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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.
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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.
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“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
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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-
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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
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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.
At the end of the day,
Spoo said he believes that
continued hard work will
see the district’s gradua-
tion rate continue to go up.
“There is no easy an-
swer to it, but I think if
we keep working things
are going to improve,” he
said.
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