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Appeal Tribune Wednesday, November 1, 2017 3A OBITUARIES Myrna Hess passed on Oct. 20. A service was held for Hess on Oct. 24. SUBMITTED PHOTOS Martin Nelson passed away on Oct. 19. A celebration of Nelson’s life will be on Nov. 18. Myrna Elaine Steinberger Hess and daughter Cindy Hupp of Silverton. She leaves behind her five younger sib- lings: Arlys Zauner, Deloris Piller, Diane Nichols, Jim Steinberger and Sherry Parks. Myrna had five grand- children: Molly Marcum of Corvallis, Kelsey Hupp of Silverton, Jamie Smith of Keizer, Ethan Hupp of Silverton and Trent Hess of Molalla. She leaves be- hind six great granddaughters and an- other great grandbaby coming soon. A service was held Oct. 24 at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Silverton. In lieu of flowers, the family asks for your thoughts and prayers. March 29, 1935 — Oct. 20, 2017 Myrna Elaine Steinberger Hess was born on March 29, 1935 in Yakima, Washington. She grew up in Donny- brook, North Dakota, and eventually moved with her family to Silverton as a young girl. She met her loving husband, Joe, while picking strawberries at the young age of 11. Joe and Myrna were married at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Silverton in January 1955 and celebrat- ed 62 years of marriage. The oldest of six children, she was a natural mother and rejoiced when her oldest son Steve was born. Three years later, she was blessed with her daughter, Cindy. She was a loving wife, mother and home- maker, raising her two children and eventually joined her husband Joe working at Great Western Seed compa- ny for 13 years. Her yard was a source of joy for her and she loved sharing her bouquets of cut flowers from it. She loved sewing, and was an immaculate seamstress, making many a dress for herself, her daughter and eventually her grand- daughters. She made beautiful quilts for each of her grandchildren years ago that are now frequently photographed with her great-granddaughters playing on them. Myrna loved spoiling her grandbabies and now great-grandba- bies with affection. She could frequent- ly be found crawling on the ground play- ing doggie or pattycake. A lover of coffee and sweets, Myrna and Joe had several weekly coffee dates with their friends. Always the hostess, Myrna loved sharing her food and her home with family and friends, including beautifully decorated cakes. She loved playing pinochle with friends, genealo- gy, trips to the beach and other travels. In her most recent years of retirement, she and Joe opened a U-cut Christmas tree farm on their property and she loved sharing her cookies and cocoa with their customers. She will be great- ly missed by many. She is preceded in death by her par- ents, Louis and Norma Steinberger. She is survived by her husband, Joe Hess of Sublimity; son Steve Hess of Molalla; Martin Elmer Nelson Aug. 27, 1928 — Oct. 19, 2017 Martin Nelson, 89, passed away Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017, at Legacy Sil- verton Medical Center. Martin was born on Aug. 27, 1928, in North Platte, Nebraska, to Nels and Ha- zel (Middleton) Nelson, the oldest of seven children. He was raised for a time in the Tyron, Nebraksa, area and moved to Oregon as a young boy with his fam- ily, settling in the Silverton area. Throughout most of his life, Martin worked for a paper mill. He later met and married Evelyn Jean Peterson and they shared 26 years together prior to her passing away on Nov. 25, 2008. Mar- tin loved hunting, fishing, camping and gardening. He was preceded in death by his par- ents, wife and two siblings. Martin is survived by step-children: Colleen (Mike) Collins, Stacey (Mat- thew) Haller and Todd (Heather) Ste- vahn; siblings Bruce (Judy) Nelson, Jim Nelson, Dessie Tegland and Myra War- ren; and grandchildren Morgan Ellis, Kayley Haller, Caleb Collins, Daisy Ste- vahn and Lucy Stevahn. A celebration of Martin’s life will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017, at the Silvertowne Apartments Communi- ty Room, with light refreshments to fol- low. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to any heart and/or diabetes asso- ciation. Arrangements with Unger Funeral Chapel. Hwy 213 slated to close Nov. 12 for bridge work A section of Highway 213 will be closed one day for a project to repair the bridge over Abiqua Creek. A detour will be set up Sunday, Nov. 12, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. while Oregon Department of Transportation crews perform maintenance to the bridge lo- cated about five miles northeast of Sil- verton. Eastbound drivers will take Monitor Road to Meridian Road, to Abiqua Road to return to Highway 213. Westbound drivers will follow the re- verse path. LETTERS Deer are not a nuisance Well said, Doris! (Letters, Oct. 18) I have lived here since 1970. Deer have eaten my roses, they had their fawns, we left a bucket of water for them in drought-time, and we en- joyed them. Never a threat, nor nui- sance. Keep our deer! Don’t shoot them! Afke Doran Silverton The 2017 Race for Results report has found that Oregon’s children of color and children living in immigrant families are more likely to live in low-income households, less likely to have proper health services and are graduating at lower rates than their white counterparts living in U.S.