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Saturday, November 9
CARL WOLFSON & CHASE MAYERS will
perform at 7pm and 9pm. Admission is only
$10. Ages 21 & over only. Reserved seating for
this show. Purchase tickets at box offi ce or at
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SUNDAY, NOV 10
EXACT TIME T.B.D.
Overcomer
(PG)
Special showing with captioning
shown on screen with the movie.
Saturday,
NOV 2,
at 11:00 am
MOVIE: THE
LION KING [ PG ]
Sensory
Sensitive
Show ONLY $4
Special showing for kids and adults with
Autism or other sensory sensitivities.
Today in History
The United States detonates the world’s fi rst thermonuclear
weapon, the hydrogen bomb, on Eniwetok atoll in the
Pacifi c. The test gave the United States a short-lived
advantage in the nuclear arms race with the Soviet Union.
— November 1, 1952
Food 4 Thought
“Let your joy be in your journey - not in some distant goal.”
— Tim Cook, Apple CEO, born November 1, 1960
The Weeks Ahead
Through Sunday, November 3
Enlightened Theatrics presents The Rocky Horror Picture
Show. Visit the box offi ce or EnlightenedTheatrics.org for
tickets and more information.
Through Saturday, November 9
Pentacle Theatre presents Mothers and Sons. Visit
pentacletheatre.org for more information.
Saturday, November 2
Reception for Keizer Art Association’s popular annual
Black, White and Gray show, 6-8 p.m., Keizer Cultural
Center, 980 Chemawa Road NE and Enid Joy Mount
Gallery. Open to the public. Show continues through
Tuesday, December 3. keizerarts.com
Dance and Potluck at the Keizer/Salem Area Seniors
Center featuring music by Crossfi re. Admission is $5.
Saturday, November 3
Warren Miller’s Timeless, 5 p.m., the Historic Elsinore
Theatre. elsinoretheatre.com.
St. Paul’s Evensong Concert Series presents “Allegria”
Italian Baroque Concerti featuring cellist Annabeth Shirley
and members of the Portland Baroque Orchestra, , 4 p.m.,
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1444 Liberty St. SE. Free.
Tuesday, November 5
Free admission all day at Hallie Ford Museum of Art, 700
State Street. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday, November 6
Wednesday Film Series at the Historic Elsinore Theatre
presents the 1951 thriller Strangers on a Train, 2 and 7
p.m. elsinoretheatre.com.
Wednesday, November 6-Saturday, November 9
McNary Fine Arts presents She Kills Monsters at the Ken
Collins Theatre. Performances at 7 p.m. plus a 2 p.m.
matinee on Saturday. Tickets are $5.
Friday, November 8
Richard Marx performs at the Historic Elsinore Theatre,
7:30. Tickets range from $29 to $47. elsinoretheatre.com.
Saturday, November 9
Model train swap meet, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Rickreall Grange,
280 Main Street (Highway 99). Admission: $5 (under 12
free). 503-857-2108.
Veteran’s Day Pow Wow, Chemawa Indian School, 3700
Chemawa Rd. NE. Grand entries at 1 and 6 p.m.
An Evening with Katie Harman and Friends, 7:30 p.m.,
the Historic Elsinore Theatre. Oregon’s Miss America
2002 performs jazz, opera and musical theater favorites.
elsinoretheatre.com.
Made in America: Willamette Master Chorus Concert, 3
p.m., Hudson Hall at Willamette University. Tickets are
$20-$30. willamettechorus.org.
Dance & Potluck at the Keizer/Salem Area Seniors Center
featuring music by The Jefferson Parks Band from 7 p.m.
- 10 p.m. Admission is $5.
Sunday, November 10
Made in America: Willamette Master Chorus Concert, 3
p.m., Hudson Hall at Willamette University. Tickets are
$20-$30. willamettechorus.org.
the left sideline and fi red an
absolute dart to the transfer
from Central High.
Nunez dodged a tackle
from the Titans free safety
and sprinted 65 yards for the
game-winning touchdown as
McNary defeated West Salem
27-23 on Friday, Oct. 25.
leaving the Celtics alone at
the top of the Mountain Valley
Conference with a 3-0 record.
“At fi rst I thought (Nunez)
was going to get caught, but
Junior started to pull away and I
was like 'oh my gosh, he's going
to score,'” Barker said. “My
heart was racing. I've never
been more excited in my life.
This is the best feeling in the
world.”
Despite starting the season
0-5 for the second straight
year, the Celtics earn at least a
share of the Mountain Valley
Conference crown — they can
clinch their second consecutive
title outright with a victory
over South Salem on Friday,
Nov. 1.
“I'm just so proud of these
kids for battling through all
the adversity. They wanted this
one really bad,” McNary head
coach Jeff Auvinen said.
