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Page 10 The INDEPENDENT, December 19, 2002 Americorps members explain tutoring and after school programs in Banks The highlight of the Banks School District board meeting, December 9, was the presenta tion by two Americorps mem bers about programs they are currently operating in the dis trict. In addition to their tutoring duties during the school day, both direct after-school ses sions. Sam Chan, a graduate of the University of Puget Sound, is in charge of the after-school program at Banks Junior High School, where 11 to 13 stu dents receive one-on-one en couragement with homework. Comm unity and high school students assist Chan. In re sponse to a question from Board member Willis Meeuw- sen, Chan said that most stu dents need help in the areas of Lack of quorum stymies Banks’ public hearings Banks City Council should have no trouble getting a quo rum after the first of the year, however, the regular council meeting and two public hear ings scheduled for December 10 were cancelled due to lack of a quorum. Four of the six councilors are required to con duct business and, on the 10th, councilor Judy Shepard was in Germany, Katie Murdoch was ill and Tim Hardie was coach ing basketball. The remaining councilors, Ryan Birr, Teri Branstitre and Gary Coffey, along with Mayor Bob Orlowski became part of the audience to witness the swearing in of two new reserve police officers. Since both offi cers, Robert R ichards and DiaKe nose, naa many ramuy members present for the short ceremony counsel decided to go ahead and allow city recorder Debbie Dugan to swear in the two new officers. In January, newly elected councilors will be sworn in. Brock Banks, who received 285 votes, was the only candi date appearing on the ballot, however, write-in candidates Peter Edison, with 50 votes, and Kirk Andrews, 49 votes, will fill the other two positions. Other write-in candidates in cluded Mark Haynes, Mary Bruington and Rhett Preston. Mayor Bob Orlowski was re elected without opposition. ; ■.............. science and social studies. Theresa Pompili, a graduate of the University of Portland, operates the elementary Learn ing Lab, where, for tw enty weeks, students will be able to get help for one hour after school on Tuesdays and W ednesdays. Twenty-seven students are participating in the program, which concentrates on the benchmark areas of math and reading. High school and adult volunteers also staff this program, which uses a va riety of alternative approaches to make learning fun. There will be two separate evening activi ties for parents to share educa tion ideas and support their stu dents’ academic successes. enjoy desserts and hors d’oeu vres provided by Bradford and her friends, and to write checks to provide items on a teacher “Wish List.” Items on the list in cluded graphing calculators, lab equipment, world history videos, physical education equipment and textbooks. Indi viduals wrote checks for over $5,000, which will be matched by $15,000 from Intel. Accord ing to McGlasson over $26,000 was raised during the fundrais er orchestrated by Bradford. Programs operated by volunteers Two other programs are be ing successfully operated by volunteers, who “stepped up to the plate" when the programs were cut from the elementary budget. Paula Somers and Angie Spiering are coordinating the “Character Counts” pro gram and will have it up and op erating soon. Catherina Successful Fundraiser Superintendent Marilyn Mc- Glasson told the board that last month’s fundraiser, organized by Julie Bradford, was a tre mendous success. Banks resi dents gathered in November to Bradley has been coordinating the “ Reading Is The Key” pro gram. Twenty-eight students were recognized for their read ing efforts during November, in cluding Devon Brown, Sean Klopfenstein and Mathew Stone, with 300 hours each, Jalen Todd with 375 hours, and Jeffery Manivanh and Sam Edi son, who each racked up 450 hours. of $5,000 from Fred Meyer as a part of their “Cash of Class” program. Lau plans to use the money to purchase a refrigerat ed fish tank, take her students on field trips and purchase cur riculum supplies to supplement her salmon egg unit. Special schedule Banks schools will have two long weekends in January. In addition to the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday January 20th, there will also be no school on January 23rd and 24th to pro vide staff time for in-service and grading at the end of the semester. BJHS teacher wins cash award Banks Junior High School principal, Mark Everett told the board that Mary Lau, BJHS sci ence teacher, was the recipient GREETINGS Wishing You a Beautiful Holiday Season o and a °0 0 VfljCUf ih& Apihii ciß £Jvd&inui& b/iinq. ljßju ¡ßij. ihfijDUjqJwui ihc cßminq îpuüi. New Year of o o Peace and <’0<> Happiness O o • u Holce Logging Co.z Inc. 622 Bridge Street, Vernonia & 503-429-6783 Skidmore & Son Trucking 16871 Keasey Road, Vernonia * 503-429-7855 y 1010 Bridge Street, Vernonia M -F 5 A M -6 PM DAILY SOUPS: Lhngheiser Pub & Restaurant VISA - MC - ATM Access FOOD, KEGS & ICE TO GO W ash...$1.00 D ry...250 Lunch & Dinner 180 S. 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