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FEBRUARY 12, 2016, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A5 KeizerCommunity MHS auto program to Service to Education a receive $15K from grant sweet award for Honey KEIZERTIMES.COM By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Sure, John Honey could have retired when he thought he would. But had Honey merely re- tired after serving as McNary High School principal for four years, he would have missed out on a couple of things. For example, there’s last fall’s opening of the new Career Technical Education Center, of which Honey is the fi rst prin- cipal. That led to the second thing: being honored with the 2015 Service to Education Award at the Jan. 23 Keizer First Citizen and Awards Banquet. Honey was presented the award by last year’s recipients, Krina and Chuck Lee. Chuck Lee works alongside Honey at CTEC, a private-public partnership be- tween Mountain West Invest- ments and the Salem-Keizer School District. Chuck is a SKSD school board member, while Krina runs the Salem- Keizer Education Foundation. “This person has been in- volved with the education of young people for over 30 years,” Krina said. “After nine years in the classrooms of North Salem and Sprague High Schools, this person worked as an assistant principal or principal of several schools before enjoying four years at McNary High School as their principal. This person is now the fi rst principal of the new public-private Career Technical Education Center.” While that made it obvi- ous, Chuck added some more details. “This person’s goal at Mc- Nary was to get the students and staff to contribute back to the community as much as the community of Keizer had con- tributed to them,” Chuck said. “He did this by developing the JROTC program and improv- ing facilities.” Krina noted the recipient KEIZERTIMES/Craig Murphy John Honey (second from right) celebrates after winning the Service to Education Award at the Jan. 23 Keizer First Citizen Awards banquet. adopted Keizer as his town. “He now claims himself to be a Keizer guy,” Krina said. “Working in Keizer with many, many groups has helped him come to value how closely con- nected the Keizer community is and how very easy it is to be engaged in the family of Keizer. Please join us in honoring and celebrating Mr. John Honey.” Honey, who came to the stage while the Grand Jazz and Swing Band played the tune of Sesame Street, liked the big clock award. “I’m going to wear that around my neck, with a big chain. It’ll give me real street cred,” Honey joked. “This is a great honor. I’m really sur- prised. I didn’t have a chance to prepare a speech, otherwise I could kill 45 minutes. That’s why they didn’t tell me, I guess. “I really appreciate the hon- or,” he added. “I really do con- sider myself a Keizer guy. It’s not a job I thought I’d wind up in, but this is such a great com- munity with such a strong sense of purpose and unity. It’s really nice to be a part of that. Thank Learn how to help your community in times of emergency JOIN you for the recognition and all you do for our students.” Honey said afterwards be- coming a principal in Keizer wasn’t in his plans originally, but he’s now glad it happened. “I landed in Keizer almost by accident,” Honey said. “I very quickly became part of a great group of people who care about each other, the kids and the schools. I fi nd myself being drawn more and more into the community. It’s a great place to be. I’m very happy to be here.” Honey said everyone in ed- ucation shares a vision. “We know it’s not easy,” he said. “We don’t do it for a clock. We don’t do it for awards. We do it because it’s the right thing for our kids. Anything we can do to support them and help them make meaningful decisions and make plans for a better life, it’s worth it. We just need to keep working hard, doing the right things for the right reasons and that’s to help the kids.” Honey wasn’t anticipating his late career switch. “I was ready to retire (after MHS),” he said. “I had a new grandson and had been work- ing for over 30 years. I was kind of ready to try something new, but I didn’t think it would be something new in education. I’d been a teacher, administra- tor and then this opportunity at CTEC opened up. It was so different. “I’m a journalism major who became an English teach- er who turned into a principal who became the CTE guy,” Honey added with a chuckle. “Now I’m learning to weld and I’m driving a forklift. It’s not where I thought my life was going to go. It was the culmination of 30 years of ex- perience, but it really was the beginning of a new chapter. Every day I learn something new and every day I run into new challenges.” Honey doesn’t see those challenges as bad things. “Really they are opportuni- ties because I’d never thought of that,” he said. “I worry about the price of steel now. I didn’t think that was in my job de- scription. We’ll just keep go- ing. We will keep adding new programs. Maybe now I’ll re- tire at the end of next year or maybe two or three years after that. As long as it’s exciting and challenging and we’re doing good things for the kids and the community, we’ll keep do- ing it.” Honey spent the day of the banquet painting his kitchen and told his wife he was think- ing about not going. “She said you said we’d go there and we had already bought the tickets,” Honey said. “I’m glad I came.” By HERB SWETT For the Keizertimes Two six-fi gure grants