The Celtics played from
behind for almost the entirety
of the contest, starting when
West Salem scored less than
three minutes into the game on
a one-yard score from Nathan
Garcia.
McNary nearly got let
things get out of hand on their
ensuing offensive possession
when Barker was stripped of
the football while scrambling.
West Salem’s Deaun Armstrong
picked up the fumble and
returned it all the way to the
Celtics 13-yard line.
But with their backs against
the wall, the McNary defense
came up with a huge stop as
Nunez broke up a pass in the
end zone on fourth down to
give the his team the ball back.
From there, Barker began to
get into a rhythm, connecting
with Nunez and Noah Lelack
for big plays down the middle
of the fi eld.
Barker
fi nished
the
game with season highs in
completions (16) and yards
(249).
“When we establish the
run, the defense is going to put
more guys in the box, and that
helps us take advantage of the
numbers on the outside. That's
been our philosophy all year
and it paid off in this game,”
looking
back in
the KT
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the offense could pull off the
one-minute drive.”
In the end, the decision
worked out in Auvinen's favor.
McNary linebacker Dyami
Rios came on a blitz from the
outside to sack Lowery on the
fourth down play, giving the
Celtics one fi nal chance to
go win the game with 1:22
remaining.
It was on the second play
of the drive when Barker
recognized that the Titans
were in a cover two defense.
After watching the cornerback
come up to protect short pass,
the veteran signal-caller knew
he had an open window to hit
Nunez up the sideline.
“On that play, my fi rst read
is that corner, because they
looked like they were in cover
two. The back corner just bit
on the bubble rout, so that
made Junior wide open up
the sideline and I was able to
hit him before the safety came
over,” Barker said.
Nunez added:“Erik just saw
me open and hit me. When I
got the ball, I knew I was gone.”
While he is one of the faster
players on the McNary roster,
Auvinen believes that Nunez
kicked it into another gear
while sprinting up the sideline.
“Erik delivered a great ball
on time and Junior made a nice
catch. I think that's the fastest I
have ever seen him run. The kid
can run, but he looked faster
than I have ever seen him after
that catch,” Auvinen said.
West Salem had one last
ditch effort in them with under
a minute to go. But with no
timeouts, the clock ran out on
the Titans chances as Griffi n
Hubbard took down West
Salem's Brody McMullen as
time expired, sending the Celtic
faithful into celebration mode.
“I have no words, this is just
an amazing feeling,” Nunez
said.
After starting 0-5 last season,
McNary won all four of their
MVC games to clinch the
conference title. This season,
the Celtics are right on the
verge of doing the improbable
once again if they can defeat
the South Salem Saxons —
who they beat last season in the
fi nal regular season game.
The game will be at South
Salem at 7 p.m.
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10 YEARS AGO
A decade later,
Heritage Center
celebrates
Sunday, December 1
Holiday Open House at Deepwood Estates, 1116 Mission
Street S.E., Salem, from 1 - 4 p.m. The event is free.
Sunday, December 8
Holiday Open Houses at Deepwood Estates, 1116 Mission
Street S.E., Salem, from 1 - 4 p.m. The event is free.
by Garcia on their following
possession, but Walling capped
off McNary's next drive with
his second touchdown of the
game from fi ve yards out. Barker
then followed by scoring on a
sweep to the right side on the
two-point conversion to tie the
game at 21-all.
The Titans, however, re-took
the lead late in the third quarter
when Mood, who was punting
out of his own end zone,
bobbled the snap and had to
go to the ground to recover the
ball, which resulted in a safety.
Despite not a drop of rain
falling to the artifi cial turf
all night, McNary continued
to have their struggles with
muffed snaps. Mood came
back out to attempt a 38-
yard fi eld goal with just over
seven minutes remaining in
the contest, which would have
given the Celtics the lead. But
holder Jack McCarty couldn't
handle the snap, and McNary
was forced to give the ball back
to the Titans after not even
getting the kick off.
“I think some of the kids
started to feel the pressure and
there was a little too much
tightness in certain situations,”
Auvinen said.
Once
they
regained
possession, West Salem milked
nearly six minutes off the clock
and got the ball inside the red
zone as McNary's chances
appeared to be fading away.
A holding penalty on the
Titans took the ball back to
the 24-yard line. With a pair of
rushing stops and an incomplete
pass, West Salem faced fourth-
and-21.
With a defensive stop,
McNary would get the ball
back with a little over a minute
to play and one timeout. But
before the fourth down play,
Auvinen decided to burn his
fi nal timeout., even though the
clock was stopped.
