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KHF awards scholarships MHS club’s book is thickest yet
The Keizer Heritage
Foundation recently an-
nounced the winners of their
annual scholarship awards.
Nizhoni Garcia (McNary
High School) was chosen for
the $1,000 Pearl Langeland
Scholarship. Ana Alfaro and
Charlotte Brattain (also Mc-
Nary High School) were each
awarded a $500 Keizer Heri-
tage Foundation scholarship.
Garcia has been involved
in many activities during her
high school years. Among
them - a member of the Na-
tional Honor Society, four
years in the McNary Cham-
ber Ensemble, participating in
the OSAA state champion-
ships, and four years with the
McNary Symphony, orchestra,
also competing in the OSAA
championships. Garcia main-
tained a 4.0 GPA throughout
high school and is the class
valedictorian. She represented
Keizer at the Distinguished
Young Women program at
the state level. She is an early
childhood teacher volun-
teer and also teaches Sunday
achool for 3 to 5-year-olds
at Dayspring Church. Gar-
cia plans to attend Willamette
University and study to be a
teacher.
The $500 Foundation
scholarship winner, Alfaro,
was a member of the Honor
Society, played tennis and in-
volved in the French Club,
Chemistry Club, Technical
Theatre and school newspa-
per production. She was also
involved in the Exchange
Student Program in 2013.
She has been a volunteer at
Migrant Summer School,
Feed Salem Food Bank, va-
cation bible school volunteer
and teacher and many church
events. Alfaro plans to attend
Linfi eld University to major
in pre-medicine and contin-
ue on to medical school.
The $500 Foundation
scholarship winner, Brattain,
has been involved in sports,
playing basketball, volley-
ball and track. She is mem-
ber of the National Honor
Society, Science Club and
took photos for the school’s
website. Brattain plans to at-
tend George Fox University
and pursue a degree in biol-
ogy, while also pursuing an
internship involving marine
life on the Oregon coast. She
plans to fi nd a job in the ma-
rine biology fi eld.
Keizer Heritage Founda-
tion owns and operates the
Keizer Heritage Center.
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By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
There was more of every-
thing this time around.
The
McNary
High
School’s Write Club col-
lection of work led to the
group’s biggest book in the
four years of the club, Blood
and Ink: Bedtime Stories for the
Apocalypse.
For the fi rst time, all group
members were on hand for
the book unveiling May 21
at MHS. The nervous antici-
pation of the dozen students
was matched by that of club
advisor Eric A. Howald, the
associate editor of the Keizer-
times, which helped fund the
printing of the books.
Not to mention the T-
shirts.
Yes, students got to see
their work in print—a fi rst
for many of them.
Plus all club members got
Write Club T-shirts to wear,
which have a large picture of
an old-fashioned typewriter
on the back and ‘author’ on
the front.
Freshman Random Pen-
dragon was among those
blown away by the 130-page
book.
“I didn’t expect it to be
so cool,” Pendragon said. “I
expected it to be ragtag, not
put so well together. It looks
really good.”
Pendragon had four piec-
es in the book. His favorite
was the short poem In My
Dreams, about the visions he
holds for his future.
“I’m really proud of it,”
said Pendragon, who noted it
is “defi nitely an experience”
to see your name in print.
MHS senior Jeremy Wil-
liams joined the club this
year after putting up posters
last year. He became interest-
ed in writing last year when
he wrote a 26-page paper for
a class – 20 pages too long.
“It’s been amazing,” Wil-
KEIZERTIMES/Craig Murphy
Above: Emilie Becker,
Emily Dolph and Emma
Snyder check out their
work in the McNary Write
Club’s new anthology.
Right: Write Club mem-
bers tear into the boxes
holding their books. It
was the fi rst time for 10
of the young authors.
liams said of being in the
group that meets every
Thursday afternoon. “There
have been new ideas left and
right. Writer’s block has not
been hard to overcome. You
can have fun here and be an
author. It sounds weird to say
I’m an author. It’s crazy.”
