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
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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
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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
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two city parks along Bear
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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
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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
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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. This
year's course was attended by
65 persons from Oregon,
Washington and Canada.
Emphasis this year was on
sewage disposal, water supply
and sanitation.
Salem-flJPD - The State Cor
poration Department said Fri
day articles of incorporation
have been - filed for a third
daily newspaper in Portland,
the Portland Examiner, Inc.
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