The Pioneer does a Q&A with finalists Jay Mathisen, Dan Koopman and Jeffry Davis
Jefferson County School District 509-J Board members have selected their top three candidates for the superintendent position. Two candidates are leaders at Oregon colleges, and the third is from a Washington school district.
This week, the board of directors will begin conducting final candidate interviews with three superintendent finalists, Jay Mathisen, Dan Koopman and Jeffry Davis.
The district will host three public events for the community to meet the candidates. The first event is Tuesday evening, March 2 with Mathisen. A second event will be Wednesday evening, March 3 for the public to meet Koopman, and the final event is Thursday evening, March 4 for the community to meet Davis.
Oregon City parish makes Christmas special for 164 children in need Members of St. Philip Benizi Parish in Oregon City organize a weekâs worth of food, plus stockings, gift cards and an assortment of hygiene and household necessities, for 45 families. (Courtesy Jeannine Breshears)
select Elise, Jeannine, Ty, Andra and Bill Breshears pose in front of bags that went to local families. St. Philip Benizi is âa small rural parish, but people look out for their neighbors,â said Mary Pattyn, parish business manager. OREGON CITY On Christmas this year, 164 local children from poor and low-income families awoke to treat-stuffed stockings and then shared a holiday feast with their parents, who had a bit less to worry about for they had a week’s worth of food in the house.