2A Wednesday, July 13, 2016 Appeal Tribune
THE WEEK AHEAD
JULY 13
Lunaria Gallery: “Life Sized” featuring
small scale carved wood sculptures by Deb-
orah Unger and jewelry by Alex Chaney.
Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, 113 N
Water St., Silverton. Free. 503-873-7734,
Lunariagallery.com.
THROUGH JULY 31
Borland Gallery: Artwork displayed. Gal-
lery hours: 8 a.m. to noon Mondays, Tues-
days, Thursdays and Fridays; 9 a.m. to noon
Wednesdays; noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays and
Sundays, 303 Coolidge St., Silverton. Free.
503-363-9310, Silvertonarts.org.
THROUGH JULY 29
White Oak Gallery: “Eden and After”
paintings and poetry of Robin Humelbaugh
and Colette Tennant. Gallery hours: 11 a.m.
to 6 p.m. Wednesdays-Sundays, 216 E Main
St., Silverton. Free. 503-399-9193, Thewhite-
oak.info.
THURSDAY
Movies in the Garden — “Snatch”: Pre-
sented by Willamette Valley Pie Company.
Doors open at 7 p.m. Movie will start at
dusk. Food and beverages will be available
for purchase, Oregon Garden, 879 W Main
St., Silverton. $4; $3 ages 12 to 17; $2 ages 5
to 11; $2 members; free ages 4 and younger.
503-874-8100, Oregongarden.org.
SATURDAY
Saturday Lunches: Noon to 1:30 p.m.,
Trinity Lutheran Church, 500 N Second St.,
Silverton. Free. (503) 873-2635.
Silvertongues Toastmasters: Develop
speaking skills by organizing your thoughts,
thinking on your feet and building confi-
dence and leadership skills in a friendly and
supportive environment. Guests invited, 7:30
to 8:30 a.m., Silverton Community Seventh-
Day Adventist Church, 1159 Oak St., Silver-
ton. 503-873-4198.
Art in the Garden: Features pieces from ten
artists, with four of those pieces being built
specifically for The Oregon Garden. All
pieces are available for sale, 6:30 to 10 p.m.
Featured artists will give talks about their
installations and inspiration, while guests
enjoy live music and wine tasting during an
opening reception between 6:30 and 8 p.m.,
Oregon Garden, 879 W Main St, Silverton.
$20; $5 members in advance; $25; $10 mem-
bers at the door. 503-874-8100, Oregongar-
den.org.
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Movies in the Garden - The Sandlot:
Outdoor screening of The Sandlot (PG),
presented by Willamette Valley Pie Compa-
ny. Food and beverages available for pur-
chase. Happy hour from 7 to 8 p.m. Movie
starts at dusk, 7 to 11:30 p.m., Oregon Gar-
den, 879 W Main St, Silverton. $4; $3 ages 12
to 17; $2 ages 5 to 11; $2 members; free ages
4 and younger. 503-874-8100, www.Ore-
gongarden.org/events/movies-in-the-garden/
JULY 23, 24, 30 AND 31
Canterbury Renaissance Faire: 1500s era
English marketplace, royal court, period
demos, four stages of continual entertain-
ment, Kids fairy land, great shopping with
merchant craftsmen, tavern, food, and more,
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Jousting from noon and 4
p.m. each day, 6118 Mount Angel Highway
NE, Silverton. $14;$11 ages 60 and older and
6 to 12; free ages 5 and younger. 503-873-
3273, Canterburyfaire.com.
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CHRISTENA BROOKS
SPECIAL TO THE APPEAL TRIBUNE
Breathing new life into
the old high school is the
Silver Falls School Dis-
trict’s top priority this
summer, as the building
will re-open as a 6th-8th-
grade middle school this
fall.
“We are still on sched-
ule to start school on
time,” said Superinten-
dent Andy Bellando. “But
I have no doubt we’ll have
to problem-solve once the
school’s open.”
2KG Contractors of
Portland is retrofitting
the newer portions of the
old high school on Schla-
dor Street – additions
from the 1950s, 60s and
70s – while sealing off the
original brick building
from 1939 that fails cur-
rent safety standards.
The result will be Sil-
verton Middle School,
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SPECIAL TO THE APPEAL TRIBUNE
The Silver Falls School District is busy converting the old high school into a new middle school.
home to about 450 stu-
dents who, in the past,
would’ve
attended
7th-8th-grade at Mark
Twain Middle School or
6th-grade at Robert Frost
School.
At Silverton Middle
School, the work list calls
for re-plumbing nearly
everything, re-wiring and
installing fire suppres-
sion sprinklers, adding
HVAC
systems,
and
bringing the facility into
ADA compliance, among
other things.
