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Literacy
Principal
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to begin the last week of January or first week of
February, dependent upon finding a Silvertlon site
manager.
SMART is an Oregon-based nonprofit organiza-
tion that provides community volunteers to read
one-on-one with pre-kindergarten through third-
grade students in Head Start and elementary
schools and gives up to 14 new books for children to
take home and share with their families. The goal is
to develop an interest in reading and learning at a
young age.
SMART is partnering with the Marion & Polk
Early Learning Hub through Pre-School Promise, an
Oregon free preschool endeavor, to bring the pro-
gram to sites like Silverton OCDC in Marion and
Polk Counties.
“We’ve been in Silverton before at the Eugene
Field Elementary School,” SMART Program Man-
ager Michael Finlay said. “We are very excited to
bring the program back to help children develop and
be healthy ... We have been looking for opportunities
to expand our program into Silverton again and
could not be more pleased with the opportunity to
partner with OCDC and hopefully only enhance their
already great work.”
The program was founded 25 years ago with a be-
lief that early literacy and reading is critical, not
only for success in school but for success in life, ac-
cording to Otis.
“Over the years, we’ve gathered lots of data that
supports the value of the program,” Otis said. “In
fact, overwhelmingly, teachers and principals re-
port that having the SMART program in their
schools contributed to positive literacy outcomes
and we have individual student data to support this.
Equally important, we have stories from readers
(volunteers) and students alike that testify to the joy
and enjoyment the program has brought them.
“In our 25 years, we’ve had the pleasure of serv-
ing almost 190,000 kids with the help of more than
125,000 volunteers. In true Oregon fashion, individ-
uals and communities around the state have stepped
in and stepped up to support our own.”
SMART is currently seeking a site coordinator at
the Silverton location and volunteer readers in Jef-
ferson, Aumsville and Silverton. Anyone interested
in volunteering with the organization can contact the
local SMART Office at 503-391-8423 or
mfinlay@getsmartoregon.org.
“The emphasis of the program is not on ‘teaching’
reading but in fostering an interest in, and love of,
reading,” Otis said. “What we enjoy, we do more;
what we do more, we get good at.”
For more information about SMART, visit
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“We’ve got to do a lot
more digging to see if that
number represents some-
thing to be concerned
about,” Lieuallen said. “I
can take a quick look at
the data, but I don’t yet
have the story behind the
data.”
Silverton grads could
be moving into intern-
ships, journeyman work
or certification programs
that the report card
doesn’t count, especially
considering that the high
school has “one of the best
CTE (Career and Techni-
cal Education) programs
in the state,” he said. Oth-
er grads could be enlist-
ing in the military.
“Where are our kids af-
ter they leave us? Are
they employed, staying
out of trouble and suc-
cessful? That’s what I
want to know,” he said.
While Lieuallen tries to
improve the high school
from the top, a place he
calls “the 30,000-foot
view,” he knows the work
starts with 1-on-1 interac-
tions between staff stu-
dents. He can often be
found in Silverton High’s
classrooms, sitting atten-
tively in the back row, ob-
serving and evaluating
teachers as they do their
daily work.
Teaching – and coach-
ing – is what drew Lieual-
len away from ranching
and other career paths
more than two decades
ago.
He first considered a
career in education when
he was coached and
taught by Jerry Ewing at
McLoughlin High School
in the tiny northeastern
Oregon town of Milton-
Freewater.
From the time he was
12, Lieuallen lived eight
miles away from his fa-
ther with his widowed
grandmother, a retired
schoolteacher, and helped
run the family ranch. He
has one sibling, an old-
er brother, who is now a
circuit court judge in
Umatilla County. At the
time, the Lieuallens were
raising several thousand
acres of wheat while run-
ning nearly 500 head of
cattle.
“It helped us grow up
quickly,” he said. “Ranch-
ing is a good way to learn
responsibility and to ac-
quire some grit.”
Even though he was
young for his grade – just
16 at the start of his senior
year – he was a proficient
student and a standout
wrestler. He broke his fa-
ther’s three-time district
championship record to
become the high school’s
first four-time district
champion, and he won
state his senior year. His
Raise your glass to SMART
Join SMART and Vagabond Brewing for a benefit
night. For each pint sold, $4 will be donated to
SMART. As an added bonus, patrons get to keep a
commemorative SMART glass.
What: Pints for a Cause night
When: 3-10 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18
Where: Vagabond Brewing, 2195 Hyacinth St. NE
#172, Salem.
Contact: For more information, call SMART at
503-391-8423 or Vagabond Brewing at 503- 512-9007.
This event is made possible by SMART Reader and
Leadership Council member Carla Glavine and
Vagabond Brewing.
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“All her choices,”
Mark said with a laugh.
While the couple and
their baby boy rest in the
hospital
and
watch
movies, their daughter
Willow, 15 months, is
spending time with her
grandmother.
“Even though I didn’t
get to go party or cele-
brate with friends and
family as much, I think
this was an excellent way
to bring in the new year,”
Swanson said. “I think of
all the New Year’s I’ve
had, this will be the most
memorable.”
Micah is 7 pounds, 8
ounces and 20 3/4 inches
long.
At Salem Hospital, a lo-
cal couple welcomed a ba-
by girl at 1:33 a.m. after a
whirlwind labor of about
an hour.
