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The INDEPENDENT, February 18, 2010
Give input on fairgrounds by Feb. 19
Visitation Rummage Sale March 4-6
Washington County would
like to hear from the public by
February 19 about a revised
agreement draft between the
Board of County Commission-
ers and the Washington Coun-
ty Fair Board. Based on input
from the public, changes have
been made to the draft agree-
ment that would:
• Identify general interest ar-
eas to be represented in Board
appointments,
• Change the Fairgrounds
“Coordinator” to Fairgrounds
“Manager,” and
• Clarify that access will be
provided to the Fair Board and
groups who participate in the
annual Fair event during inter-
im (non-Fair) times of the year.
The primary goal of the re-
vised agreement draft contin-
ues to be that of strengthening
the Fair event held each year at
the 101-acre County Fair Com-
plex property located at the in-
tersection of NE Cornell Road
and NE 34th Avenue in Hills-
boro.
Other provisions of the re-
The 25th annual Visitation
School Rummage Sale will be
held March 4-6 in the Harris
Parish Center of Visitation
Catholic Church, 4285 NW Vis-
itation Rd., Forest Grove.
The event starts with an ear-
ly bird sale, March 4, from 7:30
- 9:00 a.m. ($5 entrance fee).
vised, draft agreement that
would remain the same in-
clude:
• Strengthening partnership
and collaboration among the
Board of Commissioners, Fair
Board, Fair Boosters, county
staff and other interested par-
ties;
• Clarifying Fair Board and
county roles and responsibili-
ties and formalizing channels of
communication and collabora-
tion;
• Focusing energy, passion
and expertise of the Fair Board
on the production of the Fair
event;
• Optimizing operational effi-
ciencies and leveraging the re-
sources, staff and expertise of
Washington County; and
• Forming and staffing an ad-
visory committee to the Board
of Commissioners to provide
input for updating and imple-
menting the Fairgrounds Mas-
ter Plan, Fairgrounds Capital
Projects Plan and other major
site-related initiatives.
Members of the public are
You can help Wash. Co. veterans
Veteran Services of Wash-
ington County is looking for two
volunteers able to contribute
five hours of time a week to
help old paper files become
electronic data.
The agency is part of the
County’s Department of Health
and Human Services. The Ser-
vice Coordinators who work
there help returning veterans
and their families receive all the
benefits promised them when
See Veterans on page 21
welcome to review the updated
proposal and send written com-
ments by February 19 to the
Board of County Commission-
ers.
Please visit www.co.wash-
ington.or.us/fair for background
and to download a form to sub-
mit written testimony.
Regular hours are 9:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. On Saturday every-
thing will be on sale at half-
price, with a $3 bag sale from
2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
For more information visit
the website www.vcsknights.
org or call the school at 503-
357-6990.
Many named to Banks HS Honor Roll
The following students were
named to the Banks High
School academic Honor Roll
for the 2009-10 first semester.
*Denotes 4.00 GPA for this se-
mester. Students are listed al-
phabetically by first name.
Freshmen – Addison Brown-
ing*, Alaura King*, Arlana
Daskalakis*, Aubrey Rue*, Bri-
an Lacock, Chelsea Dunthorn*,
Christopher Munjar*, Claire
Herinckx, Courtney Engeseth,
Cuyler Dimeo-Ediger, Emily
Cackler*, Emmitt Vandehey,
Eric Sommerfeld, Jalen Todd,
Jessica
Beatty,
Johanna
Blake*, Jordin Duyck, Kaylin
Vandomelen*, Kiana Shurts*,
Laura White*, Louis Fowler,
Makayla Murry*, Matthew
Borchers*, Megan Sprute,
Michaela Shurts*, Miriam Gib-
son*, Riley Gerlinger, Saman-
tha Duyck*, Samantha Haren*,
Sara Reaser, Sierra Bloomer,
Stefani Evers*, Thomas Blat-
ner, Tucker Sahnow, and Wyatt
St Marie.
