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Polk County Education
Weiss: doing 25 percent more with 30 percent less
Continued from 16A
During his tenure, he’s
seen four new buildings
erected or started: the
Health and Wellness Center,
Ackerman Hall, DeVolder
Family Science Center and
the Richard Woodcock Col-
lege of Education building,
which broke ground last
June.
More than the new infra-
structure, Weiss is proud of
the student success and the
resources Western has been
able to provide for those stu-
dents in spite of dwindling
state financial support.
“We’ve been able to in-
crease the amount of stu-
dent financial aid, …in-
crease our academic advis-
ing and our tutoring centers,
… health services that are
also important these days,
particularly counseling serv-
ices,” Weiss said. “It’s the in-
vestment in the university at
a time when many other
universities have had to dis-
invest in infrastructure, nec-
essary support for students.”
State institutions have
been hit particularly hard
because state appropria-
tions have declined 25 to 30
percent over the last eight
years, Weiss said, while stu-
dent enrollment in universi-
ties like Western has in-
creased 20 to 25 percent in
the same time period.
One of the things that
kept Weiss on as president
an extra year was the insta-
bility surrounding Western’s
future as the big three Ore-
gon universities withdrew
from the OUS.
He spearheaded develop-
ing a business plan for WOU
that was accepted at the
state government level, se-
curing Western’s future as an
independent university.
He then aided in the se-
lection of Western’s new
board of trustees and sup-
ported the process and se-
lection of Fuller, who will
come to WOU from Eastern
Washington University.
Weiss said he is looking
forward to not having a
Santiam Christian announces honor roll
CORVALLIS — Santiam Christian Schools announced its
honor roll for the fourth quarter. Polk County students who
made the list are:
12th grade — 4.0 grade-point average: Justin Aldrich,
Heather Bellinger, Olivia Ledeboer and Jacob Manzi. 3.5 and
higher gpa: Tanner Butler, Michael Chung, Caitlin Fettig, Katy
Paratore and Liam Perry.
11th grade — 4.0 gpa: Jocelyn Porath. 3.50 gpa and higher:
Leahgrace Connor, Joaquin Guerrero-Rodriguez, Kris Liu,
Chance Ottinger and Kevin Sheng.
10th grade — 4.0 gpa: Peggy Liang, Mikayla Manzi, Katie
Richert and August Thornton. 3.5 and higher gpa: Daniela
Boehm, Marta Cercos Gonzalez, Makenna Setniker and Alexan-
dra Watson.
Ninth grade — 4.0 gpa: Samuel Barton, Kaylee Breyman,
Laura Guariglia-Castro, Shelby Myrick-Duckett, Kyle Paratore, Se-
bastian Perfecto, Rebeka Preston and Zachary Watson. 3.5 gpa
and higher: Caitlyn Killion, Grace Moseman and Dayna Mulkey.
Eighth grade — 4.0 gpa: Tony Li, Jason Manzi, Winn Miller, Is-
abel Montoya and Cole Setniker. 3.5 gpa and higher: Abby
Riedlinger.
Seventh grade — 4.0 gpa: Ainsley Beam. 3.5 gpa and higher:
Olivia Bellinger-Verbics, Lily Hardy and Amanda Preston.
Students graduate from Connections
SCIO — Several students from Polk County graduated from
Oregon Connections Academy during the week of June 8.
Graduates include: Emmaly Basaraba and Lacey Stout, both
of Dallas; Mary Garcia of Grand Ronde; Kaeli Baxter of Independ-
ence; and Ciera Esquivel of Monmouth.
Local graduates are among about 330 students in ORCA’s
Class of 2015. A graduation ceremony was held at the Oregon
Convention Center in Portland.
Monmouth native named to dean’s list
schedule once he is retired.
“On the other hand, you
know, having a schedule also
has its benefits,” he said. “It
makes sure to keep you on
track and purposeful each
day.”
