6 The Sun, Wednesday, May. 2, 2007
Letters to the editor
SCHOOL BOARD
RECORD DEFENDED
As you pointed out in your edi-
torial column (April 18) you gave
me credit for working hard for the
school district. You further men-
tioned [he failure of the school bond
issues and questioned how in touch
I am with the community of Wil-
lamina and Grand Ronde.
I voted against the two highest
monetary bond issues and against
a salary increase for the district's
superintendent.: But I will empha-
size what is needed in our school
district.
1) More learning space for our
kids in all three schools. I feel a $4
to $5 million bond will cover our
needs, This bond will include ma-
jor construction inside each school,
placement of modular complexes
and steel structures for use for
shops and recreational activities.
2) Zero in on lacking test scores
with some of our kids. Utilize the
efforts of the high school juniors
and seniors to assist in reading and
math for the kids who are having
problems in grades K-5. A big
brother and sister mentor club could
be established to help the younger
kids to stay focused on core values
of learning, having fun and respect
for rules.
3) Start working to meet the
new state requirement of math-
ematics in high school. This new
graduation requirement will in-
clude three credits of math Alge-
bra 1 and higher I see this change
as a major concern for the school
district which will place additional
pressure on how we teach math to
our students from K-12.
4) Support our teachers in their
efforts and assist all new teachers
with a positive mentoring system
If our teachers are. not happy and
feel they are not being supported,
what can our kids feel.
In closing, .I feel I did my best
during the past four years on the
school board. I think I have used
my college years, along with my
Navy and Bureau of Prisons expe-
riences to assist the Willamina
School District in its efforts to edu-
cate our kids.
JeffBiller,
Grand Rondo
BILLER VOTED AGAINST
' SCHOOL BONDS
I would like to show my sup-
port for Jeff Biller for the school
board in Willamina.
I have known and worked along
side Jeff since 1989. Jeff is honest
and trustworthy. Jeff is the person
who will ask the tough questions
and make people accountable for
their actions: Jeff was the only Wil-
lamina school board member who
voted against bonds of $12 and $13
million and a large salary increase
for the superintendent.
These facts were taken from the
pages of your own newspaper. Vote
for Jeff Biller for Willamina school
board.
Mike Griffith,
Sheridan
would be a huge asset to our school
board. I encourage everyone who
wants to see the children of our
community thrive in their education
to vote for Dan Heidt and JeffBiller.
Gaylene Smith,
Willamina
BUILDERS SHOULD PAY
FOR WATER COSTS
Re: "Sheridan water plan
pegged at $2.6 million" in the April
18 edition.
I was told that 2,000 of our
population was the prison. Dou-
bling Sheridan's actual current
population only gets us to approxi-
mately 7,500 not 9,500 as indicated
by Mr. Teague.
Does the prison plan on dou-
bling their capacity in the next 20
years? If the prison is planning on
doubling their capacity are they
going to increase their share to
cover the added costs?
If the city manager is looking for
ways to fund this increased expense
he should look at the construction
companies who will gain the most
from their increased building activi-
ties.
The Current rate payers gain
very little from these expansions
and should not have to bear the
brunt of the expense.
How much of this expense will
the Delphians pay for their 55 lot
subdivision or are we current
ratepayers going to subs!dize them
as well?
Water and sewer rate hikes
should be restricted if our leaders
give in so easily to construction
companies.
Terry Davis,
Sheriddn
BUSINESS THANKED
FOR DONATING GIFTS
Recently, our youth group held
a raffle of gift baskets to raise
money for a mission trip to Mexico.
Several community businesses
gave gift certificates for those bas-
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I am a lifelong resident of wil-
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my family received. Over the past
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the district is facing regarding fund-
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It appears the community is look-
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upcoming school board elections
'One thing I would like to see is
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the schools but within the commu-
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two candidates who best represent
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Jeff Biller.
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retired from the Federal Correc-
tional Institution and is completing
his second term on the Willamina
school board. He also has a son at-
tending Willamina 'schools.
I think these two gentlemen
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