Sophomores – Alan Jordan*,
Alexander Heath*, Alexandra
Chave*, Ashley Vandecoever-
ing, Austin Soper, Beatrix Nor-
gren, Bonnia Helm*, Chelsie
Bunn, Daniel Louis*, Devin
Wyckoff*, Emily Meeuwsen*,
Franklin Browning, Jacob
Lyda*, Janet Sanchez-Reyes*,
Jena Holderman, Jessica Bon-
nett*, Jordan Trout, Joshua
Sladden*, Kaitlin McGinnis,
Kaitlyn Cole, Kajsa Bradley*,
Keith Spiering, Kyle Douglas,
Kyle Selfaison*, Maggi Castel-
lanos, Marla Gooding*, Melissa
Masters*, Mitchell Evers*, Mol-
ly Miller, Morgan Stone, Natalie
Larsen, Odalis Avendano*, Sa-
vannah Lyda, Shea Rue, and
Zinaida Polushkin.
Juniors – Allison Hancock,
Allyson Philippi*, Amy Brown-
ing*, Arley Sanchez, Brandon
Meier, Caroline Momah, Chel-
sea Matthews*, Colby Seyferth,
Connor Reynolds, Deven Mur-
ray, Evan Reisinger, Felicia
Wilson*, Garrett Soper, Jessica
Markham*, Kaitlin Sommerfeld,
Kathleen Woodruff, Kiciah Gib-
son*, Leean Pallett, Linus Nor-
gren, Marcus Malouf, Mark
Acosta, Matthew Hidalgo,
Matthew McCourt, Maxwell
Edison*, Megan Chalupsky*,
Megan Nielson*, Robert Huey,
Samantha Elwood, Terry Sand-
strom, Tiegan Williams, and
Trask Bowden.
Seniors – Andrew Jimenez,
Brock Markham, Cecelia Can-
netti*, Christopher Shaw,
Christy McCarthy, Danielle
Lorenz, DeeJay Pickar, Ferdi-
nand Wessels, James Reaser,
Jared Acosta*, Jennifer Helm,
Jessica Selfaison, Kalin Morris,
Kelsee Miller, Kimberly Duyck,
Megan Merritt, Monique Mat-
ney*, Rebecca McCollum,
Shaylin Roberts, Sierra Silver*,
Stefanie Spady, Stephen Clink,
Tasha Lyda, Tiara Herr*, and
Zackery Evers*.
School Board told cost of JV sports
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board conducts an annual eval-
uation of the superintendent.
Foster told the board that he
had no problems with the
process used last year, and
board member Kathy Edison
described the evaluation tool in
use, which was developed by
the OSBA. Board members
Norie Dimeo-Ediger and Laurie
Schlegel agreed to begin Fos-
ter’s evaluation this month.
Richard Bowden did not attend
the meetings. Completed forms
will be collated by Moore for
discussion during the March
workshop.
Responding to concerns ex-
pressed by Dan Streblow at the
January board meeting, Foster
passed out an analysis of costs
for junior high sports. As it be-
came clear that costs for junior
high JVII volleyball and basket-
ball (boys and girls) could be
covered with relative ease by a
combination of increasing pay-
to-play fees by $25 and volun-
teer coaching, Moore asked the
board if they could agree in
principal to raise athletic fees
from $100 to $125 per sport.
Dimeo-Ediger clarified that this
was not an agreement in ad-
vance to funding junior high
sports. Schlegel raised the
question of raising fees across
the board for all activities and
athletics. Though there was
some agreement, no decision
was made and Foster said that
he would report current partici-
pation fees for student pro-
grams at the next meeting.
Foster presented the board
with a revision of budget princi-
ples at the workshop. Originally
adopted to guide decisions un-
til the end of the 2009 funding
biennium, this defining docu-
ment helped administrators
and board members shape de-
cisions through a financial cri-
sis not anticipated in 2005.
Foster briefly explained that he
retained the previous four ar-
eas of relevance (Finance,
Buildings and Grounds, Stu-
dent Achievement, and Com-
munication) and created a sep-
arate area for technology. Fos-
ter said that he added specific
language about maintenance
and upkeep.
Board members discussed
the principles and Foster will
bring an updated statement to
the next workshop. Moore won-
dered if the budget principles
was a place for the board to
make a philosophical state-
ment favoring direct and active
counseling and support. In his
view the relative lack of such
support throughout the school
experience is the fundamental
difference between public and
private schools.