comments reg ard ing th requested permit and the d e p a rtm e n t’ s t e n t a t iv e determ inatio. In fo rm atio n regarding the applicant or application which might aid the department in its review of the application is solicited. A ll comments should be submitted by Dec. 18 if they to be considered by the uireetor in the formulation of his fin a l V d eterm ination regarding the p erm it ap plication. Send o r d eliver comments to: - W aste Discharge P e rm it Section, W ater Q uality Division, D epartm ent of Environmental Quality, 1234 SW Morrison treet, Portland, Oregon 97205. I f submitted comments in dicate significant public in terest in the application or objections to the tentative determination or if useful inform ation could be produced thereby, .the d ire c to r m ay, at his discretion, hold a public hearing, on the application. Public notice regarding any hearing will be circulated a t least 30 days in advance of the hearing. The application, proposed p erm it conditions, related documents, files, previous permits and other information are available for inspection and copying between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. weekdays at the main office of the above address, (phone 229- 5696). A copying machine is available for use at a charge of 25 cents per copy sheet. Fact sheets and further in formation may be obtained upon request. Willamina's boy, girl of month Sharrey Reek Sharrey Beck, daughter of Mr. and M rs. Floyd Beck, and Duane Rich, son o f Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Rich, were named girl and boy of the month for October at W ill- mina High School. Both are members of the senior c la ss. Sharrey; is the Honor Society president, a four year member of Thespians, being the scribe in her junior year. She has participated In Vaudeville Varieties and fun night, and is a member of the Swing Choir and Triple Trio. She is a three year member of the tennis and volley ball teams and participated in GAA act ivities. In her spare time she enjoys sewing. Duane's main interests and activities are sports. He has lettered in football, basket ball and baseball. He was captain of the football team during the season just ended; and was named to the Yawama League all star defensive and offensive team s. During his junior year he also made the Yawama League first team in football for defense, and the second team in basketball for offense. He was a representative to the student council in his freshman year; and en joys cycling in his spare tim e. Two performances are slated for the Sheridan High School junior class play "You Were Bom on a Rotten Day." The comedy will be presented on November 29 and 30 at 7 p.m. in the high school cafetorium. The play was developed by New York City students in 1965 and written by Chris topher Sergei. Kelly Flowers plays a dual role as physics instructor Claude P . Jones and Ptolemy. Other lead characters are Doug McConnell, Councilman Banks;Kim Brow er, principal M iss M asters; Janet Hamil ton, M iss Johnson; Kurt Pugh, coach Bart Ascomb; Judy Dillin, Connie Constellation; Ken Johnson, professor; Pam E isele,stu dent teacher. Others in the cast are; Diane Taylor, Mary Hoover, Teresa Og- levie, (Henna B orres, Angie Seal, Jon Pierce, LaNell Songer, Linda Herzberg, Ken Bauman, Mindy DeHart, Ann M c- Kendrick and Jan Stuck. The play i s directed by Maxine Byers. Chuck Wightman is stage manager and Trudy Knutson i s in charge of costum es. ester. Former wrestling coach, Bill Monroe, who is on a leave of absence fromteaching this year, has been hired as assistant wrestling coach. Les DeHart announced that 52 students at Chapman had been awarded presidential physical fitness awards at a recent as sembly. New lunch prices in effect since Novem ber 14 are; elementary, 35 cents for a single ticket, or $3.00 for a ten punch ticket; high school, 40 cents single, or $3.50 for ten; adults, 50 cents single, and $4.50 for ten. The board reaffirmed its stand on the policy of busing inside the city lim its. No student will be allowed to ride a bus if he lives within one mile of the school. Town loses agent Richard Sabin, State PUC Commiss ioner, announced Friday that he has al lowed Southern Pacific Railroad to with draw its agent from Willamina. Sabin said that Willamina area shippers can now handle their rail shipments by calling the SP station at McMinnville to ll-free. He added that SP will leave locked boxes at the Willamina rail spurs near each shipper's operation so bills of lading can be picked up there by rail road conductors. Shippers can also get shipping infor mation with toll-free calls to Eugene or Portland, if the McMinnville station does not have enough details. Willamina is served by one train daily which originates and terminates at Mc Minnville. The Willamina agency has not been handling passenger tickets, baggage, mail or shipments of le s s than a carload for some tim e, anyway. Tournament held here WILLY HI THRILLER Duane Rich The Lion's share A four-month-old lion at World Wildlife Safari roars over