JANUARY 15, 2016, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A5
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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-
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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.
Major event sponsors in-
clude: the Keizertimes; Jerry
Crane of That Food Guy
Catering; Sam Goesch In-
surance; and Rich Ford, Re-
altor.
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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 - 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