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SINCE 1979 • VOLUME 38, NO. 24 SECTION A MAY 27, 2016 $1.00 MHS boosters fund gym fl oor makeover By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes McNary High School's Athletic Booster Club (ABC) has another big project in the offi ng this summer: a renovation of the school's gym. The project includes repainting all three levels of the gymnasium and refi nishing the main gym's fl oor to include a McNary “M” logo. The fi nal cost of the project is expected to be somewhere between $25,000 and $32,000, and is set to begin in June. McNary's ABC is kicking in $20,000 toward the overall cost of the renova- tion, and it means the group's upcom- ing dinner and auction is all the more important. This year's benefi t is slated June 4 at the Log House Garden at Willow Lake, 5655 Windsor Island Road N., in Keizer. Tickets are $35 per person, $360 for a reserved table for eight or $500 for a sponsored table. Tickets can be purchased at mcnaryabc. com. The event begins with a social hour at 4:30 p.m., and tickets include dinner and a bidder paddle for silent and oral auctions. Danielle Bethell, ABC president, said the gym renovation project came about largely as a result of the successful turf project. “We developed a great relationship with Salem- Keizer School District through that project, but we also realized that the outside of the school had been getting most of the attention,” Bethell said. “We approached the school district with a proposal for the gym and were able Pluasu suu FLOOR, Pagu A11 “Wu approachud thu school district with a proposal for thu gym and wuru aplu to maku it part of thu annual fl oor rufi nishing that would pu happuning anyway.” Students honored for turnarounds — Daniullu Buthull, McNary Athlutic Boostur Clup Prusidunt Supmittud Iris Fust in thu pooks have included forming a new parks district, similar in concept to both the Keizer Fire District as well as several parks districts around the state, Lawyer said the PAC set an initial goal of using a utility fee for funding. The goal would be to create enough Pluasu suu PARKS, Pagu A9 Pluasu suu TUITION, Pagu A9 Photos py Eric A. Howald, Parkur Kuhrut and Duu Mooru Parks Board uyus funding options Board members Matt Lawyer, Jim Taylor and Donna Bradley was recently formed to take an in-depth look at the issue and to come up with potential ideas for more parks funding. The city has approximately $350,000 in the budget for parks each year, including two full-time employees, to take care of Keizer’s 19 parks. Since the funding comes from the same general fund that pays for other services – mainly the Keizer Police Department – Parks Board members have twice in recent years looked at ways to fi nd new revenue streams. While options explored Celts reap benefi ts of free college tuition By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes When the McNary High School class of 2016 takes the graduation walk June 10, about one out of every 10 students will have qualifi ed for two years of free education at one of Oregon's community colleges. The Celts are taking ad- vantage of Chemeketa Com- munity College's Scholars program, which offers students with a 3.5 grade point average or better the opportunity to attend the Salem-based school free or two years, and a new program, Oregon Promise, which offers any student grad- uating with at least a 2.5 GPA the opportunity to attend any of the state's community col- leges free for two years. According to Chemeketa's James McNicholas, the school's recruitment manager, McNary typically leads Chemeketa's tri-county area in the number of students applying for, and accepted to, the Scholars program. With 43 students qualifying in 2016, this year is no different, but the Celts also led in Oregon Promise applications and acceptance. That is by design, said Julia Tejeda, a McNary offi ce specialist, who has made it a mission to get information about the Scholars program into students' hands for the past four years. “Instead of just advertising it to the student body, we decided to call down every student who met the qualifi cations to the offi ce and talk to them individually,” Tejeda said. Students were presented with applications to fi ll out and Tejeda answered any questions. Even when students balked at completing yet another college application, Tejeda pushed forward. “We have a lot of students that have a plan, but I encourage them to complete the Scholars application, too, because even the best plans have a way of falling through,” Tejeda said. Instructional Assistant Cathy Walker spearheaded the effort to get Celtic students signed up for the Oregon Promise scholarship. When she started at the school this year, TOP: Mulody Ruitzur and Chancu Davunport wait for thu start of thu Iris Fustival paradu. LEFT: Funtastic umployuu Runu Clappur strikus a dramatic posu. RIGHT: Briana Runua purforms in thu Kuizurfrust Tunt Friday, May 19. For moru photos, suu pagus 2-3, and visit thu Kuizurtimus Facupook pagu. By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Ways to bring in more parks funding were tossed around during a lively 90-minute discussion at the May 10 Keizer Parks and Recreation Advisory Board meeting. A Parks Advisory Commit- tee (PAC) consisting of Parks PAGE A5 McNary nuw gym fl oor will fuaturu thu school's "M" logo and duupur pasulinus. Pedestrian obstacles studied if grant gets nod PAGE A6 Sperle commits to PSU Vikings PAGE A10 Duran 2nd in 300 hurdles PAGE A10
