Greetings Residents of the Butte
Falls School District!
By- Steve Pine
and community work closely together
provide insights to future
in establishing goals and objectives
designed to "enhance" our
generations. An easy one to
rem em ber that you m ight think
conditions. W hile that may sound
about; "Success is failure with the
I want to take this opportunity to
rather vague, it is to our
dirt brushed off.” Once again,
thank those members of the
educational community that took the
advantage. There are certainly
issues we will want to discuss and
thanks for inviting me to Butte
Falls, I look forward to our work
tim e to speak with me about the
focus on as we comprise our final
together.
district's educational goals and
request for this grant. It is a
ultim ately selected me to work
substantial amount of money, and
toward their accomplishment. In
we will do well to attend to this in a
what has to be recognized as
tim ely manner. The district will take
troubled tim es in education in
the lead by scheduling "town
Oregon, it m ight help to consider
meetings" in order to fully explain
that, "Good timber does not grow
the intent and process, and to
with ease; the stronger the wind,
the stronger the trees. ” I look
solicit your participation in
completing the steps required. And
forward to working with each of you
finally, I want to encourage each of
as we face the coming winds in
establishing an educational
you to make the com m itm ent to
COM MUNITY in the truest sense of
community schools. I'm aware that
become actively involved in your
the word. I'll do my best to get
many of you are fam iliar faces
"out and about" in town over the
around the schools and help out
next weeks, but if I miss you. I'm
when asked, (such as Burt Pederson,
Dee Burg and Terry Facey most
hopeful that you'll find an occasion
to drop by the district office or one
of the schools and introduce
yourself. Be advised, however, I
will certainly ask for your opinion as
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recently in the gym doing the
painting, thanks again!) and I
respect and appreciate that! To
those of you not yet as fully
to how to move in the direction you
feel is best suited to the district's
contribution you can make to the
youth! And to those of you in the
lives of the students in your
community that am the district's
community by modeling for them
youth, this would be a great tim e to
come in, say hello and let me know
what we hope they will take to
your thoughts about the schools.
cannot become what we need to be
involved, please consider the
heart through our actions; "W e
Our staff has already begun the
by remaining what we are." As I
process through which we will be
see it, small communities in rural
making application for a Rural
Community Enhancement Grant due
Am erica are still the best places to
take advantage of the opportunity
in November of this year. This
to form the significant relationships
process requires that the schools
necessary to instill values and
NEW S FROM THE ACTIVE
CLUB bESK.
I W ISH TO EXTEND MANY, MANY
THANK YOUS TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF
THE ACTIVE CLUB AND TO THE VOLUN
TEERS W HO HELPED MAKE THE 4TH OF
JULY SUCH A SUCCESS. A BIG THANK
YOU TO THE LOCAL BUSINESSES W HO
DONATED FOR THIS EVENT. A HUGE
THANK YOU TO THE HISTORICAL
SOCIETY FOR DONATING THE RED,
W HITE AND BLUE BUNTING TO THE
ACTIVE CLUB. IT TRULY AMAZES ME
TO KNOW THERE ARE SO MANY W OND
ERFUL PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS
COMMUNITY. OUR NEXT MEETING IS
AUGUST 12TH AT 7 PM IN CITY HALL.
THIS MEETING W ILL BE ABOUT PLAN
NING THE HAUNTED HOUSE NIGHT FOR
HALLOW EEN. ANYONE W ANTING TO
VOLUNTEER TO BE A PART OF A FUN
FILLED NIGHT IS W ELCOME. HOPE TO
SEE YOU THERE. ACTIVE CLUB
PRESIDENT LORI PAXTON.