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PAGE A4, KEIZERTIMES, APRIL 20, 2018 KeizerCommunity KEIZERTIMES.COM Lane wins NBA contest By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes Bo Lane, Keizer, grew up listening to Portland Trailblaz- er games on the radio while shooting hoops with his uncle, pretending like he was on the team. His interest in graphic de- sign has stretched nearly as long. With the Trail Blazers Fan Appreciation Poster Contest, those two passions collided. Lane designed his poster of a generic Portland player, palming the basketball while fl ying through the sky on his way to the hoop for a dunk, using Adobe Illustrator. Lane estimates the poster took him about six hours to complete, working three to four nights at home after his kids went to bed. He started with the background, using the red and yellow colors of the Utah Jazz’s City Edition jersey, the Blazer’s opponent on Fan Appreciation Night. “That was the fi rst thing that popped in my head,” Lane said. “I knew I wanted to do something with that. I’ve got to use that to incorporate the Portland versus Utah aspect of it. That was the starting point. It’s just a cool color scheme anyway. It was easy to go from there.” Lane was pleased with the fi nal result. Although, he’s his toughest critic. “I’m pretty hard on my- self,” Lane said. “Every time I do something I wish I would have done something different. After being selected as one of four fi nalists, Lane then won an online fan vote. To garner support, he post- ed the contest to Facebook. “I had a lot of people share it,” Lane said. “I was surprised.” He was awarded two 200-level tickets to the Blazers fi nal home game on Wednes- day, April 11 and during the fi rst timeout presented his framed poster, signed by all of the players, to a season ticket holder. “I’m a behind the scenes kind of person so I wasn’t looking forward to being in KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley Bo Lane, Keizer, won the Portland Trail Blazers Fan Apprecia- tion Poster Contest. front of the camera but it was fi ne,” Lane said. Eight posters were present- ed to Blazers president Chris McGowan and upper man- agement. Another 100 copies were sold at the game, with the money going to the Trail Blaz- ers Foundation, which gives grants to nonprofi ts, schools and underserved youth. Lane attended about a doz- en Blazer games this season and had tickets for Game 2 of Portland’s fi rst round playoff series against the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday, April 17. Lane, a former youth pas- tor, has done graphic design work for the past 16 years, mostly freelance for churches and other ministries. He also designed the McNary Youth Baseball logo. Lane currently serves as the marketing director for Mission Increase Foundation, helping Christian ministries imple- ment a biblical approach to fundraising. Drive 4 UR School at McNary April 28 By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes More money will be up for grabs at the annual Drive 4 UR School fundraiser this year and McNary wants to take full advantage. Ford has increased the amount it will donate to schools from $6,000 to $9,000. During the event, which is scheduled for Saturday, April 28 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Ford will donate $20 to a club, sport, or activity at McNary for every test- drive taken, one per house- hold. Drivers must be 18 years of age. For those that drive the new 2018 Ford EcoSport, $30 will be given to the school. While baseball has received the most money in past years, more groups are participating this time around—gardening club, AVID, choir, JROTC, National Honor Society, Sci- ence Club, Band, German club, boys soccer, leadership and baseball. While the fundraiser has previously taken place at Sky- line Ford in Keizer, this year the event will be held in the McNary High School parking lot. No salesmen will be there. Drivers are just required to fi ll out a quick survey at the end. “It’s really an easy opportu- nity to fundraise for programs and we almost feel like we’ve been waisting and throwing away free money, just not hav- ing people come out,” Derick Handley, activities director, said. “There’s zero pressure on the drivers. You can opt to not have any information sent to you afterwards. It’s really just a great program that we’ve just never taken advantage of.”
