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The Canyon Weekly May 9, 2012
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Volume 3, Issue 19
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Resale store burglarized of $1600 in games and jewelry
The owners of Deb’s Attic came to work last Monday morning to find empty shelves and a broken window after a burglar broke in and stole an estimated $1600 in jewelry and video games sometime that night. Debbie Turner and Linda Bradley, the store owners, said that someone broke into the store, located at 611 N. 1st Ave, Stayton, through the back window, appearing to choose items that are easily resold, like Xbox 360, Nintendo DS and Playstation games. The theft is believed to have occurred sometime between 11am Sunday & 11am Monday, said Linda Bradley - less than 2 days after the store owners had re-stocked all of the game displays. While there, the thief piled up clothing in the middle of the store, but left them behind. They were men’s clothes, in small and medium sizes. A footprint was also found near the broken back win-
dow, left on shattered glass, which was collected by Officer Meeker of the Stayton Police Department. The theft is covered by insurance, but Deb’s Attic owner Debbie Turner feels violated. “They didn’t steal things that you have to have to live, like a pair of shoes. I try to be honest, so I don’t understand why someone would do this? It really did hurt my feelings.” Linda Bradley said she thinks the burglar threw a T-shirt over the security cameras, then used the store’s bags and backpacks to haul everything away. The investigation is ongoing. Thefts of this nature have been within typical levels in the area, said a representative from the Stayton Polic Department. “I’d look for someone who has an unusual amount of XBox 360 or Playstation games for sale,” said Linda Bradley. Contact the Stayton PD, ref. case #12/1365 with any information.
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Community rallies to seek answers to school budget crisis
The all-purpose room at Mill City Middle School was full to capacity a half hour before the meeting was to begin May 2, and the crowd continued to grow. The standing room only gathering at the Santiam Canyon School District board meeting was in repsonse to the meeting held April 23, where few citizens were aware it was taking place, and where desperate news was delivered. That lack of communication with the public prompted a parents advocacy group to quickly form via facebook and phone calls, which helped to bring together an unprecedented number of patrons flooding the May 2 meeting, demanding transparency and presenting impassioned pleas to the board to preserve the schools. Dozens of citizens lined up to approach the podium with concerns of cuts in staff, and the possibility of closing a school. More questions than answers were presented. “Our family moved up here because of the school and staff here. The teachers that you have are very well known all over. When you start taking away programs, you are going to lose parents.” said Kim Davidson, pictured above. Alicia Clark: a sophomore at SHS approached, “I speak for the students when I say that I am really concerned for our future. What is going to happen to my four younger siblings? To have the young age group with the
older age group - it can’t happen, it’s not appropriate.” “How did we get to $750K without any forewarning? asked Ken Allison. The meeting ended with plans to meet again May 8, to allow the public to engage in facilitated brainstorming sessions. Statewide schools are in trouble. Salem will be losing its 6th school in two years soon and Beaverton is facing a $37 million deficit. Last year at this time we reported on the then $600,000 local deficit which led to staff reduction. The state legislature adopted a budget last year that dropped the total allotment for education from what was 44% in the early 2000’s to 37% for the 2011-13 biennium. The statebudget had been set, and has not changed since last July 1. “I voted on that, and it wasn’t easy,” said state Representative Sherrie Sprenger, who also co-chaired the ways and means committee, “but you can’t give out more money than you have in your purse. The education budget is a chunk of the (state) pie, but the pie is small. Anyone who looks at a budget number and says ‘I’m spending it all now’ is foolish. My advice to anyone right now is, don’t buy a pencil if you already have one.” “None of us could have foreseen the the decline (cont’d on page 2)
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