The INDEPENDENT, February 21, 2001
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anks School Board focuses on variety of student achievements
The successes of Banks
students continue to be a focus
of school board meetings.
Students at both the elemen
tary and high schools showed
exceptional achievement last
semester in both academics
(reported elsewhere) and in
other areas. Reports on the
Youth Transition Program and
from the Northwest Regional
Educational Service District
(NWRESD) were presented.
Superintendent
Marilyn
McGlasson presented a letter
from state Rep. Bruce Starr
congratulating the staff on their
efforts to eliminate the deficit in
the Banks School District. It
should be noted that the district
has a loan from the state of
$350,000 that must be repaid
over the next two school years.
Character Counts students
were honored February 2 at a
breakfast at Banks Elementary
School. Each semester, stu
dents who consistently reflect
the traits of trustworthiness,
Abbreviations: EMS, Emergen
cy Medical Service; MVA, Mo
tor Vehicle Accident
JANUARY 2001
Jan 1 -
Jan
Jan
Jan
Jan
Jan
Jan
3 -
4 -
6 -
8 -
10 -
15 -
Jan 16
Jan 18
Jan 19
Jan 22
Jan 23
Jan 25
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Jan 26 -
Jan 27 -
Jan 29
Jan 30
EMS Assist (3)
MVA
MVA, Hwy 47 & 26
EMS Assist
MVA (4)
EMS Assist
Auto Alarm
MVA (6)
Auto Alarm (2)
EMS Assist
EMS Assist
MVA, Hwy 47@Tophill
Oven Fire
EMS Assist
EMS Assist
MVA, NW Sunset Hwy
MVA, Hwy 26 & 47
Illegal Bum (2)
MVA, Hwy 6 & Cedar
Canyon
EMS Assist
MVA, Hwy 6 & 47
Auto Alarm
respect, responsibility, justice
and fairness, caring and citi
zenship are selected for the
honor. At the end of second
semester the following stu
dents
were
recognized:
Miranda Bailer, Jeffrey Hoye,
Kyle Selfaison Taylor Becker,
Tyffani Reichow, Kendra Stod
dard, Linus Norgren, Natasha
Butcher, Kayla Gustafson, Mi
chael Nowak, Madison Farley,
Matt Stone, Sam Edison, Mari
bel Lazaro, Gracie Bradford,
Can Krutsinger, Lisa Carr, Ka
trina Wilkins and David Perry.
The board was told that
Rachel Slaughter will represent
BES in statewide competition
for the National Geographic
Geography Bee.
Banks High School students
will be collecting and organiz
ing their portfolios for the
Certificate of Initial Mastery
Banks City Engineer Dale
Merrell warned the city council
at their February 13 meeting
that the city will experience
serious water supply problems.
Reading from the executive
summary of the Water Master
Plan, Merrell said that prob
lems with the current system
are a lack of redundancy and
that the output of the large
spring is decreasing.
Redundancy is essential to
avoid system failure in the
event of a problem. If a prob
lem occurs, such as a break in
a water main, the upper part of
the city will be without water
until repairs can be made.
Some of these problems will be
mitigated by water system
work for which the city has
received a $700,000 loan.
The city depends for most of
its water supply on the large
spring that, for reasons
unknown, has declining pro
duction. A smaller spring has
increasing production but the
output is unused due to high
turbidity.
Banks average daily water
use is lower than in many cities
and, due to the high percent
age of new homes with water
conserving fixtures, the supply
is sufficient to meet present
needs. The problem occurs
during summer months when
total water usage increases to
the point that the city falls short
by about 150 gal/minute on
peak use days, drawing down
the reservoir.
Merrell had four recommen
dations for the city:
1. Immediately remove as
much treated water as possible
from
irrigation
systems.
According to Merrell, about half
of the school football fields and
half of city parkland is in the
Tualatin
Valley
Irrigation
District (TVID). Though the
school district, the city and the
Arbor Village Homeowners
Association would share a cost
of $50,000 to $60,000 to con
nect to TVID, a substantial sav
ings on water bills would allow
the costs to be recovered
quickly.
2. Do not extend water serv
ice outside of the city limits.
3. Encourage water conser
vation, particularly by commer
cial users.
4. Explore the possibility of a
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The following students were
named to the Banks Junior
High School academic Honor
Roll for the third six-week grad
ing period.
Seventh Grade, 4.0 - Ste
phanie Anderson, Amy Ander
son, Cortney Bartha, Emilee
Booher, Reena Bowman, Eryn
Cangi, Cody Herb, Heather
Hoye, Nichole Kiefer, Tracie
Lundsten and Annie Schlegel.
3.50-3.99 - Lucan Artaiz,
Manuel Cabrera, Adriana Can
tu, Aimee Clinton, Jake Edison,
Justin Engeseth, Robena Gib
son, Dana Gieszler, Adam
Herb;
Josh Klein, Jenna, Lind
strom, Mandy Linke, Kyle Moll,
Rachel Moore, Ben Price,
Joseph Rigert, Kaitlyn Sand
ström, McKinsey Stone and
Trevin Swick.
Eighth Grade, 4.0 - Greta
Bradford, Alicia Colson, Eliza
beth Fishback, Juliane Kalhar,
Kelley
Lindstrom,
Rachel
Oakes, Amanda Petti and Han
nah Williams.
3.50-3.99 - Taryn Ackelson,
Cassy Barnett, Denny Bartha,
Sarah Bennett, Tyler Blok,
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The city will also include
water conservation reminders
in every water bill beginning
immediately. Approval of the
Water Resource Master Plan
was tabled until the March
meeting so that councilors may
review it thoroughly.
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the water system. It would take
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secure a new source prior to
construction.
In response to Merrell’s con
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experience a water shortage
this summer, the council
approved a conservation and
curtailment plan that can be put
into effect if necessary. Merrell
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• Adopted 2001 -2002 School
Donoven and Kate Reed. The
new district offices feature calendar;
• Accepted the retirement of
framed art work by students,
including Krista Donoven. Colleen O’Neil, BHS Language
Finally, over 100 works of art Arts;
• Appointed Stuart Douglas
will be displayed in the Forest
to the Budget Committee;
Grove Library in March.
Cheryl Field reported to the
• Approved out-of-district
board that 25 students have
travel for the softball team,
received services the Youth
Senior Honors English Class,
Transitions Program (YTP),
FFA and Dance & Drill Team;
which is designed to help youth
• Asked that catastrophic
with disabilities make the tran
sition from high school to work. student accident insurance be
The program is a partnership of included in next year’s budget;
the schools and the Vocational
• Reviewed mid-year reports
Rehabilitation Division. Field on superintendent’s and board
has also been able to provide goals.
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• Heard that students whose
ly included in YTP, including
immunizations
are not up to
development of a Career Ex
date will be excluded from
ploration Class.
In other business the board: school after February 21.
anks engineer warns of water system problems
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(CIM), Principal Jeff Smith told
the board. Students must
achieve high standards in a
variety of content areas in
order to earn a CIM. According
to Smith, state colleges, schol
arship committees and employ
ers are beginning to ask about
a student’s CIM achievement
when processing applications.
Smith recognized the work
of Sue Henderson to provide
opportunities for art students to
display their work. Lori Or-
lowski has a self-portrait on
display in the State Capitol.
Vincent Duyck, Stephanie Fo
gel, Leah Orlowski and Jessica
Bergstrom have works on dis
play at the Portland State
University “Best of Oregon
High School Art Show” this
month. Murals in both the
music room and the old band
room have been designed and
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