SINCE 1979 • VOLUME 39, NO. 28
SECTION A
APRIL 13, 2018
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SOUND WISDOM
Celts produce audiobooks for student readers
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
McNary senior Crystal
Llanos has spoken Spanish for
as long as she can remember.
But she didn't learn to read
and write the language until
the third grade.
Wanting to make sure
the next generation learns
at a younger age, Llanos
jumped at a chance to record
audio books for Kennedy
Elementary School students.
“I spoke it. I just couldn't
read it and I couldn't write
it and I don't want that to
happen to other children,”
Llanos said. “I want them to
learn at a young age and I
want them to learn well. Even
me learning on my own, there
were a lot of mistakes that I
made. With this, it will help
them to avoid those mistakes.”
Llanos recorded three titles
— Where the Wild Things Are,
The Giving Tree and Yaci and
Her Doll.
“It was super fun listening
to my own voice,” said Llanos.
“I did such a good job. My
parents were so proud and
happy I was doing it.”
Llanos wasn't new to voice
over work. She recorded a
commercial for Carl's Jr. about
a year ago.
“I learned a lot from them
because they taught me how
to speak and project my
voice,” she said.
McNary senior Camryn
Ronnow recored three titles
in English—Beef Stew, Little
Bear and The Day I Had to Play
with My Sister.
“I want them
to learn at a
young age ...
and well.”
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
McNary students Ethan Schra, Ivy Parker and Crystal Llanos
pick up more books to record for Kennedy Elementary School's
audio library.
— Crystal Llanos
Another McNary student,
Ethan Schra, who has done
sound effects for the drama
department
and
many
other recordings at the
school, recorded Llanos and
Ronnow's voices.
McNary senior Emma
New heights
for track
team
Snyder played violin for the
books.
Science teacher Frank Han-
son and media productions
instructor Jason Heimerdinger
supervised the project.
“They did an awesome job.
We're so excited,” said Maria
Neads, who teaches second
grade at Kennedy Elementary.
“The engagement is so
much higher when they have
something to listen to, rather
than just have them sit and
read it by themselves.”
Llanos
returned
to
Kennedy with McNary senior
Ivy Parker to pick up a new
series of books—Arthur's
Tooth, Baby Whales Drink Milk
and Curious George in English
and The Magic School Bus in the
Center of the Earth, Ramona the
Pest and The True Story of the
Please see AUDIO, Page A10
Wheatland
redux in the
works
PAGE A2
Herrera tapped by Midas
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
Hearing set on two
new subdivisions
KEIZERTIMES/Lyndon A. Zaitz
Roland Herrera and wife Olivia had the Midas Touch at the Rotary Club of Keizer's Raffl e Party
Saturday, April 8. The couple won the annual $10,000 raffl e. For more photos, see Page A4.
Firehouse Subs
is on the scene
Brandon and
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Stephanie Ensley
Of the Keizertimes
are the co-
Brandon Ensley has been
franchisers behind
watching potential customers
the new Firehouse
drive past his new business,
Subs that opened
Firehouse Subs in Keizer
Monday, April 9, in
Keizer Station.
Station, for the better part of a
month.
KEIZERTIMES/
“We had a sign up in the
Eric A. Howald
window announcing we were
opening April 9 and people
would drive up, take a look and drive away. I think
they all came back today,” Brandon said of the fi rst day
with customers streaming through the doors.
Brandon and his wife, Stephanie, are co-franchisers
with Firehouse Subs and the Keizer Station location is
the fourth one they've opened in the greater Portland
Please see SUBS, Page A10
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
A pair of public hearings
regarding new subdivisions in
Keizer will be held Tuesday,
April 26, at the Keizer Civic
Center.
One of the hearings
involves three properties on
the west side of 15th Avenue
North at Jodelle Court
North. The other involves
property on the south side
of Claggett Street North and
east of Kensington Court N.
Both properties would
be turned into single-
family subdivisions. The
hearings begin at 6 p.m. The
applicant is Salem-based
Trademark Enterprises. A
land use hearings offi cer
will determine whether the
subdivisions are allowed based
on the proposal and relevant
testimony submitted before
or during the hearing.
The 15th Avenue property
includes
one
previously
developed parcel with the
address 4881 15th Avenue
and adjacent properties on
PAGE A3
Girls tennis
starts 3-0
both sides. The 2.5-acre
space would be divided into
15 lots ranging in size from
5,000 square feet to 12,114
square feet if the application
is approved. The new
subdivision would be known
as Sterling Meadow.
The 1.64-acre property off
Claggett would be subdivided
into 10 lots ranging in size
from 5,094 square feet to
7,340 square feet. The new
subdivision would be known
at Snook Grove.
Anyone
who
wants
to speak in support or
opposition to the proposed
changes can do so during
Please see HEARING, Page A10
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