Fellow senior Ashley Jas-
mer knew what she would
be doing at home that night.
“I will defi nitely be read-
ing the whole book,” she said.
“No homework will be done
tonight.”
In case you couldn’t tell,
Jasmer liked the fi nal product.
“It’s so awesome,” she said.
“It looks so good. I love how
it turned out. I have much
happiness. I was looking for-
ward to this all day. I’m just
so happy. It was hard to focus
all day.”
Sophomore Emily Dolph
joined the group after hear-
ing about it from friend Emi-
lie Becker.
“It’s been really fun,”
Dolph said. “It’s been a re-
ally good experience for me.
It sounded like it would be
fun and it was. I was very ex-
cited to see the book. It’s my
fi rst time putting something
of mine out there like that. I
felt accomplished to see it in
print.”
Other group members are
Meadow Wheaton, Kharis-
ma Collier, Stephi Coulson,
Maria Garcia-Warden, Jona-
than Hall, Parker Kehret and
Emma Snyder. Nizhoni Gar-
cia designed the covers while
Jasmer did the interior and
back cover artwork.
Blast Camp accepting registrants
The Keizer Police Depart-
ment is hosting its second
annual Blast Camp June 16
through 19 for boys and girls
entering grades 3 through 6.
The camp is designed to
bring local law enforcement
and youth closer together.
Children attending the
camp will receive safety infor-
mation, observe public safety
demonstrations and much
more. Kids will also be able to
participate in several different
relays and sporting activities.
Registration for the camp
is free and is available at www.
keizerpd.com, on a fi rst-come,
fi rst-serve basis.
In order to allow more
children to participate in this
event, the Keizer Police De-
partment is seeking donations
to help offset the costs. To do-
nate, or if you have questions,
please contact Lieutenant An-
drew Copeland at 503-856-
3463 or copelanda@keizer.
org.
In addition to Keizer Po-
lice Department, participating
agencies include Keizer Fire
District, Salem SWAT and
Bomb teams, Marion County
Search and Rescue, Oregon
Department of Fish and Wild-
life, Marion County Marine
Patrol and ODOT Bike Safety
team.
Last year, the KPD received
an overwhelming response
from the local community,
with approximately 200 chil-
dren registering for the edu-
cational camp.
WorshipDirectory
These Salem-Keizer houses of worship invite you to visit.
Call to list your church in our Worship Directory: (503) 390-1051
John Knox Presbyterian Church
JOIN US FOR
SUNDAY WORSHIP
8:30 am • 10 am • 11:30 am • 6 pm
PEOPLESCHURCH
4500 LANCASTER DR NE | SALEM
503.304.4000 • www.peopleschurch.com
Celebration
Services
Saturday Evening
6:00 pm
Children’s Programs, Student and Adult Ministries
1755 Lockhaven Dr. NE Keizer
503-390-3900
www.dayspringfellowship.com
Sunday Morning
9:00 am
and
10:45 am
452 Cummings Lane North • 393-0404
Father Gary L. Zerr, Pastor
Saturday Vigil Liturgy: 5:30 p.m.
Sundays: 8:15 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.
La Misa en Español: 12:30 p.m.
Rev. Dr. John Neal, Pastor
Worship - 10:30 a.m.
Education Hour - 10:00 a.m.
Nursery Care Available
www.keizerjkpres.org
Jason Lee UMC
820 Jeff erson St. NE
Salem OR 97301
Dr. Jon F. Langenwalter, Pastor
The church with the purple doors
503-364-2844
Worship at 9:30 am • Child Care Available
Faith Lutheran Church
4505 River Rd N • 393-4507
Sunday Schedule:
9:00 a.m. Children’s Church
9:15 a.m. Adult Bible Study
9:30 a.m. Children’s Activities
Pastor
Virginia Eggert 10:30 a.m. Worship with Communion