JULY 3, 2015, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A9
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Looking for Learning to ‘let it go’
heat relief? despite challenges
By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
Looking to beat the heat
during this ongoing heat
wave?
Head over to Salem.
Jeff Cowan, chief at Keizer
Fire District, referred to a
press release from the City
of Salem when asked about
what Keizerites can do to stay
cooler in the hot weather.
Forecasts call for highs to
remain in the 90s through
next week.
Salem has several locations
open to the public as cooling
shelters until 9 p.m. including
the public library, most malls
and the Center 50+ at 2615
Portland Road NE.
Other tips include keeping
hydrated with a cup of water
every 20 minutes, doing
the hardest physical labor in
the cooler parts of the day,
wearing light-colored cotton
fabric clothing, pulling blinds
or shades to keep heat from
coming in windows, staying
indoors in an air-conditioned
room if possible, making pets
stay hydrated and checking on
sick or elderly neighbors that
may be susceptible to heat
illness.
Keizer City Manager Chris
Eppley noted the limited
options in Keizer.
“People can come to the
Splash Fountain,” Eppley said.
“Or there are misters in the
fi re truck at the Big Toy. We
don’t have cooling stations
specifi cally designated.”
The Splash Fountain is
open Wednesdays through
Sunday behind city hall from
noon to 7 p.m. It will also
be open on Mondays and
Tuesdays through the summer
when the forecasted high is
95 degrees or above.
Given the heat and the dry,
some concern have been ex-
pressed about fi reworks for
the 4 th of July. Cowan referred
to a statement from the offi ce
of the State Fire Marshal.
“Decisions to prohibit the
sale of retail fi reworks and
the display of professional
fi reworks are determined
by local fi re authorities
through local ordinances,” the
statement read in part. “The
Offi ce of State Fire Marshal
does not have any legal
authority regarding the use
of legal fi reworks in Oregon.
Therefore our offi ce cannot
issue a ban on their use.”
Eppley said on Tuesday
there wasn’t a ban in place for
Keizer.
“We haven’t discussed any
sort of ban,” Eppley said. “Not
really sure whose call it would
be, probably mine or the
council’s.”
Keizer City Councilors did
not discuss the topic at their
most recent meeting on June
15 and don’t meet again until
July 6.
Nate Brown, director of
Community
Development
for Keizer, said a ban could
only be done through a
certain code.
“If there were a ban on
lighting fi reworks that would
have to come through the
authority of the Uniform Fire
Code,” Brown said. “If the
city wanted to prohibit the
sale we could have not issued
the temporary permits, but
that didn’t happen so the only
course of action would have
to be through the emergency
clause of the UFC.”
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KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
Clockwise from top left: Madi-
son Wright, Madison Howell
and Katie Stinson take turns
in the spotlight during special
needs dance classes at Keizer’s
Courthouse Athletic Club.
hop,” O’Connor said. For ex-
ample, a game of duck-duck-
goose becomes plié-plié-leap.
Later this month, O’Connor
will offer a Cinderella Dance
Camp for special needs
students ages 4 to 12. The
camp begins July 13 and runs
through July 17. Times are 3
to 4 p.m. A Cinderella Dance
Camp for non-special needs
dancers will run from 9 to 10
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Both are being hosted at the
Keizer Courthouse location.
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Of the Keizertimes
Eileen O’Connor never
has to wonder how she’ll feel
going home after one of her
dance classes for special needs
children at Keizer’s Courthouse
Athletic Club.
“I never leave without
having enjoyed the class,”
said O’Connor, who has
taught youth dance classes at
Courthouse for the past four
years. “I enjoy it in a different
way than I do anything
else. Some of them are the
most creative kids around.
They’re not shy and they are
uninhibited. By the third time
they do something, they’re out
of their shell completely.”
O’Connor began teaching
dance while working as a
dancer and company manager
in Singapore. It wasn’t long
before parents with children
that
had
developmental
disabilities began asking if their
kids could attend as well.
“They had very limited
opportunities there. I just
began integrating them into
my regular classes,” O’Connor
said.
When she returned to the
U.S., Salem specifi cally, she be-
gan working with Salem-Keiz-
er school district and offering
regular and special needs dance
classes through the Kroc Cen-
ter. Four years ago, she moved
the whole shebang to Court-
house and now splits time be-
tween the Keizer and south
Salem locations.
While O’Connor sometimes
works at a slower pace with the
special needs class, she tries to
incorporate everything she
would in a normal class.
“We talk about dance ter-
minology, counting, etiquette
and we try to do a little bit of
everything from ballet to hip-
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whole week we will focus on
courage and kindness as well as
dancing,” she said. “We’ll also
have a hired dancer come in
dressed in character to tell the
Cinderella story at the end of
the week.”
Parent Kristin Wright said
O’Connor’s special needs
classes offer just the right mix
of activity and life lessons for
her daughter Madison.
“The social aspect of seeing
other people follow directions
gives her an example to follow.
Presenting in front of her peers
is another big thing as far as
gaining self-confi dence along
with creativity,” Wright said.
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Student Katie Stinson’s
grandmother,
Mary
Blankenship, said the classes
were some of the only she
found in the area that offered
the attention special needs
kids require in extracurricular
activities. Katie has been taking
dance for three years.
“Katie is learning physical
and emotional self-control and
the atmosphere and the dancing
experience movements help
with
her
developmental
progress,” Blankenship said.
For more information, or
to register for the Cinderella
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WorshipDirectory
These Salem-Keizer houses of worship invite you to visit.
Call to list your church in our Worship Directory: (503) 390-1051
John Knox Presbyterian Church
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8:30 am • 10 am • 11:30 am • 6 pm
PEOPLESCHURCH
4500 LANCASTER DR NE | SALEM
503.304.4000 • www.peopleschurch.com
Celebration
Services
Saturday Evening
6:00 pm
Children’s Programs, Student and Adult Ministries
1755 Lockhaven Dr. NE Keizer
503-390-3900
www.dayspringfellowship.com
Sunday Morning
9:00 am
and
10:45 am
452 Cummings Lane North • 393-0404
Father Gary L. Zerr, Pastor
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La Misa en Español: 12:30 p.m.
Rev. Dr. John Neal, Pastor
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Education Hour - 10:00 a.m.
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820 Jeff erson St. NE
Salem OR 97301
Dr. Jon F. Langenwalter, Pastor
The church with the purple doors
503-364-2844
Worship at 9:30 am • Child Care Available
Faith Lutheran Church
4505 River Rd N • 393-4507
Sunday Schedule:
9:00 a.m. Children’s Church
9:15 a.m. Adult Bible Study
9:30 a.m. Children’s Activities
Pastor
Virginia Eggert 10:30 a.m. Worship with Communion