SINCE 1979 • VOLUME 40, NO. 14
SECTION A
JANUARY 4, 2019
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Church missionaries stationed far & wide
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
The Keizer Stake of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Lat-
ter Day Saints sent out a record
number of missionaries in 2018.
Dan Kohler, spokesperson
for the church, said it’s more
than he can remember at any
time.
Yo u n g
men in the
church serve
for two years
and
young
women serve
18-month
missions in
which they
spread
the
word of their
faith by vis-
iting
other
communi-
ties near and
far. All of the
missionar ies
pay their own way during their
travels.
Here are the some of the
Keizer Stake missionaries,
where they’ve been and what
they’ve been doing.
Brock Neddo, Utah Orem
Mission
Neddo has been sharing the
gospel in the area around Orem,
Utah, since January of 2018 and
taking part in a variety of com-
munity service projects.
Abby Johnson, Italy Milan
Mission
Johnson left in June 2017 and
was expected home this month.
Celtic
students
get taste
of CTEC
She’s been in Prodenone, Ber-
gamo, Modena and Alessandria
since departing. She was also
selected to become a trainer,
helping newer missionaries to
learn the culture and how to be
an effective missionary.
Parker Dean, Chile Santiago
West Mission
Dean reports access to a a
bounty
of
fresh
bread
that would be
a problem if
not for all the
walking he’s
done as part
of his mission.
The dedi-
cation to pa-
triotism and
parties
has
caught his at-
tention
on
more
than
one occasion.
He said Chil-
ean fl ags fl y from every available
space.
“They take parties and music
to a different level here! I was
at the coast and just in like two
days the whole country came to
the beach to start the celebra-
tion week,” Dean said.
Elizabeth Russell - Mexico
City Northwest Mission
Russell departed in Septem-
ber and has been teaching En-
glish to children in Guanajuato.
When she’s completed her mis-
sion, she will return to Brigham
Young University (BYU), but
Please see MISSIONS, Page A2
Sports Year
in Review
PAGE A12
Ballers
give back
PAGE A2
Submitted
TOP LEFT: Abby Johnson on the streets of Italy. TOP RIGHT: Isaiah Holt in Bolivia. BOTTOM
LEFT: Jacob Grimmer in New York. BOTTOM RIGHT: Elizabeth Russell in Mexico City.
Fire
consumes
garage
By MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
On
Monday,
Dec.
17, a group of McNary
sophomores took a visit to a
showcase tour of the Career
Technical Education Center
(CTEC) in Salem. The
showcase is designed to help
students determine if they
want to enroll in the school
for half of their schedule
during their junior and senior
years.
CTEC has existed in the
Salem-Keizer School District
since 2015 with the goal to
“prepare students for high-
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skill, high-wage, high demand
The Keizer Fire District, and several other local emergency service agencies, responded to a house fi re in the 1100 block of
careers while developing the
Summer Breeze Drive North on Wednesday, Dec. 26. See Page A7 for the full story.
skills, technical knowledge,
academic foundation and
real-world experience to school year.
treated more like adults than
ufacturing, Welding and En- day.”
assure their success upon
Offering
hands-on kids.
Currently, CTEC has eight gineering, Video and Game
graduation” according to its different programs (Resi- Design Animation, Au- experience in multiple trades
For
instance,
instead
website.
dential Construction, Man- to-Body Repair and Painting, is one of the many things that of normal parent-teacher
“Our recruiting
Drone Technology and Ro- sets CTEC apart.
conferences, CTEC will do
mission is to enroll
“I really enjoy doing 10-week employee reviews. If
botics, Cosmetology, Business
the right students in
Development and Leadership makeup, hair and nails, so students exceed expectations,
the right programs
it’s cool to be able to do they can be rewarded with
and Law Enforcement).
for the right reasons,”
The two
a workplace
CTEC
principal
programs that
bonus like a
Rhonda Rhodes said.
will be added
$100 gift card.
“Our goal is for the
on next year
“ We ’ v e
students to experi-
will be Agri-
seen our stu-
ence the program in
science and
dents really
a way to determine
Culinary Arts
elevate to a
if it’s a good fi t for
and Manage-
level of pro-
them.”
ment.
fessionalism,”
“By coming today,
Students
Rhodes said.
— Rhonda Rhodes,
kids get to witness all
chose
two
“We
treat
Principal, Career Technical Education Center (CTEC)
of the aspects of our
programs to
them as if
curriculum.”
visit and were
they are al-
More than 300
given a third one to go to at something I’m interested ready professionals in the
students made the
in,”
McNary
student industry and we mirror the
random.
trip to CTEC, which
“I feel like that (CTEC) Amber Barragan said about workforce in everything we
is located on Portland
gives me a really good the CTEC cosmetology do.”
Road, and had the
opportunity to do hands on department.
Katelynn Byrd was showing
chance to visit three
Part of what makes CTEC off that professionalism on
work,” McNary student Alex
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of the 10 programs Amber Barragan practices shampoo- Flores said. “It’s cool to come unique is not only the Monday as an extension of
that the school will ing in the cosmetology department at here and experience different curriculum that it offers, but
Please see CTEC, Page A6
offer for the 2019-20 the Career Technical Education Center. stuff rather than sit in class all also the fact that students are
“ We treat them as if they are
already professionals in the
industry and we mirror the
workforce in everything we do.”
No Adults
Allowed:
Cool Careers
PAGES A4
New task
force on
housing
needs
PAGE A6