APRIL 8, 2016, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A5
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Colored Pencil show winners at KAA
The Portland chapter of
the Colored Pencil Society of
America (CPSA) held its an-
nual awards reception at the
Keizer Art Association’s Enid
Joy Mount Gallery on Satur-
day, April 2. The exhibition of
more than 80 pieces will run
at the gallery through April
30.
Eight awards were pre-
sented before more than 90
reception attendees.
C.J. Worlein’s Patty II was
named best in show; the artist
also won this award in 2015.
First place winner was My
Happy Place by Pat Averill.
Other winners were: Curly
Hair by Pat Jackman, second
place; Hope is the Thing With
Feathers by Dee Wagoner,
third place; and In the Begin-
ning by Donna Lee, fourth
place.
Award of Merit winners
were: Golden Gordes by Don
Griffi th, Spring Fling by Carol
Monson, Turkish Pitcher by
Vickie Vickery and Pink Rose
in the Rain by Denise Zanetta.
The Keizer Art Asso-
ciation hosted the show for
CPSA; entries to the show
came from colored pencil
artists from around the state.
The gallery is located at the
Keizer Heritage Center, 980
Chemawa Road NE.
Gallery hours are 1-4 p.m.
on Thursdays and Fridays, 10
a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturdays.
Top: Best of Show Award win-
ner C.J. Worlein with Patty II.
Above: First Place Award win-
ner Pat Averill with My Happy
Place.
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Community Food Bank
with donations of
non-perishable food items
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The Book Worms are (from left) Roman Eggert, Pawit Potisuk, Pawat Potisuk, Atticus Lush and
Kamryn Long.
Book Worms live
up to their name
By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
The Book Worms sure live
up to their name.
Book Worms is the name
of a team from Clear Lake El-
ementary competing in Satur-
day’s Oregon State Battle of the
Books competition at Cheme-
keta Community College in
Salem.
It’s the fi rst time a team from
Clear Lake has advanced to the
state level, school program co-
ordinator Holly Rushton said.
The team of four fourth
graders is led by captain Atticus
Lush, Roman Eggert and twins
Pawat and Pawit Potisuk. Kam-
ryn Long is the alternate. Lush’s
grandmother, Connie Otto, is
the team’s coach.
Otto noted the team is
mostly intact from last year,
when it advanced to the re-
gional level. Since all team
members have one more year
left at Clear Lake, expect more
of the same a year from now.
“They will stay together,”
Otto said. “They have become
quite a team. They know the
books inside-out.”
In the third to fi fth grade
age group, the 16 books in-
clude Charlie Bumpers vs. the
Teacher of the Year, Escape From
Mr. Lemoncello’s Library, How to
Train Your Dragon, The Lightning
Thief and Mission Unstoppable.
Otto is thrilled with how
in-depth her students – three
age 10, two age 9 – discuss de-
tails of the books.
“To hear third or fourth
graders argue about a charac-
ter is phenomenal,” the retired
literary teacher said. “It makes
this woman’s heart sing, for
sure. They’re not talking about
video games, they’re talking
about books.”
Team members began read-
ing the books last summer and
have 20 sets of 16 questions
over things such as titles, au-
thors, setting, time and plot to
quiz each other on. In compe-
titions, teams getting the most
points when answering those
questions have advanced to the
state level.
Last year Pawat Potisuk was
on the team, while Pawit was
an alternate. Now they’re both
regular team members.
“That makes it a lot more
special,” Pawat said.
While they are twins, Pawat
and Pawit are different. For ex-
ample, they were both asked
which of them is better in
OBOB competition.
“I don’t know,” Pawat said
diplomatically.
No such modesty from
Pawit, however.
“Who’s better? Me!” Pawit
said with a big smile. “It’s main-
ly because last year I fi nished all
of the books.”
Eggert takes credit for con-
vincing Lush to add Long to
the team.
“I am Kamryn’s best friend
and I knew she was a good
reader,” Eggert said.
The move paid off at re-
gionals, with the two swapping
positions a couple of times.
In addition, Lush – who also
serves as the team’s speaker –
got sick during a match and
Long stepped in.
“It feels awesome stepping
in like that,” Long said proudly.
Lush has come up with a
game plan to help get the team
ready for state.
“I’ve asked everyone to re-
read most of the books,” he
said. “I have asked everyone
to make sure to really go over
What Was the March on Washing-
ton? and What was Ellis Island?,
since we have to remember
street names and dates. Pawat
and Pawit read all books be-
fore summer was over. They are
our secret weapons. They’ve
read every book several times.
Roman recently reread all the
books, a week or two ago.”
All of the students are ner-
vous about Saturday’s big
competition, while also being
excited. They are also looking
forward to another chance next
year.
“We’ll have the same team
next year,” Lush said. “Al-
though if we win state, I guess
it might not be so new if do it
again next year.”
Regardless of how the team
does Saturday, Rushton said
much has already been accom-
plished.
“I’m so proud of them,” said
Rushton, the librarian at Clear
Lake who helped bring the
competition back to the school
three years ago. “This is such a
great experience for them, to
show what they can do. The
whole school is behind them.”
Bird habitat
symposium
on April 21
The Salem Audubon So-
ciety will hold a symposium
on maintenance and restora-
tion of Willamette Valley bird
habitats at Capitol Subaru on
Thursday, April 21.
The symposium will in-
clude a panel discussion on
status and restoration of vital
habitats in the region as well as
the opportunity to meet ex-
perts and obtain information.
Three major habitat types
will be the focus: riparian and
wetlands, grassland and oak
woodland. Participants will
include representatives from
the conservation district, nurs-
ery industry and researchers.
The event will be at Capi-
tol Auto Group’s Subaru
dealership at 3235 Cherry
Ave. N.E. from 7 to 9 p.m.
For more information e-mail
Society administrator Laurie
Buswell at laurie@salemaudu-
bon.org.
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