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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1960)
Student City Council Meeting Highlights SGD Activities The citizens of Medford got - a chance Thursday night to ee how high school students would run the city if they were in charge. l Student Mavor Pat Mc Laughlin and eight Medford and St. Mary's High school students climaxed the Elks- sponsored 12th annual Stu dent Government Day by tak I ing over the job of the regu lar city council. ' In addition to the students ATI t1l lnnnril manir rtViorc representing ine various cuy offices, and about 30 more were in the audience who contributed much to the lengthy discussion that arose on each issue considered by ho pniinnil ' f If the students were in 1 - I! ' cnarge an me lime, were would be no jay-walking on Medford's city streets, no bill- ftoaros on cuy property ai ine i airport, and no-parking-at- any-time restrictions on the south side of Main st. from the east end of the Eighth st. bridge to Almond st. Furthermore, action would De unaeriaKen 10 esiaDiisn two city parks along Bear creeK, eliminate pollution ana . uauuj Lilt U110l" u 1 V- n -J VI VI bill? liwn bordering the stream. Hesitate on Items Even the students hesitated on several controversial items and referred them to the regu lar city council for further action, but whether or not the latter body would like to consider them has not yet been determined. One of these was a student proposal to build two under passes under the railroad tracks at Stewart ave. and McAndrews rd. Before they had - finished discussing the subject,-., the council hashed over several ideas, including asking the railroad to move its tracks outside of the city, asking the company to go underground by. dropping the .level of the tracks below the level of the streets and building over passes at each major city ar terial street. . The council defeated a mo tion, by a 5 to 3 vote, to rec ommend against voting for a dog control "leash law" that will appear on the ballot at the primary election. Student Councilman John Lacy said, in mdving for the "a g a i n s t" recommendation, that dogs are the responsi bilities of their owners and not the community.. He added that it would be unfair to tie or lock-up all the dogs to prevent un-dog like actions by a few of them, just as it would be unfair to lock up all the people to prevent criminal actions by a few of them. ' Councilwoman Comment Councilwoman Linda Low ry . commented: "Why, you can't compare people to dogs," which brought forth an anony mous murmer from the audi ence, "oh, I don't know." As it turned out no rec ommendation was made one way or the other, since the students seemed to feel that the voters should make : up their own minds when they vote. The students, also discussed the idea of having a city owned recreation center r; in Medford which would be a multi-purpose center for - all age groups, but they could not decide on, whether the center should contain sports or cultural facilities. " ' One of the students in the audience who argued for the cultural facilities said that Medford has no real cultural life and should have a center for this purpose, such as a museum or art gallery. Sports Activities . - He felt that sports activi ties should be left up to pri vate enterorise and not be undertaken by the city. At the opposite end of the pole was Councilman Wayne Thompson who argued that about the only recreational activity available to students in the city is bowling, and the city, should have a center containing such possible items as a ballroom or skating rink to give persons more to do in I mr1 Hi Xl y V- - si1 ' - -.'' AMPHIBIAN ANTICS - Something to flip about - Jay Al cantara and Lita Stratton of New York City, dressed in toad costumes, cut loose with some amphibian antics at the ninth annual Carioca Ball at New York City's Hotel Astor. The couple won third prize in the costume contest. The ball replica of Rio De Janeiro's famous carnival, was sponsored by the Brazilian Culture Society. (UPI Telephoto) their spare time I This item was referred to the regular planning commis sion for further study. The council directed the po lice department to enforce the city ordinances pertaining to jay-walking and other pedes trian regulations, which have long been on the books but seldom enforced. Penalties Noted It would be an all-out pro gram, they said, and penal ties for infractions would be minor at first, possibly just a warning or a dollar fine. One of the council mem bers -noted that there were 20 traffic accidents last year involving jay-walking pedes trians and said the police de partment had offered to en force the laws but first want ed the all-out support of the council. In restricting parking to the east of the new bridge the council expressed its opin ion that any loss of business incurred by the merchants along here would not be as great as the confusion that drivers have when they, must form . one-lane after coming off of the two-lane bridge. It was felt that a serious accident may some day result because of this confusion and the city might also be open to a lawsuit if such an acci dent occurred. Approve Resolution The council unanimously approved a resolution to thank the Elks club and the city for giving them a wonderful educational opportunity and for training "we the students of today who will be the citi zens of tomorrow." After the meeting, regular Councilman Donald Hansen thanked the student council MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Sunday, Feb. 28, 1960 7 and the audience for their participation and interest, and said the city council, most of whose members attended, had learned something from lis tening to the matters dis cussed. The students who took part in last night's meeting were Mayor McLaughlin, Council man Lacy, Ron Daley, Keith Berg, Thompson, Elgan Cook, David Ryn; Councilwomen Linda Lowry, Judy Bash; Re corder - treasurer Mildred Boyd; City Manager Clint Stiger; City Attorney Gary Cummings; Public Works Di rector John Shaw; Planning Consultant Patty Barnes; and Parks and Recreation Direc tor Sue Brennan. Medford Men Return From Short Course Corvallis-William R. Die riex and Orie Moore of Med ford completed a special three day sanitarians short course at Oregon State college last week. The course is offered each year by the school of engin eering as a service to health department workers. 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