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A14 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM through his craft of pho- tography.” Female Volunteer continued from Page A1 of the Year June Mills stick on for a number of wasn’t able to attend. years to something spe- Mills, of Stanfield’s Mills cial.” It hasn’t come cheap Mint Farm, is a fixture at and the fundraising isn’t the fair, doing a variety over yet. He said there is of volunteer jobs such as another $1.2 million to overseeing the Kids’ Cor- raise in short order. ner. ³2XU ¿QLVK OLQH LV The board also pre- March 1,” Barnett said. sented an award given That was enough talk out rarely – the Busi- about money. The ness Partnership rest of the night was Award – to Noble all about honoring Panel & Gate of standout volunteers, Milton-Freewater. announcing the Presenter Dan Dor- grand marshal and ran said he could re- introducing the fair member only three court and new fair other partnership Van- manager. awards given out. Houten This year’s grand Owners Don and marshal, Pilot Rock Pat Noble accepted 4-H leader Lea Van- flowers and plaque. Houten, is accus- The crowd got a tomed to spending look at new Uma- fair week behind the tilla County Fair scenes, encouraging Manager Don members of the Pilot Slone, who took the Rock Wooly Wran- mic and said a few glers as they com- Slone words. Slone, who managed the Har- pete. This year, she ney County Fair for will be the face of 25 years, replaces the fair as she car- Peggy Anderson ries out her grand who resigned in Au- marshal duties. gust to become the VanHouten, who Josephine County is an instruction- Fair Manager. al aide at the Pilot Incoming Umatil- Rock Elementary Luke la County Fair roy- School, brushed away a tear or two as she alty received their crowns. accepted a bouquet of The trio of princesses are JaNessa Prewitt, of Herm- roses and a plaque. Robert Luke, a re- iston, Raylee Lehnert, tired civil engineer from of Pilot Rock, and Kira Hermiston, was named Krumbah-Kuhar, of Mil- male volunteer of the ton-Freewater. Fair organizers an- year. Luke volunteers hours and hours as fair nounced a partial list of photographer, seeing the musical entertainment for events mostly through his the 2016 fair. On Tuesday camera lens. Board mem- night, A Thousand Horses ber Gay Newman, who will perform and the Bel- presented the award, said lamy Brothers will take the Luke was an easy selec- stage on Wednesday. En- tertainment for Thursday, tion. “This is someone who Friday and Saturday is yet understands the fair is to be announced. Concert more than one week. He’s tickets will go on sale in a man who takes no pay- March. The board also unveiled ment,” Newman said. “He’s a man who a lot of the 2016 Fair logo, de- people in town call the VLJQHG E\ 6R¿ 6PLWK RI historian and he does so Master Printers Northwest. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2016 FROM PAGE A1 FAIR: RATES: continued from Page A1 “When we start seeing a kid not being successful, early intervention is key,” Spoo said. He said another key is building relationships with students. It’s im- portant to look at each student’s individual cir- cumstances, he said, and connect them with staff members and resources and interesting extra-cur- ricular activities that will help them have a positive experience whenever they come to school. Another thing the dis- trict has increased its focus on is parental in- volvement. Spoo said district staff have been trying new strategies this year such as chang- ing the schedule for par- ent-teacher conferences and partnering with the city’s Hispanic Adviso- ry Committee to provide translators for parents who come to conferences. “It’s not enough to get kids through the door, we need to get parents in- volved too,” he said. For students who are struggling to get through school, the Innovative Learning Center provides another option. Spoo said there are several reasons a student might be assigned to the smaller, alternative high school or a blended sched- ule at both schools. Some are exhibiting behavioral problems that continual- ly disrupt students at the main campus. Some are teen parents or have other family situations that call IRUDPRUHÀH[LEOHVFKHG- ule. Some have anxiety disorders that make the bustling halls of Herm- iston High School over- whelming. The vast ma- jority, however, end up there because they are “ex- WUHPHO\ FUHGLWGH¿FLHQW´ meaning they are behind in their course work. Online programs and smaller classes can help those students work at their own pace to catch up, Spoo said, but many still end up earning a GED instead of a high school diploma. Eleven percent of the alternative school’s students earned a regular diploma by the end of their senior year, but that num- ber jumps to 48 percent if students who earned a *('RUPRGL¿HGGLSORPD are factored in. STAFF PHOTO BY KATHY ANEY Umatilla County Fair Princesses Kira Krumbah-Kuhar, of Milton-Freewater, JanNessa Prewitt, of Hermiston, and Raylee Lehnert, of Pilot Rock, were introduced and crowned at Saturday’s Fair Appreciation Dinner. STAFF PHOTO BY GARY L. WEST Guests line up at the buffet during the Umatilla County Fair sponsor appreciation dinner Saturday at Thompson Hall. The guests got a preview of the 2016 fair logo, met the new court and the next grand marshal. Spoo said it’s something for the district to improve, and the fact that some of the students transferred into the district already far behind is no excuse. Once a student enrolls at the high school, “they’re ours,” he said, no matter where they came from. 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