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Annual budget hearing Sept. 24 District levy, mill rate to be set for 2018-19 SCOTT DE LARUELLE Unified Newspaper Group
Voters in the Oregon School District will have a chance to participate in the district’s annual meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24. The meeting will be held in the OSD Innovation Center at the high school, 456 N. Perry Pkwy. Following a financial report by business manager Andy Weiland and a hearing on the 2018-19
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Oregon’s Cole Jones dribbles past a Waunakee player in a U10 game Sunday at Jaycee Park in the Oregon Fall Fury tournament. There were 133 teams that participated in the three-day tournament that concluded Sunday.
Fury draws 133 teams the sweltering heat in the Annual event raises money 90sDespite Saturday and Sunday, many players and teams got their opportunity for Oregon Soccer Club to shine on the pitch. Referees used MARK NESBITT water breaks each half to keep players hydrated, and coaches used substituAssistant sports editor tions to keep players fresh. The tournament is a fundraisThe Oregon Soccer Fall Fury drew 133 teams to Jaycee Park and Brook- er for the Oregon Soccer Club. Eric lyn for 243 games over three days that Turn to Fury/Page 9 concluded Sunday.
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Couple plants little free garden on Main Street BILL LIVICK Unified Newspaper Group
A “Little Free Garden” has sprouted on South Main Street in Oregon with the promise of free food, and its owners think the idea is likely to spread. At least, that’s the hope of Alicia
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littlefreegarden.com and Cameron Gasaway, who along with the help of about 20 others built a garden box and planted what they say is the first little free garden in the state earlier this month. The Gasaways, who moved to the village in May 2016 from
M i n n e a p o l i s - S t . Pa u l , t o l d t h e Observer they are “avid gardeners” and decided to start a little free garden as a way to give back to a welcoming community, reduce food waste, “show people how easy square-foot gardening is and to encourage others to share their own produce.” The little free gardens idea is similar to the little free library phenomenon, a concept that was hatched
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OSD budget, voters at the annual meeting will adopt the tax levy and school board salaries for the school year, which started
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Oregon native Amlong leads district 4K program SCOTT DE LARUELLE
An Oregon High School graduate herself, Jackie Amlong is now helping the district’s youngest learners begin their path to that same goal. Amlong, an educator in the Ore- Amlong gon School District since 2006, was named 4K principal this summer, succeeding long-time 4K leader Mary Weber, who retired in June. She told the Observer last week she knew “from an early age” she wanted to work with children in some capacity, and is proud to get the opportunity to lead the 4K program in her hometown. “I love to build caring and safe relationships with kiddos and making connections,” Amlong said.
Oregon School District 4K sites Heart of Brooklyn YMCA Oregon Daycare, Inc. LaPetite Academy Little Angels Early Learning Center Oregon Preschool, Inc. Starlight Academy (a.m only) “It’s nice to be able to give back to my community; for those people that have done that for me. Now to be able to come back, full circle to be able to give back, it’s really a calling.” This year, the program has a core staff of 16 educators and around 230 students at six sites in Oregon and Brooklyn that operate morning and afternoon 4K sessions, and one that operates in the morning
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What: Oregon School District budget hearing/ annual meeting When: 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24 Where: OSD Innovation Center, Oregon High School, 456 N. Perry Pkwy. Info: 835-4000
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