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Polk County Education 18A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • June 14, 2017 Dallas budget goes up $1.8 M CLASS OF 2017 By Jolene Guzman The Itemizer-Observer DALLAS — The Dallas School Board adopted a re- vised 2017-18 budget, based now on an $8.2 bil- lion State School Fund for the 2017-19 biennium. The State Senate voted 25-5 to approve the $8.2 billion figure and send it to the House of Representa- tives, where the bill, SB 5517, went through its first reading Monday. Dallas had calculated its 2017-18 spending plan on $7.8 billion, the figure the legislature has been con- sidering for schools. Tami Montague, the dis- trict’s director of fiscal serv- ices, said if the bill is ap- proved, it would send $1.8 million more to the district. Montague said the plan is to hold $417,914 received during 2017-18 in contin- gency for the second year of the biennium. As proposed in the senate bill, the money is split evenly between the years, which doesn’t ac- count for cost of inflation for year two of the state budget. Nearly $600,000 belongs to charter schools the dis- trict sponsors. See BUDGET, Page 5A ACADEMIC HONORS Salem Health awards 19 DHS grads JOLENE GUZMAN/Itemizer-Observer Daniel Domes was a star in the classroom and on the court during his senior year at Perrydale. Perrydale: A Domes’ family affair By Jolene Guzman The Itemizer-Observer PERRYDALE — Daniel Domes came back home. The Perrydale senior, who graduated on Saturday, spent his kindergarten through freshman year at the school. He attended Western Mennonite for his sophomore and junior years, but returned to Perrydale for his senior year. It was a special year for Domes and his family. Domes’ father, Brian Domes, took over as head basketball coach this year. He had a chance to play for his dad and with his younger brother, David. “I really wasn’t going to turn that down, playing under my dad and with my brother,” he said. Daniel spent the entire year playing sports, adding football and baseball to his schedule. “Sports teaches you a lot about life and what you can do — how you recover from losses, how you overcome adversity — and it builds the person you become,” he said. During school hours, Daniel worked in the pre- school classroom through Perrydale’s child develop- ment class. “It’s supposed to be every other day you go into the class, so I’m supposed to be with the preschool Monday and Wednesday, but the last quarter of the year, we fin- ished all of our projects. I went in there every day of the week,” he said. “It’s cer- tainly fun working with little kids. I love working with lit- tle kids.” Perrydale K-12 Vice Prin- cipal Dan Dugan said the school welcomed Daniel back for his last year. Daniel is the Class of 2017 valedictorian and winner of the Bill Burr Award for the most inspirational athlete, and the Haberly Cup for out- standing senior. “He’s just an overall out- standing kid,” Dugan said, describing him as a leader and hard-worker in academ- ics and sports. “We are happy he come back for his senior year,” Dugan said. “He made Per- rydale a better place this year.” Last week, before Satur- day’s graduation, Daniel said he’s ready for the end of high school, but is sad to say goodbye. “I’m certainly going to miss a lot of things, every- thing that comes with being in high school,” he said. He said in a small com- munity, relationships are important, and he will miss the teachers, coaches, team- mates, classmates and friends he’s grown close to. This summer, he will work for his father’s hay exporting business before moving to Bend to start college at Cen- tral Oregon Community Col- lege. He plans to attend there for two years and transfer to Oregon State Uni- versity to finish his degree. His major is business-entre- preneurship. “The plan is to take over my dad’s business,” he said. He’s been working with his dad in an increasing ca- pacity since middle school. “Last year, over the sum- mer, I worked in the office and handled the bills and all the paperwork and keeping track of the hay that comes in and the hay that goes out,” he said. See DOMES, Page 5A DALLAS — Salem Health West Valley Foundation awarded 19 scholarships to students in medically related fields for a total of $19,500. Recipients are: Kyle Lenz, McKayla Ruettgers, Mitchell Boll- man, Amanda Dankenbring, MaKenzie Davis, Kaitlin Smith, Sarah Solvedt, Alisha Aime, Rylie Gaither-Lyell, Skyla Ihne, Jillian Sunderman, Heidi Sunderman, Brenda Hess, Hilary Keck, Megan Ronco, Kara Cardwell, Kaci Cheavtharn, Micah Masei, and Gabriela Hernandez. Salem Health West Valley Foundation is a charitable organi- zation that supports programs and services at Salem Health West Valley. This year’s scholarship awards were paid for through proceeds from the foundation’s 2016 Moonlight & Vines Gala. The 2017 event will be on Aug. 25 at the Nesmith Readiness Center in Dallas. For more information: wvhfound@salemhealth.org. Fast placed on dean’s list for spring SPOKANE, Wash. — Seth Fast, of Dallas, earned placement on the Gonzaga University dean’s list for spring semester 2017. Students must earn a 3.5 to 3.84 grade-point average to be list- ed. Costa earns ‘Cadet in the Arena’ FRONT ROYAL, Va. — Lucas Costa, of Monmouth, received the “Cadet in the Arena” leadership award at Randolph-Macon Academy’s Class Night Awards Ceremony on May 25. This award is given to the cadet who strives valiantly with- out fear of failure or criticism. Costa also received the English Medal, which is the highest honor and recognition a depart- ment can assign. Lucas is the son of Cinthia Costa Jones, of Monmouth, and Alexandre D.T. Costa, of Curitiba, Puerto Rico. SCHOOL NOTES LVCS sends care packages overseas DALLAS — The Luckiamute Valley Charter Schools conduct- ed a “Civil War Coin Drive” to donate a care package for troops overseas. Students sent soldiers hand-written notes and a vari- ety of materials, personal hygiene products and food.
