SINCE 1979 • VOLUME 37, NO. 29
SECTION A
Did
It!
We
JUNE 19, 2015
$1.00
Offi cer
feted for
saving life
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Big
Toy
The
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
Rebecca Greaves paints a top for one of the Big Toy structures
Saturday, June 13.
By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes
KEIZERTIMES/Craig Murphy
How the Big Toy site looked the evening of June 9.
KEIZERTIMES/Craig Murphy
How the Big Toy site looked exactly a week later, from a similar
vantage point.
There was plenty of pride and spirit
on display as the Big Toy was built
starting last Wednesday, June 10.
Death
penalty
discussion
There were also the volunteers,
completing Keizer’s motto.
PAGES A5
The only problem was not quite
enough volunteers.
Marijuana
process
tweaked
As a result, the scheduled 5 p.m. soft opening
on Sunday, June 14 didn’t take place. Instead,
project leaders Mark Caillier and Marlene
Parsons, as well as Keizer mayor Cathy Clark,
thanked the large group of volunteers on
hand for their efforts and pieces of cake were
distributed.
The volunteers then headed over to the
food tent organized by Dave Bauer, with
some returning to do more work on the Big
Toy after dinner. Keizer CERT (Community
Emergency Response Team) provided security
overnight each night, while Makita lent a
number of tools and Hertz Equipment Rentals
provided a generator.
PAGE A6
Please see BIG TOY, Page A10
Will Stitt PAGE A2
Honoring volunteers PAGE A4
More photos PAGES A9-10
Volcanoes
ready for
season
KEIZERTIMES/Craig Murphy
Mark Caillier, project coordinator for the
Big Toy play structure, demonstrates
how the dinosaur dig area works on
Tuesday evening. A fi ve-day build went
longer than scheduled, with the opening
now set for 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 20.
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