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S ERVING THE S ILVERTON A REA S INCE 1880 50 C ENTS ● A U NIQUE E DITION OF THE S TATESMAN J OURNAL V OL . 136, N O . 15 W EDNESDAY , M ARCH 29, 2017 SILVERTONAPPEAL.COM Four challengers for school board seats Zone 4: Southwest District CHRISTENA BROOKS SPECIAL TO THE APPEAL TRIBUNE Three incumbent Silver Falls School District board members are facing chal- lengers in the upcoming May election. In the Silver Falls district, candidates must live within the area they represent, but voters get a vote in each of the open races, regardless of where they live. A look at the races: Wally Lierman, 55, is the longest-running mem- ber of the school board as a 20-year member. In fact, his school board experi- ence precedes the Silver Falls School District itself. Lierman He was a member of the Central Howell School Board for two years before it, and a handful of other local schools, were re- quired by the state of Oregon to unify with the high school. He ran for election onto the newly unified board and been a part of it ever since. Currently board chairman, Lierman is a fiscal conservative who’s encour- aged the district to go that way, ranging from holding back 10 percent of its bud- get for emergencies to using newer por- tions of the old high school to house mid- dle schoolers when voters panned a bond to fund new construction. He said a board member’s role is to “budget, set goals and policies, participate in collec- tive bargaining, and hire and evaluate the superintendent,” and he attempts to work within that role. Lierman is the married father of four grown children; one is a teacher in the district. He recently retired from a 32- year career as a project manager for In- See BOARD, Page 3A Mt. Angel recognizes volunteers at banquet Chamber celebrates their contributions CHRISTENA BROOKS SPECIAL TO THE APPEAL TRIBUNE MT. ANGEL – Four individuals and one business received the community’s top honors at Mt. Angel’s annual First Citizen Award Banquet last week. Lori Pavlicek, Ryan Kleinschmidt, Randy Wavra, Kathy Wall and Colum- bia Bank were all recognized by the Mt. Angel Chamber of Commerce for their contributions to the community in 2016. They received awards at a banquet at the Festhalle on March 20. As Mt. Angel’s First Citizen, Lori Pavlicek was honored for serving 18 years on the Oktoberfest Board of Di- rectors, as well as being president of the Mt. Angel Community Foundation, secretary for the Providence Benedic- tine Nursing Center Board and an ac- tive member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Volunteer of the Year Ryan Kleinschmidt was commended for serving as a volunteer firefighter for 23 years, chairing the city’s planning commission, participating on the high school football team’s “chain gang,” and coaching baseball, basketball and football coach for many years. Randy Wavra received the Distin- guished Service Award for chairing the Farmers Auction that raised money for the Festhalle, serving 20 years as a vol- unteer firefighter, 16 years on the Ok- toberfest Board and many others as a festival volunteer. He’s part of the Knights of Colum- bus serves the homeless every Thanks- giving. The Distinguished Service award went to Kathy Wall for planning and promoting community events. She vol- unteers at Mt. Angel Senior Center, is chamber treasurer, chair of Wurstfest and a regular volunteer at Oktoberfest and Hazelnut Festival. She has also been a Meals on Wheels driver. Columbia Bank is Business of the Year. Branch Manager Kristi Brackin- reed received the award, recognizing her and the bank for its many contribu- tions of time and money to the commu- nity. She sits on a wide variety of clubs and boards in Mt. Angel including the chamber and Lion’s Club. The bank sponsors Oktoberfest and the Father Bernard Youth Center Auc- tion and supports the library and St. Jo- seph’s Shelter with money and sup- plies. PHOTOS SPECIAL TO THE APPEAL TRIBUNE Silverton High School is one of seven high schools among 55 teams nationwide where students are building high-altitude balloon systems to launch on the day of the solar eclipse, Aug. 21. Pictured are members of the school’s build team and journalism team. SKY IS THE LIMIT Silverton students work on NASA project CHRISTENA BROOKS SPECIAL TO THE APPEAL TRIBUNE SILVERTON - The NCAA basket- ball tournament is playing on the big screen, boxes of pizza steam on the table, and children are chasing balls out in the hall. In teacher Creighton Helms’ high school classroom, it looks, sounds and even smells like March Madness on this rainy Saturday, but the main event here is the jumpstart of a real- life NASA-sponsored science pro- ject. Silverton High School is one of seven high schools among 55 teams nationwide where students are build- ing high-altitude balloon systems to launch on the day of the solar eclipse, Aug. 21. They’ll film the historic event from roughly 90,000 feet, an al- titude where the darkness of space and the curvature of the earth are vis- ible. NASA will stitch together live- Junior Jason Orr is on Silverton High School’s build team. See NASA, Page 2A SACA secures new executive director Silverr ton B usiiness of t he Y ear 2 016 CHRISTENA BROOKS SPECIAL TO THE APPEAL TRIBUNE Sarah DeSantis is the new executive director of Silverton Area Communi- ty Aid (SACA). “The board is pleased with Sarah’s advocacy and communication skills,” said SACA Board President Andy Bellando. “She has a passion for ser- vice, non- profit work and will be a great fit for our communi- DeSantis ty.” DeSan- tis grew up in Silverton and has worked in human services, project manage- ment and education. 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