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AUGUST 28, 2020, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A3 obituary George Warren Standish February 4, 1936 - August 21,2020 George Warren Standish, 84, (R)Robert his sons to carry the of Brooks, Ore., got his wings name. Even more proud that as Friday Aug. 21, 2020. He was we speak the G and R men be- born in Bellingham, Wash., on came more than a parent could Feb. 4, 1936, to Leo Percy and ever ask. He was a member of the Edna Mary Wallace Standish. George had two sisters and one American Legion Post # 0136, Brooks Historical Society brother. He joined and BCCA. the Army at age 17, Loving animals and served on the DMZ children were his being. in Korea until 1956, He raised many Herford then came home with and Angus cattle, nurs- a Military injury. ing all the babies He married Sally Jo who needed him, Jones in which three amazing children were G. Standish including kitties, goats, calves and born. birds. He started G&R His grandchildren Auto Wrecking with his broth- er-in -law Rudy Austad, he then were his world and he went to work for Weyerhaeuser was so proud of the where he ended up with a se- hard working children. rious industrial injury, and was He never missed a soft- disabled. He was strong-willed ball, football or basketball game was determined to not let it in which one or more grand- children were playing.The great beat him. He married Dorene Isham grandchildren are what lit up Koenig in 1978, he then started the room for him, his special up a new G&R Auto Wreckers. name for each. “My little danc- This being the love of his life, ing girl.” He couldn’t wait to he always wanted (G)Gary and fi nd someone who would listen M emorial C enters ◆ C remation & B urial Simplicity - Convenience - Low Cost simple cremation simple direct burial church funeral ◆ $795 ◆ $995 ◆ $2965 to how proud he was of “Joe.” Survivors include his wife Dorene (of 42 years), sister Lor- raine Gesner (Royal); children Gary Warren Standish (Teresa Lohn) Robert Alan Standish (Gina Goad), Lisa Hynes, and Rob Koenig (Dawn); grand- children: Brandon, Shannon and Corben Standish,Megan Maxwell,Melissa Nored, Brit- tney Smith, Keeton Standish, Jeremiah, Tyrel and Eden Speer, Jamie Peterson, Michelle Da- vis, McKenna, Joe and Madison Hynes. Tiffany Hillman,Britta- ny Prince, Jeff and Dakota Koe- nig; and great-grand- children Victoria and Colton Standish, Rylan Williams, Arlo and Ivey Maxwell, Evan and Nicholas Smith, Zayden Standish, Knox Nored, Brilen and Greylen Smith, Kaylee, Mat- thew, David, Julia and Elizabeth Peterson, McKenzie and Kelsey Ratzlaff, Alexa Mol- lett, Emmett Davis, Hailee and Conor Hillman, Anna, Emma and Clara Prince, Owen and Ava Koenig. Proceeded in death by his parents, brother Wayne Standish, sister Annabelle Austad, daugh- ter Cheryl Lynn Barclay, grand- son Johnathon Standish and great-granddaughter Allie Speer. Funeral arrangements will be held at New Harvest Church 4290 Portland Road N.E. in Salem on Saturday Aug. 29 at 11 a.m. Viewing will be at 10:30 a.m. at the church. Schools: ‘An opportunity to put students in charge’ BY MATT RAWLINGS Of the Keizertimes The Salem-Keizer School Board meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 25 featured members of Salem-Keizer Public School (SKPS) cabinet discussing school reentry planning and curriculum updates, as well as other topics. While the majority of the students in the district will be participating in comprehen- sive distance learning due to COVID-19, SKPS Superinten- dent Christy Perry estimated that more than 6,000 students will be active in the district’s EDGE program — a com- prehensive all-online learning academy. When in-person class- es were canceled in March, many students left their per- sonal belongings at school that they weren’t able to retrieve. Students additionally weren’t able to return borrowed items, such as library books and band equipment. Although she didn’t have specifi c dates, Perry did state that over the next three weeks, schools would need to fi gure out how to get personal items back to students. The Oregon Schools Activ- ities Association (OSAA) made the decision earlier this month to postpone all sports until Jan- uary. From Aug. 31 to Dec. 27, the permission of sports and activities will not be designated by the OSAA, but instead be determined by local school dis- tricts — meaning that schools could potentially hold practices and workouts during that time. SKPS, however, is electing to stay on the conservative side as Perry told the board that September will serve as a moratorium month for all Sa- lem-Keizer high school athletic programs. “We need kids and coaches to get back in school and con- nected into comprehensive dis- tance learning,” Perry said. “We want to wait and see what the metrics say as far as when it’s it safe to return. It’s really hard to return to practice and not have kids return to school.” Iton Udosenata, the assistant superintendent for second- ary education, gave a pair of curriculum updates regarding social studies and embedded honors classes. Starting this school year, SKPS is striving to shift the so- cial studies vision from study- ing dates and events to critical thinking, analysis and discourse. The district will also put more of a focus on units specifi c to Pacifi c Islanders/Native Ha- waiians and Native Americans. “Our staff has been hard at work to try to develop cur- riculum that will be rigorous for students but also challenge students to be critical thinkers,” Udosenata said. Embedded honors, on the other hand, allows high school students to choose to take hon- ors classes until the third week of the semester before deciding if they want to continue. The district believes that this method removes barriers and encourages more students to engage in more rigorous coursework. “We see this as an opportu- nity to put students in control of their educational pathways,” Udosenata said. “We really hope that this will be a struc- ture that gives kids self-effi ca- cy.” The district hopes that this new strategy will get more students into honors and ad- vanced placement courses. “Our goal is to open up opportunities early that don’t hold any oppressive structures that will hold kids back, so that all kids will have access to ad- vanced placement,” Perry said. Kraig Sproles, assistant su- perintendent for elementary education, shared about how the district is still a ways from going to a blended learning model — which would involve students coming back to school on a part-time basis. To get back to some sort of in-person school, Marion County would have to see a positive COVID-19 testing rate at below 5% for three con- secutive weeks — the rate is currently at 11.2%. They also need to have under 10 cas- es per 100,000 people to run blended learning — Marion County currently has 88 cases per 100,000 as of Tuesday. “It’s a sobering look at our data,” Sproles said. SUBSCRIBE KEIZER NEWS IN YOUR MAILBOX ONLY $35 A YEAR CALL 503-390-1051 Salem Portland Eastside 275 Lancaster Dr. SE Salem, OR 97317 832 NE Broadway Portland, OR 97232 1433 SE 122nd Ave. Portland, OR 97233 (503) 581-6265 (503) 783-3393 (503) 783-6865 Keizer & Salem’s Go-To-Guy for Buying & Selling Tualatin Tigard Milwaukie 8970 SW Tualatin Sherwood Rd. 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