The budget is tight, at
best. After voters reject-
ed a $24.9 million bond
measure in 2014 adver-
tised to fully fund the pro-
ject, the school board se-
cured financing for one-
tenth that amount.
The district’s $2.5 mil-
lion loan is from Columbia
Bank and will be paid
back over 13 years, Bel-
lando said. Project over-
ages – already at 9 percent
in July – will come out of
the district’s capital pro-
jects fund, he said.
“This is not the ideal
situation,” he said. “But
it’s the solution that allows
us to address the highest
See SCHOOL, Page 4A
Construction will delay
drivers on Highway 214
APPEAL TRIBUNE
For 70 years, Beldon Home Solutions has consistently
pushed the boundaries on what a home improvement
company should be.
The country’s #1 recommended gutter
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A chip seal project for
the 4-mile section of High-
way 214 between Silver-
ton and Mount Angel is
planned for the week of
July 18-22. A contractor
working for the Oregon
Department of Transpor-
tation will do the work.
The work is during the
daytime from 7 a.m. to
5:30 p.m. each day start-
ing Monday, July 18. Vari-
able message signs are
being posted to warn trav-
elers of the scheduled
work, including the dates
and times.
Chip seals are part of
ODOT’s pavement preser-
vation strategy. Chip seals
can be excellent, cost ef-
fective alternatives to
paving the road which is
typically up to five times
more expensive.
Chip seals can add
many more years of life
and protection to the road-
way and can be repeated
at several 6 to 7 year inter-
vals before paving is re-
quired.
However, the short
term inconvenience of
chip seals could be loose
rock that can chip wind-
shields, chip paint and oil
sticking to vehicles.
Travelers are encour-
aged to use alternative
routes for a while to avoid
damage.
Travelers can expect
up to 20 minute delays
during chip seal opera-
tions.
There will be single
lane closures with flag-
gers controlling two-way
traffic. All work is weath-
er dependent.
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High school students need
access to technical education
CANYON
VIEWS
BUTCH
STETSON
After
decades of
being
an
Army pilot
of helicopters and fixed
wing aircraft and a build-
er of race car engines,
four years ago I became a
teacher. I found a place
teaching auto shop at Sil-
verton High School.
Since becoming an
educator, the thing that
stands out to me is that
our high schoolers need
more opportunities for
vocational and career
technical
education
(CTE). At Silverton, our
CTE includes agriculture,
culinary arts, metals,
welding, business, along
with my auto classes.
Oregon has a problem
because we don’t have
funding
to
provide
enough
CTE.
Many
schools have no CTE
classes at all and others
just don’t have enough
room for all the students
who want to take them.
For instance, we had 150
kids wanting my class last
year. We only had room
for about 65 but took on
over 80. There’s unmet
need like this all across
Oregon.
This is why I’m sup-
porting Initiative Petition
65. With stable, adequate
funding, Silverton could
expand and bring its CTE
offerings into the 21st
century, like schools in
other states have done.
High school students else-
where take classes with ti-
tle like “medical interven-
tions,”
“disaster
re-
sponse,” “ship naviga-
tion,”
“forensic
psychology,” and others
that relate directly to
good-paying jobs.
CTE teaches kids basic
skills like using tools,
problem-solving and how
to work as part of a team.
We teach them about what
an employer expects and
how to do a job interview.
The experience awakens
them to possibilities for
skilled jobs that they
won’t necessarily learn
about via a “college-only”
path. We’re talking about
jobs that pay living
wages.
The truth is, we’re try-
ing to put 100 percent of
kids into college when
less than half of jobs re-
quire a college degree. In
fact, only about 38 per-
cent of jobs require a col-
lege degree and that num-
ber is expected to stay
constant.
For those who don’t see
themselves going to col-
lege right away, high
school is their best chance
at getting prepared for
real life. Yet most Oregon
students don’t have ac-
cess to these classes.
One student told me, “I
didn’t have much to look
forward to. Now I see a
good life laid out in front
of me and the reason is I
took your class.” Numer-
ous kids have said they
come to school because of
my class.
It’s important to know
that the money for IP65 is
on top of what schools al-
ready get through the
state school fund. It’s an
increase of about 3.3 per-
cent.
I feel it’s my job is to
prepare these kids to sur-
vive after high school and
the best way for me to do
that is give them opportu-
nities to build job skills.
You can learn more about
the
measure
at
www.ip65.org.
Let’s do what works:
This November, vote
“yes” for hands-on learn-
ing for our high schools.
Butch Stetson is an uto
shop teacher (CTE) at Sil-
verton High School.