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APRIL 17, 2020, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A9 WINDOWS, CABINETS, APPL I ANCES, LUMBER, PLYWOOD, YES WE DELIVER! DOORS, FENCING, SIDING, FLOORING, INSULATION, & MUCH, MUCH MORE! B M B C BUILDING MATERIALS BARGAIN CENTER, INC. 775 FRONT STREET NE - SALEM - CALL US AT 503-363-9070 said. More information will be communicated via www. continued from Page A10 osaa.org as it becomes avail- able. Weber encourages people During a typical summer, not to be distraught about the member schools will hold loss of the spring season, but athletic events, such as sum- to instead be thankful for the mer league baseball or passing league football. These are not many tools that prep sports considered OSAA sanctioned have provided to all stu- events as they are organized dent-athletes across the state. “Everyone is disappointed. by individual coaches and Sports are a big part of peo- schools. ple’s lives. People cried when How- they got the news. ever, We- But all the skills ber noted “ We empathize and traits that kids that, due learned over the with students, to the cir- course of their cumstanc- snd school high school ca- es, that reers will last for- the OSAA communities, ever as they move could be especially our forward with their more in- lives. We need to graduating volved always remember with sum- seniors...” that,” Weber said. mer sports “Now more than this year. — Peter Weber ever we need to “ Ty p - Executive Director OSAA apply the lessons ically, we learned through won’t have participation in a ton of involvement. But we education-based activities will be discussing increasing our involvement and tak- — teamwork, sacrifi ce, resil- ing the lead on what schools ience — and play our role in should do and what is safe. We adhering to the public health want to keep everyone on a guidelines. We all look for- level playing fi eld,” Weber ward to the day when we play again.” OSAA, Meithof, Doutt earn all-region honors Meithof McNary junior basketball players Nate Meithof and Leah Doutt were named to the All-Region team by the Statesman Journal. Meithof was named the MVC co-player of the year for the Celtics boys team after averaging over 23 points and 9 rebounds per game — both of which were the fourth best marks in the Doutt state. He was also named the all-region player of the year. Doutt, on the other hand, averaged 13.3 points per game and led the McNary girls squad in three-point makes. She also was the Celtics assist leader, averaging over four a game — she was the only player on the team with a positive assist-to- turnover ratio. Rios receives multiple football offers In a span of three days, McNary junior linebacker Dyami Rios received three scholarship offers to play Division I football. Rios announced on his Twitter page that the Uni- versity of Idaho, George- town University and Dart- mouth University have all offered him scholarships to continue his education and athletic career. Rios is entering into his senior year with a 4.18 GPA. On the fi eld, Rios led McNary with 97 tackles and was named second-team all-league linebacker for the second straight season. Rios also was a fi rst-team all-league performer at tight end and helped the Celtics win back-to-back Mountain Valley Conference champi- onships. He is currently un- decided on where he wants to attend. Rios Stuff is good As I sit here in my recliner watching the news, I realize I feel like I’m in a sci-fi movie and we’re all actors in this surrealistic event. I would be easy to slide in a ‘poor me’ syn- drome, but I have so many things to be thank- ful for, so I try to stay positive. I can’t go fi shing because my wife, Darlene, has essentially grounded me— only because she loves me. I can work, which is fortunate. Many people are not so lucky. Mowing my customers’ lawns without any social con- tact is a safe en- deavor and it’s good exercise. I have been able to clean and (halfway) organize the garage. I was able to fi nd enough stuff we didn’t use to make a trip to the dump. It is painful because guys need stuff. Women don’t understand the importance of stuff. Guys know that these things will be needed sometime in the future. No matter that it hasn’t been needed for a de- cade, you never know when a project might require that obscure item you saved. Oh well, I took it all to the dump. My vice has gotten a workout as I spend time ty- ing some fi shing fl ies I hope to use in a month or two. Our annual trip to our favor- ite lake in June is still a may- be. All boat ramps are now closed and we can only hope that all is behind us so we can go. If the fl ies I’m tying can’t be used this spring, I’ll have fewer to tie for the next year. My son, Jeff, who lives in the Redmond area, had a couple of great hours on the middle Deschutes River one day last week. A prolifi c hatch of March Brown may- fl ies had a big brown trout feeding like crazy. He landed 30 browns up to 15 inches before the hatch subsided. He called me as soon as he got back to his truck. At least I can fi sh through him if I can’t be there myself. I can fi nd satisfaction in knowing that I taught him well. As I wait for the credits to roll on this sci-fi movie were making, I remember we’re all in this together. It’s a war against an unseen enemy and we all share the same foxhole. We all share the anxieties and fear of the unknown. As Americans always have, we’re rising to the challenge. We are once again work- ing together for the whole. If we continue to do the things individually to stop this pandemic we will pre- vail. The coverage of our fi rst responders, doctors, nurses, store clerks and truck drivers show us how great the people of our country are. We must sacrifi ce some of ourselves to ease their sacrifi ce. We can all be our better selves. This will all pass in time. The credits will roll, we’ll climb out of our foxhole and life as we know it will return. I’ll get ungrounded and once again grab my fl ared and head to the water. Until then I’m going to just chill and start collecting more stuff. I am sure I will need it again. Someday.