and several much smaller ones for the Salem-Keizer School Dis- trict were approved by the Sa- lem-Keizer School Board on Tuesday. A $971,665 grant from the Oregon Department of Edu- cation will provide services and staff professional devel- opment for English language learners. ODE also provided $142,210 to the high schools to improve career techni- cal education funds. McNary High School received $15,839 for automotive mechanics technology, $3,394 for solar energy technology, $2,828 for culinary arts and $2,000 each for computer programming and graphic design. Nine of the 10 remaining funds were $3,000 apiece and went to elementary schools. The source was the Let’s Move Active School Grant, funded by Nike, Kaiser Permanente and the Northwest Health Foundation. Keizer Elemen- tary School received $3,000 to purchase developmentally appropriate physical education equipment and equipment in- volving health-related compo- nents of physical fi tness. The remaining grant was $1,639 from the Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund for the annual Eagle Feather Celebration, which promotes completion of high school. In other board business, most of the Spotlight on Suc- cess portion of the meeting honored people in the Mc- Nary attendance area. Uptown Music and its owner and gen- eral manager, Paul Elliott, were named Business Partner of the Month because of the Play It Forward! guitar program, which donates a new instru- ment to the McNary music Keizer cellist takes spotlight Keizerite Noah Seitz will be the featured cello soloist for two upcoming perfor- mances of the Salem Philhar- monia Orchestra. Performances are slated Feb. 26 and 27 at 7 p.m. The Friday concert will be at Uni- tarian Universalist Congrega- Ask Mr. Trash Q. How do I keep my trash from blowing in the wind? A. Bagging loose trash and closing the cart lid will help prevent wind related issues, keep pets and crows from spreading the waste, and will even help with cart cleanliness. It’s also a good idea to roll shredded paper up into a paper sack before placing it in your blue cart for recycling. Please help us keep your neighborhood clean! mdye1680@msn.com ©1986 Take part in this 8-week class 2016 Training Sessions every Thursday thru April 28 begin on Thursday, Register at KeizerCert.org or Contact Ruby Pantalone March 10, 6:30 pm at 503-551-2645 Keizer Fire District lpatalone@comcast.net OR 661 Chemawa Rd NE Mike Dye at 503-390-3133 program for every fi ve donated by the public. Uptown Music was credited with enabling the McNary music program to start a guitar class. The counseling program at Claggett Creek Middle School was honored for its recogni- tion as a RAMP (Recognized American School Counseling Association Model Program). Claggett Creek, the only mid- dle school in Oregon to be so certifi ed, is one of only six Or- egon schools with this designa- tion. Two of the other fi ve are South Salem High School and Hallman Elementary School. John Honey, principal of the Career Technical Educa- tion Center and former Mc- Nary principal, was recognized for having won the 2015 Ser- vice to Education Award from the Keizer Chamber of Com- merce. Fallon Dunham, a McNary senior, was honored for having her T-shirt art design chosen for the logo of the Salem- Keizer Education Foundation’s 2016 Awesome 3000 run. She also received a $100 check and earned a $250 award for Mc- Nary’s art department. Tied for second place in the design contest were Melody Smith, also a McNary senior, and DJ Carpenter, a Sprague High School junior. Each won a $50 check. Personnel actions approved by the board involved four people in the McNary atten- dance area. Contracts were ap- proved for Connie Schroeder, basic skills, Keizer Elemen- tary, as a temporary part-time teacher; David Holcomb, social studies, McNary, and Taylor Miller, second-grade English for speakers of other languages, Keizer, as temporary full-time teachers; and Maria Neads, second-grade ESOL, Kennedy Elementary School. Serving Keizer for Nearly 50 years! LOREN'S VA L L E Y SANITATION & RECYCLING SERVICE, INC. RECYCLING & DISPOSAL, INC. 503.393.2262 503.585.4300 Noah Seitz tion of Salem, 5090 Center Street N.E. Saturday’s perfor- mance will be at the Cheme- keta Community College Auditorium, Building 6, 4000 Lancaster Drive N.E. Seitz is adjunct professor of cello at Pacifi c University, where he is instructor of cello and chamber music. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for stu- dents and seniors, and free for youth up to age 17. Since 2003, Seitz and his family have been residents of Keizer. He continues to teach in the Salem-Keizer area and performs regularly with his wife, pianist Sara Greenleaf. The couple has two musical daughters, Lilla and Clara. 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 452 Cummings Lane North 393-0404 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 1755 Lockhaven Dr. NE Keizer 503-390-3900 www.dayspringfellowship.com Rev. Dr. John Neal, Pastor Worship - 10:30 a.m. Education Hour - 9:15 a.m. Nursery Care Available www.keizerjkpres.org Jason Lee UMC 820 Jeff erson St. NE Salem OR 97301 9:00 am Dr. Jon F. Langenwalter, Pastor The church with the purple doors 10:45 am Worship at 9:30 am • Child Care Available 6:00 pm Children’s Programs, Student and Adult Ministries 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. Sunday Morning and 503-364-2844 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