-born families. MOLLY J. SMITH / STATESMAN JOURNAL Oregon falls short on equity for students NATALIE PATE STATESMAN JOURNAL Oregon’s children of color and chil- dren living in immigrant families are struggling to find the resources and op- portunities they need to thrive, accord- ing to a report released Oct. 24. These children are more likely to live in low-income households, less likely to have access to proper health services and are graduating at lower rates than their white counterparts living in U.S.- born families. These are some of the key findings from the 2017 Race for Results report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. This is the second Race for Results report, which measures children’s pro- gress on the national and state levels on key education, health and economic milestones by racial and ethnic groups. “We have a shared responsibility in ensuring that all children, regardless of color or immigration status, receive the support they need to build a bright fu- ture for themselves and our state,” said Tonia Hunt, the executive director of Children First for Oregon. One indicator found nearly three out of five children in immigrant families in Oregon live on less than $49,000 per year for a family of four. This is compared to two out of five children in U.S.-born families, accord- ing to the report. While more than one out of three white children in Oregon lives in a low- income household, nearly two in three African-American and American Indi- an children do, and more than two in three Latino children live in low-income households. Factors like health and income have a strong effect on students’ abilities to learn. Statewide, only 55 percent of Amer- ican Indian children graduate high school on time, compared to 72 percent of that demographic group nationally. Latino children struggle to reach de- velopmental milestones. For example, only 18 percent of Oregon’s Latino fourth graders scored at or above profi- cient in reading, and 16 percent of La- tino eighth graders scored at or above proficient in math. One influential factor is whether the student’s parents are able to offer aca- demic insight. Only 66 percent of Ore- gon children in immigrant families live in a household with someone with at least a high school degree, compared to 93 percent of children in U.S.-born fam- ilies. Annalivia Palazzo-Angulo, executive director of the Salem/Keizer Coalition for Equality, said the Salem-Keizer School District and local organizations have worked to double services for pre- schoolers. With 305 tuition-based preschool spots, 60 spots funded by Preschool Promise, 340 Head Start spots and 160 spots funded by Title I money, just shy of 1,000 Oregonians ages 3 to 5 are able to attend preschool within Salem-Keiz- er schools. Palazzo-Angulo said the coalition also provides various programs that teach parents how to expose their chil- dren to educational materials early and often, making them “parent first teach- ers.” These methods help reduce absen- teeism, increase students’ abilities to read and do math at grade level, in- crease graduation rates and increase the number of students who attend col- lege. But Palazzo-Angulo argues this isn’t enough. She said Oregon needs to ex- tend their school year, as well. Referring to the fact that Oregon has one of the shortest academic years in the country, she asked, “How do we ex- pect them to score the same when stu- dents have less time to learn?” Experts said Oregon’s history also plays a pivotal role. “A legacy of racial exclusion and dis- investment has created significant bar- riers for many of today’s children,” said Linda Roman of Oregon Latino Health Coalition. According to Smithsonian Institute records, Oregon explicitly forbade black people from living within its bor- ders when it entered the union in 1859, limiting access for communities of col- or to banking services, transportation and jobs. “Policymakers can’t wait any longer to remedy the past and find solutions to put all Oregon kids on the path to suc- cess,” Roman said. Joseph Santos-Lyons, executive di- rector of the Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon, said many children in Oregon are growing up “in a world that was intentionally and systematical- ly built to deny them opportunities.” Santos-Lyons said policies that re- quire ethnic studies and culturally spe- cific education and materials can change opportunities and outcomes for these students. To read the full 2017 Race for Results report, go online to aecf.org/raceforre- sults. Additional information is avail- able at aecf.org. 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