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PAGE A8, KEIZERTIMES, OCTOBER 14, 2016 KeizerCommunity KEIZERTIMES.COM KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley LEFT: McNary junior Ricky Perez started the Aztec Rhythm Club at the high school. RIGHT: He is pictured with students Eddie Lopez, back, left, Ryan Randolph, Andres Garcia, bottom, left, and former McNary student Jesus Mendoza, who is now a volunteer for the club. Breakdancing added at McNary By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes After a conversation with his older brother, Ricky Perez decided he wanted to be more active as he began his junior year at McNary High School and join a club. But looking through the list, there wasn’t one that in- terested him. So Perez decided to start his own—Aztec Rhythm, bet- ter known as breakdancing. He went to Ryan Somer- ville, a teacher at McNary who told Perez to “stop tell- ing me what you’re going to do and come back and tell me what you’ve done.” Perez soon returned with three friends, Ryan Randolph, Eddy Lopez and Andres Mi- randa, and said, “This is my B- boy club.” He then fi lled out the ap- propriate paper work and Az- tec Rhythm was added to the list of available clubs at Mc- Nary. “To me being the leader would surprise a lot of peo- ple in the halls because they see me as the kid who is just there,” Perez said. “I think it’s going to be really cool when they fi gure out I’m a leader here.” Perez was introduced to breakdancing in the eighth grade. He went to sessions twice a week at the Boys and We are grateful to live in the land of the free, and the home of the brave… and all because of those that have selflessly served our country. 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No Risk, No Money Out of Pocket ONAC meet everyday. “When I told them I can’t supervise every single day be- cause I’m busy, he wouldn’t take no for an answer,” Somerville said. “He goes and fi nds other teachers to super- vise them the other days of the week. He’s unstoppable. He’s fantastic. It’s really neat seeing him at that age grow into this leadership.” “It’s been an everyday thing,” Perez said. “We love breakdancing so much that we want to get really good at it and practice and practice and we can one day be recognized for that.” Breakdancing isn’t com- pletely new to McNary. In 2013, the high school hosted a B-boy dance battle as a fun- draiser with crews from all around the Pacifi c Northwest. Former students, Jesus Mendoza and Ricky Sanchez, who are now volunteering with the club, used to break- dance at school assemblies. “There wasn’t a club and that’s why I think it’s impor- tant to do things like this be- cause when we would do stuff like this we’d get in trouble,” Mendoza said. “The teachers that supported us were ‘why don’t you try to do assemblies’ and that’s where we were able to express ourselves. Keeping people busy is how you keep them out of trouble.” Perez looks up to both Mendoza and Sanchez, who he calls “legends in the game.” “They are great role mod- els to look up to,” Lopez said. “They inspire me a lot to keep pushing and move forward.” Perez has mostly kept the club quiet but looks forward to impressing his fellow stu- dents at an upcoming school assembly. “I don’t want people to know just yet so at the right moment it will be a huge sur- prise to the whole school,” he said. “That’s how I’m going to start bringing in people. I re- ally want it to be just a hang out, something people can do and just have fun with it. It’s something different here at McNary.” Boo Bash Oct. 29 Willamette Human So- ciety’s Bowser’s Boo Bash is coming Oct. 29. It will be hosted at the Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road N.E., and will start at 5 p.m. The Boo Bash will help raise money for the pets of Marion and Polk Counties while allowing people to don Breaking news in Keizer? Find out more at… their favorite costumes, dance, eat and drink. The new menu includes passed hors d’oeuvres, herbed chicken or eggplant parmesan, sides served family style, and desserts. There will also be hosted beer and wine. Tickets are $70 per per- son until Oct. 21, and then they’re $80 per person. Each ticket includes entry to the event, the live and silent auc- tions, and the after party with drinking and dancing. There are only 400 tickets available for this year’s event, so grab seats as soon as possible.