BAGE A2, KEIZERTIMES, DECEMBER 1, 2017
Car hits
curb, rolls
Wet roads and accelerating
into a turn were blamed for a
vehicle overturning on River
Road North about noon on
Wednesday, Nov. 22.
The 17-year-old driver of
a 1999 Toyota 4Runner was
turning south onto River
Road North from Manzanita
Street Northeast when she
accelerated as she turned and
the rear tires of the vehicle lost
traction. Investigating offi cer
Andrew McCowan found
that the rear passenger wheel
slammed into the curb and
caused the vehicle to overturn.
The driver complained
of pain but declined medical
treatment.
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Today in History
In Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks is jailed for
refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white
man, a violation of the city’s racial segregation laws. The
successful Montgomery Bus Boycott, organized by a young
Baptist minister named Martin Luther King, Jr., followed
Park’s historic act of civil disobedience.
— December 1, 1955
Food 4 Thought
“There’s so much gray to every story - nothing is so black
and white.”
— Lisa Ling, television journalist,born Dec. 1, 1976
The Month Ahead
Friday, December 1 – Saturday, December 23
Enlightened Theatrics presents A Charles Dickens Christmas.
Opening night Dec. 1, closing day Dec. 23. Reserved seating
admission is $20-$30, youth under 18 are 10 percent off.
Preview night only, admission is $10. Oregon Thespian
Members/Cardholders are free.
Friday, December 1 – Tuesday, December 26
Keizer Miracle of Christmas Lights Display, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Gubser neighborhood. Free admission but cash and food
donations for the Marion-Polk Food Share are welcome
Saturday, December 2
Countryside Christian Church 11th annual holiday bazaar, 9
a.m.-3 p.m.. More than 30 vendors, bake sale and raffl e. Free.
5775 McLeod Lane NE.
Keizer Art Association reception for December show: Fire and
Ice. 2-4 p.m.
Santa arrives via helicopter at the Volcanoes Stadium. Free
photos and a visit with Santa. Noon to 3 p.m.
City Dance Theatre presents The Snowman’s Dance, noon
and 3 p.m. at McNary High School. Tickets are $10 and
available at the door or in advance at the studio, 3540 Brooks
Avenue, Salem.
Sunday and Monday, December 3-4
Holiday Craft and Bake Sale at 1500 SW Old Sheridan Road
in McMinnville. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days, nine churches and
more than 25 vendors participating.
Sunday, December 3
Sacred Heart – St. Louis Parish BBQ chicken dinner at the
church, 485 7th Street, in Gervais. Cost: $1 for adults, $7 for
kids 12 and younger. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sweet Shop and Country
Store will also be open featuring gifts, crafts, homemade baked
goods and candies as well as Christmas wreaths and greens.
Christmas Unplugged with John Doan. Musician and
storyteller John Doan presents his Christmas Unplugged –
Reclaiming the Holiday Spirit program. Advance tickets are
$15 for adults and $10 for seniors, children, and students; or
$18 at the door. 7 to 9 p.m. at Hudson Hall, 900 State Street
in Salem.
Submitted
CCMS media specialist wins Crystal Apple
By DEREK WILEY
and thinking hurry up, hurry
Of the Keizertimes
up, hurry up, so I can get off
Sheila Morales, media spe- the stage. But it was so much
cialist at Claggett Creek Mid- fun. It’s just a beautiful event.
dle School, felt guilty when I’ve been there for other staff
she was nominated for one of members, being there for
the Salem-Keizer Education yourself, it’s different.”
Foundation’s Crystal Apples.
Morales has been at
“You could nominate any- Claggett for 14 years. She
one at this school,” Morales started out as an instructional
said. “Everybody here is so assistant in social studies teach-
hardworking.”
er Tina DeSantis’ classroom,
But Morales’ colleague’s working with struggling read-
couldn’t think of anyone more ers and writers.
“She learned about the stu-
deserving.
dents’ families
“ T h e
and
interests,
Claggett library
which enabled
is a sanctuary
her to sug-
for
students
gest books they
who don’t feel
might connect
at home any-
with or writing
where else in
topics, but more
the
school,”
importantly, she
wrote
Terra
knew who was
Shiffer, a former
fragile or having
CCMS teacher.
— Sheila Morales a bad day and
“It’s a place
needed gentle
where hungry
encouragement,
students come
to get a snack, and exhausted and who wasn’t working to
teachers come for help with potential and needed some
copying, laminating and all tough love,” DeSantis wrote of
of their technology problems. Morales.
Morales is in her fi fth year
One would think Sheila never
got tired. She greets every li- as the librarian and after school
brary guest with a smile, and program coordinator.
On Monday evenings, she
makes sure we are happy be-
manages Strengthening Fami-
fore we leave.”
Morales received one of 13 lies classes, in English and
Crystal Apples out of 46 nom- Spanish, that are designed to
inees at a red carpet ceremony help families with children
on Thursday, Nov. 2 at Salem’s 10-15 years old work through
diffi cult situations. Morales
Historic Elsinore Theater.
“Just being there was awe- also sets up free childcare for
some because you’re sur- younger siblings and provides
rounded by so many great dinner.
