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McNary student’s art will
grace Awesome 3000 shirts
This
year’s
Awesome 3000
T-shirts will fea-
ture original art-
work drawn by
McNary High
School sopho-
more,
Emily
Palmer.
Chosen from
60 entries, Palm-
er’s artwork fea-
tures the Salem-
Keizer Education
F o u n d a t i o n ’s
mascot, Geo, re-
laxing after the
run while hug-
Submitted
ging his medal.
Emily Palmer with the Awesome 3000 art-
Representa- work that will appear on the offi cial T-shirts.
tives of the SKEF
up with a design for the Awe-
recognized Palm-
er with an in-class presentation some 3000 fun run held the
on January 18. Asked about her fi rst Saturday in May.
In addition to seeing her
inspiration to enter the con-
test, Palmer said: “I participated artwork on 5,000 T-shirts and
in the Awesome (3000) when thousands of registration forms,
I was younger and I just liked posters and more, Palmer re-
that everyone won. I knew I ceives a check for $100. She
could share that by entering also earns a $250 contribution
to the McNary High School art
this contest.”
Each year, the SKEF invites department.
The second and third place
young artists in the Salem-
Keizer School District to come designs came from students at
Sprague High School.
Tyler Massey, volunteer co-
chair of the Awesome 3000 and
SKEF board member said: “All
the entries captured the energy
and spirit of the event. The se-
lection process gets more diffi -
cult every year.”
All of the colorful designs
must feature Geo and show the
words “Awesome 3000,” the
SKEF logo and “2019” promi-
nently.
Palmer will be onsite at the
Awesome 3000 to sign T-shirts,
posters and programs featuring
her artwork. This year’s Awe-
some 3000 is May 4.
Registration forms will be
available in schools one week
before spring break and online
at
www.skeducationfounda-
tion.org. Volunteer and spon-
sorship opportunities also can
be found on the SKEF website.
Play tackles the
taboo for a cause
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Local members of a global
organization focused on end-
ing sexual violence will stage
The Vagina Monologues at the
Keizer Cultural Center Feb.
7-9.
The production organiz-
ers, part of the local chapter
of Rise With Us, are renting
the Keizer Homegrown The-
atre space inside the cultural
center, 980 Chemawa Road
N.E. Doors open at 7 p.m. and
curtain time is 7:30 p.m. each
evening. Tickets – available at
vdaysalem.brownpapertickets.
com – are $20.
All proceeds from the show
will benefi t Safety Compass of
Silverton, which offers support
for survivors of commercial
sexual exploitation and sex-
traffi cking navigating the crim-
inal and social justice systems in
the Willamette Valley.
Written by Eve Ensler, The
Vagina Monologues is an episodic
tale exploring how sexual iden-
tity and experiences impact
female empowerment. During
the course of the play, audienc-
es hear from a 6-year-old girl,
a septuagenarian New Yorker, a
vagina workshop participant, a
woman who witnesses the birth
of her granddaughter, a Bosnian
survivor of rape and a feminist
with an adoring partner. The
cast is comprised entirely of
women from the communi-
ties around Salem. The play
includes mature content and
Free fi lm screening Feb. 2
The Golden Rule Project, a peace-promoting group, will
host a free screening of Making Waves: Rebirth of the Golden Rule
on Saturday, Feb. 2, at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 5090
Center Street in Salem.
Filmmaker James Seamus Knight and a visiting Oregon State
University professor will be on-hand to discuss the fi lm and cur-
rent peace efforts. The screening begins at 7 p.m.
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Between Feb. 1 and April 30,
Ensler’s V-Day non-profi t per-
mits local groups to perform
the play free-of-charge in sup-
port of grassroots organizations
dedicated to stopping violence
against women and girls.
This is the fourth V-Day
production in the Salem area
and the fi rst to take place in
Keizer.
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