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JULY 20, 2018, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE B1 SUMMER SALES EVENT 0 % APR 72 MO. + $ 1,000 FOR FORD CREDIT BONUS CASH* ON ESCAPE, EDGE & EMPLORER Keizer INTERNET PRICING on ALL 2018 Ford Edge, Escape, & Explorer 3555 River Road N, Keizer (503) 463 - 4853 2018 ESCAPE 2018 EDGE 2018 EMPLORER www.skylineforddirect.com *Must fi nance through Ford Motor Credit. Not all buyers will qualify. 0% APR fi nancing for 72 months at $13.89 per month per $1,000 fi nanced regardless of down payment. Expires 7/31/18. KEIZERTIMES.COM Volcanoes seek host families KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley Alicia Self, right, with her son Shane, daughter Ashlynn and daughter’s friend Sabrina Arce, are hosting three Salem-Keizer Volca- noe baseball players this summer, Wander Franco, left, Mikey Edie and Jesus Tona. By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes Alicia Self has been a Volca- noes fan since the team came to Salem-Keizer. But this season she decided to take her fandom to another level by hosting players in her home. “We wanted to do it last year and we just didn’t have quite enough time to get the house ready,” said Self, who has hosted exchange students and foster kids in the past. “We’re fairly local to the Vol- canoes Stadium, about three minutes behind it, so loca- tion was good for us. We had the room and we thought it would be kind of fun.” Self started with one player before adding a second and then third. “It’s been amazing,” she said. “We are very blessed to have three players that are amazing young men in our house. We have lucked out. They do their own dishes. They clean up after them- selves. They cook food and share with the whole family. They are really good guys.” All three players, Jesus Tona (Venezuela), Wander Franco (Dominican Republic) and Mikey Edie (Venezuela), are from Spanish-speaking coun- tries. “They can all three under- stand us pretty well,” Self said. “I took four years of Spanish in high school and a lot of it comes back, at least the most important stuff, the primary communication part.” Having the baseball players in her home has been a real treat for Self ’s 10-year-old son Shane, who plays for Keizer Little League. “He absolutely loves it be- cause they can all game to- gether, Nerf wars,” Self said. “He’s really enjoying it. These are like his heroes.” Anyone interested in host- ing a Volcanoes player can contact host family coordi- nator Judy Fromherz at 503- 569-3304. Host families receive two season tickets and must have a spare bedroom and provide transportation to the stadium for players. The Volcanoes eat lunch and dinner at the stadium on game days. Vandals bound for Junior Olympics By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes The NW Vandals captured a state softball championship on their way to the Junior Olym- pics. Playing in Medford, the Vandals defeated Bat Company 8-3 on July 8 to win the 14U title. The Vandals had lost 2-1 to Bat Company earlier in the day. But since the Vandals were previously undefeated in the double elimination tourna- ment, they got another shot at bringing home the champion- ship. “I think we came out a little fl at in the fi rst game and their pitcher was throwing really well,” said Vandals second base- man Abbi Covalt, a sophomore at McNary High School. “She had a good fastball and she was getting us out on change ups. They switched pitchers in the second game and I think we were just a little bit angry in the second one from losing. We wanted to come out with a different fi re and leave no doubt that we wanted it more.” The Vandals scored three runs in the fi rst inning and three more in the second to jump out to a 6-1 lead. Please see VANDALS, Page B1 Submitted The NW Vandals defeated Bat Company 8-3 on July 8 in Medford to win the 14A softball state championship. Holiday edges Cambridge to win third straight meet By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes Two points. That is all that decided Holiday’s swim meet at Cam- bridge on Thursday, July 12 with the Keizer neighbor- hood pool coming out on top, 261-259. On one of the hottest days of the year, Holiday’s girls led the team to victory, winning seven relays (8-and-under, 9-10, 11-12 and 15-18 free- style; and 8-and-under, 9-10 and 11-12 medley) to out- score Cambridge 146-106. Individually, Kassy Winters and Kyra Norstrom each won three events. Winters took fi rst in the 15-18 IM, free and butterfl y. Norstrom won the 11-12 IM, free and fl y. Maggie Gerig and Claire Hicks swam the fastest times in the 8-and-under fl y and breaststroke, respectively. Emery Love won the 11- 12 backstroke and Erika Robinett placed fi rst in the 11-12 breaststroke. Tessa Talento and Emma Privratsky swam the fastest times in the 15-18 backstroke and breaststroke, respectively. Holiday’s boys won fi ve re- lays—the 11-12 free and the 8-and-under, 9-10, 11-12 and 15-18 medley. Jack McCarty took fi rst in the 15-18 breaststroke and butterfl y. Holiday won three 8-and- under events—Jacob Cas- tronova in the breaststroke, Ozzy Arnold in the butterfl y and Michael Hudgins in the IM. Vinny Arnold took fi rst in the 9-10 freestyle and Josh Oliver won the 11-12 breast- stroke. Carter Hollis swam the fastest time in the 13-14 fl y. Tony Gonzalez won the 15-18 backstroke. Jacob Prater Holiday swimmer Olivia Anderson dives into the pool at a meet this summer.
