JULY 22, 2016, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A9
Blast
Camp
B
D
The Keizer Police Depart-
ment held its annual Blast
Camp July 12-14 at White-
aker Middle School.
Around 200 kids were in
attendance.
A
C
A:Cameron Vandecoevering plays a game of dodgeball against offi cers from the Keizer Police
Department.
B:Colby Langbecker goes head fi rst down an infl atable slide.
C: Brodi Maxwell gets his face painted by Kezier City Councilor Amy Ryan.
D. Michael Noble, from left, Olivia Boyd, Raegan Neice and Priya Short stand dressed in SWAT
gear outside a SWAT truck.
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alive in that moment. This was
something really different that
awakens something in me that
I should pursue.”
Rist decided to enroll
at Oregon State University,
where he got his bachelor's and
master's degrees.
“I learned a ton in college,”
Rist said. “Once I got to OSU
with that vision of this is what I
want to do, the people at OSU
[Steven Zielke and Russell
Christensen] totally took me
under their wing. I think I was
heart and no knowledge and
they really helped equip me for
this job.”
Rist's fi rst position out of
college was the choir director
at Hermiston High School.
In three years, he grew the
program from 70 students in
four choirs to more than 220
in fi ve choirs. He also directed
a men's choir at Two Rivers
Correctional Institution in
Umatilla.
“I think singing is for
everyone,” Rist said. “I think
that anyone can learn to sing,
like reasoning with math or
learning to read and write.
There's this social stigma that
you either have it or you don't.
I think it's something that you
can learn and I'm pretty excited
to teach it.”
Rist had no intention of
leaving Hermiston when he
received a call from Mary
Lou Boderman, coordinator
of music and drama for the
Salem-Keizer School District.
The opportunity to replace
Jim Taylor at McNary was just
too good to pass up so Rist
applied.
“The fi rst time I saw Jim
in action was when I was
an undergrad at OSU and
we were touring and visited
McNary,” Rist said. “I saw his
classroom and I thought, 'Wow,
this is what high school choir
could be like.' I never imagined
I would come back and teach
in that classroom. I saw his kids
perform at state last year and I
was really inspired by that, too.
They had tremendous energy.
It feels like a really good fi t. I
know a lot of choir and music
teachers in the district. I'm just
glad to be on the team.”
Rist is working with Taylor
to make the transition as
smooth as possible.
“Jim has really been
amazing,” Rist said. “We were
saying we should write a book
on how to transition from one
teacher to the next. A lot of
things we agree on. We have
very similar philosophies on
education and I think that's
going to make this transition
smooth and the way we differ, I
think we both have respect for
those differences.”
Rist, who also has a passion
for songwriting and composing,
said McNary will have four
choirs next year instead of
three as the beginning choir is
being split into a girls and boys
chorus.
“We want to put students in
the choir that is going to be the
best fi t for them, where they're
going to be the most successful
and learn the most through
music,” Rist said. “Every
student matters. Every choir is
a valuable community, not just
the top group. I want McNary's
choral program to really enrich
the community of Keizer, go
out there and spread the music
beyond the high school's walls.”
Rist also wants to honor
what is already happening at
McNary.
“It really feels like I'm
stepping into the next level
of music education,” he said.
“I saw the fi nale of [McNary]
choir camp and that was
inspiring, the quality of the
music, the buy-in of the kids,
it feels like I'm very fortunate
to be here.”
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