MARCH 15, 2019, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE B3
Cyclists: Sign up for Monster Cookie McNary musicians clean up
at OMEA district competition
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
The Salem Bicycle Club
is now registering riders for
the annual Monster Cookie
Metric Century.
The ride, which takes par-
ticipants from the Capitol to
Champoeg State Park and
back, is Sunday, April 28.
Pre-registration can be
completed at www.salembi-
cycleclub.org, for $30 before
April 22. Lunch and T-shirts
are available for $7.50 and
$18, respectively. Day-of-ride
registration is $40. All local
bike shops and the Keizer
Station REI have applica-
tions in stores.
Keizerite Hersch Sangster
told the Keizer City Council
that the Monster Cookie is
one of the top-rated rides in
Oregon and, after 43 years, “a
Northwest tradition.”
The ride draws between
1,000 and 2,000 riders every
year.
“We’ve always tried to in-
volve the local community
and the ride itself is a rec-
reational ride, not a race. It’s
open to all riders of any abil-
ity,” Sangster said.
There are assisting vehicles
that can pick up riders who
decide they can’t complete
the route.
Sangster and his wife,
Mary Ann, started the ride in
1977 and named it after her
fresh-baked cookies. Salem’s
Oregon Trail Bakery has
since taken over making the
cookies.
“We do everything local
that we possibly can,” Sang-
ster said.
About half the riders
come from outside the Sa-
lem-Keizer Area.
“We always have some
groups from foreign coun-
tries attend,” he said.
The money that’s raised
supports the Salem Bicycle
Club, which in turn spon-
sors local cyclist-focused im-
provements. In recent years,
that’s meant paying for the
building and installation of
improved bike racks at two
spots in Salem. The racks
were made by students at the
Salem-Keizer CTEC pro-
gram.
REI is sponsoring two
riders who will tag along and
offer on-the-spot repairs and
technical expertise.
WE
TAKE
PRIDE
in being staff ed better
than any other
senior living
community
The Oregon Music Educa-
tion Association District 4 2019
Solo and Ensemble Contest was
held at McNary High School
on Saturday, March 9. Band, or-
chestra and choir students from
all Salem area high schools com-
peted, as well as students from
Blanchet, Dallas and Silver Falls
School District.
Students that placed will
move on to the state solo and
state ensemble championships
that will be held at the end of
April. For students that won as
fi rst and second alternate, they
will know in one week if they
will also participate in the state
championships.
The students from McNary
High School that won in their
divisions are:
Clarinet - First place: Nicho-
las Weathers.
French Horn - First place:
Kacey Whitfi eld.
Flute - Third place: Eryne
Ige.
Trumpet - First alternate:
Danny Okada.
Small Woodwind Ensemble
- First place: Cole Branson, Ca-
leb O’Dell, Alivia Hart (bassoon
trio).
Small Woodwind Ensemble -
Second alternate: Rose Lelack,
Grace Painter, Cassidy Steck-
Submitted
McNary High School’s Kacey Whitfi eld took fi rst place in the
French horn competition at the district level.
mann (fl ute trio).
Large Woodwind Ensem-
ble - First alternate: Nicholas
Weathers, Rilei Smith, Hannah
Kuper, Ana Diaz, Jemsa Cid,
Lillien Laetzsch (clarinet sextet).
Small Brass Ensemble - Sec-
ond Alternate: Dante Olivo,
Nathaniel Eggert, Kyler Mc-
Naught (trombone trio).
Willamette Lutheran honored
for Earthwise moves
On March 6, Willamette Lu-
theran Retirement Community
was presented the Earthwise
Large Business of the Year
award by Salem Environ-
mental Education (part of
Marion County Environmental
Services) at a special sus-
tainability luncheon held at
Mission Mill.
Accepting the award was Kay
Hayes, director of marketing;
Sam McDonald, groundskeep-
er/supervisor, Matt Meisen-
berg, maintenance supervisor
(L); and resident Allan Free-
bury, a member of the original
Green Team.
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