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    NOVEMBER 11, 2016, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A9
Salem and Walker Middle do for staff appreciation week,
School and when a full-time he went to a teacher to ask
position opened at Hallman El- how he could help. Dull and his
wife, Janet, who have their own
ementary, he decided to apply.
Dull is in his second year at business, Spring Spud, donated
my name. I don’t know how McNary.
the ingredients for a Korean
many times I hear, ‘Mr. Joseph,
He arrives at the school each meal to feed the entire staff of
how are you?’ or ‘Hey Joseph,’ morning by 5:10 to have the almost 200.
things like that.”
“I talked to the cook-
school ready to open by 5:30.
Born in Korea, Dull was an
“I want to make sure that all ing class,” Dull said. “The kids
orphan until he was adopted by the classrooms and the halls, ev- were more involved than we
an American family and moved erything is clean so that when were. We didn’t do anything.
to Newberg at age 13. Dull kids come they’ll be more hap- We brought the materials. Kids
spent his high school years in py to be here,” Dull said.
all did it. They cooked it, they
Oklahoma, where his parents
chopped
it,
Once school
went to a Bible college to be- starts, Dull esti-
they did ev-
come missionaries. He then mates he cleans
erything. They
moved to California to be- up at least fi ve
served.”
come youth pastor of a Korean to six dropped
Dull has also
Church.
helped leader-
Starbucks
or
“As a youth pastor I deal Dutch
ship students
Bros
with a lot of kids with drugs, drinks a day.
prepare
the
run away from homes and who
Veteran’s Day
“I always say
didn’t want to live with par- when I come
celebration and
ents,” Dull said. “Korean parents to the school
mentored stu-
are really strict. I understand in the morning,
dents from Mc-
— Joseph Dull Nary’s business
that. When I was working with ‘I’m serving the
the youth, (there were) a lot of future
program.
Presi-
drugs and gangs. (I) was threat- dent or offi cer
He is just
ened by gangs because some in the United States’ and I have honored to be at a school
kids were coming to church that kind of attitude,” Dull said. whose desire is to be world class
to be changed and they don’t “I always respect kids no matter in everything it does.
like that. Many times those who they are, even though they
“Our school is world class,”
kids coming for me to do some spill chocolate milk or coffee. Dull said. “When I think about
harming but never got that far. I don’t get mad. I do believe it, I want to be part of it. I want
I understand the teenager’s situ- these kids are the future. I’m so to be the world class that our
ations.”
principal, Erik (Jespersen), talks
honored to serve them.”
Seven years ago, Dull began
When Dull was called to a about. We never know what
working as a substitute custodi- leadership meeting to clean they are going to be 10 years
an at McKay High School. He a spill and overheard students later, when they graduate from
also worked part-time at North talking about what they could the universities and move on to
their future, we never know and
I want to be part of the world
class for them. That’s the beauty.
That’s what I want to be part
of.”
Both Jespersen and activi-
ties/leadership director Dan
Borresen said Dull is the best
custodian McNary has ever had.
“The custodial staff at Mc-
Nary High School used to be
LET US PREPARE
an invisible group that moved
YOUR THANKSGIVING DINNER
about with the sole function
of keeping the building clean,”
Jespersen wrote in his letter.
“Now the custodial staff is an
integral part of our school with
a vested interest in our school’s
overall mission.”
ORDER BEFORE
“He is one of the most
Monday, November 21
amazing people I have ever
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met,” Borresen said. “I’m proud
to call him a friend and col-
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cere love for helping others—
Thanks for voting us Best Barbecue – 8 years running
especially the students of our
high school.”
APPLE,
continued from Page A1
Vets honored
“I want to
be the world
class that our
principal, Erik,
talks about.”
Brined & Smoked
Turkey or Ham
crossword
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
The Keizer Chamber of Commerce honored veterans at its monthly luncheon Tuesday, Nov. 8.
A few of the veterans in attendance were Maj. Allan Pollock, U.S. Army, Cmdr. Doug Kroll (Ret.),
Navy, Marines and Coast Guard, Lt. Col. Richard Ford, U.S. Army, Airman 1st Class Jerry Howard,
U.S. Air Force, Sgt. Zach Steele, Air National Guard and Army Reserves, and Sgt. Brad Beverly,
Air National Guard.
