SINCE 1979 • VOLUME 40, NO. 5
SECTION A
NOV EMBER 2, 2018
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Turn back
time Nov. 4
McNary alum’s
journey to alien
moon leading
him back to Keizer
special screening of the movie.
By ERIC A. HOWALD
He will introduce the fi lm and
Of the Keizertimes
When Zeek Earl was still take part in a Q-&-A moder-
a student at McNary High ated by Heimerdinger after the
School he told his mom he fi lm. Check the Salem Cine-
wanted to make his fi rst feature ma website, www.salemcine-
fi lm by the time he was 30. Earl ma.com, for details and tickets
turned 30 while on the set of when they become available.
Prospect is the
Prospect, his fi rst
story of Cee
feature-length
(played by So-
fi lm with co-
phie Thatcher)
writer
and
and her father
co-director
(Damon played
Chris Caldwell,
by Jay Duplass)
which will begin
who travel to an
screening at Sa-
alien moon aim-
lem Cinema later
ing to strike it
this month.
rich harvesting
“I wanted to
elusive gems. The
be a fi lm direc-
hunt turns trou-
tor since I was
blesome when
14 years old,”
the pair encoun-
Earl said during
Submitted
ter others on the
a phone conver-
Zeek Earl on the set
of Prospect in the
same path and
sation. He said
Hoh Rainforest.
Cee is forced to
taking fi lm stud-
contend
with
ies classes under
the guidance of McNary High the forest’s other ruthless in-
School’s Jason Heimerdinger habitants, and her own fa-
inspired him from a young age. ther’s greed-addled judgment,
Earl was in L.A. this week to while carving her own path.
promote the fi lm’s Nov. 2 open- Pedro Pascal, of Game of Thrones
fame, plays one of the fi lms
ing to a wider audience.
Earl will be coming home
to Keizer on Nov. 16 for a Please see PROPECT, Page A8
Celts grab 1st
MVC
Championship
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Students make quick
work of park clean-up
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
Christian McKern assists another student in dumping a load of wood chips while Brian Hernandez
and Marcos Tornez wait to smooth out a ramp leading to the rear of a container. Students removed
wood chips from a play structure in Country Glen Park so city employees could replace them.
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
A group of about 60 Keiz-
er students rose to a challenge
that would cause many adults
to cower Saturday, Oct. 27.
The group, representing,
McNary High School and
Claggett Creek and White-
aker middle schools, removed
about 50 yards of wood chips
from a play structure, repaint-
ed a picnic
shelter and
general-
ly
cleaned
up Country
Glen Park in
north Keizer.
“I
love
how
we
bring
the
community
together in
our schools
and get a
bunch
of
work done
to
make
parks better and more pre-
sentable,” said McNary’s Mi-
randa Coleman.
Coleman and Whiteaker
students Kyler Carmichael
and Tristyn Campbell were
making repeat appearances at
community service efforts or-
ganized through the schools.
“We have a lot of garbage
laying around and it’s good to
get out and pick it up,” said
Kyler.
“I just like doing it and it’s
a good workout,” added Tris-
tyn.
Some of the chips removed
from the play structure were
spread around the trees in the
park for weed control, the
rest were hauled away. City
staff planned to replace the
old wood chips with relative-
ly new ones taken out of the
Keizer Rapids Big Toy last
year.
Robert Johnson, Keizer’s
parks supervisor, was grateful
for the assistance, but he had
larger goals in mind as well.
“This is a park where we’ve
had some graffi ti and vandal-
ism and, if
we get these
kids involved
in the com-
munity, then
when they
see
some-
one
doing
something
wrong they
can
speak
up and talk
about how
they helped
make it a
better place,”
Johnson said.
“There’s about 60 kids here
right now and that’s a lot of
ownership happening.”
Aside from that, the stu-
dents allowed Johnson to di-
rect parks employees’ efforts
elsewhere.
“There’s still a lot of work
Please see PARK, Page A4
Halloween
around town
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Wolverines
beat Panthers
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