JUNE 12, 2015, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A5
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School budget approved
By HERB SWETT
For the Keizertimes
The substantially increased
Salem-Keizer School District
budget for 2015-16 became
offi cial Tuesday.
A total of $665,720,876 re-
ceived School Board approval
two weeks after the district
budget committee, of which
the board constitutes half the
membership, offi cially recom-
mended it.
Broken down, the bud-
get has a general fund of
$433,168,002, special revenue
funds of $91,324,333, debt
service funds of $53,196,353,
capital projects funds of
$32,542,082, a $939,132 en-
terprise fund, internal ser-
vice funds of $32,281,209,
trust fund appropriations of
$302,493 and unappropri-
ated and reserve funds of
$21,967,272.
Without changing the to-
tal, the board approved a few
adjustments by transferring
$4 million for technology
enhancements, $1 million for
instructional materials, $3 mil-
lion to the Public Employees
Retirement Service debt ser-
vice fund to mitigate expenses
brought on by the Oregon
Supreme Court decision re-
versing much of PERS reform
legislation, and $3.225 million
for renovation, remodeling
and enhancements in district-
owned and -leased space.
The board approved a
property tax levy at the rate
of $4.521 per $1,000 as-
sessed value, or $904.20 on a
$200,000 home, and bonds in
the amount of $33,990,211, to
fi nance the budget.
Approved for fi rst reading
were the fi nal lease between
the district and Mountain West
Career Technical Institute for
the Career Technical Educa-
tion Center, and a proposed
lease with option to purchase
property at 1115 Commercial
St. NE in Salem for special
education programs. Adoption
of these items is expected at a
special board meeting at 5:30
p.m. June 25 at the Lancaster
Professional Center.
In other business, the board
had several farewells. The most
conspicuous were for Jeff Fa-
ville, who did not seek re-elec-
tion to the board; Ken Parshall,
assistant superintendent and
former McNary High School
principal, who is moving to
the Madras School District to
become principal of the Warm
Springs K-8 Academy; and
Kathleen Sundell, who is retir-
ing as president of the Salem-
Keizer Education Association.
Hirings announced by Su-
perintendent Christy Perry
were those of Kathleen Shum-
way as principal of McKinley
Elementary School and Mark
Thompson as principal of
Houck Middle School.
Other personnel actions
approved by the board include
the following for the McNary
attendance area.
• Employment as tempo-
rary full-time teachers Eric
Schmidt, advanced math-
ematics, McNary, and Debbie
McLiberty Martinez, third-
grade bilingual, Weddle El-
ementary School.
• Employment as a fi rst-year
probation part-time teacher of
Marypatricia Hill, counselor,
Keizer Elementary School.
• Employment as fi rst-year
GARAGE SALE
FUNDRAISER
Keizer CERT will be hosting our fi rst garage sale
fundraiser. Funds raised will be used for the
acquisition of supplies and equipment, and to
further the training of Keizer CERT members and
others in our community. We will have a food
barrel available for any nonperishable food items
for the food bank at Faith Lutheran Church.
Saturday & Sunday, June 20–21
4575 River Rd N
(next to Faith Lutheran Church)
Opens at 8am
The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
Program educates people about disaster
preparedness for hazards that may impact their area
and trains them in basic disaster response skills.
Advertising space donated by Keizertimes
probation full-time teachers of
Megan Ward and Joyce Yang,
learning resource center, Mc-
Nary; Kristin Murray, LRC,
Weddle; Brandon Bennett and
Beth Vidana, LRC, Claggett
Creek Middle School; Tessie
Riddle, math, Claggett Creek;
and Mary Merwin, math, Mc-
Nary.
• Employment as contract
full-time teachers of Mari
Haarheim, fi rst-grade Eng-
lish for speakers of other lan-
guages, Cummings Elemen-
tary School, and Beverly Platt,
LRC, Gubser and Cummings
elementary schools.
• Resignations of Caleb
Stutz, fourth-grade ESOL,
Cummings, and Brian Bigham,
physical education, Keizer.
Gallery
features
photos,
fashion
in June
grads & grades
• Tamara Mullins was recently
named to the president’s list at
Graceland University in Lamo-
ni, Iowa for a 4.0 GPA.
• Brittney Luxon was recently
named to the dean’s list at Co-
lumbia College Columbia, Mis-
souri for a GPA of 3.5 or higher.
• The following students were
named to the dean’s list at
George Fox University in Or-
egon for a GPA of 3.5 or higher:
Austin Coburn, a junior major-
ing in cinema and media com-
munication; Kaylee Cooper, a
sophomore majoring in psy-
chology; Shelby Magnuson, a
sophomore majoring in Chris-
tian Ministries.
• The following students were
named to the dean’s list at East-
ern Oregon University in La
Grande, Oregon for a GPA of
3.5 or higher: Elizabeth John-
son; Evan Rummerfi eld; Laura
Webber.
• Matthew Miller, majoring in
Business Administration B.S.,
was recently named to the
dean’s list at LeTourneau Uni-
versity in Longview, Texas for a
GPA within 3.5 and 3.99.
• Madeline North was recently
named to the dean’s list at Pa-
cifi c University in Forest Grove,
Oregon for a GPA of 3.7 or
higher.
•
Jennifer Chanthalangsy
and Luanna Dishon recently
graduated from Kansas’ Univer-
sity of St. Mary. Both received
degrees in nursing.
The Keizer Art Association
is presenting two concurrent
shows in June at the Enid Joy
Mount Gallery: “Photogra-
phy” and “Fiber to Fashion.”
The two shows run through
June 27.
