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PAGE A4, KEIZERTIMES, SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 Local musician debuts third album CAKE, continued from Page A1 days in a row that I haven’t been sleeping,” Hearn said. She whipped up her fi rst full-size cake at the begin- ning of August: a three-layer, dark chocolate cake with a buttercream chocolate fi lling and ganache topping off the whole thing. “I have the base recipes from the cupcakes and I adapted it for a whole cake,” Hearn said. Her son, Jacobe, 12, is the designated fl avor refi nement expert and he signed off on the creation. Hearn took that into work and earned enough rave reviews to bol- ster her confi dence. She decided to enter it into Frank’s long-running contest, which was held on Sept. 1 in Columbia Hall on the State Fairgrounds. Frank started the con- test, for which he is the sole judge, 60 years ago. Frank be- came a renown fi gure in Or- egon as chief of staff to late Sen. Mark Hatfi eld. In retire- ment, and as part of depart- ment store family, he turned his attention to unearthing the special places, restaurants and sites that make Oregon unique. He collects all the in- formation in his guidebook, Gerry Frank’s Oregon, now in its fourth edition. When the contest was over, Hearn walked out of Columbia Hall with a $250 Macy’s gift card and a copy of Frank’s book, and no more Submitted Jenn Hearn’s winning cake was a three-layer, dark choco- late cake with a buttercream chocolate fi lling and ganache topping off the whole thing. excuses for avoiding full cakes. For now, and the foresee- able future, Hearn said bak- ing will remain a hobby, one of many that involve creating things from scratch, whether it’s baked goods, home décor or music. “I don’t know if I want to make it my full-time work because I don’t know if I would enjoy it as much as I do now,” she said. She hasn’t, however, ruled out future contests. By LAUREN MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Local singer/songwriter, Gabriel Cox, was getting ready to release his third self-pro- duced album, Junior, during a live performance at Keizer Rapids Park on Sept. 14. Un- fortunately, concerns over in- clement weather have scrapped the plan. Cox has rescheduled the concert for Oct. 5 at Salem Armory. Junior is an acoustic album that was originally written for Cox’s children, Katie, 15, and Caleb, 13. He didn’t plan to make it into an album for wide release, but his wife, Julia, con- vinced him otherwise. “I feel like the writing is my best work yet,” Cox said. Though he previously re- leased two albums, Junior has been a long time in the mak- ing. “I’ve been playing and writ- ing these songs around my house for the last fi ve years or so, since my kids were little,” Cox said. It has been three years since Cox released his last album I blues musicians in the Portland area. “My previ- ous records are a lot heavier, but this album shows people another side of me that I don’t share very often,” Cox said. The produc- tion of the new album took col- laboration from several artists. “All of these Submitted talented indi- Gabriel Cox plays guitar in the studio. Cox had viduals were an scheduled a Keizer concert this weekend, but absolute blast to it has been canceled over weather concerns. work with, and most are from the Surrender, which was nomi- Salem/Keizer area. It’s incred- nated for Best Self-Produced ible to see how much talent Album of 2016 by The Blues we have right here in our own Foundation. Before that, in backyard,” Cox said. 2014, he released his debut al- His favorite part of pro- bum titled Gabriel Cox. ducing this time around was Cox is also a three-time working with all the people Muddy Award nominee – the who made it happen; including Muddy Awards honor local John Pulvers, a family friend and lead singer of KALiCO, the band that was slated to open for Cox at his Keizer performance. Cox and Pulvers often play music together in their spare time. Pulvers walked away from music for a time prior to the planned Keizer concert because he had lost the joy in it. After people that were close to him and his daughter passed away, he decided to pick it up again. “We both learned that life is so short,” Pulvers said, “It’s been nice to play again. I want to do this for my family and most im- portantly for her.” Junior will be available for download on the Sept. 14 and will, eventually, be available for streaming services. 4.99 YOUR CHOICE True Value ® 20 lb. 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