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AUGUST 4, 2017, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A11 3555 River Road N, Keizer (503) 463 - 4853 Keizer 1 Not all buyers will qualify for Ford Credit fi nancing. 0% APR fi nancing for 72 months at $13.89 per month per $1,000 fi nanced regardless of down payment. Trade-In Assistance Bonus Cash is available to customers who currently own or lease a 1995 or newer vehicle who trade in or have an expiring lease up to 30 days prior to through 90 days after the sale date of the new vehicle. Customer must have owned or leased the vehicle minimum of 30 days prior to the sale date of the new vehicle. For all offers, take new retail delivery from dealer stock by 8/22/17. See dealer for qualifi cations and complete details. 2017 EXPLORER 2017 FUSION www.skylineforddirect.com 0 % APR FOR 60 MONTHS 2017 F-150 KEIZERTIMES.COM Northwood wins all-city swim meet Submitted Northwood Swim Club won the all-city swim meet, which took place at Holiday in Keizer on Saturday, July 29. By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes Northwood Swim Club’s relays made sure the Dolphins repeated as all-city champs. Winning seven relays, Northwood outscored Ma- drona 434-350 on Saturday, July 29. Led by its girls, Holiday fi nished third with 274.5 points. Northview Terrace had 217 points to place fourth. Cambridge and Jan Ree fol- lowed in fi fth and sixth. Pierce Walker, Davis Ol- sen, Jackson Alt and Zachary Harrington had the fi rst win for Northwood, fi nishing the boys 11-12 medley relay in 2:06.06, more than 8 seconds faster than any other team. Walker, Alt, Harrington and Carson Biondi also won the freestyle relay in 1:51.25. Jake Wyer, Parker Dean, Grant Biondi and Zander Rhoades took fi rst in the boys 15-18 medley relay in 1:33.67 and the free relay in 1:20.10. Northwood also won the girls 15-18 free relay as Haley Hughes, Grace Trammell, Rionna Zeller and Madison Alt fi nished in 1:38.51. Isabella Walker, Paris Boyd, Kennedy Buss and Eliana Dean had the fastest time in the girls 13-14 medley relay, fi nishing in 1:51.48. Hudson Hughes, Grant Schaffer, Ben Diede and Andrew Zeller won the boys 9-10 free relay in 2:03.05. Individually, Andrew Zeller placed fi rst in the 9-10 free in 27.20 and the breaststroke in 40.10. Rionna Zeller won the 15-18 breast- stroke in 31.03. Wyer had the fastest time in the boys 15-18 free in 19.30. Rhoades won the 13- 14 free in 22.51. Jeffery Olsen touched the wall fi rst in the 8-and-under free in 16.23. Alt won the boys 11-12 butterfl y in 12.93. Boyd took fi rst in the 13-14 girls fl y in 22.93. Molly Eisele won the girls 9-10 fl y in 14.73. Dean had the fastest time in the boys 15-18 breast- stroke, fi nishing in 25.34. Ethan Whalen won the 13- 14 breaststroke in 26.99. Holiday won three relays, including the fi rst event of the meet, as Evelyn Hales, Al- yna Gonzalez, Maggie Gerig and Claire Hicks fi nished the girls 8-and-under medley re- lay in 1:33.06. Please see ALL-CITY, Page 12 Champions train at Kroc Center By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes Dan Dunn-coached box- ers won two more belts at the Ringside World Championships on July 24-29 in Independence, Mo. But that’s not the number Dunn keeps track of. “I have 498 bachelor’s de- grees, 18 master’s and fi ve doctorate’s from kids that have went through my program,” Dunn said as of March. “That’s what I’m most proud of. I’ve got national champions but it’s not about the sport. It’s about helping people become better people.” Dunn’s two most decorated Wildcat boxers, Brittany Sims, of Salem, and Omar Murillo, Beaverton, are amateurs and waiting to fi nish school to turn pro. Sims is getting her mas- ter’s in business administration online from the University of Phoenix. Murillo has one se- mester left in his bachelor’s pro- gram from Portland State and then plans to move to Keizer. “He’s (Murillo) so good that the professional fi ghters they’re always asking for him because they need sparring partners but the deal I have with them is I’m not going to turn them pro un- til they’re done with college.” Dunn was fi rst introduced to boxing as a student at Wil- lamette High School in Eu- gene. The sport kept him out of trouble. “I’d probably be in jail if it wasn’t for boxing,” Dunn said. “I was an extremely violent kid. I came from a broken home. It helped me focus my temper. Boxing coaches historically have been the consistent sport to help kids with temperament issues, focus issues from what- ever economical background they’re from.” After high school, Dunn decided to join the Army after watching First Blood in a sec- ond-run movie theater. “The recruiting station was right there and I said, ‘dude, I want to blow things up.’” Dunn remembers. “And then they found out I boxed.” Dunn took part in the Ar- FEEL GOOD STORY Saluting the people that make us proud of our community capitolauto.com my’s World Class Athlete Pro- gram and boxed wherever he was stationed—Fort Bragg in North Carolina and California. Dunn chose a full-time mili- tary career and guaranteed re- tirement plan over becoming a professional fi ghter. He spent seven of his 25 years in the Army as a recruiter. “It civilized me a little bit and gave me the chance to be in front of people,” Dunn said. But Dunn never planned on coaching. “As a boxing coach, you’re a public speaker, you have to be able to articulate,” Dunn said. “I had no desire to be a public speaker. I had no desire to be in front of a crowd. I just wanted to hide and go do my thing, go hunting, go fi shing. I was a clas- sic country kid.” Dunn’s fi rst coaching op- portunity came as a volunteer at King’s Gym in Oakland after a rib injury forced him out of a bout. “It (coaching) became this really freaky thing that I was naturally gifted at,” Dunn said. “I didn’t have a plan. Everybody has things that click. For me, it’s organization, motivating, get- ting people to see beyond what their daily woes are.” Dunn then spent three years coaching Oregon State Uni- versity students at the Corval- lis Boxing Club. Again, he was a volunteer. “I’ve never been paid to coach,” Dunn said. “I’ve always been a volunteer. I’ve never re- ally needed it. I’m not a money guy. My wife and I, we’re fi ne. KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley ABOVE: Brittany Sims, with Wildcat Boxing Club head coach Dan Dunn, shows off the championship belt she won at a Golden Gloves national tournament in Florida on July 15. BELOW: Sims works out with Dunn at the Kroc Center. Army was the job.” Two years ago, Dunn began getting phone calls from Quan- dray Roberts, a former profes- sional boxer Dunn trained who was friends with Kendall Reid, director of operations at the Kroc Center in Salem. Dunn had moved to Keizer in October of 2016. After meeting with Reid, Dunn decided to open a 501(c) (3) nonprofi t, Wildcat Boxing, in collaboration with the Kroc Center. Dunn had never started a nonprofi t before. “I wanted to make sure that the funding wasn’t going to get twisted up,” Dunn said. “I want- ed to be able to fundraise on my own and manage my own accounts. We’ve had around $20,000 donated. One guy donated $10,000 and said they’ll be more. Please see WILDCAT, Page 12