“I didn't like what we were
in. The call came in kind of late
and we looked a little confused,
so I thought it was better to be
safe than sorry. I didn't want to
use that timeout, but I thought
it would be better to get this
fourth down play how I wanted
it,” Auvinen said. “I was hoping
maze
Bill Post has defeated Chuck
Lee in the battle for the state
House District 25 seat. Initial
results from Tuesday night
showed Post with 4,649 votes
(53.93 percent) compared to
3,727 votes (43.24 percent) for
Lee in Marion County.
Veterans Day celebration, 3 p.m., World War II Memorial
on state capitol grounds.
Saturday, December 7 – Sunday, December 8
Two-day Holiday market at Deepwood Estates, 1116
Mission Street S.E., Salem, from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Barker said.
Inside the red zone moments
later, McNary's Junior Walling
picked up a fi rst down on
fourth-and-four to keep the
drive alive. The senior running
back, who rushed for 129 yards
and two scores, would punch it
in from a yard out three plays
later to tie the game at 7-7 early
in the second quarter.
It took West Salem less than
two minutes to respond as
quarterback Jackson Lowery hit
Nick Paslay with a perfect pass
on a stop-and-go rout to put
the Titans up 14-7.
McNary came right back
with the ball and appeared to be
on their way to scoring another
touchdown after Walling took
a screen pass down to the one-
yard line.
But on the play, Armstrong
suffered a serious leg injury and
was carted off the fi eld, delaying
the game for nearly 20 minutes
— West Salem head coach
Shaun Stanley says that trainers
were taking extra precautions as
they weren't sure if Armstrong
had a broken femur.
On the next play after the
delay, Barker had the shotgun
snap go through his legs and
roll all the way to the 25-yard
line, where the loose ball was
recovered by the Titans.
“We did a good job of
moving the ball, but we shot
ourselves in the foot a few
times. But I knew that we could
score on them if we didn't turn
the ball over and consistently
moved the chains,” Auvinen
said.
It was a backbreaking
mistake for the Celtics offense,
but McNary's defense would
force the Titans fi rst turnover of
the game moments later when
sophomore linebacker Quinn
Bach picked off a batted ball
near midfi eld.
After the interception, the
Celtics were able to get in
position for Daniel Mood to
hit a 31-yard fi eld goal before
the half to cut the lead to 14-
10. Mood would also connect
on a 25-yard fi eld goal on the
McNary opening drive of the
third quarter.
West Salem quickly answered
back with a 17-yard score
Post, Thatcher
notch wins
The original portion of Keizer
School, built in 1916, had been
moved twice. The fi rst time was
to a spot behind Roth’s Fresh
Markets, but proponents said a
lack of visibility had dampened
efforts to restore the building.
Monday, November 11
Veterans Day
KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings
McNary receiver Noah Lelack motions fans to come celebrate on the fi eld.
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THIS WEEK’S
MOVIE TIMES
Angel Has Fallen (R)
Sat 8:55, Sun 8:15
Art of Racing in the Rain (PG)
Fri 4:05, Sat 3:50, Sun 2:45
15 YEARS AGO
“We had estimated about 200
people would show up, but
we had about 360 and raised
about $1,000 for Nate Van
Slochteren’s medical bills,” said
Earl, a 17-year old McNary
student. Van Slochteren is
battling cancer, and the fi lm
is one of the several local
fund-raisers to help his family
pay medical bills that are not
covered by insurance.
20 YEARS AGO
McNary escapes
race trouble
Overnight, top district offi -
cials made minority issues a
system-wide priority. Super-
intendent Larry McMurray
has taken on the issue with
immediate steps to determine
what the problem is.
Dora & The Lost City of Gold (PG)
Fri 11:45, 1:55, Sat 1:10 Sun 1:45
Maze by Jonathan Graf of Keizer
sudoku
Enter digits
from 1-9 into
the blank
spaces. Every
row must
contain one
of each digit.
So must every
column, as
must every
3x3 square.
Good Boys (R) Fri 6:50,
Sat 9:10, Sun 8:45
Hustlers (R) Fri 8:35,
Sat 6:15, Sun 6:40
Lion King (PG) Fri 11:15,1:30,
3:45, 6:00, Sat 11:30, 1:45, 4:00,
Sun 12:15, 2:35, 4:55
Once Upon a Time in
Hollywood (R)
Fri 8:20, Sat 5:55, 8:20, Sat 7:10
Peanut Butter Falcon (PG-13)
Fri 6:20, Sat 2:00, 7:20, Sun 4:50
Overcomer (PG)
Fri 4:30, Sun 12:30, 3:40
Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark
(PG-13) Fri 7:55, Sat 5:10
Toy Story 4 (G) Fri 12:25, 2:30,
Sat 12:00, 3:10, Sun 11:50
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