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JANUARY 15, 2016, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A5 KeizerCommunity KEIZERTIMES.COM Winter Storytime at Keizer Library Winter Storytime started this week at Keizer Commu- nity Library. Each Thursday there will be stories, songs and crafts for pre-schoolers to enjoy. All ages are welcome, but events are geared to children ages 3 to 5. Activities start at 11 a.m. each Thursday and run about 45 minutes. The session will explore the world and each place that is visited will get a stamp in the child’s passport. The library is downstairs in the Keizer Heritage Cen- ter, at 980 Chemawa Road NE. Adults must remain pres- ent with their children. For more information, contact the library at 503-390-2370 or kclkidsread@gmail.com. Night of Jazz Feb. 13 The McNary High School band is hosting its only fun- draising concert of the year, A Night of Jazz, Saturday, Feb. 13. The evening includes a silent auction, dancing and desserts at McNary Golf Club, 165 McNary Estates Drive N. In addition to perfor- mances by McNary’s stu- dents, Justin Woodward and Foe Destroyer will be giving a special performance. Tickets are $20 and avail- able at the door or online at mcnaryhsband.org. Green Award noms due Salem’s Straub Environmental Center is looking for nomi- nees in its annual Mid-Valley Green Awards. The awards honor sustainable practices by both local indi- viduals and businesses. Nominations are due by midnight Jan. 18. Award categories include: recycler of the year; sustainable business of the year; EarthWISE business of the year; the Green Apple, given to a local educator; green product/service of the year and sustainable winery/brewer of the year. Full details, including eligibility requirements and nomina- tion forms are available at straubenvironmentalcenter.org. New exhibit at museum The Keizer Heritage is host- ing a new Native American display in the museum, which runs through early March, fea- turing handcarved ceremonial pipes, baskets and various toys. Native American artistry and craftsmanship are shown in the decorative and practical items. All are made by hand from ivo- ry, local clay and red pipestone from southwest Minnesota. This display is on loan and is a personal collection of Pat and Jim LaRock who enjoyed a career with the National Park Services and was the co-owner of the Willow Lake Nursery which was located on Windsor Island Road. Viewing hours are Tuesday and Thursday from 2 to 4 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. WMS pioneers Google Cardboard By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes With the aid of some card- board, lenses and a cell phone, James Decker’s Whiteaker Middle School social studies class took a trip from the cas- tles of the United Kingdom to the peak of Mt. Everest to the African jungle. All in 25 min- utes. “I expected like a virtual reality thing, but this was to- tally unexpected. It is more realistic,” said student Adrian Weathers. “Getting to go to the top of the castle was the best part. It reminded me of Captain America: Civil War and the places you see in the movie.” Last week, Weathers and other students at the school took part in Google Expe- ditions Pioneer Program, a project offered by Google al- lowing students to take vir- tual trips to far-fl ung places by turning a cellphone into a three-dimentional viewfi nder. Using Google Cardboard, which transorms a cellphone into a device like the old ViewMaster toys, and images supplied by technology similar to Google’s Streeview cars, the goal is to create an immersive experience for students and opporunities for them to see places they might otherwise never travel to. In Decker’s class, students toured several castles that they are learning about in class. They took in views from tur- rets, found secret passages and discovered the hidden room where royalty would listen in to the conversations of guests. Each student in the class is teaching others about spe- cifi c features of castles and the middle ages. Student Griffen Hubbard said it helped inform his pre- sentation on armor and weap- KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald Students at Whiteaker Middle School use Google Cardboard to take a virtual trip. ons. “Seeing the full suit of ar- mor in the queen’s room was pretty cool. It helped to get to see their actual armor and weapons on display,” Hubbard said. Matt Hurst, an instruc- tional coach at Whiteaker, said teachers at the school were using the expeditions in a va- riety of ways. Throughout the two days students had access to the technology Wolverines explored castles, U.S. monu- ments, Madagascar, Rome, holy places in Jerusalem, the Great Barrier Reef and ca- reers as chefs. “This technology is adapt- able to so many content areas from sciences to social studies to math,” Hurst said. “We had language arts classes using it and special education classes using it.” As with any new gadget there were some stumbling blocks, but Hurst said even those are useful when it comes to teaching. “Once you put a device in teachers’ hands and students’ hands and it totally changes the way we teach,” Hurst said. “On the other hand, it’s a good thing because it mod- els what it means to be a life- long learner even if something doesn’t go perfectly.” Regardless of whether it went off without a hitch every time, students at the school were getting a unique experi- ence. Whiteaker is one of the fi rst Oregon schools to take part in Google Expeditions. “Coming in and having this experience is something that no one else they know will have done,” said Hurst. Tickets on sale for Keizer library tea Tickets are on sale for the second annual Afternoon Tea at the Library, a fund-raiser for the all-volunteer, non- profi t Keizer Community Library. The event is sched- uled for 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 7, upstairs at the Keizer Heritage Center, 980 Che- mawa Road NE. Tickets, priced at $25 each, are available at the li- brary on the ground fl oor of the Keizer Heritage Center, or by contacting event co- ordinator Gayle McMurria- Bachik, Bachik@comcast. net. Tickets will not be avail- able at the door, according to McMurria-Bachik. Only 80 tickets will be sold to the event. Raffl e tickets will be available for a variety of gift baskets, which feature goods donated by library patrons and community sponsors. 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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 - 9:15 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
