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Christena Brooks Special to Salem Statesman Journal USA TODAY NETWORK SILVERTON – A fight between high school teachers and administrators that began over low grades and plagiarism in a collegelevel writing course has ended with a finding against the school district and a settle ment agreement. Former Silverton High School teachers Ben Hynes Stone and Travis Woodside won’t get money from the Silver Falls School District. Rather, the settlement GRADUATION 2019 Students graduated from six Silvertonarea high schools earlier this month, celebrating with cheers, tears, hugs and a turning of tassels. For more photos and a list of graduates, see Page 1B Grading HynesStone and Woodside came to the Silver Falls School District in 2014 and 2015, respectively. They be gan the 201718 school year as coteachers of an ad vanced writing course for “highly motivated and capa ble students” wanting to earn college credit, according to their complaint filed with Oregon’s Employment Re lation Board last winter. Not long after classes began, students and parents See TEACHERS, Page 2A Joe Kast selected as next Marion County sheriff Bill Poehler and SilvertonAppeal.com Salem Statesman Journal USA TODAY NETWORK Graduates line up during the Silverton High School commencement at Silverton High School on June 6, 2019. MICHAELA ROMÇN / STATESMAN JOURNAL Freres donates $1 million to stop business tax Bill Poehler Salem Statesman Journal USA TODAY NETWORK Freres Lumber president Rob Freres has donated $1 million to a group trying to send a recently signed tax on big businesses to Oregon voters, according to rec ords from the Oregon Secretary of State's office. Freres gave the money to the Defeat the Tax on Oregon Sales Now committee, which now has a bal ance of $1,000,730. Freres publicly exited his role on the board of Ore gon Business & Industry, a lobbying group, in May over the group not opposing House Bill 3427. The bill, which was signed into law by Governor Kate Brown May 24, increases taxes on businesses with annual sales over $1 million by charging a 0.57% sales tax on transactions. It is estimated to bring in more than $1 billion over the next two years, money targeted for schools. Freres helped start Oregon Manufacturers and Commerce, a separate business group, a year ago. Defeat the Tax on Oregon Sales Now must gather about 75,000 signatures within 90 days of the conclu sion of the current legislative session to put the mea sure to voters. See FRERES, Page 2A Online at SilvertonAppeal.com Vol. 138, No. 26 News updates: ❚ Breaking news ❚ Get updates from the Silverton area Photos: ❚ Photo galleries Serving the Silverton Area Since 1880 A Unique Edition of the Statesman Journal QEAJAB-07403y ©2019 50 cents Printed on recycled paper The Marion County Commissioners agreed Thurs day to hire Joe Kast as Marion County Sheriff to re place the retiring Jason Myers. They will make the appointment of Kast, currently a commander in the Marion County Sheriff ’s office, official at the June 26 commissioner’s meeting, and he will start the position July 1. Kast will serve in the sheriff position through 2020, when it will go up for election. “People have huge respect for him,” Marion Coun ty Commissioner Kevin Cameron said. “I think Com mander Kast would hit the ground running.” Kast has been with the Marion County Sheriff ’s Office for 23 years in five different positions and previously spent three years with the Bibb Coun ty Sheriff ’s Office in Georgia. The Marion County Sheriff ’s Office serves a population of 344,035, in Kast cluding 98,931 in rural areas or unin corporated cities, and contracts with the cities of Aurora, Jefferson, Sublimity and Chema wa Indian School. The department covers 1,182 square miles with an annual budget of $71.5 million and 357 fulltime equivalent employees. The Marion County Sheriff ’s Office is one of seven departments in the county headed by elected offi cials. “I’m really looking forward to it,” Kast said. “I’m looking forward to working with everyone in the of fice doing the good things we’ve been doing.” Myers will retire from the position June 30 to take a position with the Oregon State Sheriff ’s Associa tion. He was elected to his third fouryear term in January and announced his impending retirement days later. Kast said he will run for the position in the next election and said he already has a campaign man ager. The person who wins that election will serve a fouryear term. Kast and Josh Brooks, a lieutenant with the Ore gon State Police Department from Sublimity, were the two applicants for the appointment. “I really like some of his ideas,” Marion County Commissioner Colm Willis said of Brooks. “He brought fresh ideas.” “I came away thinking Commander Kast had more specific knowledge of the sheriff ’s office.” In his letter of resignation, Myers endorsed Kast for the position. The commissioners indicated one of the reasons See KAST, Page 2A saturday morning NEVER TASTED So GOOD! BREAKFAST Made Fresh on the Grill Every Saturday Morning 7:00AM to 10:30am Saturdays Only $ 99 5 EA. TWO FRESH EGGS, TWO STRIPS OF BACON OR TWO SAUSAGE LINKS OR ONE SLICE OF COUNTRY HAM, YOUR CHOICE OF HASHBROWNS OR HOME-FRIED POTATOES AND TOAST. MAKE YOUR SATURDAY MORNING BREAKFAST AND GROCERY SHOPPING ONE CONVENIENT STOP! HAVE YOUR BREAKFAST READY WHEN YOU ARE. ORDER AHEAD ONLINE AT WWW.ROTHS.COM/ORDERS