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The INDEPENDENT, January 16, 2003
Interesting presentations are highlights for Banks School
The highlights of the Banks
School Board meeting January
13th were two presentations
and a detailed discussion by
Superintendent Marilyn Mc-
Glasson about the school-fund
ing crisis. McGlasson opened
the meeting by presenting
board members with a small to
ken of appreciation in honor of
school
board
recognition
month.
Resource Center helps
many area families
Leslie Sipp gave a report to
the board about the work she
does with area youth through
the Banks Family Resource
Center (BFRC). Every school
year, one of the first programs
to impact children is Project
Backpack. Using funds provid
ed by the Banks Ministerial As
sociation, basic school supplies
Time Capsule will be burled with 100
years o f historical artifacts from Banks
To
com m em orate
the
100th anniversary of the
naming of the Banks commu
nity, the Banks Chamber of
Commerce will bury a time
capsule on Friday, January
21, at 2:00 p.m. in the Neigh
borhood Park. Contents of
the time capsule will include
historical documents and arti
facts from the past 100 years
of Banks history.
BJHS Parents Club
s p o n s o rs F a m ily
B ing o N ight
Banks Junior High School
Parents Club will sponsor a
Family Bingo Night on January
31, in the BJHS Cafeteria.
A snack bar will be open be
ginning at 6:30 p.m., selling
pizza by the slice. Bingo will be
from 7:00 to 9:30 p.m.
Bingo cards are $1.00 each,
with free exchange throughout
the evening. Four “Goodie
Walks” at $.50 a walk will also
be held.
All proceeds will be used for
Banks Junior High School ex
tracurricular activities.
For more information, call
Banks Junior High School at
503-324-3111.
Alumnae group sets
65th annual reunion
The 65th Annual High
School Reunion of Girls Poly
technic, James Monroe and
Washington High School Alum
nae will be held April 21 at Our
Lady of Sorrows School, 5239
SE Woodstock Blvd., Portland.
Visiting with old and new
friends will begin at 5:00 p.m.
with dinner at 6:30 p.m.
Reservations are $11.00 per
person, alumnae dues $4.00,
and must be received by April
16.
For more information, call
Ruby at 503-236-6557 or Nor
ma at 503-774-9951.
are provided to schoolchildren
who need them. All of the
schools participated in food
drives to stock the Banks Food
Bank. Sipp praised the commu
nity for donating food and gifts
and volunteering to pack and
deliver Christmas Baskets. An
other Christmas highlight Sipp
would like to expand next year
was the community Christmas
Caroling event.
According to Sipp, the BFRC
serves over 60 families in the
Fourth graders from Banks
Elementary School, who are
currently studying state and
local history, will join in the
activities. City officials and
members of the community
are also invited to be a part of
the commemoration, which
will start at the Boy Scout Log
Cabin.
For further information, call
Candy Deeth at 503-324
Banks Fire
District # 1 3
Abbreviations: EMS, Emer
gency Medical Service; MVA,
Motor Vehicle Accident
DECEMBER 2002
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MVA (2)
Mutual Aid
MVA
EMS Assist
Commercial Fire
Chimney fire
Mutual Aid
MVA
Mutual Aid
EMS Assist
Brush fire
MVA (2)
EMS Assist
MVA (2)
Wires down
MVA
Wires down (2)
Smoke Investigation
Lockout
Wires down
MVA
EMS Assist
Smoke Investigation
Assault
Car fire
EMS Assist
Unconscious
Auto alarm
Water problem
Wires down
MVA
Mutual aid (3)
MVA (6) •
Cardiac arrest
Smoke investigation
MVA
Breathing
Overdose
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Banks, Buxton and Timber ar
eas. Information and referral
services and limited financial
assistance was provided for
162 families during the past
year. In addition to the above
activities, BFRC schedules
speakers for senior citizens
luncheons and holiday parties
for children.
Using grant funds received
by BFRC to operate a summer
day camp for area children,
Sipp teamed with the OSU Ex
oard
tension Service and conducted
a camp with a cultural, natural
resource emphasis. Area chil
dren who might not otherwise
have such an opportunity, en
joyed the BFRC camp for ex
tremely low cost.
Special project for
special ed class
Julia Peterson, Banks Ele
mentary School special educa
tion teacher, told the board
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