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.
