NOVEMBER 13, 2015, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A9
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Merchants quilt at city hall
Willamette Art Center
hosting Empty Bowls
Empty Bowls, the an-
nual pottery event to sup-
port hunger relief, will take
place Saturday and Sunday,
Nov. 21 and 22, at Willamette
Art Center. More than 1,200
handcrafted pottery pieces
are on sale to the public, and
all proceeds will go to Mari-
on-Polk Food Share.
More than 20 local artisans
spend all year long preparing
the event. Glassblowing dem-
onstrations accompany the
holiday shopping affair. In
the last seven years, the Wil-
lamette Art Center has raised
more than $120,000 to fi ght
hunger in Marion and Polk
counties.
Saturday hours are 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Sunday hours are
noon until 4 p.m. while sup-
plies last. Willamette Art
Center is located on the
Oregon State Fairgrounds
through the yellow gate off
Silverton Road in Salem.
Willamette Art Center will
be accepting donations of
non-perishable food during
Empty Bowls and continuing
through their holiday sale on
Dec. 6 and 7.
Help WMS, Dayspring
feed 200 local families
KEIZERTIMES/Craig Murphy
This former Keizer Merchants Association quilt, which used to hang in the Keizer Chamber of Commerce offi ce, now hangs at the
Keizer Civic Center.
SKSB board members: revisions
not enough for public input
By HERB SWETT
For the Keizertimes
More involvement with the
public is the object of a policy
revision that the Salem-Keizer
School Board approved Tuesday,
but two board members voted
against it, saying the revision
should be stronger.
Chris Brantley, who has said
several times that the board has
not communicated adequately
with individuals and groups in
the community, cast one of the
negative votes. The other came
from Marty Heyen, who ar-
gued that the board should in-
vite representatives of groups in
the district to board meetings.
Brantley said the wording of
the original board policy calling
for such communication should
be restored. He contended that
the more recent wording and
the one approved Tuesday were
not effective enough. The other
board members argued that
the revision would accomplish
what Brantley has been seeking.
Before the board took up
the matter, John Scott of Keizer
and two audience members
from Salem spoke from the
fl oor in favor of the revision,
stressing communication with
minority groups.
In other business, the board
approved eight grants, totaling
$5,386,294, all from the Ore-
gon Department of Education.
The grants are $2,199,800 for
mentoring beginning teachers
in Salem-Keizer and eight small
districts with which Salem-
Keizer cooperates; $1,334,100
for improvement of staff qual-
ity; $971,665 for assisting Eng-
lish language learners; $136,590
for services for neglected and
delinquent youth; $40,098 for
teacher improvement, supple-
mental instruction and family
engagement activities in Scott
Instructional Services elemen-
tary schools; $39,085 for the
same kinds of services in Four
Corners; and $2,600 to create
a Career and Technical Educa-
tion Leadership Institute.
THANK YOU
KEIZER!
HAVE A SAFE AND MEMORABLE
T H A N K S G I V I N G H O L I D AY
Brian and I are very thankful this Thanksgiving holiday season
for all our clients. We are thankful our clients allowed us to help
them fi nd the right home at the right time in their lives.
We are thankful to be able to do what we love, in a city we love.
The board also:
• Heard Brad Cunningham
of Salem speak from the fl oor
on class sizes. He said he had
moved two years ago from a
state in which public school
classes were limited to 18 stu-
dents. He noted that most Sa-
lem-Keizer classes were much
larger and said his son, an el-
ementary school student, ap-
peared to be getting less out of
his classes than he had before
the move.
• Proclaimed Wednesday,
Nov. 18, as National Education
Support Professionals Day.
• Approved personnel ac-
tions that included the fol-
lowing in the McNary High
School attendance area: hir-
ing Donald Boles as a less than
half-time sixth-grade English
teacher at Whiteaker Middle
School, hiring Micaela Craig
as a kindergarten teacher at
Keizer Elementary School, hir-
ing Wesley Seidel as a fi rst-year
probation social studies teacher
and Wendy Bennett as a fi rst-
year probation home econom-
ics teacher at McNary; and ac-
cepting the resignation of Valori
Fletcher as a learning resources
teacher at Whiteaker.
Whiteaker Middle School’s
leadership class is holding its
annual food drive at the school.
Students are being asked to
donate non-perishable foods
to their fi rst period classes, but
the leadership students are tak-
ing it a step further by “Stuff-
ing the Bus.”
They will be trying to stuff
an entire Salem-Keizer School
bus full of food on Saturday,
Nov. 21 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
in the Safeway parking lot on
River Road.
Both of the food drive
events are in partnership with
Dayspring Fellowship with the
goal of providing 200 Salem-
Keizer families with a Thanks-
giving meal.
For more information, con-
tact Amber Sweeney at swee-
ney_amber@salkeiz.k12.or.us.
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Luella “Lu” Marie Garren
June 29, 1927 – November 2, 2015
Luella Garren, long time
resident of Keizer, was born in
Greer, Idaho. She passed away in
Tumwater, Wash. The youngest
of seven children born to Dallas
and Cora Eby, she and her
family relocated to Salem when
she was a baby. She is preceded
in death by her husband Jack;
brothers and sisters: Helen
Howard, Gene Vernon, Zelma
Cannoy, Ruth Damon and
Gerald. She is survived by her
daughter Christine Garren; son
Jim and daughter-in-law Terri;
fi ve grandchildren and six great
grandchildren.
Luella retired from her
position with Sears in 1979
to spend more time with Jack
after his retirement from Boise
Cascade. She continued her
association with Sears as an
active member of the Salem area
Sears Retiree group. Luella also
enjoyed her participation in the
Keizer Kids Group, an informal
gathering of graduates from
Keizer School. Luella brought
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her organizational talents to
both of these organizations.
She extended her association
regarding Keizer School as
a
volunteer
at the Keizer
Her itage
Museum — a
relocated and
re-pur posed
section of the
original school
L. Garren
building.
Luella also
volunteered in the Keizer
Emergency Response program.
Those who have been fortunate
to know her can attest to her
unselfi sh willingness to assist
others in so many ways.
A celebration of life is
scheduled for December 5 at
Keizer Quality Suites from 2
p.m. to 4 p.m. It is appreciated
that any gifts could be in the
form of donations to either
Willamette Valley Hospice or
the Salem Juvenile Diabetes
Association.
Bazaar at MHS
November 14
McNary High School is
hosting its annual Holiday Ba-
zaar Saturday, Nov. 14.
The event, which runs
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., is a fun-
draiser for the Celtic robotics
team and other school clubs.
McNary is located at 595
Chemawa Road N.E.
WorshipDirectory
These Salem-Keizer houses of worship invite you to visit.
Call to list your church in our Worship Directory: (503) 390-1051
John Knox Presbyterian Church
JOIN US FOR
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