Principal gets pinked

Principal Bryan Traylor challenged his students at Mountain View Elementary School to reach the $5,000 mark during their fall gift wrap and chocolates catalog fund-raiser. The kids rose to the challenge, reaching more than $6,000. The reward - the principal gets his hair dyed pink.

With the help of Anne Rigor of Image Makers Salon & Spa, Traylor's hair was dyed hot pink for Friday's morning assembly. For passing the $4,000 mark, the kids were also treated to a Macarena dance performance by 40 teachers and staff.

"I think we broke a Corvallis record. We had around 500 people doing the Macarena," Traylor said. The character from Bear in the Big Blue House also joined in the fun.

"The kids loved seeing the staff doing something silly and fun. It was a great event for everyone," he said.

Proceeds from the fund-raiser will go toward music and physical instruction later in the year.

Sayre appointed to arts commission

Henry Sayre, a noted Oregon State University art historian who is based on the OSU-

Cascades Campus in Bend, was appointed to a four-year term on the Oregon Arts Commission by Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski. He brings to the commission a diverse professional portfolio that includes a widely used textbook, a

10-part PBS television series, and his latest effort - a children's book - that garnered him an Oregon Book Award last year.

As art education in Oregon public schools has declined precipitously over the past two decades - a victim in most school districts of budget cuts - Sayre came upon the idea of developing a children's book that would introduce them to some of the classics. His book, "Cave Paintings to Picasso: The Inside Scoop on 50 Art Masterpieces," was aimed directly at school children in an effort, he says, to help rekindle interest in the arts.

For his effort, he was honored with an Oregon Book Award, winning the Eloise Jarvis McGraw Award for Children's Literature.

College honor roll

Portland State University - summer term 2006 president's list: Melissa N. Parsons of Philomath, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Stouder honored for teaching

Sally Ann Stouder, a business instructor at Linn-

Benton Community College, was recently presented with the Oregon Business and Management Educators Post-

Secondary Teacher of the Year Award. The award was presented at the 57th annual OBME Fall Conference, held in Corvallis on Oct. 13.

Stouder has 35 years of experience teaching business education. In her many years of teaching she has developed and taught a variety of classes - everything from filing and shorthand to advanced business math and medical office procedures.

Military News

Robi Gross has been commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army after successfully completing the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps program and graduating with a bachelor's degree from the University of Oregon. She is the daughter of Ginger and stepdaughter of Nicholas Nelson of Corvallis. Gross is a 2002 graduate of Corvallis High School.

Rodeo runner-up

Alyssa Fortune, 18, of Philomath was the third

runner-up and winner of the MRO Spirit Award at a pageant held Nov. 11 in St. Helens for the 2007 Miss Northwest Professional Rodeo Association.