DECEMBER 30, 2016, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A3
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Celtics buy Christmas gifts for Keizer family
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
Three Keizer kids looked
out their window and declared,
“They’re here. They’re here.”
It wasn’t Santa and his elves.
But on this Christmas these
visitors brought just as much
excitement as McNary’s boys
basketball team arrived carry-
ing gifts for a local family in
need.
Ryan Kirch started the
adopt a family program six
years ago when he became the
head coach at McNary as a
way for his players to develop
leadership and character.
“Our kids are real fortunate
where they come from,” Kirch
said. “I think it’s really good for
them just to appreciate things
a little bit and the impact they
can have on other people’s lives
by just doing something as
simple as giving a gift to a kid
who doesn’t have anything. It’s
really meaningful to them and
I think gives them perspective.”
Kirch gets the name of a
family and their wish list every
year from Dayspring Fellow-
ship Pastor Larry Grine, whose
son played for the Celtics.
“It’s nice to do something
for someone else,” McNary
senior Cade Goff said. “We’ve
had some emotional parents,
which opens up your eyes to
what some other people are
experiencing during the holi-
days.”
With a $250 budget, the
team did most of the shopping
on Tuesday, Dec. 20 at Keizer
Station.
They bought each kid—a
13-year-old boy and nine and
11-year-old girls—a jacket and
gloves. Their other purchases
included an iPod shuffl e, drone,
stuffed teddy bear, coloring
backpack, Shopkins, boxes of
macaroni and cheese and cans
of soup.
The players then wrapped
the gifts themselves and deliv-
ered the presents on Wednes-
day, Dec. 21.
“I think they were sur-
prised with how many gifts we
brought because a lot of other
families contributed, too,” Goff
said. “We added in things, a
Subway gift card, gas card and
a (Nintendo) DS on top of
what we bought. We hope to
get in contact with them af-
ter Christmas and see how it
went.”
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
Easton Neitzel, from left, Cade Goff, Alex Martin, Matthew Ismay, Kevin Martin, Adam Harvey and Jordan Harvey hold Christmas
gifts purchased for a Keizer family in need.
Scouts recycling Christmas
trees through Sunday, Jan. 8
Keizer Boy Scout Troop
121 will be offering Christ-
mas tree recycling Dec. 30, 31
and Jan. 1, 7, 8.
Trees can be dropped off
at Keizer U.S. Bank, 5110
River Road N. from 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
Pick-up in Keizer and
North Salem can also be ar-
ranged on Dec. 31, Jan. 1, 7,
8 by calling or texting 503-
877-HAUL.
The suggested donation
is $10 for pick-up or $5 for
drop-off.
For more information, go
to www.keizertroop121.com.
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Fran Lindquist
July 12, 1941 – Dec. 18, 2016
Fran Lindquist, age 75 of cal secretary. Among her em-
Salem, Oregon passed away on ployment activities, Fran had
Dec. 18, 2016. Fran, daughter of worked for a travel agency, the
Jesse Carter and Mildred (Mc- offi ce for Salem Elks Lodge,
Goldrick) Carter, loving wife and later retiring in 2003 from
Goodwill Industries.
of Robert Lindquist,
Fran enjoyed social-
succumbed to Parkin-
izing and entertaining
son’s at her home. She is
others with activities
survived by Robert her
through the Keizer Elks
loving husband of 55
lodge and was a prior
years, son Daniel, sister
president of the Ladies
Lois, and pre-deceased
of Keizer Elks. She was
by her brother Jerry.
Fran was born on F. Lindquist also active with the Red
Hat Society and Keizer
July 12, 1941 on a fam-
QTs. Fran will be fond-
ily farm in Schuyler
County, Missouri. The fam- ly remembered and greatly
ily later moved to Glenwood, missed by family and friends. A
Missouri and then to the Sa- celebration of life will be held
lem, Oregon area in 1946. She at Keizer Elks lodge on Sunday,
graduated from South Salem February 12, 2017 from 2 p.m.
High School in 1959, and mar- to 6 p.m. In lieu of fl owers,
ried Robert Lindquist in 1961. contributions may be made in
Fran also graduated from Mer- her honor to Willamette Valley
ritt Davis School of Business in Hospice.
1966, with a degree as a medi-