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SERVING SHERIDAN, WILLAMINA AND GRAND RONDE SINCE 1881 Spring Sports Spartan track and field team cel- ebrates 50 years since first state champ. Skier Breaks Back Chaperone on ski trip, seriously injured in ,,  N skiing accident on Mt. Hood, recovering in FJ- a -4E: "11 -4 o o Portland hospital. zo I I WHS Vice Principal busted with pot By Marguerite Alexander Correspondent, The Sun Willamina High School Vice Prin- cipal Brett Woolley is on paid admin- istrative leave after he was cited by Oregon State Police for possession of marijuana earlier this month. According to an OSP report, Woolley, 40 of Willamina, was in a parked 1999 Ford Expedition near the intersection of Highway 18 and Sawtell Road at approximately 7:45 p.m. on Saturday, March 5, when Trooper Creed Cummings stopped to investigate. Cummings found Woolley in pos- session of marijuana and two smok- ing pipes. Woolley was cited and re- leased for possession of less than one ounce of marijuana. He is scheduled to appear in Polk County Circuit Court at 9 a.m. on April 4. Woolley was hired by the Wil- lamina School District in June of 2005 as an elementary physical education teacher and the Teacher on Special As- signment at Willamina High School. He was named vice principal at the high school in August of 2009. According to Superintendent Mark Jeffery, the school district is conduct- ing an investigation regarding the charge. Once the investigation has been completed the dislrict will look at the facts and determine if the situa- tion warrants disciplinary action. While the local investigation is un- derway Woolsey is on paid administra- tive leave. The vice principal is still per- forming some of his duties, Jeffery said. The incident has also been reported to the Teachers Standards and Prac- tices Commission. Each year the TSPC investigates approximately 200 discipline cases. After receiving a complaint the TSPC conducts an investigation to determine whether or not the allega- tion is factual. The educator is noti- fied of the complaint and is encour- aged to respond. The commission, which meets five times a year, then considers the pre "lmainary investigation report and determines if the educator has violated TSPC standards. In some cases the commission must permanently revoke or deny a license to educators convicted of serious charges, including many sex-related crimes. In other cases, depending on the circumstances, a teacher or administrator's license may be re- voked or suspended or the educator may receive a public reprimand or be placed on probation. According to TSPC online records, Woolsey received an expedited service teacher license in August 2000 and a conditional permit to teach for the Gervais School District in November of 2002. He did not receive his initial teaching license, with endorsements to teach health and physical education, until June of 2009. Woolsey received his initial license as an administrator in August of 2009. Since he was hired by the Wil- lamina School District, Woolley has also served as an assistant volleyball, softball and girls basketball coach. Band teacher loses battle to cancer By Daniel Crawford Correspondent, The Sun Richard Herrick, 63, lost an eight-year long battle to colon cancer on March 8. On that same day the community lost a beloved friend. Herrick taught band and choir class at WHS for 20 years, touching generations of lives along the way. His impact on students past and present was immeasurable. Students often spoke about how the name "Ri- chard Herrick" will still be on their lips throughout their en- tire lives. That is an honor re- served for only the most re- vered of human beings. Herrick was removed from all chemo-therapy treatments by the end of 2010. His doctors had deter- mined that he had reached the point where the cure be- Richard Herrick comes a contribut- ing cause alongside of cancer to a patient's detriment. Herrick was advised to change his diet and rest when his body needed it and that would increase his life. He gained an extra three months of living by "eating like a woodland creature" as he would explain two weeks prior to his passing. To have had the pleasure to know Richard Herrick for any amount of time it was easy to see that he was a special human being. He had a way of making sure everyone felt cared and loved while in his presence. Students at Willamina schools all had opportunities to talk to grief counselors in the days following Herrick's death, according to Superintendent Mark Jeffery. Japan Quake- An earthquake upgraded to a magnitude 9. 