GRANTS,
continued from Page A1
Two access points are
planned, one for gardeners and
another for trucks delivering
soil and supplies. Gardeners will
be given a code to a combina-
tion lock for access.
“I think this is a really
worthwhile project that pro-
vides something worthwhile
to the city,” said Matt Lawyer, a
member of the parks board be-
fore the vote.
The project will start no
later than May 1, 2017, and be
completed by June 30.
A $10,000 match grant for
Keizer Little League was also
approved unanimously. The
funds will be used to continue
rehabilitation of fi elds at Keizer
Little League Park, off Ridge
Drive Northeast.
Project coordinators Brad
Arnsmeier, Tony Cuff and Paul
McGrath have spoken before
the board the past three months
trying to iron out the details of
the grant request.
And there was still some
uncertainty as the board drew
closer to a vote Tuesday night.
KLL offi cials submitted a
two-page list of work to be
done – valued at nearly $42,000,
but little in the way of specifi c
dollar values for specifi c parts of
the project.
While the board has ex-
pressed support for the KLL
rehab project throughout the
process, the parks board is the
only city committee that can
approve money expenditures
independent of the Keizer City
Council and board members
are cautious about the terms of
the grant matches it approves.
To release matching funds,
project coordinators must turn
in receipts for the amount of
the grant, and board members
were concerned about the lack
of itemized expenses in the
KLL proposal.
“It’s a little vague. I would
still like a few more dollar
amounts, and its possibly chal-
lenging when you submit re-
ceipts, but I understand you
will have more than $10,000 in
expenses,” said Robert Johnson,
Keizer parks supervisor.
Others voiced similar con-
cerns, but board member Dylan
Juran seemed to put the matter
to rest.
“If they can’t turn in receipts
totaling $10,000, then that’s
their (KLL’s) problem,” Juran
said.
The goal is to have all the
sports fi elds and facilities at
KLL Park rehabilitated or
renovated by the 2021 season,
which will mark the 50th an-
niversary of KLL.
The match grant will be
used for a wide range of proj-
ects within the park includ-
ing: replanting several fi elds,
irrigation, replacement dirt
and warning track cinder rock,
rubber mats for dugouts and
an outfi eld fence for one fi eld.
KLL offi cials are also relying on
a $50,000 grant from Keizer
Rotary that will be doled out
over the course of the next four
years.
Arnsmeier said he expected
to rely on the matching grant
program less as the project pro-
gresses.
At the beginning of the
night, there was $20,000 in the
matching grant fund – $15,000
in new money from the be-
ginning of the fi scal year and
$5,000 that was carried over
after a 2015-16 project fell
through. The two approved
grants drop the available total
to $8,300.
RESULTS: Corporate sales
tax soundly rejected
Walker served as the associ-
ate director of the water dis-
trict for the past 18 months.
He is a retired statistician and
program evaluator with the
state of Michigan.
STATE MEASURES
There were many statewide
ballots still being counted,
but here were the trends as of
Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 9.
MEASURE 97
Would increase Oregon’s
corporate minimum tax when
sales exceed $25 million, re-
move tax limits and increase
revenues available for educa-
tion, healthcare and senior
services.
No - 59 percent
Yes – 40 percent
MEASURE 98
Would require the state to
fund drop-out prevention and
career- and college-readiness
programs.
Yes – 65 percent
No – 34 percent
MEASURE 96
Would dedicate 1.5 per-
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cal/mental health care.
Yes – 83 percent
No – 16 percent
MEASURE 94
Would amend the state
constitution and eliminate
mandatory retirement at age
75 for state judges.
No - 63 percent
Yes – 36 percent
MEASURE 95
Would allow public uni-
versities to invest in equities,
stock or securities represent-
ing ownership interest.
Yes – 70 percent
No – 29 percent
MEASURE 99
Creates a dedicated fund
for outdoor school education
fund with revenues from the
Oregon State Lottery. The
goal would be providing out-
door programming to every
fi fth – and sixth-grade student
in the state.
Yes – 66 percent
No – 33 percent
MEASURE 100
Prohibit the purchase or
sale of products – with the
exception of specifi c activities,
inheritances, certain antiques
and musical instruments – and
imposes penalties up to $6,500
for doing so.
Yes – 69 percent
No – 30 percent
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