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PAGE A12, KEIZERTIMES, SEPTEMBER 11, 2015 to talk about their pathway to a career,” Jespersen said. As part of the Nike Innova- continued from Page A1 tion program, Jespersen now has a direct line to one of Nike’s English teacher and Crystal current executives, Rachel Apple winner Heidi Tavares Ramirez, who is a McNary was most impressed with the alumna herself. “It’s valuable because I have sense of community and family coming from Nike employees her as a resource to talk about that she encountered through- issues of leadership and orga- nizational structure,” Jespersen out the trip. “In my senior AVID elective said. Celtic drama class we are al- director Dallas ready a strong Myers had more family, but I than a little trep- see the need idation about to develop the the whole thing same sense of headed into it, community/ but he came out family in my of the experi- English classes. ence with a re- When a stu- newed sense of dent realizes purpose as the that you care school year be- about them gins. and their suc- “I had heard cess, that you a lot of the are there to same philoso- help, and that phies working it’s okay to at Costco, and I make mistakes thought about on the road how that’s great of learning, as an adminis- they are more tration struc- willing to take ture, but then I risks, try hard- more er, and make — Heidi Tavares thought about how it re- you proud. If lates to teacher I can success- and student rela- fully create a family environment in my tionships,” he said. “If it’s theatre classes, more student learning the way I learned it, it might will take place because we are not mean anything to my stu- all there to help each other be dents. If I don’t change or I’m not willing to change, then I the best we can be,” she said. She is also on board with am going to fail them.” Taken as a whole, he’s fully Jespersen’s goal of teaching the current and future Celtics the on board with whatever comes next out of the new way of meaning of “grit.” “I want my students to real- thinking. “Erik has big ideas, not be- ize that it takes ‘grit’ to go far in life, and that sometimes you cause the school needs fi xing, need to work your way up to but he wants to continue to get your dream job. I want to push. If that’s how we’re going teach grit: work hard, dig deep, to innovate, I’m in,” Myers said. don’t give up, set goals, achieve greatness, and believe in your- self,” Tavares said. As for the $20,000, Jespersen has a project in the works. “Our big plan is to eliminate the college and career center and rebuild the space so the aesthetics are different. We want to make it pleasing for and en- ticing for students and, at the same time, outfi t the space with the technology and equipment to invite in local professionals NIKE, “I want my students to realize that it takes ‘grit’ to go far in life, and that sometimes you need to work your way up to get your dream job.” KEIZER CLASSIFIEDS LOST & FOUND LOST: Firebird Delta Ray RC Plane. Flying at Cummings Elementary on evening of Sunday, August 23rd. May have fl own as far as River Road. This was a gift for a child. Would appreciate if it was returned. 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ONAC KEIZERTIMES/Craig Murphy One of the main reasons Dennis Spencer fi rst bought a 1965 Chevrolet Impala back in 1967 was because of the fl ow of the rear window (a new design element for that model year) and the one-year-only triple round taillight design. Previous Impalas had a more squared off rear window, while the 1966 Impala switched to square taillights. Spencer found this Impala in a Keizer backyard 20 years ago and fi xed it up to match the fi rst one he had. IMPALA, continued from Page A1 Over time, Spencer got parts from a wrecking yard. Other parts, particularly the chrome trim pieces, were birthday and Christmas gifts from his children. “My friends and brother helped me strip it down,” Spencer said. “We worked on it for four years. I have a dete- rioration of the back and have had four knee surgeries. I sat and sanded the car. Anything I could reach, I could do. We put all the parts in, the motor, the transmission, everything. I could have bought something better and already done, but I didn’t want that. I wanted something so that when I was done I could say, ‘I did it.’” Fifteen years ago, the Im- pala was done. “I baby it,” Spencer read- ily admits. “It brought back all the good times from our dat- ing and our honeymoon. My wife gave me the go ahead to do it. We take it on Sunday drives. It is a part of us. I love taking it places, just driving it. It’s just the memories. It’s part of our lives. There have been a lot of good times. I guess you could say it has got a lot of sentimental value.” Tinkering with cars has long been a passion for Spen- cer, who was in the same high school graduating class with John Force. Force has gone on to become the most success- ful drag racer in National Hot Rod Association history and the most recognizable fi gure in the sport. “I helped John build his fi rst drag car,” Spencer said. “He kept climbing, from dirt poor to all the way up. I have all the respect in the world for that man. He fought tooth and nail for everything he got.” Down the road, Spencer knows his Impala will be in good hands. “My 13-year-old grandson has a real interest in it. It will be his one day,” Spencer said. “We’ll never sell it. We’ve tak- en our grandson to car shows with it. He loves it.”