MARCH 11, 2022, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A5
Boys State seeks candidates
and sponsors for June event
By LYNDON ZAITZ
Of the Keizertimes
American Legion Post #17 in Keizer,
is seeking sponsors for attendees of the
2022 Boys State, to be held in June.
Boys State is a summertime educa-
tion program for high school juniors and
seniors that focuses on participation and
personal experience in a model state.
At Boys State, participants learn the
rights, privileges and responsibilities of
franchised citizens. The training is objec-
tive and centers on the structure of city,
county and state governments. Operated
by students elected to various offices,
Boys State activities include legislative
sessions, court proceedings, law-enforce-
ment presentations, assemblies, bands,
choruses and recreational programs.
Legion posts select high school
juniors to attend the program. In most
cases, individual expenses are paid by
a sponsoring post, a local business or
another community-based organization.
Oregon’s Boys State will be held
at Western Oregon University in
Monmouth, June 12-18. The cost is $350
for each participant. American Legion
Post #17 is seeking businesses and indi-
viduals who want to help young men
learn about civics. The deadline for
sponsorships is May 13. Contact Fred
Broadwater at 503-686-4193 to get more
information.
Boys State programs currently exist
in all Legion departments in the United
States except Hawaii. As separate cor-
porations, Boys State programs vary in
content and method of procedure, but
each adheres to the same basic concept:
teaching government from the township
to the state level.
To be eligible for Boys State, males
need to have successfully completed
their junior year of high school. Qualiities
sought in potential attendees include
leadership, character, scholarship, loyalty
and service to their school.
Applications to be considered for
Boys State are available from Kim
Connelly at McNary High School or at
American Legion’s website: orlegion.org/
wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2022-Or-
egon-Boys-State-Application-Certifica-
tion-Form-350.00.pdf.
Each year, two Boys State program
participants are chosen to attend Boys
Nation in Washington, D.C.
Keizer Art Association
lines up next shows
Turquoise. That is the 2022 hue for Keizer Art Associations’s annual
Color Show in April.
The association is seeking entries for the show will will open March 31
and run through April 26.
Entries in this show will be the artist’s choice of subject and media in 2D,
Photography, Digital Art, 3D, and Youth Art. Each entry must include the
color turquoise. Children ages 4 to 14 are encouraged to enter this show.
Gallery show intake is 3-6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 30. Virtual show
intake will from Wednesday, March 9 to Wednesday, March 29.
For a full show prospectus visit keizerarts.com to download an entry
form.
In May it is the annual Celebration of Flowers Show.
The juried show will open on Tuesday, April 26 and run through the end of May.
The association is calling for artists to submit art in a number of categories: 2D, 3D, photography, digital and youth (by
children 4 to 14 years of age).
Artists can also download the shows’ prospectus for this show at keizerarts.com.
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Popular
plant sale
returns
Salem’s Deepwood Museum and
Gardens is resuming its plant sale fund-
raiser this year on Friday and Saturday,
March 18 and 19.
The public is invited to shop from
vendors for a variety of hard-to-find
Oregon native and companion plants to
add to gardens.
There will be free guided tours of
Deepwood’s nature trails at 10 a.m.and
noon both days, and free guided tours of
the formal gar-
dens at 11 a.m.
and 1 p.m. both
days. The sale
will be held
rain or shine
in a large tent
space located
in parking lot
at the corner
of 12th Street SE and Lee Street. They
will be following any current indoor
COVID-19 guidelines at the time of the
sale.
A large portion of all proceeds
benefits the care, preservation, and
programs of Deepwood Museum &
Gardens.