The Enid Joy Mount Gal-
lery is located in the Keizer
Heritage Center at 980 Che-
mawa Road NE. Gallery
hours are 1 to 4 p.m. Thurs-
days and Fridays, and 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. on Saturdays.
Keizer faithful join forces
to feed Big Toy volunteers
By DEE MOORE
For the Keizertimes
Finding 150 volunteers a
day to build the Big Toy might
seem a challenge. Feeding
those 150 workers three times
a day for fi ve days appeared to
most a Herculean task.
But for Dave Bauer the an-
swer was simple; reach out to
the faith community and ask
them to lend a hand. And they
did. Four different churches
and NW Natural came to-
gether to make sure that build
volunteers would have a hardy
home-cooked dinner after a
day of hard labor.
According to Bauer, who
is responsible for feeding the
approximately 150 daily vol-
unteers, he has all the food
service workers he needs to
insure that Big Toy builders are
well fed as they construct the
massive play project. The build
started Wednesday and wraps
up Sunday.
The menus are set, the sup-
plies have been donated and
now all that needs to be done
is the cooking.
Thanks to several churches nity Church all offered to help
and many merchants, there out.
Each church will cook one
will be breakfast, lunch and
dinner all fi ve days of the evening meal for Bauer’s team
build. Construction volunteers of food service volunteers to
will be getting a little bit of set up and serve to the build-
everything from down home ers. St. Edward will bring what
cooking to internationally in- Bauer describes as “comfort
food” while Dayspring Fellow-
spired meals.
“I had
ship will be
this idea of
p rov i d i n g
a potluck,
an
Italian
but cook-
meal. The
ing for 150
LDS church
people was
will provide
more than
a Mexican
I could do,
meal, Lake-
so I came
point will
— Dave Bauer be bringing
up with the
idea of go-
barbecue
ing to the
and
NW
churches. I came up with this Natural will be cooking up
idea because all of the churches burgers and hotdogs.
have great opportunities for
“They were all awesome.
giving back to the community,” They’ve all done this before,”
Bauer said.
Bauer said of the churches and
So he cast his net and hauled their fl ocks. “This is all for the
in a boat load of volunteers; St. build volunteers, we want them
Edward Catholic Church, Day- to be taken care of.”
spring Fellowship, the Church
“We will be using the Keizer
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Fire Department as our staging
Saints and Lakepoint Commu- base,” he added.
Lunches have been donated
by Big Town Hero, Dominos,
J.C.’s Pizzeria and Walery’s Pre-
mium Pizza. Salem Electric
and Rasmussen Spray Service
are both sponsoring catered
lunches.
Breakfast donuts and cook-
ies are being donated by Roth’s
Fresh Markets and breakfast
sandwiches are being donated
by McDonald’s.
According to Bauer, Target
“This is all for the
volunteers, we
want them to be
taken care of.”
SUMMER
SOLSTICE
PSYCHIC & VENDOR FAIR
Saturday, June 20th 10am to 5pm
FREE ADMITTANCE - FREE PARKING - FREE NACHOS 12 TO 2
FREE DRAWING FOR AWESOME DOOR PRIZES!
Enjoy aff ordable mini readings and healings
with top practitioners of the northwest!
All Day Drum Circle • Interactive Workshops
Crystal Grids • Sacred Items • Jewelry Making
donated gift certifi cates which
were used to purchase 90 cas-
es of water and granola bars.
Keizer Clearlake United Meth-
odist Church donated 50 cases
of water and 15 dozen cookies.
NW Natural donated plates,
napkins and plasticware for all
fi ve days.
To hear him tell it, Bauer is
just the idea man, and deserves
no credit for the work or effort
put into serving the Big Toy
builders. All he did was ask and
people gave out of their hearts.
“All it takes is four great
churches, great vendors and
great volunteers,” Bauer said.
Bark for Life
June 20 at
Keizer Rapids
Bark for Life, an event for
dogs and their owners, will
be held at Keizer Rapids Park
on Saturday, June 20, to raise
funds for the American Can-
cer Society.
The event, scheduled from
8 a.m. to noon, will feature a
one mile/5K fun run/walk for
dogs and their owners.
After the run/walk the day
will feature demonstrations, a
silent auction, a doggie fash-
ion show, games and food. Past
participants have dressed their
dogs in costumes.
For information visit the
Bark for Life web site at bfl of-
salemkeizer.com.
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John Knox Presbyterian Church
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SUNDAY WORSHIP
8:30 am • 10 am • 11:30 am • 6 pm
PEOPLESCHURCH
4500 LANCASTER DR NE | SALEM
503.304.4000 • www.peopleschurch.com
Celebration
Services
Saturday Evening
6:00 pm
Children’s Programs, Student and Adult Ministries
1755 Lockhaven Dr. NE Keizer
503-390-3900
www.dayspringfellowship.com
Sunday Morning
9:00 am
and
10:45 am
452 Cummings Lane North • 393-0404
Father Gary L. Zerr, Pastor
Saturday Vigil Liturgy: 5:30 p.m.
Sundays: 8:15 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.
La Misa en Español: 12:30 p.m.
Rev. Dr. John Neal, Pastor
Worship - 10:30 a.m.
Education Hour - 10:00 a.m.
Nursery Care Available
www.keizerjkpres.org
Jason Lee UMC
820 Jeff erson St. NE
Salem OR 97301
Dr. Jon F. Langenwalter, Pastor
The church with the purple doors
503-364-2844
Worship at 9:30 am • Child Care Available
Faith Lutheran Church
4505 River Rd N • 393-4507
Sunday Schedule:
9:00 a.m. Children’s Church
9:15 a.m. Adult Bible Study
9:30 a.m. Children’s Activities
Pastor
Virginia Eggert 10:30 a.m. Worship with Communion