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“She's been with me all
four years,” Johnson said.
“She's really helped me build
my confi dence because she's
a pretty tough person herself.
She's someone I really look up
to because of that.”
Johnson, who began playing
the trombone in the fi fth grade,
will double major in music and
chemistry at the University of
Utah, where she was awarded
three scholarships from the
school of music as well as a fi ne
arts academic scholarship that
will pay her full tuition.
“I just really enjoy music
and just everything about how
it makes you feel,” Johnson
said. “I really want to be a
cardiothoracic surgeon when
I'm older. I shadowed a skin
cancer surgeon a couple
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summers ago and I was really
fascinated by it. I want to do that
but I also want to incorporate
music into my life.”
Holt, who plays violin in the
orchestra and sings in the choir
and men's a cappella group, also
credits music for his academic
success.
“I think music really helps
the learning process, for sure,”
he said.
Of the seven Valedictorians,
fi ve play an instrument: Johnson
(trombone), Holt (violin),
Posterick (cello), Gray (cello)
and Miller (clarinet).
Holt has also been a three-
sport
(football,
baseball,
swimming) athlete all four years
at McNary.
“You just have to prioritize,”
he said. “I don't have a lot of
down time to chill. I think it's
crazy to think that people can
go home after school because
I always have a practice after
school. It's a lot of work but it's
defi nitely worth it. It's a lot of
fun.”
Holt, a leader at the LDS
church in Salem, will leave for a
two-year mission in August. He
then plans to attend BYU and
major in neuroscience.
Hoag has acted in six
plays with the MHS theater
department as well as written
two one act plays.
She's attending the Oregon
State honor's college, where
she'll double major in English
and chemistry.
Hoag has received the
Theater Distinguished Artist
of the Year and Distinguished
Young Women scholarships,
as well as an academic
achievement award from OSU.
“I'm going to miss the theater
a lot,” she said. “I'm going to
miss my friends. It's still hitting
me that I'm going somewhere
and they're not coming with me
and that's scary.”
Gray has also been heavily
involved in the theater
department but behind the
scenes designing sets. She has
played the cello since the fourth
grade and was in the orchestra
at MHS for three years.
“I'm defi nitely going to miss
McNary,” Gray said. “There's
a couple teachers that have
meant a lot throughout. With
theater, it's basically a family in
there so there's going to be a lot
of people that I'm going to have
to leave behind that were really
special.”
Gray plans to attend
Chemeketa for one year and
then transfer to either OSU or
UCLA.
Mueller has spent many
hours at McNary in the
machine shop and plans to
follow his father and become
an electrician. He'll get training
at IBEW 48, a trade school in
Portland.
“Dad inspired me and said
it's probably one of the best
trades to go into,” Mueller said.
“I was thinking carpenter but
it's heavy work and not as much
pay. I have my own little wood
shop at home so I've fulfi lled
that endeavor.”
Miller was on the MHS girls
soccer team for all four years,
the symphonic band for one
year, wind ensemble for three
years and marching band for
two years. She also played in the
all-city and all-state bands.
“I put so much work in,”
Miller said. “It just makes me
feel like my work paid off.
It wasn't all for nothing. I’m
defi nitely going to miss all my
friends I made in soccer and
band and all my hard classes
that I have.”
Posterick, who plays in the
chamber ensemble, said she will
also miss the music program
and going to see plays at the
high school.
Along with playing the cello,
Posterick was in the science
club and played in the Powder
Puff football games.
She'll
be
attending
Chemeketa
Community
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medical technologist.
Like all of the valedictorians,
Posterick isn't taking the honor
for granted.
“Normally everything comes
easy but this I had to work for,”
she said.
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EXPERIENCE
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
“Failure is not an option. It’s
a requirement.”
That’s the message McNary
alum Kacey McCallister will
deliver to the 2016 graduating
class as the keynote speaker in
a ceremony Friday at 5 p.m. at
the Oregon State Fairgrounds
Pavilion.
“Throughout our lives
the way we learn is by try-
ing and as we try we are go-
ing to fail,” McCallister told
the Keizertimes. “As we fail, we
learn. Without failure, we don’t
learn. Failure is actually a part
of life. That’s how we grow.
That’s how we become great.”
McCallister, a double am-
putee who lost both of his legs
after being struck by a truck
when he was 6, is no stranger
to failure.
His fi rst year wresting at
Whiteaker, he only won a
single match. In cross country,
McCallister often fi nished at
the bottom of the pack in the
beginning.
“Some people look at that
as absolutely a failure,” McCal-
lister said. “Some people would
quit at that point. Some people
would give up on being good
and that’s where I’m different.
Instead of looking at it as a fail-
ure, I look at it as somewhere
I can improve. This is an area I
can be great in.”
By the time McCallister
graduated from MHS, he had
won two district titles in wres-
tling and placed fourth and
second in the state as a junior
and senior, respectively. In cross
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
McNary alum Kacey McCallister will deliver the keynote ad-
dress at the 2016 commencement ceremony Friday, June 10.
country, McCallister won a
district title.
In 2011, he was inducted
into the National Wrestling
Hall of Fame and received the
Medal of Courage, which is
presented annually to a wres-
tler who has overcome in-
surmountable challenges that
make their achievements even
more uplifting.
McCallister, a Western
Oregon University graduate
who now lives in Monmouth,
looks forward to returning to
McNary, where he was also in
theater, choir and the mascot
for the football team.
“I’m defi nitely excited to
go back and speak to my alma
matter, where I graduated
from,” he said. “It’s a big deal. I
was constantly having a lot of
school pride and extolling the
• PROFESSIONALISM • TRUSTWORTHINESS
awesomeness of my school. It’s
such a big honor to be able to
go back.”
McCallister, who is launch-
ing a career as a motivational
speaker, spoke at his own
commencement in 2004 and
at a school in Wyoming just
two weeks ago.
McCallister will be intro-
duced by Class President Ali-
cia Capuchine.
Malcolm Salazar and Ser-
ena Dufour, were selected to
be the senior speakers by a
committee of volunteer staff
members.
The MHS band will play
Pomp and Circumstance, The
Star Spangled Banner and Sine
Nomine.
Principal Erik Jespersen
will present the Class of 2016
and deliver closing remarks.
Kids: Register for free KPD camp
The Keizer Police Department is hosting
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July 15 for boys and girls entering grades three
through six.
The camp is designed to bring local law en-
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Children attending the camp will receive
safety information, observe public safety dem-
onstrations and much more. Kids will also be
able to participate in several different relays and
sporting activities. In addition to Keizer Police
Department, participating agencies include
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bomb teams, Marion County Search and Res-
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The last two years, the Keizer Police De-
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To allow more children to participate, the
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to help offset the costs. To donate, or if you
have questions, contact Lt. Andrew Copeland
at 503-856-3463 or copelanda@keizer.org.
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