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The INDEPENDENT, October 3, 2002 Page 9 Next Vernonia school board meeting will be at Mist REGISTERED VOTER? se R egister d V ote er 5 th From page 3 and the security system at the high school appears to be inad equate. The committee recom mends fixing the fire alarm sys tem as required, and purchas ing a key system for the district. The key system would allow Lewis to re-key all outside doors and the only source for replacement keys would be the district’s maintenance office. In other action the board agreed to: • Hold the October 10 busi ness meeting at Mist School. • Consider adding a proce dure to the staff complaint and grievance policy similar to that attached to the public griev ance policy. • Consider adding language to the vacation and holiday pol icy to limit the number of vaca tion days that an employee can be compensated for in the event they leave the district to five days. • Take no action on a re quested change in the trans portation contract. The contract will remain in place until 2004. ad • Ratify Hatity a contract with ad- ministrators that moves the $1500 compensation offered to administrators in June (to reim burse for the cost of atten dance to a national convention) to offset employees PERS con tributions. The contract in cludes no raises and covers only the 2002-2003 school year with the understanding that a longer-term contract will be ne gotiated with the administrator group before March of 2003. • Set Monday, October 7, for an executive session hearing on a staff complaint. • Noted that the fee for the annual Oregon School Board Association meeting has been waived this year in recognition of the financial difficulty of dis tricts across the state. Unemployed workers may qualif for ongoing Jobs Plus program Get Checking That Pays’. The Check Card that pays cash back. W h a t w ill you do w ith th e ca s h you e a rn ? Sign up for Checking That Pays from U.S. Bank, and you 11 get some serious star treatment. 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The Employment Depart ment is making this announce ment because a similar pro gram, also known as JOBS Plus, administered by the De partment of Human Services for families receiving Tempo rary Assistance to Needy Fam ilies (TANF) will be ending Oc tober 1. Employers participating in the Employment Department’s JOBS Plus Program get a work-experienced individual who has been recently laid off through no fault of their own. Employers are reimbursed wages up to $5 per hour for the first 13 weeks of employment. After 30 days in the program, the employer contributes one dollar per hour into an individ ual education account (IEA). The money in the employee’s IEA can be used to pay for ad ditional classes or training, which will improve the person’s skills. The position the employ er hires the JOBS Plus die client into must be a new position and cannot replace an existing full time position. Every Oregonian filing a claim for unemployment bene fits receives information on the JOBS Plus program. Oregon Employment Department staff identify individuals who are most likely to exhaust their un employment benefits and re view for referral to both JOBS Plus and regular job openings. The JOBS Plus Program is a part of the department’s over all claimant re-employment program, a major effort by the Oregon Employment Depart ment to maintain a dialogue with unemployment insurance claimants. The purpose is to follow-up on a claimant’s job search and direct them to the many re-employment tools available in the department’s field offices. For more information, call Jeanette Sharinghousen at the St. Helens Employment De partment office at 503-397- 4995, ext. 26. Harvest Festival at Rock Creek campus The Harvest Festival returns to the Rock Creek Campus of Portland Community College, on Saturday, October 26, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Parking is free. Free pumpkins from the campus pumpkin patch will be featured, along with plenty of entertainment, including live music, hayrides to and from the Washington County Historical Museum, pumpkin painting and much more. Search for the perfect pump kin, from a 1,600 mound pump kin patch as long as the supply lasts. A photo booth will be set up for pictures with your pump kin. A number of contests are also planned. The Rock Creek campus is located at 17705 N.W. Spring ville Road, off Highway 26 at the 185th Avenue exit, For more information, call Mandy Ellertson or Loretta Dike at 503-614-7261.
