NOVEMBER 173 20173 KEIZERTIMES3 PAGE A3
School board will appeal
OSAA league realignment
By HERB SWETT
For the Keizertimes
Athletic realignment that
puts Salem-Keizer School
District high schools and three
Bend high schools in the same
conference drew a strong neg-
ative response from the Salem-
Keizer School Board on Tues-
day.
The board action follows a
district staff recommendation
and protests from many district
parents who are concerned
that travel over the Cascade
Mountains could endanger
athletes in winter weather, dis-
rupt academic scheduling, and
cost the district many thou-
sands of dollars.
The Oregon School Ac-
tivities Association, concerned
that there are only three 6A
classifi cation schools in cen-
tral Oregon, has placed the
Bend high schools of Bend,
Mountain View, and Summit
in the Greater Valley Confer-
ence with McNary, McKay,
West Salem, South Salem, and
Sprague high schools for the
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Several audience mem-
bers urged the board to ap-
peal the decision. One, Angie
Livengood of Salem, said the
altitudes of the Cascades could
keep cell phones from carry-
ing messages of accidents in
the mountains.
The board voted 6-1 to ap-
peal the OSAA move. Chair-
person Paul Kyllo cast the
negative vote, saying, “I be-
lieve that the district is taking
steps to mitigate the cost.” He
called the appeal a bad way to
spend district money.
Paul Dakopolos, the district
legal counsel, said that any ap-
peal would go to the OSAA
board of directors and that the
OSAA board could take the
case to the Marion County
District Court.
In other business, the board
elected three of nine candi-
dates to the district budget
committee. Virginia Stapleton
was elected on the fi rst bal-
lot, incumbent Adam Kohler
on the second, and Kathleen
Harder on the third. The other
candidates were Christin Er-
ikson, Virginia Gomez, Anna
Kraemer, Adriana Miranda,
and Derek Olson.
The board approved 13
grants to the district, the larg-
est being $5,861,423 from
the Oregon Department of
Education to expand career
and technical education pro-
grams in high schools. ODE
also provided $3,036,394 for
the district’s Head Start pro-
gram, $1,651,200 for continu-
ing the teacher and admin-
istrator mentoring program,
$1,443,057 for programs for
migrant children, $324,929
to reimburse food purchases,
$209,835 for secondary career
pathway funding, $148,800
for fresh fruits and vegetables
outside the meal program,
and $5,000 to enroll non-
traditional students in Sprague
CTE programs.
The other grants are
$666,187 from Early Learn-
ing Hub for additional pre-
kindergarten programs in
highly impacted attendance
areas, $286,000 from Early
Learning Hub for increasing
readiness for kindergarten,
$81,711 from the Communi-
ty Resource Trust for startup
equipment at the Career and
Technical Education Center,
$20,084 from the city of Sa-
lem for after-school programs
at Walker Middle School and
Leslie Middle School, and
$11,618 from the Oregon
Response to Instruction and
Interventions.
Personnel actions approved
by the board include the fol-
lowing in the McNary atten-
dance area:
• Temporary part-time
teaching contract for Marie
Curran at Gubser Elementary
School.
• Temporary full-time
teaching contracts for Leona
Hall at McNary and Hailee
Young at Keizer Elementary
school.
• A fi rst-year full-time pro-
bation contract for Veronica
Rhodes at Keizer.
• A full-time contract for
Elizabeth Armstrong at Cum-
mings and Scott elementary
schools.
The board approved fi rst
reading of a resolution to or-
ganize the Oregon School
Boards Association as a non-
profi t corporation.
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Nicholas A. Waldner
Sept. 283 1988 – Oct. 313 2017
Nicholas A Waldner—son,
brother, grandson, friend and
brother-in-arms—died
on
Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, at his
home in Keizer, Ore. He was
29 years old.
Born on Sept. 28, 1988,
Nick was always known for his
quick wit and love of word play.
By age 10, no one would doubt
his ability to become a lawyer.
Nick was a diffi cult teenager
who loved to push the enve-
lope and sometimes past but he
recognized he needed to make
changes. At the age of 18 he
got himself into the Job Corps
where he excelled. Upon its
completion he had three choic-
es, stay on at Job Corps as a
paid mentor, enter public life or
join the military. He decided he
needed more personal growth
and entered the Army at the
age of 19 where he served two
tours in Iraq.
Upon his
discharge Nick
had
grown
into a remark-
able man and
was fi lled with
both passion
and an intense
N. Waldner
sense of em-
pathy, though
also subject to depression due
to PTSD which he battled for
several years. He ended his life
as a combination of PTSD and
Community dinner will
be Thanksgiving feast
Keizer’s monthly commu-
nity dinner will be served on
Wednesday, Nov. 22, from 3 to
6 p.m. at St. Edward Catho-
lic Church. The November
community dinner has been
changed from its usual last
Wednesday of the month date.
As many of 550 attendees
are expected at November’s
dinner; the hours have been
extended to fi ll the expected
need. The meal is free to all
who wish to come and spend
time with friends and neigh-
bors.
personal life issues that became
too much for him to handle.
He is survived by his parents,
Renee and Damian Lopez; his
brother, Kyle Lopez; his grand-
parents, Jerry and JoAnn Elliott
and Gilbert Lopez; and numer-
ous aunts, uncles, cousins – too
many to list. He is predeceased
by his grandmother Rosalia
Lopez.
Funeral services were held
on Nov. 10 at Virgil T. Golden
Funeral Home. The family re-
quests that donations be sent to
the National Suicide Preven-
tion Lifeline or the Wounded
Warrior Project.
Leaf Haul Sat.
The Fall Leaf Haul is sched-
uled for Saturday, Nov. 18 and
Saturday, Dec. 2 from 9 a.m. to
3 p.m. at Brown’s Island Demo-
lition Landfi ll, located at 2895
Faragate Street S. in Salem.
Homeowners may drop off
grass clippings and leaves to
turn them into local compost.
Properly disposing of leaves
keeps them out of storm drains,
preventing clogged storm
drains and fl ooding.
Pre-Planning Available
On-Site Crematory
4365 RIVER RD N, KEIZER
503.393.7037
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houses of worship
invite you to visit.
Call to list your church
in our Worship Directory:
(503) 390-1051
John Knox Presbyterian Church
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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
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.
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
www.KeizerChristian.org
Rev. Dr. John Neal, Pastor
Worship - 10:30 a.m.
Education Hour - 9:15 a.m.
Nursery Care Available
www.keizerjkpres.org