“I cannot tell you how
educators and people that have
been in the district for 20-plus many times I’ve called her on
years,” Morales said. “Salem- the phone on a Sunday and
Keizer Education Foundation, she is out grocery shopping
the time and energy they put and preparing for these din-
into the event is amazing. They
really make you feel special.”
Morales’ name was the sec-
ond to last called at the El-
sinore.
“When I went up there, I
didn’t hear anything that was
said,” Morales said. “My knees
were buckling so I thought I
was going to pass out. Just the
Enter digits
from 1-9 into
whole time I was concen-
the blank
trating on not tipping over
“My knees
were buckling
so I thought I
was going to
pass out.”
Chamber of Commerce tree lighting ceremony at 6 p.m. at
Walery Plaza on the corner of River Road North & Cherry
Avenue Northeast. The Grand Jazz Band will be playing
Christmas Carols and kids 12 years and younger will be
encouraged to place their name in a special drawing. Two
names will be drawn and they will be asked to join Santa
in fl ipping the switch that lights the Holiday Tree. Santa is
expected to arrive at 7 p.m. being escorted in by the Keizer
Fire District.
It (R)
Fri 8:20, Sat 9:05, Sun 7:55
Clearlake Elementary Choir performs at the Capitol rotunda.
Starts at 12 p.m.
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Fri 6:45, Sat 6:10, 8:25, Sun 5:00
Wednesday, December 6 – Friday, December 8
American Assassin (R)
Fri 7:55, Sun 7:25
Whitaker Middle School presents A Season of Love.
Features Whiteaker Middle School Choir Program,
McNary High School Studio Productions, and Salem
Academy Jazz Choir. Special guest: Melody and Truth.
Tickets are $10. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Salem Alliance Church,
555 Gaines Street NE in Salem.
Thursday, December 7
Chamber/Rotary Holiday Luncheon with McNary choir.
Starts at noon in the Rotary Room at the Keizer Civic Center.
McNary High School orchestra concert. Starts at 7 p.m. at
the Ken Collins Theater on McNary campus.
Cummings Elementary Winter Music program at 6:30
p.m. at the school.
Claggett Middle School Band Concert. Starts at 7 p.m. at
the school.
After questions of whether
a bad shoulder would stop
him from wrestling, McNary
wrestler Devin Reynolds tri-
umphed over Reed Van An-
rooy of Roseburg High.
10 YEARS AGO
Counterfeit $50 bills
perplex police
A cashier at Little Ceasar’s
called police to report that
a customer attempted to
purchase a $5 pizza with a
counterfeit $50 bill. Police
say that at least two other
counterfeit $50 bills were
passed at the business.
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and she knows they can’t af-
ford them, she fi nds a way to
get them shoes. If a student
needs a haircut, Sheila is right
there to make sure these kids
have what they need. Students
love her, look up to her and
confi de in her.”
Morales loves being in the
library because it gives her the
opportunity to work with ev-
ery kid in the school.
“Claggett is one of the best
schools to work at,” Morales
said. “I couldn’t see myself
working anywhere else. Just
the way that this community
pulls together for family nights
and book fairs and author vis-
its, it’s just really great place to
be at. The teachers really care
about the students and so do
the administrators.”
Reynolds takes down
two-time state champ
spaces. Every
row must
contain one
of each digit.
So must every
column, as
must every
3x3 square.
Gubser Elementary Choir performs at the Capitol rotunda.
Starts at noon.
Tuesday, December 5
ners,” Rosio Contreras, com-
munity outreach coordinator
at CCMS, wrote in her nomi-
nation letter.
Shiffer has also witnessed
Morales hard at work on the
weekends.
“Often on a Saturday or
Sunday my routine takes me
by Claggett Creek Middle
School and just about every
time I drive by I see Sheila’s
black Ford in the parking lot,”
Shiffer said.
Morales has also brought
well-known authors to CCMS
and worked with leadership
students to decorate and orga-
nize games, prizes and secure
chaperones for after school
dances. She even acted as the
disc jockey.
“Our students love ‘DJ
Shay-Dogg’ better than any
$150 an hour DJ we could
have hired,” Shiffer said.
Conteras wrote what makes
Morales so great at her job is
her big heart.
“If a student needs shoes
sudoku
Monday, December 4
Whitaker Middle School band concert. A-band plays at 6 p.m.
B-band plays at 7 p.m.
Submitted
Sheila Morales (middle) accepts her Crystal Apple Award at a
red carpet ceremony in November.
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15 YEARS AGO
Bohlander will
retire (again)
John Bohlander, McNary’s
principal
since
2001
announced his retirement
to the school district last
Wednesday. For many, it will
be hard to imagine school at
McNary without Bohlander,
as he’s been at the school for
35 years in various roles.
20 YEARS AGO
Keizer catches
playoff fever
Local fans fl ocked to see the
Celts’ class act on the fi eld.
“You hear people talking
about the game everywhere
you go,” said Jim Taylor, Mc-
Nary Booster Club chairman.
“Everybody’s excited because
of the type of football [Coach
Tom] Smythe plays. His phi-
losophy is that football should
be fun -- and it is.”