Staying purposeful likely
won’t be an issue for Weiss
or his wife, as they are both
involved in the community.
Meg is on the Oregon Sym-
phony at Salem board of di-
rectors, while Mark is on the
board for Salem Health,
which is the parent organi-
zation of Salem Hospital and
West Valley Hospital.
We i s s w i l l n o t b e a
stranger on campus at West-
ern, either.
“I plan to take advantage
of things to learn and the
arts,” he said. “It is good to
have close by.”
NORTHFIELD, Minn. — One Polk County student has been
named to the dean’s list for the spring 2015 semester at St.
Olaf’s College.
Madeleine Witwer-Dukes, a Monmouth native, is studying
psychology.
The dean’s list recognizes students with a semester grade-
point average of 3.75 or higher on a 4-point scale.
LBCC names local honor roll students
ALBANY — The following students at Linn-Benton Communi-
ty College earned a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher for 12
or more graded credits during spring term, April to June 2015.
These do not include pass/no pass or incomplete credits. Stu-
dents are listed by hometown:
Dallas: Jessica Hastings, Andria L. Pressel and Kevin C. Pressel;
Independence: Joshua R. Archuletta, Mia Caudillo and Justin R.
Herry; Monmouth: Kristen B. Brown, Laquita K. Dagg and An-
drew M. McMurtry.
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Top: Mark Weiss congratulates Western graduates.
Above: Weiss speaks at the naming ceremony of the
Health and Wellness Building.
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By Jolene Guzman
The Itemizer-Observer
DALLAS — The Dallas
School Board adopted its
2015-16 budget with the ad-
dition of more staff, thanks
to a better-than-expected
May state revenue forecast.
The Oregon Legislature
promised to dedicate a per-
centage of unexpected rev-
enue in the forecast to
schools when it approved the
2015-17 K-12 budget, which
it split 50-50 over the two
years. In the past, funding
was split 49-51 to account for
cost increases. Dallas set
aside $565,000 to compen-
sate for the even split.
The unanticipated fund-
ing eliminates the need for
the district to hold over
money for the second year.
District staff presented
three plans for spending the
excess. The third option in-
cluded several assistant
coaching positions at Dallas
High School.
The board chose that op-
tion, which also added: a
fourth-grade teacher; DHS
career and technical educa-
tion teacher; DHS athletics
trainer; part-time DHS
counselor; part-time dis-
trict-wide instructional
coach; district-wide curricu-
lum administrator; and a
DHS and LaCreole Middle
School custodian.
“It seems like our ending
fund balance is much better
than it’s been,” said Board
Member Matt Posey, refer-
ring to the amount of money
estimated to be left at the end
of 2015-16. “... We still have
more money than we’ve had
in the last four or five years.”
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TED 2 (Digital) (R)
6:50 9:30
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(1:45 4:25) 7:30 10:05
(11:30 2:05) 7:25
SAN ANDREAS (Digital 2D ) (PG13)
(4:40)
9:55
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (Digital 2D ) (R)
MAX (Digital 2D ) (PG)
(11:35 2:00 4:35) 7:10 9:40
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(2:10) 7:45
(11:35 4:40)
10:00
SPY (Digital) (R)
TED 2 (*Digital 2D) (R)
(11:40 1:45 4:25) 7:30 10:05
(1:10 2:20) 7:00
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MAGIC MIKE XXL (R)
7:15 9:50
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Disney’s INSIDE OUT (NEC Dolby 3D) (PG13)
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JURASSIC WORLD (NEC Dolby 3D) (PG13)
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9:45
7:00
TERMINATOR GENISYS (Digital 2D ) (PG13)
9:40
TERMINATOR GENISYS (NEC Dolby 3D) (PG13)
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SAN ANDREAS (Digital 2D ) (PG13)
(4:40)
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MAGIC MIKE XXL (R)
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Disney’s INSIDE OUT (NEC Dolby 3D) (PG13)
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