PAGE A16, KEIZERTIMES, MAY 26, 2017
Buttoned up
LEFT: Three his-
toric collections.
The far left buttons
are French buttons
from the 1750s;
the ones in the
middle were made
for designer Elsa
Schiaparelli in the
1930s; the ones on
the left are Victo-
rian jewel buttons
from the 1890s.
BELOW: Deborah
Hanson and Bryan
Gilbert discuss the
provenance of a
specifi c button.
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Most people probably think
of buttons as mostly utilitar-
ian items, those occasionally
troublesome things we use to
fasten our shirts and blouses.
A few minutes with Debo-
rah Hanson are more than
enough to change your per-
spective.
“Buttons are a great way to
engage with history, there are
political buttons, fashion but-
tons, ones that can tell you
about the history of a family
and some conferred status,”
said Hanson, a button dealer
who traveled all the way from
New Hampshire to take part
in the annual Oregon State
Button Society Show at Qual-
ity Inn & Suites in Keizer May
5 and 6.
To make her point, Han-
son pulled out cards of buttons
from different eras and for dif-
ferent purposes, even one from
the campaign of President
William Henry Harrison, who
served a scant month in offi ce
before dying of pneumonia.
The two-day event in-
cluded lectures, contests and
opportunities to talk with fel-
low enthusiasts. Thousands of
buttons were on display and
attendees included seven clubs
from fi ve states.
“With the contests, we ask
the collectors to come up with
a display of buttons on a par-
ticular theme,” said organizer
Jan Stutts.
The overall theme for this
year’s event was It’s Raining
Buttons and one contest cat-
egory was a collection display-
ing buttons with umbrellas or
parasols. There were several
entries.
For more information
about button collecting, and to
see a small sample of Hanson’s
collection, visit www.byson-
buttons.com
KFD,
continued from Page A1
and in a safe spot,” KFD chief
Jeff Cowan said. “I'm the luck-
iest fi re chief there is.”
According to the Marion
County Assessor's offi ce, KFD
will not receive most of the
revenue from new construc-
tion projects, like Bonaventure,
until future years as construc-
tion projects are added to the
property tax rolls.
KFD's budget has three
funds—the general fund,
which consists of the four or-
projected $367,354 from the
previous year.
With $3.2 million in net
working capital, more than
$4.2 million in taxes, and $1.3
million in ambulance revenue,
KFD has $9,293,830 in total
resources.
“A lot of good things are
happening to keep us healthy
RIGHT: Leslie Glassmire,
Lois Bandeem and Deborah
Conrad pick through a
button collection.
ganizational units (administra- volume has dramatically in-
tion, fi re, EMS and training), creased, running 1,756 calls as
of May 4 com-
and the capital
pared to 1,485
projects
and
for the same
bond funds.
period last year,
The general
which is an in-
fund budget
crease of 18.2
of $6,995,355
percent.
provides fund-
Cowan said
ing for 35.5
the budget pro-
full time career
vides the com-
staff, up from
munity with
32.5, and ap-
another year
p r ox i m a t e l y
— Jeff Cowan
of
programs
20 volunteers.
Keizer Fire Chief
and services at
It also includes
improved staff-
materials and
services as well as reserve/con- ing levels and the ability to
meet the district's goal of ar-
tingency.
The budget sets aside the riving at an emergency within
usual $150,000 for contin- six minutes or less 90 percent
gency as well as an additional of the time. Throughout 2016,
$25,000 each for fi re and EMS KFD met that goal 93.6 per-
to begin building a reserve for cent of the time.
future PERS expenses.
A copy of the budget may
KFD responded to 4,685 be inspected or obtained at
service calls in 2016 compared KFD, 661 Chemawa Rd. NE
to 4,512 in 2015, a 3.9 percent between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
increase. So far this year, call or online at www.keizerfi re.
com. A public meeting will be
held on Tuesday, June 20 at 7
p.m.
“A lot of good
things are
happening
to keep us
healthy.”
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School Board
renews Howard
Street contract
By HERB SWETT
Of the Keizertimes
The Salem-Keizer School
Board on Tuesday, May 9, re-
newed the district contract
with Howard Street Charter
School for a fi ve-year term
starting July 1.
Renewal was approved by a
5-2 vote, with Paul Kyllo and
Jim Green opposed. Kyllo op-
poses the charter school con-
cept. Green’s objection was to
a provision that if the school
moves from the South Salem
High School annex, the dis-
trict will reimburse the school
$10,000 per year up to three
years.
Green contended that the
provision was unfair to the
other charter schools in the
district.
The board also elected Lar-
ry Trott of Salem to a four-year
term on the Willamette Edu-
cational Service District board
of directors. He was the only
candidate from the district.
In other business, the board
accepted 10 grants, the largest
of which is $352,071 from the
Community Resource Trust
for start-up equipment for
study programs at the Career
Technical Education Center.
The second largest grant
is $231,982 from the Oregon
Department of Education im-
prove staff quality and thereby
increase academic achieve-
ment.
Next is $196,948 from
ODE for summer school pro-
grams for migrant students.
CenturyLink
provided
$5,000 for Lego sets.
The following personnel
actions approved by the board
involved the McNary High
School attendance area:
• Temporary full-time con-
tract: Kaylyn Siobal, Gubser
Elementary School.
• Second-year full-time
contract: Ashley Buckle, Clear
Lake Elementary School.
• First-year probation full-
time contract: Daniel Bor-
resen, McNary.
•
Resignations: Misty
Buckman, Keizer Elementary
School; Billie Crane, Clear
Lake Elementary School; Dal-
las Myers, McNary; Tricia
Palm, Keizer; Katie Wickham,
McNary.
• Retirements: Katherine
Cobb, Cummings and Gub-
ser elementary schools; Ed-
ward Crystal, McNary; Karla
McFadden, Clear Lake; Bruce
Purdy, Claggett Creek Middle
School; Linda Wilson, Ken-
nedy Elementary School.
The Spotlight on Success
portion of the meeting hon-
ored Ashleigh Huerta, who
has volunteered at Kennedy
for fi ve years in various ways.
Jay Remy, district director of
communications, noted that
she is president of the Kenne-
dy Parent-Teacher Association,
has worked to make more par-
ents and teachers involved, and
has raised thousands of dollars
for teaching materials.