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.1 2S0 COGO ItZZZ' J-, fl I 29th Issue of our 114th Year, Chadron, Nebraska 69337 www.chadronnews.com Tuesday, June 15, 1999 75c im wy mmm Wi ii pm sagwg HMF, Wiiiiwtilli xiflae nhW ttnwi Aartff 1 1 bey rfrfii i mariten 1 new Middle School counselor. HerTChadron track meets- have been in previous' experience as elementary Scottsbluff or in the Nelson Physical yr xv- I- Activity Center. This has prevented Chadron from hosting district meets. The total cost of upgrading the pole vault area and purchasing mats', would cost $5,000 to $6,000. Board member Rob Wahlstrom suggested that they share mats with Chadron counselor was considered, Elementary principal Don Ross will be attending the governor's summit about violence and prevention in Lincoln on June 24.

Approximately $9,400 will be used toward thd purchase of a new lawn mower. The board agreed on a Deer 725 fireplace the 1991 White mower which recently mowed its last blade of grass. A 1998 White mower was purchased last year. The school system, was allotted a $3 10,000. increase in state aid for the upcoming school year.

A proposal to build a second long jump runway eight feet west of the current runway was discussed. The long jump pits are located on the ll hi ByANNAHENKENS Record Reporter It'i better to be safe than sorry, so the Chadron City School Board voted last night to use the legal firm, of Smith and King of Gordon for a monthly retainer of $500. The firm will be used until the end the calender year, billing the school district monthly. In January the board will decide- whether to continue using the firm. Retaining the firm would ensure quicker legal assistance if the need should arise.

The downfall of this decision would be paying $500 per month regardless if the school district needed legal The board accented with regret the resignation of Phyllis Busch, and presented her with a plaque for 25 years of service to the school sys-1 tern. Cheryl Moody, third will move into Buschs position as reading recovery teacher. A new third grade teacher will be Pam Smith was approved as the practice football field west of the Requests for bids to build 'onto high school. The approximate' the press box for the Chadron High. $2,000 addition' would allow for more long jumpers to run through their event at a faster rate.

The possibility of upgrading the pole vault area was also discussed. -Previously the pole vault event at Hollywood actor makes stop in Chadron OF. Y' By KRISTI MEHLHOFF It's not every day when a ccjebri-' ty is iq Chadron, but Wednesday evening Harrison Ford, Hollywood flew, into dined and spent the night. Ford has been in a number of movies to include the original three -Star Wars movies, the Indiana Jones" -movies, The Fugitive and Six Days and Seven Nights" Ford, an avid pilot, landed his Bell Jetrangef: helicopter at 'the Municipal -1 Airport State College to cut down on cost, tough, to justify spending that much money on one event out of 16 or 17 events, he said. A problem of theft in the boys locker room at the.

high school prompted the passing of purchasing of new locker fronts. The cost will be $6,000, approximately $100 per locker. There has not been a prob-. lem with the girls lockers. el the aircraft, Mittleider said.

After securing his aircraft for the night Ford- and his group found accomidations in town and then ate dinner at die Angela's Angela Harris, owner of Angelas Eatery, said they didnt have, any idea FOrd would be coming 'The excitement level in the'' restaurant was great," Harris said. Workers got autographs and took -a group photo after Ford was done "--t. Wade Montgomery was Fords waiter the -night he. dined at the restaurant. I.

was excited and felt pri-valedged to. wait on him, he said, rumors circulating amongst Chadron residents. Fords-. appearance has nothing to do with a' possible movie screening in Mittleider said Ford told the air-' port staff that he was transporting -his aircraft from New York to his ranch in Jackson Hole, Wyo. We heard rumors he was ing out for a movie and that the air- port was too small to fit his People also wondered why he would choose Chadroris airport because of.

its size, Mittleider said. She said Chadron's jirport is state of the art and one of the best facilities in the state. Ford' returned, the next' morning to take off he told airport staff that he had had a pleasant stay and it was a nice community with friendly people, Mittleider said. also fits the definition of 'a folk- lorist in many ways. Dr, Michael Cartwright was a', member of a panel that discussed Wednesday evening to stay ihp night Chadron.

Accompanying Ford Were five, people, two in each aircraft, who flew Fords other aircrafts, a' Beachcraft Bonaza and a DeHavilland Beaver. DonnS Mittleider, owner of, LAD airport, said they knew in advance" that Font was coming. She said they didn't stop for anything special, it was just where they stopped. He was a-very nice-penon who-was out helping everyone else refit-: novelist. While most will probably agree that she.

was quite a bit of both, a Chadron State College English professor thinks Sandoz RaconJ photo by Anna Hankins Some friends are bigger than others. Tom Emerson gives this friend a pat during the 4-H Horse Camp at Fort Robinson. About 160 participants attended the event June 10, 11 arid 12. See related story and photo on page 4 B. Hollywood actor Harrison Ford flew into Chadron last week.

Employees and customers of Angelas Restaurant asked for an autograph. Wade Montgomery, Jerri Grint, Usa Valladares, Angela Harris, Scott Harris, Ryan Sandoz, Linda Swallow and Sam Mitchell were among the fans who had their brush with fame, Chadron State College professor says Sandoz also a folklorist By CON MARSHALL For years, admirers of Nebraska author Mari Sandoz have discussed wheather was a historian or a SHE DEFINITELY didnt like Easterners, bankers, moneymri; those with power," said StaufTer. -who wrote a biography of Sandoz. -Stauffer said she appreciates the way Sandoz was able to put herself in the fqreward of the book and then fade away to tell the story. Stauffer also pointed out that Sandoz' always yisited the places she was writing about and even took courses in French at Columbia prior to writing The Beaver Men so she could read the journals written by French traders.

University, called Sandoz one of the most thorough researchers ever and said the. author presented extremely clear visual images in her All of the Quantic said, are of vivid1 descriptions that make them come alive, to the reader. She definite-ly didnt like Xf.y Easterners hankers mon fc those with power. -Helen Stauffer Mari Sandoz biographer -c-V, 5 A third member of the panel, Helen Stauffer of Kearney, said she had never thought about Sandoz being, a folklorist, but didnt disagree with Cartwright. She.

did disagree that Sandoz appreciated all value systems equally. Sandozs work at the annual meeting of the Mari Sandoz Heritage' Society Meeting in Chadron afternoon. Cartwright said Sandoz listened to stories, many of them secondhand, told by her Indians and pioneers, then recounted them. He said she paid close attention to the values of the people she was listening to and didn't necessarily see-one value system as being Superior toothers. IIER GENIUS was knowing a value system when she saw it and her ability get inside other peoples skin and think like they did, Cartwright said, 7'' Cartwright, who is a board member of the Nebraska Humanities Council, said in her work Sandoz captured the myths, legends and rituals of a culture, and also preserved foe uniquessness of individuals driven by those forces in her books such as Old Jules" and Crazy Another of the panel members, Diana Quantic of Wichita State.

Date June 8 1 June 9 June 10 June 11 June 12 June 13 June 14 Hi 90 75 69 69 79 75- 78 Low 55 56 51 49 53 48 53 Prec. 1.12 .10 .62 Dr. Michael Cartwright, chairman of the Department of Language and Literature at Chadron State College, explains why he thinks noted Nebraska author Mari Sandoz can be called a folklorist during a panel, discussion Saturday afternoon at the Mari Sandoz Heritage Society Meeting at CSC. The other panel members are Helen Stauffer (center) and Diane Quantic of Wichita State y. WFP" lySlh PP VWfT mywfniijii inurnt? tfvf -if ft-r -1 ate.