roast turkey — "mane" course in the little king of beast's Thanksgiving dinner. SHERIDAN JR CLASS PLAY and Jeanne Nimrod and Bruce Williams voting to remain in the Yawama league. At the October meeting Mrs. Nimrod had voted in favor of the move. School Board chairman, Ralph Matlack, broke the tie by voting against a move. M rs. L ester Moritz appeared before the board to request a change in policy which would permit junior and senior students to work a half day at paid employment. Mr. Hilton said that he and Mr. Correa are drawing up a proposal for the board to consider at the December meeting, which would allow a student to go on work release for two periods of a day. This would be non-credit so as not to compete with the successfull work study program. They would like to have the board approve it on a trial basis during the second sem - His regular diet is le s s lavish, but equally nu tritious feline food. At least he doesn't have to worry about what to do with the leftovers. Four one-act dramas with unusual end ings set the stage for Willamina High School's fall production "Tales from Be yond the Crypt" playing Thursday and Fri day nights in the high school auditorium at 8 p.m . WHS Thespian president Rod Fillible heads the cast as Raymond, a ghoul-like keeper of the crypt who intro duces each story In a macabre manner with sick puns. The first entry is titled "The Claw" and features Lewis Negle, Laura Sulli van, Philip Rivers, Tim Maloney and Mike McCurry. This te lls of infidelity and the unusual and savage consequences It brings. 'Edgar Allen Poe's "The T ell-tale Heart" is the second tale from beyondthe crypt. Jeff Tucker heads the cast as a man haunted by him self. Other players include Brenda Ridenour, Patty Smith, Lewis Negley, Tim Maloney, Carl Tucker and Sage Turner. Victorian London is the setting for the "Mother of Jack the Ripper." It features Krista Hoefler, Becky Shafer, Carolyn Bierer, Tim Maloney, and Mike McCurry. "The Monkey's Paw" concludes the four act thriller. Mike McCurry and Carol Wagler portray a middle-aged couple who find them selves the victim s ofaterrifying "good luck" charm; Others in the cast are Lewis Negley, Philip Rivers and Carl Tucker. Patrick Lucanio wrote the additional material and directs the play. Mary Scott is production supervisor and Art Goodman does the special lighting effects. The all-school play, "Tales from Be yond the Crypt," is utilizing this year a precedent originated by Willamina High School's Fun Night programs: the addition of sound and film to live action theatre. "I guess you could call it a multi- media experience," stated director Pat rick Lucanio. "It is not a direct copy or a theft of Fun Night's programs but rather a dramatic presentation enhanced by the use of a scene-setting film and weird and eerie sound effects and music to create atmosphere." Mr. Lucanio added that the play is far from the spectacle of Fun Night. The special lighting effects include a pulsating red light that stains the stage a bright crim son during "The Tell-tale Heart" sequence. A key element to the production are the sound effects. They include wind, rain, thunder, a beating heart, scream s and moans, and haunting organ music. The film , which will open the play, contains the cast and production staff for the drama and also se ts the scene by touring a deserted graveyard and tomb. The play is scheduled for two per formances, Thursday and Friday nights, November 29 mid 30. Dennis Shell of the V.F.W. Boxing club lands a right on the jaw of his opponent. This was just part of the action at the recent boxing tournament here. The Silver Gloves boxing tournament held la st weekend at -the V.F.W. hall in Willamina, was very su ccessful. There were 83 boys from all over Oregon and some from Washington. The Coquille Valley K.O.*s from Coquille, Oregon were the team Champions, getting the most points for their boys that won the championship rounds. The runner up was the Capital Boxing Club from Salem. Coquille was also the winners o f the sportsmanship award, given for the most behaved and well conducted team . The Golden Boy trophy went to a 60 lb champ ion in the 8 and 9 year old group. Cole Lyday of the Capital Club was the winner. The host club, V.F.W. of Willamina,, entered four boys and had one champion. Jammy C lem ents: a 50 lb giant won the championship in his division. Out of all these boys entered, there were 30 different c la sse s, making a total of 30 champions. Next year we hope to have a much larger tournament, with some larger boys participating. Watch for the next smoker to be held here at the V.F.W. hall on Sat. D ec. 1st at 7:30 p.m. 100th Birthday ’’ Five generations celebrate Thanksgiving together at the 100th birthday celebra tion of Ida Yoder, Born in Kansas in 1873. More than 120 relatives gathered at the Mennonlte Church in Sheridan for the occasion. Pictured with Mrs. Yoder are Reno N ice, Howard N ice, Marlene Kropf and Heather Kropf; just a few of Mrs. Yoder's ten children, 48 grandchildren and innumerable great-grandkids.