0 and the follow- ing deadly tsunami are believed to have killed more than 10, 000, reported the Associated Press on Tuesday. Officials have only con- firmed approximately 3,300 deaths, but with many thou- sands more missing the death toll is feared to be much higher The U.S. Geological Survey said the 2:46p.m. quake on Fri- day, March 11, was the biggest earthquake to hit Japan since officials began keeping records in the late 1800s, and one of the biggest ever recorded in the world The quake struck at a depth of six miles, about 80 miles off the eastern coast, the agency said The area is 240 miles northeast of Tokyo. Several quakes had hit the same region in recent days, including a 7.3 magnitude one on Wednesday that caused no damage. Initial reports said the deadly tsunami reached 23feet. Later reports stated the water topped 30feet. Tsunami waves crashed onto the beaches of Hawaii during the early morn- ing hours of Friday and reached the Oregon Coast at approximately 8 a.m. The tamami has caused con- tinuing problems with radiation threats at several nuclear power plants on Japan "s coast. Relief efforts have been launched from all over the world. Waves felt in Sheridan By Clinton Vining Publisher, The Sun Fuyumi Fujiwara was working at an elementary school in Yamada, a small port town north of Sendal, Japan, when she heard they had 15 minutes to get to higher ground. Not long after they'd been shaken by an earth- quake registering 8.9 on the Richter scale on Friday af- ternoon, Fujiwara was run- ning with a group of 6 to 11- year-olds. "They actually saw the tsunami wave coming up to- ward the school," said Sheri- dan Japanese School sensai Elizabeth Delacy. Nine years ago, Delacy lived with Fujiwara and her family in Iwate. Delacy hasn't had an opportunity to talk to her 35-year-old host sister, but communicated by email and then by phone with her host mother further inland this weekend. • Finally, on Monday Delacy received word that her host sister had survived the deadly tsunami that wiped out most of Yamada and many of the cities along the eastern coast of Japan's northern re- gion. "I think it was a 13-foot wave that hit them and most of the town is gone," Delacy said. JAPAN I Page 8 Daytime blaze designed to test resources Sirens blared. A second- alarm was sounded, but the fire at the comer of Savage and Rogers roads on March 8 was only a training exercise staged by the fire district to check the daytime response and assess the leadership skills of firefighters in training. With few volunteers avail- able during the day, the ma- jority of the fire crews on scene that afternoon were paid staff and sleepers-----col- lege students living at the fire station while etarolled in fire or paramedic programs. As Fire Chief Wade Davis, one of the fire board members and the property owner, watched from the distance firefighters honed their leader- ship skills. In an unexpected twist, a second-year Chemeketa student rettLming to Sheridan • from the Buell fire station was first on the scene and took com- rnand of the call. "He did a marvelous job," said Deputy Chief Bill Alguire. The fire district will hold a more traditional Bum to Learn on Saturday at the old Ridgeway residence on Sav- age Road. Photo by Susan Ragan Sheridan firefighter Dustin Hill fights a fire on Savage Road on March 8. The blaze, a practice fire, took place on Fire Chief Wade Davis' property. Publ!c ema, I laws 1 Sheridan council gets lesson about meetings laws By Marguerite Alexander Correspondent, The Sun Public meeting laws, filling a council vacancy, discussing the roles-and responsibilities of the council and reviewing a contract with the state for a grant on wastewater facilities are all topics planned for the March 21 Sheridan City Coun- cil meeting. In light of a recent court de- cision in a lawsuit filed against three Lane County Commis- sioners, the council will be re- viewing public meeting laws. At the heart of the matter is the use of personal computers and email communications to make public decisions in private. "I am firmly convinced that this council is not deliberating in private," said City Manager LAWS [Page 8 i Adams on Willamina council By Marguerite Alexander Correspondent. The Sun After several months of op- erating with a vacant seat, the Wdlamina City Council is back at full strength. On Thursday the council appointed Corey Lee Adams to fill the position vacated by Tonya Saunders who completed her term of ap- pointment but chose not to run for election in November. Until late February no one showed interest in filling the vacancy. Then Adams, a con- tractor who has lived in the community for more than four years and served briefly on the COUNCIL [Page 8 IT'S ONE THING FOR YOU TO GET CAUGHT IN THE RAIN. IT'S ANOTHER FOR EVERYTHING IN YOUR HOUSE TO. Just a few inches of floodwater can end up costing thousands of dollars in repairs, and flood damage isn't covered by homeowners insurance policies. ,,"AT'O.=.FLO00 Don't risk your home. Carl us for flood insurance today. 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