Sadie McKenzie and
her husband Tim, of Sa-
lem, rolled past women
who were in labor for
hours and settled into
their delivery room. Tim
barely had time to unpack
a bag filled with speakers
and phone chargers be-
fore the labor process was
well under way.
“I got like five mea-
surements on my contrac-
tion calculator and I
thought ‘It doesn’t even
matter now,’ “ Tim said.
“We didn’t realize we
were in a race, but we
won.”
While the couple has
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Justin Lieuallen said an important part of his job is evaluating teachers and supporting them in
their daily work. He listens to Ben Hynes-Stone as the teacher leads a discussion about the
value of letter grades.
best memory was beating
now-Olympic coach Matt
Lindland, 2-0 in a match
that year.
Oregon voters’ pas-
sage of Measure 5 in 1990,
which limited property
tax collection, dampened
Lieuallen’s dreams of be-
coming a teacher. Not
only did hiring prospects
disappear, but existing
teachers also lost their
jobs in the wake of budget
cuts. Lieuallen’s mentors
– his father, teachers and a
local eye doctor – urged
him to pursue a career in
science or medicine in-
stead.
He turned down multi-
ple scholarships and took
a break from wrestling,
attended Central Oregon
Community College, and,
two years later, enrolled
at Pacific University to
study biology. There he
picked wrestling back up
and was named an All-
American.
After
graduation,
Lieuallen worked briefly
as a salesman and for his
dad, but was quickly
drawn into assistant
coaching at Glencoe High
School
in
Hillsboro,
where he also worked as
an instructional assistant
for special education stu-
dents. He obtained his
master’s degree and
moved on to teaching sci-
ence and coaching wres-
tling at Westview High
School in Beaverton.
Soon he set his sights
on administration be-
cause of “the large impact
you can have on a school,”
and earned licenses from
Lewis & Clark College as
mulled over prospective
baby names for the dura-
tion of Sadie’s pregnancy,
they have yet to come to
an agreement.
They created a spread-
sheet and have ranked
prospective names from 1
to 5 and average the two
numbers. Tim, a software
engineer and data analyst,
said the ranking system is
helping the couple decide
on a name.
For example, Sadie
ranked the name “Fern” a
4, Tim ranked it a 3 - aver-
aging the name at 3.5.
Sadie said the couple is
also considering names
that are thematic of the
new year and representa-
tive of the joyful holiday.
“The names that we’re
considering
are
like
Joyce, and Una, which
means ‘first’ in Latin. So
some of those things you
can attach to her now be-
cause she happened to
come along on this occa-
sion,” Sadie said.
She said her baby’s
birthday also brings some
events to look forward to
as she grows older includ-
ing joint parties celebrat-
ing the new year and her
daughter’s birthday, and
slumber parties for the
next 15 years.
“I’ve been telling ev-
eryone
for
months,
‘Wouldn’t New Year’s Eve
be the best birthday?
There would be a party
built into your birthday,
and everyone is hugging
and kissing,’” Sadie said.
The McKenzie’s baby
girl is 7 pounds, five
ounces and 20 inches long.
he transitioned into his
most recent job as assis-
tant principal at McNary
High School. He worked
there 13 years before be-
ing hired away by the Sil-
ver Falls School District
in 2016.
“He’s gone from being
an instructional assistant
up to being a principal and
all the steps in-between,”
said Jespersen, who once
taught under Lieuallen
and remains a close
friend. “He has real-life
experience. That’s going
to serve him very well; it’s
a great fit where he’s at.”
At home in Amity,
where he and his wife,
Debbie, own 5 acres,
Lieuallen is trying to in-
still in his trio of children
the work ethic he learned
on his family’s ranch. He’s
also stepfather to two
young adults and the step-
grandfather of two tod-
dlers.
In addition to their own
acreage, he and his wife
lease land and operate a
40 cow/calf operation.
Lately, he’s been up by 5
a.m. most mornings, feed-
ing and dealing with fro-
zen water and pipes.
His kids help too. If
they can’t load hay, they
can at least “roll the
bales” so they’re ready to
be picked up, he said. His
oldest son will start 4H
this year, but, like his fa-
ther before him, Lieuallen
is already coaching the
youngster to consider
raising meat in the “real
world.” Prices at the auc-
tion certainly won’t match
the 4H fair, but that’s real-
ity.
He’s experienced life’s
harsh realities too. You
can’t ranch or farm with-
out a hefty share of defeat
– and learning how to deal
with it. Years ago, tough
financial times
put his dad out of the
ranching businesses, and
he rebounded into proper-
ty management.
And Lieuallen? That
snowmobile he bought 33
years ago with his hard-
earned hog cash was only
his for a short time. An ac-
cidental barn fire burned
it up just one year after he
brought it home.
When he tells the story
now, his face creases into
a grin. The irony is so
thick he can’t help but
laugh, for that, too, is the
real world, full of quirks.
At Silverton High, he
doesn’t have to look far to
consider life’s quirkiness.
Hanging over his desk on
the south wing is a black-
and-white photo of former
principal Dick Krommin-
ga. He put it there be-
cause, a lifetime ago,
Kromminga was his own
principal in Milton-Free-
water, a man he greatly
respected but never ex-
pected to follow into ad-
ministration or to Silver-
ton.
“It feels like life has
come full circle,” he said.
“I’m enjoying Silverton
High School, the suppor-
tive staff and the Silver-
ton community as a whole.
I truly appreciate the op-
portunity to lead Silver-
ton High with the help of
the leadership team at the
high school and district
office.”
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