SINCE 1979 • VOLUME 37, NO. 14
McNary
High School
art at KAA
Lore Christopher
talks about being
First Citizen
SEE PG. A2
SEE PG. A5
SECTION A
FEBRUARY 13, 2015
Man crashes twice in minutes
By CRAIG MURPHY
electrical crosswalk poles on
Of the Keizertimes
the northwest corner of the
A Salem man was quite the intersection. The Camry then
crasher in Keizer on Monday crashed into a fence, bushes
night.
and trees, causing thousands
Joseph Rickey Cradduck, of dollars in damage. The car
35, was arrested after fl ee- appeared to be totaled in the
ing from two crash scenes crash.
he caused. The fi rst
While offi cers were
crash caused inju-
investigating that crash,
ries to a 64-year-old
they learned the same
Keizer woman, while
vehicle had been in-
the second damaged
volved in a hit-and-run
a fence, trees and a
accident minutes earlier.
crosswalk pole.
According to Good-
According to a
man, the Camry was
Keizer Police Depart- Cradduck found to have crashed
ment news release
into another vehicle at
from Sgt. Jeffrey Goodman, River Road North and Ev-
shortly before 9:30 p.m. Feb. ans Drive North. The driver
9, offi cers with the Keizer Po- of the Camry left the scene
lice Department responded to without exchanging informa-
a reported single vehicle crash tion, while the driver of the
at the intersection of Delight other vehicle sustained inju-
Street North and Chemawa ries to her back and knee.
Road North, by the entrance
“The suspect vehicle pulled
to McNary High School.
out of a parking lot on the east
Initial reports indicated a side of River Road near the
vehicle had hit a building or intersection of Evans Avenue
a tree, with additional 9-1-1 North,” said Jeff Kuhns, dep-
calls noting the traffi c lights uty chief with the KPD. “He
at the intersection were fl ash- pulled out of the parking lot
ing red in all directions. By in front of a vehicle that was
the time the fi rst offi cers ar- traveling northbound on Riv-
rived on scene, the driver of er Road. When he pulled out
the 2007 Toyota Camry – later in front of the other vehicle,
identifi ed as Cradduck – had the victim vehicle crashed
already fl ed.
into the driver side door of
Offi cers found the Camry the suspect vehicle. Instead
had been traveling north on of stopping and remaining at
Delight at high speed, crossed the scene of the crash, the sus-
Chemawa
and
smashed pect fl ed from the scene of the
through one of the new metal crash, continuing across River
50 CENTS
in side
Update on
skate park
project
(Page A3)
Service to
Education
(Page A6)
Keizerites lead
Crusaders
(Page A10)
Courtesy Keizer Police Department
Joseph Cradduck of Salem was involved in two accidents within minutes on Monday. He ended up slamming into trees, a crosswalk
pole and more at Delight Street and Chemawa Road. Cradduck fl ed the scene but was found and arrested.
Road onto Evans Avenue
North where he continued
going westbound.”
Because the driver of the
other vehicle was injured,
Kuhns said it was considered
felony hit-and-run.
A driver who witnessed the
fi rst incident began following
Cradduck as he traveled west
on Evans and then north on
Delight.
A real lifesaver
Please see CRASH, Page A7
Money gap won't
deter the Big Toy
By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
Four months can seem like
a long time.
Not when there is still
plenty left to get done in four
months, however.
Such is the case with the
Big Toy community build play
structure project, set to be
constructed June 10 to 14 at
Keizer Rapids Park.
The Community Build
Task Force met once again
Feb. 3 for its monthly meeting.
While the need for a re-
newed emphasis on public
relations (as mentioned in last
week’s Keizertimes) was a hot
topic, another topic was prog-
ress of the funding and the
project overall.
For example, at one point
Evan Christopher, who will
be heading up the revamped
PR effort, noted he would
like to add supporting the
fundraising committee.
Richard Walsh, co-chair of
the fundraising committee, ac-
knowledged there have been
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
Salem Fire Department Chief Mike Niblock with Keizer Fire District volunteer paramedic Samantha
Howell, who was honored last week for her quick action to revive a Pioneer Trust Bank customer.
File
Richard Walsh has defended the job of the Big Toy fundraising
committee in light of questions. The Big Toy is scheduled to be
built June 10 to 14.
concerns about fundraising.
“We need to raise a couple
hundred thousand more (dol-
lars),” Walsh said.
Mark Caillier, project gen-
eral coordinator, believes it
can get done.
“I’m confi dent we’ll be
okay, but we need to get going
now,” Caillier said.
Later in the meeting, Walsh
wondered what would happen
if the full $416,509.80 wasn’t
raised by the day community
volunteers start putting the
play structure together. More
than $210,000 still needs to be
raised.
to be done this year.
Bill Lawyer, Public Works
director for Keizer, said Mon-
day bids for the estimated $2
million project will be opened
on May 21, with construction
starting a few weeks later.
“The opening day for the
bids will be May 21, with
the fi rst of July for the start
of construction,” Lawyer said.
“They are looking at Septem-
ber or early October for the
project to be complete.”
The project timeline had
called for bids to be opened in
January 2014, with the proj-
ect being done last summer.
In the fall of 2013, the dates
got moved back to November
2014 for bid opening, with
construction this spring.
Last fall, a revised timeline
called for bids to be opened in
March, with a June start time
for the construction.
The project received re-
newed attention in light of
Please see BIG TOY, Page A7
Roundabout coming in July
By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
Another road project in-
volving Chemawa Road and
the state has been pushed back.
In this case, however, the
delay is relatively minor.
While delays pushed back
the Oregon Department of
Transportation’s
Chemawa
Road reconstruction project a
couple of years – it was fi nally
completed late last year – a
new roundabout at Chemawa
and Verda Lane is still on track
Please see TIME, Page A7
A volunteer paramedic
with Keizer Fire District was
honored for her life-saving ef-
forts in Salem last week.
On Jan. 2, Samantha How-
ell, an employee of Pioneer
Trust Bank in Salem and a
KFD volunteer, was working
when a 78-year-old man col-
lapsed and stopped breathing.
Howell immediately started
CPR and directed staff mem-
bers at the bank to use the
automatic external defi brilla-
tor (AED) that was in place at
the bank while emergency re-
sponders from the Salem Fire
Department and Rural Metro
Ambulance were en route.
With the help of bank
co-workers Mary Ann Van-
send, Kellie Alexander, John
Willburn, Lisa Edmiston,
Marianne Alexander and Pilar
Olivera, Howell was able to
perform CPR and successfully
defi brillate the victim, restor-
ing his pulse and breathing
within three minutes.
Emergency responders ar-
rived and continued patient
care while transporting the
man to Salem Hospital where
he underwent cardiac surgery
and was later released.
SFD Chief Mike Niblock
met with the bank employees
and presented letters of com-
mendation and Salem Fire
challenge coins, acknowledg-
ing their life-saving actions
and teamwork. Niblock high-
lighted the bank employees'
actions as a part of the chain
of survival in a cardiac emer-
gency. He also recognized
Pioneer Trust Bank for their
demonstrated commitment to
community safety by main-
taining an AED and training
their employees in CPR.
“Immediate recognition of
the emergency, coupled with
quick 9-1-1 notifi cation, early
CPR, and early defi brillation,
are foundational in the sur-
vival of cardiac arrest,” he said.
A favorite watering hole?
KEIZERTIMES/Craig Murphy
Heavy rain recently led to the usual fl ooding at Claggett Creek Park. Hundreds of geese
took advantage of the soggy park on Tuesday.